Snarkless: Pickleballers, Daring Dogs, and Frightened Elephants

Snarkless – Because even we need a break from the madness. Once a day, we swallow our sarcasm (it burns, honestly) and deliver three legitimately good news stories—no cynicism, no side-eye, just pure, unfiltered positivity. It’s weird for us too, but hey, even the apocalypse deserves a little sunshine.

Here are a few more Snarkless stories making the rounds . . .

1.  A group of pickleballers in Texas broke a world record by playing pickleball for 36 hours straight.  The old record was 34 hours, set by a group in the U.K. last year.  The event in Texas raised over $18,000 for a charity called Taylor’s Gift that supports families of organ donors.

2.  A dog got stuck on a roof in Hartford, Connecticut on Sunday and had to be rescued by firefighters.  It got out through an attic window and was sitting on the very peak of the roof.  They used a bucket truck to get it down.  They joked that it’s such a brave dog, they might need to offer it a job.

3.  Have you seen the footage of the elephants at a zoo in San Diego yet?  They reacted to a 5.2 earthquake on Monday by forming a circle to protect the youngest elephants in the herd.  Experts say it’s something they do instinctively when they sense danger.  It’s called an “alert circle.”  Here’s the video.