Show Notes for Thursday, October 17, 2024


THIS WEEK'S DEAR JOHN LETTER!

Dear John

My husband is super competitive. Last week he was in the driveway, playing basketball with our ten year old son. When I got home I thought “how great is that?” But then I saw that he was beating him so badly our son was actually crying. My husband didn't let up at all. I ended the game because it was dinner time. That was an awkward dinner. Last night they were playing a video games and again my husband was beating him easily. I whispered in my husband's ear, "you should really give him a chance," He said “He has to learn to lose at some point. When he beats me then he will feel great.” It started a fight between the two of us and I slept in our guest room. I think my husband is completely wrong about this! What do you think? Should he let our son win to feel the feeling of accomplishment? I'm afraid our son will just quit playing if he never wins.

Signed

Miffed Momma

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TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY! (A special thanks to ListOfNationalDays.com)

October 17th

National Mulligan Day

National Pasta Day

International Roller Skating Day

Forgive An Ex Day

Four Prunes Day

International Day For The Eradication Of Poverty

National Playing Card Collection Day

Pay Back A Friend Day

Spreadsheet Day

Wear Something Gaudy Day

World Trauma Day

Black Poetry Day

National Edge Day

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According to a new poll, the average worker experiences the “Sunday scaries” 36 times a year. That means we spend 70% of our Sundays dreading Monday! The survey of 2,000 Americans found that typically, this panic, which was also defined as anxiety or dread over what to expect in the coming work-week, kicks in around 3:54pm on Sunday. To counter the Sunday scaries, respondents said their favorite thing to do on a Sunday is to binge-watch their favorite shows (51%), followed by watching movies (42%), sleeping in (42%), cooking (31%), and going for walks (26%).

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If you’re one of those unfortunate people who lost their sense of smell as a result of COVID-19, you’ll be happy to know that researchers at St Joseph’s Health Care London (Ontario) are trying to help. Loss of sense of smell and taste is a common symptom of COVID. It can also be accompanied by parosmia, a disorder that turns normal odors into a stench. One new treatment involves injecting a local anesthetic into a collection of nerves in the neck, thus temporarily blocking some signals resulting in a distorted sense of smell. It brought some relief to test subject Rebecca, who lost 30 pounds because many foods smelled bad to her. Quote: “Coffee was the worst. It smelled like hot garbage.”

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Four years later, Al Pacino has opened up about his near-death experience with COVID-19. The Oscar-winner revealed his “pulse was gone” after he had a bad reaction to steroids while being treated for a life-threatening Coronavirus infection in 2020. He told New York Times: “It was so — you’re here, you’re not”, and “you don’t even have your memories. You have nothing.” He said that he had a nurse at his home to help hydrate him and deal with a fever, and then “I was gone”. He awoke to “about 6 paramedics and 2 doctors” in his living room, and they said: ‘He’s back. He’s here.’”

Jack Nicholson helped define the glitzy cool of sitting courtside at an NBA game. And appropriately, the Lakers stalwart — along with Spike Lee, Billy Crystal and Alan Howitz — are being honored by the Nasmith Hall of Fame as part of the Hall’s 2024 Enshrinement Weekend. They will become members of the Hall’s James F. Goldstein SuperFan Gallery. Lee is being honored for his promotion of the New York Knicks, with Crystal and real estate mogul Horwitz for their devotion to the Philadelphia 76ers. The ceremony will take place on Sunday at the Hall of Fame in Springfield Massachusetts.

The infamous house from the 1982 horror classic “Poltergeist” is being transformed into an Airbnb, available to rent by supernatural-obsessed fans. The home, built in 1979, is located in Simi Valley, California. It sold Friday for $1.28 million, and the new owner reportedly wants to turn the 4-bedroom, 3-bathroom home into an Airbnb that will replicate the iconic movie’s set. But don’t get too excited just yet. TMZ says it won’t be Airbnb-ready for Halloween, because the owner “wants to make it perfect and not rush things.”

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A survey found that 20% of people have begun their Christmas Shopping.

Don’t you just hate it when you’re in a store, and that thing that you’re trying to buy is locked up in a display case? Then, you have to find a customer service person (and you know they are few and far-between these days…), and ask them to come over with a key to open the thing up for you to make your selection. Then, THEY have to walk you over to the register with it, to make sure you aren’t going to shove it in your pocket… Well, it’s not just you (and me!). A new survey by Consumer World found that 2 out of 3 shoppers won’t bother asking a worker to access merchandise from a locked case. More than half (55%) said they usually leave, and buy the item somewhere else. 13% said they try to find a similar item elsewhere in the same store, that ISN’T under lock and key. As you probably know, stores started keeping some stuff locked up to prevent theft, but it defeats the purpose if it prevents customers from buying certain items.

FUN FACT FOR YOU:
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In the Middle Ages, chicken soup was considered an aphrodisiac.

There are about 500 species of fish capable of producing electricity.

Google, Apple, Disney and Amazon were all started in home garages.

There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos.

In Antarctica, sunsets can be green.

The first-ever email was sent in 1971.

THE MINT MOBILE QUESTION OF THE DAY: Mintervention.com

A survey found that THIS is the #1 thing in our home that we have too many of. What is it?

Answer: Clothes hangers

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Some artsy Gen Zs have taken to…decorating the inside of their toilet bowls. Yes, fancying up the facilities with adhesive, flower-shaped discs is becoming a thing with 20-somethings. The TokTok trend, popularized with the #ToiletTalk, comes on the heels of the recent “fridgescaping” fad, which sees fashionistas add things like flowers and framed pictures to their fridges, along with thoughtfully placed groceries. And who can forget the “airport tray atheistic” mania, where travelers neatly unpack their belongings into TSA bins and snap Instagram-worthy pics, before boarding a flight.

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BEST FAST-FOOD FRENCH FRIES:

As ranked by Eat This, Not That…

1. McDonald’s

2. Wendy’s

3. Arby’s Curly Fries

4. Burger King

5. Chick-fil-A

6. Taco Bell Nacho Fries

7. Shake Shack

8. Culver’s

9. Five Guys

10. Sonic Groovy Fries

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Find your patience before you lose mine.” – Anonymous.

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