fIshy ePistle

Famous First Words: I can't see. --The Manager Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters In Search Of An Author

It is Fish Are Friends Not Food Week (23-29). How many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh? Ten tickles / A little fish walks into a bar. The bartender asks, “What can I get you?” “Water,” the little fish gasps, “I need water.”

..........And the waving wheat can sure smell sweet when the wind comes right behind the rain.........Chorus …..Oklahoma (Oklahoma)

Growing up in the 1950s, you conformed to society and what it was...”obviously no one is supposed to be gay.” But, our youth, our generation was a different generation. We weren't going to be conformists to the 1950s. --Mark Segal was 18 and at Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969.

It is a cloudy, windy Friday morning. The sky is a pale gray with splotches of darker gray but no hit of sun breaking through. There are no birds in the mulberry probably because there are no mulberries in the mulberry; and no birdsong in the air. Wind speed is officially 14 mph from the southeast. 76°F is a lovely temperature even with the breeze. Willow branches are dancing nearly horizontally. While I was still mostly asleep, Veronica the cat came into my room and began eating flowers from my bouquet. I don't remember how I reacted but the vase is still standing and the flowers are still beautiful. Yesterday was my first full day without oxycodone but my hip is not hurting and I feel fine. Ah, the hawk is on the willow, fluffing its feathers and keeping an eye out for breakfast. I always take the morning hawk as a good omen. But sipping my doctored decaf and writing to you is what really makes the morning delightful.

Hope your weekend flows like a golden moon platy, ePistliers

First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: So an octopus can change its color to mimic its surroundings. When an octopus does this it's called mocktopus.

Must admit, fish jokes are a gill-ty pleasure of mine. / What do you call a fish with no eyes? Fsh

..........To hate all the people your relatives hate.........Cable …..You've Got To Be Carefully Taught (South Pacific)

Trivia Questions: Happy Paul Bunyan Day!

• ^ According to legend, how many storks did it take to deliver Paul?
• ^^ What geologic features were created by Paul?
• ^^^ How big was Paul, anyway?
• ^^^^ What do you know about his bovine companion?
• ^^^^^ Where can you see statues of Paul?

Big Hello: Yá'át'ééh - Navajo https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm

Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Please be patient with me, I'm from the 1900s.

Image of the Week: A get well bouquet from a master gardener.

 Thank you, Terry

Fake Library Statistics of the Week: 98% of librarians are left speechless each week by something a patron says with a straight face. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts

Engage your children in aquariums as a hobby and they will never have money to buy drugs or guns. / When a fish bites your heel and it looks like an eel, that's a moray.

..........Like a lark that is learning to pray..........Maria …..The Sound Of Music (Sound of Music)

Moonbeam: You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Blasphemy of the Week: We eliminated announcements from the service. Nobody will know what's going on but we'll beat the Methodists to the Golden Corral. --Submitted by MMS

Puzzle of the Week: From listener Shrinidhi Rai, of Pleasanton, Calif. Think of two parts of the human body that start with the same letter of the alphabet. Drop one instance of this letter. Then rearrange the remaining letters to name a third part of the human body, which isn't near the first two. What body parts are these? NPR Sunday Puzzle 6/23/24

Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: It would take a pretty stupid robot to replace me.

All the fish in my aquarium died after Frieda Fish drove that nail in the wall to hang her picture. / I have a small saltwater aquarium because the large pepperwater aquarium made everybody sneeze.

..........On a bright cloud of music shall we fly..........Anna …..Shall We Dance (The King and I)

^ Paul Bunyan was so huge at birth, it took five exhausted storks to deliver him to his parents.

Almanac: It is Friday, June 28, 2024. The moon heads into the last quarter today and is in Aries. It is Paul Bunyan Day, International Body Piercing Day, National Food Truck Day, National Logistics Day, Drive Your Corvette to Work Day, INTERNATIONAL CAP LOCKS DAY, International Lightning Safety Day, International Parrot Head Day, and Tau Day.

Among those born on this day were Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712), Luigi Pirandello (1867), Richard Rodgers (1902), Eric Ambler (1909), Mel Brooks (1926) and John Cusack (1966).

On June twenty-eighth the first Council of Lyons opened (1245), the tomato was proven non-poisonous (1820), Labor Day was established as a federal holiday (1894), there was mutiny aboard the Potemkin (1905), Harry Truman married Bess Wallace (1919), Quiz Kids premiered on radio (1940), Amos 'n' Andy premiered on tv (1951), Daniel Ellsberg was indicted (1968), and the Fillmore East closed (1971).

Night Sky, 6/29: The last-quarter Moon (exactly last quarter at 5:53 p.m. EDT) rises late tonight, at about 1 am local daylight-saving time. Watch for it to come up below the Great Square of Pegasus. Saturn is about two fists at arm's length to the Moon's upper right. By the time dawn begins, you can see that the Moon is not quite halfway between Saturn and Mars. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/

Fraternal Picture of the Week: Into … whatever this is

This Week: Saturday, June 29 – International Day of the Tropics & International Mud Day

Sunday, June 30 – Asteroid Day & Log Cabin Day & National Meteor Watch Day

Night Sky, 6/30: Dangling lower right from bright Vega high in the east are the main stars of Lyra, forming a small triangle and parallelogram. The two brightest stars of this pattern after Vega are the two forming the bottom of the parallelogram: Beta and Gamma Lyrae, or Sheliak and Sulafat. They're currently lined up vertically. Beta is the one on top. Beta Lyrae is an eclipsing binary. Compare it to Gamma whenever you look up at Lyra. Normally Beta is only a trace dimmer than Gamma. Eventually, however, you'll catch Beta when it is quite obviously dimmer than usual. ~~Note there will NOT be a Leap Second Time Adjustment this June 30^th. So you don't have to spend any time trying to set your clock one second ahead.

Monday, July 1- Canada Day & International Tartan Day & Zip Code Day

Tuesday, July 2- I Forgot Day & National Wildland Firefighters Day

Wednesday, July 3- International Plastic Bag Free Day & Stay Out of the Sun Day

Night Sky, 7/3: Mars (magnitude 1.0, in Aries) is low in the east just before and during dawn. Look for it four or five fists at arm's length to the lower left of Saturn.

Thursday, July 4- US Independence Day & Indivisible Day & National BBQ Day

Cadet Cod was a member of the Trout Space Troopers. / Fish may have small brains but you'll never see one spend hundreds of dollars to net a human.

..........And those who say they don't agree and those who do not hear or see.........Mei Li …..100,000 Miracles (Flower Drum Song)

^^ Paul Bunyan's footprints created Minnesota's 10,000 lakes, his shovel created the Grand Canyon as it dragged behind him, and his use of rocks to extinguish a campfire created Mount Hood.

Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Life Lesson #843: “Analogy” Is not the study of buttholes. --Submitted by SH

Moonbeam: International business may conduct its operations with scraps of paper, but the ink it uses is human blood. --Eric Ambler

Hippy Update of the Week: I have traded the walker for my cane. I walk without my cane now and again, but I still sometimes feel wobbly. I've been to the doctor, had my big industrial strength bandage removed. The incision is about 5 inches long and looks like a dark red line down my hip. It's healing nicely, I can shower but not bathe or hot tube or swim yet. They also took new x-rays so I got to see my new hip. The best part is that it looks hip shaped which my old bones didn't. Because it's metal it looks really white next to the rest of the x-ray. Everyone said I was doing well and I feel like I'm doing well. I even took the dog for a short walk and hope to get back to doing that daily. Thank you all for your support.

Video of the Week: Jimi Hendrix live at the Fillmore East: video live from the fillmore east - Google Search (14:02)

In 1969, there was really no such thing as being “out”, Gay and Lesbian people were deeply stigmatized. Of course, it was illegal to be who you were. So, everything was underground. --Laverne Cox who was present at Stonewall Inn June 28, 1969.

Did you see that sturgeon in white tie and tails? Now, that's sofishtication. / Guru Guppy was a very religious fish. It is said she wrote Psalmons.

..........Ye kin smell it in the breeze.........Chorus …..June Is Bustin' Out All Over (Carousel)

^^^ Paul was a powerful giant, seven feet tall with a stride of seven feet. Bunyan's gigantism was a later invention; early stories do not mention it.

Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day. --Calvin & Hobbes

Weird Word of the Week: Lipogrammatist – strives to produce the whimsical lipogram – a sentence or poem or other work omitting all instances of a certain vowel. For instance, in 1939 Ernest Vincent Wright published a 50,000 word novel (Gadsby) without a single “e” in it. Lipogrammatist (worldwidewords.org)

Dragon of the Week: This looks like a dragon who means business.

Wacky Uses for Common Products: Get your whites whiter than white. Mix one-half cup Cascade, one-half cup Clorox, and one gallon hot water in a plastic pail. Soak clothing in this mixture overnight, dump the solution and the clothes into the washing machine, and wash as usual. Add one half cup Heinz White Vinegar to the rinse water. Cascade®: Wacky Uses

Sally Salmon was so morally upright she was called the ultimate roe model. / Do you know what's better than a tuna sandwich? A threena sandwich.

...........Gettin' ready to pop, getting' ready to bust.........Mac …..The Party That We're Gonna Have Tomorrow (Pipe Dream)

^^^^ Paul's Ox, Babe, was blue and it is said that 42 axe handles and a plug of tobacco would fit between his eyes.

Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Debate idea: And then, for the last question, we'll ask them to repeat the five words we gave them at the start. --Submitted by MMS

Science Fiction Convention of the Week: Quiet Corner Sci-Fi & Comic Experience 2024 (29, Pomfret, CT) ...bringing Pop-Culture back to Pomfret Quiet Corner Sci-Fi & Comic Experience 2024 Information | SciFiCons.com

Actual Science Conference of the Week: International Conference on Advances in Cell Biology (ICACB) (28, NYC) ...share vital and recent innovations in cell biology Science Leagues

Answer to Puzzle of the Week: Neck and nape → Kneecap

Charlie the Tuna got his own television show. It's called Tuna Half Men / To catch catfish on the internet you need to use clickbait.

..........And somewhere a bird who is bound he'll be heard..........Chorus …..It's A Grand Night For Singing (State Fair)

^^^^^ There seem to be at least 31 Paul Bunyan statues in the US. But there does not seem to be an official count. Discover 30+ Paul Bunyan Statues in the US [MAP & GUIDE] (rootedwanderings.com)

Conspiracy Theory of the Week: Popeye's chicken is cooked in Olive Oil.

Quote of the Week: The guerrilla must move amongst the people as a fish swims in the sea. --Mao Zedong

Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: What is artificial light made of? Fauxtons --Submitted by SH

Today's Peace of History, June 28, 1959: Patrons at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, being subjected to routine anti-homosexual harassment by the New York City police raiding the bar, spontaneously fought back.

Fish run a large crime network in the Caribbean. The head of this underwater mafia is The Codfather. / If you're going for roemance, consider the caviar.

..........No sobs, no sorrows, no sighs.........Antipholus & Luciana …..This Can't Be Love (The Boys from Syracuse)

Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, June 28, 2024, fIshy ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.

Moonbeam: People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Cost of War:

• As of 06/27/24 State Department Costs: $239,491,187,558.
• As of 06/20/24 State Department Costs: $238,943,811,484.
• As of 06/27/24 Homeland Security: $1,171,844,230,158.
• As of 06/20/24 Homeland Security: $1,171,249,349,754.
• As of 06/27/24 Interest on War Debt: $1,228,028,138,994.
• As of 06/20/24 Interest on War Debt: $1,226,498,743.193.
• As of 06/27/24 Military Costs: $3,092,076,974,129.
• As of 06/20/24 Military Costs: $3,090,915,791,993.
• As of 06/27/24 Veterans Care: $3,734,029,135,819.
• As of 06/20/24 Veterans Care: $3,722,436,390,115.
• As of 06/27/24 Total Cost of Wars: $9,465,470,919,889.
• As of 06/20/24 Total Cost of Wars: $9,450,046,174,277.

https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/

Another policeman came out, and said something to one of the queens, and one of the queens screamed something back at him, and that's where it all began. Cans were thrown, windows were broken... Mark Segal

Famous Last Words: I've lost a whole day over these people, a whole day. --The Manager Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters In Search Of An Author

..........I could write a preface on how we met.........Joey & Linda …..I Could Write A Book (Pal Joey) All of tonight's songs are from the pen of Richard Rodgers

Do clownfish taste funny? / Oysters are so good at hiding because of clamouflage. / Barbra Blowfish is so old she has to use a herring aid.

May Peace sooth your sand
And Joy cover your place
prairie mama
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