How Many Times? (Cajun Joke), Sunday Selections and Sunday Selfies on Tocktober Day

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Just because Sandee of Comedy Plus is no longer hosting a Silly Sunday blog hop, do not expect me to quit telling Cajun jokes, especially as it has now become a habit.

A few weeks ago, just before hurricane Francine, mice or rats, or perhaps a few of both, moved into Grandma and Grandpa's house.  Before they were evicted, they'd chewed a hole in the dishwasher hose.

Upon its discovery (by the fact there was water in the cabinets and on the kitchen floor), Uncle J decided to move the dishwasher out of the house.  When Grandpa asked if he knew how, he hemmed and hawed and got it done, and then they had a plumber in to fix some things which were no longer working. 

They still can't use the left-hand sink and we're not sure when the place will be dry enough to reinstall the dishwasher, which the plumber will return to do.

Clothile done decide she done want her de new ceilin' fan, an' she be goin' hire her de 'lectrician so's to have it done right.

Boudreaux be fussin' 'bout how much dat cost, an' Clothile done ax, "How many times you done put up a ceilin' fan?"

An' Boudreaux say, "Mais, dis time an' one more it'll be twice!"

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Sunday Selections was started as a way for bloggers to use photos that might otherwise just languish in their files.  The rules have been relaxed, and it is now simply a showcase for your photos, new or old, good or bad, although nothing rude, please.  It was hosted by River, who still participates, and is now hosted by Elephant's Child.       

A few sights of the season (I'm hoping for more of those for next week) and some other simple snaps, including sunsets.  Some of the clouds may contain Pebble Grey, Charlotte/Mother Owl's color of the month.

Ms. JAI still keeps up the custom of decorating her tree all year long, I think she's trying to do something for end of summer.

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This week, Lulu, Abby and Jack want to join the Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head for their Sunday Selfies Blog Hop.  And as it is Tock-tober Day, we show their wagging, happy tocks.   It's Tock-tober Day!  We're celebrating on the birth anniversary of Derby.  His brother Ducky keeps up the custom, even though he's now at the Rainbow Bridge.

Come celebrate with them!

Abby.

Jack.

Abby and Jack.

Lulu, with Abby ahead of her.

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It's Tock-tober Day!  We're celebrating on the birth anniversary of Derby.  His brother Ducky keeps up the custom, even though he's now at the Rainbow Bridge.

Come celebrate with them!

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Today is:

Birth of the Bab -- Baha'i

Feast of Agios Gerasimos -- Kefalonia, Greece (celebration of the patron saint of this Ionian island, with religious services followed by dancing and feasting)

Feast of No Excuse For A Feast Day -- internet generated, if you have no other excuse to celebrate something today, use this one

Festival of Ebisu -- Japan (the laughing god, who is the only one available this month, as the 8 million other gods of the pantheon gather at the Grand Shrine of Izumo; traditionally on 20th day of 10th month of the lunisolar calendar)

Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth -- Sikh

International Juan Valdez Appreciation Day -- internet generated, yet as we sip our morning wake up brew, let's remember the hardy souls who pick the beans for us!

Mashujaa Day -- Kenya (National Day/Kenyatta Day)

Miss American Rose Day -- with online only pageants devoted to high achievement and community service for girls and women of all ages, Miss American Rose suggests treating all women in your life like beautiful roses and performing community service with them

National Brandied Fruit Day

National Day on Writing -- US (sponsored by National Council of Teachers of English)   

Pastoral Care Week begins -- honoring all clergy who provide spiritual help and care, they need recognition and care themselves; this year's theme is "Spiritual Care: Chaplains Beyond Religious Roles"    

Revolution Day -- Guatemala

Respiratory Care Week begins -- recognizing the respiratory care profession and promoting awareness of lung health issues; this year's theme is "Journey Together, Impact Forever" 

St. Acca's Day (Patron of learning)

Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day

Suspenders Day -- probably begun by the same people who wanted to see if you would observe Wear Something Gaudy Day and Dress Like A Dork Day

World Osteoporosis Day -- International Osteoporosis Foundation 

Anniversaries Today:

Clint Black marries Lisa Hartman, 1991

William Shatner marries Marcy Lafferty, 1973

The Sydney Opera House opens, 1973

Aristotle Onassis marries Jacqueline Kennedy, 1968

Birthdays Today:

John Krasinski, 1979

Dann Gillen, 1967

Viggo Mortensen, 1958

Danny Boyle, 1956

Keith Hernandez, 1953

Tom Petty, 1953

Melanie Mayron, 1952

Tom Petty, 1950

Jerry Orbach, 1935

William Christopher, 1932

Mickey Mantle, 1931

Joyce Brothers

Art Buchwald, 1925

Fayard Nicholas, 1914

Bela Lugosi, 1882

Charles Ives, 1874

Charles Dewey, 1859

James Robert Mann, 1856

Arthur Rimbaud, 1854

Christopher Wren, 1632

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"The Six Million Dollar Man"(TV), 1973

"No Time for Sergeants"(Play), 1955

"Vor Sonnenaufgang/Before Sunrise"(Hauptmann play), 1889

Today in History:

The first Crusaders arrive at Antioch, 1097

The city of Nuestra Senora de La Paz (Our Lady of Peace), Bolivia, is founded, 1548

Battle of sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan's Shoguns, 1600

Maria Theresa of Habsburg becomes ruler of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia, 1740

Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, is approved in Habsburg Monarchy, 1781

US Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase, 1803

The U.S. and U.K. sign the Convention of 1818, which, among other things settles the U.S. - Canada border at the 49th parallel for most of its length, 1818

First Edition of London Sunday Times, 1822

Lincoln formally establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday in the US, on the 4th Thursday of November each year, 1864

P.T. Barnum's Hippodrome featuring "The Greatest Show on Earth" opens in NYC, 1873

The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched, 1910

The first Negro League World Series is held, the KC Monarchs shut out the Hilldales, 5-0, 1924

United States of America and Pakistan establish diplomatic relations for the first time, 1947

The Nepal Stock Exchange collapses, 1971

The Sydney Opera House opens, 1973

BM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released, 1983

US accuses Microsoft of violating law by forcing IE browser on computers, 1997

European astronomers announce the discovery of 32 extrasolar planets, 2009

Atronomers announce that galaxy UDFy-38135539 is the most distant object observed from Earth, around 30 billion light-years, 2010

Muammar Gaddafi, and his son Mutassim Gaddafi are killed shortly after the Battle of Sirte, 2011

Pollution is linked to 1 in 6 deaths worldwide or 9 million in 2015 in a report published in "The Lancet", 2017

Qantas Airlines runs a first test flight of its new 787 Boeing Dreamliner, flying from New York to Sydney in 19 hours, 42 minutes, 2019

The US Justice Department sues Google for an alleged illegal monopoly over internet searches and search advertising, 2020

New dating techniques using solar storms show the first European settlements of the New World were made by Vikings around 1021AD in Newfoundland, 2021

A claim by some archaeologists saying Indonesia's prehistoric site Gunung Padang, West Java, has world's oldest pyramid constructed by humans 27,000 years ago causes controversy, 2023

France awards the Medal of Honor to US Army veteran John Gojmerac, age 99, for his service in WWII which both restored phone lines needed for military communications and captured the Germans who had been damaging them, 2023