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The Fun Continues

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That UPS package is taking quite a circuitous route. Delivery has been rescheduled for Friday the thirteenth. Hmmm...

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J Squad

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1. What is your name: James

2. A four letter word: Jeff

3. A boy's name: Jeremy

4. A girl's name: Jezebel

5. An occupation: Junior Executive

6. A color: Just about blue

7. Something you wear: Jersey

8. A food: Jerky

9. Something found in the bathroom: Jerms

10. A place: Jerusalem

11. A reason for being late: Jilted

12. Something you shout: Jeez

13. A movie title: J

14. Something you drink: Juice

15. A musical group: Judy Garland

16. An animal: Jerbil

17. A street name: Juniper Street

18. A type of car: Jeep

19. A song title: Just In Time

20. A verb: Jack

Sub Par Bowl

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I have never watched a superbowl.

Ever!

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I recently updated my Facebook pic, and several people have commented on it. In particular, my nephew seems to have been amused. I can't imagine why.

Some have thought that it reveals that I'm a Phillies fan.

Actually, the cap used to belong to Wally Backman, who played for the Phils for a couple seasons in the early 90's.

It was probably in 1991 on Fan Appreciation Day when I heard my seat number called out. A few minutes later a woman in the Phils organization brought me the Wally Backman cap.

It's been sitting on a shelf ever since, until I took it out the other day for a lark.

Meanwhile, Wally Backman has had his share of ups and downs.

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For his cold open on Monday Craig Ferguson showed how to yodel:

And the following night, he had his monkey do it:

Buffalo Bob

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Howdy Doody was the first television show that I watched faithfully. One of the prime reasons was Buffalo Bob. Here's a clip from an interview in 1997.

The other day I was talking to my neighbor about the election.

Her elderly mother is in a nursing home so she obtained an absentee ballot for her.

"She's voted in every election that she could, so I thought I'd just let her pick for herself. I read off the list of nominees and she picked Bob Barr.

"I think she mixed him up with Bob Barker."

That's not a bad reason compared to some that I've heard over the years.

Anyway, Bob Barker and Bob Barr are, of course, very different.

One's an American game show icon who has become a laughing stock in his old age, and the other is Bob Barker.

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Craig Ferguson usually answers two or three emails on his show each night. So I sent him the following:

Craig,

Scientists tell us that there are 60 billion neutrinos striking every square centimeter of the Earth each second.

Do you believe that? And does it worry you?

--JT

I wonder if he'll answer...

The Sneeze

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