\u27a2 An elementary school in Avignon, France had to institute a new ban . . . on parents THROWING THEIR KIDS over the fence when they’re late.<\/p>\n
The school has a six-foot-high steel fence with a gate that closes at 8:30 A.M.\u00a0 And it turns out it was too hard for some parents to get their kids there before that cutoff.<\/p>\n
So the principal says, quote, “Parents arriving after the bell were literally throwing their kids.”<\/p>\n
She says it didn’t happen “regularly” . . . but it happened. So now there’s a sign up telling parents NOT to throw their kids . . . and to come back when the gates reopen at 10:00 A.M.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u27a2 A woman was standing in the ocean recording some kind of holistic selfie\u00a0video<\/a>\u00a0. . . and when she said it’s powerful to ask the ocean to cleanse you, the ocean granted her request with a wave that obliterated her.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 Collins Dictionary is the first to make a Word of the Year pick for 2020, and they chose . . . “lockdown.”<\/p>\n They say the use of the word “lockdown” across websites, books, and news is up 6,000% from last year, which makes a lot of sense. Some of their runners-up for Word of the Year are:\u00a0 BLM . . . coronavirus . . . furlough . . . self-isolate . . . and social distancing.<\/p>\n But not ALL of their runners-up were serious.\u00a0 One was “mukbang,” which is a Korean term for, quote, “a video in which the host eats a large quantity of food for the entertainment of viewers.”<\/em><\/strong> I think we all hope 2021 features way fewer lockdowns and way more mukbanging.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 This guy posted a\u00a0video<\/a>\u00a0explaining why he always keeps a key under his welcome mat, even though it’s an obvious place for robbers to look.\u00a0 (He wants them to take the key to his safe deposit box at his bank . . . where they’ll find money and a self-help book so they can get back on their feet.\u00a0 He says the name of the bank in the video.)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n 1997 [23] Shania Twain\u2019s second album \u201cThe Woman in Me\u201d is certified Diamond for sales of 10 million copies<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COVID NEWS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The researchers say that cutting the capacity of those places down to 20% could curb transmissions by 80%.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n FOUR RANDOM FACTS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n A guy from Hawaii named Elton Goo was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2016.\u00a0 And he’s been spending the last four years traveling the world.\u00a0 But when the pandemic hit, he\u00a0ran out of his meds<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He was in Peru, and couldn’t leave.\u00a0 So he rationed his medication until they were all gone, and thought he was finished at that point.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But then last week, he got a call from his doctor . . . who told him that somehow, he’s now CANCER-FREE.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They don’t know how it happened, but he says he’s excited to have more time.\u00a0Especially because his first grandchild is on the way.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [82] Gordon Lightfoot, Orillia ON<\/p>\n [78] Martin Scorsese, director<\/p>\n [76] Danny DeVito, actor<\/p>\n [76] Lorne Michaels, Toronto ON, TV producer (\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d since 1975)<\/p>\n [43] Aaron Lines, Fort McMurray AB, country singer<\/p>\n [42] Rachel McAdams, London ON, movie actress\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n ____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17TH<\/sup> \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n
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\n\u27a2 Why did the scarecrow win the Nobel Prize? Because he was out standing in his field!
\n\u27a2 What do you get when you cross a robot and a tractor? A transfarmer.
\n\u27a2 As a farmer, I hear lots of jokes about sheep.\u00a0 I\u2019d tell them to my dog but he\u2019d herd them all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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