#DDWN: Bookstore bans Wi-Fi! * Billionaire showers crowd with cash! * AND MORE in today’s DAILY DOSE OF WEIRD NEWS!
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Today is INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY.
A Florida man was arrested for domestic battery after attacking his roommate with a cup of ramen noodles. ***And I thought being told I’d be beaten with a wet noodle was just a joke!
A new study shows that men fall in love more quickly than women. ***At least until “SportsCenter” comes on.
A Wyoming bookstore has banned Wi-Fi and electronics. Wind City Books is trying to get customers to actually read books. A sign posted at the entrance asks customers to leave their cell phones and computers in their bags. And it says: “Take a break. Live like it’s 1993. Emails can wait.” ***Right, as if there was ever a time the world didn’t have the internet! These people probably also think the world is flat and that the sun revolves around the earth!
A Nigerian oil billionaire took his brother’s wedding reception to a level even a Kardashian has never seen. A video has emerged showing stacks of money being shot out of a gold-plated spray gun. The video shows guests at the reception being showered with the cash. The bride and groom are seen dancing as money falls around them while guests are seen gathering cash from the floor around them. ***Apparently that Nigerian prince gave up trying to email us the money and is now shooting the money at anyone who will take it.
Gotta love those great typos! In a classified ad spotted in Northern Wales, a woman is apparently offering Fart classes! Okay – it was supposed to read “Art Classes” and was soliciting for those with an interest in drawing and painting. But someone at the paper typed it wrong so it was posted as “Fart Classes” drawing much laughter and viral hilarity. It is not known if anyone has contacted the group with an interest in learning more about flatulence
Think you’re going to Columbia University next year? Maybe not. The Ivy League university informed more than 200 students that they’d been accepted earlier this month, but it turned out to be a mistake. Columbia University said it accidentally sent acceptance emails to 277 prospective students on Wednesday and then recalled them. ***Does Columbia University have a law school? They might need a few lawyers for this.
Six months after her cat ran away, a woman in the Netherlands is looking forward to a reunion – in an Austrian village nearly 600 miles away. ***Honestly, if the cat ran 600 miles away from you, I think that proves that reunion is the last thing it wants… it was hoping for escape.
The makers of Monopoly are retiring the thimble, which has been a fixture of the game since 1935. Hasbro says that future versions of the classic board game will be thimble-less. Hasbro will announce new tokens on March 19th, with options including various smiley face emojis, a cellphone and aviator sunglasses. ***No more thimble? To that I say… SEW?
Burger King is reportedly close to buying Popeye’s Chicken. ***Does this mean we’ll have Popeye’s Chicken Burgers? Or… will we get our Whoppers “Louisiana Fast?”
During TNT’s broadcast of All Star Saturday Night, Charles Barkley suggested the NBA might get its biggest stars back in the Slam Dunk competition is they offered a prize, like a new Mercedes, to the winner. ***Because if there’s one thing your top NBA player can NO WAY AFFORD, it’s a fancy vehicle like a Mercedes.
Scary moment last week when an American Airlines jet had to make an emergency landing after hitting a deer. ***Were the flying over the North Pole?!?! How does a plane hit a deer? Oh… wait… they were still on the ground, they hit the deer while taking off in North Carolina. Well drat. That not nearly as awesome.
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