And if you act now: Rhode Island has named a stretch of road Ginsu Way for the Ginsu knives sold in countless television commercials that showed the cutlery slicing through tin cans, shoe leather and tomatoes.
You may want to update your road map for your next trip to Providence, R.I. Take a left at Ginsu Way until you get to Popeil Pocket Fisherman Avenue. Follow that and take the Ab Rocket Expressway, exiting on to Headon! Apply Directly To The Forehead Boulevard.
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The Not-So-Happiest Place on Earth: The Walt Disney Co. says it must cut 1,900 positions at Disneyland and Disneyworld as part of a reorganization.
Goofy’s applied for unemployment, It’s a Small World has been outsourced to India and Mickey and Minnie Mouse have taken jobs as lab animals.
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This baby’s about to pay off; I can feel it: At a time when most casinos have forsaken old-style slot machines that use coins, one Atlantic City, N.J., casino is winning the favor of older gamblers who like to hear the clack of change when they hit a jackpot.
We prefer that old-school charm when we’re gambling, too. We like to squint at the stock market listings in the newspaper when we’re checking up on our 401(k).
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