Today I Learned....PartII

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL every Christmas in Lexington, Kentucky, you can pay off your tickets with canned food donations

 

 

[boyst]

On 8/20/2018 at 2:00 PM, Canadian Bills Fan said:

TIL Morgan Freeman converted his 124 Acre Ranch into a bee sanctuary in an effort to help bee populations

 

 

He was also ****ty with horses, is why. My girlfriend used to be his vet and had to put a horse down.

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL that the band Queen were friends with Michael Jackson; he was the one who suggested they release "Another One Bites the Dust" as a single.

 

 

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL a Chinese art collector paid for a $170m painting with his American Express credit card. He said he'll use the points to allow his family to travel for life.

 

TIL Tom Hanks was paid a low $800 for the movie "He Knows You're Alone", $50,000 for "Toy Story" and a high of $70 million for "Forrest Gump".

 

 

[boyst]

The Arkansas School for the Deaf's nickname is the Leopards. The Deaf Leopards

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL Mars (the owner of M&M’s) rejected a product placement deal in a film (E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial) about a boy who befriends an alien by luring him with candy, but Reese’s Pieces ( owned by Hershey’s) took a shot and and sales shot up 65% in the first two weeks after the movie hit the theaters.

 

 

[Royale with Cheese]

One of my co-workers loves animals.  I do too.  However I'm not sure putting very sad animal facts on your work signature is professional.

In her sig, she has things like "1 out of every 8 dogs has a good home" "1 out of every 12 cats has a good home" "800 dogs and cats are slaughtered each hour in the US".

[Mr Info]

58 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

One of my co-workers loves animals.  I do too.  However I'm not sure putting very sad animal facts on your work signature is professional.

In her sig, she has things like "1 out of every 8 dogs has a good home" "1 out of every 12 cats has a good home" "800 dogs and cats are slaughtered each hour in the US".

That sig might be appropriate if working for the SPCA or similar org but would not be permitted in companies where I have worked. 

[Royale with Cheese]

1 minute ago, Mr Info said:

That sig might be appropriate if working for the SPCA or similar org but would not be permitted in companies where I have worked. 

 

I'm actually really surprised her manager or someone else from my company hasn't asked her to take it down.

[row_33]

2 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

One of my co-workers loves animals.  I do too.  However I'm not sure putting very sad animal facts on your work signature is professional.

In her sig, she has things like "1 out of every 8 dogs has a good home" "1 out of every 12 cats has a good home" "800 dogs and cats are slaughtered each hour in the US".

 

good to have red flags flying brazenly

 

 

[Just Jack]

On ‎9‎/‎5‎/‎2018 at 8:34 AM, Royale with Cheese said:

One of my co-workers loves animals.  I do too.  However I'm not sure putting very sad animal facts on your work signature is professional.

In her sig, she has things like "1 out of every 8 dogs has a good home" "1 out of every 12 cats has a good home" "800 dogs and cats are slaughtered each hour in the US".

 

Use it to your advantage. If there ever comes a time when you feel she has to go, suggest she start sending out emails weekly to everyone in the company about how they can help the animals. 

[row_33]

On 9/5/2018 at 8:34 AM, Royale with Cheese said:

One of my co-workers loves animals.  I do too.  However I'm not sure putting very sad animal facts on your work signature is professional.

In her sig, she has things like "1 out of every 8 dogs has a good home" "1 out of every 12 cats has a good home" "800 dogs and cats are slaughtered each hour in the US".

 

is the cat at a given home the judge of whether it's good or not?

 

[Royale with Cheese]

2 hours ago, row_33 said:

 

is the cat at a given home the judge of whether it's good or not?

 

 

It could good or it could be a cat-astrophe.

[row_33]

1 hour ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

It could good or it could be a cat-astrophe.

 

A cat grumbling most of it’s awake time is not necessarily being mistreated 

 

 

Edited September 7, 2018 by row_33

[/dev/null]

Today I learned Wendy's has a home delivery service

 

America just got fatter

[row_33]

Just now, /dev/null said:

Today I learned Wendy's has a home delivery service

 

America just got fatter

 

How can you preserve fries for 20 minutes to be anything close to getting them on the spot?

 

 

[unbillievable]

On 9/6/2018 at 2:51 PM, Just Jack said:

 

Use it to your advantage. If there ever comes a time when you feel she has to go, suggest she start sending out emails weekly to everyone in the company about how they can help the animals. 

I woman at work got her job back because she argued (with a lawyer) that the company endorsed her behavior by letting her do it for so long. She was fired for incompetence; inability to do the job; when they finally reviewed her file and found out she had no clue what she was doing.

 

So, they hired someone to do her job, while she learned how to do her job.

[/dev/null]

Today I learned there is a Senator from Rhode Island named Sheldon Whitehouse

 

That makes him Senator Whitehouse.  Greatest political name ever

[row_33]

13 hours ago, /dev/null said:

Today I learned there is a Senator from Rhode Island named Sheldon Whitehouse

 

That makes him Senator Whitehouse.  Greatest political name ever

 

was the  family name Casablanca at some point?

 

[Canadian Bills Fan]

TIL of Lucy, a chimpanzee who was raised to believe she was human. She learned to sign over 250 words and some of her hobbies included drinking gin, browsing Playgirl magazines, and masturbating using a vacuum cleaner.