We recently reported that McDonald’s Canada has launched an ad campaign where they allow Canadians to use Twitter or Facebook to ask the company questions about McDonald’s on a web site. In fact, McDonald’s now has a “Frequently Asked Questions”… Read More ›
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The Machines Are Taking Over! A Computer Program Was Responsible For 4% Of All Quote Traffic On U.S. Markets Last Week…
CNBC reports a mystery algorithm was responsible for 4% of U.S. quote stock market quote traffic last week! Don’t worry – it’s not like some mystery computer just accumulated 4% of U.S. companies, and will now act as an activist… Read More ›
McDonald’s Launches Marketing Campaign In Canada Answering Some Bizarre Questions
McDonald’s is currently running a commercial in Canada that encourages people to log on to a web site via Facebook or Twitter and ask the company questions, some of which can also be viewed here. Questions like: “Why does your… Read More ›
Sweden Moving Dangerously Close To Becoming Town In Footloose With New Dancing Law
According to the Local, dance enthusiasts gathered in Stockholm, protesting a law that requires bars, clubs, restaurants, and even people throwing parties in the woods, to have a special license in order to allow their patrons to dance. From the… Read More ›
Buffalo Man Buys French Fries With Counterfeit $50 Bill, Eats More Counterfeit Bills When Police Arrive, According To Report
Today’s scoop comes via email from funny blogger, ListOfX, just in time for NFL game day! Yahoo reports that a man from Buffalo, New York, allegedly bought french fries at Darien Lake Theme Park with a fake $50. When police… Read More ›
Restaurants Have Secret Codes To Describe You!
As we wrote yesterday, the New York Times reports that some restaurants secretly record information about their patrons for future use. The article also stated restaurants use secret codes to describe patrons. Some include: FOM = Friend of Manager PX… Read More ›
Your Restaurant May Be Secretly Spying On You… So Think Twice Before Sneaking All The Sweet N’ Low Into Your Purse!
The New York Times reports that restaurants are increasingly keeping records of their patrons’ dining records for use on future visits. One restaurant owner stated: “And we take note of the people who sat for 6 ½ hours last time,… Read More ›
Parent Apparently Thinks Potty Training Toddler At Restaurant Table Was A Good Idea
The Consumerist, citing some TV channel in Utah, reports about an incident at a restaurant we hope does not become a new trend: a mother was apparently attempting to potty train her two kids at a table in a packed restaurant…. Read More ›
Bee Watch 2012 Continues: Hillary Clinton Avoids Getting Stung At Malawian Airport!
As we continue our world-wide watch of bees in 2012, we have learned from a report in the Nyasa Times that U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton avoided being stung by a swarm of mystery bees while boarding a plane… Read More ›
Pennsylvania Alleged Food Thief Less Ambitious Than Transylvania Alleged Food Thieves!
Yesterday we wrote about a massive alleged theft of garlic by men in Transylvania. Time to move on to another wacky alleged food theft in another vania, namely, Pennsylvania! The Huffington Post reports that a potato chip trail lead police to… Read More ›