It must be about time for some shower thoughts so without further ado...
Does a straw have one hole or two?
Your first birthday is technically your second birthday.
I wonder what my dog named me?
Can you daydream at night?
If Earth was flat, the edge would probably be a tourist attraction.
When my dog brings me the same toy, I wonder if it's his favorite toy or if he thinks it's my favorite toy?
Teeth are the only problem where if you ignore them they will go away.
The fat lady sings 12 Days of Christmas? Not quite but the 12 days aren't over until January 6th and the 12 days don't start until Christmas day. Some think that all the different gifts in the song have religious meanings but according to Snopes that theory doesn't hold water. The song was most likely a memory game for children involving dares about who could get the whole sequence right. A few other trivial facts about the song are the calling birds originally colly birds, meaning blackbirds, the 5 golden rings weren't jewelry but the rings on a ring necked pheasant. In 2023 the cost of the 364 gifts was $201,972.66 with the most expensive item being the swans. In case your memory is failing on the gifts here is a list from 12-1.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
Twelve drummers drumming
Eleven pipers piping
Ten lords a-leaping
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five golden rings
Four calling birds
Three french hens
Two turtle doves …
And, of course, “a partridge in a pear tree!”
Pickles of one sort or another are pretty much universally loved and of course not all things pickled are cucumbers which contributes to the variety and after 4,000 years of pickling do pickles need to be revamped? Someone, somewhere thought so and now we have glitter pickles or glickles. Glickles are any type of pickle with edible glitter added, edible glitter's main ingredient is sugar which unless you're into sweet pickles is in opposition to the tangy vinegary pickle taste. As could be expected several businesses are jumping on the pickle wagon to get their fare share of pickle juice. Speaking of pickle juice some folks enjoy their Diet Coke with pickle juice, then there's pickle flavored Pringles, and spicy dill Goldfish crackers.
A married mother of two in England just hosted her fourth 3 day Christmas holiday at her home, (here's where you can call her crazy!) though she must enjoy it, it does add to her holiday expenses. The family has always chipped in to ease the financial burden but this year she kept her receipts for the food and drinks to make it fair and told everyone their part was $32 for 3 meals a day for 3 days, not bad at all considering she was doing the cooking and supplying the energy to prepare the meals. Of course Fox News had to chime in and say it was poor etiquette to "charge" an amount for a family meal like it was a restaurant...excuse me Fox expert! Tell me exactly where in the world a person can get 9 meals for $32? and never mind tips. Get a grip. Is it just me or does the expert sound a little out of touch?
Today's post is some Christmas quotes to pass the time and share with friends and family, enjoy.
Marry an orphan. You'll never have to spend boring holidays with the in-laws. At most, an occasional visit to the cemetery. George Carlin
Santa Claus has the right idea: visit people once a year. Victor Borge
Next to a circus, there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit. Kin Hubbard
There is a remarkable breakdown of taste and intelligence at Christmas time. Mature, responsible grown men wear neckties made out of holly leaves and drink alcoholic beverages with raw egg yolks and cottage cheese in them. P.J. O'Rourke
Dear Santa letters go back to before the post office was established in 1775 though then the letters were burned so the ashes would rise to reach Santa. In the early 20th century the post office created Operation Santa to deal with Santa mail. The letters were answered mainly by the postmasters though eventually it was turned over to individuals and charitable groups in turn giving rise to the Santa Claus Association, a group of volunteers who answered the letters and delivered gifts to children. In 2017 Operation Santa went online so children can now email the big guy with their requests.
Like with a lot of other things Florida marches to its own drummer, to put it nicely. The White House has the yearly turkey pardon but in Florida it's a pig pardon and instead of Thanksgiving it's done at Christmas time. For the past seven years two pigs have been pardoned by the mayor of Miami, this years piglets were Glinda and Elphaba who will spend the rest of their lives at a sanctuary south of Miami. The reason it's pigs at Christmas instead of turkeys at Thanksgiving is Miami has a large Cuban population and part of their Christmas traditions is to roast a whole piglet in either an underground pit, in a special metal box, or on a spit and yes, it originally started as a joke but took off from there.
