Leftovers.

Today's Tids Issue 4,263

No Aggravation Nap Day:

Maybe they should call it “Red Friday” instead. Because, that’s about where bank accounts will be when it’s over.

Hope you all had as great a TDay as I did. Double yum.

I’m getting real tired of preachy celebrities who only seem to know reality from other people’s scripts.

Yesterday, cats watched their mistresses bring dead birds to the dining room table and wondered why they get in trouble when they do the same.

I would be deliriously happy if Trump mitigated the tariff Problem.

The Question:

Nancy Pelosi will most likely get the nod to become the third in line for the POTUS. Only one Speaker of the House has ever gone on to become President. Who was it?

The Headlines:

--Black Friday Shoppers Spending Big;

--Stocks Have Worst Thanksgiving Week Since 2011.

--Northeast Colder Than Wall Street, Setting new Record Low For November 22.

--Tesla Slashing Prices Of Two Models In China To Offset Tariffs; Wall Street Doesn’t Like It.

--Tiger And Phil Face Off In Pay TV Match With Winner take All $9 Million Jackpot; Shot and Situation Betting Expected To Dominate.

--Roger Stone Lawyer Corsi In Plea Deal Negotiation With Mueller.

--Dems Take Aim At Trumps Support of Saudi Prince.

--More Dems Join In The Stop Nancy Movement.

--Fox Apologizes For On-Air Guest Who Described Hillary Not Going Away Like Herpes.

Sorry I’m a bit late this morning. I think it was the tryptophan effect.

Daniel Webster twice refused offers of being Vice President, saying that the it was a dead-end job that when nowhere. He was first asked by William Henry Harrison who died after one month in office. The brilliant and eloquent Webster also refused the offer from Zachary Taylor – the 2^nd President to die in Office.  That my happy Tidsters is the true definition of Irony.

Diversity is one of those new modern-day mass charades that pits people against each other. Diversity is where you find it. Hawaii for instance has different kind of diversity than say NYC or Philly or Dallas. Or Sioux City Iowa.

As you probably know, I scour the internet world for puns, and am continually amazed how many so-called word manipulations out there don’t even measure up to the significantly relaxed Tids’ standards. See, I’m working for you.

More and more people I know, including myself, find hamburgers on Brioche rolls inedible. But the newer generation seems to have convinced themselves that properly pronouncing “Brioche” is more important than taste and function.

There are few nice, brand new, unsullied members of the Tids community. I just want to take a minute to refresh everybody’s memory about the stated objective of the Tids: “Observing the achievements and foibles of humans. Opinions and puns. Practical and ethereal. Politics, Arts, Culture. Sports, History, News. Occasionally Funny?”

Today some try to fill job openings by meeting arbitrary diversity guidelines, sometimes trivializing qualifications. In 1841 or so, William Parker, an applicant for a position in the Consulate of Buenos Aires, wrote to Secretary of State Daniel Webster: “Among my considerable skills is the ability to read with facility Don Quixote in the Original.”

One of the big sports surprises this year is in NCAA Basketball where no member of the Big East is in the Top 25. You have to imagine the powers that be in that big Basketball only league are scurrying as rankings equal big money in the end.

In the hard to fathom department, how about that missionary who was killed by the prehistoric tribe still isolated in a world with google earth? Twas sad and perplexing at the same time.

There was this extremely wealthy king living on a small Pacific island governed by tardyons of simplicity and frugality. Frustrated, the king wanted to spend his wealth, so he consulted his closest advisors. Build a giant gold throne, they suggested. The king liked the idea but wondered how that could be done when there laws don’t allow bigger huts. To solve the problem, island engineers rigged a clever pully system allowing the king to lower s bed at night while raising the throne up to the ceiling. It worked perfectly, until one night when the ropes, now frayed through repeated use, broke and the throne dropped killing the king as he slept. The wise men of the island saw this as a chance to teach the rest of the islanders a new lesson: “People who live in grass houses should not stow thrones.”

Reading Between the Lines Movie Reviews:

--Creed II brings back Stallone as the older Rocky and now the close advisor to Adonis Creed, Son of Rocky opponent Apollo. Adonis has lost his way due to new outside the ring obligations combined with a tough training program for the big match with an arch enemy. Will he be able to regain his championship form? This is probably worth our time.

--The Favorite” is a terrific little 18^th Century tale about the reign of  Queen Anne during a war with France. So, what’s new about a war with France, you might say. It is really about the battle between two women for the favor of a now frail Anne. Sarah Churchill who is Anne’s top aide and caregiver becomes too busy running the war allowing Churchills assistant Abigail to insert herself as the favorite of the Monarch. Good political drama very well acted. I’m going.

--The new Robin Hood has been ruined by Hollywood glitzation. You know the story and the characters, but unfortunately in this version you may not recognize anything.

--The Animated feature of the week is Ralph Breaks the Internet, starring the voices of John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverstein. In an attempt to save Silberman’s game, they leave the comfort of the Arcade to explore the grid not known, with only the “Netizens to show them the way. An adventure of extreme exploration ensues, and it is pretty good.

The Answer:

James K. Polk was the only Speaker to become President. But many of the Speakers controlled the outcomes of administrations.

These leftover Tids taste a lot better topped with cranbury sauce, stuffing and lots and lots of rich creamy gravy.

Enjoy the rest of your four day weekend – E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!