Fans of song stole Old Town Road sign, so B.C. town decided to sell them
Quote:When American rapper and singer Lil Nas X penned the lyrics: "Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road" in his record breaking song, he probably did not have the District of Sicamous, B.C., in mind.
However, due to the enormous popularity of the song Old Town Road, the southern Interior municipality's sign with the same name along Old Town Bay has become a popular photo stop for tourists, and most recently, the target of theft.
To try and remedy the situation, the local chamber of commerce has made replicas of the sign and is now selling them.
Quote:The song Old Town Road currently holds the record as the first-ever song to enjoy the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for 17 weeks straight.
Quote:"We're a tourist driven community and so this is another form of marketing for our town," said Rysz. "It's something that I think has been a wonderful idea."
(Yeah, I know about Colorado route 420 signs. But, hey, small town instead of big state.)
The Aesop on this one is "don't misdial."
Misdialed 911 call leads RCMP to home with 100 unsecured guns
Quote:"They did actually speak to the person on the phone at the time of the call and he said there was no emergency and that he was trying to dial 411," said Clarke.
Clarke said RCMP have to respond to all 911 calls, even hangups or misdials.
"When the police officers went to the individual's home, they felt that they needed to get inside the home to make sure there was no emergency," said Clarke. "With permission from the homeowner, they did enter the home."
Guns were found throughout the house, none of them secured, she said.
Failure to secure a firearm is grounds for seizure of that firearm and arrest of the owner in Canada. (Keep them secured in gun safes, folks!)
"Hey, Kool-Aid!" Black bear smashes through house wall. No report on whether he was growling, "Oh, yeahhhh!"
That's because lap time would be calculated at arrival at the starting line.
Kimmel's jokes about Dildo, N.L., worth some $11M, province says
No word on whether nearby locales Heart's Desire, Tickle Bay, Come By Chance, Conception Bay, and Placentia want in on the tourist money.
Yes, those are all actual places on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland. (Well, okay, Come By Chance is on the isthmus.) Newfoundlanders
really don't care what the rest of us think... and I've confirmed that with actual Newfoundlanders.
(08-11-2019, 12:05 PM)Norgarth Wrote: [ -> ]an article talking about a Veritech/Valkrie (depending on your preference between Robotech and Macross) made of Lego
https://geekculture.co/this-lego-robotec...c-to-date/
How do you FIND all this cool (and not so cool) stuff Norgarth????
Your search fu seems to be so much stronger than my own...
(08-24-2019, 06:20 AM)Star Ranger4 Wrote: [ -> ] (08-11-2019, 12:05 PM)Norgarth Wrote: [ -> ]an article talking about a Veritech/Valkrie (depending on your preference between Robotech and Macross) made of Lego
https://geekculture.co/this-lego-robotec...c-to-date/
How do you FIND all this cool (and not so cool) stuff Norgarth????
Your search fu seems to be so much stronger than my own...
Luck in a lot of cases. I watch 'Funny pic' and 'cool pic' threads on Spacebattles, Sufficient Velocity and other forums, and share what I find there. Sometimes I find something interesting linked on facebook, but I don't spend nearly as much time on that.
The
largest flying animal ever, a species of pterosaur, has now been named
Cryodrakon boreas, which I gather translates as Cold Dragon of the North (
Cryodrakon fossils, found in Alberta, were previously thought to be another variety of
Quetzalcoatlus). The artist's impression illustrating the article wears a red maple leaf marking.
Someone has a sense of humour and a gaming background.
Well, that's one way to observe Fire Prevention Week (and the Peshtigo fire).
