Sights along the way, #3

I had to go to Milwaukee on Friday to do a training session for a company that purchased brand new equipment. I caught up to this truck.

Instantly, I could hear the 1970's commercial that was generally on during Saturday morning cartoons.

"Mister Owl? How many licks DOES it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?"

"I don't know. Let's see." (Snatches Tootsie Pop from boy and begins licking.)

"One. Two. Three," and the owl bites the pop to get to the Tootsie Roll.

"Three," he says and hands the half-eaten pop back to the boy.

The announcer says, "The world will never know."

I remember having contests to see how many licks but it takes a long time to lick off the hard candy shell. Invariably, those of us participating opted to stick the whole sucker in our mouth to make the thing dissolve faster.

So, don't look at me. I haven't the foggiest idea either.

Beverage: English Breakfast Tea

Deb

Sights along the way, #2

This is a pretty ubiquitous sight along any of Chicagoland's interstates or major arterials. Now that we can participate (everyone say, "ooooh") in the PowerBall drawings, the marquee has both MegaMillions and PowerBall totals listed. At one point, several years ago, the office played as a group. We did this for 5 months. You didn't have to play once a week. It was kind of fun.

But, that ended after I won three weeks in a row. My "power ball", or whatever it's called in MegaMillions, the randomly drawn ball at the end, won. I want to say it was worth $5. The boss, who was buying the tickets, initially plowed my earnings back into playing. But winning 3 weeks in a row left a rather sour taste in his mouth as I am, at best, a very occasional player. He paid me off and quit buying tickets.

When I see the giant numbers that sometimes happen with rollovers, I think about what I could do with the money. I have grand plans to end hunger and clothe the naked, but first you have to win. Winning means I have to play. Playing means I have to have a whole dollar I can, essentially, toss out the window. You mean they don't just walk up to you and hand you a check for 12 million dollars?

So, I pass the billboards advertising riches and chuckle. If I have an extra dollar, it doesn't go to the lottery. It goes where I can really use it.

Beverage: English Breakfast Tea

Deb

I think this is awesome.

I think this is an absolutely fantastic way to thank any veterans or active military personnel. The thousands of dollars lost by giving away individual meals is more than made up for by making one group of people feel recognized. We have come a very long way from the dark days of spitting on Vietnam Veterans. Unpopular war or not, this is what these people chose to do and they contribute to the security of our country. They should be recognized.

Now, I'd like to see this expanded to firefighters and policemen, 2 other groups who usually just go about their jobs until something happens when they are needed.

Beverage: English Breakfast Tea

Deb

So this is what she does when I'm gone.

Found on I Can Haz Cheeseburger.

Actually, the caption should read, "Stoopid mom. 68 is not komfurtble for kitteh. 75 is just right."

Beverage: Water

Deb