Briefly.
Blonde Woman (to the mechanic): “What do you call that stick to check a car’s oil?”
Mechanic: “Ma’am, I believe you are referring to a dipstick.”
Woman: “Yeah. Do you sell a longer one?”
Mechanic: “A longer one? What do you mean?”
Woman: “Well, mine doesn’t reach anymore.”
Trivia #1: Buds and flowers used for joints, vapes, edibles and concentrates are now 15 to 25% THC. A few decades ago, they were 1 to 2%, 2 to 3%, 3 to 4%, 4 to 5%, 5 to 6%?
Trivia #2: They had a short segment last night about a Green Bay Packer fan who recently put his son’s newborn on the Packers’ season ticket waiting list. Approximately where is the kid on the list? – 11, 12,000, 69,000, 158,000, 211,000, 12,980,000
Trivia #3: Who won the 2023 championships in the NHL, NBA, MLB and the NFL (Super Bowl played in 2023)
Go away: Dustin Johnson. He is rallying, as part of group of over 10 LIV Golf players, to negotiate with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund for severance payouts. The group of players, which also includes Bubba Watson and Thomas Detry, is reportedly seeking more than $100 million. Oh, poor Dustin…
Tonight’s folly is tomorrow’s regret.
On this date: October 30, 637, Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron Bridge
October 30, 1866, Jesse James’ gang robs a bank in Lexington, Missouri ($2000)
October 30, 1873, P.T. Barnum’s circus, “Greatest Show on Earth,” debuts in New York City
October 30, 1938, A radio broadcast of H.G. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds,” narrated by Orson Welles, allegedly causes mass panic
October 30, 1948, 20 people die and 6,000 fall ill due to smog in Donora, Pennsylvania
October 30, 1965, British model Jean Shrimpton causes a sensation at Derby Day at the Melbourne races wearing a white shift dress (four inches above the knee)
October 30, 1970, English metal band Black Sabbath make US concert debut at Glassboro State College in Glassboro, New Jersey; the show was interrupted twice when they blow out the power
October 30, 1974, Muhammad Ali Kos George Foreman in the 8th round in “The Rumble in the Jungle” in Kinshasa, Zaire, regaining the world heavyweight boxing title using the famous “rope-a-dope” tactic
October 30, 2018, WWF conservation group says “exploding human consumption” has caused a 60% decline in all wildlife between 1970 and 2014
Baseball is ova! The Milwaukee Brewers won the franchises’ fist World Series Title. Yawn.
Nothing’s gonna help you more than rock n roll.
Article I’ll skip: Tom Brady romance reportedly tears apart Victoria’s Secret model’s 15-year friendship
A new study shows that nationwide approximately 6 million children are living with a parent who uses cannabis most days. Not only is cannabis use skyrocketing in this country, but parents are increasingly subjecting their children to wafting, intoxicating smoke. The impact starts as early as the womb. Fetal exposure leads to nearly twice the risk of premature birth and a two-and-a-half-times-greater risk of being born underweight or needing immediate medical intervention in the Neonatal ICU.
They said it: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor and catch the trade winds in your sail. Explore, Dream, Discover.” – Mark Twain
This week’s sign of the apocalypse: Multiple customers at a Chili’s Grill & Bar reported experiencing chemical burns Wednesday after consuming margaritas that had been prepared with an industrial cleaning chemical that was mistaken for sugar or salt.
Best sign: ‘Please Wait to be Seated’ (I saw this in a restroom)
Trivia #1 answer: Buds and flowers used for joints, vapes, edibles and concentrates are now 15 to 25% THC. A few decades ago, they were 1 to 2%, 2 to 3%, 3 to 4%, 4 to 5%, 5 to 6%? – A few decades ago, they were just 1 to 2% THC.
Trivia #2 answer: They had a short segment last night about a Green Bay Packer fan who recently put his son’s newborn on the Packers’ season ticket waiting list. Approximately where is the kid on the list? – 11, 12,000, 69,000, 158,000, 211,000, 12,980,000 – He is around 158,000
Trivia #3: Who won the 2023 championships in the NHL, NBA, MLB and the NFL (Super Bowl played in 2023) – Vegas Golden Knights (NHL), Denver Nuggets (NBA), Texas Rangers (MLB), Kansas /City Chiefs (NFL)
Are you the umbrella or the rain?
Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.
Be careful out there. (It’s a jungle!)
Happy National Frankenstein Day! – National Frankenstein Friday, on the last Friday in October, recognizes Frankenstein as one of the best-known horror characters of all time. It’s a day to also honor the author Mary Shelley, the characters she created in the novel.
I was walking down the street yesterday and I was hit by a violin, a clarinet and then a French horn. I think it was an orchestrated attack.
“And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life I wish I could but it’s too late”
Black Sabbath (Paranoid)
OK, OK, I’ll slow it down.
She said I’d never get over my obsession with Phil Collins. But, take a look at me now.
