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dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
A A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
There’s no Betty Rubble in Flintstones Chewable
Vitamins.
A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time for 1/100 th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Al Capone’s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child
reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
Cats have over 100 vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a
full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line
would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
If you are an average American, during your lifetime, you will spend
an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
It’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears
never stop growing.
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Did You Know?
By: Gayla Kalp / Life is Laughter
Gayla is a speaker, author, psychologist and humorist. She also
happens to be Ms. Sr. California, Nevada and Universe England.
What a (Double) Sissy!
A great big “thank you” to Albertsons’ Pharmacy, Henry Long, Ann
Perreida and Luis Maldonado for a professional and fantastic job at our
Vegas Voice Home & Health Expo at Sun City MacDonald Ranch last
month. They did a wonderful job
Photo – While entertainment director Jonny Bird looks on, publisher
“Double Sissy” Dan receives both flu and pneumonia vaccines at the
same time. Don’t let the pix fool you. It didn’t hurt.
November 2023
Trivia Fun!
By: Adrea Nairne-Barrera / Senior Moments
Let’s just be silly and enjoy some trivia for a
change. As we go into the holiday season, we
all need a little distraction from the realities of the
world these days.
My friend Diana looks up everything! She sends me stuff and ideas
all the time. Since it’s Thanksgiving and I can’t think of anything
about turkeys, here we go:
“Over a Barrel” comes from the days before CPR. A drowning
victim would be placed over a barrel and rolled back and forth in an
effort to empty the lungs of water. It rarely worked so if you are “over
a barrel,” you are in
deep trouble.
“Barge In” refers to
freight being moved
along on barges along
the Mississippi pushed
by steamboats. Since
they were hard to
control, they often
would swing into piers
or other boats and the
expression “barged
in” was born.
“A Shot of Whiskey”
cost the same as a .45
cartridge for a six-gun.
So, if a cowboy was
low on cash, he would
give the bartender a
cartridge in exchange
for a drink, hence a
“shot” of whiskey.
“Riff Raff” refers
to the travel from north to south on the Mississippi where travel on
the riverboats was too expensive so many travelled on rafts. They were
considered cheap and everything else had the right of way. The steering
oar was called a “riff” and this became “riff-raff” implying low class.
The King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice!
A duck’s quack doesn’t echo. No one knows why.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive
from each salad served in first class. (Really?)
No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. Go ahead.
We can wait.
So I have now spent my time folding paper in half, pricing olives,
pulling out decks of cards and asking Alexa to quack like a duck. It is
still much better than watching the news… and I’m good with that.
Hug your loved ones, celebrate life and Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Adrea likes to opine and find the lighter side of life as a senior.