yes, DUDE Wipes offers a seasonal Dumpkin Spice scent for the fall, featuring notes of nutmeg and clove to capture the fall pumpkin spice essence. These extra-large, flushable wipes are available from DUDE Wipes and can be found at all of your favorite stores. They’re here for your rear. (yes, these are real)
a bit of fall poetry to engage your senses:
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‘i can smell autumn dancing in the breeze,
the sweet smell of pumpkin, the crisp sunburnt leaves.’
-ann drake
In an interview with The Guardianin 2019, English stand-up comic Chris McCausland claimed the funniest English word is “hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.” Not only is this a silly word to say, but it also has a humorously ironic meaning, as it refers to a fear of long words.
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source credits: the guardian, wordsmarts, google images
During the Great Depression in the 1930s, most Americans were just trying to get by, and few had the luxury of coming home from the grocery store with extra items. But that didn’t stop an Oklahoma grocer from coming up with the idea of a shopping cart, an invention that started out almost as disdained as it was practical.
The man behind the idea was Sylvan N. Goldman, owner of the Humpty Dumpty grocery chain. Interested in increasing his sales, he often paid close attention to how people shopped. One thing stood out: Customers would stop shopping once their handheld baskets got too heavy. Goldman started thinking: What if there were a way for shoppers to carry more with less effort? As an experiment, he took a folding chair, added wheels to the legs, and placed a basket on the seat. He then attached a platform between the chair’s supports to hold a second basket, creating a two-tiered cart that shoppers could push.
When he rolled out these new grocery carts in 1937, he expected a runaway hit, but the reaction wasn’t exactly enthusiastic. Women, already used to pushing strollers, weren’t eager to push another one at the store. Men, on the other hand, preferred not to push something stroller-like at all, they felt it was too feminine. To get people on board, Goldman got creative. He hired store greeters to hand shoppers a cart, and even paid female and male actors/models to walk around shopping with them. Slowly, the idea caught on, and once it did, there was no going back.
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‘why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel?
it is my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?’
-rachel nichols
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source credits: history facts, npr, mallory yu
two of my grandchidren in 2017 march with our community
‘Children are the world’s most valuable resource and the best hope for the future.’
-John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
Fire Department Responds To Burning Mattress,
Unsafe Concerts, As UM Students Return
(Ann Arbor News headline – college move-in week)
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‘the unfortunate, yet truly exciting thing about your life,
is that there is no core curriculum.
the entire place is an elective.’
-jon stewart
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source credits: click detroit wdiv, mlive, ann arbor news
our founding fathers irked england by inventing american english
thomas jefferson is credited with coining over 100 words — more than any other president. among the words the third president introduced are “indecipherable,” “belittle,” and “pedicure,” the latter of which means to care for the feet and toenails. “Pedicure” was one of several words that Jefferson borrowed from the French after spending many years in Paris.
next time you get your pedicure,
you’ll have TJ to thank for bringing this word to us,
otherwise you wouldn’t have known what service to ask for
when you booked your appointment.
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‘where can i find a man who has forgotten words so i can have a word with him?’
-zhuangzi
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source credits: VOA, Saturday Evening Post
– john hartford
*John Hartford was an American original. He was a musician, songwriter, steamboat pilot, author, artist, disc jockey, calligrapher, dancer, folklorist, father, and historian.
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source credit: cast-light.com
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There wasn’t an acrophobe in sight at the Slackline King Championship in China’s Zhangjiajie National Forest Park this week. Competitors from across the globe walked a line about an inch thick that was suspended 1,300 feet in the air between two peaks more than 5,000 feet apart. watch if you dare.
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‘a lot of people have a fear of heights. not me, I have a fear of widths.’
-steven wright
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credits: source: abc news, photo: deng daoli/vcg
headed out to do some errands
get gas, groceries, pick up garden stakes, return something
but I happened upon this puzzle
just sitting there
when I got in line to return my item
like it was waiting for me
so I bought the puzzle
figured I’d do the rest of the errands another day
couldn’t wait to get home to put it together.
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‘slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.’
-sandra day o’connor
yesterday i replied to my funny blogging friend from wisconsin
midwest mark at mark my words
https://wordpress.com/reader/feeds/132543474/posts/5777286675
who wrote about using funny fake names when making reservations
he asked if anyone else did this
which reminded me that i sometimes
use other names when ordering coffee
because for some reason
people often seem to get my name wrong
‘beth’ becomes: ben, seth, beck, bet, betty, etc.
am I not articulating well?
is it my fault that my parents
gave me such a complicated name?
with so many letters?
sometimes they ask me to spell it
B. E. T. H.
then they say
‘oh, just like it sounds.’
yes.
one time
I was with my teaching partner
whose name is judy
we each ordered a drink to go
with our own specifications
we each gave our names
when we got our drinks
they read:
‘judy 1’ and ‘judy 2.’
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‘i’ve had my name mispronounced so many times, i’m not even sure i’m saying it correctly.’
-author unknown
I didn't have my glasses on.... 