March 16, 2006 at 8:51 a.m.
"Look Boss, the Plane" and assorted other stuff.
"Look Boss, the Plane" and assorted other stuff.
According to a recent survey, men are 18 times more likely to break golf clubs (intentionally, I assume) than women. Women are 19 times more likely to cry while golfing. Cursing seems to be used by both genders with the same regularity.
The IRS has been in contact with H & R Block because it feels that Block underestimated its tax liability by $32 million. Block referred to the underpayment as an accounting error.
A good friend of mine (A.W. “Sandy” McKusick) played quarter back for the Pine City High School football team in the late 1930’s and 1940. His team was playing Barnum at the field, located on the Pine County Fairgrounds.
The Dragons (if they were so known at that time) had moved the ball down the field to the Barnum two yard line. On two successive plays the stubborn Barnum defense had stopped Pine City for no gain.
As his team was in the huddle, the quarterback noticed something very unusual. He told his team that, when they got up to the line of scrimmage, it should remain absolutely still, no matter what he said or did when they got there.
As he got under center, he looked up in the air and pointed to the unusual thing he had noticed. As he pointed to the sky, he said, “Look, an airplane!” The entire Barnum team took the bait and looked up to see the plane. His team remained motionless.
With everyone else distracted, the center calmly handed the ball to the quarterback, who then stepped across the goal line for a touchdown.
A bill has been introduced at the Minnesota State Legislature to create a financial penalty (not sure if this qualifies as a tax, fee or fine) to members of the Legislature and the Governor if they do not pass a budget bill on time. The proposal includes an exception for “Low Income Legislators.”
The World Baseball Classic is being played during Major League Baseball’s spring training, much to the distress of American and National League managers and coaches.
The WBC includes teams representing 16 countries from around the globe. Apparently, these 16 teams were chosen because baseball is so important in those countries.
The 16 include traditional baseball powerhouses U.S.A, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Venezuela, Japan, China and South Africa.
CHINA and SOUTH AFRICA???
Baseball has been played in South Africa since 1898 when American born miners introduced the game to the locals. Most South Africans still don’t know what a “Diamond” is, but they do know that a cricket field is called a “Pitch.”
I’m not sure how many Chinese play baseball or know what it is. China was edged by Japan 18-2 in the first round of the WBC. However, I suspect that someone in MLB has figured out that if even a small percentage of the Chinese population buys a Roger Clemens or Derek Jeter jersey, there’s a fair amount of money to be made. About one in five of the world’s 6.5 billion people are Chinese.
The United States’ second leading export, by weight, in the 1840’s was ice. Cotton was number one. The British were our best customers.
Not only was ice popular with rich and famous Brits, shavings of nature’s coolant from a particular lake in central Massachusetts were all the rage.
This reminds me of our present day obsession with designer/brand name products.
Washington State University recently announced that when Dick Bennett (formerly of UW Green Bay and the University of Wisconsin) leaves his head basketball coaching position, his son, Tony Bennett will replace him. Seems like he should be coaching at USF.
Pat Knight will replace his beloved father when Bob resigns his coaching position at Texas Tech.
Eddie Sutton has already been replaced by his son at the University of Oklahoma. The elder Sutton was reportedly overserved on numerous occasions.
A Romanian soccer player was traded from his second division team to a fourth division team for 15 pounds of sausage. Distraught at the fan abuse he suffered after the trade, he has decided to go to work on a farm in Spain. The fourth division team wants the sausage returned.
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