This bugs me every year, establishments can’t hold “Super Bowl parties” because of some legal issues, so in ads they have to just say “the big game.” They can’t even say “watch the Super Bowl.” I’m pretty sure bars are allowed to mention the World Series, the Stanley Cup, or whatever soccer championship is happening that day of the week. If you were busy being named the next Superman this week, odds are you missed it.
And then came a lot of bad spoof tweets
Designer Kenneth Cole got himself into trouble this week on Twitter when he tweeted a joke about his new spring collection being the reason there was such an “uproar” in Egypt this week. Get it? People were so excited about his company’s clothing that they decided to form sides, congregate, and hurl rocks at each other for days on end. Ha!
Sarah Palin™
This week, Sarah Palin–wait, stay with me here, I promise it’s worth it–submitted applications to trademark her name and daughter Bristol Palin’s name. Apparently this isn’t uncommon among celebrities, and the term is pretty stretched here. However, if royalties end up having to be paid for using their names, the media might actually stop talking about them. Also, this blog will be in trouble for posts like this, this and this.
Question and answer
And finally, ever wanted to call the cops and ask them what the punishment is for a certain crime you’re thinking about committing? A Connecticut man called 911 to ask what the punishment would be for his growing a marijuana plant. The answer was that he could get arrested, but he’s about to find out a more in depth answer, because the police visited him and found seeds and equipment for growing a plant, so they arrested and charged him with possession of marijuana.