Sometimes I want to put down the books, the vacuum cleaner, the laundry basket and the wooden spoon and feed my brain inconsequential stupidity just because it’s entertaining.
Sorry not sorry.
For instance, did you know that when a woman offers a male partner a freshly baked brownie from the still warm pan by saying “you want one from the edge or from the middle” and he responds with “doesn’t matter they all taste the same” this would be immediate grounds for divorce?
I learned that from twitter. 😃
I also learned from twitter that the folks living in Brampton, Ontario, a 30 minute drive north-west from Toronto, will call police when spotting alligators swimming in the frigid creeks among the Canada Geese. The fact that a) there are no gators swimming freely among Canada’s many fresh-water lakes and rivers because b) our weather is unsuitable for these reptiles, does not deter folk from calling 911 amid a covid-pandemic. So the first responders, likely thinking some covidiot released an illegal pet into the wild, went rushing to Brampton to catch it and transport it to a zoo.
Turns out it was just a beaver working hard at logging and building his underwater mansion. 😳
Incidentally, the beaver is Canada’ national animal…we have many beavers in all our lovely lakes and streams. But I guess it’s easy to confuse beavers with alligators these days…
Ahem. 😉
Next, it appears a new pest has arrived on the North American continent via Asia. They have been named murder hornets and made into a hashtag even.
Apparently, this insect can kill you. Isn’t that nice? If these giant hornets sting you up to five times you could be hospitalized and die from toxic hornet juice. Or something. 😐
So that’s where my brain’s at this morning.
Happy frickin’ Tuesday. I think I’ll go bake a pan of brownies now… 😄
Thanks for dropping by. We now resume regular programming. 😉
I am definitely an edge of the pan guy
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Cool. 🙂
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Newsletter- May 9, 2020
https://theliberacy.com/2020/05/09/newsletter-may-9-2020/
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If we see a beaver here, it is probably in the jaws of an alligator. Those bad boys rule any water more than 3 inches deep.
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Beaver – alligator? Covidiots is right! I remember the hornet thing a couple of years ago!
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The average person opens the refrigerator 22 times a day. More useless trivia to tie up more brain cells.
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So 88 times in one day for a family of 4, but probably more if there’s teenagers. 😂
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Is that real? 22 times a day? I’m seriously deficient in this department.
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I got that from Readers’s Digest electronic magazine, so I am guessing it is pretty accurate. I am sure adults are lower, and kids are higher, so it all does that Feng Shui balancing thing.
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I’m sure the lockdown hasn’t done anything good for those averages!
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I will for sure call the police next time I see alligators in our LA sewer system.
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😂
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Did someone say brownies?
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I ate 6…they were really small, but still. 😄
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I admire your restraint.
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😄
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Murder Hornets sounds like the name of an alt-rock band. Maybe death metal. I just hope I never meet one.
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I heard they’re in Washington State. From Japan apparently… 😳
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That’s what I’d read, as well.
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Murder Hornets chew the heads off bees. That’s how they got the name murder hornets
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I know…horrible.
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We’ll deal with the Murdering Hornet fuckers just as we did COVID-19 virus. Mother Nature 2 – Humans 0. We really suck against nature unless we destroy it.
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Boo.
Tell us how you really feel. 😄
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I made the mistake yesterday of reading a BBC news story titled ‘America’s murder Hornets’, suffice to say I wish I hadn’t!
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………….. incidentally I don’t understand the Brownie anecdote, why is that grounds for divorce?
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If you eat a piece from the end, or a corner, it has crusty bits. My daughter loves those.
If you eat a piece from the middle it’s mostly gooey deliciousness.
To say they taste the same is incorrect.
He said to her he doesn’t care which piece she gives him, they all taste the same to him. She was horrified to find this out and concluded he doesn’t understand women, or brownies.
Based on the many, MANY comments I read, most women were of the same opinion (that the end and middle pieces do not taste the same). 🙄
😉
Incidentally I baked brownies today and ate several pieces, corner, end and middle. None of them taste exactly the same. 😛
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😮Omg that makes so much sense, he’s criticising her cooking I get it!
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Sigh…. Not quite.
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😀 you made me laugh with that (exasperated) sigh………. lol give me time and I’ll work it out!
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😂To my credit at least I didn’t tell any Canadian Beaver jokes!
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Lol
Yes I admired your restraint. 🙂
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😉
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If you tend to leave them in too long like I do, then the end bits can be downright break your teeth crunchy!
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As a beekeeper, I take the Asian Hornet story with more gravity. I have a beekeeper friend in France who is currently dealing with this invasive pest. If it gets its way, all honeybees will be dinner. And, if they’re dinner, where are we? (One in three bites comes from bees.)
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It’s horrible. My ex-neighbour (she moved) keeps bees too…sigh.
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I enjoy a good Canadian beaver rub.
Lest you think I’m being perverted, I should specify: Haupy’s Beaver Rub. My friend from Ontario sent us some last year. It’s great to spread on your meat.
Man. I should just shut up now…
https://www.haupysbeaverrub.ca/
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Never heard of it but thanks for the link.
When we moved to Oakville from Switzerland we discovered they named the local paper the Oakville Beaver. And, I used to deliver that paper on a route in my hood. 😉
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My nephew used to deliver that paper….it was his first job.
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🙂
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I wonder if you fed the brownies to a beaver, would it grow into an alligator?
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Well anything is possible these days… Lol 😄
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😁
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Hysterical, I needed this today, thank you for the lift to my spirits! Beavers, brownies, and gators? Reminds me of Florida. Don’t know why? Anyhoo…cheers, C
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I know, right?
You’re welcome. And thank you for commenting, I too need a lift.
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Love beavers (stop giggling) – they are re-introducing them in the UK, because they were hunted to extinction here years ago. Turns out they perform a pretty essential range of services in woodland rivers…
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Lol on the giggling. 😉
Actually I did not know that. Really? Hunting beavers? They’re such cute and interesting rodents…
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https://www.rspb.org.uk/our-work/our-positions-and-casework/our-positions/species/beaver-reintroduction-in-the-uk/
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That’s amazing! “Keystone species”… Thanks for sharing the link.
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I’m returning 2020 for 2019….
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Hey! Is that an option?? 😛
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I’m checking the warranty as we speak
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