Trivia, November 5^th

(Questions and Answers taken from The Bathroom Trivia Book)

1.     What was the first cartoon character blown up to be a parade balloon?

2.     What was the first tropical storm/hurricane named after a man?

3.     What was the first television game show in the U.S>?

4.     In 1962, the “Galactic Network” was first conceived.  What do we call it nowadays?

5.     In 1929, it hit the shelves as Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda. It has since had an image makeover and done fairly well for itself under what name?

6.     He began life as a King and ended up as a U.S. President.  Can you identify him?

7.     Back in 1953, they still let the lab boys name products so the chemist who developed “Water Displacement, 40^th attempt” called it exactly that but marketing boys tweaked it a bit to_____________?

8.     Who is Gordon Sumner better known as?

9.     What is a Brandophile?

10.   Who was the first female to appear on a box of Wheaties?

Answers will be posted November 12th

One day, a man came home and was greeted by his wife dressed in a very sexy nightie. "Tie me up," she purred, "and you can do anything you want."

So he tied her up and went golfing.

************************************************** A woman came home, screeching her car into the driveway, and ran into the house. She slammed the door and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Honey, pack your bags. I won the lottery!"

The husband said, "Oh my God! What should I pack, beach stuff or mountain stuff?" "Doesn't matter," she said. "Just get out."

******************************************** Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right, and the other is a husband.

************************************************** A Polish immigrant went to the DMV to apply for a driver's license.

First, of course, he had to take an eye sight test. The optician showed him a card with the letters:

'C Z W I X N O S T A C Z.'

"Can you read this?" the optician asked.

"Read it?" the Polish guy replied, "I know the guy."

************************************************** Mother Superior called all the nuns together and said to them,

"I must tell you all something. We have a case of gonorrhea in the convent."

"Thank God," said an elderly nun at the back. "I'm so tired of chardonnay."

************************************************** A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.

Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen.

"Careful," he said, "CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh my GOD!

You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Oh my GOD! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK! Careful . CAREFUL! I said be CAREFUL! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!"

The wife stared at him. "What in the world is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?"

The husband calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving."

The death of Porter Wagoner last week was a big shock to "classic" country fans.  Today, country music is largely pop/rock with a twang.  There's little camaraderie among the artists.  Those of us who grew up and were lucky enough to see the stars in person were in for a treat.

Country stars back then traveled together in "package" shows.  You would get the headliner, a girl singer (pardon the political incorrectness here), a country comic, and usually two or three other artists that were trying to hit the big time.

Saturday afternoons in the 1960s and early 1970s were spent watching our favorite stars on television.  Today, lets use the magic of the Stream to remember one such show that featured The Wilburn Brothers.  Doyle and Teddy are gone now.....but like Porter will always be remembered for their contribution to country music during a time that was just a little bit slower.  Here's what you might expect on a typical show:

Hard Times/Blue Blue Day

Big River Train

The Country Comic: Harold Morrison

The Girl Singer: Miss Loretta Lynn

Crystal Gayle and Loretta Lynn

Special Guests

Stringbean

Jeannie C. Riley

Johnny Paycheck

Peggy Sue Webb

All the shows always featured a hymn segment. Here are a few gospel memories.

Ole Slew Foot

Satisfied Mind

40 Miles From Poplar Bluff

Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man

Trouble in the Amen Corner

August 12, 1927 - October 28, 2007

Rest in Peace