11 ANNOYING SONGS TO WAKE UP TO

Here's some fun for the day........

TRIVIA:  (Answer at bottom)
What is the capital of Egypt?

JOKE:
Q:  What type of music does grass hate?
A:  Mow-town

PHRASE FUN:
What is a rhyming phrase for the following? (answer at bottom)

Warm Skillet

QUOTE:
"I poured spot remover on my dog.  Now he's gone."
(Steven Wright)

COMIC FUN:

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
As we persist in prayer we grow in character, faith and hope.

RANDOM OBSERVATION:

I've always been a morning person and rarely have trouble waking up.   Growing up, my mom would emphasize that the morning was the best part of the day and not to sleep the day away.    Although I'm a pretty easy waker upper, I still use an alarm clock.   I'm a music waker upper.    I don't like the stale sound of an alarm beeping or making that obnoxious sound it does.   I prefer not to be startled into my morning.   I've always had it on the radio for wake up.  My favorite time of the year for my radio alarm is Christmas.   Very jolly to wake up to Christmas music.  (Unless it's Elvis Presley's 'Blue Christmas'.   Buzz kill)  

Waking up to music is all fine and good unless you get an annoying song when your radio alarm first goes off.   Then you're stuck with this song in your head all day and try as you might, you can't shake it.   This has happened to me numerous times.    I thought I'd take a moment to look at a few songs that I would find really annoying to wake up too.   Maybe you'll agree.   These are in no particular order, just as they hit my brain randomly.

1.  "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"   I like this song, but not to wake up too.    A repetitive chorus of  "A weema wah  A weema wah " early in the morning can be a bit grating and not something I want stuck in my head all day.

2.  "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC.   Just doesn't seem like a great way to start the day.

3.  "Macarena".    Another repetitive chorus that would put me in fast motion all day and have me gobbling down my Pop Tart at lightning speed.   Also annoying because I only know the "Heeeyyy Macarena.  Aaahaaa" part and so I do all this mumbly business like I know the words and then hit in on the chorus.   In my defense, the song is in a language I don't speak, so I'll excuse my mumbling on that one.

4.  "You Are So Beautiful" by Joe Cocker.    Too slow for the day and makes me want to have throat lozenges for breakfast.   What a scratchy throat that dude has.

5.  Phil Collin's "In the Air Tonight".    Basically I feel like I've just taken a Valium after this song and that my feet are stuck in quicksand.  Puts you in slow motion all day. Annoying.

6.  "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper.   I'm a morning person, but this is too much jolliness for 6:00am.

7.  "Livin La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin.   This one makes me feel like I'm on a never-ending carousel ride.   Round and round I go and bumping into things.

8.   Michael Bolton's "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?"    Too much depression for the morning.  He's another fella that needs a lozenge.  

9.  James Blunt's  "You're Beautiful".    If you don't know this one, I'll describe it.   He says "You're beautiful" 50 million times in a very annoying tone.   I'm not even sure if there are any other words in this song.   Whoever he first sang this to probably felt complimented at first and then eventually wished they were ugly so he'd stop.

10.   "Ice, Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice.   Makes you do an odd head-bob all day long.   Plus, who wants visions of Vanilla Ice in their head all day.

11.   "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus.   Thankfully I have never woken up to this song.   Would probably need something stronger than orange juice and coffee in the morning if I did.    While I'm on the Cyrus clan......Miley's new song "We Can't Stop" is beyond annoying, so I'll add it to the list.   Miley.....you CAN stop....please do.

There's a small glance at some annoying wake up songs.   If I woke up everyday to these, I think I'd have to switch out of radio mode to the alarm sounds.   Actually, I think I should get one of those sound machine alarms and wake up to nature sounds.   What a mellow way to start the day.     

Hopefully these songs won't be stuck in your mind today.    What songs you would hate to wake up to?   

TRIVIA ANSWER:
Cairo

PHRASE FUN:
Hot Pot

Until next time.......

SOCIAL AWKWARDNESS & TRAVEL

Here's some fun for the day......

TRIVIA:
What does I.Q. stand for? (answer at bottom)

PHRASE FUN (what is a rhyming phrase for the following.  Answer at bottom)

Intoxicated smelly mammal

JOKE:  
Q:  What is a grumpy person's blood type?
A:  B-negative

QUOTE:
"I bought some instant water one time, but I didn't know what to add to it."
(Steven Wright)

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
No matter what you do, God's love never gives up.  It's wide enough to include everybody and it's long enough to last forever.

COMIC FUN:

RANDOM OBSERVATION:

I've always been a shy person in social settings.   Some people find this surprising because I love to entertain on a stage and be in front of people performing skits and comedies, but I'm shy with personal interactions.   I think this may be the norm though for introverts.   I've improved over the years.   My husband is quite social and so I think some of that has rubbed off on me over the years.   I don't panic quite as much now in social settings.

I thought about this recently in regards to airplane travel.   Most usually I'm sitting with someone I know, but every now and then I'm by a stranger.    This used to be major panic mode for me, but not as much now.    I do try and send out my 'I'm not a talker vibe' when I sit down.   The first way you do this is when you sit down or they sit down you either don't look at them or if you do, you just verbal nod and don't speak.   The second tip is to have a book.   Whether you read it or not, put your nose in a book and you're good to go.   For the social types, this really isn't us being unfriendly, it's just difficult to be outgoing and chatty when you're shy.   I understand if it comes across as rude, but that's really not our way or intent.   I've often said that I think the shy types can understand the social types more than the 'socials' understanding the 'shys'.   Socials think 'why can't you just talk....it's easy'.   Not necessarily so.

On my most recent trip on an airplane I was seated in the 2-seat scenario with a stranger.  I think it's more difficult to sit with a stranger in the 2-seat scenario than the 3-seat deal.   I started off well, I had my book out and reading.  Then I made a colossal mistake for a nonsocial type.   I put my book away and got out my needlepoint.   Major conversation starter there.   I had a feeling it might be and wondered if I should get it out.    Well, once the needlepoint was out the conversation with the stranger next to me began.   Actually, it wasn't too bad and pretty interesting.   The problem is, once you start the conversation with the person in the seat next to you, you sort of feel like you have to keep it going the entire time you're flying or it gets awkward.     Before you know it, you're finding out shoe sizes and favorite foods just to continue talking.   Thankfully, I wasn't on a flight to Australia and it was only about an hour of the chit chat.   It was pleasant.    Isn't it strange how you can have a conversation with someone and get to know them briefly and the realize you will most likely never see this person again?  Then you wonder what the rest of their life will entail.  

On another note.   I wanted to share a humorous tidbit my niece told me on this last trip we took.   She recently flew to Ireland, so not an overly short flight.   She had a primo aisle seat and was all ready for her flight.    She was in the 3-seat set up.    The window person was already in place and the middle person had yet to arrive.    My niece was already in place in her aisle seat.   She was looking at something and not paying attention when 'middle-seat lady' arrived.   She said to my niece 'if you want to just scoot over I'll sit here and you won't have to get out into the aisle to let me in'.   Not paying attention, my niece scooted over to the dreaded middle seat.....on a trip to Ireland.  Ah!  What a rookie mistake and how slick of the original middle-seater.    My niece was then relegated to the middle seat for a trip to Ireland when she was actually an aisle woman.   She was quite annoyed with her mistake.   I would have been going crazy.  Well, here's to friendly skies.....or not so friendly.....depending on who you sit by.

TRIVIA ANSWER:
Intelligence Quotient

PHRASE FUN:
Drunk Skunk

Until next time........

CARNIVALS AND FAIRS: CLASSIC AMERICANA

Here's some fun for the day....

TRIVIA:
Which U.S. State was an independent nation for 10 years during the 19th century?


JOKE:  
Q:  Why can't a bicycle stand up by itself?
A:  Because it's two-tired.

PHRASE FUN:  (what is a rhyming phrase for the following?  Answer at bottom)

NERVOUS FRIED BREAKFAST FOOD


QUOTE:
"Blood may be thicker than water, but it's certainly not as thick as ketchup.  Nor does it go well with French Fries."
Jarod Kintz

COMIC FUN:

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
Everything will work out in the end.   If it's not working out, it's not the end.

RANDOM OBSERVATION:
I recently returned from Hilton Head, S.C.   This reminded me of Myrtle Beach, which reminded me of the Pavilion at Myrtle Beach, which reminded me of Carnivals and Fairs.  (that's how my brain works)   The Pavilion at Myrtle Beach in the 1970's was like a County Fair.   My brother and I loved it.   This got us always wanting to go to those mini-Fairs you see in the parking lots of Malls.   Our mom wasn't a huge fan of the ones in the malls, so she would try to divert our attention in the opposite direction when we would pass one.   This rarely worked and then we'd be bugging her through her errands to take us to the 'fair'.

Here's a look down memory lane at some classic Carnival games, rides and treats:

CARNIVAL GAMES:

My all time favorite game was the one where you shoot water from a water gun into a clowns mouth and blow up a balloon.   I was the champ and this and very intense.   It was pretty tough to beat me on this one.

I also liked the game where the little plastic ducks were streaming by on the water and you picked one.  The number underneath the duck told you of your prize.

There was also the ring toss, milk jug game and another favorite of mine...the horse race.   This one was one where you popped a foam into different valued openings and it made your horse go.   I was pretty much champ at this one too.

I also really loved the Saloon Shooting Gallery.  This is where you'd shoot a laser or air gun and when you hit the targets you either made the piano player play or water spew from a jug etc.

CARNIVAL RIDES

I'm a huge fan of amusement parks and I would guess it goes back to my great memories of the Pavilion and Fairs.    Some of my favorite rides were the Loop-O-Plane, Scrambler, The Bobsleds (aka Bayern Curve) , Ferris Wheel, Tilt-A-Whirl, Octopus  plus many more....

I also really liked this ride called a 'Whip It".   You would go slow as you go straight and then it would sort of sling you around the corner.    It wasn't exactly a thrill ride, but I loved it.

I also liked the roller coasters and the fun house.   Even though the fun house would creep me out and I could never find my way out of the house of mirrors.

CARNIVAL FOODS

What Carnival would be complete with out the food.   Lots of good eats.   

Well, that was a fun trip down memory lane for me, I hope you enjoyed it too.    Carnivals and fairs have changed throughout the years, but the memories they bring last a lifetime.

TRIVIA ANSWER:
Texas

PHRASE FUN:
Shakin' Bacon

Until next time.......

FAMOUS CARTOON CATCHPHRASES

Here's some fun for the day........

JOKE:  
Q:  Why did the cookie go to the doctor?
A:  Because he felt crummy

BRAIN TEASER: ( Answer at bottom)
Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name?

COMIC FUN:

QUOTE:

"Right now I'm having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time.  I think I've forgotten this before."  (Steven Wright)

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:

It's the faithfulness in the small things that is key to meeting the giant challenges victoriously.

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FAMOUS CARTOON CATCHPHRASES

(Answers below last picture)

1. What is the catchphrase for the cartoon character at the top of the page?

2.  What is Tweety bird's catchphrase?

3. Who says 'Ah.....what's up Doc?'

4. Who is the character in the picture below and what is their catchphrase?

5. What cartoon character says 'Good Grief'

6. What cartoon character says 'sufferin' succotash'?

7. 'Swiper, no swiping!' is a catchphrase from what show?

8. Shaggy, Velma, Daphne & Fred all have a friend who's catchphrase is also his name.   What is the catchphrase?   What one word does Shaggy say repeatedly when scared?

9. What cartoon character says 'I'm smarter than the average bear!'

10. 'Don't have a cow, man' is often spoken by this character.

11. 'Helloooooo, Nurse!' is a catchphrase from what cartoon series?

12.  The quote 'football head' showed up frequently in what cartoon?

13.  "What is Speedy Gonzales catchphrase?

14.  "Be vewwwy, vewwwy quiet.  I'm hunting wabbit' is spoken by?

15.   Who are these characters and what do they frequently say?

ANSWERS

1. Yabba Dabba Doo
2. 'I tawt I saw a putty tat......I did.....I did....'
3. Bugs Bunny
4. Fat Albert;  'Hey, hey, hey'
5. Charlie Brown
6. Sylvester the Cat
7. Dora the Explorer
8. Scooby Dooby Doo; Zoinks!
9. Yogi Bear
10. Bart Simpson
11. "Animaniacs"
12.  "Hey Arnold"
13.  "Adele, Adele.  Ariba, Ariba."
14. Elmer Fudd
15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles;  Cowabunga

BRAIN TEASER ANSWER:
Johnny

Until next time.......

THE EVOLUTION OF AIRLINE TRAVEL

I've been on vacation & the Tidbits went on vacation with me.    The Tidbits are back.

Here's some fun for the day.....

TRIVIA: (Answer below)
What was the name of Doc Brown's dog in 'Back to the Future?'


JOKE:
Q:  why did the chicken cross the playground?
A:  to get to the other slide. 

QUOTE:
'I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets.  It seems to me they are wonderful things for other people to go on.'
Jean Kerr

COMIC FUN:

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
Sometimes we get so busy getting more that we don't enjoy what we have

RANDOM OBSERVATION:
I traveled this past week through airports and on airplanes & lots of thoughts and observations came to my mind.   

First, I thought of the general evolution on airplanes & airports.    Those that traveled on airplanes many years ago know that there was a time when you could sit in an airplane seat & not have your knees touch your nose and your shoulders practically meeting your nose and your knees in the middle.    Ah, the good ole days of leg room and not swapping arm skin with the people sitting next to you.   

There is also the change in flight meals.   There used to be a tray of food with a salad and main course and bread.   Sure, the bread was so hard it could be used as a hockey puck, but cool to have all that food.   I was always obsessed with the little salt & pepper shakers.   Eventually the tray of food changed to a sandwich & chips.   That briefly became a bag you picked out of a bin with a smaller sandwich & apple.   

The snacks have pretty much always been peanuts , pretzels & the classic Biscoff cookies that only taste good on a plane.   If you try them once you exit the airplane they just don't taste the same.  The peanut packages have gotten smaller.   They used to be the size of a playing card.   Now they are about the size of a salt packet from McDonald's.  

Next is the evolution of the airport.   No longer are there rows of pay phones.   Those have been replaced by charge stations for all our techy gadgets.   You don't see as many people playing a quick game of cards or reading paper books as you used to.  Now most people have their faces buried in cellphones, Kindles & iPods.   Not a lot of conversation going on.    On a side note in regards to the pay phones.   I've always been a stressor in regards to time.   When my parents, brother & I would fly for vacations, my Dad would always get a kick saying he had to go make a phone call right as our plane was getting ready to board.   He'd go to the  phones.   Not sure how many of those calls we're real or fake just to tease me.  

Airport bathrooms are hi-tech now like many public restrooms are.   The automatic sinks, soap and towels.   They may say it's because of germs, but I think it's because so many people don't know how to turn a faucet off.   I guess they know, they just don't do it.   The automatic stuff and I don't get along well.   I can't get them to turn on and I end up frustrated waving my hands like a spaz trying to get them to turn on.   Seems like when I move away from them they decide to turn on.   I run back to put my hands under them and they turn off again.   I think they like to taunt me.  I can almost hear them saying 'psych!'  I like automatic paper towels though.   Those old time cloth towel machines always grossed me out.   I felt like the towel was just going in a circle and everyone was reusing the same cloth.  I'm not a fan of the air dryers.   The old ones don't dry and the new ones blow me to the other side of the restroom.

On the automatic toilets, well we won't go into that.  I will say it would be funny to put an automatic whistle in as part of the toilet and have it randomly saying something.   Think of how people would be freaking out when they go to sit down on the toilet & hear a whistle.   Or maybe a voice that says 'please deposit into the toilet and not on the rim.'   Or 'sheeewww wheee.....you're killin' me!"   Imagine hearing all of the toilet chatter that would be going on in the airport restroom each time you visit it.  Ok, now that could be fun.   

On a similar note: 
Take a look at this Delta Airlines Safety video.   My daughter, nieces and I crack up every time we've seen it.   Check it out at around 1:46 in when they talk about smoking. We've always watched intently for that part.   It's Academy Award winning acting....NOT
Also, the redhead that does most of the talking is awfully 'come-hither' for a flight security video.

http://youtu.be/MgpzUo_kbFY

TRIVIA ANSWER:
Einstein

Until next time......

TV TRAYS, TV DINNERS & SUPPER OR DINNER?

Here's some fun for the day.....

TRIVIA:
How many U.S. States have single syllable names?  Name them.

JOKE:  
Q:  What are four hundred rabbits hopping backward?
A:  A receding hare line

PHRASE FUN:  (What phrase does the following represent?  Answer at bottom)

Give Give
Give Give
Get Get 
Get Get

QUOTE: 
"I never panic when I get lost.  I just change where it is I want to go."
Rita Rudner

COMIC FUN:

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
Right now, God is walking with you even in your difficult circumstance.  You don't need to fix it before you go to God.   He is with you.

RANDOM OBSERVATION:
I was having a conversation with some friends recently & we got into a discussion of dinner vs supper.  We also reminisced about TV trays & the old pre-microwave TV dinners. 

First, dinner vs supper.  Growing up, we always called the evening meal supper.  Some people call it dinner.  I use the term dinner now more now than I did in the past.  It seems that dinner can be the midday meal or evening, but supper can only be the evening meal.  For instance, some people have Sunday dinner, but it's really lunch.  Confused yet?  Which do you call the evening meal:  dinner or supper?

Now on to TV dinners & TV trays.   Growing up, it was always a treat to get to eat in the family room in front of the television on a TV tray.  The trays were the old metal kind with a design.  The tray clicked into the legs that cross-crossed.   It seems like on the nights we ate on TV trays we also ate the TV dinners.  I loved them.  Especially since I'm a girl who doesn't like my food to touch.  Those separated compartments were an extra treat.  My favorite TV dinner was the Salisbury Steak & Beans & Franks.  Back in the pre-microwave days they were in a foil container & you cooked them in the oven.  I thought they were great.   Once we switched to plastic containers & the microwave they were never quite as good.  For those of you to young to have experienced the foil version you missed some good eats.  

I was pondering how it seems the TV tray are a thing on the past & I was wondering why.  I think part of the reason is so many people eat supper (or dinner) at restaurants now.   Busy schedules & such.  Kind of sad if this is true, because there's no beating sitting down with the family to a home cooked meal.  Going to a restaurant used to be a treat when I was growing up.  I think we have so much these days that we don't appreciate the simple things.  Things like family dinner time & the treat of getting to eat in the family room.  The Shakers have a saying '..tis a gift to be simple'.  Sometimes that's very true.   We don't always need to do the elaborate dinner or the elaborate vacation.   Little things can be special and memorable too.

TRIVIA ANSWER:
One; Maine

PHRASE FUN:
Forgive and Forget

Until next time........

FAMOUS TV CATCHPHRASES AND QUOTES

Here's some fun for the day..........

TRIVIA: (Answer below)
What was World War I referred to as before World War II?

JOKE:
Joe:  Mom, you want to hear a long joke?
Mom:  Sure honey.
Joe: Joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooke

RANDOM WISE SAYING:
"Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair"

QUOTE:
"I always like to go to Washington D.C.   It gives me a chance to visit my money"
(Bob Hope)



COMIC FUN:

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
Jesus often took time out to be alone with God.   If He needed that time then we do to.

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FAMOUS TV CATCHPHRASES and QUOTES:

( Name the TV show that the following quotes came from)

***there's lots of these, so this will be part one.    Part two to come in the future.

1.  "No Soup For You"
2.  "We were on a break!" 
3.  "Gladiators in suits"
4.  "Dy-no-mite!"

5.  "Baby, You're the greatest"
6.  "De Plane, De Plane"
7.  "You're fired!"
8.  "Will you accept this rose?"
9.  "Norm!"
10.  "Whatchoo' talkin' 'bout Willis?"
11.  "Goodnight John-Boy"
12.  "The Tribe has spoken"
13.   "Hey, Where's Perry?"
14.   "Who loves you baby?"
15.  "Live long and prosper"

ANSWERS

1. "Seinfeld"
2. "Friends"
3. "Scandal"
4.  "Good Times"
5.  "The Honeymooners"
6.  "Fantasy Island"
7.   "The Apprentice"
8.  "The Bachelor" or "The Bachelorette"
9.   "Cheers"
10.  "Different Strokes"
11.  "The Waltons"
12.  "Survivor"
13.  "Phineas and Ferb"
14.  "Kojak"
15.  "Star Trek"

TRIVIA ANSWER:  
The Great War

Until next time.......