Wednesday, June 20, 2012

WEDNESDAY JUNE 20

YOUR BIRTHDAY JUST MIGHT...
Got a birthday coming up? Don't panic...but it just might KILL YOU.

According to a fascinating new study of more than two million people by the University of Zurich in Switzerland, you're more likely to die on your birthday...or within a few days of it...than any other day of the year.

And the chance goes up the older you get. By age 60, you're 14% more likely to die on your birthday or a few days around it than any other day.

The researchers believe that the stress that comes from your birthday is the big reason. A birthday makes you think about how old you are, that stresses you out...and it can actually increase your risk of a heart attack or stroke.

The study found that men are also more likely to die on their birthdays from accidental deaths...and suicides. The researchers think that could be tied to men being more likely to drink heavily on their birthdays than women.









LADIES...YER ADDICTED
Apparently women spend WAY more time thinking about clothes than you'd think.

According to a new survey by a British online retail site, the average woman thinks about fashion and accessories 91 TIMES a day.

That includes thinking about what they're going to wear, looking at fashion sites, going to stores, or checking out other women's clothes.

At 91 times a day, assuming they're spread out evenly over 16 hours of being awake, that's one fashion-related thought every 10 minutes and 33 seconds.

The survey also found that those 91 thoughts take a total of one hour and 19 minutes. That's a total of about 481 hours per year, or about 20 full days devoted just to thinking about fashion.













HERE'S A SCARY STATISTIC
We owe used car dealers an apology. They have a bad reputation...but it turns out average people are WAY shadier than they are.

A new study by the Experian credit bureau looked at more than 100,000 used cars sold by private citizens in the first four months of the year, and found that 88%...or SEVEN out of every EIGHT...had some type of major problem.

One in three people didn't even OWN the used car they were trying to sell...either because they still owed money on a loan, or because it was STOLEN.

Another 13% of used cars up for sale had already been written off by an insurance company, either because it was reported stolen or had suffered serious damage. Other cars had their mileage tampered with or various hidden problems.

Cars that were more than five years old were the most likely to have been in an accident or stolen. Newer cars were more likely to have title problems because the owner hadn't finished paying it off.









USHER'S LYRICAL GENIUS
You know I've said a few times that I wish I could just drop random lines like Usher does and just make women wet in the panties over them.
The new USHER album "Looking 4 Myself" came out this week...and while "Billboard" is calling it a, quote, "next-level soul album," the "Huffington Post" was less impressed, particularly with the lyrics.

One of their reviewers put together a list of 13 Laughable Lyrics from the album. Here they are:

1.) From "Can't Stop Won't Stop": "Girl, you are my sugar shop, love you like a lollipop / From the bottom to the top, Imma get you wet, raincoat / Let me be your body soap."


2.) From "Scream": "I have you like ooh, Baby baby ooh baby baby / Ah-ooh baby baby ooh baby baby."


3.) From "I Care for You": "I CARE! I CARE! For youuuuuu."


4.) From "Lemme See": "Hey girl, I'm debating, if I should take you home. Should I take you home?"


5.) Also from "Lemme See": "She say she wanna take her skirt off, be my guest!"


6.) Also from "Lemme See": RICK ROSS raps, quote, "Chanel hoodie on, lookin' like Trayvon Martin, George Zimmer[man] don't want it."


7.) From "Twisted": "You had me lookin' stupid, but I let it go that way / That booty substituted, guess that made it okay!"


8.) From "Dive": "I see the walls are looking like they might precipitate / Until I'm in so deep, it's up to my waist."


9.) Also from "Dive": "It's raining inside your bed / No parts are dry / Love makes you so wet, your legs, your thighs / And ever since we first met I knew that / I, I knew I was ready baby to take that dive."


10.) From "Numb": "I'm just saying that what don't kill only makes you strong."


11.) From "Lessons for the Lover": "[Eff] you out your brain, you'll be smiling when he's done."


12.) From "Sins of My Father": "Yeah, she took my breath away / On to some fancy ship into another place / Such an expensive trip / But she didn't make me pay for it with my money." (???)


13.) From "Euphoria": "'Cause if I don't fear the water, and the night don't fear the thief / Here we are, we are, we found euphoria! BASS DROP."










WE ARE MANLY IN NE OHIO! 9th MANLIEST
All of a sudden, it's totally badass to live in Oklahoma City. They've got a team in the NBA Finals that almost everyone in America is hoping will beat the Miami Heat...and now this.

There's a new list of America's MANLIEST cities, and Oklahoma City came in at number one. (Miami came in 36th out of 50.)

The list is based on factors like the number of hardware stores, steakhouses, and people in manly occupations. And cities LOSE points for having high numbers of nail salons and fancy boutiques.

The top 10 manliest cities are Oklahoma City . . . Columbia, South Carolina . . . Memphis . . . Nashville . . . Birmingham, Alabama . . . Houston . . . St. Louis . . . Toledo, Ohio . . . Cleveland . . . and Charlotte, North Carolina.

The 10 least manly U.S. cities are San Diego . . . San Francisco . . . Oakland . . . Boston . . . Los Angeles . . . Rochester, New York . . . Sacramento . . . Washington D.C. . . . Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . . . and Seattle.












LADIES, ITS OK TO BRAG
When you start dating a guy, he knows you'll be telling your friends EVERY SINGLE DETAIL about what happens.

And according to a new Cosmo poll, guys basically don't care...except for a few subjects they think should be off-limits. Here are five times men DO want you to brag about them, and four times they DON'T.

#1.) Brag About His Bedroom Skills. As long as you're talking about it in a FLATTERING way, 73% of guys said it's fine if you tell your friends.

#2.) Brag About His Kissing Skills. If you want to talk about what a good kisser he is, go ahead. 87% of men said they're cool with it.

#3.) If He Gives You a Present, Tell Anyone You Want To. Almost 90% of guys want you to, and the same thing goes for compliments: 86% of men want you to brag if they give you a good one.

#4.) Brag About Your Dates. If he spends a bunch of money on you or plans something romantic, brag to your friends if you want to. 88% of the men polled said it's fine.

#5.) Brag About How Sweet He Can Be Sometimes. Almost 85% of the guys in the poll said you should brag about how he has a softer side, or about anything that makes him look like a, quote, "nice guy."


Okay, now here are four things he DOESN'T want you bragging about to your friends:


#1.) The Pet Names You Have for Each Other. You can CALL him whatever you want. He just doesn't want you to TELL anyone about it.

(So agree)

#2.) Anything He Says in Bed That's Especially Dirty. Basically, he just doesn't want your friends to look at him like he's a sleaze ball.

#3.) That He Likes to Cuddle. This one was actually close, but the majority of guys said they DON'T want you talking about their cuddling habits. On the other hand, the vast majority DO want you to talk up their BEDROOM skills, which isn't surprising.

#4.) That He Manscapes...Or, That He DOESN'T Manscape. The votes were basically split on this one too, but Cosmo says NOT to go into detail about his manscaping habits...because nobody wants to know anyway.

Plus, you wouldn't want him telling his buddies what YOU shave and don't shave.












CHEATING DUDES
AshleyMadison.com found the profile of the typical cheating dad. He's in his 40s and has two kids over 10 years old. The typical cheating mom is in her 30s with a daughter under age three.

Here are the five professions where men are most likely to cheat on their wives:


#1.) I.T. and Engineering: 10.6% of cheaters work in a computer-related field.

#2.) Financial: 8.2% are bankers.

#3.) Education: 6.5%

#4.) Doctor: 4.6%

#5.) Lawyer: 3.8%










THE PHOTOGRAPHIC KEY TO SEX
Here's some critical advice for anyone doing online dating. If you want people to have sex with you...and that's WHY you're doing online dating...just post a few photos of yourself climbing mountains in other countries.

In a new survey, adventurous travelers were named the most attractive people AND had the most sex appeal.

People who have exciting, exotic photos were named the most attractive...people who looked like adrenaline junkies were second-most attractive...and people who participated in foreign cultural events were third-most attractive.

Even if you haven't done any traveling and don't have any photos, you can still use the travel thing to get yourself more dates.

96% of single people who listed travel as one of their interests said they'd be more likely to look for someone who also wanted to travel.









3 GUYS - 78 KIDS - 46 WOMEN
No, it's not the name of a new movie or some TV series. Tennessee is turning its attention to its three most absurd deadbeat dads. They are...

Terry T. Turnage of Memphis, who has 23 CHILDREN with 17 WOMEN. He pays some of those women a whopping $9 a month in child support.

Richard Colbert of Memphis, who has 25 CHILDREN with 18 WOMEN. He doesn't pay any child support...and another man with his name says he gets calls all the time from women and children asking for money.

And finally, Desmond Hatchett of Knoxville has 30 CHILDREN with 11 WOMEN. He's currently in jail for aggravated assault, and asked to have his support payments reduced. He currently pays $1.50 per child.

The state of Tennessee is trying to crack down on these guys, but it's difficult. The law only allows them to take HALF of their pay...so if they don't make that much money, when you split it 23 to 30 ways, the amounts get really low.











BEST DAY EVER
18-year-old Robert Salo is finishing up his senior year of high school in Brooklyn. In the fall, he plans to go to college to study electrical engineering.

And he just won a pretty sweet graduation present. On May 14th, he bought a two-dollar scratch-off lottery ticket at a convenience store in Coney Island...and won the '$1,000 A Week For Life' grand prize.

That works out to $52,000 a year, or $32,398 a year after taxes. And Robert got his first check this week, for a MILLION dollars, which covers the next 20 years.

That's the minimum payout that the game guarantees. After that, he'll get annual checks. If he lives until age 80, he'll end up getting more than THREE million dollars.

Robert plans to use the cash to pay for college, and also wants a new car. Right now, he's looking at a BMW.









DAD'S DATING ADVICE TO DAUGHTERS (AND ROB'S TOO)
"Glamour" magazine talked to a bunch of dads about the best dating tips they'd give their daughters. Here are the four best ones...I'd have to say these all meet the Rob endorsement too

#1.) Men Communicate Differently. Don't feel bad if a guy isn't eager to sit down and talk about your day for two straight hours. Women like to talk things out, while men want to come up with a solution to a problem and be done with it.

#2.) Ignore What a Man Says and Pay Attention to What He Does. A guy might say the nicest things in the world, but none of that matters if he doesn't DO nice things for you too.

#3.) You Won't Change Him, So Don't Try. If you're not cool with a guy's behavior, interests, attitude or values in the beginning, there's basically no chance he's going to change for you.

#4.) Never Settle. Above all, never settle for anyone. There's someone out there who will love and appreciate everything about you...and he's worth waiting for.










JUSTIN'S FIRST KISS WITH SELENA
JUSTIN BIEBER talked about his first kiss with SELENA GOMEZ during an interview with some French magazine. It sounds like he dug it.

He said, "My first kiss with Selena was the best of my life. It was in the car. It was scary and spontaneous and it was just awesome."

Meanwhile...Justin and Selena were in Toronto over the weekend for Canada's MuchMusic Video Awards.

The show went down Sunday, but on Saturday, Justin rented a HELICOPTER to fly them around and see the sights.

A source says, "[It was] a relaxing and romantic break from work. They were very excited."

WHO ARE these sources?! I wanna be a source!!









ROCK HALL? NICKELBACK?
Mo and I talked about this the other day. NICKELBACK has sold a ton of albums (like 22 million), but they haven't received a lot of love from music critics...so singer CHAD KROEGER wouldn't be surprised if they never make it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He says, "We may be dead by then but I think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will probably show up [at] the same time as our first Grammy."

Nickelback won't be eligible to be nominated for the Rock Hall until 2021...but they've actually been close to winning a Grammy. They've been nominated six times.









THIS MAKES ME WANNA MOVE
I mean, don't get me wrong, Canton is cool and we're even a tourist spot with the HOF in town...but it mostly brings guys...and families. Here, listen to this: Apparently, women just can't stop having sex with random dudes on vacation. Which, of course, begs the question...how come I am never one of those dudes? But anyway

According to a new survey, 40% of women under 30 say they've had a one-night stand on vacation.

And 10% say they've had at least FIVE one-night stands with five different guys on a one-week vacation.

About 33% of that random vacation sex happens on the beach. The place where women are most likely to meet a guy for a one-night stand is at a bar or nightclub. The beach is second.










SPY ON YER NEIGHBORS
If you've got a neighbor to your right and a neighbor to your left, statistically one of them is spying on you. At least that's what this survey found.

In the survey, over HALF of people say they figure out some way to spy on their neighbors...usually to see if their neighbors are living better than they are. Here are the most common ways people spy...

About 33% say that when one of their neighbors' houses goes on the market, they go on the real estate website to look at the photos. And probably to find the price.

10% of people look through their neighbors' windows when they walk by.

6% snoop around the entire house when their neighbors ask them to watch the place while they're on vacation.

And 3% try to get their neighbors to invite them over specifically so they can look around inside.

The survey also found that about one in 10 people have renovated or redecorated their house to keep up with their neighbors.










DEEP FRIED FAIR MASTERPIECES
There's no place where American ingenuity is on display better than the deep fryers at our state and county fairs. Every year, the fried food geniuses figure out new ways to continue the chubbification of America.

And this year, the new fried innovation is...DEEP FRIED BREAKFAST CEREAL.

A vendor at the San Diego County Fair is selling deep fried Trix and Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

It's pretty simple actually...he mixes the cereal into a batter and deep fries it into a ball. Then it's covered with sugar and a few un-fried pieces of the cereal.

This same vendor introduced Deep Fried Kool Aid last year, as well as Deep Fried Girl Scout Cookies. Besides the Deep Fried Cereal, this year he's also introduced Deep Fried Peanut Butter and Jelly.

If you wanna see what it looks like, hit this link: http://laughingsquid.com/deep-fried-breakfast-cereal-debuted-at-san-diego-county-fair/










BRITNEY'S BLAST FROM THE PAST
BRITNEY SPEARS experienced a BLAST FROM THE PAST at the "X Factor" auditions in San Francisco on Sunday...and it was a little more WEIRD than FUN.

A guy named Don Philip auditioned for show. He sang "I Will Still Love You" with Britney on her debut album"...Baby One More Time". (Here's a YouTube link to the audio.)

Britney recognized him, and they chatted a little. But things got awkward when Don decided to come out of the closet to her.

According to reports, he said, "I'm gay...at the time I didn't think I was worthy. I didn't think you thought it was okay that I'm gay." Britney responded, "I think it's fine you are gay."

A "source" adds, "When he started crying and saying he thought he'd never see her again and that he'd had a lot to deal with, Britney was comforting him to calm him."

But it doesn't look like Don made it through. In fact, Britney leveled with him in her critique. She said, quote, "Through the years, maybe you've gone through a lot of hardships and battles...

"I think you've gone through that more than training on your voice, because your voice really isn't up to the bar of the standards of the 'X Factor' and what we want."

After the audition, Don posted a message on Facebook saying, "[This] cleared up a lot of past issues for me and gives me joy to know Britney 100% accepted me and does now." And on Twitter, he added, "Still Brit's biggest fan."












WHAT MEN AND WOMEN HATE ABOUT EACHOTHER
A new survey asked men and women to name the things they CAN'T STAND about each other. Overall, it seems men hate women's argument techniques...and women hate men's lack of cleanliness. Here are the top five lists for both.

What Men Hate About Women.


#1.) Saying "I'm fine" when they're clearly not.

#2.) Talking too much.

#3.) Constantly asking what men are thinking.

#4.) Winning fights by crying.

#5.) Never saying sorry, even when they're wrong.


What Women Hate About Men.


#1.) Not listening properly.

#2.) Not putting the toilet seat down. (Apparently the women surveyed have been listening to a lot of stand-up comedy from the '80s.)

#3.) Leaving nail clippings and beard shavings wherever they fall.

#4.) Having friends they don't like.

#5.) Hogging the TV remote.










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