Giving the Finger

 Most everyone has heard about thumb wrestling but what about finger wrestling? AKA Fingerhakeln it is a sport practiced in several areas in Europe but the main action takes place in Bavaria where the championships are held. This year 150 men gathered in a big beer tent and drank beer and ate sausages between events. The sport originated as a way to settle disputes, two contestants sit on opposite sides of a table and hook their middle fingers through a leather loop and try to pull their competitor across the table. The winner goes on to the next round. Beer and sausages sound good. 

Variety

 Eggo has released 5 new waffle flavors that are now in stores nationwide, has anyone ever stopped to wonder what items go missing from the freezer section when their space is invaded? Of course the stores keep growing until a person nearly needs to bring a lunch to complete their grocery shopping, and how many types of frozen waffles does the world need? couldn't a person add their favorite ingredients to a regular waffle and call it good? Along with the new flavors, Chocolate Chip Brownie, Strawberry Delight (both are being called fully loaded as they contain 10 grams of protein), Cinnamon Churro, Dark Chocolate Chip Thick and Fluffy and Belgian Style Street Waffles they are also offering sneakers for $150 styled from the two fully loaded varieties. Too much stuff! 

Writing vs Typing

 Researchers have been at it again, this time the focus was handwritten (both cursive and printed) work is actually better than typing. Okay I'm betting there are those of you making disclaimers about your handwriting being so bad there is no way it could be better but you'd be wrong. The part of the brain that it takes to coordinate your fingers into making the different letters and holding the writing implement is also associated with the learning part of your brain, so as you write you remember what you're writing where with typing you would probably be able to record an entire lecture word for word but not remember any of it when you were done. I know this is true for me but never knew why until the good ol' researchers presented their findings. 

Flowers and Stuff

 With a nod to Mother's Day I present the world's smallest flower...Watermeal, aka Wolffia. To see the flower a person would need a microscope since it's 1/42 of an inch long and 1/85 of an inch wide. Without magnification it looks like algae. The second part of today's post is that the very woman who fought to make Mother's Day a holiday spent the last years of her life trying to have it abolished as the essence of the holiday was lost in the commercialization, as is true of most holidays. 

Still Good For a Laugh

 Even though it is too late to order these items for Mother's Day you can still entertain your Mom by showing her the selections. 

Weed Waffle Maker 

Make hummingbirds and butterflies appear with an augmented reality bracelet 

Robotic lawn mower (maybe a better Dad's Day gift?)

Flask for wine with two cups

Cannabis perfume

Asleep at the Wheel

 Mother's Day snuck on me this year though I found these gifts for the occasion in the nick of time. 

Portable power station, air compressor, jump starter

Fat/pregnant body candles

Cane with built in flask 

Between legs mirror 

Claw hose holder

Speed Demons?

 In a surprising turn of events the fast muscle cars of our past have been replaced with imports, at least when it comes to getting speeding tickets. With that thought in mind you might be thinking of Ferrari or another of the high dollar imports capable of 200 mph but that isn't the case. According to an insurance company study the top ten cars with the most speeding tickets are 1. Nissan's Infiniti 2. Toyota's Scion 3. Volkswagen 4. Subaru 5. Mazda 6. Audi 7. Kia 8. Honda 9.&10. was a tie between BMW and Hyundai. Least ticketed for speeding 1. Cadillac 2. Tesla and 3. Volvo. The message here seems to be buy American!