Day: January 20, 2026
ON MY SOAPBOX…Life needs a rewind button
Heavens to Murgatroyd….was an expression popularized by the cartoon character Snagglepuss, a regular on the Yogi Bear Show in the 1960s. Murgatroyd! Do you remember that word?
Tell a youngster that in your youth, you drove a Jalopy. They will be totally confused and ask, “What is a Jalopy?”
Well, I hope you are Hunky Dory after you read this and get a Chuckle from it.
Some old expressions have become obsolete because of the unstoppable invasion of technology. These phrases included: A kodak moment, Don’t touch that dial, Carbon copy, You sound like a broken record, and Hung out to dry.
Back in the olden days we had a lot of moxie. We’d put on our best bib and tucker, to straighten up and fly right.
Heavens to Betsy! Gee whillikers! Jumping Jehoshaphat! Holy Moley!
We were in like Flynn and living the life of Riley; behind our backs we may have been called a knucklehead, a nincompoop or a pill. But not to our face….Not for all the tea in China!
Remember when life was SWELL? When is the last time anything was swell? Swell has gone the way of beehives, pageboys, knickers, fedoras, poodle skirts, saddle shoes, and pedal pushers.
Kilroy was here…..
but he isn’t anymore.
We wake up from what surely has been just a short nap, and before we can say, “Well, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle!” We discover that the words we grew up with, the words that seemed as common as oxygen, have vanished with scarcely a notice from our tongues, pens and keyboards.
Poof, go the words of our youth, the words we’ve left behind. We blink, and they’re gone. Where have all those great phrases gone?
Long gone: Pshaw, The milkman did it. Hey! It’s your nickel. Don’t forget to pull the chain. Knee high to a grasshopper. Well, Fiddlesticks! Going like sixty. Okidoki, I’ll see you in the funny papers. Don’t take any wooden nickels. Wake up and smell the roses.
It turns out there are more of these lost words and expressions than Carter has liver pills. This can be disturbing stuff! (Carter’s Little Liver Pills are gone too!)
Leaves us to wonder where Superman will find a phone booth.
See ya later, alligator!
WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FABULOUS PAST. NO ONE WILL EVER HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AGAIN. WE WERE GIVEN A PRECIOUS GIFT: BEING BLESSED TO LIVE IN AMERICA WHEN ALL AMERICANS LOVED OUR COUNTRY. THANKS TO THE DEDICATION AND MORALS HANDED DOWN TO US BY THE “GREATEST GENERATION!”
Happy and Sad….
A husband and wife were sitting watching a TV program about psychology which was explaining the phenomenon of “mixed emotions”. The husband turned to his wife and said, “That is an absolute bunch of crap. I bet you can’t tell me anything that will make me happy and sad at the same time.”
She said: “Out of all your friends, you are the best lover!”
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Kermit wants a boat
A frog goes into a bank and approaches the teller. He can see from her nameplate that the teller’s name is Patricia Whack. So he says, “Ms. Whack, I’d like to get a loan to buy a boat and go on a long vacation.”
Patti looks at the frog in disbelief and asks how much he wants to borrow.
The frog says $30,000.
The teller asks his name and the frog says that his name is Kermit Jagger, his dad is Mick Jagger, and that it’s OK, he knows the bank manager.
Patti explains that $30,000 is a substantial amount of money and that he will need to secure some collateral against the loan. She asks if he has anything he can use as collateral.
The frog says, “Sure. I have this,” and produces a tiny pink porcelain elephant, about half an inch tall, bright pink and perfectly formed.
Very confused, Patti explains that she’ll have to consult with the manager and disappears into a back office.
She finds the manager and says “There’s a frog called Kermit Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow $30,000. He wants to use this as collateral.” She holds up the tiny pink elephant. “I mean, what the heck is this?”
The bank manager looks back at her and says:
“It’s a knick knack, Patti Whack. Give the frog a loan. His old man’s a Rolling Stone.”
Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom
What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
THE SPHINX—VERMONT
Baby Trump explains his Presidential Bird.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij31fG_NfT0
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IRANIAN DOCTORS REPORT OVER 16,000 have been killed.
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CBS is still lying.
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TOPICS TO THINK ABOUT
Why ICE is in neighborhoods.
Why is it okay for Democrats-Progressives to run over ICE officers ?
Trump would be like George Washington if he had impartial judges, media, and patriots behind him.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/13/opinion/trump-tackles-impossible-problems-and-the-elites-hate-it/
This is one reason why taxpayer paid employees should be forbidden to join a union.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/01/15/st-paul-teachers-union-ice-demands-n2669510
SPORTS
Sports isn’t like politics where half the participants are smelly thieves. Any game-fixing has an effect on all sports betting. Is the Super Bowl fixed ???
OTHER
The worst tourist spot on Earth.
Progressives never learn. A similar stupid mistake happened when they admitted millions of Muslims that don’t have the same cultural values.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/01/16/germany-energy-trump-n2669584
Hunter is not a good person. He has ‘blown’ millions.
The joys of NYC living. They want you on the subway.
More border protection.
The Labor Secretary has a problem.
Indict Walz.
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/01/18/minnesota-national-guard-posts-n2198261
Funny.
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Mamdinky.
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The Green Mountain State Editor: Do you like Vermont, LL ?
The Social Cat: I do, but they are too Progressive-Democratic. Here are some places to visit.
https://vermontvacation.com/places-to-visit/attractions/
State symbols.
https://statesymbolsusa.org/states/united-states/vermont
Song.
Ken had some great documentaries.
https://theonion.com/ken-burns-announces-new-10-part-mr-biscuits-documentary-after-adopting-cat/
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As we saw over the past two years, when rioters get close to the homes of politicians the police are sent into action.
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Io in True Color
Image Credit: NASA, JPL, Galileo Project
Explanation: The strangest moon in the Solar System is bright yellow. The featured picture, an attempt to show how Io would appear in the “true colors” perceptible to the average human eye, was taken in 1999 July by the Galileo spacecraft that orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003. Io’s colors derive from sulfur and molten silicate rock. The unusual surface of Io is kept very young by its system of active volcanoes. The intense tidal gravity of Jupiter stretches Io and damps wobbles caused by Jupiter’s other Galilean moons. The resulting friction greatly heats Io‘s interior, causing molten rock to explode through the surface. Io’s volcanoes are so active that they are effectively turning the whole moon inside out. Some of Io‘s volcanic lava is so hot it glows in the dark.
Tomorrow’s picture: open space
Bible Verse
