102209: Water Cooler News
Water Cooler News – October 22/09
Another week is quickly winding down as we find ourselves making our way through a Thursday! As you gather around the daily water cooler looking for fun factoids or odd news to chat about, you will find them here!
In this edition of the Water Cooler News you will find a list of birthdays for today as well as some historical notes. From the off-beat news department…
- Woman Sees Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer In Pork Chop
- Mom May Do Time For Spending Time with Son Selling Drugs
- Police: Man Dialed 911 More Than 12 Thousand Times
Daily Mindbender Question
46% of people change the channel on their TV when they see this. What is it?
Answer at end of post!
Off-Beat News
“Woman Sees Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer In Pork Chop”
It’s not another image of Mother Teresa in a sweet roll or the Virgin Mary in a grilled cheese sandwich, but a woman in North Carolina believes she sees Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in a pork chop. Sue Church took her Rudolph pork chop to a TV station, but some people there thought it actually looked more like Max, the dog who wears antlers in “How The Grinch Stole Christmas”.
“Mom May Do Time For Spending Time with Son Selling Drugs”
Spending quality time with your child is important, but one mom in Massachusetts is in trouble for taking her son on trips to buy and sell heroin. According to court documents Nancy Fulford pled not guilty to possessing and distributing heroin. Her 23-year-old son Timothy was charged with knowing where his mom stashed the drug.
“Police: Man Dialed 911 More Than 12 Thousand Times”
Police in Japan say they arrested a 61-year-old man for dialing 9-1-1 more than 12 thousand times in the past three years. Authorities say the man allegedly dialed the emergency number 12,300 times and shouted at police operators. In addition to the 9-1-1 calls to police, the man is also accused of calling his area fire department close to 14 hundred times. Authorities say they visited his home on four occasions prior to his arrest to ask him to stop, but he refused.
Historical Notes
Today is…
International Stuttering Awareness Day
World’s End Day Anniversary – 1844 – Anniversary of the day set as the one on which the world would end by followers of William Miller, religious leader and creator of a movement known as Millerism.
Notable Birthdays…
Christopher Lloyd, 71, actor (Taxi, Back To The Future)
Annette Funicello, 67, singer / actress
Jeff Goldblum, 57, actor
Brian Boitano, 46, Olympic gold medal figure skater
Christian singer TobyMac (dc Talk) is 45
Michael Fishman (“Roseanne”) is 28
Drummer Zac Hanson of Hanson is 24
Born on this date…also known as the late…
Bobby Fuller–1942-1966/singer, “I Fought the Law”
Movie History
1966 – Georgy Girl, the movie starring Lynn Redgrave, was the first movie to receive a Mature Audience Only rating.
1976 – The movie “Car Wash” opened in theaters.
Music History
1976 – Keith Moon played his last show with THE WHO.
1967 – The musical Hair opened on Broadway.
1966 – The Beach Boys’ classic single “Good Vibrations” was released. It took six months to record and cost $4,000. Others put the cost at $10,000. The song was recorded over the course of 17 sessions in four different studios.
1964 – The Who failed an audition with EMI. They were known as High Numbers at the time.
1961 – Chubby Checker sang “The Twist” on TV’s Ed Sullivan Show.
General History
1746 – Princeton University received its charter.
1938 – Chester Carlson invented the Xerox photocopier. His invention was turned down by IBM, RCA, Kodak and other major companies. Carlson eventually made a fortune estimated at $100 million.
1939 – NBC televised the first professional football game, from Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. The game was broadcast to a limited area and only 500 TV sets got the transmission.
1968 – Apollo Seven returned safely, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean.
1978 – Pope John Paul II was installed as Pontiff. He was the first non-Italian Pope in 456 years.
1998 – The government announced one of the biggest toy recalls ever, advising parents to remove the batteries from their kids’ Power Wheels cars and trucks, made by Fisher-Price, because of faulty wiring that could cause them to burst into flame.
2001 – The New York Yankees won their 38th American League pennant.
Daily Mindbender Answer
46% of people change the channel on their TV when they see a “Reality TV Show”.
Yours in Water Cooler News fun!
Dr. Rus
