The Daily Dose/August 8, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. COVID Vaccine – Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters remain unsure why everyone isn’t getting vaccinated…They revere personal choice as much as you do, but to think the COVID vaccine is anything other than an attempt to prevent you from getting sick is ignorant and to remain unvaccinated is as stubborn as it is stupid.
2. Eddie Alvarez – American baseball player/speed skater becomes only the sixth athlete ever to earn medals in both Summer and Winter Olympics…Not only did he earn a silver medal this year, in 2014 he earned a silver medal in another traditional Latin sport, short track speed skating.
3. Lauren Daigle – Single ‘You Say’ remains in standard 3-hole spot, now in 132nd non-consecutive week at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart, a Billboard all-chart record…Still-envious Morman Tabernacle Choir continues seeking similar success, now pinning hopes on hot Christian version of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ featuring heralding trumpets and 18-minute chimes solo.
4. Donald Trump Supporters – Still reduced to 4-hole with Ms Daigle back in 3 spot, former president remains a lying sexual predator who believes the moon is part of Mars…And that the Revolution was won by the securing of British airports…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters remain “pretty sure” asking Trump supporters which of these elements continues to solidify their support still reasonable question.
5. Poppies Restaurant – Denver, Colorado restaurant serves a schnitzel so good Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” they’ll be able to get paperwork waiver required for immediate induction into Sunday Bottom 5 Hall of Fame…Also carries Anchor Steam beer in exciting new gold and blue label.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Indeed, it’s Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary.
The Diary of a Nobody -Sparrow gets over twelve hours of sleep. Today’s Diary.
This one hell of a rest…I woke up about 1530 to use the can feeling pretty good and started making mental preparations for a walk later if further sleep wasn’t forthcoming but eff that noise, I laid back down and, just for funsies, executed a patented Sparrow Roll Over (SRO) and BOOM, the next thing anyone knows it’s 2130, with yours truly up a few minutes before the alarm.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1929 – The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins the first circumnavigation of the planet by airship, taking off from Lakehurst, New Jersey. It headed east, crossing Europe and the Soviet Union before stopping for five days in Japan. The airship entered North America at San Francisco before heading south to Los Angeles before returning to Lakehurst on August 29. The Graf Zeppelin had a crew of 36 and carried 24 passengers. It was removed from service following the 1937 Hindenburg disaster.
In 1920 – The New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers establish a new American League record for the fastest game in a 1-0 Detroit win at Navin Field, later Tiger Stadium. The game took 1 hour and 13 minutes, 24 minutes shorter than the all-time major league record of 51 minutes done the year before by the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Giants. The Yankees went down in order five times, including the final three and there were only two innings – the bottom of the second and eighth innings – where there were multiple runners left on base.
In 1981 – Frankie Smith is at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Hot Soul Singles chart – for the fourth and final consecutive week with Double Dutch Bus. The song spent 39 weeks on the soul chart including eleven in the Top 10 and was Billboard’s eighth biggest soul song of the year. The song also peaked at #30 on the Hot 100 and remains Smith’s only chart single. The song is one of the few in chart history to receive two separate gold record designations: one for the 12-inch single and one for the 7-inch single.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out of his conscience, thus helping to bring the collective conscience to life.
John F. Kennedy
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The shortest #1 song in the history of the Hot 100 is Stay by Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs (one week, 1960), which was 1 minute and 36 seconds long.
Today’s Stumper
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How many people died during the Hindenburg disaster? – Answer next time!
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