Today's Tids Issue 5,329
The unsaid game:
I'm trying to figure out exactly what Elon Musk is doing. I guess my brain isn’t good enough to keep up with him.
From the deep freeze to a mini-Spring in a week! That makes me think of Mark Twain speaking after a dinner event saying: “There is a sumptuous variety about the New England weather that compels the stranger’s admiration—and regret. The weather is always doing something there; always attending strictly to business; always getting up new designs and trying them on the people to see how they will go. But it gets through more business in spring than in any other season. In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours. . . . Yes, one of the brightest gems in the New England weather is the dazzling uncertainty of it. There is only one thing certain about it, you are certain there is going to be plenty of weather—a perfect grand review; but you never can tell which end of the procession is going to move first.” I guess he was just thinking about the natural progression of weather instead of the dastardly human contributions to the destruction of the planet. Or something like that.
I guess Musk’s alteration of the Twitter thing will allow scientists with factual opinions in opposition to prevailing Climate Change rhetoric have their say.
A punny reader writes to say he has a friend who thinks the word inuendo is an Italian suppository.
The Question:
What president signed into law the “Endangered Species Act”?
The Headlines:
--Santa High Flying Rally Runs Out of Reindeer Juice; Stocks Drop Down Sooty Chimney in Late Morning Through Mid Afternoon; Apple, Tesla Stocks Tumble as China Covid Slowdown Interrupts Component Supplies.
--Ex Pope Benedict, 95, Very Ill.
--Mich Gov Whitmer Kidnap Mastermind Gets 16 Years.
--Today Marks Four Year Anniversary of Paul Whelan Imprisonment in Russia.
--Southwest Airlines Continues to Cancel Flights.
--Buffalo Winter Storm Death Toll up to 34; National Guard Going Door to Door.
As I listen to idle and not so idle conversations it appears that an awful lot of people don’t understand how important Congress is to the governmental foundation that has made the USA so great for so many years. You know, the people thing.
Practice safe text: use commas.
Repubs are eerily silent over the George Santos thing.
The NE Patriots home stadium is named after Boston based company Gillette. Yet the current chief spokesperson for Gillette TV advertising is Josh Allan who is the QB for Pats; archrival Buffalo.
NFL football is at the peak of sports and entertainment popularity. Yet I really don’t enjoy watching it live, like it’s a stage show for TV in the stadium. Yet a day in a baseball park is both relaxing and exhilarating. Still kind of awesome to me. And some of the things these guys do on the field are wonderous.
You may have noticed that innuendo is widely used by politicians.
I hate to put a damper on the “fun” for all those who love New Year's Eve, but I find it is just the absolute werst time to go out to a restaurant.
Speaking of expensive, going to a music concert can be out of sight. The genre of concert with the highest average ticket price is Classic rock at about $125. The rest in order are Pop, Latin, Rock, Hip-Hoop, R&B, Performance, Folk, Country and Comedy. Hey, laughter is cheap... and cathartic.
The Answer
Richard Milhouse was the president who signed into law the Endangered Species Act in 1973. I guess he was looking for sympathy, and how better than to side with cute animals.
I’m going for a long walk. May be something will come to me to write about tomorrow.
Punsters should be drawn and quoted
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