BDC Now: The Saga of the World’s Worst Drunk Airline Passenger
There are rules to being drunk on a plane and this woman broke just about all of them. Thankfully “Modern Family’’ director Ryan Case was there to capture every delicious moment. That, some impressive work from the Picasso of Pancakes, and much more, today on BDC Now.
Modern Airline Passengers
Everybody knows that it’s acceptable to have a few drinks before a flight to calm your nerves. But when it comes to being drunk on a plane, there are rules. Don’t reek of alcohol. Don’t hit on your seat mate. Don’t throw up. Basically all of the rules boil down to this one, simple idea: You can be drunk, but not to the point where it disturbs the other passengers around you. One woman on a recent flight appeared to be unable to grasp this simple idea, and while most days the offense would go unnoticed by the world, “Modern Family’’ editor Ryan Case was on board for this one and she documented the whole thing. In what can only be described as a 64-tweet Twitter Saga, Case took us from “Sitting behind the worst person in the world.’’ to “A police car just pulled up.’’ and beyond. There’s drama, comedy, an unrequited love, and just about everything you could ask for and then pray that you never have to experience. And while 64 tweets might seem like a lot, we promise that it’s worth reading every last one.
You’ll Flip Over These Pancake Portraits
Let’s take an honest poll here: Who actually knew that pancake art was a thing? Anyone? Bueller? Well that’s good, because we didn’t either. The most elaborate pancake art we ever attempted was one big circle with two smaller circles at the top and calling it Mickey Mouse. But apparently there’s a whole group of people out there getting way more creative with their breakfasts. Just look at this guy: He pulls up a picture of The Beatles on his phone and, using only pancake batter and a hot skillet, cooks four basically perfect portraits of the Fab Four. And that was back in July! Just last week, the same exact guy cooked a fully functioning pancake flute. A flute! And it’s made out of a pancake! We don’t know what’s worse, that he has so much free time that he was able to master this stuff or that he’s just letting his kids eat all these masterpieces. Your work belongs in some kind of pancake museum! Stop feeding it to people!
The City is a Playground
Here in Boston, we’ve had some pretty cool art installations: From last year’s Play Me, I’m Yours project featuring 75 street pianos across Boston and Cambridge to the recently completed Stairs of Fabulousness at City Hall. But considering we’re a sports town, it’s surprising that Paris beat us to the punch with its “mens sana in corpore sano’’ project. Translated to “a sound mind in a sound body,’’ the project involves various sports and gym equipment set up around the French city, including everything from a soccer goal and a punching bag to a putting green and a basketball hoop. The stations are mostly attached to area street signs in urban areas, meaning you could get caught in a pick-up basketball game on your way to the mall or hit by a soccer ball while walking along the waterfront. And while repurposing metropolitan areas as athletic arenas can have its safety risks, it might be worth it. If Boston gets on board with this installation, maybe we’ll find some athletes that can actually help our pro teams win a few games.
Just Heroes Being Heroes
It’s tough being a firefighter. The hours are challenging. The conditions are incredibly dangerous. And many times the work can go unnoticed or under-appreciated. So when firefighters have an opportunity to save a life, they pretty much have to take it. Even if it’s just some pet rodents. And that’s exactly what these Lacey, Washington firefighters did. They responded to a burning home, put out the fire, found no humans inside, and decided as long as they were there, they’d use some tiny oxygen tubes to revive a few baby hamsters. Sadly, one of the babies died, but the other four lived to see another day and maybe eat a burrito.
Terms & Conditions, Now Including The Right to Take Your First Born!
Ah, the good old “terms and conditions.’’ A long contract that is best known as something everyone agrees to, but nobody reads. Well, if you’re searching for WiFi in London, you might want to make sure to scan the fine print, because six people there didn’t – and they ended up signing away the rights to their first-born child. That’s right: Rather than endure 15 minutes of skimming paragraphs about whether a company could sell their personal information, all six of them “agreed to assign their first born child to [F-Secure] for the duration of eternity’’ in order to connect to a WiFi hotspot. Luckily for them, the contract isn’t binding because technically it’s not legal. But the experiment, run by F-Secure, Europol, and the Cyber Security Research Institute, proves a little something about how quick we are to sign away everything important in our lives just so we can look up who that actor in that movie was.
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