Sunday, September 7, 2014

COMMERCIAL JINGLES QUIZ



Here's some fun for the day…….



TRIVIA:  (Answer below)
What U.S. Capital took it's name from the French for "red stick"?

RIDDLE: (Answer below)
What has one eye but can't see?

JOKE:
Q:  Where does an otter keep its money?
A:  A riverbank



COMIC FUN:



TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
When we face our fears, God does His part.  He shows up, and His presence is tangible.



COMMERCIAL JINGLES QUIZ


I always love a good catchy commercial jingle.   Definitely helps you remember the product.    See if you can complete these jingles and name the product (when the product name is not part of the jingle).   I've tried to mix older and newer, but there are more of the older below.   I guess they are just more classic….or I'm older and am more familiar with them.   Yep….it's the I'm older reason.




1.  "Plop, plop, fizz fizz………"

2.  "My bologna has a first name……it's…….

3.  "Five dollar…..five dollar………"

4.  "Rice-a-Roni……."

5.  "I am stuck on Band-aid brand……"

6.  "Gimme a break….gimme a break……."

7.   "The best part of waking up……"

8.   "Mommy wow……"

9.   "Like a good neighbor……."

10.  "I don't want to grow up……"

11.   "Ho, ho, ho……."

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I thought I'd keep the quiz to 11 questions, but some of you may remember these classic jingles too:

"I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony….I'd like to buy the world a Coke" 
(Coca Cola)

"Two all beef patties, special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun"
(McDonald's for the Big Mac.  I remember trying to get this one down as a kid"

also McDonald's  "You deserve a break today…at McDonalds"

"I'm a Pepper, she's a Pepper, he's a Pepper…..wouldn't you like to be a Pepper too.."
(Dr. Pepper)

"Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow.."
(Meow mix.   Meows to the Meow mix tune of course)

"When you've said Budweiser……you've said it all….." (Budweiser)

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COMMERCIAL JINGLE ANSWERS:

1.  "…..oh what a relief it is…"      (Alka Selzter)





2.  "…it's O-S-C-A-R…."     (Oscar Meyer)




3.  "…..five dollar foot long….." (Subway)

4.  "…..the San Francisco treat….." (Rice-a-Roni obviously)





5.  "…cause Band-aid's stuck on me….."

6.  "….break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat bar….."  (Kit Kat)

7.  "….is Folgers in your cup…."  (Folgers)




8.  "….I'm a big kid now….."  (Huggies)

9.  "…..State Farm is there…."   (State Farm Insurance;  This jingle was composed by Barry 
Manilow)




10.  "….I'm a Toys-R-Us kid……"  (Toys R Us)


11.  "…..Green Giant…." 





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TRIVIA:
Baton Rouge

RIDDLE:
A needle


Until next time…….

Monday, September 1, 2014

ON A FIRST NAME BASIS WITH JESUS




Here's some fun for the day……...

TRIVIA:
What U.S. State's southern border is marked by the original Mason-Dixon line?

RIDDLE:
What Roman Numeral can climb up a wall?

JOKE:
Q:  Why does it get hot after a baseball game?
A:  Because all the fans have left.


COMIC FUN:






TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
When we are tempted to complain about uncomfortable or painful circumstances, stop & ask if God might be preparing us for a special task.




ON A FIRST NAME BASIS WITH JESUS


I've been reading a book called "Beautiful Outlaw" by John Eldridge.  I believe I've talked about a few ideas from this book before.   If I wasn't too lazy to click out of this and go back and look I'd know for sure.  But hey, I'm pretty sure I have.   It's a good look into the personality of Jesus and what a warm, loving…and fun…person he was and is.   Now that I typed that line I know that I have mentioned the book before.   Oh well, I'm too lazy to go back and delete the above line.   It's hot outside and makes me a lazier chick.

One of the parts I read that challenged my thinking was a section on religious talk.   Too often we address God with a coat and tie formality that creates a distance.    Check out what Paul says in Romans 8:15

So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God's Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, "Abba, Father."

Abba, Father..that's like Papa..or Dad.It reveals a closeness.   Eldridge also discusses how religious phrases like "The Good Lord"  "The Savior" seem to lead to an unintentional thought process of Jesus as very white-robe-and-sandals kind of man and void of personality.   As an example, Eldridge uses the analogy of a marriage.   What if a husband only addresses his wife as 'the good woman'?   How close would a wife feel to her husband if she only addressed him as "Good sir"?  What if you no longer called your best friend by their first name but used the more formal, Mrs Smith or Mr. Jones.   I think Eldridge has a point here.   The way you address someone does have an effect on the relationship.   I'm now imagining addressing my husband as Good Sir.   "Welcome home Good Sir.   What would thou likest for dinner?"   Or speaking of him in that regard to someone else.   "Good Sir went fishing today, he should be back around 7:00pm"  Yep.doesn't exactly foster a closeness.

Eldridge goes on to use the example of when Paul encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus..   When Paul asked who Jesus was, he said 'My name is Jesus'.    That's pretty straight-forward.   He didn't say call me "Mr. Christ" or My name is "All Glorious One".   Eldridge points out that those terms are religious talk and not the sort of thing Jesus liked very much.

This train of thought can probably cause a lot of people to feel uncomfortable, but I can see what Eldridge is saying here.   When talking of Jesus, do our terms sound like they convey His actual personality, or more of a religious image of him?   Eldridge mentions that there are plenty of people who honor and respect Jesus, but have Him at such a distance that the love is not there.

False reverence is a choice veil of the religious fog.  It will bring a shroud between your heart and His.    That veil was torn from top to bottom when Jesus was crucified.    There was a time before Jesus, when God was too holy for us to approach.  But now we do.   We're on a first name basis……because Jesus changed everything.

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TRIVIA ANSWER:
Pennsylvania

RIDDLE ANSWER:
IV

Until next time…...