5/9/25 - Lost Socks, Silverware, and Icks

Friday 5/9/25

Celebrate:

Fintastic Friday: Giving Sharks a Voice

Hurray for Buttons Day

Military Spouse Appreciation Day

National Butterscotch Brownie Day

National Moscato Day

National Public Gardens Day

Provider Appreciation Day

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Lost Sock Memorial Day - from hiding in the tumblers, falling between the tumbler and outer walls, hiding under furniture, or just vanishing without a trace..Reddit asked the question.

Some answers:

You wake up in Hell and the Devil leads you to an endless pile of lost socks and says you will sort these for eternity.

others added and they are all inside out, And you have a hangnail snagging every time you reach in and try to fix them.

Sock Thieves

The underwear gnomes have expanded to sock territory.

They go to the same place where pencils and lighters go, too. And bobby pins, hair ties, and earrings

And one parent said:

This sock madness gets even worse when you have a kid. I once sent my 5 year old to school wearing socks and shoes...he came home wearing his shoes and ONE sock. How? Where did it go? How can you not know?

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Tear the Tags Off the Mattress Day - The notification that the removal of mattress tags is punishable by law is not directed at everyone. In actuality, it's just for the mattress manufacturers. Consumers, on the other hand, can safely remove these tags after purchase if they so choose – without any fear of consequence.

So go ahead and go wild!

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New in theaters this weekend

Juliet & Romeo - a reimagining of the classic Shakespearin story ditching the old launguage for original pop music. Yes it's a musical.

With Rebel Wilson, Rupert Everett, Jason Isaacs, Tayla Parx, Jamie Ward, Clara Rugaard, and Lidia Vitale

Fight or Flight - Suspense movie with Josh Hartnett, Marko Zaror, Julian Kostov, Charithra Chandran, Katee Sackhoff, Sanjeev Kohli, JuJu Chan Szeto, and Rebecka Johnston

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There will be no horse racing Triple Crown this year.

Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty will not compete in the Preakness Stakes but most likely will do The Belmont Stakes.

13 horses have won the Triple Crown, Justify was the most recent to win in 2018. American Pharoah's 2015 Triple Crown victory broke a 37-year drought dating to Affirmed's run in 1978.

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I was putting away the silverware from the dishwasher, and it occurred to me..what's the most popular way to put them in the drawer?

The standard order for organizing a silverware drawer, mimicking a formal table setting, is generally left to right: forks, knives, spoons, then serving utensils. Within each category, it's common to arrange by size, with larger utensils at the back and smaller ones in front. 

So i have a knives space in the back, but i'm small spoon, large sponn, big fork, small fork.

But my one at camp is different. I think it's just a matter of choice.

Reddit folks chimed in and... (left to right): large knives, knives, forks, spoons and teaspoons at the bottom

Whatever you do, handles out and have a divider tray..that seems to be universal.

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We touched on this yesterday, here's the full report

A poll for National Pet Week looked at how much we pamper our dogs, specifically at meal time.  And we don't just slop food into a bowl anymore.

Almost half of dog owners (44%) say they have at least one meal time "ritual" for their pup.  Here are the top ways we make dinner special for our dogs . . .

1.  Always putting food in a specific spot, or a specific dish.  48% do it.

2.  Adding an extra ingredient, like chicken broth or a meal "topper," 38%.

3.  Hand-mixing food to make it more appetizing, 30%.

4.  Saying a special word or phrase before feeding them, 22%.

5.  Giving them a treat as an appetizer, 20%.

6.  Plating their meal as if you're preparing a gourmet dish, 16%.

7.  Heating it up to a specific temperature, 15%.

8.  Setting the table and sitting down with them to eat at the same time, 14%.

9.  Letting them "choose" their food by offering options to see what they go for, 12%.

10.  Using specific utensils to serve their meal, 12%.

11.  Singing a song when you serve them dinner, 9%.

12.  Dancing with your dog, 9%. 21% said their dog does "a little dance" when it's time to eat.  So, some of us join in.

Last stat, and it shows how our dogs are the ones training US:  70% of owners say that if they're even a minute late with dinner, their dog lets them know about it. 

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A seven-year-old boy drove his little sister nine miles in his mom's SUV to get a McDonald's Happy Meal. His mom joked he's "grounded for life." 

He's not in any trouble except for his mom. “I’m not proud of him by any means,” saying she will make the youngster perform community service-style jobs for neighbors to “serve his time.”

I will give him credit though..had money in hand!

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WeightWatchers is on a diet!!!! They filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.  They're not shutting down and plan to keep helping customers lose weight. But first they have to lose over $1 billion worth of debt.

It's been around for 62 years. Weight loss drugs are part of the issue.

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Women are sharing the things men have done during hookups that were immediate "icks," 

"Noticing he had a tattoo of his own name."

"We were kissing, and he started licking my teeth. Nope."

"He kissed like a guppy. Just these open-mouth, smacking noises, and trying to eat half my face. I was so repulsed.

"He talked for an hour about how much he loved his mum. He was crying, he was THAT emotional. 

"This one guy looked at himself in the mirror afterwards and said, 'I'd be my own groupie,' LMAO, barf."

"Every time he kissed me, he would say, 'MMM-mmm, scrumptious!' For the first couple of dates, I thought it was cute because we weren't making out.

"I put my hand under the pillow to grab the headboard, and grabbed a gun. He kept a 9mm under the pillow. I was out."

"He asked to move the activity from the bedroom to his living room floor because his cat was in the bed and he didn’t want to move it."

"A booger came out and stayed on his moustache, and he didn't notice."

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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - You produce enough saliva every day to fill a wine bottle . . . and enough over the course of your lifetime to fill up 53 bathtubs.

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