The Daily Dose/October 26, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off is in time out.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow elects not to share his coffee line with a guest.
Because morning coffee service wasn’t up I’d asked if he wanted me to get the creamer out and he looked at me as if I’d asked him he wanted to dance, announcing he was “a black guy” which almost led me to trot out my coffee line on him…It’s tasteless and not appropriate for work in any circumstances, so I didn’t, but it did come to mind and bring a smile.
In the navy whenever someone went on a coffee run coffee was ordered black, blonde, bitter or sweet, depending on whether you wanted it with or without cream or with or without sugar…For example, a black cup of joe was black and bitter and one with cream and sugar was blonde and sweet and the joke was “I take my coffee like I take my women: black and bitter” or however you took your coffee and women…It’s great fun…Or was, om an old diesel submarine, though I’ve learned over the years that that is the only place it is found funny, so I tend to keep the line to myself.
Backstairs at the Monte Carlo: Radtke has news on the dating front.
The good news is his new woman, Natalie, consented to a date with him; the bad news is that she’s moving to swing shift next week. Radtke was initially devastated by this, but I told him that for the working bachelor this is probably ideal. I mean, when things invariably go south you don’t want the distraction of running into her at work every effing day. Besides, they still have the same days off, so it will probably all work out.
Cheap Sales Pitch
Get out your plastic.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1999 – Great Britain’s House of Lords passes an act that removes several hundred members who had inherited their seats. Known as the House of Lords Act of 1999, it reduced membership in the chamber by about half and members today are appointed by the queen, except for those entitled to membership by official function, for example, certain archbishops and bishops of the Church of England. The act was given royal assent by Queen Elizabeth II in November.
In 1990 – Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings becomes the first NHL player to accumulate 2,000 points in a 6-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets. Gretzky had an assist on a first-period goal by Tomas Sandstrom, giving him 1,316 assists to complement his 684 goals. Gretzky would retire in 1999 with 2,857 career points, a record that still stands.
In 1996 – Los Del Rios is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the 13th of 14 consecutive weeks with Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix). The song also went to #1 in ten other countries and also peaked at #2 in Great Britain. The song was Billboard’s biggest song of the year, their second biggest of the decade and ranked 8th on Billboard’s 60th Anniversary Hot 100 in 2018. In September, a different version of the song by the group had peaked at #23 on the Hot 100 and in fact, was still in the survey, at #41 and research into other times the same act has had different versions of the same song in the same survey was inconclusive.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
To think without having first learned is dangerous.
Gore Vidal
Creation
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
The last American city to host the Pan American Games was Indianapolis, in 1987. Chicago was the other American city to host them, in 1959.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
Who was the first NHL player to have 1,000 points in a career? – Answer next time!
