DRIVING WHILE EATING IS HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH _ Driving While Eating — or DWE — is one of the most common driver distractions. Recent surveys have shown that mobile noshing happens more than talking on a phone. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration doesn’t keep track of what snacks lead to the most wrecks but the insurance industry says these are some of the worst Driving While Eaters:
• Drivers are more likely to clean up spills to spare work clothes. And they won’t pull over to tend to a mess because they don’t want to be late for work.
• Dangerous foods, in order: tacos, chili, hamburgers, barbecue, fried chicken, jelly or cream-filled doughnuts, sodas and chocolate.
As heard on today’s show: ‘SEE YOUR FOLKS’ ESTIMATES HOW MANY MORE TIMES YOU’LL SEE YOUR PARENTS _ This could be one of the most morbid websites out there. See Your Folks will scare you into visiting your parents more by estimating how many times you have left to see them before they die. The site asks you which country your parents live in, how many times a year you visit them, and your parents’ ages. Then, based on the World Health Organization’s life expectancy data, you get a number — the number of times you can expect to see your parents before they die. • LINK
WHAT TEENS AND CATS HAVE IN COMMON
• Neither teenagers nor cats turn their heads when you call them by name.
• You rarely see a cat walking outside of the house with an adult human being, and it can be safely said that no teen in their right mind wants to be seen in public with their parents.
• Even if you tell jokes as well as Jim Gaffigan, neither your cat nor you teen will ever crack a smile.
• No cat or teen shares you taste in music.
• Cats and teens can lie on the living-room sofa for hours on end without moving, barely breathing.
• Cats and teens yawn in exactly the same manner, communicating that ultimate human ecstasy — a sense of complete and utter boredom.
• Cats and teens do not improve anyone’s furniture.
