The Daily Dose/January 25, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience…
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Editor’s Note: it’s Read Free Fortnight at The Diary of a Nobody. So go, scoot, click on the link and enjoy the Diary with Sparrow’s compliments.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow has a busy day at the Veterans Service Office. Today’s Diary.
Then about 0830 I get a call from a number that looks familiar but I can’t place it and I pick it up and a gentleman IDs himself as Mr So-And-So of the FBI…He asks how I’m doing and I say well, I’m on the phone with the FBI, I’ll let you know and he doesn’t laff despite the fact this is a pretty good line and he says he has some extradition paperwork for me to review and then it tails off and it occurs to me he’s waiting to see how long it will take for me get a clue that he’s really not with the FBI and then I put two and two together and realize it’s our friend Corky…
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On This Date
Great moments in us.
In 1964 – Nike, then known as Blue Ribbon Sports, is founded in Eugene, Oregon. Originally a distributor of Onitsuka Tiger brand shoes, the company grossed $8,000 (about $65,000 in today’s money) that first year and began producing their own shoes in 1971, when Blue Ribbon Sports became Nike – named after the Greed goddess of victory. Nike had gross revenues of $36.3 billion in 2018 and became a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 2013.
In 1981 – The Oakland Raiders become the first wild-card team to win the Super Bowl, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 27-10 in Super Bowl XV at the Superdome in New Orleans. The Raiders got three touchdown passes from Jim Plunkett and three interceptions from Rod Martin, a Super Bowl record that still stands. It was the second of three Super Bowl titles for the Raiders, who earlier this week officially become the Las Vegas Raiders. To date, six wild card teams have won the Super Bowl, the last being the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl VLV.
In 1942 – Glenn Miller is at #1 on Billboard’s Best Selling Singles chart – one of several predecessors to the Hot 100 – for the eighth of nine non-consecutive weeks with Chattanooga Choo Choo. The song had first hit #1 on Nov 29, was replaced on Dec 20 for a week by Miller’s Elmer’s Tune and Miller’s A String of Pearls would replace Chattanooga Choo Choo at #1 on Feb 7, making Miller the second act to replace himself at #1 twice. The feat was first done by Jimmy Dorsey the year before and would later duplicated by the Beatles on the Hot 100 in 1964.
Quotebook
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Ask what you need to be happy. Then ask yourself how you can easily achieve some small part of your happiness. Repeat that every day and after a year, you’ll pile up a considerable amount. – Deng Ming-Dao
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
The Montreal Canadiens hold the NHL record for most goals in a game, defeating the Quebec Bulldogs 16-3 on March 3, 1920.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
Which company did Nike replace on the Dow Jones Industrial Average? – Answer next time!
