debacles
TMZ.com is reporting that chicken lovers have become disillusioned with KFC and are suing over the Oprah-endorsed
Kentucky Grilled Chicken giveaway that went so horribly wrong last month.
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ron mexico
For those of you who are not aware, there is a certain incarcerated former NFL quarterback who was accused of using the name
"Ron Mexico" when visiting medical clinics to get treatment for genital herpes. He's since been sent to federal prison for his involvement in a dog fighting ring — but it seems that his alias is passing the time working at Chick-fil-a.
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att
We've seen a few addresses that have fractions in our time on this planet, but we never stopped to think about what it was like to try to order internet at one of these locations. Turns out, its about as annoying as you think it would be. Meet Michael. His address is 914½. This problematic little fraction causes AT&T to completely freak out for
two months.
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happy endings
Reader Chris write in to let us know that even though his local
Pizza Hut was having a really, really bad day (car accidents, miscommunication, messed up refunds) they went out of their way to try to make it up to him.
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apologies
The
Washingtonian is reporting that a few disgruntled
Radiohead fans who were
forced to circle the parking lot rather than actually watch the Radiohead show they paid to see (and to park at... parking was included in the ticket price), were offered replacement tickets. In New Jersey. Now, we failed geography and can barely read so we don't actually know where this so-called "New Jersey" is, but it sounds like it's not in Washington D.C. Let's take a look at the map. Nope. Google maps says that the
closest NJ Radiohead show (Susquehanna Bank Center Camden, NJ) is a 3 hour drive from the Nissan Pavilion where the first disastrous show took place.
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debacles
It seems this weekend's
Radiohead concert in the D.C. area was a spectacular failure. The show was billed as rain or shine and rain it did — fans are reporting that they were turned away from the parking lot and forced to circle the venue for the entire duration of the show.
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debacles
Here's a ridiculous story about the TSA, the San Diego Airport and Delta Airlines. It even involves allegations of "death threats."
At this point the husband of the family, my hero - got love New Yorkers (living in Florida). Screams at the top of his lungs "He's with us, you let him up here right now!" directly into the face of the TSA bouncer that made the announcement earlier.
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