The Daily Dose/September 4, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
The Sunday Bottom 5
A ranking of some things.
- US Army – New Army program gives new recruits three months of academic/fitness training to square them away…Program needed because Army expected to fall short of recruiting goals this fiscal year as 75% – three-quarters!!! – of potential recruits are either too fat, too dumb, or too morally bereft to qualify for Army service.
- Oklahoma Executions – Rivalry with Texas continues in death chamber, as Oklahoma has 25 executions scheduled through the end of 2024, almost four times as heathens in Texas do…Of these, twelve (12) condemned men come from county that has had eleven (11) death sentences reversed due to prosecutorial misconduct.
- USA! USA! – The current 3-hole staple…America – far closer to the oblivion that awaits her than the prosperity she once knew – utterly unable to take “no” for an answer anymore…From Trump election deniers to GOP and Democrats circling the wagons to those born as boys wanting to compete as girls to those who treat sports officials like crap, Americans requiring approval and validation for everything now.
- Minor League Baseball – Efforts to unionize minor league baseball players underway, as major league player’s union finally taking an interest in someone’s welfare other than their own…Minor leaguers now in possession of vote authorization cards, which could authorize an election to unionize…Fun Fact: Minor league hockey players have been unionized since 1960s.
- California Labor Laws – State legislature recently passed law mandating certain protections for fast-food workers…Sunday Bottom 5 pollsters “strongly suspect” they’re in favor of this, but why are these things being mandated by the government???…Why in the hell aren’t unions organizing workers and collectively bargaining these things???
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Cheapskates, you made it to Read Free Sunday (RFS) at The Diary.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow is glad he kept his mouth shut. Today’s Diary.
What happened was this woman, just back from her evening’s revels with her man, rang the bell and when we went out she asked if she could ask when the hot tubs closed…What we wanted to say was, sure, you can ask that and then stop talking, as if waiting for her to ask that…She seemed tired, and not particularly funny besides, so we kept filed one away for future use and told her the hot tubs closed at 2200.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1998 – Google is founded by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Google went public in 2004, raising $1.67 billion and in 2015 was organized into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc. The domain google.com had been registered the year before and its rather simple homepage design came about because neither Page nor Brin had the experience for something for intricate. This past July it was the most visited website on the planet, with 64.59 billion visits.
In 1920 – The thoroughbred Man ‘o War, ridden by Clarence Kummer, establishes a new world record for running a mile and five-eighths and a modern thoroughbred record for the largest margin of victory at the Lawrence Realization Stakes at Belmont Park. Man o’ War won in a time of 2 minutes, 40 and four-fifths seconds and defeated the only other horse in the race, Hoodwink by 100 lengths, a bit more than a quarter of a mile. Man ‘o War’s record for the distance stood until 1956 when his great-grandson Swaps ran it in 2 minutes, 38 and one-fifth seconds in the Sunset Handicap at Hollywood Park.
In 1993 – UB40 is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the seventh and final consecutive week with Can’t Help Falling in Love. It was the fifth and final Top 40 hit for the group, their fourth Top 10 hit, and their second #1 song. The song went to #1 in eleven other countries including Iceland, Finland, and Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 3rd-biggest song of the year. In 1962 a version by Elvis peaked at #2 on the Hot 100.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
You have to believe. You have to play brave.
Martin Kaymer
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Mark Spitz established new world records in all seven swimming events he won gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What horse beat Man o’ War in his only loss? – Answer next time!
