Millionaires; Drunkards; Firearms; Iranians; Baldness; Mel Brooks; Lose Weight; Weightlifting

Sunny and 80 degrees.  A nice breeze was supposed to bring lower temps and lots of rain.  Well, it hasn't shown up yet.  Before the sun went down, the sky was bright blue.

Today was voting day in a bunch of Northeast States, including Maryland.  Trump aced them all!  I haven't checked on Bernie and Hillary yet.. however, in order to unseat Hillary, Bernie would have to  have won all of them.

Some more Harper's Index items published by the Funny Times for May 2016.

Percent of middle-aged college -educated Americans who are millionaires:

White 22%
Black  6%

Liters of Alcohol consumed annually:

By the average Iranian drinker  24.8

By the average French drinker  12.9

I would have thought that the French would be the biggest drinkers in the world, and that Moslem Iranians would not be such big drinkers.  What about Germans?  Americans?

Firearms found by U.S. Airport security screeners  in 2015:

Total  2,655

Unloaded  17%
Loaded      83%

Is that's scary, or not?  Thank God for screeners.  I hope they got them all... but I doubt it.

Those Drunken Iranians again

The Week Magazine reported a while ago that the satirical newspaper, The Onion, showed a headline that read:  "Gallop Poll: Rural Whites Prefer Ahmadinejad to Obama,"  This was picked up by Iran's FARS News Agency and posted as being true. 

Donald, Pay Attention!

A University of Pennsylvania study found that men with fully hairless heads are perceived as being more dominant, stronger, and taller than other men.

(Also, they are perceived as having larger hands than readily apparent.)

Catskill Joke by Mel Brooks:

I met a beautiful girl last night, but she was rather thin,. I mean this was a skinny girl!.   She turned sideways, you didn't see her.  I took her to a restaurant and the maître d' said to me,  "Check your umbrella?"

Wanna lose weight?

Count calories is one way to do it.  Try a FITBIT.  Also, there is a website that advises you on the calories you might expend on daily activities.  www.caloriesperhour.com

Big Arnie is going to live Forever

The Bottom Line Personal newsletter says that people over 55 with the lowest muscle mass have a 30% greater chance of premature death than people with the highest muscle mass, which is a better predictor of longevity than  body mass index (BMI).

So, come on, Joe, get  your ass in gear and get lifting again!

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