After 5 days of skiing, I would probably want a nice mug of hot TRIVIA QUIZ!
Today is National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day. As we all know, those are actually called "Goobers".
Today is Let's All Eat Right Day, celebrating the birthday of nutritionist Adelle Davis who advocated healthy eating, especially via her best-selling book, "Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit." What? Some sort of diet that involves eating healthy instead of, say, eliminating carbs? Crazy talk :)
Today is National Don't Utter a Word Day. You see, the world is made up of talkers and listeners. And the listeners need a rest. Does it make me multi-talented if I can both listen and talk?
On this day in 1793, George Washington convened the first U.S. Cabinet meeting -- at his home. I wonder if Martha served brownies...
On this day in 1978, the top three songs on the U.S. charts ("Stayin Alive," "How Deep Is Your Love," and "Night Fever") were all by the Bee Gees. The #4 song, Andy Gibb's "Love Is Thicker Than Water," and the #5 song, Samantha Sang's "Emotion," were written by the Bee Gees.
On this day in 1984, Luc Labrie finally went indoors after 138 hours of continuous skiing at Daie Comeau, Quebec. That's 5 days 18 hours and a Guinness world record.
On this day in 1996, the first Christian Nudist Conference closed at a campground near Longwood, North Carolina. Some 40 "conservative nudists" attended the conference. Retired Penticostal minister David Phipps, who walked the grounds with a pet pig on a leash, said, "God didn’t create us with clothes. There are a lot of people walking around in $400 suits that I wouldn’t trust my pig with." Hm, I'd call him a crazypants, but he probably wasn't wearing any!
So, how about some trivia? On this day in 1919, what state became the first to tax a gallon of gasoline? I'll give you a hint: it's one of the states where all the stations are full-service. For bonus points, name the other one!
Good luck :)
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The only one I know is New Jersey! I'll guess that the second one is Alaska.
Also, speaking of eating healthy, I saw a book online the other day from the 70's called "Fasting: The Ultimate Diet"... really???
Growing up in New Jersey, we were always quite proud of our full service gas stations. I always thought we shared that privilege with only Oregon. (Or as we called it, OreGON). But now I'm having flashbacks to Nathan getting a ticket in Oregon while pumping gas. So perhaps I'm wrong. NJ does love to tax people though, so they're probably the answer to the question.
I'll make it unanimous and go with New Jersey, as well.
Goobers are OK, but as we all know, the perfect movie candy is Junior Mints!
And the honor goes to...Oregon! But everybody else is correct: the other state is, in fact, New Jersey!
Kim, that's the scariest book title ever. What in the world were people thinking back in the 70s?
Laine, maybe Nathan was getting a ticket b/c he was pumping gas in Oregon ;) I was caught off-guard in both states for attempting to pump gas. But while the attendant in Oregon gently informed me of their full-serv only policy, the NJ attendant yelled at me to "REMAIN IN [MY] VEHICLE!" Well, at least I got the message :)
Yes, New Jersey can be a little, um, forceful, about the full service policy. :) Nathan got a speeding ticket, and for some reason the cop thought that rather than pulling us over he would instead follow us off the exit and pull up behind us at the gas pump. I guess either we were in one of those other west coast states, or this whole scene went down in front of a gas attendant!
JD, well you got the second part right :) Do you prefer your junior mints cold or at room temperature?
Laine, you gotta love those pacific northwest cops...no need to cause a commotion with sirens, he'll just catch up next time you stop...
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