I’m So Good To My Dear Readers I can Hardly Stand It!

Because of your continued persistence in reading my Foolishness I am going to tell you how you can Make A Lot of Money...

Sell All You Own And Go Into The Business Of Imprinting Checks For Banks!

Not inspired to take me up on my sure thing business venture because you don’t see the sure thing part? I’m sure I can change your mind. Allow me to explain (In Bullet Point Format)...

Ø It all centers on our Rulers in Washington, D.C. deciding that the IRS is going to be tracking all our banking transaction $600 and up.

Ø The American People have risen to challenges in the past and I am sure this time will be no different.

Ø It makes no never mind that they can’t understand why our Rulers want this humongous amount of information about all of us but you can be certain that all over the Fruited Plain Americans are gearing up to thwart Congress’ Latest Attempt to Get Nosey.

Here’s how it will work (In Bullet Point Format)...

Ø In the past, if we wanted to buy an X42 Turbo Charged Titanium Widget for $1,532, we would simply write a check for $1,532 and go pickup our X42 Turbo Charged Titanium Widget and take it home and do whatever it is you do with such a thing.

Ø If we write a $1,532 check in the future, Uncle Nosey is going to be asking a lot of questions.

Ø Because it is Football Season we just don’t not have time to be bothered by Silly Questions from Congress.

Ø Here is what’s going to happen...
>>>We are going to write a check for $599.
>>>We are going to write another check for $599.
>>>We are going to write another check for $334.

Ø I know you are smart because you read my Blog, therefore, I know you have added these 3 checks inside you smart heads and you have come up with a Sum Total of $1,532 which happens to be the exact price of a X42 Turbo Charged Titanium Widget!

What’s that you said? Did you say, “How am I going to get rich off of this Fella Blog?” (If you just said this to yourself, you are not as smart as I gave you credit for.)

There are going to be a heck of a lot more checks written in the Good Ole USofA in future years! If you act fast you can get in on the ground floor of the coming Check Imprinting Industry Boom!

Ahh yes! I can see that greedy smile coming across your greedy face. 😊  

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What do you want to bet that sometime in the not too distant future there will be Congressional Hearings trying to figure out what has caused the dramatic increase in $599 Checks all across the Fruited Plain.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: Some of you know this and some of you don’t know this...

How many of you know where the Word “Blog” came from? It goes back in Computer History to when Blogs were being invented. One day Mr. Anonymous was searching around for something to call this thing he was doing and he looked at the top of his latest Blog on his computer screen and saw “Web Log”. He took the last 4 letters of “Web Log” and came up with “Blog”.

Armed with this bit of useless information and $3 you can now go to Starbuck Drive Thru and buy a cup of coffee.

I Thought They Were Bike Riding Robots

 

I just looked out the front door of my cute little house and saw 2 Bike Riding Robots going by...Or were they Bike Riding Robots?

I fell off my bikes dozens of times when I was a Little Fella and not one single time did I die. I feel certain if I were to say this to a Modern Parent, I would be verbally attacked for my Systemic Ignorance.

Yes, I know “systemic” does not quite fit into the above sentence but darn near everything is Systemic these days so I stuck it in.

Actually I think it looks pretty good where I stuck it. I sort of look like I am In The Know or maybe even Woke but I’m not sure about Woke because I am yet to figure out what that means. Maybe I would have been better off if I had used Systemically Woke.

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Let’s get back to the Verbal Attack on me by the horrified Modern Parent. Such an attack would sound somewhat like this...

Oh yea, Mr. Smarty Pants, (at this point I would be thinking she seems to know who I am) don’t you know that hundreds of thousands of un-helmeted innocent children are injured in this county every year because their un-caring parents do not love them enough to make their darling children wear a helmet on their darling heads when they venture out on bicycles! I know this hundreds of thousands number is true because I saw it on the Internet!

Allow me to take a step back. Did I say anything about the Pads? I apologize but I forgot to mention the Pads. I would not have said anything to the Modern Parent if the Bike Riding Robots were only wearing Helmets.

The reason these 2 Darlings looked like Bike Riding Robots was because they both had Elbow Pads secured to their Darling Elbows and Knee Pads secured to their Darling Knees and Wrist Pads secured to their Darling Wrists.

I know you are not the Noticer that I am but I bet you would have noticed these Darling Children struggling to ride their bikes while wearing Helmets and Elbow Pads and Knee Pads and Wrist Pads.

I fear these Darling Children are going to grow up without ever experiencing the wonder of scraping some part of their Darling Bodies, seeing that scrap turn into a scab and (the most wonderful part) seeing the scab dry up and fall off their Darling Bodies bit by bit.

It is quite possible that the Injure and Healing Process might never befall them until they are in their 30’s.

If you have been watching your TV since the Summer Olympics, you already know what’s coming next...

When they suffer their first scraping injury they are going to develop Mental Health Issues!

The Psychologists of the future are going to make a fortune!

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

You Put A Tax On What?!

I've told you before that there was a time in Europe when the King levied a Windows Tax. The thinking was that Windows were a sign of wealth, so people who had Windows in their homes could afford to pay the tax.

If you travel through Europe today, you will see many Windows that used to be Windows but long ago had been Bricked Up. Since the Windows were no longer Windows that could be opened up they were technically no longer Windows, therefore, the Former Window Owner did not have to pay the Window Tax.

Don’t feel sorry for the king. I’m sure he found something else to tax.

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The Times They Are A-Changin’...

Because of the Pandemic many people are working from home. Be on the lookout for a...

Work From Home Tax

My Dear Readers, please do not tell any Member of Congress about this little joke of mine. If you do, expect to see that member’s eyes light up and hear him exclaim, “What a brilliant idea!”

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

If The Obvious Eludes You, You Have an Obvious Problem...You Are Not Too Smart

Much of this Blog Posting was recorded by Fella in 2007 and tucked away in my “I’ll Work on This Later” folder and then I put that folder in a folder entitled “I’m Going to Lose Track of This Folder” folder and, before I knew what happened, I had published a lot of other Blog Postings (1,543 in total) while forgetting about this potential Blog Posting.

Back in 2007 I used to read the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. In the AJC of 12/7/07 there was an article about a Parking Garage Collapse in Charlotte, NC. Here is what it said (in Bullet Point Format)...

Ø Police reported that a portion of a parking deck at a busy shopping mall collapsed Thursday.

Ø A motorist, who may have caused the accident by crashing into the structure, died.

Ø The woman's car crashed into the edge of the top level of the parking deck.

Ø A small portion of the three-tier deck then collapsed and the driver's car fell through the opening.

Ø The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ø The Police were not certain how she died.

Why did the police not know how she died? Here is where I get to thinking that I am pretty smart because I knew immediately how the Collapsed Lady died...

• She crashed her car into the side of the deck.
• The deck collapsed.
• She and her car fell down along with the collapse.
• She was killed because she and her car were all caught up in a collapsing parking garage that she and her car had caused to collapse.

Am I missing something here? Why could the Police not figure this out?

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Fast forward to today. If the Coroner found out that the Collapsed Lady had COVID-19 (or Presumed COVID-19 or Probable COVID-19), she would have been classified as another COVID-19 Death.

If they ever find Jimmy Hoffa’s Body, do you want to guess what the Cause of Death Will Be?

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: To cover the cost of care and loss of business resulting from a shift in focus to treat COVID-19 cases the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act created a 20% Add-On for COVID-19 Medicare Patients and 3 Times More if the patients were placed on a Ventilator.

Major Protests Have Broken Out Outside A Dental Office Near Where I Live and I Am In Complete Accord with Their Demands Because I Can Feel Their Pain

The Disappointment and Frustration could be seen on the Faces of the Protesters. This was not a joke! This was real! This was awful!

Several sitting members of the City Council were active members of the protest, which, of course, gives these demonstrations added legitimacy.

I am so glad I started carrying my Potted Plant Outfit in the trunk of my car. I put it on and got right in the middle of the craziness and now you, my Dear Readers, will benefit from my foresightedness. Read on...

I quickly ascertained that the center focus of all of this consternation was the recent opening of a new Dental Office here in Fellaville. No, it was not just any Dental Office it was the name of the Dental Office that had sparked this controversy. The Dentist who owned the new office had come up with a very clever name for his new place of business. It was called...Fellaville Dental Spa.

Here is a small sampling of what I hear while inside my Potted Plant Outfit in the middle of it all...

Ø The Guy with the Bullhorn Said...I love going to Spas! I have traveled long distances to relax in some of the greatest Spas on Planet Earth. My job is very stressful! I need to unwind! Now this Holier-Than-Thou Dentist has refused to let me enter his Spa because he says there is nothing wrong with my teeth! Who is he to bar me just because I have good teeth! My brother-in-law is a very sleazy lawyer and he has told me (for a fee) he will take my newly filed lawsuit to the Supreme Court, if necessary! It’s not the money. It’s the principle of the thing!

Ø The Guy with the Pitchfork Said...My teeth are perfect. That’s my problem. I refuse to allow that to stop me. I have implemented a plan of action that will allow me to get into that there Spa in about 6 weeks. I am never without a piece of candy in my mouth. I have started melting down hard peppermint candy and holding it in my mouth for 23 minutes before I go to bed at night. I am going to have rotten teeth before this Snooty Dentist knows what’s hit him!

Ø The Guy Handling Out the Bricks Said...There ought to be a law that prevents any Spa Owner from keeping taxpaying citizens from gaining entrance to a Dental Spa. This must be in the Constitution somewhere. If it is not, it ought to be put in there at once! I feel certain that Benjamin Franklin, if he were not dead, would be standing here protesting with the rest of us. I am also certain, if he were alive today, he would be turning over in his grave!

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: No, there is no Dental Office named "Fellaville Dental Spa" but there is a Dental Office near where I live that is named “Name-Of-The-City-In-Which-It-Is-Located” Dental Spa. I will not say the real name of the Dental Spa because I don’t want to be sued by the Snooty Holier-Than-Thou Dentist’s Brother-In-Law for making fun of his Dental Office’s Silly Name!...Or is it Foolishness Name?

They Think We Are Stupid

On my trip to and from Wyoming I like to think that the people in one of the many gas stations I filled up at thought the person who filled up before me and after me was stupid...

While I was coming back from Wyoming a friend of mine was heading out to where I was coming from and he ran across this sign which must mean that there were people out there that thought my friend was stupid...

I always like to give 3 examples of what I am giving examples about. For awhile I was stuck and then I remembered this picture I took at the swimming pool next to where I attempt to play tennis. Since I’m not stupid I have come to the not stupid conclusion that there once was a Wadding Pool where this concrete is now...

Notice that, when the pool was still there, the depth was Only 3 Feet. The people who built the pool must have thought that the people who used the pool were stupid so they warned them... Hey, Stupid People, No Diving. 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: Ben Franklin said, “We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid”. 

Being Smart Can Be Confusing

 

Those radio talk shows where those really sharp money people give advice about finances do a real public service. They logically explain heavy financial planning so that light-weight every day money handlers can understand their money. They do it so logically and simply that even an Idiot can understand their message.

I may be a Smart Fella but I can still become confused. A Smart Money Advice Manager confused me with this bit of Financial Information...

Too many parents have been burned because they have signed on as Co-Signers to their children’s loans and when their children defaulted the parents have found themselves responsible for the loan. As a result more and more parents have been refusing to Co-Sign loans.

The Finance Industry has been getting the parents back on board by setting them up, not as Co-Signers but making them Only Responsible for the Payments.

Now there is a difference without a difference if I have ever seen one. Maybe I am still smart after all because I don’t see the difference.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella Still

Lagniappe: 50 years ago I was a Zone Manager for Ford Motor Company and I traveled by car to the car dealers in my zone 5 days a week. Some of the dealers used to call some of us Zone Managers, “Empty Suits”. I’m sure my dealers did not call me that...Or am I? One Friday I was almost back from my week’s travels and a local Radio Personality was talking his head through my car radio and he said...“On my show I have contests each day that even an Idiot can win. So, all you Idiots be sure to tune in every day”. I’m sure he wasn’t talking directly to me...Or am I?

The Immune System Is In Vogue

 

I am The Noticer and you are not but have you noticed that the easiest way to sell darn near anything in the Good Ole USofA today is to claim that whatever you are selling is Good for Our Immune Systems?

Ø Vitamins that we have known and taken for years which used to claim to be good for something or other inside our bodies now claim to be especially beneficial to our Immune Systems.

Ø Foods we once ate because they tasted good now purport to Benefit Our Immune Systems.

Ø I heard a Talking Head at the end of his news report tell me that Sunshine contributes to a Robust Immune System. He finished up with, “Oh yea, it is also gives you Vitamin D and Skin Cancer”.

If our Congress were not so busy doing Silly Crazy Stuff, I would write them a letter and draw this to their Divided Attention but, I am also an expert on Wasting Time, and I know that would be a Big Waste of Time.

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Here Comes the Serious Foolishness Part of this Blog Posting

I do think that these claims are getting out of hand...

Ø Automobile Manufacturers are pitching to us, “If we ever get enough Semiconductor Chips to start making cars again, be sure to come into one of our cobwebbed covered dealerships and buy a car or two. An independent test by independent testers has shown that each mile you drive in one of our cars boosts your immune System 3 times more than any of our competitor’s cars will boost your Immune System”.

Ø This one bugs me...“Our bug killer does not work that well when it comes to killing bugs but inhaling the bug spray while you are spraying it in the direction of those bugs smiling back at you will Boost Your Immune System”. (Bet you did not know that bugs can smile.)

Ø Pandemic Obsessed Fearful of Everything People had stopped going down to the Bottom of the Grand Canyon. The National Park Service reversed this trend by claiming that the air you breathe at the bottom of the Grand Canyon is “Perfected” by Mother Nature. This perfection comes about because of a combination of River Water Evaporation, Pine Tree Excretions, Bear Poo Odor and Hiker Sweat. This natural process turns the air down there into an excellent way to boost even the most Anemic of Anemic Immune Systems.

LexisNexis reports that “Immune System” has forged ahead of “Transparency” in usage by those of us who once lived happily in the Good Ole USofA but who are now too uneasy about everything going on around us to be as happy as they once were.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: If you search the Internet with a phrase like “products that deliver immunity”, you can then spend the rest of the day Reading All About Them.

Here is how some of the manufacturers described their products...

Ø Vitamin C Daily Immune Support, Pink Lemonade

Ø Absolute Nutrition, Immunity, Zinc with Vitamin C & Vitamin B

Ø Advanced Immune Defense, 6-in-1 Powerful Blend of Vitamin C

Ø D3, Zinc, Elderberries, Garlic Bulb, Echinacea - Supports Overall Health, Provides Vital Nutrients & Antioxidants

Ø More Vitamin C than 10 Oranges with Other Key Antioxidants

Ø Enhanced Immune Support Formula

Ø Delivers Vitamin D, Antioxidants and a Proprietary Complex with Wellmune, Betaglucans and Arabinogalactans

Ø Daily Immune Support and Botanicals

Ø Immunity Power + Vitamin C

Ø Immunity with Elderberry, Zinc, & Vitamin C – Supports Respiratory Health & Immune Defense

Ø Immunity System Booster Supplement USDA Organic Immune Support with Vitamin C, Oregano, Moringa, Plus Potent 4:1 Extracts: Elderberry, Astragalus & Ginger

They must be selling well because a whole bunch of the products are listed as, “Out Of Stock”.

If you were to take about 10 of these products and drank them in a kind of Immunity Cocktail, after you died your attending physician would have to remove your heart, put it on the floor and beat it to death with a stick.

Prego Used to Advertise All the Good Things In Their Spaghetti Sauce by Saying, “It’s In There”.

 

Chicken Sandwiches are all the rage today but not all of What's In There is good for us.

Much of what is in these sandwiches need not be inside your body, at least not in these quantities. I just got back from a week at a Dude Ranch in Wyoming and I now know a thing or two about horses. These Chicken Sandwiches are big enough to choke a horse. They are definitely big enough to Choke an Artery.

I have a personal favorite Fried Chicken Fast Food Chain. I have not eaten a single piece of my favorite chicken since last year because I am on a diet. My favorite chain’s Big Chicken Sandwich is one of the biggest.

I am not going to tell you which chain it is because I don’t want them to go out of business. My plan is, when my doctor tells me I have a week to live, I am going to spend that week in one of their outlets Pigging Out (or is that Chickening Out?).

Be careful, just reading these quantities can cause you to gain 2 pounds...

Ø 700 Calories (Wow! My diet allows me only 1,500 calories a day.)

Ø 42 Grams of Fat (Wow!)

Ø 14 Grams of Saturated Fat (Wow!)

Ø 1.5 Grams of Trans Fat (Wow!)

Ø 1,443 Milligrams of Sodium (Wow!) (It could be worse. One of the competing Chicken Sandwiches has 2,140 Milligrams.)

Ø 28 Grams of Protein (This is the good part.)

If any of you are lucky enough to be given a week to live at the same time as I am given a week to live, let’s hook up. I can guarantee you we will have a week to remember the rest of our lives!

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Let’s Think Before We Spend Trillions of Dollars

In preparing for this Blog Posting I became as confused as you are about just how much our Congress is intending to spend. Every time I turn around there is a new shocking number to be shocked about.

I even stopped turning around but the Gargantuan Money Estimates kept coming my way. I’m having a hard time believing what I am hearing.

Members of our Congress are talking about spending $3.5 to $5 Trillion. Some are talking about spending more than $5 Trillion. The other night I heard $7 to $8 Trillion come out of my TV.

I know that Congress does not understand what a Trillion is. The worst part is it is Football Season and the American Public is Football Distracted until after the Super Bowl. Then they will be into Basketball’s March Madness and the NBA Playoffs. Then, before you know it, it’s Football Season.

My Dear Readers, the wheels may be about to come off the wagon.

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In this Blog Posting I’ll use $5 Trillion.  I can just hear Members of Congress, after reading this Blog Posting, standing up in their respective chambers and saying, “By golly 5 ain’t much. It’s not even 6. Why it’s hardly more than 4”.

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How Big Is A Trillion?

The Congressmen who stand up to propose to spend “only” 5 Trillion Dollars ought to be required to say...

I propose to spend 5 Thousand Billion Dollars!

Did that confuse you? Would this help?...

I propose to spend 5 Billion Thousands of Dollars!

How many times have we heard Members of Congress say something like this when they were asked, “What do you want to spend this money on?”...

I am proud to say I propose to research of the age old question, “If a frog’s front legs were big like their hind legs, would they then be able to jump in both directions?”

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I just found out that the most famous quote of the Late Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois was never said by him. He did come close many times because he understood Billions. The famous Dirksen quote that he never said was...

 "A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money"

If he were alive today he would be turning over in his grave at the way the word “Trillion” is in vogue in the halls of our Congress.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

Lagniappe: Fella’s Easy to Understand Guide for Members of Congress. Now they are sure to understand ...Or are they?

Trillion...5,000,000,000,000 = 5 thousand billions of dollars

Billion...5,000,000,000 = 5 thousand millions of dollars

Million...5,000,000 = 5 thousand thousands of dollars

The April 8, 1966 Time Magazine Cover Asked, “Is God Dead?” and God Has Been Fighting a Losing Battle Ever Since That Question Was Published

If God has survived up until now, the new President of Harvard’s Chaplains is very likely going to attempt to drive the last nail into God’s Coffin during his tenure in office.

First of all we need to try and remember what the word “Chaplain” means...Or is that Used to Mean?

According to Merriam Webster Chaplain means... “a person chosen to conduct religious exercises”.

This leads Fella to put his tongue in his cheek and ask, Is a Chaplain who conducts Non-Religious Exercises actually conducting Religious Exercises when he conducts Non-Religious Exercises because the word “Religious” is contained in Non-Religious? (That makes as much sense as lots of other things that are happening in our world today).

The New Yorker Magazine

September 20, 2021 Issue

Harvard’s Atheist-Chaplain Controversy

The selection of Greg Epstein, a humanist rabbi, as the president of Harvard’s chaplains led to a small uproar among the school’s other religious leaders. Will it inspire a come-to-Jesus moment of the secular variety?

By Nick Paumgarten

At the end of August, the Times ran a story about a Harvard chaplain named Greg Epstein, an avowed atheist and “humanist rabbi,” who had been selected by his fellow-chaplains at the university (there are more than thirty of them, of diverse faiths) to serve as their president. Here was an ivory-tower man-bites-dog tale that elicited some context about the ascendancy of secularism, both at a particular institution (one founded, almost four centuries ago, essentially as a seminary) and in the culture at large. “We don’t look to a god for answers,” Epstein told the paper. “We are each other’s answers.”

In response to this relatively mild provocation, readers aligned themselves according to their own cosmologies. In the comments online, nonbelievers, generally, expressed versions of “Right on!,” while believers tended toward “How could they?” For the former, it was good to encounter an affirmation that a godless earthling could pursue spiritual and pastoral paths. To the latter, it seemed absurd to apply the word “chaplain” to a nonreligious, chapel-less counsellor, and to elevate such a figure to a position of authority over people of faith; would the College of Cardinals elect a nihilist Pope?

I did the underlining of...

Ø led to a small uproar among the school’s other religious leaders

Ø who had been selected by his fellow-chaplains

Does this confuse you as much as it confuses me?...

There is an small uproar among the school’s other religious leaders who had elected him?

I can’t help but think...

Ø If they are upset about his election why did they elect him?

Ø Maybe that’s why their small uproar is small uproar and not a large uproar.

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Are you ready for the Foolishness...Or Is It?

What’s next?

Ø In his Coronation Speech the new Commissioner of Baseball said he hates Baseball and he vowed to work as hard as he could to wipe Baseball from the face of the earth.

Ø The new Chairman of the Board at Weight Watchers weighs 485 Pounds and during his first address to the membership he attacked skinny people worldwide while he ate 6 Chocolate Banana Coconut Cream Pies in order to Set The Tone for his Course-Changing Administration.

Ø In his Appointment Acceptance Speech the new United States Secretary of Defense apologized to Hitler for all the bullets American Forces sent in the general direction of the German Army during WW2. He stated that he has done research on the Internet and discovered that Hitler told his minions, on more than one occasion, that he did not appreciate the way the Allied Forces were defending themselves. Armed with this new information he pledged to send U.S Armed Forces into the next World War Unarmed.

I do not apologize for getting carried away with this Blog Posting. I think “they” (whomever they are) got carried away before I got carried away.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

I’m not sure why I put this picture here. It must have been the word, “Aaugh!”.

You Are Evil If You Are Successful...Or are u?

  

I notice things but you already know that. Here is something that I noticed while reading through the Internet and it made me think, “Aghhhh!!”

I was reading an article about the Pandemic and this jumped out at me...

Ø The article was making the point that some people became wealthier during that Pandemic.

Ø Take my word for it these Wealthier People were painted as Evil.

Ø How dare them become Wealthier while others were suffering!

While I was trying to understand why Successful meant Evil, my noticing gaze fell upon this “Proof” of Evil the article gave me...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk became 600% richer during the Pandemic!

I will now use my famous Bullet Point Format to throw myself into the Stupid Heap with the Stupid’s...

Ø How dare Elon Musk become rich while we are not becoming rich!

Ø How dare Elon Musk climb up the ladder of money while we are not climbing!

Ø The only way Elon Musk and his Ilk (I love the word “Ilk”) could have done this is to take money and food and stuff from the rest of us!

OK, I’m done being Stupid. Let’s see what Elon Musk did to become such an Evil Terrible Person.

This comes from the Internet...

How does one person balance diverse interests and manage successful endeavors in Space Technology, Sustainable Energy and the Internet? From his early days teaching himself to program computers, Elon Musk has worked to improve the quality of life for everyone through technology.

From the idea of "aggregating all of your financial services seamlessly" to multiplanetary existence for the human species, Elon Musk is driven by ideas that propose to fundamentally change the way we live. Building on the financial success of his Internet ventures, the entrepreneur-inventor has gone on to take risk, reward and unconventional thinking to new levels entirely.

A serial entrepreneur who bought his first computer at the age of 10 and sold his first commercial software at the age of 12, Elon Musk decided to get into “three important areas” after obtaining an undergraduate degree in economics: the Internet, Space, and Clean Energy. As a cofounder of X.com (later PayPal), SpaceX and Tesla Motors, he has created organizations focused on commercializing innovations in all three.

To me (The Noticer) a Jump-Out-At-You Phrase above was, “has gone on to take risk”. I wonder if the “genius” who wrote the words that got me started on this Blog Posting (Tesla CEO Elon Musk became 600% richer during the Pandemic) has taken any risks of note lately or is he busy working on his array of Snacks, Cheese Dips, Humus and Beer for the Big Football Weekend coming up in 2 days?

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: SpaceX does not shy away from the impossible? SpaceX made it possible for their rockets to come back from flight and land on Earth and be used again, instead of falling into the ocean never to be seen again. Is that Evil or Genius?

Do You Use Their Gasoline Because Of What’s In Their Gasoline?

 

If you make it a point to use Shell Gasoline and, if I asked you why you make it a point to use Shell Gasoline, and you responded, “Because Shell Gasoline has V-Power”, I would wonder if you were smart enough to have a Driver’s License.

I noticed during the 4,391 mile road trip I just completed that I would actually have to spend $.70 extra to get V-Power because it only comes in Shell’s Premium Gasoline. All these years I thought the "benefits" of V-Power (whatever they are) were in all grades of Shell Gasoline!

What are the benefits of V-Power? Shell has never have told me. Have they told you? If they told you, why did you not tell me?

But Wait! ... Wait! (As they say on those “As Seen on TV” commercials) you get more than just V-Power with Shell Premium Gasoline, you also get...

Ø Nitro+ (what is that?).

Ø Plus you get 12X Protection (what is that?).

Would we be lining up to buy Shell Gasoline if they said their Gasoline contained Snake Oil or Dirt from Apple Orchards in New Guinea or Oatmeal?

Very likely, as long as it contains something, we would pull in and Fill ‘Er Up! (I never said we were not all collectively Silly).

The “X” in 12X Protection probably means 12 Times Protection but Protection from what? I’m not saying the last sentence of this Blog Posting is true because I am just playing Goofy...Or am I?

Could it possibly be it is 12 Times Protection from the engine destroying effects of V-Power and/or Nitro+?

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

I Would Like To Be Of Help to You but I Can’t Explain Things I Don’t Understand

I apologize for all the ads that now appear throughout my Blog Postings. It was not always that way. Google BlogSpot does this. I have no control over these ad insertions. I know it makes my Interesting Commentary harder to read. Stick with it because it is worth the effort...Or is it?

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 When the Supreme Court handed down its now-infamous Roe v. Wade decision, it did so based on a new, previously undefined "right of privacy" which it "discovered" in so-called "emanations" of "penumbrae" of the Constitution.

I will now proceed to let you figure out the above 35 Words because I can’t be of any help to you but I know you can handle it...Or can you?

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Truth Isn’t Always Silly But It Is More Fun When It Is

 

My local paper keeps telling me things that are True But Silly. This is the latest headline to catch my eye...

Georgia Judge Appoints Lawyer to Represent Dog

The case in question is about a Pit Bull that bit a small child. The judge took this drastic action because, if the dog is “convicted”, it could face The Death Penalty.

What’s next for court appointed lawyers?...

The Shirt...

Ø A T-Shirt was arrested in New York City for the message that was written on it.

Ø That offending message was...

“People With Warts In The Middle Of The End Of Their Noses Are Ugly”

Ø The Wart Lovers of America National President happened to be walking by the Offending T-Shirt and he saw what he considered this Crude and Offending Message and was immediately horrified.

Ø He reported the T-Shirt to a near-by Policeman who arrested the T-Shirt on the spot.

The T-Shirt was ordered to Lay For Trial. (Since T-Shirts cannot Stand on their own it could not be ordered to Stand For Trial.)

I can hear the court appointed defense attorney making the following cogent points...

Ø Let’s face it. A T-Shirt should not be persecuted for what is printed on it.

Ø The T-Shirt actually has no control over what is printed on it.

Ø Another actually...Actually people say “T-Shirts Say” but they don’t “say” anything. They are but innocent victims at the mercy of the people who print words on them.

Ø Most of all, let us not forget, T-Shirts Are People Too!

The Open Space...

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Some of you may not be aware that I have the ability to change postings after they have been posted. If any of you would like to add another silly Court Appointed Lawyer Story, I will be more than glad to add your foolishness to my foolishness.

Most of you are hesitant to add comments. If you prefer to write me a personal email with a silly idea to fill in The Open Space above, I will be glad to publish your words and make you as famous as I am famous.

It might make you nervous to contemplate the fact that your words will be read all my followers. Don’t let that bother you. I don’t have that many followers. L

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

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Laws That Prove We Are Silly

The federal government has gone to a lot of trouble to pass laws requiring shippers to make sure that mail order items are received by the customer by the date promised by the shipper...

Ø How will the Feds know if it is or it is not received by the date promised?

Ø Are there bureaucrats with green eye shades and clip boards following the progress of each shipped item?

Ø Now you know why the sellers always say it will take 6 to 8 weeks for the product to arrive and then it arrives in about a week.

Ø Shippers are not silly but Congress is.

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The buying customer can dispute the charges if an item was bought on-line but it was never received by the buyer...

Ø We need a law for this?

Ø We are not capable of disputing charges for something not received without Federal Help?

Ø Without this law would we be saying things like this to ourselves?... ”Self, I did not get what I am being billed for. I sure wish there were a Federal Law that required sellers to actually give us what we order from them. Oh well, I guess I will send them a check for $500 but this sure does not seem fair”.

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Examples of Laws in My Home State of Georgia That Look Silly...

Ø It’s illegal to give a state senator a speeding ticket when the state assembly is in session in the State of Georgia.

Ø Spitting on sidewalks at night is not allowed in St. Mary’s, Georgia.

Ø The floor of a porno store must be smooth and none absorbent in Roswell, Georgia.

Ø It’s illegal for a chicken to cross the road in Marietta, Georgia.

Ø It’s illegal to say “oh boy” in Jonesboro, Georgia.

Ø It’s illegal to eat chicken with a fork in Gainesville, Georgia.

Ø It’s illegal to play catch with your son on the sidewalk in Dublin, Georgia.

Ø If you want to spit from a moving vehicle it must be a truck in Marietta, Georgia.

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Are you feeling superior to us people from Georgia? Before you get too full of yourself you ought to look up your own State of Residence...Y’all Are Probably Just as Silly as Us Georgians.

To see how Silly, click here... http://www.idiotlaws.com/

Would I kid u?

Smartfella