WEDNESDAY, June 1 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR WEDNESDAY, June 1, 2022
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TODAY IS …
(All days repeat annually on today’s date unless otherwise noted; days may or may not be called “National”/”International”/”World” depending on source; sources listed often have additional info. We generally do not list special days which were created by commercial companies for the purpose of marketing, or the hundreds of disease awareness listings which occur each year.)

DARE DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Dare Day is a day to challenge someone, and to do a dare yourself. It’s a day that daredevils truly relish. Today is definitely a call to action. It is not a day for procrastinators or for hesitation. Dares take all forms and shapes. The type of dare is almost limitless. Whether it is a prank, a challenge to accomplish something, or a personal action (like asking someone out on a date), this is the day to make the dare. And, its the day to do the dare. We do suggest that dares be safe, and of course, legal. Daring to the max: To dare someone to do something risky or challenging is one thing. Declaring the ‘double dog dare’ heightens the challenge. The highest degree of challenge is to ‘triple dog dare’ someone. It should not be used lightly, or frequently.”

FLIP A COIN DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Flip a Coin Day is day when making decisions is as easy as flipping a coin. This tradition dates back to Julius Caesar. Caesar would take a coin and flip it to make decisions where the right choice was unclear. Do you have any idea how to celebrate this day? You guessed it … Flip a coin. Use this method of decision making for all decisions, and for everything you do today.”

HEIMLICH MANEUVER DAY

NATIONAL GO BAREFOOT DAY

NATIONAL HAZELNUT CAKE DAY

SAY SOMETHING NICE DAY

June is:

NATIONAL DJ MONTH – Yeah!
National Adopt a Cat / Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
African-American Music / Black Music Appreciation Month
Corn Month
Great Outdoors Month / National Camping Month
International Men’s Month
Lemon Month
LGBTQIA Pride Month
National Candy Month
National Fresh Fruit & Vegetables Month
National Iced Tea Month
National Rose Month
National Seafood Month
Women’s Golf Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

MOVIE POPCORN SHORTAGE

Now that movie theaters have reopened and people are headed back to the theater, there’s another crisis at hand: a shortage of popcorn, candy, soda, and other snacks. Inflation, a tight labor market, and supply chain disruptions are being blamed for shortages of food and beverages at movie theaters. Beyond the food items, theater operators are also having difficulty restocking the bags that hold the popcorn as well as the linings that prevent the “butter” from seeping out onto your clothing. “At the end of the day, they have to have something to put popcorn in,” says Neely Schiefelbein, the sales director for Goldenlink North America.
* No, not at the end of the day. At the beginning of the movie, THAT’S when they have to have something to put popcorn in, you dope.
* Nice of Mr. Schiefelbein to give us a heads up so we can plan to sneak in our own snacks.
* So this is why nobody went to see “Morbius” – lack of popcorn bags.
* How about people bring their own reusable canvas bag, like they make you bring to the grocery store now?
* Maybe it’s time to switch from junk food and start selling healthy snacks at the movies – carrot sticks, or maybe a charcuterie plate.

QUEEN ELIZABETH LIKES TO KNOCK BACK THE MARTINIS

Tom Hanks was on BBC’s talk show “The One Show” Monday where he recounted an experience with Queen Elizabeth. Hanks explained that he dined with the queen in May 2011 alongside former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama during their visit to the United Kingdom. “I sat right next to the queen,” Hanks said. He wanted to be ready with appropriate small talk. He noted that he saw a servant pour a glass of “clear liquid” that suspiciously did not look like water for the queen. Hanks related, “I dared to ask the queen, ‘What is Her Majesty’s cocktail of choice?’ and she said, ‘Ooh, martini.’” Hanks said she had just the one, that she nursed throughout the course of the night.
* And, boy, was her nipple soggy by the end of the evening.
* Tom Hanks must have left before the queen started pounding boilermakers. Royaler-makers, they call them at Buckingham Palace.
* The staff cuts her off when she starts hopping on the table yelling “Off with their heads! Off with their heads!”
* What does it say when President & Mrs. Obama are your dinner guests, but you’d rather be sitting next to Tom Hanks?

THE BUZZ

SWEDEN WILL NOT FEED YOU

There’s a thing on the internet now about which European nations are least likely to feed guests in their home as customary in their cultures. Scandinavian countries seem to be the most stingy – Sweden in particular. People who have visited or lived in Sweden have been posting comments:
– “Born and raised in Sweden. Never ate dinner in my best friends house, she never ate dinner in my house. Maybe I got a cinnamon bun once in 20 years. Our neighbors had giant pear trees with thousands of small delicious pears. I took one, they almost called the police.”
– “I lived in Sweden for many years and a friend told me when he’d go stay with his aunt as a kid, she’d send the receipts for food and groceries back to his mom.”
– “I remember being at a friend’s house playing and had a nice, quiet time while the other family had their dinner.”
– “I was at my Swedish friend’s house. While we were playing in his room, his mom yelled that dinner was ready. He told me to wait in his room while they ate.”
– “I slept over at a friend’s house. When we woke up, he said he’s going downstairs for a few minutes. After about 15 minutes I go on the stairs to see what’s happening and they’re eating breakfast. They see me and tell me he’s almost done and will be up soon. I still think about this 25 years later.”
* And remember: this is the place where smorgasbord was invented.
* On the other hand, all they eat there is herring, so maybe you’re better off in the end.
* “Keep your precious tiny meatballs, I’m going to Kentucky Fried Lutefisk.”
* It kinda balances out. They don’t share food, but anybody can get naked on just about any beach. So that’s fun.

U.S. NEWS

MAN RETRIEVING FRISBEE KILLED BY ALLIGATOR

A Florida man was fatally attacked by an alligator Tuesday morning while searching for Frisbees in a lake. It happened at the disc golf course next to Taylor Lake in Largo, Florida. A passer-by saw the body and contacted cops. The victim’s identity has not yet been released pending notification of his next of kin. Officials note that it is currently alligator mating season, which can lead to increased aggression.
* He went to get his Frisbee and…WHAMMO!
* Largo, Florida, as in, “Lar-go my Frisbee!”
* Still, it’s hard to blame the guy. You can’t get a brand-name Frisbee on Amazon for less than $6.99.
* His philosophy was “Finders keepers,” but so was the alligator’s.
* You know, there actually is something called an “Alligator catch” in Frisbee, when you catch it by slapping your hands together on the top and the underside of the Frisbee. Maybe they’ll rename the move after this guy.

SHOPLIFTERS STEAL LAUNDRY DETERGENT

The Memphis Police Department is looking for two shoplifting suspects who stole four baskets filled with laundry detergent from a dollar store. Employees of the Dollar General told them that around 5:00 p.m., three or four people walked into the business and filled four baskets with various laundry detergent items worth $800, then walked out.
* I wouldn’t think Dollar General had $800 total of anything inside the store.
* Probably some agitators.
* They only stole laundry detergent? Is that All?
* The store’s loss is the shoplifter’s Gain.
* This is part of a rising Tide of shoplifting.
* They could have been caught, but they were willing to Wisk it.
* If they catch these guys, they’ll be in hot water.

STRIPPER REALIZES TOO LATE SHE’S WORKING HER BROTHER’S BACHELOR PARTY

(NOTE: Being that this comes from TikTok, there’s a very good chance that it’s not true.)
A stripper has gone viral on social media after claiming she danced naked in front of her own brother at his bachelor party. In a TikTok posted May 15, the exotic entertainer — known only as Kendra — wrote, “I ended up being the stripper at my brother’s bachelor party and I didn’t realize until I was completely naked.” Kendra did not explain where or when the purported party occurred, but revealed that she works at a strip club “in the south.”
* So that’s how it is in their family.
* So now we have the plot of “The Hangover 4.”
* Hey, at least it wasn’t her Dad, getting remarried.
* And worst of all, they kept her up late so she didn’t have a chance to finish her homework.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

BOTH PILOTS FALL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL

Italian aviation officials are looking into reports that two pilots on the same jetliner fell asleep on the job. The incident occurred on May 1, 2022 onboard an ITA Airways flight from JFK Airport in New York to Rome. There was a strange period of silence in the cockpit for roughly 10 minutes toward the end of the flight, as the plane flew at 38,000 feet over France. Repeated calls from Marseille control went unanswered. Italian media are reporting both the captain and first officer were asleep. According to procedure, the first officer is approved to sleep in case of unexpected fatigue during flight. However, the captain was not approved to sleep. The aircraft was in auto-pilot and there was likely no imminent danger posed to passengers. As French authorities prepared to dispatch a pair of fighter jets to intercept the plane and ensure there was no trouble onboard, the pilots re-established radio contact. The aircraft proceeded without further incident to Rome and landed safely. The captain was removed from service after the incident, but has maintained his innocence, denying that he took a nap and blaming the problem on a faulty radio.
* Let’s hope they were just sleeping, okay?
* How about seats that give you an electric shock every five minutes?
* Tell me again why pilots get paid so much?
* On the other hand, at least the passengers had ten blessed minutes without that stupid cabin bell going, “Ding! Buckle your seat belt! Ding! Turbulence! Ding! Here comes the drink cart! Ding!”

TRENDING

TIRES THIEVES HIT OWEN WILSON’S TESLA

Owen Wilson had the tires stolen off of his Tesla while it was parked outside his Santa Monica, California, home. Wilson found the wheels and rims missing from his car Sunday morning. The estimated cost to replace everything would be around $4,000.

NICOLE KIDMAN JOINS KEITH URBAN ON STAGE

Keith Urban had a surprise guest with him at his Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Saturday. The singer’s wife — actress Nicole Kidman — walked onstage during Urban’s show for a very good reason. She told him, “I wanna get your jacket, you put it on the floor.” Urban told the audience, “She literally said, ‘Don’t lose that jacket,’ and I’m like, ‘How am I gonna lose the jacket?” But he had. The two searched for the jacket before figuring out that Urban’s guitar tech had moved it. Urban then put the jacket on his wife, and she moseyed offstage to big applause.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

June 14, Tuesday – Flag Day
June 19, Sunday – Father’s Day
June 21, Tuesday – Summer begins (The June solstice occurs at 5:14 A.M. EDT)
July 4, Monday – U.S. Independence Day
Sept. 5, Monday – Labor Day
Sept. 11, Sunday – Patriot Day
Sept. 22, Thursday – Fall begins, Equinox is 9:04 p.m. EDT

BIRTHDAYS

Amy Schumer (comedian, actress, writer, producer) … 41
Sarah Wayne Callies (actress, “The Walking Dead) … 45
Alanis Morissette (singer/songwriter) … 48
Heidi Klum (model, TV host, “America’s Got Talent”) … 49
Ronnie Dunn (half of country Music duo Brooks & Dunn) … 69
Ron Wood (guitarist with Rolling Stones) … 75
Jonathan Pryce (actor, “Tales from the Loop,” “The Two Popes,” “Game of Thrones”) … 75
Morgan Freeman (actor) … 85
Pat Boone (singer) … 88

BIRTHDAY QUOTE QUIZ – Ask your listeners “Who said it?” HINT: Today’s their birthday!

“There’s a basic rule which runs through all kinds of music, kind of an unwritten rule. I don’t know what it is. But I’ve got it.”

(A) Lady Gaga
(B) Justin Bieber
(C) Ron Wood

ANSWER: (C) Ron Wood

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

COVID-19 in History:
2021 – Malaysia began a full two-week lockdown as COVID-19 cases surged with a record 9,020 news cases recorded on May 29.

2009 – General Motors filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The filing made GM the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection.
* They drove it into the ground, and it stalled.

1995 – At Disneyland Paris, the attraction “Space Mountain: From The Earth to the Moon” opened.
* ‘Cause we don’t have enough money to go to the moon for real anymore.

1980 – CNN, the Cable News Network, debuted.
* I wonder if they were their own lead story?

1880 – The first pay telephone was installed.
* It marked a great advance over earlier models, where instead of coins, you fed in a sack of grain.

1869 – Thomas Edison patented a voting machine.
* And it’s still yet to be perfected, obviously.

1831 – Admiral James C. Ross became the first person to reach the magnetic North Pole.
* And his arthritis pain went away!

1638 – The first recorded earthquake in America occurred at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
* The Pilgrims figured either kinetic energy was being discharged by shifting tectonic plates, or that new girl off the boat was a witch.

1495 – The first Scotch whisky was distilled by friar John Cor.
* How good was it? He missed vespers for a week.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2017 – The sale of Jerry Garcia’s favorite guitar, named Wolf, raised millions of dollars for civil rights group the Southern Poverty Law Center, when an auction of the custom-made guitar fetched a total of $3.2 million.

2013 – “Modern Vampires of the City” by Vampire Weekend went to No.1 on the US album charts. Their sophomore album “Contra” also debuted at No.1 in 2010, making this the first time an independent rock band had entered at No.1 with two consecutive releases.

2005 – White Stripes singer Jack White married his girlfriend, British model Karen Elson, in a canoe on the Amazon in Brazil.

1991 – Sting appeared on the first airing of a new Soviet TV rock show, called “Rock Steady.”

1985 – Prince & The Revolution started a three-week run at No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “Around The World In A Day.”

1972 – The first day of recording took place at Abbey Road studios, London on what would become Pink Floyd’s album “Dark Side Of The Moon.”

X-TREME TRIVIA CHALLENGE

Every installment of X-Treme Trivia Challenge includes three mystery factoids. Create your own “Impossible Question” contest – great for listener giveaways and phone interaction starters! Also a perfect sponsorship opportunity!

1. The average American has 13 of THESE. What are they?
Vacation days

2. When it comes to vacations, 1 in 3 of us admit to doing THIS. What is it?
Visiting the same place each year

3. 38% of people say THIS is the most stressful part of going on vacation. What is it?
Swimsuit shopping

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