112509: Water Cooler News
Water Cooler News – November 25/09
Welcome to Wednesday!
For some it’s a Mid-Week Wednesday. For others it’s the day before a Thanksgiving holiday. For others, it’s the last day of a short work week! Whatever the case may be it’s also time for another edition of the Water Cooler News.
In this edition you will find some fun factoids and a list of birthdays for this date. You will also find a collection of off-beat news…
- Dad Leaves Boy In Truck To Drink In Strip Club
- Police Use Backhoe To Locate Drugs
- Prison Inmates Escape And Return
Daily Mindbender Question
The first one was given as a practical joke in the 80’s. Now there are thousands. What is it?
Answer at end of post!
Off-Beat News
“Dad Leaves Boy In Truck To Drink In Strip Club”
Police say an Indianapolis man was charged with public intoxication and child neglect after he left his five-year-old son in a tractor-trailer while he went drinking at a strip club. The man was arrested after he called police to report his truck stolen. Police say the truck hadn’t been stolen — the suspect was simply too drunk to remember where he had parked. The boy was found inside the cab around 1 am, watching cartoons.
“Police Use Backhoe To Locate Drugs”
Druggies who live in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana can no longer rely on flushing their stash down the toilet to avoid arrest when cops are pounding on their door. Authorities say when officers raided a man’s home on suspicion of drug activity and met him coming out of a bathroom, they immediately called in a backhoe to dig up the septic system. Deputies found needles and a bag of meth in the sewage and booked the 49-year-old resident on drug possession.
“Prison Inmates Escape And Return”
The Tennessee Department of Corrections reports that two inmates are facing escape and burglary charges after they broke free from a minimum security prison, stole cigarettes from a convenience store — and then returned to jail. Authorities say the two inmates escaped through a window in their cell and crawled under a fence at the Turney Center Annex corrections facility, only to return a short time later the same way, carrying stolen cigarettes.
Historical Notes
Today is…
Automobile Speed Reduction Anniversary – 1973 – A Presidential order to reduce the 70 mile per hour speed limit to 55 National Maximum Speed Limit
Shopping Reminder Day – One month before Christmas, a reminder to shoppers that there are only 28 more shopping days (excluding Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Eve)
Notable Birthdays…
Percy Sledge, 69, singer (When A Man Loves A Woman)
Ben Stein, 65, actor
John Larroquette, 62, actor (Night Court, Boston Legal)
Amy Grant, 49, singer
Jill Hennessy, 40, actress (Crossing Jordan)
Barbara and Jenna Bush, 28, the Pres’s twin daughters
Katie Cassidy, 23, actress (7th Heaven) (daughter of David Cassidy)
Born on this date…also known as the late…
Joe DiMaggio–1914-1999
John F. Kennedy, Jr.–1961-1999/lawyer, son of JFK
Ricardo Montalban–1920-2009/ TV’s Fantasy Island, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
Musical History
1992 – Whitney Houston made her film acting debut when The Bodyguard opened nationwide.
1985 – David Crosby failed to show up for his appeal bond hearing in Dallas. For the next 17 days he was “a fugitive from the law”.
1984 – The Band Aid single, “Do They Know It’s Christmas,” was recorded by the top names in British pop at a London studio.
1981 – The number one single was “Physical” by Olivia Newton-John. It went on to sell more than two million copies and became the single of the year.
1976 – The Band held their farewell concert at the Winterland in San Francisco. The all-star affair was filmed and released in 1978 as “The Last Waltz,” directed by Martin Scorcese.
1966 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience made its London performance debut at the Bag O’ Nails Club.
General History
1783 – The British evacuated New York, their last military position in the United States during the Revolutionary War.
1867 – Alfred Nobel invented dynamite. He originally called it “Nobel’s Safety Powder”.
1922 – The buried entrance to King Tut’s tomb was discovered in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, prompting reports of a “death curse” on anyone who disturbed the burial place. The quick death of the expedition’s sponsor, Lord Carnavon, from a mere insect bite heightened those “curse” reports, but the archaeologists involved in the King Tut project had an average lifespan of 70 years.
1963 – President Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, three days after he was assassinated. People still remember the famous picture taken of John Jr. saluting the coffin as it passed him on the way to the gravesite.
1992 – Disney’s Aladdin opened.
1998 – Comedian Flip Wilson died in Malibu, California at age 64.
Daily Mindbender Answer
The 1st one given as a joke in the 80’s. Now the “computer virus” count is in the thousands. (1st given in 1981 via floppy disc by 15 year old).
Yours in Water Cooler News Fun!
Dr. Rus
