“Weird Spotify Playlists” is a thing that I can get behind

Ever told a short story using song titles?  Stacked your playlist like you would stack a sandwich — literally?  Or perhaps you found all the tunes that make up the Periotic Table of Elements?  People are getting super creative with Spotify playlists and posting their creations to a new Subreddit called Weird Spotify Playlists (they also have a Twitter, which is a fun follow).

Take a look below at some of the playlists that jumped out at me (a “best of” list, if you will).  Perhaps you’ll want to jump into a game of Rick Roulette?  — [eric]

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Police pursuit ends….after offender stops at a drive-thru window.

I’ve seen some crazy endings to police chases, but this might take the cake (or the burger, as it were).

A woman in Massachusetts was being tracked for multiple offenses — allegedly stealing a truck, striking other vehicles with it, and not stopping for cops.  Sounds like she was doing a decent job of evading arrest, until this happened:

“(The offender) allegedly pulled into the drive-thru at a nearby McDonald’s to try and order food but officers found her and tried to arrest her.”

Has she not heard of Door Dash?  — [eric]

Karen Jumps In The Water To Stop These Men From Fishing

Can’t we get these Karen’s a better hobby than tormenting their community? Fireworks weren’t okay, the beach wasn’t good enough, and now fishing is the biggest crime imaginable.

At least she plugged her nose.

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Portillo’s to Open a Pick-Up, Delivery-Only Location in Joliet

The greatest restaurant ever is experimenting with a new kind of experience. Coming soon, Portillo’s will have a pick-up and delivery-only location in Joliet. The 3,750 square-foot restaurant will have three drive-thru lanes as well as a pick-up area for orders placed online or in the Portillo’s app, which will include a catering option.

The anticipated opening date for the location is in winter 2021. For information on applying for a position with the restaurant, visit portillos.com/careers.

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Texas Man Wakes Up, Forgets the Past 20 Years of His Life

A 36-year-old father woke up one morning and couldn’t remember the past 20 years of his life. A rare brain condition caused him to forget everything, including who is daughter and wife were. Doctors diagnosed that he was suffering Transient Global Amnesia – which is usually a sudden, temporary interruption of short-term memory and that he would be back to normal within 24 hours. He even became angry when he first looked in the mirror, asking why he was “old and fat”.

He was diagnosed with Transient Global Amnesia. The condition occurs in approximately 3 to 10 out of every 100,000 people, according to Cleveland Clinic.

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Have you heard of the “Secret Burger” here in Chicago?

More than 10K people have heard of the “Secret Burger” here in Chicago — are you one of them?  Have you had one?

An unknown chef has been serving up the picture perfect dish every Saturday, 100 at a time.  And the only way you can snag one is if you are following on Instagram.

The good news:  you can still get in on the July drawing and it appears as though they will be ramping up production.  So will you be one of the lucky Chicagoans who will be able to sink their teeth in that masterpiece? 🤔

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New Study Claims American Men Are Suffering From a “Friendship Recession”

A new study shows that nearly one in six men do not have someone they would identify as a “close friend”. The news only gets worse from there, with the proportion saying they have at least six close friends plunging by half since 1990 from 55% to 27%, while the number without any at all is up five-fold from 3% to 15%, according to the American Perspectives Survey.

Hug your homies tight and keep them close. For those that identify as not having a close friend, your time will come.

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‘Southport Lanes’ Won’t Reopen After Nearly 100 Years

A staple of Chicago is soon to no longer be with us. Southport Lanes, the bowling alley and bar (among other things) in Lakeview closed during the pandemic and will not reopen. The iconic location released a statement saying, “It’s the end of an era. We outlasted Prohibition and the 1918 Spanish flu, but not COVID-19. Southport Lanes poured its last beer on Sunday, September 27, 2020.”

Southport Lanes’ owners plan to liquidate everything inside and outside the building, according to an auction site related to the sale.

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Sign This Petition to Demand Hot Dogs and Hot Dog Buns Be Packaged in the Same Quantity

We demand justice! For too long, hot dogs have been packaged unequally in our great nation. The Hot Dog Act aims to close the gap between the amount of hot dogs in a pack of hot dogs and the amount of hot dogs buns that are packaged together. Hot dog buns are traditionally baked in pans that accommodate four rolls, while hot dog manufacturers seemingly came to a consensus that ten was the ideal number when they first began to package them for retail consumption in the 1940s.

 

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Man With High-Powered Riffle On Lakeshore Charged With Unlawful Use of a Weapon

Keegan Casteel of Iowa has been charged with two felony counts of unlawful use of weapon. Casteel was arrested earlier this week after he was found in the W Chicago Lakeshore hotel with a .308-caliber rifle with a high-powered scope and laser sight attachment inside a 12th floor room.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot praised the hotel worker who reported Casteel for his quick thinking, “I want to thank the hotel worker who spotted this individual from Iowa who decided it was a good idea to come to our city with an arsenal, an AR-15, and five loaded magazines which he had perched up on the windowsill. Thank God for that hotel worker, who saw something, and said something, and I believe averted disaster,” she said.

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Whose Karen Is It?

A Chicagoland Karen was burnt to a crisp over the holiday weekend and now she’s wanting revenge. Here’s what someone sent us:

Where is this Karen from? Sound off on Facebook!

You May Never Poop Again After Reading This

A man in Austria was doing his business early in the morning when a five-foot python slithered through the drains and bit him on his backside. The python belonged to a neighbor, which somehow makes all of this worse. The bite victim, a 65-year-old man, noted that he “felt a ‘nip’ in the genital area” after plopping down on the toilet.

The victim sustained only minor injuries, police said. Those injuries being a BITE TO THE GENITAL AREA. Sounds pretty major to us!

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Crushing: Young Kid Gets His Heartbroken For the First Time

This is the first of many tough rejections this man will face in his entire life. Prayers up to our little homie.

He needs to use this as a teachable moment. No more public engagements. Next time you pop the question, do it in a secluded forest. No Ring doorbells, no smartphones, and no jumbotrons. Do this in the most discreet way possible in the future.

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