A Japanese high school baseball team was trailing 66-0 in a recent game when its coach asked that the game be stopped -- in the second inning!
According to the Los Angeles Times, the Kawamoto Technical High pitcher threw more than 250 pitches to get only four outs. He had given up 26 runs in the first inning and 40 in the second.
The Aston Martin being used in Quantum of Solace, the latest James Bond film starring Daniel Craig, plunged into a lake in northern Italy while being driven to the set, according to the Associated Press. (That's it being pulled from the lake above.) Producers say the driver of the Aston Martin was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. They say James Bond's iconic car was being delivered to the filming unit in heavy rain on Saturday morning when it went off the road and plunged into Lake Garda.
Heateatreview.com, which is a great source for reviews of the frozen meals we're reduced to eating as office workers, posted this video of a '80s Lean Cuisine commercial. It's worth it for the towel biting.
Today is April 20, known to marijuana users as "4/20," a counterculture holiday recognizing America's most commonly used illegal drug. While we at Quick don't condone any lawbreaking, we would be remiss if we didn't recognize what is, for many, a cause for celebration. And fervent snacking.
So here, courtesy of the Chicago Tribune, are a dime bag's worth of marijuana facts:
1. The number "420" is code for marijuana and was most likely invented in the 1970s at San Rafael High School in Marin County, Calif., where a group of students known as the Waldos met at 4:20 p.m. to light up.
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