Wednesday Night ONT - March 25, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for very random mid-week shenanigans of the post-cafe overnight variety. Did I mention the shenanigans were random? They are indeed random.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. Leave Tucker, Megyn, Candace and anyone similar to threads elsewhere. Your reward is permission to periodically break into "Let's go Brandon" chants in the bar.

[Top photo credit: B1 at RAF Fairford UK. Photographer unknown.]

ONT Wholesome Content

ONT Department of Weird Wild Stuff

Who knew?

The origin of OK is disputed. However, most modern reference works hold that it originated around Boston as part of a fad in the late 1830s of abbreviating misspellings - that it is an initialism of "oll korrect" as a misspelling of "all correct."

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True fact of history:

Ruth Handler is credited with inventing the Barbie doll in 1959, while her husband, Elliot Handler, invented Hot Wheels in 1968. They were high school sweethearts who met in 1929, dated on and off, and married in 1938. Together, they co-founded Mattel in 1945, initially starting in their garage. They even named the dolls after their real children: Barbie after their daughter Barbara, and Ken (Barbie's boyfriend) after their son Kenneth.

Hmmm....

Do not try this at home:

TV audience peer through fingers as record breaker pulls balloons through nose and mouth

How many times can you put a balloon up your nose and pull it out your mouth? We bet not many of you have ever actually tried! But at Guinness World Records, we love celebrating unique talents just like this.

On 29 August 2025, Malte Dünser (Austria), broke the Guinness World Records title for most balloons passed through the nose and out the mouth in one minute. This wild record attempt took place on the set of Guinness World Records - Die große Show der Weltrekorde, in Munich, Germany, in front of an audience.

Malte managed to complete the trick 10 times, repeatedly threading the uninflated balloons through one nostril, and pulling them out through his mouth.

There are photos at the link if you want to see more. I won't post them here. I mourn for the days when a Guinness World Record meant something more significant than stuffing balloons up your nose (not that there's anything wrong with that...).

ONT Department of Politician and Media Oversight

Remember: no matter how much you distrust politicians and hate the media, it is not enough.

Old news, but new to me. CBS News report from May 2024: Calls to Massachusetts Problem Gambling Hotline up 121 percent in a year, state says

New data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) shows more people are having gambling problems, especially with sports betting.

Call to the state's Problem Gambling Helpline were up 121 percent in just a year, between 2022 and 2023, DPH announced Wednesday.

So why has there been an increase? DPH said it's a result of improving access to helplines with public awareness campaigns and education statewide.

"The increase in calls is a sign that people are feeling comfortable reaching out," Odessa Dwarika, the program director for the Massachusetts Council on Gaming and Health, told WBZ-TV. "If folks are experiencing harm but they don't know how to get resources or they don't feel comfortable getting resources, you're not going to see that bump in numbers."

Up 121 percent on one year? Heavens! Must be a sign of major gambling problems and a success story for the state's gambling help hotline, right? Well...

From Boston.com: Half of recent calls to state's gambling helpline were for help placing mobile sports bets, new report shows

According to DPH's report, the helpline saw a surge in calls after sports betting was legalized. But of the 2,069 calls from February to June 2023, 1,043 were non-helpline calls, the report said. Those callers were "looking for technical support for their sports wagering mobile applications and platforms."

The Office of Problem Gambling Services attributed the confusion to an increase in sports wagering advertisements, which list the helpline.

The gambling help hotline became a tech support line for gamblers because online gaming companies were required to list the helpline in their ads?

No matter how much you distrust politicians and hate the media, it is not enough. Never believe anything you read in a media story without checking for yourself.

ONT Crime Blotter

I have questions. So many questions. Staring with "there are professional cornhole players?"

Quadruple amputee, professional cornhole player faces murder charges

A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee has been formally charged with murder and multiple related offenses in connection with a deadly shooting that occurred in Charles County on March 22, 2026.

Dayton James Webber, 27, of La Plata, Md., was arraigned in the District Court of Maryland for Charles County after being located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and arrested following the fatal shooting of 27-year‑old Bradrick Michael Wells, according to court documents.

Police have not explained how Webber was able to drive a car or fire a weapon.

Webber underwent quadruple amputation as a baby after a blood infection, according to reports. He's a professional cornhole player in the American Cornhole League (ACL).

Armed and dangerous? No, but he won't have a leg to stand on in court.

The Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving. Thank you people of Pittsburgh!

Evanescence for the big ONT finish:

That woman can sing.

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