Today is 3-14

[Iowa Dave]

My son called today. Said he went to Perkins with his wife today to get two slices of peanut butter pie. They were in line when the guy in front of them said to them “Boy people in here are going crazy for pie in here today. My son nodded and said “ You mean they are irrational?
Nut did not roll very far when it fell from the tree.

The local grocery store had a special this week for
Saint Patrick’s Day. Buy $5.00 of fresh meat and you can buy a six pack of Guinness for $4.99. So had to get one those and a couple Iowa Chops.

Hey “ What do they call spiders in Ireland? Paddy Long Legs.

I wanted to post a joke about Sodium but Na, nobody would understand.

Have a great day and be good to yourself.
Iowa Dave

 

[GinoandLinda]

Where I work, 3.14 is the only day bigger than May 4.

 

[Iowa Dave]

May 4

Does Yoda handle your Scheduling calendar?
Iowa Dave

 

[C&G in FL]

And here I thought 2/2 was the biggest day of the year….

 

[mfschu]

Enjoy your Guiness Dave! First sodium joke I've heard! Here in St Louis it's a festive day because our area code is 314.

 

[GinoandLinda]

Does Yoda handle your Scheduling calendar?
Iowa Dave

Try to schedule a meeting you wish. Do or do not. There is no try.

 

[Iowa Dave]

I went to a conference and at the end of a session where the speaker had used some famous people anecdotes he announced that he had some door prizes. He threw out some quotes and I did know any of them. Then for the final prize “ do or do not there is no try. None of the young people spoke up. I raised my hand like I was in fourth grade and said “Yoda”.
People laughed until he handed me a 5 pound bag of Hersheys miniatures. The laughing stopped and the sharing started. I’d used that quote since my three kids were little when they were up against a problem and promised they would “try” to solve their problem. So I had a little advantage and about 25 years on all the “kids” in there.

 

[bborzell]

Many years ago when I worked with kids who were incarcerated for offenses ranging from arson to cannibalism, I used to run home the significance of “trying” by asking a kid to sit in a chair, grab the bottom of the seat with both hands any “try” to stand up.

After several attempts to stand, most failed and some managed to stand up while holding the seat firmly to their butts. For those who did stand, I reminded them that the task had been to “try” and not to succeed.

Most of the kids immediately picked up on the subtle distinction between trying and doing. That was before Yoda was born.

 

[Iowa Dave]

Ok time for a couple Christmas puzzlers
Q. How much did Santa Claus pay for his sleigh?
A. Nothing, it was on the house.

Q. What did the guy get who stole the advent calendar?
A. 25 days

Hey, no groaning.
Iowa Dave

 

[btroxell]

Keeping with the holiday spirit,
Why do programmers confuse Holloween with Christmas?
Because Oct 31 = Dec 25.

Still confused?
31 octal is equal to 25 decimal (base 8 vs base 10).

Ben

 

[emers382]

Ok time for a couple Christmas puzzlers
Q. How much did Santa Claus pay for his sleigh?
A. Nothing, it was on the house.

Q. What did the guy get who stole the advent calendar?
A. 25 days

Hey, no groaning.
Iowa Dave

Hey Dave, hate to tell you the second one doesn't really work. Advent can start as early as Nov. 27 and as late as Dec. 3. It varies depending on which day of the week Christmas Day falls.

Hope you and Rita are well and looking forward to Christmas. We're currently stuck at Fort Leavenworth, supposed to have gone home last Friday, now looking like this Sat. Nasty squirrels got into the truck here and chewed about $4k worth of wiring still getting fixed. Waiting for last part shipped from KY on Monday not here yet, I figure it must be on a barge via the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri.

 

[Iowa Dave]

Hey Dave, hate to tell you the second one doesn't really work. Advent can start as early as Nov. 27 and as late as Dec. 3. It varies depending on which day of the week Christmas Day falls.

Hope you and Rita are well and looking forward to Christmas. We're currently stuck at Fort Leavenworth, supposed to have gone home last Friday, now looking like this Sat. Nasty squirrels got into the truck here and chewed about $4k worth of wiring still getting fixed. Waiting for last part shipped from KY on Monday not here yet, I figure it must be on a barge via the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri.

 

[Iowa Dave]

Hi Adrian. Sorry to hear you’re having vehicle troubles. I don’t know much about advent calendars and you know you don’t get much accurate humor off of a dry erase board that has a title of “Dumb dad joke of the day” in a Dairy Queen in a Bohemie neighborhood in your home town. But the $7 meal deal is pretty good there especially after the owner goes home and the kids take over. Them small sundaes get punched up pretty good with several applications of the desired topping. Problems aside hope you had a good Thanksgiving in Kansas and that you, Beth and your pooch are staying warm and dry.
Happy Holidays
Advent and all.
Iowa Dave