Famous First Words: Well, I, uh, don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir. --George C Scott as General Buck Turgidson in Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Today is Newspaper Comic Strip Appreciation Day! Lucy to Snoopy: You'll never be a good theologian; you're too dogmatic. + Having lost sight of our objective we redoubled our efforts. --Pogo
..........But he could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell.........Chuck Berry …..Johnny B Goode
The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation. --Pierre Trudeau
It is a beautiful Friday morning. The sun is shining and the temperature is 57°F. There are no clouds in the azure skies; only bird grace the air. Squirrels are busy even early in the morning. A fine fall day by any standards. Puck has been out explaining to the squirrels about how it wasn't their yard but it didn't slow them down one whit. So he came back in and is taking his early morning nap. A light breeze sways the wind-chimes but they remain silent. Yellow leaves twist downward from the trees assuring the sun can reach the ground when it is cold and we need it the most. A distant train whistle comes closer until the sound of engines roaring catches up to the whistle and it passes away to the east. A lovely, lazy morning and best of all I get to write to you.
Hope your weekend gives you a great big laugh, ePistliers.
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Life has no remote, get up and change it yourself. --Submitted by nm of ks
I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep everyone's expectations. -Calvin (and Hobbes) + Little Orphan Annie stole that money because she wanted to be wanted.
..........You done started back doin' the things you used to do.........Chuck Berry …..Maybelline
Trivia Questions: Today is Persons Day in Canada
- ^ Which person does Persons Day celebrate?
- ^^ Who was the first “new person” appointed to the Canadian Senate?
- ^^^ When did the Canada Royal military create divisions for women?
- ^^^^ Who is Elsie Knott and why is she important to Canadian women?
- ^^^^^ Which “persons” were still excluded by the 1929 ruling?
Big Hello: Namascāra – Oriya (spoken in Odisha aka Orissa, India) https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Don't let anyone who hasn't been in your shoes, tell you how to tie your laces. --Submitted by cf of ks
Image of the Week: Puck's new playpals; Mary up top and Martha below … the monkey was just there.
Library Joke of the Week: A bookmark should be known as a quitter strip. ΞΞ I'm not paying taxes that support libraries so I can access books. I'm paying taxes that support libraries so I can live in a society where everyone has access to books. --Professor Vincent
Sally once called Snoopy “Beagligerent” because he growled at her. + I've reached the age where Happy Hour is a nap. --Dagwood Bumstead
..........Rockin' in two by two...........Chuck Berry …..Roll Over Beethoven
Moonbeam: Mr Clinton better watch out if he comes down here. He'd better have a bodyguard. --Jesse Helms (late senator from North Carolina)~~The threat of violence has been part of the Republican agenda for at least 30 years. (1994)
Front Half of the Joke of the Week: The thing is, Die Hard wasn't a Christmas movie originally. The script was changed by Constantine in 336 AD to align it with the Sol Invictus festival. --Submitted by Laughing Librarian
Blasphemy of the Week: If religions advocate peace, then why aren't their extremists extremely peaceful? --Submitted by MMS
Puzzle of the Week: From listener Joe Krozel, of Creve Coeur, Mo. Think of a place in America. Two words, 10 letters altogether. The first five letters read the same forward and backward. The last five letters spell something found in the body. What place is this? NPR Sunday Puzzle 10/6/24
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Throwing a condom on a microphone while reporting live from a hurricane is the most Florida thing I've ever seen. --Submitted by Science Humor
I think my dad is 14. That's as high as I can count. --Jeffy (Family Circus) + Pessimism:+ a pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. --archy (archy and mehitabel)
Well, to be frank, I'd need to change my name.
..........Riding along in my automobile.........Chuck Berry …...No Particular Place To Go
^ On October 18, 1929 the Privy Council of Canada found for women declaring that women were persons under the law.
Almanac: It is Friday, October 18, 2024. The moon was full (Hunters) yesterday (10/17) and is in Taurus. It is Mammography Day, Hard Boiled Guy/Girl Day, National Chocolate Cupcake Day, Meatloaf Appreciation Day, International Legging Day, International Necktie Day, Newspaper Comic Strip Appreciation Day, and World Menopause Day.
Among those born on this day were Heinrich von Kleist (1777), Lotte Lenya (1898), Pierre Trudeau (1919), Jesse Helms (1921), Melina Mercouri (1925), Chuck Berry (1926), George C. Scott (1926), Lee Harvey Oswald (1939), Mike Ditka (1939), Willie Horton (1942), Laura Nyro (1947), and Jean-Claude Van Damme (1958).
On October eighteenth the first US labor organization formed (Boston Shoemakers, 1648), the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ended the War of Austrian Succession (1748), the Mason Dixon line was agreed upon (1767), the first commercial long-distance phone line opened (1892), the BBC was established (1922), and Circus Circus opened (1968).
Night Sky, 10/18: Epsilon Geminids Meteor Shower. Unfortunately the full moon means lower visibility. https://starwalk.space/en/news/october-meteor-showers#october-18-epsilon-geminids-peak
Fraternal Picture of the Week: Having defeated the Giant King, they ascended his throne.
Fall in love with your problems, maybe they'll leave you too.
This Week: Saturday, October 19 – Accounting Day & Bridge Day & Evaluate Your Life Day
Sunday, October 20 – International Chef's Day & International Day of Air Traffic Controllers & National Day on Writing
Night Sky,10/20: Around mid-evening the bright, gibbous moon will rise in the east with brilliant Jupiter shining a palm's width to its lower right.
Monday, October 21 – Alaska Day & Reptile Awareness Day & National Witch Hazel Day
Night Sky, 10/21: Orionid Meteor Shower: radiance rises before midnight and is highest in the sky around 2 am. https://earthsky.org/clusters-nebulae-galaxies/everything-you-need-to-know-orionid-meteor-shower/
Tuesday, October 22 – INTERNATIONAL CAP LOCKS DAY & Make A Dog's Day & Smart Is Cool Day
Wednesday, October 23 – TV Talk Show Host Day & National Mole Day
The swallows depart from San Juan Capistrano
Thursday, October 24 – Food Day & United Nations Day
Beetle Bailey was so lazy if he got shot, he'd ask for help getting to the ground. + Smilin' Jack was a great adventurer until he flew to Antarctica. That's when things went south.
..........Tell him he can take the freeway down.........Chuck Berry …...Run Rudolph Run
^^ Women were legally recognized as "persons" under the law, allowing them to be appointed to the Senate, which previously excluded them; Cairine Wilson became the first woman to be appointed to the Senate shortly after the ruling.
Secondary Blasphemy of the Week: In the beginning there was nothing. Then God said, “Let there be light”, and there was still nothing, but you could see it. --Submitted by sb of ar
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Got stuck behind a car with the licence number plate: G4ND4LF. Don't know who it was, but he wouldn't let me pass. -Mariana Z
Moonbeam: We must make a journey around the world to see if a back door has perhaps been left open. --Heinrich von Kleist
Fun Fact of the Week: Happy International Necktie Day! Every year Americans spend approximately $1 billion to purchase 100 million neckties.
Video of the Week: Melina Mecouri dancing and singing Never On Sunday
I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government meet only to go through the tedious motions of reading speeches, drafted by others, with the principal objective of not rocking the boat. --Pierre Trudeau
My roommate in college was a weird performance artist who outlined all his painting using his penis. I should never have moved in with Dick Tracy. + Accordion t' my ironclad memory, we's gettin' close. --Joel (Gasoline Alley)
..........Walk but you'll never get away..........Laura Nyro …..Eli's Comin'
^^^ 1941: Women’s Divisions were established in the Army Corps and the Royal Canadian Navy.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: He's one cloudless night away from baying at the moon. --Submitted by sd of ks
Back Half of the Joke of the Week: It (Dire Hard) was declared a Christmas Movie at the Council of Nicea. I can't believe I have to get angry about this. --Submitted by Laughing Librarian
Weird Word of the Week: Rannygazoo – century old term for a deceptive story or scheme, i.e. fake news. http://www.worldwidewords.org/ww-ran2.html
Dragon of the Week:
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Lubricate nails and screws. Nails and screws rubbed with ChapStick will go into wood more easily. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/chapstick.html
What are you doing here? --Little Nemo We're BEING here. --Oompy + Procrastination: Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. --archy (archy and mehitabel)
...........Surry on down.........Laura Nyro …..Stone Soul Picnic
^^^^ In 1954 Elsie Knott became the first woman elected chief of a First Nations community
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I bought a bag of dog kibble this week. One of the selling points on the bag is “farm-raised beef”. But they missed it. The very best beef is raised in small pens in the attic.
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: OryCon 44 – 2024 (18-20, Portland, OR) Oregon's oldest literary and creative convention https://orycontemp.tezhme.net/
Actual Science Conference of the Week: 2024 Conference on Digital Experimentation @ MIT (18-19, Cambridge, MA) ...capability to rapidly deploy and iterate micro-level, in-vivo, randomized experiments in complex social and economic settings... https://ide.mit.edu/events/code24/
Answer to Puzzle of the Week: New England (newen and gland)
Beetle Bailey was so lazy when he dropped something he waited until he needed to untie his shoe to pick it up. (Mort Walker, Beetle Bailey) + You're just sore because Brenda got the O'Shea story while you were sitting on your claws. --Pesky Miller, cub reporter (Brenda Starr)
..........a little magic, a little kindness..........Laura Nyro …..Sweet Blindness
^^^^^ All women in Canada were granted the right to vote in federal elections. Until the Canada Elections Act was enacted in 1960, First Nations women could not vote unless they had lost or given up their treaty rights and Indian status.
Conspiracy Theory of the Week: The Enemies List will keep you howling and his enemies scowling. From Noam Chomsky to Yoko Ono, from Peter, Paul, and Mary … ~~Mary Travers died in 2009. Peter and Paul are still alive https://groveatlantic.com/book/the-enemies-list/
Quote of the Week: If you believe what you read in the comic strips, then you believe that mice run around with little gold buttons on their red pants and drive cars. --Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey and Hi & Lois)
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Your ancestors didn't sustain millina of complex oral story traditions for you to call audiobooks cheating. --bookish.bailee --Submitted by Laughing Librarian
If you are having second thoughts you 're two ahead of most people.
Today's Peace of History, October 18, 1648: The Shoemakers Guild of Boston became the first labor union in the American colonies.
Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohow permanent. --Pogo + When Terry finally caught the pirate, she had a paper towel fashioned as a tricorn pirate's cap. When Terry mocked her for it, she replied, “I've had a bounty on my head for quite a while now.” (Terry and the Pirates)
..........My lover's mouth been so good to me..........Laura Nyro …..Woman's Blues
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, 2024, sTripped ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.
Moonbeam: Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal. --Mike Ditka
Cost of War:
- As of 10/17/24 State Department Costs: $248,403,542,956
- As of 10/10/24 State Department Costs: $247,840,494,552
- As of 10/17/24 Homeland Security: $1,181,524,474,579
- As of 10/10/24 Homeland Security: $1,180,913,044,667
- As of 10/17/24 Interest on War Debt: $1,262,920,430,447
- As of 10/10/24 Interest on War Debt: $1,251,348,012,206
- As of 10/17/24 Military Costs: $3,110,976,705,497
- As of 10/10/24 Military Costs: $3,109,782,907,489
- As of 10/17/24 Veterans Care: $3,922,719,621,761
- As of 10/10/24 Veterans Care: $3,910,801,318,274
- As of 10/17/24 Total Cost of Wars: $9,716,546,436,575
- As of 10/10/24 Total Cost of Wars: $9,700,688,615,498
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
The attainment of a just society is the cherished hope of civilized men. --Pierre Trudeau
Famous Last Words: Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you keep it a secret. --George C Scott as General Buck Turgidson's final line in Dr Strangelove
..........Mother of the wind boys livin' off the lovewell..........Laura Nyro …..Lu
We have met the enemy and he is us. --Pogo + It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy...Let's go exploring. --Calvin
May
Peace warm your emotions
And
Joy warm your action
prairie
mama
christine
Last Laugh: The Tale of Norton the Dragon, a strip by David Morris from the 1980s.
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