SUNDAY FUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

 SUNDAY FUNDAY -SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

WARM-UP

It is officially FALL - as of 1:49 a.m. yesterday!!!

And, three months to Christmas Eve!!

The next full moon will be on Friday, September 29, 2023, at 5:58 AM Eastern Time. This full moon is called the Harvest Moon. 

Remember the song”

Oh, shine on, shine on harvest moon up in the sky

I ain't had no lovin' since April, January, June or July

Snow time ain't no time to stay outdoors and spoon

So shine on, shine on harvest moon for me 'n' my gal 

We got RAIN - WOOOO!!!  

Days are still in the 90s (but not in the 100s) and overnight down to upper 60s/low 70s.

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JOKES 

Some of us might remember the elephant jokes from the 1960s. A little stupid - but stupid can be funny.

How many elephants can you fit in a Mini? Four, two in the front and two in the back.

How many giraffes will fit into a Mini?  None. It's full of elephants.

How do you know there are two elephants in your refrigerator? You can hear giggling when the light goes out.

Why did the elephant wear tennis shoes? Because ninesies are too small and elevensies are too big.

What's clear on the outside and gray on the inside? An elephant in a baggie.

What's red and white on the outside and gray and white on the inside? Campbell's Cream of Elephant Soup.

How do you shoot a blue elephant? With a blue elephant gun.

How do you shoot a yellow elephant? Have you ever seen a yellow elephant?

How do you shoot a red elephant? Hold his trunk shut until he turns blue, and then shoot him with the blue elephant gun.

How do you shoot a purple elephant?  Paint him red, hold his trunk shut until he turns blue, and then shoot him with the blue elephant gun.

Why did the elephant paint its fingernails red?  So it could hide in the strawberry patch.

How can you tell an elephant is in the bathtub with you? By the smell of peanuts on its breath.

How can you tell that an elephant has been in your refrigerator?  By the footprints in the butter/cheesecake/cream cheese.

What time is it when an elephant sits on your fence? Time to build a new fence.

How do you know there are three elephants in your refrigerator?  You can't close the door.

How do you know there are four elephants in your refrigerator?  There's an empty Mini parked outside.

What do elephants have that nothing else has?  Baby elephants.

What is gray, has four legs, and a trunk? A mouse going on vacation.

What is tan, has four legs and a trunk?  A mouse coming back from vacation.

What has eight legs, two trunks, four eyes, and two tails? Two elephants.

What's the difference between an elephant and a plum? Heir color.

What did Tarzan say to Jane when he saw the elephants coming? Here come the elephants.

What did Jane say to Tarzan when she saw the elephants coming?  Here come the plums. (She was color blind.)

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SPORTS

It’s the last two weeks of the Major League Baseball Season.  Here are the standings:

Baltimore Orioles - American League East - 1.5 games ahead of Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Minnesota Twins - American League Central - 8.0 games ahead of Cleveland Guardians (It seems hard not to say “Cleveland Indians”)

Texas Rangers in first, Houston Astros are half a game behind, and the Seattle Mariners are one game back?

Atlanta Braves - National League East - 14 games ahead of Philadelphia

Milwaukee Brewers - National League Central - 8 games ahead of the Chicago Cubs

Los Angeles Dodgers - National League West - 13.5 games ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks

Karen’s biased World Series prediction:  Minnesota Twins over the Milwaukee Brewers.

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RIDDLES - answers at the bottom

A man stands on one side of a river and his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who crosses the river without getting wet or using a bridge or a boat.   How did the dog do it?

A grandmother, two mothers, and two daughters went to the cafe. They ordered one cup of coffee each. What was the total number of cups they ordered?

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NATIONAL CHERRIES JUBILEE DAY - September 24, 2023 - National Today

Okay, cherries with brandy (set on fire)  and ice cream in one dessert - pretty spectacular!! This dessert was featured for Queen Victoria and is definitely “royal” in taste!!!

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WRAP-UP

Granny Basketball  - Friday, September 29 - at Fort Worth against the Cowtown Heifers

The Bluebonnet Philharmonic Orchestra plays on Sunday, October 8th, in Pfluger Park, 515 City Park Road, Pflugerville, TX, at 3:00 p.m.  It is a fun concert: Raiders of the Lost Ark, American Salute, Liberty Fanfare, Seventy-Six Trombones (and three tubas), and more!!!

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RIDDLE ANSWERS

A man stands on one side of a river and his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who crosses the river without getting wet or using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?

It was January in Northern Minnesota - the river was frozen!!!

A grandmother, two mothers, and two daughters went to the cafe. They ordered one cup of coffee each.

What was the total number of cups they ordered?

Three cups of coffee.  Grandma (Anne) - is both a grandma and a mother.  The second person is Grandma’s daughter (Beth) - who is both a mother and a daughter, but also a mother of the youngest -  the third one is the daughter (Christy)