Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Happening Now

Jason Bailey

The Most Popular Spot For First Dates Is Starbucks . . . Chipotle Is Number Two?

I’m not sure Chipotle is a great place for a date . . . unless you’re REALLY not planning to get-it-on afterwards. A lot of stuff happens in your body after a Chipotle trip, and NONE of it is sexy. But apparently people keep going there anyway.

A dating app called Clover just analyzed the most common places people go on first dates . . . and Chipotle came in second. Starbucks was number one.

The rest of the top 10 are: Panera Bread . . . Cheesecake Factory . . . Texas Roadhouse . . . Buffalo Wild Wings . . . Olive Garden . . . Chili’s . . . In-N-Out Burger . . . and Applebee’s.

Now, the only places that could really make the list are national chains, because a local bar or independent coffee house isn’t going to get enough votes to compete with places that have thousands of locations.

But still . . . that’s a LOT of people trying to get to know each other over giant burritos.

Chipotle is an especially popular first date spot for people under 24. Cheesecake Factory is most popular for people 25 to 34 . . . and Olive Garden is number one for people over 35.

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Lonley Guys Can Grow Their Wolfpack With A New App

There’s a new app for guys looking for other guys to hang with. It’s called Wolfpack and, yes, it does howl.

It was developed by Nile Niami, a movie producer turned real estate developer, who said a recently divorced friend inspired him to create the app.

The friend lost track of all his buddies because he was married for 20 years. And when he got divorced, he had nobody to do anything with.

But now, with Wolfpack, he – like any users – can log in, list their hobbies and interests, and get together with other like-minded wolves on a “group man date.”

With Wolfpack, users can pick and choose friends, and get rid of the ones they don’t connect with, kind of like online dating apps.

But it’s manly.

You know … Manly men doing and talking about manly things.

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You Can Now Serve Divorce Papers Over Facebook

26-year-old Ellanora Baidoo of Brooklyn, New York has been trying to get a divorce from her husband for YEARS. His name is Victor Blood-Dzraku. They haven’t lived together since 2011 . . . and she has no idea where he is.

And that’s been a big problem, since her lawyers can’t serve him with divorce papers if they can’t find him. Even their private investigators couldn’t track him down.

Here's  a picture from Victor Blood-Dzrakus Facebook Page

Here’s a picture from Victor Blood-Dzrakus Facebook Page

But Victor IS active on Facebook. So Ellanora went to court and asked if she could be the first person EVER to serve divorce papers over Facebook.

A judge just granted them permission last week, and they sent him the papers in a Facebook message. So far, he hasn’t responded.

The judge told them to try two more times . . . and if he STILL doesn’t acknowledge it, the divorce will be official anyway.

So we’re like two legal cases away from being able to get divorced just by switching your relationship status on Facebook.

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A Woman Had to Give Birth in a Traffic Jam Because of Obama’s Motorcade

Jessica Brown and her husband Zakk Satterley were rushing toward a hospital in Louisville, Kentucky on Thursday afternoon, because she was in labor. But they got stuck in a terrible traffic jam.

President Obama was in town, and the roads were shut down for his motorcade. Jessica called an ambulance, but it couldn’t get to them. So . . . she had to give birth right there.

Nurse Tonia Vetter helped deliver the baby

Nurse Tonia Vetter helped deliver the baby

Fortunately, a nurse named Tonia Vetter was stuck a few cars back and realized something was wrong. So she ran up and helped Jessica deliver the baby.

She says everything went extremely well, considering how many things could’ve gone wrong . . . from hemorrhaging to problems with the umbilical cord.

They used a shoelace to cut the cord . . . wrapped the baby in a blanket from someone else’s trunk . . . and Jessica and the baby eventually made it to the hospital where they’re both doing great.

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New Bra Study: Bras Are Unnecessary

A new study of brassieres from France seems to counter everything you thought you knew about brassieres. A 15-year study led by Jean-Denis Rouillon, from the University of Besançon in eastern France, says wearing a bra does nothing to decrease back pain, and the support offered by a brassiere actually encourages the breasts to sag. He says, “Medically, physiologically, anatomically — breasts gain no benefit from being denied gravity. On the contrary, they get saggier with a bra.” Rouillon spent a decade and a half measuring the changes in breasts of hundreds of women at the University of Besançon Hospital. The participants were all between the ages of 18 and 35. Of the braless women, the researchers concluded that “on average their nipples lifted on average seven millimeters in one year in relation to the shoulders.” On the other hand, Rouillon advised certain women not to immediately throw away all their bras in the bin. “It would be of no benefit to a 45-year-old mother to stop wearing a bra,” he warned. Ultimately, however, he feels his work is not complete, since the findings are not definitive. “We will simply have to recruit a larger sample of the female population, and conduct further research,” Rouillon added.

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Worst Prom Ever Stories

Buzzfeed asked readers for Prom Nightmare stories. A few – and these are horrible!

– After prom, my boyfriend drove me home and I told him I loved him, which we had been saying for months, and he responded “I wish I felt the same,” and then I started crying and then he started crying and then he left.

– My junior prom we went to a Hibachi style restaurant and I order sushi since I thought it would be easier to eat and not get on my dress. Little did I know that this sushi would give me food poisoning and cause me to have explosive diarrhea in the limo on the way to prom…In the end my dress was ruined and limo smelt terrible.

– I wore a horrible dress that was too big, and when I got too enthusiastic while dancing, my boobs would pop out. My dress was a criss-cross back number, so I couldn’t wear a bra for modesty purposes.

– I found out my boyfriend of 4 years had another girlfriend on the side about a week before prom. He dumped me for her and I was left with no one to go to prom with. He ended up taking me anyway but she called every 10 minutes to make sure we weren’t standing too close to one another.

– My date left without telling me. He had called his mom to pick him up while I was dancing with my friends. Towards the end of the night, I had my friends and school staff searching for him because he wasn’t answering his cell phone. Twenty minutes later his mom finally picks up his phone and informs me that she picked him up. Worst. Date. Ever.

– That was the night I realized I didn’t have any friends in high school. I spent $200 on a dress and spent all day getting my hair and nails and makeup done just to attempt to dance by myself and then sit at a table by myself and then go to the school hosted post prom party, again by myself, showing up 45 minutes before anyone else because I didn’t have anyone’s house to go to where I could change out of my dress. I would have just gone home but I didn’t want my mom to see how much of a social pariah I was.

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Fast Food After a Workout Is Just as Good as a Protein Shake

This is my kind of story, because I suddenly feel like I’ve got the green light to throw down triple-cheeseburgers every time I hit the gym . . .

A new study at the University of Montana looked at how our bodies recover after a workout . . . and found that fast food is just as good as protein bars and energy drinks. Or maybe better.

Researchers had athletes do an intense workout on a treadmill for 90 minutes. Then half of them ate power bars, energy cubes, and Gatorade to get their energy back . . . while the other half ate pancakes, hash browns, hamburgers, French fries, and soda.

Two hours later, they had to ride 12-and-a-half miles on a stationary bike as fast as they could. And the researchers found that what they ate basically made no difference in how they performed . . . they were just as fast, and had just as much energy.

In fact, the ones who ate junk food actually had higher levels of glycogen . . . which are your energy reserves.

Obviously this doesn’t mean fries, burgers, and pizza are suddenly good for you. They’re still loaded with fat. But they can get you through a workout just as well as an overpriced energy bar.

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