April 30, 2012
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Links here are good only for the week of April 30. After that... is anybody's guess.
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So, if "April showers bring May flowers," what do 18 inches of snow in
the northeast foretell? Global warming?
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Last week's Trivia Teaser:
1. First, our current events question: The U.S. Post Office is in trouble
again -- short by $11 billion. Congress is debating a bill to shovel
money to the post office to keep it afloat till after the election. One
politician pleaded for passage of the bill for the sake of old folks:
"And when talking about seniors, seniors love to get the junk mail.
It's sometimes their only way of communicating or feeling they're part of
the real world."
Who said that?
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Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
Nancy Pelosi
Harry Reid
John McCain
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Barney Frank
Mitch McConnell
Ron Paul
No one is stupid enough to say that
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Yeah, that was good old Harry Reid. You all should have gotten that one.
We featured it in our "Quick Takes on the News" section.
2. Dick Clark... died last week. "America's oldest teenager" had a huge
impact on boomer-era music. He introduced dozens of singers and groups
that became famous. Which of the following was/were NOT on "American
Bandstand"?
Paul Anka
Carpenters
Barry Manilow
The Osmonds
Elvis
3. In 1964, "American Bandstand" found the allure of Los Angeles to be
irresistible. From what city did "American Bandstand" originate before
that?
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Nashville
Freemont, OH
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Three more coming up, below.
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BBHQ Shorts:
Quick Takes on Items in the News:
04/14: "Seniors love getting junk mail"
04/12: the real war on women
04/03: a "strong majority"
Glance at the BBHQ Shorts
here.
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Life does not come without risks. You learn to take them,
or you stay home and watch life on TV.
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-- Jimmy Buffett, quoted in "Bloomin' Boomers."
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So "Gone with the Wind" is too long, and
"Gone with the Wind in 60 Seconds" is too short...
this fills in the gap. It's Carol Burnett's version of
the Margaret Mitchell classic. And it surely has become a
classic itself. Monday we offer an excerpt from that wonderful show.
Click the graphic for the BBHQ Monday Morning Upper:
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This Week with the Chicowitz
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"Bloomin' Boomers" is a great book for the boomer generation. We're
holding it over for another week. This is great nostalgia:
What’s to make of our generation? Are we annoying, childish, diverse,
idealistic, inclusive, smart, spoiled, whiners? Well, yes; that and a
whole lot more. Sandra Lee Scott’s book, “Bloomin’ Boomers -- Pop
Culture Legacy of the Vanguard Baby Boomers,” does a great job of
highlighting the Bloomin' Boomers... even if I am not included among
them. It‘s nostalgia, it‘s fun, and it‘s a delightful read.
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You can read the entire essay here.
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Here are three questions from the BBHQ Trivia Cloud:
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There
are no prizes here... it's all just for fun.
If the submit button does not work for you, you can take the quiz online
here.
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Members can play all of our trivia games in
The BBHQ Trivia Library.
The next
BBHQ Trivia Contest
cranks up Monday, May 7, at 6 p.m., eastern.
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Rebuilding the BBHQ Essay Collection
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This week we feature another story in our "Teach, Preach, and Nag"
series.
The Myth of “Public Service”
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There was a time when serving in an elected office was truly a “public service.” Our forefathers intended that regular people -- farmers, merchants and blacksmiths -- would sacrifice two, four, or six years away f
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Click here
to read this story.
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If you are not already a member, please consider joining us. Membership
at BBHQ provides you with access to lyrics to 750 boomer-era songs, a BBHQ
Time Capsule Report, access to hundreds of boomer stories... and lots
more. Come on... it's 9 bucks a year.
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The BBHQ Joke of the Week
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Here's another one of our favorite kind: we never saw it coming:
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At the UPS cargo phone center where I worked, a woman called
and said, "I need a baseball quote."
I immediately answered with Yogi Berra's famous line, "It ain't over
'til it's over!"
Well, of course.
There was a brief moment of silence before the woman asked,
"What was that?"
"You asked me for a baseball quote, and that was the first
thing that came into my head."
"Oh ... my husband told me to call and get a baseball quote."
"Does he want to ship something?"
"Yes."
"Maybe he meant a 'ballpark figure'?"
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See... never saw it coming.
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Brush Up Your Webster - featuring Madam Red Dot
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You do not have to dig deep to be amazed and disappointed:
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Is it that they are not teaching basic spelling in school, or that they
are not enforcing even a minimal level of discipline and supervision?
This is the number one cable news network, after all.
So... brush up your Webster!
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Have a great week. We'll share the fun again next Monday.
- the Boomer Crew at BBHQ
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