111209: Water Cooler News
Water Cooler News – November 12/09
We are flying through yet another week! It’s Thursday and that means we’re rapidly approaching the end of another week. As you gather around the water cooler today the last thing you want to have happen is to show up with nothing to say. With that in mind, it’s time for another edition of the Water Cooler News!
In this edition of the Water Cooler News you will find a collection of birthdays and historical tidbits for this date. You will also find some off-beat news…
- Woman Takes A Stab At Getting More Vodka
- Set Of Wheels Sets Off Lawmaker
- What’s For Lunch!?
Daily Mindbender Question
Women who have this, make more money. What is it?
Answer at end of post!
Off-Beat News
“Woman Takes A Stab At Getting More Vodka”
Police in Clawson, Michigan say a 34-year-old woman threatened her husband with a knife after he threw out a bottle of vodka while she slept. When the woman woke up, she got into an argument with her hubby, but decided to get some more shuteye. She woke up again, at which point she took a seven-inch knife and told her husband to either give her back the liquor or hand her the car keys. Neither option appealed to the man, so he decided to hold down his wife while he called 9-1-1.
“Set Of Wheels Sets Off Lawmaker”
Karima Begam, who serves as Nepal’s deputy agriculture minister, got upset earlier this week when one of her subordinates sent an old car to pick her up at an airport. Apparently Begam wanted a specific jeep, but lost her cool when an older model Mitsubishi showed up to get her. She said, quote, “I slapped the employee four times in order to make him more aware of his duties and responsibilities.”
“What’s For Lunch!?”
Doctors in Peru recently removed one and a half pounds of metal from a man’s stomach. Requelme Abanto’s stomach was filled with such goodies as nails, coins, rusted copper wire and scrap metal. The 26-year-old construction worker said he’s been eating metal for months and he may keep doing it because – quote – “it’s a sport.” Abanto’s cuisine of choice has forced doctors to conduct psychological tests on him while he recovers.
Historical Tidbits
Today is…
Triple Crown Surfing Day
Notable Birthdays…
Brian Hyland 66/singer, “Itsy-Bitsy-Teenie-Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini”
Booker T. Jones, 65, organist (Booker T. and the MGs)
Neil Young, 64, singer
Nadia Comaneci, 48, Olympic gold medal gymnast
Sammy Sosa 41/retired baseball slugger
Tonya Harding, 39, figure skater / bad girl
Anne Hathaway, 27, actress
Born on this date…also known as the late…
Kim Hunter – 1922-2002/actress, Dr. Zira in Planet of the Apes
Grace Kelly – 1929-1982/actress, Rear Window, Princess of Monaco
Music History
1997 – Billy Preston was sent to jail for three years for cocaine possession.
1993 – Michael Jackson canceled a world tour, saying he had a dependence on painkillers.
1990 – Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones was injured when he was struck by a car near London.
1987 – Sly Stone was arrested for nonpayment of child support when he arrived an hour late for his “comeback” concert in L.A.
1979 – Kenny Rogers began filming his TV movie The Gambler.
1970 – The Doors played what would be their final concert with Jim Morrison, in New Orleans.
1966 – The Monkees self-titled debut album started a 13-week run at number one. It sold over three million copies in three months.
1966 – Donovan’s “Mellow Yellow” was released.
General History
1931 – EMI’s now-legendary Abbey Road Studios in the St. John’s Wood section of London celebrated its grand opening.
1933 – Scotsman Hugo Gray first photographed the Loch Ness Monster as he was walking by Loch Ness near Inverness, Scotland. Mr. Gray hastily snapped five shots — four were blank, but the fifth showed “an object of considerable dimensions.”
1946 – The first drive-thru bank tellers were introduced, as the Exchange Bank of Chicago became the first to offer the service, called, “autobank.”
1969 – Tiny Tim, born Herbert Buckingham Khaury, made his first appearance on The Tonight Show.
1975 – Leo Wiener opened the world’s first hotel for dogs in New York City.
2002 – Stan Lee filed a lawsuit against Marvel Entertainment Inc. that claimed the company had cheated him out of millions of dollars in movie profits related to the 2002 movie Spider-Man. Lee is the creator of such comics as Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk and Daredevil.
Daily Mindbender Answer
Women who have “a male name” make more money.
Yours in Water Cooler News!
Dr. Rus
