Good Monday morning, friends! It’s a gloomy, stormy one here. Yesterday the temps reached 70° (21° C) but by next weekend the high temps will only be around freezing. I keep saying that spring is on it’s way, but it seems to be playing games with us. Ah well … soon enough I’ll be complaining about the heat – never satisfied, are we? Well, since Joyful has declared today to be “Sandwich Day”, let’s go grab a sandwich and something to drink, and find some things to start the week off with a smile, shall we?
And a bacon-topped donut for the bacon lovers to share!
The title of a recent newsletter from Atlas Obscura read, “How to Save Collard Greens from Disappearing”. Say WHAT??? Why on earth would anybody want to save collard greens from disappearing??? Let ‘em go, I say! Never has there been a more disgusting excuse for a vegetable! The article began …
“IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH, MANY people have fond memories of a pot of collard greens simmering on the stove for hours, seasoned with a ham hock and stirred by a parent or grandparent.”
And now we know what’s wrong with some people! And that’s all I’m gonna say about that!
And now, I’ve got ‘toons, ‘toons, and still more ‘toons!
There’s almost nothing like a few cute pictures, the kind that make you say, “Awwwwwww” to bring a smile …
I haven’t posted ‘Amazing Facts’ for a while now, so I went to the “Amazing Fact Generator” over at the Mental Floss website and thought you might enjoy some of what I found there:
- Stalin plotted to kill actor John Wayne.
- Bela Lugosi was buried in full Dracula costume—cape and all.
- Goldfish can distinguish the music of one composer from another.
- Sharks have existed longer than trees.
- When Disneyland was opened in 1955, “Tomorrowland” was designed to look like a year in the distant future: 1986.
- In 1964 a pre-fame David Bowie was interviewed on the BBC program Tonight at age 17 as the founder of The Society For The Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men.
- Mark Twain was born in 1835, a year in which Halley’s comet was visible from Earth. In 1909, he said, “I came in with Halley’s comet…and I expect to go out with it.” When he died on April 21, 1910, the comet was again visible in the night sky.
And last, but never least, if it’s Jolly Monday, there must be a cute critter video!
I hope you all have a good week ahead and please remember to share those gorgeous smiles with someone who doesn’t have his/her own! Love ‘n hugs from Filosofa, Jolly, and Joyful!
Bacon on a donut? Life is good. Loved the toons!
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Enjoyed the donut with bacon on top, eh? Have a great week, my friend!!!
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Queen bees can live 3 to 6 years, depending on the hive. Spring- and summer-born workers live 3 to 8 weeks. They gather and make the food. Autumn- born workers live 4 to 6 months. They care for the hive in winter.
And then there are the drones. They live 2 to 4 months. They do no work. Their only purpose is to fly with a new queen, if there is one, and give to her all their sperm, after which they die. But there is a strangeness about drones unlike anything else in nature. They come from unfertilized eggs. They only have 16 chromosones on their DNA helix. They have no fathers. But they do have grandfathers.
“The queen who laid the drone eggs, is the offspring of an egg fertilized by a drone (male). Drones themselves, however, are the offspring of eggs that have not been fertilized by a male, and they are therefore, fatherless.” Yet they live. A real mystery of nature!
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Now that’s some mindbending info. Thanks for sharing that.
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Jill inspired me to look. I certainly never learned any of that in schools. “Bees make honey.” That was the extent of it!
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I had no idea!!! Thanks for the bee-ology lesson, rg! I would swear my favourite bumblebee comes back every summer, but obviously that cannot be the case, so perhaps he leaves notes for his offspring to come visit me each year … he (or they) and I have some delightful conversations on summer mornings when I am out watering the sunflowers and sometimes they even land on my nose so we can chat more amiably.
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As I told Michael, you inspired the research. And it reminded me of the houseboat lady from England whom I have not heard from for quite a while. She too was a bee-lover. My memory has unfortunately misplaced her name. Colette?
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Ah yes … Colette! We used to email regularly, but I haven’t heard from her for just about a year — February 2021. Last I heard she and her hubby had split up.
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Oh, I never heard that, but it does not surprise me. I think he was politically opposite to her. I am wondering if she fell victim to Covid? She disappeared so suddenly! I hope she is okay.
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I think it only just happened in late 2020 and yes, they were political opposites and he was, in many ways, cruel to Colette. I’m sure she told you about the story at the airport where he got drunk and told her to get on the plane, then he took off with a barmaid. I don’t know how she put up with him as long as she did! But now you’ve got me thinking … I’ll write to her this week and see if she answers … I’ll keep you posted.
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No, she never told me that story, guess it was reserved for woman-to-woman talk.
But here is a totally new item to tell you. We have a new artival in our family, born at approx. 9:00 AM today. Her full name is Halory’s Blue Jeans, with her nickname being Venus. Gail is going to send you some pictures/videos of the darling little girl on Fb. I’m sure you will fall in love with her. That makes 5. girls in the family now. I know sex is determined by the father, but it seems pretty strange all of Halory’s living children and grandchildren are fillies and mares. Very suspicious!
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AWESOME!!!! I’m so happy for you and Gail and I’ll eagerly await the pictures/video!!! Indeed … very suspicious! 🤣
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thanks for all the laughs; my favorites included the lemons, the banjo, and the elephants. have a great week…
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I’m so happy that you found humour here to start out the week! Yeah, I had a few good chuckles over the lemon one!
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always nice to start the week with a laugh…
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That goldfish statement … did anyone say how they determined this? 🤔
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I wondered the same thing … https://www.classicfm.com/composers/bach/news/goldfish-can-recognise-classical-music/
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Exactly what I wanted to know. Checking out the link. Cheers
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Cheers ‘n hugs, Michael!!!!
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If you believe this article, are you interested in that bridge that’s for sale?
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Well, no on the bridge, unless you will buy the one I have for sale in Brooklyn. But as re the article, I found similar info in several venues, so yeah, I do believe it. Animals have intelligence far beyond what we often give them credit for … even fish!
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Oh I definitely agree about animals in general, but the fish? Well, maybe. But note (from the article) … it took more than 100 training sessions before they could distinguish the pieces at all. They’re definitely not “fast learners”!
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Well heck, I’m not sure that I could distinguish Bach from Mozart, and it would probably take me 100 sessions, too! 🤪
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You outdid yourself! Great laughs, facts and love the dose of animal cuteness!!! ❤ Wow, about Mark Twain, and why did Stalin want John Wayne dead??
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I’m so glad you enjoyed it! As re Stalin’s attempted assassination of John Wayne … https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/joseph-stalin-john-wayne.html?chrome=1 Hugs, dear friend!
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Thanks for the link and hugs back! 😊❤
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Plenty of laugh out loud moments there!
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I’m glad!!! We all need lots of laughs these days! Have a good week!
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I love Batman and “Robin” and the animal pics, and Henry and Frankie are a great team!
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I’m glad! We need to at least start the week off with smiles, even though they may fade as the week progresses.
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Good ones, Jill. Thank you.
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My pleasure, John! I hope you have a good week!
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You as well, Jill.
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The elephant’s comment on coming out of the ark has to be a classic , along with the gorilla cuddling the man….that one is ‘Awwww 11+’.
Thanks for the Monday sunshine Jill.
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I’m glad you enjoyed the humour today and I agree about the gorilla cuddling the man … warmed my heart! Have a good week, Roger!
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You too Jill🌺🌻🌼🌷🌲🌳
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Awwwww … you do know how to make me smile! 😊
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Great toons and memes.
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I’m so glad you enjoyed them!
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Always do. Thanks
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So lovely and wonderful! Thanks for sharing the laughter, Jill! Enjoy a nice day! xx Michael
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I’m glad you laughed! We have to make an active attempt to find some humour in each day lately, else we will lose our minds and run screaming into the streets naked in the middle of afternoon rush hour! xx
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Thank you so much, Jill! Always very appreciated! xx Michael
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