I've seen a barrage of interesting news stories the past few days, and I wonder if you've seen any of these. If you have, I wonder if you had the same thoughts on them as I. I really feel like there are critical details left out of most stories that could help us really evaluate them better and make better decisions. Here are some examples and my immediate reactions:
- Be advised, hemorrhoid cream not for the face - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15144530/wid/11915773?GT1=8618 – Are the people that made this newsworthy buttheads? And if they are, then is it okay for them?
- If a game is on TV, guys wait to go to ER - http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15213019/wid/11915773?GT1=8618 – What are guys doing while the game is on TV that makes this an issue? How dangerous is my recliner?
- Garbage Disposal Maker Sues NBC Over 'Heroes' Scene - http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-garbagedisposalmakersuesheroes,0,1817275.story?coll=zap-news-headlines – Apparently, the scene in the first episode where Claire puts her hand into the disposer "'casts the disposer in an unsavory light, irreparably tarnishing the product' by suggesting that serious injuries will result 'in the event consumers were to accidentally insert their hand into one.'" So what would really happen if I "accidentally" put my hand into the disposer? Is it worse than "serious injuries" or not quite as bad?
- 'Runaway Bride' Sues Ex-Fiancée - http://www.nbc5i.com/news/10042380/detail.html?rss=dfw&psp=nationalnews – She's suing the guy for $500,000, and she's the one that left. Is he counter-suing for $600,000 to cover the costs of searching for her and the emotional pain and trauma of thinking his fiancée was kidnapped and then finding out that she was just crazy?
Let me know if you've seen any stories along these lines lately.
6 comments:
these are very funny. the only one I already had heard is the runaway bride one. The fact that you have links to all of these only proves my theory that you don't really work. But, you do get paid well to Google!
hehe...if you setup your RSS feeds like me, you'd get these crazy stories delivered right to your desktop, too.
It's not about working harder, just smarter. :)
ROFL!!!
thanks for the humor!!
Actually the hemorroid cream warning is not as crazy as you think. People have been putting the cream under their eyes for years,saying that it reduces the swelling under the lids. (Makes sense if you consider the swellings that cream can reduce.) I even considered using it myself but couldn't bring myself to do it...all I could picture in my mind's eye was these puckered up little squinty eyes. I'll keep my bags, thank you.
opps, I left the "h" out of hemorrhoid. I noticed it when I checked to see if it posted. (Just in case my ex-students still enjoy catching those spelling errors, particularly in ex-teachers.)
you didn't catch it cause your eyes were too puckered up! hahaha
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