Friday Snippets and Soundbites

If today’s post doesn’t provide enough random-ness for you, check out “Snippets and Soundbites” on page 38 of the April (and every) issue of ec. We’ve always got more news of the weird to share with you!

• Earlier this month, Domino's Pizza served up 11,000 pizzas—for free. And they didn't actually plan to do so. It appears that the company had planned a campaign in December that would include great deals on pizza if the customer typed the word "bailout" in when ordering. An Internet coupon was prepared, but the ad campaign was never approved. But somehow, someone stumbled onto the scrapped promotion—that wasn't as scrapped as the company thought—and found that by typing "bailout" into the promo code was good for a medium pizza. News of the free pizza and promo code spread quickly on the Internet, meaning by the time Domino's got the code shut down, they'd already delivered 11,000 free pizzas. Oops! To learn more, go here. To learn more about what some people think are the best ad campaigns ever, go here.

• A guy who thought pretending to fall off a bridge was a good idea is probably thinking that was pretty stupid this morning. Because right after he tried to freak out his friend by pretending to fall, he actually did fall off the bridge. The 23-year-old man is in stable condition and fell off a bridge across the Minnesota River into a marshy area some 30 feet below. The man was with a friend, who called police. He said his friend had been drinking alcohol. Which is proof that alcohol makes you do stupid things! (So, avoid it!) Read more here.

• Last night was the 40th annual Dove Awards ceremony, the night when the Gospel Music Association hands out awards to CCM artists. ec magazine fave's Remedy Drive, Brandon Heath, Francesca Battistelli, Casting Crowns, After Edmund, and others were all up for awards. Artist of the year went to Steven Curtis Chapman, who gave a touching speech regarding the death of his daughter and the grace and goodness of God. Natalie Grant won best female artist, while Brandon Heath took home honors as best male vocalist. Ten Avenue North won best new artist and seemed utterly flabbergasted by it, and Brandon Heath and Jason Ingram's song "Give Me Your Eyes," a song about having the eyes of Christ for a world in need, won song of the year honors. Casting Crowns went home with numerous awards, the most of the night actually. They took home Doves for group of the year and Christmas album of the year, among others. For all the info on the night, go here.

• April is almost over! Don't miss your opportunity to sound off on our Question of the Month (Q:If you could change your name, what would you change it to? Why?). You can submit your answers here.