The Daily Dose/March 10, 2024
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
The Sunday Bottom 5 will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Hotel rates can be funny. Today’s Diary.
He said guests actually LOL’d when he quoted the original rate of $650, plus tax, and that later guests found the new, priced-to-move rate of $575 somewhat funny, too…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1876 – The telephone is used for the first time, when Alexander Graham Bell calls his assistant Thomas Watson who was in another room at Bell’s Boston laboratory. Bell had received his patent for the telephone three days earlier, an application that had been filed in February, the same day, though a bit later, than Elisha Gray had filed an intent to file a patent. The two completed History’s first trans-continental call in 1915, with Bell in New York and Watson in San Francisco.
In 1987 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers becomes the NBA’s all-time leader in personal fouls in a 143-107 win over the Denver Nuggets. Abdul-Jabbar’s first quarter charging foul was the 4,194th of his career, breaking the record established by Elvin Hayes from 1968-84. Abdul-Jabbar would retire in with 4,657, a mark that still stands, and Hayes’ total is now good for ninth on the all-time list.
1962 – Hey Baby by Bruce Channel (pronounced Shu-nell) is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks. The song was Channel’s first chart single, and while he had four other Hot 100 entries, Hey Baby remains his only Top 40 hit. The song also peaked at #2 on Billboard’s soul chart, at #2 in Great Britain, and in 1982 Anne Murray took it to #7 on Billboard’s country chart, making it one of the few songs to hit on all three major Billboard singles charts. Channel disliked touring and later had a successful career as a songwriter.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
So nigh is grandeur to our dust/So near is God to man/When duty whispers low, Thou must/The youth replies, I can
Emerson
Voluntaries
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The NBA record for fewest wins in a season is six, by the Providence Steam Rollers, who went 6-42 in 1947-48. The record for an 82-game season is nine, by the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What NBA player not in the Hall of Fame committed the most personal fouls? – Answer next time!
