K.A.C. 2025 - T - 23 Days ... [2000]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Continuing with the 1891 Christmas issue of LIFE, we have this borderline bawdy, almost odalisque-like centerfold entitled 'A Gift For The Stocking', leaving one and all curious as to what that particular present could possible be - perfume for Milady? A new brush or hand mirror? MORE stockings in the stocking? The cunning cherub knows, but he's not telling.

     

     Perhaps she's having a dream of the future ... or maybe more of a nightmare if she's espying 'The 20 Worst 2000s Kid Toys [And 10 That Are Surprisingly Rare], with everything from Heelys to Zhu Zhu Pets and beyond. Thankfully we only had to suffer through # 1 in our house. Take a look!

     https://www.thegamer.com/2000s-kids-toys-worst-rare/

 

     

       2000 was also the year the live-action film version of How The Grinch Stole Christmas arrived, and it is the DEFINITION of a 'difficult shoot'. How difficult, you ask? Take a peek at the article below from Mental Floss, '20 Facts About Jim Carrey's How The Grinch Stole Christmas':   

     https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/638799/jim-carrey-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-movie-facts 

 

      Finally, who WOULDN'T want a million dollars for Christmas? Think carefully before you answer, as in 2000, THIS is what you had to do for it! As Google tells it: "In the year 2000, a nationwide contest called "Million Dollar Roach" was held by pest control companies to release 350 barcoded cockroaches, with one roach worth $1 million. 

• The prize: One roach was worth a grand prize of $1 million, payable at $25,000 a year for 40 years. Other prizes included 14 new Volkswagen "Bugs" and various cash prizes. 
• The roaches: 350 roaches were released nationwide with microscopic barcodes on their backs, visible only under a UV light. A roach with any barcode was worth at least $100.
• The rules: Participants could submit one roach per household by June 30, 2000, to a participating exterminator. The roach had to be native and unmodified.
• The outcome: The million-dollar roach was never found, but other prizes were claimed."   Which means IT'S STILL OUT THERE ... Merry Christmas!  
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• Back tomorrow with a look at 2001 ... 'I'm sorry, Dave, I don't know WHERE the Million Dollar Cockroach is - have you tried your shoe?"