The Daily Dose/May 7, 2025
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow fields an odd request at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
He says he needs two coffee pods for his in-room machine and he also needs a pen, adding there was a high level of probability he would not be returning the pen which, while hardly a Line of the Year candidate, did garner a chuckle…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1765 – The world’s oldest remaining commissioned warship – the HMS Victory – is launched in Kent, England. Due to a severe weakening of the French Navy, Victory was not placed in commissioned service until 1778 and first saw action in the American Revolution. Victory’s construction felled 6,000 trees, most of them oak, and serves as the flagship of the Royal Navy’s First Sea Lord. It has been in dry dock since the 1920s.
In 1972 – Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins establishes a new NHL record for most points in a playoff year by a defenseman in a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Orr had three points – two goals and an assist – giving him 22 points for the playoffs, breaking the record of 20 he had set in 1970. The record was broken by Ray Bourque of the Bruins in 1983 (23) and is now held by Miro Heiskanen of Dallas with 26 in 2020. The Bruins would win the series in six games.
In 1966 – The Mamas & the Papas are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks with Monday, Monday. It was the second of ten Top 40 hits for the group, their second of six Top 10s, and remains their only #1. The song also went to #1 in Canada and South Africa, peaked at #3 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 7th-biggest song of the year. The song was written in 20 minutes by group member John Phillips and won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Group Performance.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…a prince will be fortunate who adjusts his behavior to the temper of the times and on the other hand will not be fortunate when his behavior is not well attuned with the times.
Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Besides Bobo Holloman, Ted Breitenstein (1891), Bumpus Jones (1892), and Tyler Gilbert (2021) pitched no-hitters in their first major league start. For Jones, it was his first major league game.
Today’s Stumper
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What is the world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat? – Answer next time!
