122209: Water Cooler News
Water Cooler News – December 22/09
Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Water Cooler News! In this edition you will find some fun factoids to wow your friends during any conversation. You will also find a list of birthdays for this date.
Then of course there’s the off-beat news!
- Phone Thief Calls In Name & Address
- Woman Calls 9-1-1 To Get Kid Off Video Game
- Stabbings Mar Parking And Talking Disagreements
Off-Beat News
“Phone Thief Calls In Name & Address”
A cell phone thief in Britain didn’t turn himself in so much as call himself in. Police arrested 24-year-old Peter Gamblin after he gave his name and address to the phone’s owner when he called Gamblin following the theft. Gamblin reportedly passed on his info just to show off, although he claimed he never stole the phone.
“Woman Calls 9-1-1 To Get Kid Off Video Game”
A woman in Boston went a Wii bit off the deep end when she couldn’t get her teenage son to stop playing video games. Authorities say she called 9-1-1 around 2:30 in the morning to complain she couldn’t get the 14-year-old boy to stop playing Grand Theft Auto and go to sleep. Officers showed up at the house and convinced the boy to listen to his mother.
“Stabbings Mar Parking And Talking Disagreements”
Police in Springfield, Missouri arrested an 18-year-old woman for stabbing a man she believed took a parking spot she was waiting for in the lot of a Chili’s restaurant. Authorities say the woman stabbed the man several times with an ice pick and fled the scene, though police tracked her down after witnesses gave them her license plate number. The victim went to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Historical Notes
Today is…
First Gorilla Born In Captivity Anniversary – 1956 – “Colo” was born at the Columbus, OH zoo weighing in at 3 1/4 pounds.
Notable Birthdays…
Barbara Billingsley, 94, actress (Leave it to Beaver)
Steve Carlton 65/Hall of Fame pitcher
Diane Sawyer, 64, journalist
Rick Nielsen 63/guitarist, Cheap Trick
Robin Gibb, 60
BernNadette Stanis 56/actress, Thelma on TV’s Good Times
Jordin Sparks, 20, singer (American Idol)
Born on this date…also known as the late…
Maurice Gibb–1949-2003/Bee Gees member and Robin’s twin
Lady Bird Johnson–1912-2007/former first lady
Movie History
1971 – The original Dirty Harry premiered.
2000 – The movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? debuted in New York and Los Angeles featuring Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris on the soundtrack.
Music History
1978 – Kenney Jones, of the Faces, became the drummer for the Who. He replaced Keith Moon, who had died a couple of months earlier.
1976 – Isaac Hayes filed for bankruptcy.
1975 – Ike and Tina Turner were robbed of $86,000 when a suitcase was stolen containing concert receipts.
1968 – Eric Burdon left the Animals.
1965 – The number one Billboard pop hit was Over And Over by the Dave Clark Five.
Yours in Water Cooler News!
Dr. Rus
