Monday Morning Blah's

Good Morning! Nothing like the NFL kickoff weekend to get your spirits up! WOO HOO!!!

So, I'm getting my morning started as usual with my Starbucks and the paper... check this out... apparently scientists are thinking that liberals "tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives because of how their brains work".

How did they come up with that conclusion? Well, they took a group of college students from UCLA and NYU and gave them a test. They sat at a computer and when the letter "M" appears on the screen they hit a key... if the letter "W" appears, they do NOT hit a key. The letter "M" appeared 4 times as many times as "W" which they felt would trigger a "knee-jerk" reaction in certain types of people. Also, the letter "W" would trigger more brain wave activity in "liberals" than in "conservatives", according to the study.

Now, I am no scientist... not even remotely prepared to setup a study to refute these findings... BUT...

If I sit ANY Democrat or Liberal down and show them the letter "W" repeatedly, how can I NOT expect some sort of response? Sure, there will be brain wave activity because "W" has been the mastermind of the liberals greatest nightmare since Ronald Reagan! The article goes on to link these findings to the theory that liberals can "more readily accept new social, scientific, or religious ideas".

WOW... All that from having the letter "W" flashed in front of some democrat college kids? Let's try this one... Sit those same college kids at a bar and see how they respond to the following...

BEER vs MILK

How about...

WHISKEY vs BABY FORMULA

I think those might get the same results and then we can say that Liberals that drink booze are much more likely to get punched in the nose at a bar than Conservatives that drink Milk...

I must be a genius!

And in some weird news over the weekend, a McDonald's worker in Union City, GA, was arrested after serving a police officer a "salty" burger which made the officer sick. Apparently, the worker "accidentally" dumped a bunch of salt on the burger and tried to brush as much off as possible. As if a McDonald/s burger needed any more salt, right?

Stoopid question of the day here... if you dumped that much salt on a burger (intentionally or otherwise) and did NOT want to get busted, why not just grab another meat patty? Why serve the nasty "salty" burger at all? Doe McDonald's fire folks for throwing away a 2 cent patty? I highly doubt it... I'm sure the worker meant well... maybe she thought their burgers were kinda bland and wanted to make it more tasty? Maybe she missed the fries and hit the burger with salt instead?

Whatever the reasoning, after a night in the slammer I'm sure she will look at her job making burgers a little differently...

Smell that aroma coming from the fryer??? It's the smell of Freedom, darlin...

And finally... As I mentioned in the beginning, the NFL season got kicked off this weekend. My Chicago Bears played well on one side of the ball and looked like Laurel & Hardy on the other... At one point in the game, they ran the EXACT same play on 3 consecutive downs... talk about frustrating... coaches have been strung up and tarred & feathered for less... the worst part is, those 3 plays only needed to gain a total of 2 yards!!! And we couldn't get it done... This photo pretty much sums up how the Bears offense looked...

To add insult to injury, 2 key players on the defensive side of the ball were injured. We can only HOPE that they will be back, but my gut tells me they are done for the year.

Even as horrific as the game ended up, it was good being back in the saddle... I hadn't been in that bar since the Super Bowl and there was certainly a LOT of energy going on. Beer and wings on a Sunday afternoon is something akin to Heaven on Earth, I think...

But I would say the most perplexing moment of the day was when the Eagles fan at the bar was being booed down by everyone and we all (yes, even the Bears fans) cheered when they lost to the dreaded Green Bay Packers. I hate the Packers more than any other football team... but this guy was such a numb-nuts that I had to root against him.

Alrighty then... on to making some money today...

Peace out...

Heitz