Thursday, February 15, 2007

The! Biggest! News! of! the! Day! - Not JetBlue Delays, New Leadership at Dell, or Bernanke

Here are some of the contenders for today's biggest...news...of...the...day...

  • "A maelstrom of criticism" for JetBlue Airways (JBLU) as the airline trapped passengers in planes for hours...as one passenger said "You gotta realize the frustration — you can look out the window and you can see, there's the gate, and if you let us off the plane, we can walk there"...
  • More leadership changes at Dell as the computer maker hires Michael Cannon, the former Chief Executive of Solectron (SLR)...
  • Word that Fidelity Investments continues to bailout of Yahoo (YHOO)...meanwhile the mutual fund firm is piling into Microsoft (MSFT)...
  • Another exchange-traded fund that focuses on "clean-technology"...the Clean Edge U.S. Liquid Series Index Fund (QCLN) joins the PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Index (PBW) , the PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio (PUW) and the PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio (PZD) ETFs...
  • Upbeat comments on the financial sector as Standard & Poor's raised its view on a number of banking institutions...
  • A recap of Ben Bernanke's comments...

While those are all stories worth watching, I think it is obviously clear that the biggest story is this - N.M. orders 500 talking urinal cakes...in what may the strangest story I have seen yet, the state of New Mexico "has ordered 500 talking urinal cakes that will deliver a recorded anti-DWI message to bar and restaurant patrons who make one last pit stop before getting behind the wheel"...no I am not making this up...upon approaching a urinal, a female voice says -

    "Hey there, big guy. Having a few drinks? It's time to call a cab or ask a sober friend for a ride home..."

Are you freaking kidding me? A talking urinal that says "Hey there, big guy" in a woman's voice? Have these people ever seen/met/talked to a drunk guy? Half the guys I know would probably drink more because the more you drink the funnier that is going to get. And I can think of one guy that might even end up trying to hit on the voice.

It also raises the question of whether we will see more stories like we saw last month...maybe this is all part of a giant ploy by toilet makers to increase sales?

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