This week has plenty of oddities to take your mind off the economy, the elections and other more serious matters.
Gambling for Charity: A gambler in England left his estate to a charity working to stamp out poverty. Included in the estate was a bet that Roger Federer would win seven Wimbledons. Payoff $168,000.
Coffee and Coffins. A funeral home has opened a Starbucks inside the premises. You can sip a lattee before or after the ceremony...maybe during as well.
The Secret Recipe: A thief broke into the safe of a Houston hamburger restaurant. No, he wasn't after money. He took the company's secret hamburger recipe. Come to think of it, I wrote a similar story in a book for Harlequin Temptation called The Great Chili Caper by Lorna Michaels. Still available on Amazon.
There's an App for That: Date not going well? eHarmony offers a Bad Date App which will set off your IPhone. Then you can "answer," plead an emergency and finish the dud date in record time.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
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Oh, neat, you like weird news stories, too! I mention several of them in my post tomorrow, but they're different from the ones you picked. (Lots of weird stuff to pick from, huh?)
I remember reading quite a while back about funeral homes in California that added a drive thru viewing window. Seriously. I wonder if the Starbucks there would offer carryout?
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