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On Record – April 2009

April 28, 2009 |

It’s been awhile since I’ve done a compilation of the weird, humorous and oddball news items that cross our path, but my revisit is prompted by KFC’s announcement it would fund $3,000 of pothole repairs as long as it could chalk its logo on each pothole. Plus, I figure we could all use some “news” these days that makes us chuckle.

(By the way, all of these were detailed on our own constructionpundit.www.equipmentworld.com blog in the past six months.)

Delving further into the KFC publicity stunt (March 27th on the blog), the company proclaimed that “for more than half a century, KFC has filled up its fans … (and) today … KFC is becoming the first-ever corporate sponsor of freshly filled-up potholes in up to five major cities.” The chalked KFC logo supposedly washes away with the next rain shower. No comments were made about potential grease spots.

In this new age of swap and barter, a New York City funeral director has a deal for you (March 12 on the blog). In a Craigslist offering, funeral director Peter Dohanich says in exchange for putting in a new patio on his house, he’ll give a contractor a free funeral, reports Web Producer. You might want to check if the casket is extra.

All this bleak economic talk getting you down? Then .www.recessionblocker.com (February 24) may be just the ticket. Use this website to enter several favorite news sites, and watch those pesky gloomy words – like “down” and “recession” and “failure” – magically get blacked out. Be aware, however, the mind is quite capable of filling in all those blacked-out words with even darker phrases …