SUNDAY - FUNDAY - APRIL 21, 2024

 APRIL 21ST

EARTH DAY EDITION

Tomorrow is Earth Day.  Its been over 50 years since my first Earth Day.  I was teaching at West Grant High School and we picked up trash along the highway.  

Earth Day 2024 is concerned with plastic.  The theme is: “Planet versus Plastic”.

Wikipedia says:
Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by Earthday.org, including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries. The official theme for 2024 is "Planet vs. Plastics.

Planet vs. Plastics unites students, parents, businesses, governments, churches, unions, individuals, and NGOs in an unwavering commitment to CALL for the end of plastics for the sake of human and planetary health, demanding a 60% reduction in the production of plastics by 2040 and an ultimate goal of building a plastic-free future for generations to come. 

Studies indicate that humans consume about the equivalent of 50 plastic credit cards a year in micro-plastics!!!  (I’m not sure I eat a credit card of plastic in a week, but I probably do.  That micro-plastic is in our blood stream and throughout our bodies.  Research suggests that might a cause of strokes and other health issues as the microplastics build up.

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WOW - that’s scary!  Yes, I grew up with plastics.  Plastic bags at the grocery store, plastics clogging up our landfills.  There is the Great Pacific Garbage Heap - with much of it made up of plastics.

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ENOUGH SERIOUS STUFF.

FIRST SOME PUNS:

A polar bear walks into a bar and says to the bartender “I’ll have a rum …………………. and coke.”The bartender asks, “What’s with the big pause?”  The bear shrugs. “I was born with them.” (hint - Paws)

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A photon checks into a hotel. The front desk asks if it has any luggage. It replies “no, I’m traveling light”

I can’t stand Russian stacking dolls. They’re so full of themselves.

Did you hear about the glass blower who accidentally inhaled? He got stomach pane.

What do you call a snail that isn’t moving? An escar-stay.

Did you hear about the new corduroy pillowcases? They’re really making headlines.

If you see an Apple Store get robbed, does that make you an iWitness?

Why couldn’t the pony sing in the choir? He was a little horse.

Did you hear about the woman who loved making archery supplies? Every day she went to work, she quivered with joy!

The past, the present, and the future all walk into a bar. It was tense.

Why did the hipster burn his mouth on pizza? Because he ate it before it was cool.

Don’t ever believe an atom, they make up everything.

I’m glad I know sign language, it’s pretty handy.

Why does Waldo (from Where’s Waldo) always wear a striped shirt? He doesn’t want to be spotted.

I dropped my toothpaste, I’m crestfallen.

Why did the scarecrow get an award? He was outstanding in his field.

All the toilets in the Austin Police Department headquarters have been stolen. The police apparently have nothing to go on.

I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was really just a play on words.

Why did the can crusher quit her job? It was soda-pressing.

What do you call a broken can opener? A can’t opener.

MUSIC

1968 Top Hits:

"Hey Jude": By The Beatles, 

"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay": By Otis Redding

"Love is Blue": By Paul Mauriat

"Honey": By Bobby Goldsboro

"Mrs. Robinson": By Simon & Garfunkel

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine": By Marvin Gaye

1973 Top Hits:

 "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon

"Love Train" by The O'Jays

 "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" by Gladys Knight & the Pips

"Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" by Four Tops

"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence

"Midnight Train To Georgia" by Gladys Knight & The Pips

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WRAP-UP

Tomorrow is Earth Day - let’s take care of our planet.  I try to use my own bags when I go to the grocery store.  

And - ahead:

Mayfest at Walburg Restaurant (free - but you can buy food and drink)

Every Saturday in May - EXCEPT MAY 18th  (the group I play with starts at 7:00)

Bluebonnet Orchestra - Saturday May 18th - Klett Auditorium - Georgetown High School - FREE - Rhapsody in Blue; Afro-American Symphony; English Folk Song Suite - 7:30

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HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!

Karen White