1) A survey in Oklahoma found only one in ten children 6 to 12 wear a watch and of that number only one in five knew how to read an analog clock. It seems exposure to technology results in everyone being used to digital. Kids all have cell phones and tablets, so they don't look at an analog clock very often. Should a parent tell their kid to be home for dinner by a quarter after six, they will be met with a "Huh? When's that?"
2) Yesha Callahan is an editor for an online magazine The Root. She ordered food and said the delivery guy was friendly and asked for a Yelp review. She gave the meal three stars. At 10pm the restaurant manager showed up at her home to talk about the review. Also, he said he wanted to give her a replacement order. She didn't answer the door and he left a couple of messages on her phone. By this time the food, eaten earlier, had somehow became worse and the review went from three stars to one.
3) A Yellowstone National Park Bison head butts an elderly woman. It seems Virginia Junk was walking in the park and didn't see the Bison until it was too late. Kind of hard to miss a Bison but that's her story. Apparently, the Bison felt threatened or was just bugged by the 72-year woman and head butted her in the thigh. Didn't do much damage as it was a controlled head butt. Here's the best part. No citations were issued so the bison doesn't have to lawyer up. Bison head butting is illegal in MT.
4) Fond du Lac Wisconsin's, Don Gorske, downed his 30,000th Big Mac at the same McDonald's where he ate his first one, 46 years ago, in 1972. Don had a message for those who figure Big Macs' receive low scores on healthy food charts. At his last medical check-up, he had low cholesterol and his blood pressure was perfect. If you love Big Macs but opt for things you don't really like with high healthy scores ... maybe a few Big Macs might be OK ... just sayin'
5) John McCain says he doesn't want President Donald Trump to attend his funeral. I would bet Trump doesn't want to attend either. So, it appears they both get what they want. Sometimes things DO work out for the best.
(Tom Murphy is a writer, humorist, actor, disc jockey and an occasional contributor to CityWatch. He lives in Los Angeles.)
-cw
