Tag: News

“What Do You Put in a Toaster?” and other Brain Teasers and Dementia Tests

Post author By web gangsta
Post date October 4, 2009

The most common answer to “What do you put in a toaster”? is “toast”.

That’s wrong. Toast is what you get out of a toaster after you put bread in.

So how do you know if you’re losing your mind or just aren’t thinking straight?

You could take this test, developed for World Alzheimer’s Day, to see how much you know about ALZHEIMER’S FACTS AND MYTHS, or you could take the DEMENTIA SCREENING SURVEY, an 8-question quiz that can help you determine the difference between dementia and mere forgetfulness… or you can read on for a number of fun games and tests that you can share with others.

AWARENESS TEST: How many times does the team in white pass the basketball?

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What’s the Cheesiest Pick-Up Line You’ve Used… that worked?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date October 2, 2009

What’s the cheesiest pick-up line that you’ve ever used… that actually worked?

We all know the old standards never do:

“You must be tired because you’ve been running through my mind all night.”

“Did it hurt? Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?”

“Want to go back to my place and do all the things I’m going to tell my friends we did anyway?”

And we know that women most often say that “Hi” is the most effective pick-up line. But honestly – that’s no fun at all.

Tags News, Party Talk, Relationships, survey

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What Do 33% of Japanese Men Say They Do? Pee Sitting Down!

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 27, 2009

A recent survey of 500 men who have western-style toilets at their homes concluded that 33.4% OF JAPANESE MEN SIT DOWN TO PEE while at home.

The survey, performed on behalf of TOTO – makers of home bidet systems and other bathroom fixtures – shows an increase of about 9.7% over the numbers from the last time Toto conducted a survey of bathroom habits in 2004.

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Lawsuit over the World’s Largest PEZ Dispenser

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 21, 2009

The WORLD’S LARGEST PEZ DISPENSER is getting sued.

Well, not the dispenser itself, but the Burlingham, California people who built the World’s Largest PEZ dispenser and included it as a display in their INTERNATIONAL PEZ MUSEUM.

The company behind PEZ didn’t like the perceived copyright infringement that’s taking place, especially after this unauthorized reproduction received a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for the Largest Candy Dispenser. The reason behind the lawsuit is that it’s not an official PEZ product, so therefore should not be eligible for being recognized as a valid PEZ dispenser in the first place.

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Survey Says: Teen Pregnancy and Religion Go Hand-in-Hand

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 20, 2009

A recent survey in the Journal of Reproductive Health says that there is a DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING AND A HIGHER LEVEL OF TEEN PREGNANCIES.

The study is entitled “Religiosity and Teen Birth Rate in the United States“.

For this report, the CDC took data from two different studies – one on the levels of teen birth rates, and the other on a religion spread across the US.

Tags News, parenting, Relationships, survey

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Have You Ever Been Propositioned in Church?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 16, 2009

Baylor University just finished conducting a survey of over 3,500 adults that related to Clergy Sexual Misconduct.

The question they asked was whether the RESPONDENT HAD EVER BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A SEXUAL ADVANCE BY A RELIGIOUS LEADER.

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The Hot Waitress Economic Index

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 15, 2009

Remember the Men’s Underwear Economic Index that Web Watch mentioned the other day?

Have you heard about the HOT WAITRESS ECONOMIC INDEX?

As the creators of the index note, it is similar to the Overeducated Cabbie Index or Speed at Which Contractors Return Calls Index, both of which should give the casual observer some indication of how desperate for work some people are during certain economic times.

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March 2009 Was Incredibly Indecent (according to the FCC)

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 11, 2009

The FCC has released their QUARTERLY REPORT ON INFORMAL CONSUMER INQUIRIES AND
COMPLAINTS, covering January-March 2009.

It’s the usual government summary paper, filled with lots of mumbo-jumbo, charts, and big words to fill up all 11 pages when probably two or three pages would have done just fine.

But if you take the time to read through all that ick, you’ll see an interesting statistic: according to the FCC, March 2009 was incredibly indecent for TV viewers and radio listeners.

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