Avoid eating bugs, old snow and detergent SCOTT HOLLIFIELD Feb 19, 2018 Feb 19, 2018 Updated Mar 19, 2019 0 Scott Hollifield is editor/GM of The McDowell News in Marion, N.C and a humor columnist. Contact him at rhollifield@mcdowellnews.com. Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SCOTT HOLLIFIELD Kids, do not eat bombardier beetles or two-day old snow.kAm%9:D :D 2 ?@? 4@FCE\>2?52E65 AF3=:4 D6CG:46 2??@F?46>6?E 7C@> >6[ E96 D64@?5 >@DE A@AF=2C 4@=F>?:DE 2E E9:D 2H2C5\H:??:?8 AF3=:42E:@? 2?5 C646?E=J ?2>65 !6@A=6 |282K:?6’D E9:C5 wF?<:6DE |2=6 }6HDA2A6C x4@?[ ;FDE 369:?5 #6I |@C82?[ |]s] 2?5 $?F77J $>:E9]k^AmkAm x7 J@F 2C6 :? 724E 2 J@F?8 A6CD@? 2?5 J@FC 8C2?5>2 82G6 J@F E9:D ?6HDA2A6C 4@=F>? 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Washing your hands – sing happy birthday, not ‘In-Gadda-Da-Vida’ OK, people, once and for all, let’s learn how to wash our filthy hands.
Can Vince Lombardi fix the sound bar? What would a long-dead 20th century Hall of Fame coaching legend know about 21st century audiovisual technology?
Selfie deaths on the rise According to a new scientific study of stupid behavior leading to terrible yet predictable consequences, more than 250 people have been killed…