Worker flicks wrong switch, costs his company $11 mln

Think you've had a bad day at work? This is bad :

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – A worker accidentally tripping a shut-off switch at a major Ontario plastics plant will cost Nova Chemicals Corp. $11 million in lost profit, the company said on Wednesday, because it won't be able to fulfill some contracts because of the blunder.

They haven't fired him yet, which is good. They're investigating the situation first. Nonetheless, he's got to be concerned about his job.

a $100 hamburger

A restaurant in Florida is offering a $100 hamburger.  And it doesn't even come with cheese…  (I wonder how much that costs to add?)  It is a 20-oz. burger, so it's big, but that's still crazy.  The patty is made of beef from three continents.  But you may ask, how can they get away with charging $100?  The answer — the restaurant is in a resort where the membership costs $40,000 plus an additional $3,600 per year.

Still, I don't care how much money I ever make, even if it was millions, I don't see the sense in paying $100 for a hamburger.  I doubt it's any better than a fresh, greasy burger from the Sale Barn here…

a few quotes, issue #0619

The good thing about my alter ego, Underachiever Man, is that I don't have to change clothes when I use my super powers. ~ Phillip Garding

They say that genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration.  Then again, so is mowing the lawn. ~ Tom Sims

91% of Americans that suffer from indigestion would rather retake the SAT than watch a Yanni concert.

You know that guy who made the movie Super-Size Me, in which he gained 31 pounds after eating nothing but McDonald's food for an entire month?  That dude totally ripped me off!  I did it first, except he filmed it or something. ~ Miles Walker

It's sad when you're at a baseball game and realize that you'll never have the money, status or talent that the guys on the field take for granted.  And it gets even worse when the grounds crew gives way to the players. ~ Anthony Myers

scientists produce flatulence-free beans

In the news, scientists have discovered you can ferment beans with a friendly bacteria to reduce the amount of gas you get from them.  This process also increases the bean's nutritional value by 97%.  But this takes all the fun out of them…