The Daily Dose/July 25, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
1. Big 12 Conference – Nice knowing you guys, as obituaries being prepared for noted collegiate conference as Texas and Oklahoma prepare to leave for SEC…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “pretty sure” pinning hopes of sticking around by adding Colorado State, BYU, Rice, “like, completely whack and stuff”.
2. Cleveland Guardians – Like you did, we thought this name was a stupid choice to replace Indians, but some research shows it does have some local significance…Original American League team becomes second club – after old Brooklyn Dodgers – to name team as tribute to local transportation.
3. Donald Trump Supporters – New 3-hole staple, 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. Tokyo Olympics – IOC cash haul underway, as COVID cases amongst Olympic personnel only at 127 while Tokyo remains under a state of emergency…Though no country sent only one athlete, several only sent two, including Nauru – an island in the Pacific, we looked it up – who sent a guy sprinter and a chick weightlifter…72 countries are still looking for their first Olympic medal.
5. Former President Trump Fact Check – Fact-checkers union back at full strength as the lies have it, with Trump back at it, issuing as many lies as ever concerning 2020 election he lost fair and square…Click here for latest…Courtesy of AP.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Yay for Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow deals with an idiot on the phone. Today’s Diary.
Good gravy, what a dolt…What I wanted to say was uh, yeah, dumb-dumb, sold out does, in fact, refer to the whole GD effing property, but I only said, with relentless cordiality, I was afraid so…Sir…Reasons for the following two calls will always remain an enduring mystery…Perhaps he thought he was calling a different hotel or maybe he thought something had opened up in the last ten minutes…His motives remain unclear.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1998 – Russell Weston, Jr, enters the US Capitol and shoots and kills two Capitol police officers while wounding another officer and a civilian. Six years earlier Weston had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and would later be deemed unfit to stand trial. Weston would later say he committed the shootings to prevent the US from being ruined by disease and cannibals. He remains in civil confinement.
In 1980 – The Australians win the 4×100 meter medley relay at the Moscow Summer Olympics in a time of 3 minutes, 45.70 seconds over the Soviet Union and Great Britain. The event had first been contested at the 1960 Rome Olympics and this remains the only time the United States, which boycotted these Olympics, has not won the gold medal in the event. Australia has also won three silver medals and five bronze medals in the event.
In 1976 – The Manhattans are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Kiss and Say Goodbye. The song also went to #1 in Belgium, Holland and New Zealand, peaked at #4 in Great Britain, at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart and was Billboard’s sixth-biggest song of the year and its third-biggest soul song of the year. It was the second of three Top 40 hits for the group and remains their only #1 song.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Nothing is weaker than water, yet when united it can become a titanic force. It overcomes because it is relentless.
Deng Ming-Dao
365 Tao
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The major league record for most hits in a player’s major league debut is five, done twice, first by Fred Clarke of the Louisville Colonels in 1894 and again by Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators in a 12-inning game in 1933. The modern major league 9-inning record is 4, done many times.
Today’s Stumper
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What country won the most swimming gold medals at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games? – Answer next time!
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