Here are three news items about dads, fathers, and daddies. Two of them are real stories…and the third one we made up. Why? Because we thought it would be fun to see if you can guess which one is too weird to be true.
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Hooray for exciting, world-class soccer! Boo for vuvuzelas and overspending!
Is your dad a gadget guy? Then here’s your Father’s Day shopping list…or maybe not.
Does your dad love toast, and does he also love listening to the radio? Is he in need of new models of both of these appliances, which tend to last a very, very long time? Then get him the Radio Toaster—it’s a two-slice toaster with an FM radio and speaker built right in. The cost: $115±—more than a toaster and radio bought separately.
What distinction do Chubby Checker, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Joan Jett, and Jim Croce share?
All of these acts are among the most successful, famous, and popular musicians to ever come out of Philadelphia…and none of them are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In fact, only one major act from the City of Brotherly Love has been inducted into the Rock Hall: Hall and Oates, and that was earlier this year.
Wham! was one of the most successful groups of the 1980s. While George Michael went on to lasting solo success with more serious music (and some tabloid scandals), his former bandmate just couldn’t catch a break.
Think you know the answer to this question? Think you can get it? Good luck…and come back tomorrow to see if you’re right.
In which Uncle John corrects widespread grammatical and language abominations. Here are a few celebrity names that you may be pronouncing wrong. Can you name any others?
The world’s most famous Icelander and swan dress-wearer pronounces her name “b-yerk,” not “b-york.”
These three actors rode the waves of fame at an age when most of us were still picking bubblegum out of our braces. But once those careers slowed down, they chased a different spotlight into the music business.
Westerns were incredibly popular in the mid-20th century. Amazingly, many of the sets used in these films are still standing and you can even visit some of them. Here are just a few, pilgrim.
What follows are three weird news items. Well, sort of. Two of them are true…and one of them isn’t. Why? Because we made it up, that’s why! Can you guess which one is the phony? (The answer is at the end of the post.)
The stories of how we came to use these silly abbreviations, on the Internet, in our texts, and even in real life.
You’ve probably heard of General Hospital’s “Luke and Laura,” but do you remember the multiple pop songs and pop stars that found success because they were featured on the show in the 1980s?
TV spinoffs generally follow their source material closely, but sometimes they diverge wildly. As Better Call Saul, a comic spinoff of Breaking Bad, starts filming this week, here are some other genre-switching spinoffs.
If you’ve ever been accused of having cooties…this blog post is for you. Today we explore the question, “What are cooties?”.
Say that three times fast, and then read these flag facts before Flag Day on June 14th.
Okay, so these aren’t really about mythical creatures—after all, they’re mythical. These are stories about human beings dressed up like mythical creatures.
These eco-potties come with Mother Nature’s stamp of approval.
