1.
Because of sluggish
revenue growth in stores, Wal-Mart is planning to expand its on-line sales. *** Shoppers can register
by going to Walmart.com and posting a selfie with flip-flops and a tank top.
2.
Many municipalities are
now building special playgrounds with low-impact equipment designed for
seniors. *** Behavior is a bit more refined than at school playgrounds:
There’s no yelling and screaming, and everyone takes turns being the bully.
3.
The motorcycle gang
brawl at a restaurant in Waco, Texas that left 9 bikers dead apparently started
with an argument over a parking spot. *** You know, if they had just parked in the
remote lot and taken the courtesy shuttle bus into town…
4.
A man with a beard and
wearing a purple dress and carrying a brown purse robbed a Detroit Walgreen’s
store at gunpoint this week. *** Of course, witnesses immediately knew the bearded
robber was a man…because a woman would never match a brown purse with a purple
dress.
5.
To make games more
exciting, the NFL is moving ball placement for the extra-point kick to the 15
yard line, although there were alternate proposals suggested by some of the
teams. *** For example, the New England Patriots wanted an
additional point awarded if the kick is made with a deflated football.
6.
According to a study by
EngageForSuccess.org, people with the most enthusiasm for going to work each
day live in Montana, Mississippi and Louisiana. *** And,
according to a second study, people with the most unhappy home life live in
Montana, Mississippi and Louisiana.
7.
Indonesia’s top
military commander is defending the practice of checking female applicants to
make sure they are virgins, claiming that they make better soldiers. *** And
for the elite killer corps, they only accept women in menopause.
8.
During his current
visit to Australia, Prince Harry was videotaped wrangling a ten-foot long
crocodile. *** Wow—we haven’t seen anything like that since
his father mud wrestled Camilla.
9.
A group of
Asian-Americans has filed a federal complaint, claiming that Harvard’s racial
quotas are limiting the number of Asian-Americans being admitted. ***
A Harvard spokesman denied the allegations, but added that they already
have enough Asians to clinch the Ivy League Spelling Bee.
10. Dairy Queen announced that in the interest of health it is
removing soft drinks from its kids’ menu.
*** However, company officials
immediately reversed themselves after realizing that soft drinks are the
healthiest thing they sell.
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