The Daily Dose/August 29, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. USA! USA! I: Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” that if America had been at peace every day for past 30 years instead of at war, 9/11 wouldn’t have happened, ISIS wouldn’t exist and 13 US Marines, among others, would still be alive.
2. USA! USA! II: Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” that if America had had prompt, competent response to COVID-19 and if America was properly vaccinated, total US COVID-19 deaths would be less than 20,000 and the virus would be in our rearview mirror.
3. Donald Trump Supporters – Friends, our 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.
4. Baltimore Orioles– Close but no cigar as Orioles lousy but not lousy enough to claim all-time major league losing streak…Still though, Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters remain “pretty sure” recent 19-game skid “still, like, a pretty big deal and stuff”… Orioles on track to win 51.03 games this season, which isn’t very many.
5. Pac-12, Big Ten, ACC Alliance – Three also-ran major college conferences team up to “protect the collegiate model”…Nobody really believes that, of course, because current collegiate model is to win as many football games as you can and strafe as many people as you can for every last possible dollar, the model the SEC is currently giving a clinic in.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
You scamps, of course it’s Read Free Sunday at The Diary.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest gas mileage figure for the new ride. Today’s Diary.
The big question now is do I put some more gas treatment in to keep the average up, or do I wait until it starts dropping again???…I think if the new ride were going to start topping 41 MPG regularly it would’ve already done so but, on the other hand, why wait???…Grab the bull by the horns now and prevent the drop in the first place.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1758 – The first Indian reservation in the American colonies is established in New Jersey with the signing of the Treaty of Easton between the colonies and 13 Indian nations. The reservation was at what is now the town of Indian Mills and today there are 326 reservations for the 574 federally recognized tribes. The largest by area and population is the Navajo Nation in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico, which is about the size of West Virginia and in 2010 had a population of about 173,000 living on the reservation.
In 1966 – Robin Roberts of the Chicago Cubs becomes the only pitcher to defeat the Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves in a 4-2, 14 inning Cubs victory pitching the final two innings for his 286th and final major league win. On July 4, 1948, Roberts picked up his third major league win for the Philadelphia Phillies in a 5-2 win over the Boston Braves and beat the Milwaukee Braves for the first time on June 6, 1953.
In 1960 – Cowboy Copas is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot C&W Sides chart – for the second of twelve consecutive weeks with Alabam, his eighth of nine Top 10 country hits and his only #1. The song also peaked at #63 on the Best Sellers in Stores pop chart and Copas was 49 when he died in the same 1963 plane crash that killed Patsy Cline and Hawkshaw Hawkins. The song was one of only five #1 country songs in 1960, the second-fewest ever on a major Billboard singles chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Courage is…{to}…beard the lion in his den.
Sir Walter Scott
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The United States has a 72-3 record in Olympic women’s basketball.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What calendar year holds the record for the fewest #1 songs on a Billboard, pop, country or soul chart? – Answer next time!
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