3/13/25 - Songs, Cookies, and Men's Hobbies
- bribriny
- Mar 13
- 4 min read
Thursday 3/13/25
Celebrate:
Donald Duck Day
Earmuff Day
K-9 Veterans Day
Ken Day
National Chicken Noodle Soup Day
National Coconut Torte Day
National Dermatologist Day
National Ginger Ale Day
National Good Samaritan Day
National Jewel Day
National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day
National Riesling Day
Popcorn Lovers Day
World Kidney Day
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We celebrated the Girl Scouts founding yesterday and the site "Taste of Home" had a professional baker rank Girl Scout Cookies.
1. Thin Mints. It's still their best-selling cookie.
2. Samoas . . . called Caramel deLites in some areas.
3. Tagalongs . . . a.k.a., Peanut Butter Patties
4. Toast-Yays. They debuted in 2021, but they're being discontinued next year.
5. Lemonades
6. S'mores. They're also being discontinued after this year.
7. Do-Si-Dos . . . a.k.a., Peanut Butter Sandwiches
8. Toffee-tastics
9. Trefoils . . . a.k.a. Shortbread cookies
10. Adventurefuls
11. Caramel Chocolate Chip.
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There's a list online of hobbies and interests that men have . . . that they admit they've kept on the DL from their buddies. And there's some good stuff on it:
1. "I have stuffed animals and plushies from Squishmallow on my bed."
2. Another person said, "Cute stuffed animals. Especially dinosaurs." (FYI: These guys didn't provide their ages. Not judging or anything, just sayin'.)
3. "I secretly love motivational quotes, but I'm too proud to admit that I have a notebook full of my favorites."
4. "Bubble baths."
5. "My wife and I watch every season of 'Love is Blind' on Netflix. I love it."
6. "Sewing."
7. "Baking."
8. "I enjoy listening to boybands like the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync. My friends are all into rap and that auto-tune stuff, which sounds horrible."
9. "I'm a 30-something, white, suburban dad . . . and I love raunchy pop music like Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and the like. It's always on my playlist when I'm alone."
10. "I'll admit I like romantic comedies. And fruity cocktails. I want my drink to taste good . . . and not like stale bread."
11. "Romance novels."
12. "Pedicures."
13. "I build Legos, play with my cat, and watch elephant, cat, and dog videos."
14. "Classical music . . . 'The Lord of the Rings' . . . working in the garden . . . and cartoons. I'm sure my friends would be okay with all that, but I'm a general contractor, and there's a stigma of rugged manliness attached to it."
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We all have our favorite tracks from every decade, but what are the truly important, indelible songs?
Loudwire.com put together list of the 10 "God-Tier" songs from the '70s, '80s, and '90s. (on the rock side of music)
The '70s:
1. "Highway to Hell", AC/DC
2. "Dream On", Aerosmith
3. "Hotel California", Eagles
4. "Rock and Roll All Nite", KISS
5. "Stairway to Heaven", Led Zeppelin
6. "Sweet Home Alabama", Lynyrd Skynyrd
7. "Live and Let Die", Paul McCartney and Wings
8. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)", Pink Floyd
9. "Bohemian Rhapsody", Queen
10. "Won't Get Fooled Again", The Who
The '80s:
1. "You Shook Me All Night Long", AC/DC
2. "Livin' on a Prayer", Bon Jovi
3. "Pour Some Sugar on Me", Def Leppard
4. "Sweet Child O' Mine", Guns N' Roses
5. "Don't Stop Believin'", Journey
6. "Home Sweet Home", Motley Crue
7. "Let's Go Crazy", Prince and the Revolution
8. "We're Not Gonna Take It", Twisted Sister
9. "Jump", Van Halen
10. "Here I Go Again", Whitesnake
The '90s:
1. "Thunderstruck", AC/DC
2. "Higher", Creed
3. "Everlong", Foo Fighters
4. "Basket Case", Green Day
5. "November Rain", Guns N' Roses
6. "Closer", Nine Inch Nails
7. "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Nirvana
8. "Killing in the Name", Rage Against the Machine
9. "Under the Bridge", Red Hot Chili Peppers
10. "Black Hole Sun", Soundgarden
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In a few cities, Claussen is selling its pickle juice in bottles . . . "just the brine," no pickles. They're marketing it as a mixer and a hangover cure.
Also an infectious disease specialist says it's good for a sore throat.
Pickle juice is up to 5% salt. Here comes the science . . .
Your body is only 0.4% salt. So any liquid with a higher concentration than that tends to draw water out of your tissue and reduce inflammation. It happens with sugar too, which is why tea and honey can also help.
Dill Pickle juice works the best.
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A woman in New Jersey just returned a library book that was 99 years overdue. Her grandfather checked it out in 1926 and never returned it. It's a book called "Home-Made Toys for Girls and Boys".
The library doesn't fine people anymore, and it's a good thing. They say the fine would have been around $18,000.
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A mom in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin got a visit from the cops last week after her four-year-old son turned her in . . . for eating his ICE CREAM.
He called and told them she was "being bad." Then he said "come and get my mommy" and "put her in jail."
His mom got on the phone a few seconds later and said, "I ate his ice cream, so that's probably why he's calling."
They believed her but had to do a welfare check, just in case. And when they showed up, he tried to get her in trouble AGAIN. He claimed she HIT him. Then he admitted he was just angry about the ice cream.
The mom had a sense of humor about it and just laughed. She even let him put her in cuffs, but he eventually said he didn't want to press charges.
It turned out it wasn't even his ice cream to begin with, it was hers. They had two, and he just THOUGHT she stole his.
He also didn't dial 911. She said he got Siri to call. The cops noted he seems like he's pretty smart for his age.
They went back the next day and brought him some ice cream. They even added sprinkles because he said he liked them.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - The first ever Applebee's opened in 1980 in Decatur, Georgia . . . under the name "T.J. Applebee's Rx for Edibles & Elixirs."
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