Blockbusted flat
Published 10:12 pm Thursday, September 23, 2010
The Late, Late Fee: Blockbuster, which for years held a near-monopoly on video rentals, has declared bankruptcy, succumbing to Netflix, DVD vending machines and high-speed Internet.
And our lives will be a little poorer for it without an acne-challenged Blockbuster clerk, voice cracking, as he recommends a double-feature of “Highlander” and “Evil Dead.”
Second-best use of zucchini: A Montana woman fended off a bear that had attacked one of her dogs and then turned on her by beaning it with a 12-inch-long zucchini she had harvested from her garden that morning.
The bear wasn’t injured by the squash; it simply was running from what it thought was the woman’s attempt to foist off excess zucchini on the bear.
Dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge: Seattle’s Parks Department isn’t sure what to do about impromptu dodge ball games being played at tennis courts at a Seattle park. One tennis player says the dodgeballers have ruined the court surface, erased lines and stretched the net out of shape.
They also pelted him with inflatable balls, called him a whiney little baby and made fun of his white shorts.
