Enough Is Enough...Or is it?

     

(I could have titled this Blog Posting Gone With The Wind)

I hope you appreciate what I do for you. You don’t know what I do for you? What I do is stumble through the Internet and find useless but interesting information and I send it your way to brighten your day...Or is it brighten?

I stumbled across a celebrity (even though I never heard of her) who got divorced. The divorce got her $2.5 billion, plus an extra $100 million for 13 years. Unfortunately, she filed for bankruptcy in her 80’s.

In my younger days when I wanted to be sound clever, I was known to say, “The only thing money can’t buy is poverty”. Either George Burns or I invented this bit of cleverness.

George or I may have been clever but many years later, on at this this one occasion, we were proven wrong.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

You Can Never Be Too Safe...Or can you never be?

Ahh, what a wonderful sight! Can’t you just picture it in your mind’s eye (whatever that is)? Two loving parents holding their breath as they watch their darling child struggle to take its first step. In the future there will be millions more steps but this is historic. The is The Big One because this is The First One!

But wait! Something is amiss in your Minds’ Eye. Something’s not right! Ahh ha! I see it! Today’s ever-protective two loving parents have taken steps to protect their darling child from injury. They surrounded their child with protection. For fear of their child falling and bumping something or other, they have equipped their child with a Helmet for its Head, Palm Pads for its Palms, Elbow Pads for its Elbows and Knee Pads for its Knees.

That’s all well and good...Or is it?

The picture below is Modern Child Protective America going to even more extremes...

Seat Belts Have Made Their Way Into The Baby Changing Stations of America’s Men’s Rest Rooms!...

Are We Really Afraid Junior Is Going To Fall Up Then Out Then Down From Of A Baby Changing Station In A Baby Fall Out Proof Men’s Rest Room?

The answer is, Yes! ... But should we be so afraid?

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: How long will it be before a Modern American Father, white as a sheet, is going to come rushing out of a Baby Fall Out Proof Men’s Rest Room crying out, “Call 911! I can’t undo the Baby Fall Out Prevention Protective Seat Belt and My Darling Child Is Beginning To Whimper!”

I've Never Done A Blog Posting Like This Before

 

I could not not give recognition to Mr. Anonymous for his Outstanding Commenting Effort to my Blog Posting of February 16, 2024 entitled Somebody Do Something. This was a Herculean Effort if I have ever seen one!

Here it is. Be advised this may bring tears of admiration to your eyes. I only hope it will challenge the rest of you to try to emulate Mr. Anonymous...

Anonymous said...

Are you really blaming the chairs for the company's demise? No joke that my company got rid of all chairs after our CEO read a blog post about how standing desks increase productivity by 35%. Now, everyone is more productive and focused, but worker’s compensation claims for lower back and foot problems are way up. The really bad part is that we had a co-worker in a wheelchair who had to write a memo asking that she be allowed to sit in their wheelchair. The CEO, reluctantly, granted the request, but our co-worker eventually left because she felt singled out when others complained that she wasn’t a 'team player'. The problem isn't the chairs; it's poor management and lack of accountability. Instead of blaming inanimate objects, focus on creating a productive work environment where employees are engaged and motivated. This post is a classic case of misdirected indignation!

I got all teared up all over again!

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Somebody Do Something!

Picking a title for this Blog Posting was not easy. Alternative titles just flowed out of me. I could have used, “You Have a Job So Why Ain’t You Working?” or this one would have worked, “Why Are You Just Sitting There?” or this, “Don’t Just Sit There, Do Something!” or, “Are You Asleep?”.

Why are so many “workers” sitting around doing nothing? It’s not their fault because they can’t help themselves. It’s where they are that’s the problem. To be more specific, it’s where their butts are that’s the problem.

If you are their employer, it’s now a really Big Problem for you and the saddest part is you are the one who paid for your own Big Problem and you Paid Big Time!

Did you just say, “Huh?!”

Please allow me to explain.

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I’ll explain by telling you a story...

There once was a Up And Coming Company that was owned by an Up And Coming Entrepreneur. This entrepreneur was flush with money because his employees were top notch and hard working as all get out. He was so grateful to his hard-working employees that he decided to do something very nice (and very expensive) for his hard-working employees. No employee was left out because, as I said, without exception they were all hard workers.

What he did was buy every employee his/her own X-Chair. Before he made the final decision to authorize this big an expenditure he did pause for a moment because this was a really large amount of money but he quickly moved forward with the purchase because he felt his workers deserved the best because they were the best.

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And now for The Rest of the Story...

Six months later the company went out of business.

Are you wondering how this could happen? The chairs were very expensive but their cost was not the reason the Up And Coming Company owned by the Up And Coming Entrepreneur went out of business.

It was the chair itself that was the reason for the company’s demise.

I am the Noticer you are not the Noticer. If you were the Noticer, you would know why the Up And Coming Company went out of business. X-Chair actually demonstrated why the Up And Coming Company was going to go out of business in every X-Chair Commercial they ran on your television.

You should have noticed that all the people sitting in their X-Chairs in the X-Chair Commercials were not doing anything. They just sat in their X-Chairs staring into the distance looking content and smiling contentedly.

In other word, they were not working! They were not getting anything done! They were not doing anything except comfortably getting paid To Do Nothing in their Extremely Comfortable X-Chairs.

It’s a wonder it took a whole 6 months to go out of business.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: On the other hand maybe it was the cost of the X-Chairs that made the Up And Coming Business go out of business. I looked up the cost of X-Chairs on the Internet. The web site quoted the price of a X-Tech Ultimate Executive Office Chair to be, “From $1,899”.

Another way of saying “From $1,899” is, “$1,899 and Up”. Do you realize how much Up there is above $1,899?

X-Chair knew how much Up there was. The Former Up And Coming Entrepreneur never should have said, “Pick out whichever model you want”.

It Was Worse Than That Was Bad

If Sunday’s Super Bowl...

Ø Did not have a single pass completion by either team.

Ø Did not have a single yard gained rushing by either team.

Ø Only ended because all the fans either fell asleep or had left the stadium.

The time spent watching it would have been a lot better time spent than watching the halftime show.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: Click Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ2dVKbAUIs

Why?

I guess this qualifies as Foolishness but it’s not Funny...Or is it?

Where have I been? I did not know this was an issue. I did not know this was going on. Why is this an ongoing issue?

I just heard that the Black National Anthem is going to be played at today’s Super Bowl. I went online to see if this was really true only to find out that, not only is it really true, but this divisive issue has been with us for several years and I thought I knew what was going on in the Good Ole USofA.

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Looking at the bright side, it could be worse. What would be worse would be if the National Anthem were not played at all.

Oh my gosh, it has been worse and I did not know about that either...

Last year at the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament the National Anthem was not played at all. Instead, what was played was the Black National Anthem and America the Beautiful.

America the Beautiful is a beautiful patriotic song but that’s not the point. The point is it’s not Our National Anthem.  

Maybe what we need is the National Anthem of Every Country in the United Nations be sung before the game can begin. We need to be mindful that the people at the game or not at the game from the likes of...

Ø Andorra

Ø Dominica

Ø Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Ø Mali

Ø Nauru

Ø Palau

Ø Saint Kitts and Nevis

Ø The Democratic Republic of São Tomé

Ø Príncipe

...and so on and so forth are people too and they will be sorely offended when they come to the realization after the singing is done that their tune had not been sung.

After all, there are only 193 Countries in The United Nations. It won’t take long for each country to have its chance to be proud. Then there will probably still be enough time left for some football.

Yea, I’m being silly...Or am I?

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: Oops! I forgot Grand Fenwick...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053084/

Lagniappe Another: Moving on from Foolish to Downright Stupid...

• A ticket to the Super Bowl in 1967 cost $10, or just over $90 adjusted for inflation. 
• As of Wednesday, the average price of tickets was $8,600. 
• Last week, seats were going for more than $12,000. 
• Resellers have been asking up to $45,000 a ticket.
• A 20-person suite will run you a cool $1.8 million, including the cost of tickets as well as food and alcoholic beverages. 
• A more modest 8-seat accommodation plus tickets and amenities is going for $330,000.
• A “cheap” 4-seater suite can be had for $150,000. 

Here's what 30-second Super Bowl ads have cost through the years:

Super Bowl I, 1967 – $37,500

Super Bowl II, 1968 – $54,500

Super Bowl III, 1969 – $55,000

Super Bowl IV, 1970 – $78,200

Super Bowl V, 1971 – $72,500

Super Bowl VI, 1972 – $86,100

Super Bowl VII, 1973 – $88,100

Super Bowl VIII, 1974 – $103,500

Super Bowl IX, 1975 – $107,000

Super Bowl X, 1976 – $110,000

Super Bowl XI, 1977 – $125,000

Super Bowl XII, 1978 –$162,300

Super Bowl XIII, 1979 – $185,000

Super Bowl XIV, 1980 – $222,000

Super Bowl XV, 1981 – $275,000

Super Bowl XVI, 1982 – $324,300

Super Bowl XVII, 1983 – $400,000

Super Bowl XVIII, 1984 – $368,200

Super Bowl XIX, 1985 – $525,000

Super Bowl XX, 1986 – $550,000

Super Bowl XXI, 1987 – $600,000

Super Bowl XXII, 1988 – $645,500

Super Bowl XXIII, 1989 – $675,500

Super Bowl XXIV, 1990 – $700,400

Super Bowl XXV, 1991 – $800,000

Super Bowl XXVI, 1992 – $850,000

Super Bowl XXVII, 1993 – $850,000

Super Bowl XXVIII, 1994 – $900,000

Super Bowl XXIX, 1995 – $1.15 million

Super Bowl XXX, 1996 – $1.085 million

Super Bowl XXXI, 1997 – $1.2 million

Super Bowl XXXII, 1998 – $1.29 million

Super Bowl XXXIII, 1999 – $1.6 million

Super Bowl XXXIV, 2000 – $2.1 million

Super Bowl XXXV, 2001 – $2.2 million

Super Bowl XXXVI, 2002 – $2.2 million

Super Bowl XXXVII, 2003 – $2.2 million

Super Bowl XXXVIII, 2004 – $2.3 million

Super Bowl XXXIX, 2005 – $2.4 million

Super Bowl XL, 2006 – $2.5 million

Super Bowl XLI, 2007 – $2.385 million

Super Bowl XLII, 2008 – $2.699 million

Super Bowl XLIII, 2009 – $2.999 million

Super Bowl XLIV, 2010 – $2.954 million

Super Bowl XLV, 2011 – $3.1 million

Super Bowl XLVI, 2012 – $3.5 million

Super Bowl XLVII, 2013 – $3.8 million

Super Bowl XLVIII, 2014 – $4 million

Super Bowl XLIX, 2015 – $4.25 million

Super Bowl 50, 2016 – $4.5 million

Super Bowl LI, 2017 – $5 million

Super Bowl LII, 2018 – $5.2 million

Super Bowl LIII, 2019 – $5.3 million

Super Bowl LIV, 2020 – $5.6 million

Super Bowl LV, 2021 – $5.5 million

Super Bowl LVI, 2022 – $6.5 million

Super Bowl LVII, 2023 – $7 million*

Super Bowl LVIII, 2024 – $7 million*

*I’m relieved to see that Ad Inflation is under control.

AAUGH!

 

I don’t watch Morning TV. Oops, it looks like I started this Blog Posting with a lie. I need to remove the lie before I move on...

I used to not watch Morning TV but I gave it a try starting a few weeks back.

It was a mistake to have given it a try. I know you are dying to know why I decided it was a mistake...Or are you dying? I’ll give you a hint and the hint has to do with none other than Tom Brady...

Ø Morning talk show hosts shout at us all the time!...AAUGH!

Ø Morning talk show hosts talk faster than my ears can hear and understand....AAUGH!

Ø Morning talk show hosts appear to be in a constant state of happy but they must think that the awful news they shout at me faster than I can hear is happy news because they look so happy while 99% of what they report to us is Awful News. Why does Awful News make them Happy?...AAUGH!

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Enter Tom Brady...

They don’t know it yet but the talk show hosts just convinced me that I need to stop the insanity (listening to them is insanity). They just broke for a break. When they break for a break, they always give us an interesting News Hook that makes us want to sit through the commercials and still be there when the commercials are over to hear the You-Just-Gotta-Hear-This-Interesting-News-Hook-After-The-Commercial-Is-Over.

Here is the You Just Gotta Hear Interesting News Hook they tried to hook me with...

Stay with us because after the break we are going to tell you about Tom Brady’s Favorite Dessert!

Really?! Do they really think I am so stupid I would want to know what Tom Brady eats for a Dessert? They don’t have any respect for me! That’s it! I’m done!...

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=i%27m+not+gonna+take+it+anymore&atb=v355-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DsdQCPlAZjbY

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This Is The Bottom Line Area Of This Blog...

The Bottom Line is where is I put is something that is Fella Catchy, Fella Inspirational or (usually) Fella Foolish. None of that today because Fella can’t top Peter Finch’s forever to be remembered tirade.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: Have you noticed that Nightly News Shows are crammed packed with one disaster after another and at the end the Happy Talking Head looks at you through the camera and says something like, “Have a wonderful weekend!” If we truly had Accuracy in The Media The Head would say, “I hope you survive the weekend”.