6345 - Long joke Sunday

A sharply dressed man approached a young woman at the bar with a charming smile and asked, “May I buy you a drink?”

She raised an eyebrow. “Don’t you have a girlfriend? Guys like you usually do.”

He gave a wistful little shrug. “No… we broke up about a month ago.”

Her expression softened. “Oh… I’m sorry to hear that. In that case, sure—I’ll take a glass of white wine.”

One glass turned into two. Then three. 

The laughter flowed as easily as the wine, and by the end of the night, they were wrapped in each other’s arms, heading back to her apartment.

Passion followed. The kind that erases questions and replaces them with breathless silence.

Later, as he pulled on his shirt and she lay watching him from beneath the sheets, curiosity got the better of her.

“You're handsome, kind, and... let’s just say, very talented,” she said with a playful grin. “So what happened with your girlfriend? Why did you two break up?”

He paused, sighed, and gave a rueful smile.

“My wife found out.”

6344 - Saturday jokes

Obama: Hey tRUMP, you wanna hear a joke? Nobel Peace Prize!

tRUMP: I don't get it.

Obama: Exactly!

Don’t worry, Donald. You’re still eligible for the No Ball Prize.

tRUMP, putting the NO in Nobel Peace Price.

The Nobel Committee should be awarded the Nobel Prize for Sanity.

A teacher is checking the attendance roll when she comes across the name 'Hijkm". She says, "I'm sorry, I'm not sure how to pronounce the name", then spells it out to the class. A girl raises her hand and says, "That's me and it's pronounced Noelle".

Anti-vaxxers, how do you feel about your Dear Leader getting a flu vaccine and Covid booster? It's almost as if he took you for complete suckers.

I don’t have a train of thought, I have a Roomba of thought. It can move straight ahead, but as soon as it bumps into something, it turns around and starts moving in a brand-new, random direction. (Bilbo)

They held a contest to choose the best neckwear.

It was a tie.

Daughter: Alexa play “Let it Go.”

Me: When I was your age I had to call the radio station, wait on hold for 30 mins to request a song, then sit by my boom box for an hour with a blank cassette tape for my song to play so I could record it.

Daughter: I don't know what any of that means.

Mr. Rogers did not adequately prepare me for the people in my neighborhood.

I was walking a pretty girl home from school one day when we ran upon one the school bullies. Good thing I was carrying her books or she wouldn't have been able to beat him up.

Medical researchers have determined stress will kill you. Great ... one more thing to worry about. (Bilbo)

Apparently it takes 10,000 hours to master a skill, which can't be true because I've been an adult a lot longer than 10,000 hours and I still have no idea what I'm doing.

I was watching a show called "Ten Ways to Avoid a Shark Attack." Surprisingly, "Stay Out of the Water" didn't make the list.

Whoever came up with "a penny for your thoughts", "don't nickel and dime me", and "another day another dollar" sure knew how to coin a phrase. (I know I know!)

You can be miserable before you eat a cookie. And you can be miserable after you eat a cookie. But you can't be miserable while you're eating a cookie.

You donate a kidney, you're a hero.

You donate three kidneys, and suddenly the police are involved.

Gf: The only easel they sell here is $85. Should I get it?

Me: Well, is it a good brand, like a Vind?

Gf: It just says Staples.

Me: Go to another store. If I'm dropping almost $100 on an easel, it better be a Vind.

Gf: What's so special about a Vind eas... Oh, fuck you!

Husband: The nerve of that doctor. Saying I'm so old that he referred me to an archaeologist.

Wife: Audiologist, dear. You can't hear.

Her: See you later, love you xxx

Him: Love you too.

Her: Babe, it would mean a lot to me if you'd put some X's at the end of your replies. xxx

Him: OK, love you too, Donna, Jackie, Karen, and Becky.

I'm not sure I agree with the idea that "when you snooze you lose." At my age, snoozing seems more like winning to me. (Bilbo)

Sign in doctors waiting room...

If you die while waiting to see the doctor, please cancel your appointment.

My go-to workout is 30 minutes of cardio followed by two weeks of rest. (Bilbo) (30?! - Just two weeks?!)

IF YOU ARE ARGUING LOUDLY ON YOUR PHONE IN PUBLIC, PLEASE PUT IT ON SPEAKER, I NEED TO HEAR BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.

I had a girl friend that entered a wet t-shirt contest. Her left boob was bigger than her right. She came in first and second.

I went for a run this morning, but came back home after two minutes because I forgot something. I forgot that I'm over 70 and can't run for more than two minutes. (Bilbo)

6343 - Covid

BC & Canada COVID Aware and Cautious (Facebook)

Soleil BC . October 14

Sean Mullen

October 14

“We may be witnessing the emergence of a population-level acquired immune deficiency — not sexually transmitted, but airborne.”

That’s a direct quote from a new peer-reviewed paper in AJPM Focus (2025).

The authors argue that while SARS-CoV-2 and HIV are biologically different, they share disturbing parallels:

• Persistent immune dysfunction (T-cell exhaustion, reduced recovery)

• Tissue reservoirs that keep the body inflamed

• Accelerated biological aging and vascular damage

• Neurocognitive decline eerily similar to HIV-associated brain injury

• A possible rise in infections and cancers once held in check by healthy immunity

Their conclusion:

“Downplaying the long-term immunological and neurological consequences of reinfection is a public-health error on par with minimizing HIV in the early 1980s.”

It’s not “Airborne AIDS” — but it is an airborne virus that can chip away at the immune system with every exposure.

Prevention still matters. Masks, ventilation, filtration, and vaccination still matter.

You don’t need to panic. You just need to pay attention.

6342 - Thursday trees

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Translation from Bilbo... "Oh, my God, Manuel! We should have paid the ransom!"

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6341 - Covid transmission

BC & Canada COVID Aware and Cautious (Facebook)

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“Since COVID-19 is transmitted through contact with respiratory fluids carrying the infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus, a person can be exposed by an infected person coughing or speaking near them. They can also be exposed by inhaling aerosol particles that are spreading away from the infected person. Transmission of COVID-19 from inhalation of virus in the air can occur at distances greater than six feet. Particles from an infected person can move throughout an entire room or indoor space. The particles can also linger in the air after a person has left the room – they can remain airborne for hours in some cases. Someone can also be exposed via splashes and sprays of respiratory fluids directly onto their mucous membranes. Spread may also sometimes occur through contact with contaminated surfaces, though this route is now considered less likely.”

“Though the risk of infection by breathing in particles carrying the virus generally decreases with distance from infected people and with time, some circumstances increase the risk of infection:

* Being indoors rather than outdoors, particularly in indoor environments where ventilation with outside air is inadequate

* Activities that increase emission of respiratory fluids, such as speaking loudly, singing, or exercising

* Prolonged time of exposure (e.g. longer than a few minutes)

* Crowded spaces, particularly if face coverings are inconsistently or improperly worn”

Note: It has been shown that one can get COVID in mere seconds of exposure. Eg two person passing each other in an indoor shopping mall is a documented case.

Updated March 2025 https://www.epa.gov/.../indoor-air-and-coronavirus-covid-19