Courtney Vroman, Author at Marshall Radio

A Man Got a DUI for Cruising Down the Highway on a Lawnmower

Courtney Vroman2024-05-14T15:44:48-05:00May 14th, 2024|Categories: KARL, KARZ, KMHL|

A 64-year-old man in Georgia named Willie Laguines was arrested for DUI . . . and it was pretty obvious. He was having trouble staying on the highway . . . the police actually SAW him drinking from a beer can . . . oh, and he was driving a LAWN MOWER. The cops asked him what he was doing, and he said he went to a convenience store to get beer . . . and he was on his way home. He said it took him about 15 minutes to drive to the convenience store on the mower. He was [...]

America’s Most Misunderstood Sayings Include “Gnarly,” “Dirty Bird,” and “Right Out Straight”

Courtney Vroman2024-05-14T15:42:26-05:00May 14th, 2024|Categories: KARL, KARZ, KKCK, KMHL|

If you know all of these, you moved around a lot as a kid . . . A new study ranked the most misunderstood sayings from across the U.S. For example, "yinz" is Pennsylvania's version of y'all. But a third of Americans thought it was just a made-up word that didn't mean anything. (???) Here are the 10 most misunderstood sayings from across the U.S. 1. "Taverns" in South Dakota. They're a type of sandwich similar to sloppy joes. 2. "Right out straight" in Maine. It means you're really busy. People who aren't from Maine thought it meant you're telling the [...]

Senior Prank: A Principal Was Followed Around By a Bagpiper

Courtney Vroman2024-05-14T15:36:58-05:00May 14th, 2024|Categories: KARL, KARZ, KKCK, KMHL|

Security is so tight at schools across the country that it MUST make senior pranks a big challenge. But apparently, a BAGPIPE PLAYER isn't suspicious enough to get stopped at the door. Students at a high school in Illinois pulled a senior prank on their principal, Mr. Robison, last week . . . by hiring a bagpiper named Scott Whitman to follow him around. He serenaded Mr. Robison through the halls for a full 60 minutes. The students admitted the bagpiper was their "Plan B" after they initially tried to hire a mariachi band . . . but that was out [...]

The Worst Time to Drive for Memorial Day . . . Is Probably the Time You Want to Hit the Road

Courtney Vroman2024-05-14T15:36:07-05:00May 14th, 2024|Categories: KMHL|

If you're planning a road trip for Memorial Day weekend, you should know that EVERYONE is planning a road trip for Memorial Day. Triple-A says that this Memorial Day weekend, 43.8 million Americans are expected travel at least 50 miles. That's up 4% from last year . . . and it's close to the all-time record of 44 million, which was set in May of 2005. 3.5 million people are expected to fly, which is up 5% from last year . . . and Triple-A says, "THIS Memorial Day will be the busiest at airports since 2005." If you're DRIVING, they [...]

Employees Are Using A.I. Bots to Snag Spots on Their Vacation Calendar

Courtney Vroman2024-05-14T15:35:12-05:00May 14th, 2024|Categories: KARL, KARZ, KKCK|

A.I. could force humans to work less. But in one weird way, it's already HELPING us work less . . . Using bots to snag open slots on your company's VACATION CALENDAR is a new trend. It's become a problem at Amazon warehouses. Amazon employees have two types of unpaid time off they can take. One is normal unpaid vacation, and there's a limit to how much you can take. The other is "Voluntary Time Off" or VTO, where your boss decides they don't need as many people working. VTO doesn't count against your vacation time, so there's a lot of competition when [...]

Dirty Tricks: Three Bob Fergusons Filed to Run for Governor of Washington

Courtney Vroman2024-05-14T15:34:16-05:00May 14th, 2024|Categories: KARL, KARZ, KKCK, KMHL|

People are saying this isn't funny. We'll let you be the judge . . . Washington state's attorney general Bob Ferguson is running for governor as a Democrat. And the field got a lot more crowded for him this weekend . . . after two MORE Bob Fergusons entered the race. (???) Two other men named Bob Ferguson filed to run hours before the deadline last Friday, and it was no coincidence. A Republican operative named Glen Morgan admitted he was behind it and said he was running both campaigns. The idea was to confuse people and split the vote between the three Bobs, so none [...]

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Senior Prank + Bagpiper = Comedy

Courtney Vroman2024-05-14T11:22:41-05:00May 14th, 2024|Categories: KARL, KARZ, KKCK, KMHL|

Students at a school in Illinois pulled a senior prank on their principal . . . by hiring a bagpiper to follow him around for an hour. The principal was a good sport, and even praised the kids for coming up with the idea. FULL STORY: Security is so tight at schools across the country that it MUST make senior pranks a big challenge. But apparently, a BAGPIPE PLAYER isn't suspicious enough to get stopped at the door. Students at a high school in Illinois pulled a senior prank on their principal, Mr. Robison, last week . . . [...]

To Feel Refreshed, People Need to Spend 67 Minutes Outside Each Day

Courtney Vroman2024-05-13T14:07:57-05:00May 13th, 2024|Categories: KARL, KARZ, KKCK, KMHL|

If your idea of "spending qualty time outside" is walking 100 feet up to a Starbucks, rather than going through a drive-thru . . . there's a reason you don't feel revived every day. According to a new poll, the average American needs to spend 67 MINUTES outside each day in order to feel refreshed. (Which would be like walking four miles to a Starbucks.) That's easy enough right now . . . when it's getting warmer out, but not TOO hot. It's a real struggle to get those 67 minutes in when it's January in the Midwest. Or July in Arizona. [...]

A Dating App Will Have an A.I. Avatar Date Other People’s Avatars to Find You a Match?

Courtney Vroman2024-05-13T14:00:49-05:00May 13th, 2024|Categories: KARL, KARZ, KKCK|

If you don't trust artificial intelligence NOT to steal your job . . . would you trust A.I. to set you up in an ARRANGED MARRIAGE? Dating apps have streamlined the matching and "meeting" porcess . . . for better or worse . . . and now, A.I. could even go on the dates FOR YOU. The founder of Bumble says it could be possible in the "near future" to have an A.I. "dating concierge" . . . essentially an avatar . . . and that concierge could go on a date with another person's dating concierge. And they wouldn't have [...]

Study Finds: We Learn from Our Mistakes Until We Eventually Stop Trying

Courtney Vroman2024-05-13T13:55:26-05:00May 13th, 2024|Categories: KARL, KARZ, KMHL|

We teach kids mistakes are a good thing because you get to learn from them . . . until you eventually say SCREW IT and just stop trying. A new study found we do learn from our mistakes, but only to a point. It specifically looked at mistakes made by surgeons because they have such a high-pressure job. It found that when surgeons make mistakes early in their career, they tend to learn from them and get better. So then they're less likely to make the mistake again. But over time, messing up a surgery or losing a patient takes its [...]

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