Hurricane Hermine; Wait Wait Don't Tell Me; Trump; Weiner; Dogs; Goat Yoga; Red Bags; Mountain Dew; Free Makeup; Spaceman

Nice coolish day. Lots of wind, foretelling the soon to arrive Hurricane Hermine.  We probably will just get a lot of rain and not much wind, being so far inland... we could really use the rain, because as Tom Bodett says about the current weather... "It's dryer than a popcorn fart."  Whatever that means.

Yes.. today was Wait Wait Don't Tell Me day.  The cast was broadcasting from Tanglewood in Massachusetts.  Tom Bodett, Roy Blount, Jr., and Paula Poundstone were in attendance.  Some of what they talked about:

Trumpet

He (the Donald) said that he didn't mention the cost of his famous  wall to El Presidente.  However, El Presidente said he made it perfectly clear that Mexico was not going to pay for any stupid ass wall.

Groin Groan

Well, Representative Weiner is at it again, showing photos of his crotch around the Internet.   But, you know, I think I would rather vote for him than Trump.  Sex playing is not nuclear annihilation.

Dogs Know

Studies of 12 dogs and their MRI results would tend to  show that dogs understand what we are saying to them and also probably know when we are lying.  (Now we're back to Donald again.)

 Grease Job

Kentucky Fried Chicken is getting into the sunscreen business.  You can use their sun block to avoid getting fried by the sun.  

Baggage Handling

The 900 members of the British team (crowd) that went to the Rio Games all had red (look-alike) luggage, and had a nice long time figuring out whose was whose.

Elaine gave me a good tip.  On the times that we traveled and had luggage to carry, she placed baby blue strings on my luggage and baby pink strings on her luggage.  That made it relatively easy for us to separate our luggage in a hurry as it rotated off the plane.

Goat Yoga

It's big in the U.K.  People travel for miles, just to let a stinky, chewing, pooping goat jump and walk all over their backs.  I wonder if that has caught on in the U.S. yet?

Drug Testing Innovation

Some people who are required to submit urine specimens for drug testing have found that a sample of Mountain Dew serves very well to fool the testers..

Shoppers Abuse

Certain young ladies are not spending any of their morning time putting on makeup.  Instead, they are driving to nearby department stores and taking advantage of free makeup samples.  Department store personnel is getting mad about this.

Spaceman

Ousted baseball pitcher, Bill Lee (alias Spaceman) is running for Governor of Vermont.  When he wins, he will make smoking marijuana mandatory.  He's an outspoken funny guy.  A movie about him will be coming out soon.  Title?  Why Spaceman of course.  I'll make a concerted effort to miss it if I can.

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