Why is it that so many of the people who choose to defraud their workers' compensation insurance for the sake of greed are so blatant and dumb about it?
It's like they really want to get one over on the insurance company yet don't understand how things like cameras, smartphones or audio recorders work so their "crafty" plan is doomed from day one.
But this CCTV footage from an office building in Ft Lauderdale features a defrauder who isn't even crafty enough to come up with a feasible claim- she just bashes her own head and claims the ceiling fell on her:
Her employer's insurance company got suspicious and brought in Florida's Division of Investigative and Forensic Services." At least that's how Fox 13 out of Tampa put it. God might not see nor care but they had a camera upon her the whole while. They fired her and charged her with insurance fraud. The judge put her on 18 months' probation.
When people say a baby looks like someone famous, or that he/she resembles a parent, they're usually just saying so to be polite, because most babies look like babies or, in this case, like Cabbage Patch Dolls.
In fact, we should just start telling people their babies look like a certain brands of dolls, because the resemblance is remarkable.
Since the proud parents are likely to get upset if you say the baby looks like a toy rather than either one of them maybe you should just stick to saying "your baby is a real doll".
When police officers in Newport, Oregon were called in to deal with a cat supposedly armed with an assault rifle perched in a tree they took the report seriously for some reason.
Maybe they know something about a new line of cat-sized assault rifles I don't know about, or perhaps they were trying to find footage for their bodycam blooper reel.
Either way- they issued a "verbal warning" to the cat, who was actually armed with a stick:
Unless you're too fancy to sit in a booth and chow down on a grilled cheese sandwich you know the deal with diners- they're often the comfiest and most affordable places to eat no matter which state you're in.
And as long as you don't order the Clams Casino they definitely beat most fast food joints by a mile for just a few bucks more, but more importantly they're a great starting point when exploring a new city.
Wanna try the famous Lunch Box Burger and get a slice of kitschy Americana while you're in Minneapolis? Visit the Band Box Diner, which dates back to 1939 and is the last of its kind.
Looking for some down home cooking with a rich and decadent twist while you're in Winnemucca, Nevada? Head over to The Griddle (open since 1948) and treat yourself to their cream cheese-filled Pecan Crepes, which they top with bacon caramel sauce. *drool*
And if you're looking for local history in Salt Lake City, Utah then you've gotta go to Ruth's Diner, which was started by a cabaret singer named Ruth back in 1930.
It's rumored that Ruth's used to be located across the street from a house of ill repute, and that Ruth used to feed the girls and listen to all the local gossip, making Ruth's a hub for travelers. I wonder how they felt about her Pulled Pork Benedict?
Stan Lee has appeared in nearly every Marvel movie and TV show ever made, and many people assumed these appearances were just a fun and clever way to pay homage to the great comic creator.
But some fans have proposed a different theory since Stan first appeared in the current batch of Marvel movies, theorizing he's actually "some sort of greater cosmic good" in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
“Stan Lee clearly exists, you know, above and apart from the reality of all the films. [Lee’s cameo] wasn’t in for a long time and we put it back in towards the end of the process where he references that time he was a Federal Express agent — we thought it would be fun to put that in there because that really says, so wait a minute, he’s this same character who’s popped up in all these films.”
So does that mean they're going to make a Stan Lee movie? Because that would be amazing!
In the tale of Snow White she is said to be the fairest in the land, with "skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood and hair as black as ebony", so the snow connection relates to her beauty and her skin tone.
But having never heard the fairy tale you'd probably imagine someone who looks more like 8-year-old Nariyana at the mention of the name Snow White, because the young girl seems to embody the name.
Albinism has turned her hair as white as the driven snow, and her pale complexion makes her look like Snegurochka come to life, plus she's from Yakutia, Siberia, which is home to lots and lots of snow.
Nariyana posed once for photographer Vadim Rufov and the offers from modeling agencies started rolling in, but for now her mom wants the 8-year-old to enjoy being a kid and leave modeling until she has grown up.
Superman is super strong, super fast, super resilient, super smart and super concerned with dispensing justice, so it only makes sense that he would have super powerful itches as well.
And as this Dragonarte comic shows these super severe itches are the main reason he doesn't turn on Batman and the Justice League- because he needs the team around to itch his back!
Which is why people are scared stiff about getting shot, but far too few people understand what happens when we get shot and what we can to to increase our chances of survival.
First, the bullet itself isn't what causes most of the damage- it's the momentum behind the bullet:
...when a bullet enters your body, your flesh absorbs a great deal of the momentum the bullet was carrying.
All that momentum has to go somewhere, so the bullet transfers it to your body, causing it to expand and create a large cavity, then falling back in on itself. That tremor can cause serious damage to your organs and tissues, even if the bullet doesn’t actually hit them.
Second, the main killer of those who have been shot is blood loss:
Connor Narciso, former combat medic and Army Green Beret who served in Afghanistan, says don’t let movies and TV fool you. A single gunshot in the arm or leg is more than enough to kill you if you’re unlucky.Why? Blood loss, which Narciso asserts is the number one preventable cause of death on the battlefield (about 90% of those preventable deaths are due to blood loss). If that bullet hits a brachial artery in your arm, one of the bilateral inguinal arteries in your groin, or the subclavian arteries beneath each of your clavicles, you’re looking at massive hemorrhaging.
Third, the best thing to do when somebody has been shot is call 911 and try to stop the bleeding or, in the case of chest wounds, stop air from entering the chest cavity:
...look for swelling, skin discoloration, and other signs of hemorrhaging, then try to control it by applying manual pressure on the wound, or by fastening a tourniquet high and tight on the limb where the wound is located.
If there’s an open bullet wound in the chest cavity, it’s important that you try to prevent any air getting sucked into it. Otherwise, you or the victim may suffer tension pneumothorax, or a collapsed lung, cutting breathing capability in half. The best way to plug the hole is with some form of occlusive dressing. This can be petrolatum, gauze from a first aid kit, or something improvised, like tape or plastic. Whatever you use, it needs to provide a total seal, so absorbent materials like standard gauze pads will not work.
The Brothers Gibb didn't exactly set the world on fire with their earliest incarnation Barry Gibb & The Bee Gees, but young Robin did enjoy setting fires around town- which resulted in his family moving to Australia in 1958.
By 1960 they boys were performing at the Redcliffe Speedway and playing their super square folky pop songs on TV shows, and by 1963 the boys had landed a recording contract.
These cheesy ballads are a far cry from the Disco songs they're best known for today, but before they found their sound they started over again with their "first" album The Bee Gees' 1st, which was actually their third album.
Nobody knows where The Bee Gees' career would have ended had they not continued to reinvent themselves, but by 1978 the boys had made it big, with eight number one songs in '78 alone.
In fact, The Bee Gees accounted for 2% of the entire record industry in '78, which is why stations will probably still be playing Stayin' Alive well past the day I die.
Hot button words like socialism, communism and welfare are often misunderstood in America, and yet the mere utterance of these words makes some people frothing mad, whether they truly understand the meaning or not.
They hear "blah blah communism" and immediately start screaming about how "that Liberal should be shot!", as if this is a fair and equal reaction to hearing a word they think means "takes my money and gives it to lazy people".
But Dylan, aka "Sceneable" aka the host of this shaky camera show, makes Communism sound pretty cool, like houses full of other people's money free for the taking cool!
Some travelers like to bring a piece of every place they've ever visited home with them, to remind them of the fun times they had while traveling abroad, but vacationer David Bussell prefers to leave a bit of himself behind instead.
His travel ritual doesn't involve blood or bodily fluids because David prefers to literarily leave his mark by writing something clever in a secret place, so future guests can find his funny graffito and LOL.
David has been doing his verbal vandal thang in hotel rooms around the world for the past 11 years, honing his comedic wit into something beyond sharp and so cutting edge it's timeless.
Companies are constantly coming up with clever products to help keep our homes clean, tidy and looking cool, but every bank account has a limit and some problems need an immediate solution. So crafty folks come up with clever ways to use what they have on hand to get the job done.
Need a new rack for all your coats? Go outside and grab a sturdy branch. Need a place to put your contacts while you're at work? Two spoons and a styrofoam cup oughta do the trick!
Buying stuff is overrated, and when you've got a box full of building blocks collecting dust you've got a box full of solutions to many of domestic life's dilemmas- so stop buying and start building!
Hotels are full of secrets they'd rather keep hidden from the guests who stay there , and if you stay at hotels often you'll want to know these secrets so you get your money's worth and they don't get one over on you.
Did you know it only costs most hotels about 30-40 bucks a day to keep a room ready to rent? That cost is the same for hotels big and small, sleazy or swanky, so the hotels that are charging ten times this amount for an average room are just plain ripping people off.
And speaking of ripoffs- the minibar is one of the biggest ripoffs in the hotel game, but minibar charges are also "the most disputed charges on any bill", so fight it properly and you may not have to pay.
If you want to upgrade your experience former hotel manager turned author Jacob Tomsky suggests you tip the front desk agent a $20 and tell them it's a "special occasion", which should land you a better room.
"Douchebag" has gone from an insult referring to "an obnoxious or contemptible person (typically used of a man)" to a nickname that kinda guy and his alpha bro buddies proudly call themselves.
And as the douchebag has come into his own as a contemptible yet comic character he has also developed his own uniquely terrible sense of style, to better help him stick out in a crowd.
This spoof of the "100 Years Of Beauty" series was created by Circa Laughs to show us how the d-bags of the past looked, and to remind us that there's plenty more d-baggery to come!
David Bowie was surprisingly fond of appearing on late night TV shows, and Iggy Pop seems to dig the talk show scene too, although talk shows in general weren't too fond of Iggy's behavior back in the day.
But neither one of these edgy rock superstars seem like the type of musicians daytime TV shows would have wanted to book back in the 1970s, especially considering Iggy's junkie FTW attitude.
However, Dinah Shore wasn't afraid to host Iggy's first proper appearance on a TV show- she spoke with Iggy and a much more put together David Bowie on The Dinah! Show back in 1977:
April 15, 1977: Iggy Pop and David Bowie were guests on Dinah’s Place. Promoting Lust for Life, Iggy and David, along with Tony Sales on bass and Hunt Sales on drums, performed “Sister Midnight” and “Fun Time.” During the interview segment, Bowie was shown in tears from trying to stifle his laughter when Dinah Shore asked Iggy what it felt like to crawl around on broken glass.
