SUNDAY FUNDAY SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2021

SUNDAY FUNDAY

SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2021

GOOD MORNING FRIENDS!!!  HAPPY LAST SUNDAY OF MAY, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!!!

JOKES

I used to eat watches for lunch, but I stopped.

It was too time-consuming

Karen “I like your name”

Lynette “Thank you, I got it for my birthday!!!”

How do you split the ocean in half?

With a seesaw!!!

What do sprinters eat before a race? Nothing, they fast!

What’s the difference between a poorly dressed man on a tricycle and a well-dressed man on a bicycle?   Attire!

How many apples grow on a tree?  All of them!

What does a cloud wear under his raincoat? Thunderwear.

***

A nice, calm, and respectable lady went into the pharmacy, right up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes, and said, “I would like to buy some cyanide.”

The pharmacist asked, “Why in the world do you need cyanide?”

The lady replied, “I need it to poison my husband.”

The pharmacist's eyes got big and he exclaimed, “Lord have mercy! I can’t give you cyanide to kill your husband! That’s against the law! I’ll lose my license! They’ll throw both of us in jail! All kinds of bad things will happen. Absolutely not! You CANNOT have any cyanide!”

The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist’s wife. 

The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, “Well now. That’s different. You didn’t tell me you had a prescription.”

***

A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word. 

An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them wanted to concede their position. 

As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs, the husband asked sarcastically,

“Relatives of yours?”

“Yep,” the wife replied, “in-laws.”

***

What’s the difference between a new husband and a new dog?

1) After a year, the dog is still excited to see you.

2) A dog only takes a couple of months to train.

***

DATES

Hit songs: on this date (You provide the singer/group)

1957 All Shook Up

1962 I can’t stop loving you

1967 Groovin

1972 The First Time Ever I saw Your Face

1977 Sir Duke

How about some country songs:

1957 A White Sports Coat and a Pink Carnation (who sang this)

1962 She Still thinks I care

1967 Sam’s Place

1972 (Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date 

1977 Luckenbach Texas

 

Best Picture Oscar goes to:

1957 Around the World in 80 Days 

1962 West Side Story

1967 A man for all seasons

1972 The French Connection

1977 Rocky

On this date (news)

May 28, 1957 - Baseball owners allow the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to move and become the Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Francisco Giants.   (And, of course, years later MLB added the New York Mets, and the California Angels, San Diego Padres)

May 29, 1953 -Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay reach the peak of Mt. Everest.  As a kid, I read mountain climbing books.  About as close as I came was at the highest point in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Texas, South Dakota, and Iowa.  (The Iowa high point is actually in a farmer’s field in northwest Iowa!!!)

May 30 - The annual Indianapolis 500 Race

I remember the 1965 Indy Race. It was the end of my Senior Year in High School.  The High School Choir had a party in a farmer’s field (I assume it was a field owned by a choir parent).  It was kind of a ‘bittersweet’ event - I was a high school graduate and on my way to college.  I was going on a new adventure  - LIFE!!!  Somebody had a transistor radio and it was placed on a fence and we listened to the race as we ate hot dogs and chips.  

May 31 - National Memorial Day

Years ago, an older friend was on a crusade to keep Memorial Day on May 30th - but it ultimately became the last Monday in May.  The friend (a veteran), said that the holiday would become secular and not the honoring of veterans.  When I was a Boy Scout leader, we did go to the cemeteries and put out flags on veteran’s graves.  But, largely it has become “just another three-day weekend”.

Another Memorial Day Memory.  Three friends, all college seniors, went to the rural camping area of Whitewater State Park.  We pitched tents, cooked over an open fire, and (okay) drank some beer.  I remember that weekend as being refreshing before our last push to graduation.

Cryptogram each letter stands for another letter. (I used this last Thursday for my bridge group - hint!!)

F    G N J K     M G E A F V C   L O F T C K    F D    F    H F V    F S   H E X

 L O F G G F E V S     X S O E S K C A    E V T   F D    F   G N X K    F 

 R E T    G N Z X A     I E O T X

Hint F stands for "I"

GNJK stands for "LOVE"

WRAP-UP

Here we are - the last Sunday of May 2021.  Life is truly awesome - let’s live life in its fullness!!!

LOVE WINS!!!

Karen

Song Answers:

Hit songs: on this date

1957 All Shook Up - Elvis

1962 I can’t stop loving you - Ray Charles

1967 Groovin - The Rascals

1972 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack

1977 Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder

Country

1957 - A White Sports Coat and a Pink Carnation - Marty Robbins

1962 She Thinks I Still Care - George Jones

1967 Sam’s Place - Buck Owens

1972 (Lost Her Love) On our Last Date - Conway Twitty

1977 Luckenbach Texas - Waylon Jennings