Throw in a can of Pringles and you’ve got yourself a bet: Prior to Saturday’s World Cup soccer match between England and the United States, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron wagered each country’s “best beer” on the outcome, without naming specific brands.
With the game ending in a 1-1 tie, each sent the other a lukewarm sixpack of whatever was on sale at the 7-Eleven down the street.
Too big to care if they fail: The Coast Guard is demanding that BP step up its efforts to contain the crude oil that continues to gush from its damaged well head in the Gulf of Mexico. BP responded by saying it would have a new system to trap oil in place. By mid-July.
The wet “thwap” sound you just heard was 10,000 oil-covered sea turtles, dumbfounded, smacking their flippers against their foreheads.
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that criminal suspects had to be told of their right to ask for an attorney and remain silent.
Thanks to TV crime dramas, the phrase, “You have the right to remain silent,” has been memorized by more Americans than “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
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