The Daily Dose/December 12, 2019
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience…
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow attends the Welfare Department Christmas party. Today’s Diary.
I’d neglected to bring a present but no matter, there were extra so I got to pick one…Since the gifts were picked mainly by women it is not the Upset of the Year the present I picked was skin moisturizer which I will give to The Wife…While I appreciate moist skin as much as you do, I really have no use for it.
It’s Sparrow, an average man passing an average life.
The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 16: The race for the most coveted trophy in sports, more or less, The Dan Henning Trophy symbolic of NFL Bottom Ten supremacy, slogs on.
Here are some funny lines from the week’s NFL Bottom Ten:
Lions kicking themselves, as late touchdown prevents shutout that tends to get attention of B-10 pollsters…
With three (3) teams, division itself in survey, man-sized 40% of Week 16 survey comprised of assorted NFC East elements.
Owner Jerry Jones on record as saying head coach needs deep B-10 run to save job…
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On This Date
In 2000 – The United States Supreme Court decides the 2000 US presidential elections, overturning a Florida Supreme Court ruling requiring a statewide ballot recount in their contested election. The decision ended the recount, meaning the previously certified count, which went to George Bush, was official, giving Bush the presidency, defeating al Gore. Gore became the first candidate to win the popular vote but lose the Electoral College vote since Grover Cleveland in 1888.
In 1971 – The Los Angeles Lakers establish a new NBA record with their 21st consecutive victory, a 104-95 win over the Atlanta Hawks. The Lakers broke the record of 20 which had been established by the Washington Capitols from March 13, 1948, through December 7, 1948, and later tied by the 1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks. The streak had started on November 5 with a win over Baltimore and the Lakers would extend the mark to 33 consecutive games before losing to Milwaukee on January 9. The record still stands and remains the longest winning streak in North American major league sports.
In 1970 – The Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks. It was the first of two #1 songs for the Miracles (Love Machine, Part 1, 1 week, 1976) and their third of four Top 10 hits. The song was also in its second of three weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart and also went to #1 in Great Britain.
Quotebook
Where was all this infinitesimal matter before it was set in motion by mind?/Everywhere./No real answer. /Perhaps no real question. – Gore Vidal, Creation
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
The Chordettes’ second-biggest hit was Lollipop, which went to #2 in 1958.
Today’s Stumper
Who was the first person elected president of the United States who did not win the popular vote? – Answer next time!
