SMALL TALK & WATER PARKS?! NO THANKS!
Regular readers know that it is our tradition to crack wise about whatever national days happen to coincide with sending our newsletter, but today's selections are really bottom-of-the-barrel...
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1. Talk In An Elevator Day
Dear reader, I will take ALL the stairs to avoid small talk with a stranger. Where's the national day for politely leaving strangers alone? I will pop bottles for that one.
2. National Water Park Day
Water parks are full of terrible things, like shrieking children and Legionnaires Disease. Plus all the strangers in water parks are in swimsuits. The only thing worse than a chatty fully clothed stranger in an elevator is a half-naked stranger in a water park. Sure it's 100 degrees outside, but I'd rather take a dip in my bathtub by myself than spend 5 minutes at a water park with moist strangers.
It's all fun and games until the Norovirus outbreak
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GIF via les Sommets
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You know what doesn't transmit waterborne viruses? The Boredwalk podcast!ย Tess and Josh discussย what pose they would strike if they were about to die in Pompeii. They also talk about things they like that would surprise people and the worst part of the human body (looking at you, armpits).
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Listen on yourย favorite podcasting platformย or, even better, watch them onย YouTube!
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Let's kick off the weekend with a few famous July 28th historical facts and notable birthdays to impress your friends with:
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โขย Born on this day:ย authorย Beatrix Potterย (1866), First Ladyย Jacqueline Kennedy Onassisย (1929), artistย Marcel Duchampย (1887),ย Saved by the Bellย actressย Elizabeth Berkleyย (1972), and basketball Hall of Famerย Bill Bradleyย (1943)
โข The US Congress passed the National Aeronautics and Space Act,ย establishing NASA, on this dayย in 1958ย
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โข "White Zombie," theย first feature length zombie film, was releasedย in the US on this day in 1932ย
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โขย Peru declared independenceย from Spain in this day in 1821ย
โขย Theย 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, which established the citizenship of African Americans and guaranteed due process of law, was ratified on this day in 1868
OK, that's it for this week! We'll be back here in your inbox on Monday with another email and MAYBE a fresh customer Q&A! Ifย you'dย like to be featured in an upcoming email reply to this and let us know!
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Peace, love, and complaining,
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Meredith
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