If a gentle breeze.

 

 

 

Today's Tids Issue 5,275 

Dads aren't obsolete, yet:  

 

 

We guys may not fully understand 

When our kids do something rad. 

We’re just always happy to know, 

They always come back to say, 

With a great big hug, I love you dad. 

 

Today was the day 165 years ago when Abraham Lincoln said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand”. I guess we never learn. 

 

It's that time of year for day lilies and stone walls and wood fences. It’s a scene I feel that read like a poem to me. I don’t know why but maybe it whisks me back to simpler times, those comfortable days of real old fashioned lilac bushes and nothing once again I see orange lilies against grey stone walls.   

  

I did several little chores this morn before I got to this mess. I thought as I enjoyed working in the sun that one common phrase that I could never condone was, “I love living in a condo because I don't have to cut the lawn. Shovel snow...". Actually, that is what I missed most moving to a condo, and I still do. There is nothing like a few good chores to get the day started.  

 

The Question: 

Name the top ten Rudest states. 

 

The Headlines: 

--Dow Remains in Positive Territory Following Boom Thursday; UMich Consumer Sentiment Report for June Up 8%; 63.9 Highest Level in 4 Months. 

--African Leaders in Ukraine to Begin Peace Initiative; Wiil Be in Moscow Tomorrow; Russia Bombards Kiev with Missiles Even as Peace Warriors Arrive. 

--Killer Tornadoes Devastate Parts of Texas. 

--Pope Leaves Hospital. 

--Iowa High Court Leaves in Place States Strict Ban on Most Abortions. 

--NBA’s Charlotte Hornet's Majority Owner MJ Selling Stake. 

 

The predictions of a Latino/Hispanic majority here at some time in the future maybe closer than you think – Mexican beer Modula has just passed Bud Lite as the most popular, largest selling beer in the USA 

 

If I was a foreign power and wanted to take over the USA. I would divide it against itself. All it needs today is a gentle breeze to push it over. Yet I subscribe to the old-fashioned theory, never underestimate eh will of eth American people. 

 

Younger readers of this mess may look around them and see a lot in the generations just above them getting replacement knees. Here is a helpful hint that may lead you to happier knees -- “Ottoman Knee Syndrome”. Yes, as you age you tend to sit on your favorite chair with a leg or two resting on an ottoman. But the gap between the ottoman and chair or couch tends to inflict painful knee sag. Simple solution -- Put ottoman close seat and a pillow under your knee. A helpful health hint from the Tids Home Remedy Medical Department. 

 

The sole purpose of a child's middle name is so he will know when he is in trouble. 

 

Maybe this is the Sunday when Rickie Fowler finally meets expectations. 

 

The loonies will be telling us now we are entering “climate change" which to most sane people is called summer.  

 

Yesterday an IPO called Cava soared to almost record new highs for a new offering. C ava is a chain of Mitterrandian restaurants. Say what! There must be an awful lot of people out there who aren’t me. I just read the menu and it is highly unlikely I would ever enter their door. And besides who needs to look at a menu that emphasizes calories per serving. Or maybe WS loves them because they overcharge. (See yesterday's Tids). 

 

Yesterday the diversity crowd was bemoaning the fact that there are fewer black players in Baseball now than last year — 6.2% versus 7.2%. So! Did they ever begin to think that maybe black athletes would rather look at some other sport. The reaction points out how silly diversity hysteria can be. For instance, 73.4% of NBA is back and 56% of the NFL are black. My thought is that skill in sports house will always produce realistic balance over forced diversity.  

 

The Answer: 

Number one rudest state is Rhode Island. (What do those God damned tourists know!) Next is Massachusetts followed by Virginia, New York, California, Washington, New Jersey, Utah, Illinois and Ohio. The least rude, “Most Polite” are Mississippi, Arkansas, North Carolina, Vermont, Kentucky, South Carolina, Minnesota, Louisiana, Maine and Delaware. In summer as RI locals escape tourists by hiding away in huddled masses in their own special out of the way places. So it can only be all the visitors from NY, NJ and Conn who are creating this aura of rudeness around here.  

 

Have a great weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d-y!!