You’ve Been Eating Spaghetti Wrong Your Whole Life
There are a lot of different techniques for eating spaghetti. Do you shovel it in with a fork? Slurp up whatever strands are hanging down? Cut it up first? Twirl it against a spoon? Eat it with your hands like a child?
Maybe we’ve all been eating it wrong our entire lives. Because it turns out an article in “Life” magazine came up with the official rules back in 1942.
Here’s the RIGHT way to eat spaghetti . . .
1. Use your fork to separate out exactly FOUR strands.
2. Gently and politely twirl them against a spoon.
3. Eat the entire forkful at once . . . don’t nibble it or take bites.
4. DO feel free to slurp up the noodles as necessary.
Now you know. (Time)
The 10 Companies and Chain Restaurants We Trust the Most
Everyone loves Amazon! Unless you’re a business that’s dying because they offer cheaper prices and free shipping on everything you sell, and now you have to live in a cardboard box. Thanks a lot, Amazon.
A new study found the top 10 companies that have the best reputations. In other words, the 10 we trust the most. Check ’em out . . .
1. Amazon.
2. Kellogg’s.
3. Lego.
4. Fruit of the Loom.
5. Campbell’s Soup.
6. Levi Strauss & Co.
7. Snap-on Tools.
8. Hershey.
9. Panera Bread.
10. Briggs & Stratton. They make small engines, for stuff like lawnmowers and generators.
The study also found the top 10 chain restaurants with the best reputations . . .
1. Panera Bread.
2. Dunkin’ Donuts.
3. Subway.
4. Krispy Kreme.
5. Texas Roadhouse.
6. Wendy’s.
7. Chipotle.
8. Mrs. Fields.
9. Papa John’s.
10. The Cheesecake Factory.
(Reputation Institute / USA Today)
64% of Us Have Peed in a Pool, Plus Eight More Stats About Bad Vacation Behavior
It turns out a lot of us do fairly TERRIBLE things when we’re on vacation. Let’s hope we’re not this bad in our day-to-day lives.
A new survey asked people whether they do nine “bad” things on vacation. Here are the results . . .
69% of us have taken toiletries, slippers, or a robe home from a hotel.
67% have done work while we were supposed to be on vacation.
64% have peed in a pool or the ocean.
59% have reserved chairs at the beach or pool by putting a towel on them early in the morning.
24% have faked being sick to extend a trip an extra day.
22% have snuck something through customs.
13% have skipped out on a bill.
4% have gone to a tanning salon after a trip so people will be impressed with their “vacation” tan.
And 3% have cheated on their partner on vacation.
(Travelzoo)
An Idiot with Green Hair Was Arrested on Outstanding Warrants Because a Viral Video Led Cops Right to Him
Viral video fame giveth, and viral video fame taketh away.
A guy named Courtney Barnes in Jackson, Mississippi tried to become a viral video sensation last week, by giving a ridiculous interview to the local news after a car crash. You can see the video by searching for “green haired witness” on YouTube.
He’s a flamboyant character with a big personality, green hair, green fingernails, and a drawn-on unibrow.
But the attention REALLY backfired on him. It turns out the police have been looking for him because he has TWO outstanding warrants in Jackson for shoplifting . . . one from Walmart, and one from a clothing store called Swell-O-Phonic.
So thanks to the viral news video, the cops knew exactly where to find him . . . and they just arrested him.
(NBC 3 – Jackson / Uproxx)
Of Course This Happened In Alabama…
This is completely horrific and terrible. An Alabama woman caught her husband cheating on her…with the dog. Here’s the details via the Dothan Eagle:
Geneva Police Capt. Ricky Morgan confirmed Geneva police officers arrested Jonathan Edward Medley, 39, of Geneva, and charged him with misdemeanor animal cruelty.
Morgan said Medley’s wife first reported the offense to the Geneva Police Department on Thursday.
“He was mad at his wife because she paid more attention to the dog than him so he had sex with the dog,” Morgan said. “She actually thought he was having an affair with another woman and hid a recording device. She learned he was in fact molesting the dog.”
Morgan said the victim of the crime was a male Shih Tzu belonging to his wife. He said the dog suffered injuries from the offense, and was taken to a local veterinarian for treatment. Morgan said the injuries suffered by the dog might lead to euthanization.
The New York Daily News is reporting that the dog will make a full recovery, but the same cannot be said for this man’s marriage. (Gawker)
Also, This Crazy Lady…
Rachel Dolezal is the former NAACP chapter president in Spokane, WA. She recently stepped down from that position after it was revealed that she isn’t actually a black woman. This morning she went on the Today Show to answer questions and explain herself…(Today)