After college, Peter Bonham of Minneapolis, Minnesota was delivering pizzas to pay the bills. One Halloween night he bought a spandex body suit as part of his costume and thought, "if I deliver pizzas in this outfit, I bet my tips will go up."
They did. And that was the humble beginnings of his pizzeria, "Galactic Pizza." He has combined eco-friendly concepts with delivery people dressed as superheroes. And his restaurant is a hit. The pizza ingredients are organic, the kitchen machinery is driven by wind-power, and the "superheroes" deliver their pizzas in electric vehicles.
I put a video of the report by CNN below.
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An American businessman is in Japan on a business trip, but he can't bring himself to sample the local cuisine, so he asks the concierge at his hotel if there's any place nearby to purchase American food. The concierge tells him he is in luck, there's a new pizza place just down the block, and they deliver. The businessman gets the number, returns to his room, and places his order.
A short time later there is a rap on his door and the pizza is here. Famished, the businessman takes the box from the delivery guy, throws open the lid and takes a big whiff, but then starts sneezing and choking.
He asks the delivery guy, "What did you put on this pizza??!"
The deliveryman bows deeply and says, "We put on pizza just what you order: 'pepper only.' "
[Net 153's Smile A Day]
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WORD for YOUR WEEK: Occasionally a word in Latin survives intact even into the English language. One such word is "acumen," which is defined as sharpness, shrewdness, a quick, keen knowledge of things. In the original Latin, it means "the sharp point" and is usually applied to understanding of things. Its root word is "acuere," which means "to sharpen." It is also the root for the word "accurate."
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