From the pretty state of New Hampshire...
OK, so I'm sitting here, wondering if anyone is slated to do a Cheers and Jeers today. In the back of my mind I have the fear that I am going to get prodded into doing one for this morning, as I'm currently unemployed, just drinking some coffee and surfing around the net this morning. Five minutes ago, I got word... "OK Sherm, time for you to get to work". ACK!!! So here goes... Sherm's on the fly C & J.
Sherm's Cheers and Jeers is in absolutely no way affiliated with Bill in Portland Maine's C & J. Any remark resembling such is purely coincidental. Really. Gack. I mean it. I mean really, how could anyone think they're anywhere even close to being on par with BiPM. It's simply impossible. I apologize in advance for even thinking that I could do a substitute Cheers and Jeers. But here goes...
WHOOSH, BAM, GONG, SLAM, GACK, Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out...
Cheers and Jeers for Monday, March 20, 2006.
By the numbers:
Days until the first day of spring: 0
Days until Saturday: 5
Percentage of Americans who say that fighting terrorism should be one of the nation's top two priorities: 6
Percentage change since 2000 in the average amount U.S. workers spend on out-of-pocket medical expenses: +93
Average number of civilian policemen per every thousand square miles of Darfur, Sudan: 7
Number of plague-infected mice that a New Jersey biomedical research center says cannot be accounted for: 3
Price for a vibrator that plugs into an iPod and "stimulates you in time with your favorite music": £29.99
(Source for almost all of the above: Harper's Index)
Number of times Sherm refreshed Daily Kos hoping someone else posted a C & J: 53
Your puppy pic of the day: Wha? Me?
My puppy pic of every day: My Jasper girl. OK fine, she's not a puppy anymore, but she once was.
Cheers to BiPM and Michael. I am amazed and awed at how Bill does this every week. Well, except when he goes on vacation and leaves us poor slubs to make our meager attempts to fill his shoes. He's got big feet, ya know?
Cheers to the Cafe crowd. Bobs and Bobettes are plain and simply the bestest.
Cheers to You. Cheers to all of you who venture in here. Cheers also to YOU, yes, you. Thank you. We most definitely inhabit the same pod, oh yes we do.
Cheers to public transportation and Boston's MBTA. We were in Boston this weekend, doing a weekend getaway trip. It's very nice to be able to have access to and use public transportation, instead of having to drive everywhere. Public transportation rocks!
Cheers to the Hotel Marlowe. WAY cool hotel. Very funky and ecclectic decor. Very courteous staff. Very plush amenities (think down comforters and high-thread count linens). I know, I'm a bedding snob, and I ain't apologizing! Bonus surprise = Next to the Bible (which was oddly in the closet and not in the nightstand) there was also The Book of Buddha. We thought that was pretty cool.
Cheers to "Hidden Porn" found at the Boston Museum of Science. You know, this is supposed to be a public and family-oriented museum, and then we come across things such as this? And this? And then this??? Jeez, I didn't think we'd be subjected to such things... All we wanted to do was have a chaste and pure time going through the science exhibits. I might have to write a letter or something...
Jeers to this day in 1760, when the 'Great Fire' of Boston destroyed 349 buildings.
Cheers to this day in 1914, when in New Haven, Connecticut, the first international figure skating championship takes place. (Source same as above.)
Jeers to this day in 1995, when the Sarin attack took place on the Tokyo subway system. Cheers that the perpetrators were apprehended. Jeers that some of them received the death penalty.* (*This opinion is purely the opinion of Sherm, and does not reflect the opinion of anyone else.)
Cheers to an upcoming weekend Bob visitor. Yay!
Cheers to your Joke of the Day:
A girl asks her boyfriend to come over Friday night and have dinner with her parents. This being a big event, the girl tells her boyfriend that after dinner, she would like to go out and "do it" for the first time. Well, the boy is ecstatic, but he has never done it before, so he takes a trip to the pharmacist to get some protection. The pharmacist helps the boy for about an hour. He tells the boy everything there is to know about protection and doing it. At the register, the pharmacist asks the boy how many he'd like to buy; a 3-pack, a 10-pack, or a family pack. The boy insists on the family pack because he thinks he will be very busy, it being his first time and all.
That night, the boy shows up at the girl's parent's house and meets his girlfriend at the door. "Oh I'm so excited for you to meet my parents, come on in." The boy goes inside and is taken to the dinner table where the girl's parents are seated. The boy quickly offers to say grace and bows his head. A minute passes, and the boy still deep in prayer with his head down. Ten minutes pass and still no movement from the boy. Finally, after 20 minutes with his head down, the girlfriend leans over and whispers to her boyfriend, "I had no idea you were so religious." The boy turns and whispers back, "I had no idea your father was a pharmacist."
Guess who I got that one from?
Cheers to your Song of the Day. Don't You Love Her Madly by The Doors... drool.
Don't ya love her madly
Don't ya need her badly
Don't ya love her ways
Tell me what you say
Don't ya love her madly
Wanna be her daddy
Don't ya love her face
Don't ya love her as she's walkin' out the door
Like she did one thousand times before
Don't ya love her ways
Tell me what you say
Don't ya love her as she's walkin' out the door
All your love
All your love
All your love
All your love
All your love is gone
So sing a lonely song
Of a deep blue dream
Seven horses seem to be on the mark
Yeah, don't you love her
Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door
All your love
All your love
All your love
Yeah, all your love is gone
So sing a lonely song
Of a deep blue dream
Seven horses seem to be on the mark
Well, don't ya love her madly
Don't ya love her madly
Don't ya love her madly
*A heartfelt thank you goes out to Doggie, who among many many other things, assisted me with assembling this Cheers and Jeers this morning. So, go on now, the floor is yours. Cheer away, Jeer away... It's your turn now! Happy Monday all, make the most of it. Hugs and Smooches! :)