This Makes Me Sad

Mummified body found in front of blaring TV

Vincenzo Ricardo's body had been sitting in front of the tv for a year before anyone noticed him.

That's really quite sad to think that a year could pass before anyone noticing you are dead.

It also raises questions like: How were his bills (specifically the electric one) being paid? Why had nobody noticed that his tv set had been on and blaring for more than a year?

Its a good thing he didn't have cats or he wouldn't have been quite so well preserved. Either way though, this story just makes me sad.

Which is Bigger: An Elephant or the Moon?

Kathy Evans of Idaho, you are, officially, the dumbest person to make it on to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

When faced with an incredibly easy question of which is bigger, the moon or an elephant or a tennis ball or a peanut, you used all three lifelines and still didn't get the answer right.

Congratulations. I hope people near you never, ever let you live down how unutterably stupid and uninformed you are.

Note, the picture in the link on Snopes is not Kathy Evans. Its a contestant on the UK version of Millionaire. I guess someone figured she had been shamed enough already.

[Update: It appears that Snopes has changed its tune about Kathy Evans and this may, in fact, not be a real story. Which is fine by me.]