The Daily Dose/August 19, 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 has the latest news from around The Shire. Today’s Diary.
There’s another tree growing in what we used to call the kitchen garden because you can see it from the kitchen window…Longtime readers of this crap may – or they may not – recall there’s an apple tree growing on the left side and on the right side there’s something getting pretty tall that we don’t think is a weed…But we don’t really know…We’ll let it take its course and see if it makes it thru winter.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1991 – The dissolution of the Soviet Union begins in earnest when some hardline communists get their shorts in a knot and overthrow Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who is on holiday in Ukraine and discovered the coup when he tried to make a phone call and couldn’t get a dial tone. The coup lasted two days, thanks mainly to resistance led by Russian President Boris Yelstin, and Gorbachev was returned to power. Gorbachev resigned as Soviet president on Dec. 25th and the last vestige of the Soviet Union, its Council of Republics, voted the nation out of existence the following day.
In 1951 – Eddie Gaedel makes his only major league appearance, pinch-hitting in the second game of a doubleheader, a 6-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Batting in the bottom of the first inning for leadoff hitter Frank Saucier, Gaedel was walked on four pitches by pitcher Bob Cain and then was immediately replaced by pinch-runner Jim Delsing. Gaedel, a professional entertainer, was 3 feet, 7 inches tall, had a strike zone about the size of a coffee cup, and remains the shortest player to appear in a major league game.
In 1967 – The Beatles are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the only week with All You Need Is Love. It was the 14th of a Billboard Hot 100 record 20 #1 songs for the group, a Hot 100 record that still stands, and was their 19th of 34 Top 10 hits. The song went to #1 in nine other countries, including Norway, West Germany, and Great Britain, and originally appeared on a June international television show. It was released as a non-album single, though it later appeared on the Yellow Submarine album.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The case against Clevenger was open and shut. The only thing missing was something to charge him with.
Joseph Heller
Catch-22
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The umpire who called George Brett out in the Pine Tar Game was Tim McClelland.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What uniform number did Eddie Gaedel wear? – Answer next time!
