The Daily Dose/May 3, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow grinds out another night at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
Ol’ Sparrow was faced with a tuff judgment call on whether or not to empty the shredder bin tonite…
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1979 – The United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher, wins the general election, earning 339 seats in Parliament to 269 for the Labour Party and eleven for the Liberal Party. The following day, Thatcher would take office as a prime minister, the United Kingdom’s first female prime minister, serving until 1990, the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century. The previous general election in the United Kingdom had been in 1974 when Labour had won 319 seats.
In 1941 – Whirlaway, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, wins the Kentucky Derby in a race record 2 minutes, 1 ⅖ seconds. It was the second of five Kentucky Derby wins for Arcaro and the second of six wins for trainer Ben Jones. Whirlaway would later win the Preakness and Belmont stakes to claim the Triple Crown, the first of two Triple Crown wins for Arcaro and Jones. The race record is now 1 minute 59.40 seconds, by Secretariat in 1973.
In 2003 – Darryl Worley is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart – for the fifth of seven weeks with Have You Forgotten, a song about the 9/11 attacks that stirred significant debate in a variety of circles. It was the sixth of twelve Top 40 country hits for Worley, his second of four Top 10 hits, and was his second of three #1 country songs. The song also peaked at #22 on the Hot 100 and was Billboard’s 12th-biggest country song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…it is not possible to rebel against the fact of nature…There is nothing but the always-so.
Gore Vidal
Creation
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Rickey Henderson led the American League in stolen bases twelve times during his career.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which horse did Eddie Arcaro ride and Ben Jones train to earn their second Triple Crown? – Answer next time!
