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Hi Lisa, Changes have happened, isn't progress wonderful(not)? Go to the Forms page, second item, RANDOM THOUGHT AND STATUS, personal status updates are gone. You can post a BD wish here. Or go to the Lounge page and start a new topic, like BD wish to who ever it is. Many of us in the past posted birthday wishes here, I know I did. Then anyone else who sees it can jump in and give their wish to that person also. Any where else, you will have to ask the moderators for help. Then of course you can always send a personal message, that has not changed. Glad to have you back. Best wishes, sandrewn

November 25th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Catherine Labouré Catherine of Alexandria and its related observances Elizabeth of Reute Isaac Watts (Lutheran Church and Church of England) James Otis Sargent Huntington (Episcopal Church) November 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Suriname from the Netherlands in 1975. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women National Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Teachers' Day (Indonesia) Vajiravudh Memorial Day (Thailand) Observances (click on the day, BD or week for details) Blasé Day National Brand Day National Day of Bosnia & Herzigovina National Parfait Day National Play Day with Dad National Sovereignty Day Argentina Suriname Independence Day White Ribbon Day Gazpacho Soup Day Corbyn Besson’s Birthday Kevin Chamberlin’s Birthday Sean Lew’s Birthday Juliet Angus’s Birthday Joe DiMaggio’s Birthday Jaylen Waddle’s Birthday Disguised Toast’s Birthday Dennis Smith Jr.’s Birthday Diego Tinoco’s Birthday Abby D Phillip’s Birthday Garland Brown’s Birthday Amy Grant’s Birthday Jenna Bush Hager’s Birthday Andrew Carnegie’s Birthday John F. Kennedy Jr.’s Birthday Augusto Pinochet’s Birthday Katie Cassidy’s Birthday Casey Holmes’s Birthday Maura Higgins’s Birthday Chase Grzegorczyk’s Birthday Sonja Morgan’s Birthday Christina Applegate’s Birthday Trey Traylor’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mon Nov 25th, 2024 - Fri Nov 29th, 2024 National Book Week Mon Nov 25th, 2024 - Thu Dec 12th, 2024 18 Day Campaign to End VAW Fun Observances Shopping Reminder Day On November 25, get your holiday shopping list organized and get ready to shop till you drop because it is Shopping Reminder Day! December is thought to be the year’s busiest shopping season and if you want to avoid the crowds and the stress of last minute shopping now is the time to begin. Shopping Reminder Day is an unofficial holiday that reminds people that Christmas is only a month away and that they should get a head start on their holiday shopping. How to Celebrate? Draw out your holiday gift list. Shop online so that you don’t have to go to the stores. Did You Know... ...that according to some sources the busiest shopping day of the year is the Saturday before Christmas? *** The Lone Ranger woke to see his tent blown away by a tornado. He declared, "Tonto, we’re not in canvas anymore." *** Newton, Pascal and Archimedes are playing hide and seek. Archimedes starts to count, Pascal hides in a bush, and Newton draws a square on the ground and steps into it. Archimedes finds Newton first, of course, but Newton replies, "Nope. One Newton on one square meter is equal to one Pascal." *** At school, Little Johnny's classmate tells him that most adults are hiding at least one dark secret, so it's very easy to blackmail them by saying, "I know the whole truth." Little Johnny decides to go home and try it out. Johnny's mother greets him at home, and he tells her, "I know the whole truth." His mother quickly hands him $20 and says, "Just don't tell your father." Quite pleased, the boy waits for his father to get home from work, and greets him with, "I know the whole truth." The father promptly hands him $40 and says, "Please don't say a word to your mother." Very pleased, the boy is on his way to school the next day when he sees the mailman at his front door. The boy greets him by saying, "I know the whole truth." The mailman immediately drops the mail, opens his arms, and says, "Then come give your Daddy a great big hug!" *** Two students were arguing when their teacher entered the classroom. The teacher says, “Why are you arguing?” One boy answers, “We found a ten dollar bill and decided to give it to whoever tells the biggest lie.” "You should be ashamed of yourselves," said the teacher, "When I was your age I didn’t even know what a lie was." The boys gave the ten dollars to the teacher. *** I’d never had surgery, and I was nervous. “This is a very simple, noninvasive procedure,” the anesthesiologist reassured me. I felt better, until … “Heck,” he continued, “you have 
a better chance of dying from the 
anesthesia than the surgery itself.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Washington Bus Tour 1908 Post Card Horseless Open Carriage Advertising *** *** *** sandrewn

Just the facts: Silicon Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

November 24th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast days: Albert of Louvain Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Pierre Dumoulin-Borie, and other Vietnamese Martyrs Chrysogonus (Roman Catholic Church) Colmán of Cloyne (Roman Catholic Church) Eanflæd Firmina (Roman Catholic Church) Flavian of Ricina (Roman Catholic Church) Flora and Maria Jehu Jones (Lutheran) Justus Falckner (Lutheran) Kenan (Cianán) Mercurius (Eastern Church) Pierre Dumoulin-Borie Protasius of Milan Romanus of Blaye November 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Earliest day on which Harvest Day can fall, while November 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Sunday in November. (Turkmenistan) Earliest day on which Mother's Day can fall, while November 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Sunday in November. (Russia) Evolution Day (International observance) Lachit Divas (Assam) Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (India) Teachers' Day (Turkey) Observances (click on the day, BD or week for details) Christ the King Feast D.B. Cooper Day Dev Diwali International Shift Worker Sunday National Sardines Day Stir-Up Sunday National Fairy Bread Day International Au Pair Day Aura Awareness Day Peyton Meyer’s Birthday Sarah Hyland’s Birthday Natalie Odell’s Birthday LiAngelo Ball’s Birthday Katherine Heigl’s Birthday Savannah Jordan’s Birthday Scott Joplin’s Birthday Grace Shadrack’s Birthday Jimmy Graham’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sun Nov 24th, 2024 - Sat Nov 30th, 2024 Better Conversation Week Philatelic Week National Game & Puzzle Week Fun Observances Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day Embrace your unique talent and celebrate it, no matter how quirky it is on November 24 or Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day. Sing out loud from the rooftops, dance on the streets, paint a picture, jump through hoops or wiggle your nose. Our unique talents are some of the things that make us who we are and in many cases define our personalities and our outlook to life. This unofficial holiday of unknown origins encourages people to wholeheartedly accept their special talent and showcase it to the world. How to Celebrate? This one's easy. Whether you sing, dance, juggle, look like a celebrity or can do headstands for an hour while singing the national anthem and balancing a basketball on your feet, do everything in your power to let the world know about your unique talent. Here are some ways how: Host a talent show at work or among your friends and give them a chance to show off their skills. Make a video of you performing your talent and post it on a video sharing website - share your unique talent with the world. Did You Know… …that talent was once an ancient measurement of weight? It was also used as a way to value work. A talent in ancient Greece was equivalent to about 55 pounds or 25 kilograms of silver. *** Little Susie, a six-year-old, complained, "Mother, I've got a stomach ache." "That's because your stomach is empty," the mother replied. "You would feel better if you had something in it." That afternoon, her father came complaining that he had a severe headache all day. Susie perked up, "That's because it's empty," she said. "You'd feel better if you had something in it." *** A kid walks up to his mom and asks, "Mom, can I go bungee jumping?" The mom says "No, you were born from broken rubber and I don't want you to go out the same way!" *** There is a senior citizen driving on the highway. His wife calls him on his cell phone and in a worried voice says, ''Herman, be careful! I just heard on the radio that there is a madman driving the wrong way on Route 280!'' Herman says, ''I know, but there isn't just one, there are hundreds!'' *** A man told a friend about taking his wife to dinner for their anniversary. He described how the food was made in front of them. The friend said, “I’ve heard of places like that, what is the name of the restaurant?” The man replied, “Subway.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** A Favorite Haunt For Lawyers With A Conscience We can't think of many more novels (or movies, for that matter) more worthy to name a restaurant after and the wordplay on display here is, to be fair, on point. Here's hoping the theme of this popular-looking bar — based on the legendary novel by Harper Lee, "To Kill a Mockingbird" — continues when you step through the door because we'd love to stop by for a cold bottle of Judge Taylor, or perhaps a shot of Atticus. *** *** *** *** Thomas The Tank Engine was living a good life and he seemed happy as well. But the bad company and wrong choices led him to this track. By the way, it is slightly terrifying as well. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

Just the facts: Aluminum Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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November 23rd 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Alexander Nevsky (Repose, Russian Orthodox Church) Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro – one of Saints of the Cristero War (Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church) Columbanus Felicitas of Rome Paulinus of Wales Pope Clement I (Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and the Lutheran Church) Trudo (or Trond) Wilfetrudis (or Vulfetrude) Labor Thanksgiving Day (Japan) Repudiation Day (Frederick County, Maryland, United States) Rudolf Maister Day (Slovenia) St George's Day (Georgia) or Giorgoba (Georgia) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Aura Awareness Day Eat A Cranberry Day Family Volunteer Day International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day National Adoption Day National Cashew Day National Espresso Day Thankful For My Dog Day Wolfenoot Doctor Who Day Robin Rene Roberts’s Birthday Miley Cyrus’s Birthday Nikachu’s Birthday Maxwell Caulfield’s Birthday Mike Moradian’s Birthday Yanyan De Jesus’s Birthday Lil Niqo’s Birthday Jack Maynard’s Birthday John Schnatter’s Birthday Christopher Vélez Muñoz’s Birthday Hannah Ferrier’s Birthday Chris Hardwick’s Birthday Bradley Steven Perry’s Birthday Billy the Kid’s Birthday Snooki’s Birthday Lia Marie Johnson’s Birthday Traci Young-Byron’s Birthday Alan Stokes’s Birthday Avani Gregg’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sat Nov 23rd, 2024 - Sun Nov 24th, 2024 Sherlock Holmes Weekend Sat Nov 23rd, 2024 - Sun Dec 1st, 2024 National Tree Week Fun Observances Fibonacci Day November 23 is Fibonacci Day, an annual holiday that honors one of the most influential mathematicians of the Middle Ages - Leonardo Bonacci. Also known as Leonardo of Pisa, he is popularly known as Leonardo Fibonacci. Fibonacci is a contraction of filo Bonacci, meaning the son of Bonaccio. Date Sequence November 23 is celebrated as Fibonacci day because when the date is written in the mm/dd format (11/23), the digits in the date form a Fibonacci sequence: 1,1,2,3. A Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers where a number is the sum of the two numbers before it. For example: 1, 1, 2, 3...is a Fibonacci sequence. Here, 2 is the sum of the two numbers before it (1+1). Similarly, 3 is the sum of the two numbers before it (1+2). The Rabbit Question The Fibonacci sequence, one of the biggest accomplishments of Leonardo of Pisa came from a simple puzzle about rabbit population. In his book Liber acaci, Fibonacci posed this puzzle: if there are a pair of newly born rabbit - male and female - in the field and if they are able to produce another pair of rabbits in their second month of life, how many pairs of rabbits will be there after a year? Born in 1170 in Pisa, Italy, Fibonacci was also responsible for making the Hindu-Arabic numerals popular in Europe. In Liber acaci he advocated the use of these numerals, explained the use of zero, provided ways to convert between currencies and different measurements, and described how to calculate interest. Fibonacci in Nature One of the beauties of the Fibonacci sequence is that the series is evident all over the natural world. Petal arrangements in flowers, the ordering of leaves in plants, the shell of the nautilus, the DNA molecule and even hurricanes show patterns that correspond to the sequence. How to Celebrate? Start the day by learning more about the Fibonacci sequence and its theoretical and practical uses. A number of fruits and vegetables, like pineapples, romanesco (a cross between broccoli and cauliflower) display the Fibonacci series - incorporate them in your meals to celebrate this mathematical holiday. Have children in your life? Introduce them to the elegance of math and the importance of learning it to use in real life. Did You Know… …that the ratio of two successive numbers in the Fibonacci sequence is very close to the Golden Ratio? The Golden Ratio is approximately equal to 1.6. Objects whose length and breadth exhibit the Golden Ratio are thought to be the most pleasing to the eye. *** Boss: Do you believe in life after death? Employee: No, because there is no proof of it. Boss: Well there is now ! Employee: How? Boss: When you left yesterday saying that you have to go to your uncle's funeral, your uncle came here looking for you after you left. *** Bob goes to see his friend Pete. He finds Pete in his barn dancing naked around his John Deere. "What are you doing!" asks Bob. Pete stops dancing & says, "My wife has been ignoring me lately so I talked to my psychiatrist and he said I needed to do some thing sexy to a tractor." [to attract her] *** Little Johnny came home from school and heard the word "b*tch." He asks his mom what the word meant and she responds, "It means priest." The next day little Johnny comes home and hears the word "sh*t" and asks his dad what it means. His dad answers, "It means food on the table." At school, he hears the word "f*cking" and asks his mom what it means. She responds, "It means getting ready." The next day a priest came over for dinner and little Johnny opened the door and says, "Hey son of a b*tch. There's sh*t on the table and my parents are upstairs f*cking!" *** The black lacquer stand 
holding his prized samurai swords was dusty, so my husband left our cleaning lady a note, reading, “Check out my swords.” That evening, he found the stand just as dirty as 
before but with this appended to 
his note: “Nice swords.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

Just the facts: Magnesium Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster Yesterday was a very strange day with regards to this blog(one comment)? This song pretty well sums it up for me. One Is The Loneliest Number - Three Dog Night (Lyrics) - YouTube

November 22nd 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Cecilia Philemon and Apphia Pragmatius of Autun November 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Day of the Albanian Alphabet (Albania and ethnic Albanians) Good Spouses Day (いい夫婦の日) celebrates married couples in Japan. Independence Day celebrates the independence of Lebanon from France in 1943. Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Aron Day Flossing Day Housing Day Humane Society Anniversary Day Love Your Freckles Day National Amelia Day National Cranberry Relish Day National Larimar Day World Silambam Day Mark Ruffalo’s Birthday Mads Mikkelsen’s Birthday Katherine McNamara’s Birthday Julia Rehwald’s Birthday Ville Valo’s Birthday Scarlett Johansson’s Birthday Dulcie Dornan’s Birthday Cody Ko’s Birthday Celine Tam’s Birthday Billie Jean King’s Birthday Baby Ariel’s Birthday Michael D. Cohen’s Birthday Rodney Dangerfield’s Birthday Hailey Bieber’s Birthday Trevor Tordjman’s Birthday JuJu Smith-Schuster’s Birthday WOOZI’s Birthday Chenle’s Birthday Jamie Lee Curtis’s Birthday Hailey Baldwin ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fri Nov 22nd, 2024 - Tue Nov 26th, 2024 New Zealand Flowers Week Fun Observances Go For a Ride Day On November 22, take out your car, bike, segway, unicycle, kayak, horse or your tractor for a spin because it is Go For A Ride Day. While the origins of this made-up holiday are unknown, we can safely assume that it encourages people to get out of the house and take a ride. Go For a Ride Day is the perfect excuse to explore parts of your neighborhood and town that you have never seen before or to take a long, aimless road trip across the state or country. How to Celebrate? Gather your friends and family members and take a ride out of the city to the countryside. Pack a picnic lunch along and commune with nature. Participate in a bike or car rally or race. Take a ride in your car to the nearest amusement park and spend the day enjoying some amusement rides. Don't own a vehicle? Don't worry, take a ride in your local public transport. Did You Know… …that the world's first fastest street legal car reached a top speed of 12 miles per hour (19 kilometers per hour)? The Benz Velo was first introduced to the market in 1894. *** Three football teams (Arsnel, Liverpool, and Hartsfield) are flying from England across Egypt for a match in the Middle East. Their plane crashes in the desert and they survive. After days of wandering, they are really hungry so when they come across a camel, the footballers decide to kill it and eat it. The Liverpool team says, "Because we play for Liverpool, will we eat the liver." The Hartsfield players decide, "Because we play for Hartsfield, we will eat the heart." Arsnel says, "I think we might go hungry..." *** A Giants fan, a Padre fan, and a Dodger fan are climbing a mountain and arguing about who loves his team more. The Padre fan insists he's the most loyal. "This is for San Diego!" he yells and jumps off the side of the mountain. Not to be outdone, the Giants fan is next to profess his love for his team. He yells, "This is for San Francisco!" and pushes the Dodger fan off the mountain. *** A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her poodle along for company. One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a hungry-looking leopard heading rapidly in his direction. The poodle thinks, "Uh, oh!" Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap, the poodle exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I wonder if there are any more around here?" Hearing this, the leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. "Whew!" says the leopard. "That was close! That poodle nearly had me!" Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So off he goes, but the poodle sees him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard. The leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here, monkey, hop on my back so you can watch me chew that poodle to bits!" Now, the poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, "What am I going to do now?" but instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet, and waits until they get just close enough to hear. "Where's that damn monkey?" the poodle says. "I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!" *** A first-grade teacher can’t 
believe her student isn’t hepped up about the Super Bowl. “It’s a huge event. Why aren’t you excited?” “Because I’m not a football fan. My parents love basketball, so I do too,” says the student. “Well, that’s a lousy reason,” says the teacher. “What if your parents were morons? What would you be then?” “Then I’d be a football fan.” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

WOW! I never thought that I would be the only comment on a 'Word of the Day'. So I asked myself if I missed a memo about today's word or do you all really, really dislike Sodium that much? In the end, I don't care or even wonder why. To add some filler to the comments, sorry no song and dance, I'm to old and gravitationally challenged. In stead I present you with the following ten words: LYMPH LYNX HWYL FLYBYS CWM MYRRH THYMY / MYTHY SPHYNX CRYPT 10 Scrabble Words Without Any Vowels Okay, so technically the letter y is mostly a vowel but you know what we mean: things can look pretty bleak out there on the Scrabble field when all you’ve got on your tile bench is a bunch of clunky consonants (and sometimes y). This article is designed for such situations: 10 words you can play for anywhere between 10 and 17 points at minimum, all without a, e, i, o, or u, and all sanctioned by The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. 10 Scrabble Words Without Any Vowels | Merriam-Webster (definitions and possible points)

Just the facts: Sodium Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

Congrats @kbois. Well deserved! sandrewn

November 21st 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) Armed Forces Day (Bangladesh) Christian feast days: Amelberga of Susteren Digain Maurus of Parentium Pope Gelasius I Franciszka Siedliska Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Rufus of Rome (no. 7 in list) William Byrd, John Merbecke and Thomas Tallis (Episcopal Church (USA)) November 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) World Television Day (United Nations observance) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) Alascattalo Day Beaujolais Nouveau Day False Confession Day Great American Smokeout National Gingerbread Cookie Day National Rural Health Day National Stuffing Day Red Mitten Day Social Enterprise Day World Fisheries Day World Pancreatic Cancer Day World Philosophy Day Guinness World Records Day Marlo Thomas’s Birthday Kenzo Hart’s Birthday Kyle Khou’s Birthday Johnny Dang’s Birthday Ken Griffey Jr.’s Birthday Moose’s Birthday Risa Dressler’s Birthday Davido’s Birthday Goldie Hawn’s Birthday Colleen Ballinger’s Birthday Conor Maynard’s Birthday Carlton Morton’s Birthday Cameran Eubanks’s Birthday Brie Bella’s Birthday Marvin Cortes’s Birthday Grant Thompson’s Birthday Michael Strahan’s Birthday Hunter Hill’s Birthday Nikki Bella’s Birthday Robin Hood Gamer’s Birthday Amanda Ashlee Mertz’s Birthday Voltaire’s Birthday Stan Musial’s Birthday Björk’s Birthday Rain Phoenix Fun Observances (2) World Hello Day World Hello Day on November 21 is an unofficial holiday created to promote world peace through interpersonal communication. The unofficial holiday was created by Brian and Michael McCormack as a response to the Yom Kippur War between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria in 1973. Say Hello The purpose of World Hello Day is simple – to encourage communication and dialogue between people of different backgrounds in order to achieve peace and understanding. Since its beginning in 1973, the day has been celebrated around the world annually with several Nobel Peace Prize winners and peace activists taking part in it. How to Celebrate? World Hello Day requires that participants greet at least 10 people. These people can be family and friends, but it is suggested that one finds strangers to greet and talk to. Did You Know… …that hello was used as a telephone greeting for the first time by Thomas Edison? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Use Less Stuff Day The Thursday before Thanksgiving day is Use Less Stuff Day. In anticipation of some of the year's biggest and busiest shopping days in the United States - Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the unofficial holiday encourages people to buy and use fewer things in order to reduce environmental waste and lower their energy use. 25% More Trash The holiday was created as a response to the huge amounts of trash created by people around the U.S. during the holiday season that begins with Thanksgiving day and ends with New Year celebrations. Some estimates show that trash production in the U.S. increases by 25% during the winter holiday season. This means that American families generate about 4 to 5 million ton of extra waste in just a matter of a month! Friday after U.S. Thanksgiving is Buy Nothing Day. How to Celebrate? Celebrating Use Less Stuff Day is easy - just reduce, reuse and recycle. Here are some more ways to make your holiday season a green holiday season: Make a conscious decision to reduce your consumption during the holidays. Instead of buying physical gifts, give them your time. Volunteer to babysit or help a friend with house improvement projects. Have a friend who likes movies or the theater? Buy them tickets to go watch a film or a play as a holiday gift. Give a donation in your friend's or family member's name to their favorite charitable organization. Hand make gifts and wrap them in re-usable or biodegradable packaging. Send electronic greeting cards instead of paper holiday cards to your family and friends. Host a garage or yard sale and get rid of all the things you have not used in the past few months. Did You Know… …that about 38,000 miles of ribbon is used and discarded around the holidays every year? This is enough ribbon to tie a bow around the Earth! *** Three guys go to a ski lodge, and there aren't enough rooms, so they have to share a bed. In the middle of the night, the guy on the right wakes up and says, "I had this wild, vivid dream of getting a hand job!" The guy on the left wakes up, and unbelievably, he's had the same dream, too. Then the guy in the middle wakes up and says, "That's funny, I dreamed I was skiing!" *** It's game 7 of the NBA finals and a man makes his way to his seat at center court. He sits down and notices that the seat next to him is empty. He leans over and asks his neighbor if someone is sitting there. He responds, "No, the seat's empty." "The first man exclaims, "What?!? Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the NBA finals and not use it?" The neighbor responds, "Well the seat is mine, but my wife passed away and this is the first NBA finals we haven't been together." The first man responds," I'm sorry to hear that. Wasn't there anyone else, a friend or relative, that could've taken that seat?" The neighbor responds, "No, they're all at the funeral." *** The huge college freshman decided to try out for the football team. "Can you tackle?" asked the coach. "Watch this," said the freshman, who proceeded to run smack into a telephone pole, shattering it to splinters. "Wow," said the coach. "I'm impressed. Can you run?" "Of course I can run," said the freshman. He was off like a shot, and, in just over nine seconds, he had run a hundred yard dash. "Great!" enthused the coach. "But can you pass a football?" The freshman hesitated for a few seconds. "Well, sir," he said, "if I can swallow it, I can probably pass it." *** My collection of vintage kitchen utensils includes one whose intended purpose was always a mystery. It looks like a cross between a metal slotted spoon and a spatula, so I 
use it as both. When not in use, it 
is prominently displayed in a 
decorative ceramic utensil caddy 
in my kitchen. The mystery of the spoon/spatula was recently solved when I found one in its original packaging at 
a rummage sale. It’s a pooper-scooper. *** *** *** *** (This made me laugh, then miss Steve Irwin..) *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

Just the facts: Neon Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

November 20th 2024 - Holidays and Observances (click on the day for details) 20-N (Spain) Africa Industrialization Day (international) Black Awareness Day (Brazil) Children's Day Christian feast day: Agapius Ambrose Traversari Ampelus and Caius Blessed Anacleto González Flores, José Sánchez del Río, and companions (Martyrs of Cristero War) Bernward of Hildesheim Dasius of Durostorum Edmund the Martyr Felec (or Felix) of Cornwall Gregory of Dekapolis Blessed Josaphata Hordashevska (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church) Solutor, Octavius, and Adventor Theonestus of Vercelli November 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Earliest day on which the Feast of Christ the King can fall, while November 26 is the latest; celebrated on the last Sunday before Advent. (Roman Catholic Church) National Sovereignty Day ( Argentina) Day of the Mexican Revolution ( Mexico) Royal Thai Navy Day ( Thailand) Saint Verhaegen ( Brussels) Teachers' Day or Ngày nhà giáo Việt Nam ( Vietnam) Transgender Day of Remembrance (LGBT community) Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details) African Industrialization Day BOTOX® Cosmetic (onabotulinumtoxinA) Day Education Support Professionals Day - 1 National Educational Support Professionals Day - 2 Future Teachers of America Day Geographic Information Systems Day GIS Day International Hug a Runner Day Name Your PC Day National Lucia Day National Pay Back Your Parents Day National Peanut Butter Fudge Day Universal Children’s Day World COPD Day Michael Xavier’s Birthday Michael Reeves’s Birthday Michael Clifford’s Birthday Lilypichu’s Birthday Kaylie Leas’s Birthday Josh Turner’s Birthday Joe Walsh’s Birthday Joe Biden’s Birthday Jeremy Jordan’s Birthday Salice Rose’s Birthday Havan Flores’s Birthday Hannah Kepple’s Birthday Future’s Birthday Duane Allman’s Birthday Oliver Sykes’s Birthday Robert F. Kennedy’s Birthday Dierks Bentley’s Birthday Jaxon Bieber’s Birthday ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wed Nov 20th, 2024 - Tue Nov 26th, 2024 National Game & Puzzle Week Fun Observances National Absurdity Day Embrace the absurd and the ridiculous on November 20, National Absurdity Day. This holiday encourages people to acknowledge that absurdity is part of life. Absurdity, which refers to the illogical, unreasonable or nonsensical has been widely studied and written about. In fiction and humor, the absurd is usually used to make a nuanced point about human behavior. Lewis Carol's Alice in Wonderland is considered to be one of the most well-known works of absurdist literature. Absurdist Movement While absurdity in its many forms has been a subject of study since the time of the ancient Greeks, the absurdist movement in theater and literature came about right after the Second World War. It is thought that many writers and film makers reacted to the threat of a nuclear war by including absurdist themes in their works. The holiday is also known as Absurdity Day. How to Celebrate? This holiday is an excuse for you to be as whacky as you want to be, without having to explain yourself, so go nuts! Dress up absurdly, say absurd and nonsensical things and do silly things. Send absurd emails and messages to family and friends. Read absurdist plays and literature. Some examples of absurdist authors include Václav Havel, Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett. Did You Know… …that the word absurd comes from the Latin word absurdum, which means out of tune or irrational? *** A lady goes to the doctor and complains that her husband is losing interest in sex. The doctor gives her a pill, but warns her that it's still experimental. He tells her to slip it into his mashed potatoes at dinner, so that night, she does just that. About a week later, she’s back at the doctor, where she says, "Doc, the pill worked great! I put it in the potatoes like you said! It wasn't five minutes later that he jumped up, raked all the food and dishes onto the floor, grabbed me, ripped all my clothes off, and ravaged me right there on the table!" The doctor says, "I’m sorry, we didn’t realize the pill was that strong! The foundation will be glad to pay for any damages." "Nah," she says, "that's okay. We're never going back to that restaurant anyway." *** Bob was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was really angry. She told him "Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in 6 seconds AND IT BETTER BE THERE!" The next morning he got up early and left for work. When his wife woke up, she looked out the window and sure enough there was a box gift-wrapped in the middle of the driveway. Confused, the wife put on her robe and ran out to the driveway, brought the box back in the house. She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale. Bob has been missing since Friday. *** A wife comes home late one night and quietly opens the door to her bedroom. From under the blanket, she sees four legs instead of just her husband's two. She reaches for a baseball bat and starts hitting the blanket as hard as she can. Once she's done, she goes to the kitchen to have a drink. As she enters, she sees her husband there, reading a magazine. He says, "Hi darling, your parents have come to visit us, so I let them stay in our bedroom. Did you say hello?" *** No Dumb Questions (Except This One) Just before the final exam in 
my college finance class, a less-than-stellar student approached me. “Can you tell me what grade 
I would need to get on the exam 
to pass the course?” he asked. I gave him the bad news. “The exam is worth 100 points. You would need 113 points to earn a D.” “OK,” he said. “And how many points would I need to get a C?” *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** sandrewn

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