NewsTalk 1290 News & Talk of Texoma » Humor http://newstalk1290.com Fri, 24 May 2013 21:35:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 10 BBQ Fails to Avoid on Memorial Day http://newstalk1290.com/memorial-day-bbq-fails/ http://newstalk1290.com/memorial-day-bbq-fails/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 18:14:52 +0000 Cameron Simcik http://thefw.com/?p=207442 Got any Memorial Day plans? Maybe you’re heading to a parade and dressing up in those American flag shorts (guilty). Or perhaps heading to the public pool to kick off swimming season is more your style. Whatever you do, there’s one Memorial Day staple that all Americans must experience on Monday— the BBQ.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/memorial-day-bbq-fails/feed/ 0 Imgur Charmin Sponsors Hilarious 'Stop Skidmarks' Billboard At NASCAR Race http://newstalk1290.com/charmin-stop-skidmarks-billboard/ http://newstalk1290.com/charmin-stop-skidmarks-billboard/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 17:11:04 +0000 Joe Student http://guyspeed.com/?p=133293 Product placement and sponsorship can be a precarious situation. Companies who spend millions of dollars on a branding campaign can wind up coming across as too pushy or stiff to relate to consumers.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/charmin-stop-skidmarks-billboard/feed/ 0 Twitter.com/trippmickle 5 Things You Can Do For Your Tech-Challenged Mom on Mother's Day http://newstalk1290.com/mothers-day-tech-challenged-gifts/ http://newstalk1290.com/mothers-day-tech-challenged-gifts/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 14:58:42 +0000 Jackie Mancini http://thefw.com/?p=204255 Oh, moms. A generation of "digital immigrants," our moms have a real love/hate relationship with technology. While most moms we know love their iPads/Kindles/iPhones/weird off-brand tablets, they also seem to have a very hard time figuring them out, and have a tendency to get overwhelmed by tech problems.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/mothers-day-tech-challenged-gifts/feed/ 0 Thinkstock New Zealand's List of Banned Baby Names Will Leave You Laughing Out Loud http://newstalk1290.com/banned-baby-names/ http://newstalk1290.com/banned-baby-names/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 13:37:46 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://tsminteractive.com/?p=161260 What’s in a name?

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/banned-baby-names/feed/ 0 Wavebreak Media 6 People Who Apologized For Their Own Movie http://newstalk1290.com/people-who-apologized-for-their-own-movie/ http://newstalk1290.com/people-who-apologized-for-their-own-movie/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:43:14 +0000 Eddie Wright http://thefw.com/?p=202569 On April 22, it was reported that Michael "I Make Things Go Boom" Bay, apologized to a reporter from The Miami Herald for the third act of his 1998 smash, 'Armageddon.' He said:

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/people-who-apologized-for-their-own-movie/feed/ 0 11 Perfectly-Timed Animal Photos http://newstalk1290.com/perfectly-timed-animal-photos/ http://newstalk1290.com/perfectly-timed-animal-photos/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:40:34 +0000 Cameron Simcik http://thefw.com/?p=202412 Achieving a perfectly-timed picture is tricky stuff, because it doesn’t usually happen on purpose. But when these photos are done right, the result is Web G-O-L-D.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/perfectly-timed-animal-photos/feed/ 0 Imgur 12 Passive Aggressive Bathroom Notes http://newstalk1290.com/passive-aggressive-bathroom-notes/ http://newstalk1290.com/passive-aggressive-bathroom-notes/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:00:05 +0000 Cameron Simcik http://thefw.com/?p=200980 Bathrooms can be pretty nasty places, especially when there are tons of people going in and out all day. But hey, we've gotta face the fact that not everyone has superb hygiene, right?

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/passive-aggressive-bathroom-notes/feed/ 0 Imgur See What Happens When Sports Balls are Replaced By Cats http://newstalk1290.com/sports-balls-replaced-by-cats/ http://newstalk1290.com/sports-balls-replaced-by-cats/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:00:51 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=199746 Is the consistent lack of cats in athletics holding you back from being a sports fan?

The folks behind a new Tumblr have now solved what we believe to be a fairly widespread issue with folks who would otherwise be all about their local team.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/sports-balls-replaced-by-cats/feed/ 0 Tumblr The Insane '90s Era 'Eagleman' Commerical Will Delight and Disturb You http://newstalk1290.com/the-insane-90s-era-eagleman-commerical-will-delight-and-disturb-you/ http://newstalk1290.com/the-insane-90s-era-eagleman-commerical-will-delight-and-disturb-you/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:30:40 +0000 GuySpeed Editors http://guyspeed.com/?p=126718 Just in case you haven't seen it, here is what many are calling the worst TV commercial ever created. Like, ever.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/the-insane-90s-era-eagleman-commerical-will-delight-and-disturb-you/feed/ 0 YouTube Cops Called on Human-Sounding Screaming Goat http://newstalk1290.com/cops-called-on-human-sounding-screaming-goat/ http://newstalk1290.com/cops-called-on-human-sounding-screaming-goat/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:55:34 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=198219 Earlier this year the internet brought something very important about goats to our attention. When the can-eating animals scream they sound an awful lot like a person who has either witnessed a great horror or suffered a devastating injury.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/cops-called-on-human-sounding-screaming-goat/feed/ 0 YouTube See All of Google's April Fool's Day Pranks http://newstalk1290.com/google-april-fools-day-pranks/ http://newstalk1290.com/google-april-fools-day-pranks/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:20:00 +0000 Emerald Catron http://thefw.com/?p=197414 If you're anything like us, you probably have no idea what day it is. Well, it's Monday, April 1st. Yes, it's April Fool's Day, which means that Google is planning to pull the wool over our eyes all day long. Here are some of the pranks they're pulling, in cas

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/google-april-fools-day-pranks/feed/ 0 Google Russian Maniac Blows Up Snowmen, Because Those Guys Had It Coming http://newstalk1290.com/russian-maniac-blows-up-snowmen-because-those-guys-had-it-coming/ http://newstalk1290.com/russian-maniac-blows-up-snowmen-because-those-guys-had-it-coming/#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:45:47 +0000 GuySpeed Editors http://guyspeed.com/?p=123477 The Cold War may be over, but one burly man in Russia has started his own violent icy rebellion ... against snowmen.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/russian-maniac-blows-up-snowmen-because-those-guys-had-it-coming/feed/ 0 YouTube Top 16 (funny) Things We Know About Pope Francis http://newstalk1290.com/top-16-things-we-know-about-pope-francis/ http://newstalk1290.com/top-16-things-we-know-about-pope-francis/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:50:35 +0000 Townsquare Media http://my1073fm.com/?p=118595 Yesterday, the white smoke rose and Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected as the new pope. He is the first pope from the Americas and was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/top-16-things-we-know-about-pope-francis/feed/ 0 Pope Francis I (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Image) Ladies, Just Get A Shotgun and Get Knocked On Your….Ya Know http://newstalk1290.com/ladies-just-get-a-shotgun-and-get-knocked-on-your-ya-know/ http://newstalk1290.com/ladies-just-get-a-shotgun-and-get-knocked-on-your-ya-know/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:34:24 +0000 Mike Hendren http://newstalk1290.com/?p=103544 Papa Joe says...'ladies, get a shotgun!' Uh huh. Good idea.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/ladies-just-get-a-shotgun-and-get-knocked-on-your-ya-know/feed/ 0 The Girls of Fox News-Do I Really Have to Explain This? http://newstalk1290.com/the-girls-of-fox-news-do-i-really-have-to-explain-this/ http://newstalk1290.com/the-girls-of-fox-news-do-i-really-have-to-explain-this/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:22:33 +0000 Mike Hendren http://newstalk1290.com/?p=103339 The Girls on Fox News have Austin Cunningham singing their praises!

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/the-girls-of-fox-news-do-i-really-have-to-explain-this/feed/ 0 Man Arrested After Breaking Into Restaurant, Eating 16 Slices of Pie and Falling Asleep http://newstalk1290.com/man-arrested-after-breaking-into-restaurant-eating-16-slices-of-pie-and-falling-asleep/ http://newstalk1290.com/man-arrested-after-breaking-into-restaurant-eating-16-slices-of-pie-and-falling-asleep/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:02:48 +0000 Joe Student http://guyspeed.com/?p=118265 A man broke into a Baltimore fast-food restaurant last month and ate 16 slices of pie before falling asleep and being captured, police say. Baltimore police responded to a break-in at a Popeye's chicken restaurant on Feb. 19, whereupon they found a 62-year-old man asleep on the floor of the establishme

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/man-arrested-after-breaking-into-restaurant-eating-16-slices-of-pie-and-falling-asleep/feed/ 0 Matt Cardy, Getty Images News Anchor Can't Get Through Fat Cat Story Without Cracking Up http://newstalk1290.com/news-anchor-fat-cat/ http://newstalk1290.com/news-anchor-fat-cat/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:30:59 +0000 Kyle Dowling http://thefw.com/?p=190764 It looks as if that obesity epidemic that America finds itself in has spread to the feline population. Perhaps our FLOTUS can tackle that next, but until she does, we'll settle for this news anchor's giggling coverage.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/news-anchor-fat-cat/feed/ 0 Groupon CEO Leaks Own Resignation Letter, References 'Battletoads' http://newstalk1290.com/groupon-ceo-battletoads/ http://newstalk1290.com/groupon-ceo-battletoads/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:10:33 +0000 Emerald Catron http://thefw.com/?p=191017 Andrew Mason, now-former-CEO of Groupon, resigned today. Well, actually, he was more fired, really. And he told everybody. How do we know? Because he also publicly released his own letter of not-resignation, because it was going to leak anyway. Here's what it said.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/groupon-ceo-battletoads/feed/ 0 WIkipedia Bonehead Pranks Ex-Wife By Placing 18 Fake Pizza Deliveries to Her House http://newstalk1290.com/pizza-delivery-prank/ http://newstalk1290.com/pizza-delivery-prank/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:00:51 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://guyspeed.com/?p=117998 To make a joke about how Bryant Smith will be convicted in 30 minutes or less is like picking the lowest hanging fruit on the comedy tree, but we're not all that tall, folks.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/pizza-delivery-prank/feed/ 0 Cook County Sheriff Hilarious Tweets By Parents The Week Of Feb. 25 http://newstalk1290.com/hilarious-tweets-by-parents-the-week-of-feb-25/ http://newstalk1290.com/hilarious-tweets-by-parents-the-week-of-feb-25/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:00:09 +0000 Stephanie McMaster http://961joyfm.com/?p=184619 Myth debunked - parents can indeed be funny and we have the tweets to prove it! Check out 10 of the most hilarious things written on Twitter this week by parents (and one non-parent who gets it) this week:

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