This Week in Questionable Decisions: May 2-8

Trump to start Space Force?; Wisconsin man ate 30,000th Big Mac this week; a Brinks armored truck spills cash in Indianapolis

May 8, 2018 at 11:16 am

This Week in Questionable Decisions…

1. Riders on a Universal Studios Japan roller coaster were stuck upside down for two hours after the ride stalled.

2. Trump last week teased the “Space Force,” a new intergalactic branch of the military. 

3. A Dearborn, Mich. school offered a “modesty poncho” for girls attending prom. Hot!

4. Wisconsin man Don Gorske ate his 30,000th Big Mac this week at age 64. Since 1972, he’s gone about eight days total without eating one. 

5. French President Emmanuel Macron thanked Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his “delicious wife” for their hospitality during his visit to the country.

6. A Brinks armored truck spilled hundreds of thousands of dollars — up to $600,000 — onto an Indianapolis highway. Now the company is asking everyone to return the cash! 

7. A North Carolina beekeeper drove 40 miles with 3,000 bees loose in his car when their crate opened en route.

8. The government in the Hubei province of China has started spraying mist at and publicly shaming jaywalkers in an attempt to deter them. 

9. A Houston elementary school principal had to apologize after joking about a black special needs student trying to leave school grounds, saying, “We won’t chase him. We will call the police and tell them he has a gun so they can come faster.”

10. An art gallery in Paris opened its doors to nudists for a day. No touching!

11. Adele celebrated her 30th birthday with a Titanic-themed party complete with old timey life jackets. Fun?

12. Japanese monks hosted a funeral for old robot dogs, including more than 100 of Sony’s old generation Aibo robot dogs — the world’s first robo-pet capable of developing a personality. What about my old Tamagotchi?