When Alexandria Miller of Chicago won a two-inch goldfish at a carnival, she assumed he would stay the same size. But since then, Gerald the goldfish has grown to be 12 inches long, and Miller has spent $1,300 upgrading his tanks to accommodate him. Gerald is not shy about getting his needs met. \u201cHe does lay around a lot, but it seems when he\u2019s bored or hungry, he jumps out of the water and likes to grab the thermometer inside his tank,\u201d Miller said. \u201cHe\u2019ll click it against the glass till he\u2019s got our attention.\u201d But, she went on, \u201cIf I put a smaller fish in there with him, he will eat them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Got More Beer<\/strong><\/p>\n Olive Veronesi, 93, of Seminole, Pa., wasn\u2019t shy about letting loved ones know what she needed during the lockdown. \u201cI need more beer!\u201d read a sign she held up, along with a can of Coors Light. A relative posted Veronesi\u2019s photo to social media and her predicament went viral. \u201cI have a beer every night … I was on my last 12 cans. You know what, beer has vitamins in it. It\u2019s good for you, only don\u2019t overdo it,\u201d Veronesi said. She got her wish: Molson Coors delivered 10 cases of her favorite brew to her front door. Her new sign reads, \u201cGot more beer!\u201d<\/p>\n The Corona Car<\/strong><\/p>\n Civic-minded car designer Kanyaboyina Sudhakar of the Sudha Cars Museum in Bahadurpura, India, built a one-seat vehicle in the shape of the coronavirus \u201cso that awareness can be spread on social distancing.\u201d The six-wheeled Corona Car can go about 25 mph. It took Sudhakar 10 days to build. \u201cI have always made cars to give back to the society in my own way,\u201d Sudhakar said. \u201cIt is important to tell people to stay home and stay safe, and the coronavirus car is meant to convey the message.\u201d<\/p>\n Ruff Ride<\/strong><\/p>\n Alberto Tito Alejandro, 51, was arrested following a high-speed chase after Washington state troopers received multiple calls about a car hitting two other vehicles south of Seattle and then racing away at speeds up to 100 mph. Trooper Heather Axtman said when officers got close to the 1996 Buick, they were shocked to see a dog sitting in the driver\u2019s seat. Alejandro was steering and pushing the gas pedal from the passenger seat. \u201cWhen we took him into custody,\u201d Axtman said, \u201che admitted to our troopers that he was teaching his dog to drive. … I\u2019ve heard a lot of excuses … but I\u2019ve never had an excuse that the dog was driving.\u201d Alejandro was charged on multiple counts, including driving under the influence of drugs.<\/p>\n Terrorizing The Radishes<\/strong><\/p>\n Joe Fasula, co-owner of Gerrity\u2019s Supermarket in Hanover Township, Penn., had \u201ca very challenging day\u201d when a woman who claimed she had the coronavirus \u2014 later identified by police as Margaret Chirko \u2014 \u201ccame into the store and proceeded to purposely cough on our fresh produce, and a small section of our bakery, meat case and grocery,\u201d as Fasula wrote on Facebook. While the staff \u201cdid the best they could to get the woman out of the store as fast as possible,\u201d he said, the health department had to help disinfect the store. The \u201ctwisted prank\u201d resulted in the loss of $35,000 worth of food. The Luzerne County District Attorney\u2019s Office has charged Chirko with threatening to use weapons of mass destruction and making terroristic threats. It is not known whether the woman had COVID-19.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n UK\u2019s Clean Fetish Community<\/strong><\/p>\n MedFet UK, a small company that supplies people who indulge in medical fetishes, donated its entire inventory (\u201cjust a few sets\u201d) of disposable medical scrubs to Britain\u2019s National Health Service after being contacted by desperate procurement officers. \u201cWhen we, a tiny company set up to serve a small section of the kink community, find ourselves being sought out as a last-resort supplier to our National Health Service in a time of crisis, something is seriously wrong,\u201d the company posted on Twitter. It took the opportunity to post a PSA: \u201cWhether getting ready for some kinky fun or guarding against a virus outbreak, the single most effective method of infection control is scrupulous hand hygiene.\u201d<\/p>\n Annals Of Isolation<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014 In Melbourne, Australia, \u201ca bit of boredom in isolation\u201d led 27-year-old astrophysicist Daniel Reardon to experiment with an idea to stop people from touching their faces \u2014 a necklace and accompanying bracelet of magnets that would sound an alarm whenever someone reached up. When that didn\u2019t work, Reardon started playing with the powerful neodymium magnets, clipping them to his earlobes and nostrils, and that\u2019s where things went wrong. Two magnets inside his nostrils became stuck together, and he couldn\u2019t separate them. Reardon tried using pliers, but they became magnetized: \u201cEvery time I brought the pliers close to my nose, my entire nose would shift toward the pliers and then the pliers would stick to the magnet,\u201d he said. Finally, his partner took him to the hospital that she works in \u201cbecause she wanted all her colleagues to laugh at me.\u201d Doctors applied an anesthetic spray, then manually removed the magnets. \u201cNeedless to say, I am not going to play with the magnets anymore,\u201d Reardon said.<\/p>\n \u2014 Donuts Delite in Rochester, N.Y., has found a special way to pay tribute to immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci. The shop has been printing Dr. Fauci\u2019s image on thin, edible paper, then applying it to the buttercream frosting on its doughnuts. Nick Semeraro, franchisee of the shop said, \u201cHe\u2019s on TV giving us the facts; you\u2019ve got to respect that. … People are buying them like crazy.\u201d The doughnuts go for $20 per dozen, with curbside pickup and delivery available.<\/p>\n \u2014 A survey commissioned by Mentimeter found that 12 percent of people working from home turn their computer\u2019s camera off during a video meeting because they\u2019re wearing few or no clothes. Along with that, Walmart executive vice president Dan Bartlett told The Washington Post, \u201cwe\u2019re seeing increased sales in tops, but not bottoms,\u201d a phenomenon presumably driven by video conferencing workers who do leave their cameras on.<\/p>\n \u2014 App developers Daniel Ahmadizadeh and Christopher Smeder have good news for those in the dating pool during this time of social distancing and staying at home. Quarantine Together is a text-based app that asks users once a day whether they\u2019ve washed their hands. If they say yes, they\u2019re introduced to another user. Nivi Jayasekar of San Francisco said she was eager to give it a shot: \u201cIt was a hilarious idea. I feel like it\u2019s an opportunity to form a deeper connection with someone before meeting them,\u201d she said. Ahmadizadeh reports that sign-ups have been growing by 50 percent a day.<\/p>\n Desperate Measures<\/strong><\/p>\n After three days quarantined in his house in Mexico, Antonio Munoz got a yen for Cheetos. With the neighborhood store just feet away, but out of reach for a nonessential trip outside, Munoz enlisted the help of his chihuahua, Chokis. Munoz attached a note and $20 to Chokis\u2019 collar and sent the dog across the street. Sure enough, Chokis returned with the Cheetos. In March, Chokis repeated the trip two other times, bringing back different flavors of potato chips.<\/p>\n Bright Idea<\/strong><\/p>\n As leaders worldwide search for ways to encourage people to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic, officials in Indonesia are taking advantage of its citizens\u2019 superstitions. Kepuh, a village on Java island, is employing village residents to dress as \u201cpocong,\u201d or the trapped souls of the dead. The ghostly figures, wrapped in white shrouds with their heads covered and dark-rimmed eyes peering out, surprise unsuspecting pedestrians, then disappear into the night. The strategy appears to be working: Villagers have been seen running off in fright when the pocong appear. \u201cPeople will not gather or stay on the streets after evening prayers,\u201d resident Karno Supadmo said.<\/p>\n TP Inferno<\/strong><\/p>\n A tractor-trailer crash and subsequent fire near Dallas lay waste to an entire load of a hot commodity: toilet paper. The driver was unharmed, but the TP \u201cburned extensively\u201d and spilled over the interstate, which had to be closed to traffic. The truck was hauling the large rolls typically used in business restrooms.<\/p>\n Names in the News<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014 A baby born in Sheopur, Bhopal, India, will carry a special name with him through his life: Lockdown. Manju Mail, his mother, confirmed to hospital staff: \u201cYes, he is Lockdown, as he was born during the lockdown period.\u201d Her husband, Raghunath, said, \u201cIt is a significant name. The whole world is using lockdown as a means to stem this pandemic. We should not take Lockdown lightly.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014 Similarly, in Chhattisgarh, India, another couple blessed their twins, with timely names: Corona and Covid. Preeti Verma, 27, said her children\u2019s names symbolize triumph over hardships. \u201cIndeed the virus is dangerous and life-threatening, but its outbreak made people focus on sanitation and hygiene and inculcate good habits,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When Alexandria Miller of Chicago won a two-inch goldfish at a carnival, she assumed he would stay the same size. But since then, Gerald the goldfish has grown to be 12 inches long, and Miller has spent $1,300 upgrading his tanks to accommodate him. Gerald is not shy about getting his needs met. \u201cHe does [&hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"yoast_head":"\n