What a Weird Week for Friday, June 30, 2023: Dog Nannies, Ruined Experiments, and a Ban on Suitcases
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This is Season 4, Episode 40 for Friday June 30, 2023:
❿ From Fox 2, KTBU. Billionaires offering dog nanny job with $127,000 a year salary had to pull their ad after too many applications. ❾ from HuffPost, The results are in, Maury Povich is the father... of a great business venture! ❽ from NDTV... 'Skilled US cow performs 10 tricks in 1 minute to set world record' ... ❼ Seven is going to be a tie. There's going to be two stories in number seven. They're not weird news items so much as they're just weird articles that started getting traction this past week. First one, the headline was why you should never jump into water to avoid a bee attack... and the other story is... which again, it's not a news item so much as an article that started gaining traction this past week... but to me, it's kind of weird. Have you ever heard the phrase sleep divorce before?? From USA Today. the article is 'Sleep Divorce is on the Rise'. ❻ Free Smartwatches: A Warning. Headline from PC Magazine is "Did you receive a free smartwatch in the mail? Do not turn it on." ❺ Pepsi Ketchup made headlines this week. Pepsi-infused ketchup! It's Pepsi and ketchup together at last! ❹ the janitor who unplugged the freezer and ruined the experiment and now is part of a lawsuit... ❸ the War on Taco Tuesday continues... Taco John's Answers Back... ❷ Rent the Barbie Dreamhouse... 🏆 A couple Honorable Mentions this week... - When in Rome, don't carve your gf's name into ancient architecture... for sure don't get VIDEO of it! the second Honorable Mention... - are we gonna have to start paying 70 dollars for a bottle of Sriracha sauce?!! ❶ Croatian City Bans Noisy Wheeled Suitcases... A European city has imposed a ban on wheeled suitcases due to the excessive noise they produce when dragged across cobblestones.
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