The Daily Dose/October 18, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off is running intermittently for the time being.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow doesn’t have time to take his Legion shirt to the cleaners, so he washes it at home. Today’s Diary.
…but regular readers of this crap either know or strongly suspect that ol’ Sparrow has so few ironing skills it isn’t even funny…But we remembered an old trick this gal we dated years ago showed us: wash it as usual then put it in the dryer and take it out before it completely dries…Evidently that is when pesky wrinkles set in.
The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 8 – This week’s NCAA Bottom Ten is so funny we put it in the Gaylon Hall of Fame.
UMess thinking of changing name of McGuirk Alumni Stadium because neither McGuirks nor alumni want name associated with stadium anymore.
With only win coming in Ireland, Wildcats odd-on-favorite for Lewis & Clark Cup, issued to team with win in Europe, but who manages to run table on mainland.
Still thinking expansion, Big Ten considering invading Mid-American Conference to improve long-term B-10 prospects.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1867 & 1898 – The United States takes possession of Alaska and Puerto Rico. The US had purchased Alaska from Russia in March, while the US had taken Puerto Rico from Spain in the Spanish-American War. Alaska became the 49th state in 1959 while Puerto Rico remains a territory of the US; its residents are US citizens, however, they do not vote in federal elections, though they do send a non-voting delegate to Congress.
In 1968 – Bob Beamon of the US establishes a new world record in the long jump at the Mexico City Olympics. Beamon jumped 29 feet, 2-and-a-quarter inches to break the record of 27 feet, 4-and-a-half inches established by Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of the Soviet Union in 1967. The jump was so, well, Beamon-esque that the electronic measuring devices at Olympic Stadium were unable to measure it and was so dominating – and demoralizing – he beat runner-up Klaus Beer of West Germany by more than two feet. Beamon’s leap remains the Olympic record and the world record is now held by Mike Powell of the US, who jumped 29 feet, 4-and-one-quarter inches in 1991.
In 1980 – Queen is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the third and final consecutive week with Another One Bites the Dust. The song also went to #1 in Israel, Spain, and Canada, peaked at #7 in Great Britain, at #2 on Billboard’s soul chart, and due to when it charted was Billboard’s 65th-biggest hit of 1981. It was the eighth of eleven Top 40 hits for the group and their second and final #1 song (Crazy Little Thing Called Love, four weeks, 1980). The song was written by Queen’s bass player John Deacon.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The large masses in politics act pretty much as they do in religion. Every doctrine…is a matter of faith…on account of their trust in the apostle.
Jon Meachem
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Billboard’s biggest album of 1981 was Hi Infidelity by REO Speedwagon, which spent 15 non-consecutive weeks at #1.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who was the first American to hold the long jump world record? – Answer next time!
