Oh, life. Full of rainbows and roses and shiny, happy things. Also? Full of thunderclouds and thorns and really really annoying things. You know what I'm tawkin' about. We all have our list of stuff that drives us crazy. In JoAnn From Bensonhurst's case, most of that stuff happens when she's doing routine -- one might say mundane -- household chores, the kind of things we all do as moms. It's not surprising. She's our very own version of a real (not desperate) housewife here at CafeMom Studios YouTube Channel. One with a very pronounced Brooklyn accent.
Anyway, the things that annoy JoAnn are probably very similar to the things that annoy you too. They range from telemarketers ("They should actually be auctioneers. They talk so fast that before it hits your brain after it hits your ear, you're tellin' the guy yes") to grocery scanners ("I don't deal with robots") and so many other irritants in between. You should hear what she has to say about cable TV ...
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We've all seen the feel-good news reports of toddlers calling 9-1-1, saving a life, which is beyond great. I'm sure I saw a story once about a cat dialing the emergency number ... maybe it was a dog ... or a hamster. Those newfangled devices in cars also call 9-1-1 when there is an accident. But did you hear the one about the house that dialed 9-1-1 ... for itself?
Super Glue. It's one of those things you take for granted -- on the same list as the microwave, the Internet, the wine delivery guy. You just assume it will be there when necessity calls. But at some point, someone had to invent it ... and sadly, that man, the brains, the genius behind Super Glue has died. Dr. Harry Coover passed away at the grand age of 94.