Bored, wanna waste some time on weird news

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:20 am

Go ahead and waste some time that report or such can wait, this is real news.

Like weird news stories? You'll love the weird and
wonderful stuff we find on the press release wires!
The snorkel with the FM radio built in. The world's
largest pillow fight. The cheap toothpick syndrome.
Extreme Flower Arranging! The year of Peter Pan. All
this and lots, lots more at PR Bop: Weird and
Wonderful off the Wires. Free newsletter!
http://www.prbop.com

For example: For those that can't get enough Marshmallow Peeps

Just Born and WHAM-O Introduce WHAM-O's Marshmallow Peeps(R) Marshmallow Maker

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040126/phm020_1.html

Or: Valentine Gift Helps Lovers & Spouses See the Light; Johnny-Light(TM) Improves Gender Respect, Harmony, Hygiene and Safety

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040119/dam013_1.html

It's a very slow morning in the Library.

MarkB

Bretton · Post by **Bretton** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:26 am

Yeah, what did all of us bored Librarians do before the Internet/WWW came along?

Seems to be a popular movie topic:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=n ... brarian%22

-Brett

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:31 am

Read really long book reviews

Mark

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 1:17 pm

The best new things are the marshmallow peeps snowmen, which came in very handy this winter as car antennae ornaments, or, one could choose to press them up against someone's windshield as a surprise looking in when he/she gets in the car.