You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[x77-69z28]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

There is a video of two millennials trying to make a phone call on a rotary phone. It’s hilarious
Buddy

[big gear head]

Here's one for you Lee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqtoxT6WevM

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

Over half a dozen people are suing Conagra after sustaining injuries allegedly resulting from exploding cans of cooking spray. According to USA Today, the injuries are pretty serious—in addition to burns, one person was blinded in one eye. According to the Chicago Tribune, Conagra removed the can from “active production earlier this year, three years after introducing it.” Conagra has not issued a recall on the old design, and maintains that “when Pam is used correctly, as instructed, it is a 100% safe and effective product.”

Fortunately, the lids are Omaha (ie, Safety) Orange.

K

[southernfriedcj]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

Omaha Orange

Some local administrations give a particular name to the hue. Omaha in Nebraska, for example, lends its name to a paint used on cars and trucks, such as International Harvester, Schneider National and Allied Van Lines. The colour coordinates are the same as Safety Orange; only the name is different.

It was an Omaha, Nebraska delivery and storage company that coined the name 'Omaha Orange'

You can still order it on a new Ram truck today. I was going to get it on my 2016 3500. I'm leaning towards it on my 2020 3500.

[Lee Stewart]

That small piece of metal that separates the pencil from the eraser is called the ferrule.

[Lee Stewart]

According to the English Oxford Living Dictionaries, the agrafe is the “metal clip used to secure the cork in a bottle of champagne or sparkling wine during secondary fermentation.

[Lee Stewart]

The Cardboard Sleeve on To-Go Cups of Coffee Is Called A "Zarf"

[Lee Stewart]

From the name of these condiment cups—soufflé cups—you’d think that you’d be consuming something far more sophisticated than mayo, ketchup, or mustard.

[Lee Stewart]

The Loop on the Belt That Keeps the End in Place: the "keeper."

[Lee Stewart]

The Wooden Strips That Separate Window Frames: "muntins."