A Piece of Soup

 Since January is National Soup Month and also the height of the cold/flu season Progresso is offering Soup Drops for a limited time. What are soup drops? they describe them as a chicken noodle soup flavored hard savory drop, similar to a cough drop. They taste like chicken broth, veggies, egg noodles, and a hint of parsley, soup you can suck on. If this seems like something you need to try they can be had online at ProgressoSoupDrops.com starting on the 16th with more released every Thursday for the rest of January. For $2.49 plus shipping you get 20 drops in a can and a can of actual chicken noodle soup. 

Pizza Police?

A pizza parlor in England is extremely against the ongoing pineapple on pizza debate. They aren't totally taking away the choice though instead they charge $122 for a pizza with pineapple. If they are that against the topping why offer it at all? It seems doubtful that anyone would pay that much for a topping but the business would still be obligated to carry it so it seems more like a gimmick than anything serious. What's the big deal about what someone else eats on their pizza? I've seen and heard of many things worse than pineapple on pizza. People should mind their own toppings and not worry about what anyone else chooses. Not to mention their pineapple pizza doesn't look that great. 

 

Sweat Jeans

The latest Gen Z fashion must is sweatpants disguised to look like jeans. The Gap's "Sweatpant Baggy Jeans" are leading the pack and allowing wearers to sport sweats 24/7 should they choose. In the post pandemic trend of wearing comfort geared clothing for office attire these are the answer to many people's prayers. Unfortunately the sweatpants/jeans have yet to replace the pajama bottom look also favored by the current work force. 

 

Good Dog

 There's good dogs then there's Titan. Titan is a white labradoodle who helped police solve his owner's murder. Police responded to a brush fire and found a body burned beyond recognition. Titan barked at the officers and refused to leave the area. The morning after the body was recovered someone found Titan still sitting where the body had been found and called animal control who discovered he was microchipped which led them to find his owner was missing. Forensics confirmed Titan's owner and the burned body were the same person which led to her murderer being arrested several days later. Good boy Titan! 

Ice Cube

 Have you ever wondered how an igloo can keep anyone warm especially in temps of -65? Oddly enough it all has to do with heat and how it moves. Since heat rises the entrance is built lowest the next level is the living space which is higher than the entry, then the sleeping loft is yet another foot higher which is where the most heat will be, the heat itself is body heat. Additionally the shape of the igloo and the snow it is built from aid in heat retention, the snow is 95% trapped air making it excellent insulation. When built properly an igloo can be 40-60 degrees warmer than the outside depending on weather, the body heat of the people inside and the thickness of the walls. 

On the Fly

 The fly refers to the flap in men's underwear which was originally supposed to expedite the procedure when they went to urinate but as it turns out 80% of the male population never bother with the fly because it's easier and faster to pull down the front of the underwear and take aim (hopefully). So why do the manufacturers still use the design? I think we can rule out it being cheaper. According to one source the fly has underwent changes and is no longer flat so now it is easier to use, roomier, gives better definition,  comfort, support, and freedom. Stop me if I'm wrong, but aren't some of those words contradictory? 

Up and Out

 Other than being prepositions what do up and out have in common? They are both used with the word wazoo, which is slang for butt and sometimes other orifices. The origin of the word isn't exact though OED thinks it might come from the French word oiseau meaning bird, or possibly from the word razoo, meaning raspberry, the kind you blow not the kind you eat. Another theory is wazoo came from kazoo or gazoo referring to the buzzing instrument which became slang for butt in the 1960s, the bottom line, whether it's up or out the wazoo it is an excess or abundance and not in a good way.