Travel Tips

With summer in full swing some of you will be traveling so I thought a few travel quotes were in order.
Branson,Missouri
Vegas for people with no teeth. Dennis Miller
Las Vegas
Las Vegas was never meant to be seen by day. Peter S. Beagle
Los Angeles
When it's five below in New York,it's 78 in Los Angeles,and when it's 110 in New York,it's 78 in Los Angeles. There are two million interesting people in New York-and only 78 in Los Angeles.
Neil Simon
Palm Beach
A lot of elderly rich women seeing how small they can get their dogs. Rita Rudner
Texas
Like most passionate nations Texas has its own private history based on,but not limited by,facts.
John Steinbeck

Fiction Predictions

The list of books and authors who accurately predicted future events/inventions is both long and varied,of course a person could argue that the inventions came about because they gave someone an idea,but what about things like Jonathon Swift mentioning Mars having two moons well before they were discovered? Once again I digress,I just wanted to add another author to go along with greats like H.G. Wells,and Jules Verne who were responsible for at least 6 future inventions between the two of them. J.K. Rowling's invisibility cloak from the Harry Potter series is nearly a reality as scientists fine tune the quantum optics involved in making things invisible. I wonder if she will be eligible for royalties? not that she needs them though she is big on philanthropy.

Indirect Donation?

Two jewelers in India have broken the Guinness World Record for most diamonds in a ring. The previous record was set in 2015 with a peacock ring containing 3,827 diamonds. The new record holder is a lotus flower featuring 6,690 diamonds set in 18 karat rose gold weighing in at over 58 grams (more than a golf ball) and costing $4,116,787. The lotus flower was chosen to raise awareness of the importance of water conservation and the fame that comes with the record they hope will draw others to their cause. I can't help but wonder what good could have been done directly with that kind of money and though the ring is decidedly pretty both the weight and design would make wearing it even for a short time impractical.

Preposition Power

It seems likely that someone suggested to this man to go sleep under a bridge but since it occurred in Florida the man probably thought any preposition would do and chose on the bridge. Unfortunately while he was asleep "on" the bridge the bridge was opened. A woman on the way to her yoga class attempted to tell the bridge operator about the man but was unable to get his attention. She watched as the bridge went up to see the man wake up and grab a railing before sliding off. Of course since it was "in" Florida he may have been safer "on" the bridge. Wow,is it just me or does today's post contain a remarkable amount of prepositions?

Diet Hazard

Vegan dieters are admirable in a way for being able to give up all the fine foods that are animal based,but there are drawbacks to be considered. A Rocklin,CA woman took her father and family out for a Father's Day meal to a German restaurant that was supposed to be vegan friendly. After a two hour wait the food was finally  presented,mass quantities of various dishes for the rest of the family though the vegan offering turned out to be less than vegan friendly. The vegan meal consisted of a pretzel bun with green beans and carrots. I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that the restaurant doesn't get a lot of vegans diners which may have played a large part in the two hour wait and the meager vegan offering. Not every vegan dining experience is a good one apparently!

Plumber's Passion

A 96 year old retired plumber known as The King of the Commode is now looking to retire from his hobby if he can find someone to keep The Toilet Seat Art Museum intact. The museum consists of 1,300 decorated toilet seat lids including one with a chunk of the Berlin Wall,a piece of insulation from the Space Shuttle Challenger,Pez dispensers,arrowheads and the toilet lid from the plane that carried the body of Aristotle Onassis back to Greece. I have no idea how long he worked as a plumber before he retired but it seems odd that he would choose toilet seat art as a hobby...maybe he wasn't quite ready to flush his career or would that be pull the plug?

New Health Drink!

It's hard to believe how naive people can be,for instance an artist set up a booth at the Car-Free Festival in Vancouver,Canada selling bottles of unfiltered hot dog water for $38. The water was touted as the new coconut water with health benefits such as weight loss,regain your youthful appearance,increase brain function and improve vitality. He also claimed the protein from the hot dog helps your body uptake the water content plus with the sodium it was everything a person needed for post workout and that scientists had spent a lot of time researching the drink. In fine print on the flyer advertising the health drink it said,"Hot Dog Water in its absurdity hopes to encourage critical thinking related to product marketing and the significant role it can play in our purchasing choices." Sadly only a few people figured out it was a sham.