Union Thing?

I made a little bet with myself before I went to the store this morning,the bet was if the pharmacy would have a sign declaring them closed for tomorrow (Labor Day). I won the bet as the sign was in place. It appears the pharmacies all have the Monday holidays off,and therein lies the rub. I don't have a problem with being organized enough to get my prescriptions filled ahead of any holiday closure (so far),but I imagine that isn't true for everyone,and since it is a medically related business it seems like they should be open at least part of the day on holidays. As busy as they always are if nothing else they could use the time to catch up on their work if it was slow. Now to get to my question...is it some kind of union benefit to be closed on the Monday holidays? I have nothing against unions especially since one pays my pension,but I don't see how this is really a good thing for the employees unless they happened to have the days either before or after the holiday off so they could have a long weekend,but since they are open Sundays someone would be working that day anyway,it just seems like an illogical practice.

Sizzling

The regular readers among you will know that today is the 14th annual International Bacon Day. What you may not know...bacon,it's not just for breakfast anymore! I believe I have touched on a few of these unusual bacon uses in previous posts,such as bacon flavored toothpaste,air freshener and perfume. I now present some additional ways to enjoy bacon. There is a website for Bakon Vodka including a recipe for a BLT Martini. Shaving cream for those guys and gals who find the scent of bacon irresistible,to go one step further with that thought there is also bacon lube allowing couples to include bacon in their bedroom activities. A photographer known for his photos of food landscapes made a world of bacon,and last but not least for the true die-hard bacon fans (drum roll please) a bacon coffin is available! Enjoy your Bacon Day!

OCD Day

Today has been one of those rare occasions when I spent more time cleaning than tending my interests which left me short of ideas for today's post. Then I remembered reading funny housekeeping quotes during the last week and decided that would be fitting. Here are a few of my favorites: "I hate housework. You make the beds,you wash the dishes,and six months later you have to start all over again." (Joan Rivers) "Excuse the mess,but we live here." (Roseanne Barr) "Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the sidewalk before it stops snowing." (Phyllis Diller) "Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity." (Erma Bombeck)

Pop Tarts

I must have missed hearing about this in 2001...my pre-retirement,never ending days. The US dropped Pop Tarts and other high calorie ready to eat meals over Afghanistan with the intention of feeding the hungry and a show of good will. There are so many ways this seems wrong it is hard to know where to start. How did they know it was getting into the hands it was intended for instead of fueling the enemy's appetites? it was said they studied the areas the drops were made to avoid detonating land mines so most of the drops were made in the mountains...the Pop Tarts will be discovered and studied thousands of years from now to determine what they were! Not to mention is the Pop Tart a good way to represent our country? would Pop Tarts be recognized as food? and never mind feeding the hungry at home first. Okay,off the soap box for today!

Another Useless Invention

Not many people like bruised bananas,but that is why someone came up with the idea or using the bruised fruits to make banana bread. That didn't stop the inventor of the banana suitcase. It was patented in 2003 the  official name"Banana Protective Device",sounds like a condom for bananas. The device is a hinged,lockable (Does a person really need to lock up a single banana?) case shaped like a banana,it comes complete with ventilation,interior cushioning and is available in five colors. Other than bananas having their own protective covering (the peel) and the fact that not all bananas are the same size or shape,I don't see anything else wrong with this idea. Then the patent office wonders why thy are running out of money!

Not Again!

I don't usually post the same type of thing two days in a row but this seemed almost like unfinished business if you'll excuse the phrase. Yes,it is about a man trying to have sex with items not normally thought of as sexual companions. The difference is this event happened in May of this year so it isn't all about August after all. A very intoxicated man walked into a bar near Nashville,Tennessee (sounds like the start of a joke) pulled down his pants and attempted to have intercourse with the ATM. When the police arrived he was walking around the bar,naked from the waist down,thrusting his hips. The officers took him outside and told him to sit at a wooden picnic table where he proceeded  to engage the table?! No idea,but I can't help but wonder about splinters.

Stranger Than Fiction

A couple of days ago I heard on the radio about a 33 year old Seattle woman who wandered into a yard,hiked up her dress and engaged in intimate acts with several of the family's lawn chairs...but she didn't quit there,nope,she then peed all over the lawn and exposed her genitalia then posterior to the family. I am guessing here,but I bet they get new lawn furniture.
Next up a man in Houston approached a woman in her driveway and asked for a lighter. She didn't have one so he walked away. A short while later she looked out the window and found him humping her driveway...not sure how that worked for him. Both of these occurrences happened this month...is it something about August? or am I missing some obvious clue? As Dave Barry would say,"I am not making this up!"

Pie Plates

A few days ago I read how Frisbee got named and thought it might be a fun thing to include in a post. The story has roots on both the west coast and the east coast. On the east coast in 1871 a man named William Frisbie bought a bakery and called it the Frisbie Pie Company. The bakery was passed down through the generations. Eventually Yale students found you could play catch with the empty pie tins and would call out to the catcher Frisbie! to alert them.
On the west coast in 1938 Fred Morrison and his future wife were at the beach playing catch with a cake pan and were offered 25 cents for it. Morrison decided there was money to be made if a cake pan worth 5 cents could be sold as a toy for 25 cents. Their business was interrupted by World War II but Morrison was busy with ideas for improvements for the Whirlo-Way. In 1954 he formed his own company and paid a plastics company to produce Flyin-Saucers. In 1955 he found he could produce the discs more cheaply himself and designed a new model called the Pluto Platter. In 1957 he sold the rights to the Pluto Platter to Wham-O where they decided to rename it Frisbee after learning that was what college students called Pluto Platters. Next time you toss a Frisbee around you can amaze your friends with a brief history! or not.