Hey y’all, hopefully everyone had a great 4th of July weekend and have all your fingers?! Always remember, light and get away! Well, we didn't miss anything this year, Folly canceled it's fireworks display this year, maybe try a drone show next year? We were asked to play a benefit for Carolina Children's Charity a couple of month's ago, Ms. Sonya mentioned that it raised $14k and was a huge success for CCC. We saw lots of FB'ers in attendance and it was great to see so many peeps! Thx for having us Sonya, we had a great time playing for y'all! I saw in the P&C Biz section, Folly was mentioned as South Carolina's "Quirkiest little town" also as Charleston's funkiest beach community by WorldAtlas. Vibrant, diverse and eccentric are descriptives peppered in the article, so, IOP and Sullivan's Island, there ya go, we're awesome in our own way! Here's the web link for ya if you'd like to read the coverage. Ever since I can remember, living here these last 44 years, there's a real loyalty to the mayo of choice for deviled eggs, etc., so don't FOMO this - The Great Mayo Showdown, Dukes vs Hellmann's will be held at Chico Feo, Thurs July 17 - 27. In person voting based on dish preference. I don't know about you, but I'll be there to sample and vote, so check it out. Since we skipped July and went straight to August, stay hydrated (more than just beer) and take care of yourselves when you go outside, forget about the rain, it's a beautiful day, see you soon, thanks so much for supporting us, love y'all and keep on keepin' on, ciao'!
Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness – ‘Thou Shalt Not Steal’ Painting Stolen from Church – BBC headline
Hahahahaa, those crazy Armenians! The prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, told his Facebook followers that he was prepared to expose himself to the head of the Armenian church, to prove they were wrong that he had been circumcised. This is just the latest development in an ongoing spat between Pashinyan and the head of the Armenian Apostolic church. And they say women are too emotional to lead!... uh, ok...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gk0nw2nn0o
LOST TOILET: An 18-carat gold toilet was stolen in less than five minutes from Blenheim Palace, the mansion where Winston Churchill was born. The toilet, insured for $6 million, was titled “America” and satirizes excessive wealth. Who’s laughing now?
FRIENDLY REALTOR: Thirty-one men in Huizhou, China, say they were tricked into buying apartments by their “girlfriends,” only to find out a group of 15 different women that all worked for the same real estate firm had orchestrated the scam. The men should have been skeptical the moment their dates told them their ideal guy was a 2br, 1.5 bath garden unit owner.
And Everything In Its Place: Rodney Holbrook of Builth Wells, Powys, Wales, had a mystery on his hands: each morning his work shed was tidied up compared to how he’d left it the day before. As in, little things like clothes pins, nuts, and bolts were put away into a box on his workbench. After two months of it, he set up a night vision camera to watch his workbench. Mystery solved: Holbrook, 75, learned the culprit is a mouse, or maybe even more than one. “Ninety-nine times out of 100 the mouse will tidy up throughout the night. It is incredible really that they put them all back in the box, I think it’s possible that they enjoy it.” So what is he doing about the rodent incursion? “I don’t bother to tidy up now,” he admits. “I leave things out of the box and they put it back in its place by the morning.” (BBC) ...“He takes me for granted too,” sobbed Mrs. Holbrook.
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A Spirit of Generosity: After a man hit a parked car in a Homestead, Fla., parking lot, responding police officers noticed the offending driver had “very red bloodshot and glassy eyes, and smelt very strongly of sweat, urine, and alcohol.” They also saw he had an icy cold bottle of beer — or, at least, what little was left of it — in the center console of his SUV. An officer ordered the driver to put his vehicle in Park, but he wasn’t able to do so and his vehicle started to roll. The officer reached in and put it in Park, and told Adan Jacinto-Domingo, 34, to get out of the vehicle and present his driving license. Jacinto-Domingo got out, but “began to stall” and, the officers say, tried to bribe them with a $20 bill. He then grabbed one of the officers and resisted as they handcuffed him; he had to be tased into compliance. While being booked into jail, Jacinto-Domingo allegedly threatened to shoot one of the officers in the face. He is charged with DUI, resisting arrest, assault and battery on a police officer, conspiracy to commit bribery, and driving without a valid license.
(WPLG Miami) ...All of which was much more satisfying for the officers to write up than splitting a 20.
I was visiting my daughter last night when I asked if I could borrow a newspaper.
"This is the 21st century." she said. "We don't waste money on newspapers. Here, use my iPad." I can tell you this... that fly never knew what hit him...
https://theonion.com/dad-spends-retirement-untangling-big-mess-of-wires/
The Onion (I'm almost there....)
Starbucks is getting rid of more than a dozen drinks, the company announced this week, as part of an effort to get back to its roots as a place that serves, well … coffee. The list of soon-to-be-axed beverages includes a number of frappuccino concoctions as Starbucks sought to eliminate drinks it said were either too complicated to make, weren’t big sellers or were similar to other menu items. On Monday, Starbucks also announced it is laying off 1,100 of its 16,000 corporate employees. Here’s the drinks on the chopping block on March 4 are: -
Iced Matcha Lemonade, Espresso Frappuccino, Caffè Vanilla Frappuccino, Java Chip Frappuccino, White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino, Chai Crème Frappuccino, Caramel Ribbon Crunch Crème Frappuccino, Double Chocolaty Chip Crème Frappuccino, Chocolate Cookie Crumble Crème Frappuccino, White Chocolate Crème Frappuccino, White Hot Chocolate, Royal English Breakfast Latte and Honey Almond Milk Flat White. Just gimme my Chock Full O' Nuts....
If you think you can still use your Blackberry, you might wanna read this? –
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/microsoft-shutting-down-skype-teams/?utm_campaign=mb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew
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When asked by a young patrol officer, "Do you know you were speeding?”
This 83-year-old woman talked herself out of a ticket by stating, "Yes, but I had to get there before I forgot where I was going.”
From Jimbo – "Look, I’m not saying I hate you, what I’m saying is that you are literally the Monday of my life."
Freedom of Obliviocy: Florida schools continue to widen the net when it comes to banning books due to an expansion of the “Parental Rights in Education” law, probably better known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. The Escambia County School District seems to be leading the body count, with more than 1,600 books banned or under review as part of the banning process. In addition to the usual suspects (anything with an LGBTQ theme or any hint of “sexual conduct,” among other things), the most recent batch includes The Guinness Book of World Records, encyclopedias from eight publishers, and five dictionaries. PEN America, which is keeping a list of books being banned or challenged, has sued the district, joined by a group of authors, local parents and students, Penguin Random House, and the Florida Freedom to Read Project. (RC/WFLA Tampa) ...Once properly censored, the very slim book of words will go back on the shelf renamed as a Tionary.