WEDNESDAY, Nov 1 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR WEDNESDAY, November 1, 2023
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COMEDY MP3s POSTED ON OUR PREP SITE FOR TODAY: A & M AUTOLAND – No Dicker Sticker Sale

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.)

BLACK ENTREPRENEURS DAY

GIVE UP YOUR SHOULDS DAY
The Every Day Is Special blog says this:
“Today we are urged to give up the word ‘should’ – at least for the day. That word, especially if it isn’t tied to action, can keep us down-in-the-dumps about ourselves or our lives. The family therapist who invented the day said that ‘people generally live more calm and fulfilled lives if they give up the word should.'”

NATIONAL AUTHORS’ DAY
The National Day Calendar website says this:
“Every year on November 1, millions of people celebrate authors and the books that they write on National Author’s Day. In 1928, Nellie Verne Burt McPherson, president of the Bement, Illinois Women’s Club, submitted the idea of setting aside a day to celebrate American authors to the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. They passed a resolution declaring November 1 as a day to honor American writers. The United States Department of Commerce recognized this day in 1949.”

NATIONAL COOK FOR YOUR PETS DAY

NATIONAL DEEP FRIED CLAMS DAY

NATIONAL VINEGAR DAY

WORLD VEGAN DAY

November is:

Adopt a Senior Pet Month
Great American Smoke Out Month
National Adoption Month
National Military Family Month
National Native American Heritage Month
Raisin Bread Month
Stamp Collecting Month
Vegan Month

THE BUZZ

THE NICER THE RESTAURANT, THE HARDER IT IS TO FIND THE BATHROOM

A writer for Food & Wine magazine named Danny Lavery wrote a piece noting that the fancier the restraunt, the harder it is to find the bathroom. He notes that, “The costlier the restaurant, the fewer and more obscure the bathroom signs become. Fast food joints and diners are ashamed of nothing; their signs go up in block letters or neon. It might be vulgar, but at least it’s clear.” But, he says, “really nice restaurants often provide no signs at all, and like to hide their bathrooms in out-of-the-way corridors concealed by thick velvet drapes, or downstairs in the basement, so nobody could possibly be expected to find them.”
* It’s like they say: You can’t buy Spanish Clams with Chorizo, you can only rent it.
* What you do is just stop at every single table and ask very loudly if they know where the bathroom is, and explain that you really, really have to go, probably more than Number One.
* “I thought the bathroom was that little station in the back with all the empty pitchers.”
* Then there are those people who, as soon as they get to the table, before they sit down, say, “I’m just going to go use the restroom.” Didn’t you just come from a house,with your own private facility? What were you waiting for? Do you go around town marking your territory like a dog?”
* Wasn’t this a Jerry Seinfeld standup bit? “What is it with these fancy restaurants that hide the bathrooms? Who are these people?”

HOW TO ASK FOR SEX

Reddit asked, “How do you ask for sex?” Some of the responses:
– “I look at my boyfriend and bop my eyebrows up and down. And he does the same back.”
– “Usually a homemade lasagna tips it in my favor.”
– “You ask the Magic 8 Ball for instructions.”
– “My wife and I have a small pair of wooden ducks that sit out in our living room. When the ducks are facing away from each other it means neither of us are really in the mood, if one duck is facing inward, that partner is open, and if both ducks are pointing inward, it means we both are up for it.”
– “I actually sent my wife a Microsoft outlook invitation for sex once thinking it would be quirky and funny. It actually delayed the chances of getting sex even longer.”
– “One of us says BATTLE STATIONS.”
– “The traditional way. I contact my attorney, who in turn contacts my wife’s attorney and things progress at a respectable pace from there.”
– “I don’t even have to ask. I’m forklift certified.”
– “I say, ‘Hey want to be disappointed again?'”
* PHONE TOPIC: How do you and your partner signal each other that you want to have relations?

U.S. NEWS

MAN TAKES EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ALLIGATOR TO HOCKEY GAME

Back in September, a man and his emotional support pet alligator were denied admittance to a Philadelphia Phillies baseball game because, y’know, the whole ‘alligator’ thing. But on Monday night, Joie ‘attention whore’ Henney and his emotional support alligator Wally were welcomed into Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center to watch the Flyers hockey game. The crowd went crazy for Wally as he posed for pictures with the Flyers mascot, Gritty. Then, the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Flyers, 3-2. Henney says that he’s a reptile rescuer who’s worked with alligators for over 30 years. He adopted Wally in 2015, claiming that Wally helps him battle depression and “likes to give hugs.”
* Because reptiles are so warm and empathic.
* They should have Gritty’s ear sewn back on by tonight’s game against the Sabres.
* “The crowd went crazy for Wally…” Alligators count on us being stupid. It helps them catch and eat us.
* An alligator in a sports arena. Imagine the germs and diseases he picked up on his belly.
* They should welcome Wally at soccer games. If he bites anyone’s hand off, it won’t matter because: soccer!

ROCK CLIMBER STUCK IN CRACK

A rock climber was stuck for around 12 hours on a cliff face in Utah’s San Juan County after his knee got stuck in a crack of a climbing route Friday night.The man was climbing what’s known as the Generic Crack climbing route when he slipped, causing his knee to get stuck in the crack at around 8 p.m. His climbing partners tried to free him, but his knee remained stuck and they decided they’d need extra help. A helicopter flew a search-and-rescue team to the top of the cliff, where they then rappelled down to the stuck man. In total, the man was stuck on the cliff face for around 12 hours. After the entire ordeal, the man was lucky to have only minor injuries.
* Let’s hope he has a major wallet.
* “Sorry, we can’t help ya, kid. Here’s a pocket knife. JUST KIDDING!”
* It takes a crack team to save a crack climber from a generic crack.
* Generic Crack. So imaginative. It’s midway up Rock Face.
* This’ll be the premier episode of Fox TV’s “911: Utah.”

AIRBNB BAT HOUSE

Airbnb, along with the owner of an Alpena, Michigan rental called “The Castle,” are being sued by a group of women who say the house they rented was infested with bats. The group of eight older women had enjoyed their stay at “The Castle” for three days. But on the evening of July 26, two women were shocked awake by screeching noises and dark shapes moving along the walls. They were bats! The women screamed and ran into the hallway, slamming the door shut and sealing the frame with blankets. (* They battened down the hatches!) But soon after, another bat came screeching down the hallway and more followed. The women ran to the stairwell but found it consumed with bats. More and more bats began entering the living quarters. The bats were coming down inside the old lathe walls and entering through the gaps in the baseboards. The women kept trying to find a room that wasn’t full of bats. (* And it sure wasn’t the batroom.) The creatures become entangled in some of the women’s hair, and others were bitten (* other bats were bitten by the women?). The ordeal ended when dawn came and the bats retreated to the attic. The women all had to have rabies shots, and an exterminator estimated that the colony had been present in the attic for multiple years. The lawsuit alleges Airbnb negligently allowed the infested home to be advertised on its platform, and the homeowner failed to assure the home was safe for renting.
* This is how Batman started, and he got a three-picture franchise out of it.
* This reminds me of a horror movie. “Get Out.” Because that’s what they should have done – gotten out.
* What a wacky vacation! It was batty!
* What they needed was some BASEBALL bats.
* It’s a fun story, but please – Halloween was yesterday.
* So, it’s three days before bats start insisting you leave. Just like having family in for the holidays. Good to know.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Nov. 5, Sunday – Daylight Saving Time Ends, turn clocks back 1 hour
Nov. 11, Saturday – Veterans Day
Nov. 23, Thursday – Thanksgiving
Dec. 21, Thursday – Winter begins, winter solstice occurs at 10:27 P.M. EST
Dec. 25, Monday – Christmas
Dec. 31, Sunday – New Year’s Eve
Jan. 1, Monday – New Year’s Day 2024

BIRTHDAYS

David Berman (actor, “CSI”) … 50
Jenny McCarthy (Playboy model, TV personality, “actress”) … 51
Big Kenny (country singer with “Big and Rich”) … 60
Rick Allen (one-armed drummer with Def Leppard) … 60
Anthony Kiedis (singer with the Red Hot Chili Peppers) … 61
Lyle Lovett (country singer, ex-husband of Julia Roberts) … 66

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

“There’s nothing more important than doing a job well.”

(A) Joe Biden
(B) Vladimir Putin
(C) Lyle Lovett

ANSWER: (C) Lyle Lovett

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2012 – Google’s Gmail became the world’s most popular email service.
* Global domination is your friend!

1958 – NASA was founded.
* After a couple of early versions crashed.

1952 – The U.S. detonated the first hydrogen bomb in the Pacific.
* That news shook the world – literally!

1939 – The first animal conceived through artificial insemination was displayed – a rabbit.
* AS IF RABBITS NEED HELP PROCREATING!

1914 – Mark Jacobs invented the bra.
* Boy, he must have really been out of shape.

1879 – Thomas Edison got the patent for the electric light bulb.
* When he thought of it, I wonder what appeared over his head?

1870 – The U.S. Weather Bureau recorded its first meteorological observations.
* Writing down what the weather was was easy. They’d get in trouble later when they tried PREDICTING it.

1869 – The first ever postcards were issued in Vienna.
* They were the perfect invention – something that you didn’t have to write much on, and you could send them to people you hated to make them really jealous.

1755 – Lisbon in Portugal was destroyed by an earthquake, tidal wave, and fire.
* It was a nightmare – You try making insurance claims for those three things all at once.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2015 – Taylor Swift was being sued for $42m for allegedly stealing the lyrics to her hit 2014 song “Shake It Off,” which topped music charts around the world. R&B singer Jesse Braham claimed in legal papers Swift stole the words from a song he wrote in 2013 called “Haters Gone Hate.” A judge dismissed the lawsuit.

2004 – A man who allegedly stalked Australian pop star Natalie Imbruglia was deemed too mentally ill to be interviewed by police. The 44-year-old fan was arrested after turning up on the doorstep of the singer’s home in England after flying from Australia.

2002 – To celebrate his 33rd birthday party in Morocco, P Diddy hired two private jets to fly 300 guests from New York to Marrakech.

2000 – Ben Folds Five announced they were breaking up.

1996 – U2 set up a video link to an internet site from their recording studio in Dublin so fans could watch them record their new album.

1994 – Nirvana’s “MTV Unplugged” performance was released as “MTV Unplugged in New York.” Two tracks not aired on the MTV Broadcast appeared on the album.

1993 – Flavor Flav (Public Enemy) was arrested for allegedly trying to shoot another man in a dispute over a woman. William Drayton was charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment.

1969 – Elvis Presley recorded what would be his last #1 Billboard Top 100 hit, “Suspicious Minds.”

1967 – Rolling Stone music magazine was first published.

1894 – “Billboard Advertising” was published for the first time. It later became known as “Billboard.”

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. According to a recent survey, the average person does THIS around age 31. What is it?
They stop celebrating their birthday

1. You reach your peak performance for this activity in your mid-30’s. What is the activity?
Spelling

1. The majority of people think you should never do THIS after the age of 38. What is it?
Get a tattoo

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