Champagne taste

Kid Rock got off with probation and a fine after he got in a fight at a Waffle House. Now, if you’ve been to the east side of the country — where the greasy restaurants are at every freeway exit — you’re probably wondering what Kid Rock was doing there. Well, you’ve heard of people with champagne tastes but a beer budget? Apparently Mr. Rock has a champagne budget and beer tastes.

If you’d like your food to last longer in the fridge, check out some tips. Remember that experiment your spouse made involving frozen peas, a “cream” sauce and Worcestershire sauce? Don’t even bother covering it before you put it away. No one’s going to eat it, even if it lasts for weeks.

Today we have an offering in the category of News We Swear Isn’t Fake:

A spa is offering a unique pedicure. Customers stick their feet in water and carp nibble on their toes.

The fish are a replacement for razors used to shave off dead skin; the state was worried the razors aren’t sanitary. Really? How did no one raise the question about the (un)sanitary nature of carp mouths?

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