Planes still have ashtrays…?

Yes, people USED TO be able to smoke on flights. Why bother having a smoking section then right? The whole plane is a smoking section when one person lights up. But I digress, smoking is now a big ‘no, no’ on flights, but then why are there still ashtrays? They legally can’t not have them! What? This flight attendant explains why… watch and learn!

@flyingkayleeLet me know in the comments what your guess is! ##flightattendant ##aviation ##boeing737 ##airplane ##avgeek♬ Quirky – Oleg Kirilkov

 

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Women are so smart, they’ll match with you, then force you to do ‘stuff’

The female species knows exactly what they’re doing. This girl made a video of how she matched with someone on Tinder, then invited him over… then BOOM- before he knows what hit him he’s putting together IKEA furniture. And really this could be for anything guys, fixing a leaky faucet, cleaning the kitty litter. Women NEED you, but necessarily for the fun stuff. Let this video be a warning to you. Don’t be a SIMP!

 

Also, read this letter sent to Brian, Ali, and Justin as proof!

Ahoy Brian, Ali and Justin please don’t use my name but I’ve been doing something similar to what you guys are talking about. My boyfriend moved in with me a year ago and started paying all the rent and all the bills. What he doesn’t know is my dad bought me this condo and that he’s been paying me this entire time. Last year I made $28,000 of him. I learned this trick and so many other from my friends, girls gotta stick together!

 

 

 

A nipple was found in a McDonald’s meal!

Across the pond, a British man found a little something extra in his “bacon roll”, which is a meal that we’re desperate to have imported now. He found a pig’s nipple in his meal, a disgusting so revolting, he said, that he is now going vegan. Personally, we’re not sure what the big difference is between pig and a pig’s nipple.

The fast food empire fired back, noting, “We use back bacon in all of our bacon rolls and due to the location that this cut is taken from, we are confident this customer is mistaken in his claim. We understand the customer is liaising with our Customer Services Team who are offering further assistance.”

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Bad Neighbors

It’s hard to find love in the big city, but this person is convinced that they’ve found The One. The problem now is that they need help literally finding The One! Is this truly a bad neighbor or is this person just too desperate?

Please, Chicagoland, do your thing and help this person find the love of their life!

A woman on Tinder wrote up a 17-page relationship contract, find out what was in it!

We’ve all had our hearts broken, but 21-year-old Annie Wright was determined to be in a solid relationship this time around. Her contract, that was 17 pages, was something that her now boyfriend, Michael, 23, signed right away. It came with four categories: honesty, communication, partner’s needs, and clarity and alignment with their life plans.

Other things that she outlined in their contract:

  • no silent treatment
  • pay for date nights
  • don’t isolate her from loved ones
  • workout at least five times a week (because we all do this, right?)
  • and each give a romantic gesture at least once every two weeks.

Yes, we can poke, and make fun of this couple, especially because this guy signed it after only two weeks. BUT, oddly enough, it’s been about a year since he signed it, and they’re still together. I’m drafting my contract now!

Was it raining poop water on fans in Washington? Watch for yourself!

Fans in the upper deck of Fedex Field were treated to a shower on Sunday during the game. Apparently a sewage pipe broke and rained down on Washington fans, as if being a Washington fan wasn’t hard enough.

 

 

Roadtrip! Here’s the Chicagoland 2021 winners of the Great American Beer Festival

As the weather cools across Chicago, it’s the perfect time to become a beer tourist.  And what better way to roadtrip then by hitting up all the local award winning breweries that just scored in the 2021 Great American Beer Festival, which just went down in Denver.

Check out the list below.  Plan your trips.  And grab me a growler and/or four pack 😉  — [eric]

Medal Beer Name Location Category
SILVER Low Country Belgo-American Pale Ale Tribes Beer Co. Mokena American-Belgo-Style Ale
BRONZE Midwest Royalty Alarmist Brewing Chicago American-Style Lager
BRONZE Matilda Goose Island Beer Co. Chicago Brett Beer
SILVER Vocal Jam Short Fuse Brewing Co. Schiller Park Experimental Beer
GOLD Bamm Bamm Loves Pebbles Will County Brewing Co. Shorewood Fruit Wheat Beer
BRONZE Sunkissed Blonde Tangled RootsBrewery Brewing Co. Ottawa Fruit Wheat Beer
SILVER Tropical Fruit Locker Short Fuse Brewing Co. Schiller Park Fruited American Sour Ale
SILVER ALT 140 Sew Hop’d Brewery Huntley German-Style Altbier
SILVER Della Old Irving Brewing Co. Chicago German-Style Kolsch
BRONZE Too Much Cologne Crystal Lake Brewing Crystal Lake German-Style Kolsch
BRONZE Party Penguin Pollyanna Brewing Co. Lemont Other Strong Beer
SILVER Dark And Down Mickey Finn’s Brewery Libertyville Rye Beer
GOLD Roselle Red Pollyanna Brewing Co. Roselle Vienna-Style Lager

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9.12.2021 History Of Alternative

Hour 1

  • NOFX -Linoleum
  • Weezer – Beverly Hills
  • Pearl Jam – Daughter
  • Tome Tom Club – Genius Of Love
  • The Strokes – Last Nite
  • Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You
  • The Cure – Love Song
  • Alkaline Trio – Mercy Me
  • Garbage – Only Happy When It Rains
  • Psychedelic Furs – Heaven
  • Cake – Never There
  • Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)
  • Stone Temple Pilots – Interstate Love Song

Hour 2

  • Flesh For Lulu – Postcards From Paradise
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Today
  • Foo Fighters – Times Like These
  • Suzanne Vega – Left Of Center
  • Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing
  • Aztec Camera – Oblivious
  • Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box
  • Taking Back Sunday – MakeDamnSure
  • Depeche Mode – Strangelove
  • Our Lady Peace – Clumsy
  • Blink 182 – What’s My Age Again?
  • Tegan And Sara – Speak Slow
  • The Clash – Train In Vain
  • Dinosaur Jr. – Start Choppin’


Hour 3

  • The Dirty Heads feat. Rome – Lay Me Down
  • The Offspring – Gotta Get Away
  • Faith No More – Epic
  • The Pixies – Debaser
  • Jimmy Eat World – Sweetness
  • The Breeders – Divine Hammer
  • R.E.M. – Fall On Me
  • Rancid – Fall Back Down
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers – Aeroplane
  • New Order – Age Of Consent
  • Blur – Song 2
  • Siouxsie And The Banshees – Kiss Them For Me
  • Rise Against – Swing Life Away

Hour 4

  • Morrissey – Tomorrow
  • Talking Heads – Life During Wartime
  • Green Day – Nice Guys Finish Last
  • Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun
  • No Doubt – Just A Girl
  • Muse – Hysteria
  • The Church – Under The Milky Way
  • Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Someday I Suppose
  • Beck – The New Pollution
  • The Pretenders – Message Of Love
  • Soundgarden – Fell On Black Days
  • Dropkick Murphys – I’m Shipping Up To Boston

Hang on to those sauce packets! Taco Bell wants to recycle them, free

Is there anything better than a late-night drowning of soft tacos in a Taco Bell sauce of your choosing?

Actually, yes.  Something green.

The fast food colossus estimates that 8.7 million of these foil packets end up in landfills.  That’s….bad.  So, they are teaming up with TerraCycle on a free recycling program —- they collect traditionally non-recyclable items, clean them, then melt and remold them into hard plastic that can be used to make other stuff.

Since the majority of Taco Bell transactions currently take place at the drive-thru and fans eat their meal out-of-restaurant, U.S. customers can mail-in their packets via four simple steps:

  1. Sign up for a TerraCycle account.
  2. Collect empty sauce packets within a cardboard box or any other recyclable container you already have on hand.
  3. Once your collection box is full, log into your TerraCycle account to download and print a free shipping label.
  4. Ship your box via UPS.

Step 5?  Bring back the Mexican Pizza.  It’s been long enough!  — [eric]

 

Someone estimated the total medical bills for the “Jackass” crew. It’s….A LOT.

Two decades we’ve been watching Johnny Knoxville and crew do dumb stuff.  And someone has done something equally as dumb — they estimated the cost of medical bills for the crew of Jackass.

$24 million.

Nova Legal Funding studied all the injuries sustained over the year — everything from broken bones to an alligator bite — and came up with the tally, as reported more in depth by Consequence.  If we were to add in all stunt performers and unreported/unseen injuries, the group estimates that total reaches $38 million.

Knoxville is the clubhouse leader for highest estimated medical bill, as the brain hemorrhage he suffered filming Jackass 4 is thought to be in the neighborhood of $2.5 million.  Ouch.

This French Fry Ketchup hack will blow your mind

Squeezing ketchup packets onto fries has never been easy or clean. Thankfully this mom figured out the best hack that will change your life… or at least save you from getting your steering wheel covered in ketchup. Watch and learn, and enjoy!

@cookitericaIMPORTANT FRENCH FRY HACK! #tiktokfood #lifehack #savagemom #momsoftiktok #ketchup #frenchfryhack #Buffering

♬ original sound – Food, Family, Fun

 

Need to get a boot off of your car?

In case if “your friend” ever needs it (wink wink). I would still call dibbs on parking spots this winter- but this is your last resort. You. Are. Welcome.

WKQX remembers 9/11

20 years ago, the fabric of our country changed forever. At 8:46 a.m., a commercial jet crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Twenty minutes later, a second plane crashed into the South Tower and whatever confusion there was was quickly erased from the minds of Americans. We were under attack. 2,996 people lost their lives in a senseless attack that altered the mindset of every American going forward.

As the towers fell, America rose up together as one. Two decades later, as our country battles division amongst one another, it is crucial that we remember the sense of community that we felt immediately following the attacks. Going forward, let us never forget the attacks on our country, and let us remember the sense of unity and pride that we carried with us in the immediate aftermath.

WKQX remembers all of the lives lost on September 11, 2001.

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Too much free time is bad.

According to some researchers, too much free time can be bad for you. I know, I’m not buying it either, but hear me out. They say more than 5 hours of free time is as bad for your well-being as not having enough. If you’re not being productive or feel like you have a purpose, then you’re bored and thus feel sad.

 

The study used 35,000 people and featured questionnaires with “subjective well-being.” Researchers say that there’s a sweet spot of a moderate amount of free time. Too little makes people feel like they can’t relax or get things done that they want to get done. Too much is associated with lack of purpose. So, overall, make sure you have at least two hours of free time. TWO!!

9/11 tributes in Chicagoland this weekend

To commemorate 20 years since September 11, 2001, there are numerous celebrations going on in Chicagoland this weekend.

  • 2021 Chicagoland Memorial 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb and Walk: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, Soldier Field, 1410 S. Museum Campus, Chicago. Each participant pays tribute to an FDNY firefighter by climbing the equivalent of the 110 stories of the World Trade Center. The stair climbs fund the programs provided by the National Fallen Firefighters to support the families of local Illinois Line of Duty Death Fire Hero Families and the FDNY Counseling Services Unit. For information, nfff.akaraisin.com/ui/chicagoland.
  • The Day That Changed the World’: 9/11 Memorial and Museum exhibit at Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S. Roselle Road, Schaumburg, during library hours through Sept. 30. For all ages. Archival photographs and images of artifacts from the museum’s permanent collection will be featured. Poster exhibition recounts events of Sept. 11, 2001, through the personal stories of those who witnessed and survived the attacks. For information, SchaumburgLibrary.org or (847) 985-4000.
  • Remembering 9/11: Personal Reflections from ground zero’: 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 10, livestreamed at cod.edu/911Mike Fagel, who spent 100 days sifting through the rubble at ground zero, will present insights, personal stories, artifacts and photos from his experience. He also will discuss the toll his ground zero work has had on his mental and physical health. Fagel is a certified emergency manager and Department of Justice 9/11 Task Force member.
  • Chicago 9/11 Heroes Run 5K: 9 a.m. Saturday Sept. 11, in Lincoln Park, Chicago. The Travis Manion Foundation will host the 5K race to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, and honor the lives lost on 9/11 and in wars since, and honor veterans, military, and first responders. Registration is open for participants to run, walk, or ruck. For information or to register, visit travismanion.org.
  • ‘9/11 20 Years Later: Our Community Remembers’: 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, via livestream on the College of DuPage Facebook page. Presented from the college’s Robert J. Miller Homeland Security Education Center, the ceremony includes reflections from COD President Brian Caputo, COD Homeland Security Training Institute Director Tom Brady, DuPage County Sherriff James Mendrick, Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company Assistant Chief Jim Sisson, and Mike Fagel, a certified emergency manager and Department of Justice 9/11 Task Force member. Visit cod.edu/911/.

More events and a full list of memorial services can be found here.

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Things to do in the 312

It’s a busy weekend in Chicago as we head into the fall season. Here’s just a few of the things that you can do in the city this weekend.

  • Pitchfork Music Festival takes over Union Park this weekend with Phoebe Bridgers, St. Vincent, and Erykah Badu as the headliners.
  • The Neon & Light Popup Museum with a 14-foot-tall neon sculpture, among other things. More information can be found here.
  • The Lincoln Park Greek Fest rolls into town this weekend and will bring the aromas, sounds, tastes and traditions of Greece to all Chicagoans. All you need to know about Food, Fun, & Opa can be found here.
  • Chicagoans will go into battle with their waistlines with the return of Chicago Gourmet this weekend.
  • Finally, the Sox and the Cubs both bring great competition to the city this weekend. Kris Bryant returns to the Friendly Confines in a new uniform as the NL-leading San Francisco Giants look to build momentum as they head into the playoffs. On the South Side, the Red Sox look to clean up at Guaranteed Rate Field in a huge three-game series with the White Sox.

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This message will self-destruct… on Instagram????

Whew! That was a close one. Whether you drunk DM people you don’t know or you just don’t want an old message to be re-read over and over- possibly in court- then “vanishing mode” on Instagram is for YOU!

Here are the steps to get it going:

  1. Go to your DMs tab on Instagram by clicking the icon in the top right corner.
  2. Hold the screen and swipe up.
  3. You will see a ‘turn on Vanish Mode’ prompt, click that.
  4. Once the background of the screen turns from white to black you will know that Instagram Vanish Mode has been activated.

Now, the person still has to read it, but at least they might forget it- or won’t have proof.