These Are The Things I Think About -- March 17th-30th

Lots has happened since last time, St. Patrick’s Day came and went*. Of course we also had the annual 'Scottish St. Patrick’s Day' celebration to follow. Left over Green Beer, Cabbage and Corned Beef doesn’t come any cheaper then it does March 18th...party on Angus! 

Music news, Metallica & The Black Keys have come out with new tunes**. Also, Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders is working on a new album, featuring collaborations with Neil Young, and, John McEnroe…Wait what?!, John McEnroe, the former Tennis Player?, Yep. Apparently he plays guitar now. OK then.

Some excellent TV news, American Idol continues it’s flush down the toilet! In it’s, what, 400th season? (certainly seems this long!), the show is epically tanking in the ratings. Cross the fingers, this might finally, rightfully, get pulled off of TV. And, seriously barring Kelly Clarkson, and Carrie Underwood, in it’s endless run of seasons has this show produced good winners?...No 

More TV hits, Answer: This weekend, Question: When is the 50th Anniversary of Jeopardy?!. History nugget, Jeopardy started on daytime TV in 1964 before moving to evenings, Alex Trebek has been host now for 30 years. 

With April Fools Day coming up, here’s a cool one from CBS. Drew Carey & Craig Ferguson will switch jobs for the day. Craig will host the Price is Right, Drew helming the Late Late Show. Both should be worth a tune in. 

Baseball season is starting up, the Blue Jays home opener is next Friday; Wonder if they’ll be serving these: The ‘World’s Largest Hot Dog’ has been created at a county fair in Florida. It’s final weigh-in was 125.5 pounds. Forget the propane you’d need to BBQ a hot dog this size, instead wonder how much it would cost to buy one at an actual Jays game…Don’t worry, it’s cool if you want to use a calculator. 

Finally some food for thought. A big deal in the US, and relatively a “who gives a s&*t deal” in Canada, the annual NCAA Mens College Basketball tournament “March Madness” is on. Fact: Vasectomy rates go up huge across the US each year during March Madness. Guys need a day or two to rest their tender bits after the surgery, it’s full days of basketball to watch, hence the increase…Still, there’s just some weird Freudian thing going on there if you ask me. Guys get vasectomy surgery, then go home to watch balls getting slammed all day...just don’t seem right.

-Gilmore

--Oh P.S. *-Yeah missed posting for St. Patrick's Day, and thus didn't get out this timeless gem:   How do you know the Irish drink too much? Shillelagh, Leprechaun, and Siob(h)an are all correct spellings.  :-P     
Poached it from myself. For more terrible jokes from last year go HERE

P.S.S-- **-Metallica & The Black Keys for your enjoyment, you’re welcome: 


Metallica's - Lords of Summer 
 


The Black Keys - Fever 
 

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