120709: Water Cooler News
Water Cooler News – December 7/09
Welcome to the start of a brand new week! Of course with each passing day, it also means we’re getting closer to Christmas Day! Are you ready for Christmas yet? While you may not be ready for Christmas yet, I want to make sure you’re ready for some idle chit-chat around the water cooler today. With that in mind, it’s time for another edition of the Water Cooler News!
In this edition you will find a list of birthdays and historical notes for today’s date. You will also find some off-beat news…
- Husband Arrested For Rubbing Burger in Wife’s Face
- Police: Tennessee Man Arrested for Dialing 911 While Drunk
- Police Catch Christmas Tree Crook
Off-Beat News
“Husband Arrested For Rubbing Burger in Wife’s Face”
A 25-year-old Florida man was arrested for having a violent food fight with his wife. Police say Daniel Boss and his wife got into an argument when she apparently poured soda on his hamburger. Authorities say Boss retaliated by rubbing the burger in his wife’s face. His wife went to a police station to report the incident. Boss was later charged with misdemeanor domestic battery.
“Police: Tennessee Man Arrested for Dialing 911 While Drunk”
A Tennessee man was arrested for allegedly dialing 911 while drunk. Police in Murfreesboro responded to an emergency call at the 57-year-old suspect’s home, but the only thing wrong was the man had consumed too much alcohol. When the officers asked the suspect why he dialed 911, he replied – quote – “just drunk.” When police later discovered the same man had called the emergency line 47 times in the past year, they charged him with abuse of the 911 system.
“Police Catch Christmas Tree Crook”
Police in Portage, Indiana caught a Christmas tree thief trying to make a getaway — on a motorized bicycle. When police stopped 48-year-old Phillip Menefee for riding his bike at 1 in the morning with a Christmas tree balanced across his handlebars, he claimed he purchased it from a nearby lot. When officers informed Menefee the lot was closed, he allegedly changed his story and announced he bought the tree at a bar. While police say Menefee did buy something at the bar, it wasn’t a tree. He was charged with public intoxication. He was also charged with theft after cops noticed the tree had a tag that showed it came from the closed lot.
Historical Notes
Today is…
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day – 1941 – American radar in Hawaii detected about 200 planes approaching Pearl Harbor, but the system wasn’t sophisticated enough to tell whether or not they were enemy planes. The death toll was 2,400.
International Civil Aviation Day
Notable Birthdays…
Tom Waits, 60, singer
Priscilla Barnes, 54, actress (Three’s Company)
Larry Bird, 53, basketball Hall of Famer
Edd Hall, 52, announcer (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno)
Movie History
1969 – Frosty the Snowman aired for the first time on CBS.
1990 – Edward Scissorhands, starring Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder, opened nationwide.
Music History
1986 – Huey Lewis & The News sang an a cappella version of the national anthem before a San Francisco 49ers vs, New York Jets game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
1984 – Michael Jackson testified in Chicago that he wrote the song The Girl is Mine, not an Illinois man. Jackson won the case.
1983 – Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton’s single “Islands in the Stream” was certified platinum.
1968 – Eric Burdon announced he would break-up The Animals after a December 22 concert at Newcastle City Hall. His intention was to go to California and start an acting career.
1967 – The Beatles opened their Apple Boutique in London.
1964 – Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys suffered a nervous breakdown on a flight from L.A. to Houston. The event led Wilson to stop touring with the group.
General History
1784 – David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patented the first screw.
1796 – Electors choose John Adams to be the second president of the United States.
1941 – American radar in Hawaii detected about 200 planes approaching Pearl Harbor, but the system wasn’t sophisticated enough to tell whether or not they were enemy planes. The death toll was 2,400.
1972 – America’s last flight to the moon, Apollo 17, blasted off from Cape Canaveral. Flight Commander Eugene Cernan was the last man on the moon.
Yours in Water Cooler News!
Dr. Rus
