Given I substituted the regular Monday Morning Entertainment for a bunch of trivia threw some for a loop, but sometimes it’s all about timing. Therefore, this is the Tuesday edition of Monday Morning Entertainment.
Cincinnati is getting a dose of warmer weather this week, so it looks as if the upcoming rain will melt much of the snow. Although I can’t imagine that winter is over, the upcoming muddy and slushy mess will be a welcomed change.
Celebrations for your calendar
- (Week) Wildlife Week, Nestbox Week, Poison Prevention Week, Condom Week, Through with the Chew Week, Date Week (the fruit)
- (Tues) Thumb Appreciation Day, Battery Day, Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day, Pluto Day, Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day
- (Wed) Chocolate Mint Day (thus a trip to Graeter’s), Single Tasking Day, Cherry Coke Day
- (Thurs) Love Your Pet Day, Hoodie Hoo Day (northern hemisphere), Day for Social Justice, Clean Out Your Bookcases Day, Toothpick Day, Cherry Pie Day
I know gymnastics and basketball are Summer Olympic competitions, but with the Winter Olympics from Sochi currently in progress, here’s a head-shaker to start your week. Have a good rest of the week.
A Frank Angle 
“Thumb Appreciation Day”—Really?! Who thinks up these things. Then again, simians might indeed fantasize about such a day…
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I once had to lobby to make 1985 (or maybe it was 1986) the Oil Heat Centennial. Never underestimate the weird things that are done.
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Haha, good point. 🙂
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Carrie,
Consider celebrating with Stephen Jay Gould’s essay, The Panda’s Thumb. http://tinyurl.com/ky6rbbx After all, the thumb is an anatomical marvel.
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I’ll add it to my long, long list of “things I’d like to read but will probably end up skimming.” 😉
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LOL … well said
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You know, Frank, I just don’t know what to celebrate this week.
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Elyse,
I suggest celebrate Wednesday by finding some Graeter’s Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream!
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No mint ice cream for me, thanks!
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Well buy some for John
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Can we just celebrate the fact that it will be above freezing most of this week?
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Guapo,
Absolutely!!!! Although I imagine the cold weather isn’t over, this week will be a welcome change.
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I’m an old (not that old…but a few years older than you, aFA…she said grinning) family dairy farmer. Yes…true story. Won’t bore you with details, however. So I figure tomorrow, Tuesday, is my day and I’ve got dibs on COW MILKED WHILE FLYING IN AN AIRPLANE DAY. And here I thought I’d done it all up to now! Got an airplane I can borrow? and….maybe a cow?
Hoping your Special day was anything but quiet……
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Raye,
Utterly fabulous news that you have experience milking a cow, so if I had an airplane, you get the ride. Here’s the story about the day. http://mustardmuseum.com/elm-farm-ollie-day/
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Mustard? Mustard? Me and O-My…
Cow in airplane milked on the fly?
Look up! Look Up! Open your eyes…
Keep watch for cow pies falling from sky.
You ready for another cuppa?
I am…..obviously.
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Glad you enjoyed that bit of oddity for your morning. So how many cuppas are in your typical morning?
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Oh…I’ll most likely be hanged for admitting this…
Three before I head out the door to work at 8-30a.
One more up to lunch.
One more (sometimes) in aftrn. w/friend sitting in park.
You?
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Sounds like it gets you going. I’ve never been much of a coffee drinker, but have it occasionally … after all, once I’m awake, I’m ready to go.
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Give me slush…. I’ll take the slush! By the way, that video can’t be real. Just can’t be. Four times in a row like that? I think the fix is in.
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Trent,
Even though I foresee a fix as well, the thought of it made it interesting for me to feature here. Meanwhile, we have some black ice conditions this morning, but the slush and mush conditions are here.
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Stay safe, my man.
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Thanks … and will do … and hope for wisdom on the road by all.
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I pray for it. I have so far to drive today, too. Not worth getting hurt out there.
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Absolutely. Being late and safe is better than risky driving. Stay safe.
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I just got in from shoveling snow as sleet was coming down on my head. Two to four inches by morning. I will be delighted with 50 degrees on Thursday – I think. Severe thunderstorms and probably water in the basement with all the rain and melting snow. Phew! We need a break, Frank!
I’ll clean out my bookcases on Thursday and eat a cherry pie. Thanks for letting me know! 🙂
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Maddie,
I was recently telling a friend that the weather change will shift the news to flood waters … and lo’ and behold, it was on the news this morning.
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“Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day,” you’re not serious are you?? as for the vid, can it be? 4 in a row, seems one hell of a fluke to me… love this post though…
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Bulldog,
I’m a bit hesitant on believing the video, but I still enjoy it. As far as the cow milking day, here’s the story. http://mustardmuseum.com/elm-farm-ollie-day/
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The gymnastics basketball looked like fun, however could you pick up what language they were speaking? It didn’t sound like English, but in the video I see the word “subscribe” on a banner near the ceiling.
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Tim,
I think it’s one of the eastern European languages.
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We’re finally scheduled to get out of the freezer as well. Sixty is the prediction. Yay!
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Renee,
I’ll toast to that!
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That video is CRAZY! How can that guy make so many baskets? Maybe the soccer ball is key?
Glad you all are getting some warmer weather. I’m off to have a chocolate mint.
Hugs from Ecuador,
Kathy
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Kathy,
So crazy, I question its authenticity … but it’s still interesting. Cheers to your appreciation of chocolate mint.
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Since this is a Monday substitute… Happy new week! It ought to be too, as it’s a birthday week!!!!!
🙂
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Marina,
Given the change I had to implement, I knew I want to work in the celebrations … but I did think that mentioning the weekend on a Tuesday was a bit out of place.
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Nothing you do can be “out of place”, my friend and I just realized that today [nearly gone for me now] it’s Pluto day!!! Love that dog! 🙂
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Thanks … Maybe Pluto Day allows one to choose between the dog and the planet/ex-planet.
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Ah, condom week. I wrote an interesting, somewhat funny post on condoms: Who knew there were so many choices ~ Condoms http://bit.ly/1jfx9Al (this was published on the YummyMummyClub site).
Enjoy your day today, hopefully it is not as busy as yesterday. 🙂
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Catherine,
Good (and timely) condom post. Choices are similar to picking popcorn. https://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/in-search-of-popcorn/
More of the same today, but it looks like that list is almost complete.
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High of 79 here today in Dallas. Last week it was in the 20’s.
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Angela,
Whoa .. big change … and a welcomed one. We’ve also received a sudden dose of warmth, so a lot of melting at the moment, which may mean the floods are around the corner.
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If this is Poison Prevention Week does that mean that poison’s cut slack the rest of the year, Frank? I bet that makes Dow Chemical happy.
Fun video. That guy even stuck the landing!
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Lame,
An interesting twist on the idea. Then again, thus a reason I appreciate your mind. 🙂
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Cow milked……..day pour moi!
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Definitely your style.
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Way to make Monday drag by bringing it on a Tuesday – LOL
Just joking – It can be Monday every day as long as we are alive & well. 😉
I hope the gymnast soccer basketball player got a gold medal for that stunt!
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RoSy,
Although I’m unsure if that video is fake or real, I still find it interesting.
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I am quite in awe of the video. Perhaps I should be skeptical, but it’s quite a feat. I prefer to think that’s one talented guy! Fun to see!
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Debra,
Although I’m skeptical, I’m also in awe … heck, making one would have been quite the feat!
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Cool video! I am taking Crab Stuffed Flounder day … all week.
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Val,
… and that’s OK.
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Glad its a bit warmer where you are Frank.. and here we had the Sun between showers today.. And wow! to that Video… that was some Shots… Have a Happy Day!
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Sue,
Warm now, but cold returns next week … but I don’t think it will be bitterly cold. Meanwhile, given the Olympics, the video was timely.
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