February, 2015 – Highway Patrol officers in Melbourne, Australia, received a report about a car driving erratically. They pulled up next to the black Toyota sedan and were shocked to see the driver, a 27-year-old man, playing a trumpet while driving. The man was fined $276 for careless driving, police said. Police did not say…
January, 2015 – A British woman has confessed to getting rid of a bad date by pretending to have died. Anna Gray, 29 from Somerset, England, wanted to get rid of a guy after a couple of mediocre dates. She got her sister to send a fake text claiming she’s in the hospital and can’t…
January, 2015 – A British law firm, Lake Legal in Leeds, has pointed out that Facebook was cited in more than a third (66 out of 200) of divorce cases they examined. The firm’s managing partner, Lyn Ayrton, says, “Social media provides an ongoing log of our lives. The sharing of written posts and pictures,…
January, 2015 – Here are some Fitness Club Do’s and Don’ts from Lifescript.com: – Wash your workout clothes after each use so you don’t stink. Plus, keep at least one clean outfit with you or in your gym locker. – Use deodorant. Before your workout, put on deodorant or clean your armpits with a baby…
March, 2014 – According to a consumer survey from DMEautomotive, here are the Top Activities Performed While Driving: 1. Sing out loud – 56% of us do this 2. Have a phone conversation – 50% 3. Eat – 50% 4. Read a text message – 26% 5. Send a text message – 20% 6. Take…
January, 2015 – A Reddit page asks readers, “What is the most embarrassing thing that you should be able to do, but can’t?” Here are some of the replies: – Sense of direction, I have none. Without GPS I am hosed. – I can’t quickly translate the months and their numbers (jan = 1, feb…
Lake Superior State University is out with their 40th annual list of words that should be banished from the English language. The school collects nominations throughout the year, before a committee determines the words that will make up the list in December. This year’s words are: – BAE (an acronym for Before Anyone Else that’s…
(Dec 2014) Expedia.com took a survey to find the Most Annoying Airplane Passengers. The study, conducted by global research firm GfK, asked 1,000 Americans to rank the most annoying on-board behaviors of fellow passengers. 1. Rear seat-kickers 2. Inattentive parents 3. Smelly passengers 4. The passenger who doesn’t realize how loud he/she is 5. The…
(Dec 2014) Reddit asked its readers for Annoying Co-worker stories. Some of the responses: – My wife has an annoying co-worker that uses that fake spray tan stuff. We’re not sure if it’s a nervous tick or what, but she likes to rub the side of her face against door jambs and corners if she…