Compliment Your Mirror Day -- Who comes up with these weird days? Ask listeners to call with holidays that they'd like to see. Among our best:
· Act Like a Man Day (Women get a chance to sit around a be waited on)
· Male PMS Day (Men can walk around cranky and irrational all day)
· Worship The Weiner Day (A woman requested this one)
· No Telemarketers Day.
· Arrest The Elderly Behind The Wheel Day.
· Drink Like A Kennedy At Work Day.
· No Shaving Month.
· Mandatory Mouthwash In-Line At The Post-Office Day.
· Just Say No To Carpenter-Crack Day
Thursday's History Lesson: July 3rd is the 185th day of the year .. There are 181 days remaining in 2008
-- On this date in 1819, the first U.S. savings bank opened
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Independence Day is the biggest beer-selling holiday of the year. Last year, drinkers downed 23 million cases
AskMen.com says a man's hair is the first thing many women notice.
Lock It Up: Law enforcement officials are once again urging drivers to buy locking gas caps. They say Fourth of July fireworks displays are going to make it easy for thieves to steal gas because car owners will be busy enjoying the show. They'll also be hard to chase because of the heavy flow of traffic and people.
JULY 4TH TRIVIA
Did You Know ...
· One out of 10 Americans does not know the name of or words to the National Anthem.
· Three U.S. presidents died on Independence Day. Both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. James Monroe died five years later on July 4, 1831.
· One President was born on the Fourth of July: Calvin Coolidge.
· The Battle of Bunker Hill, one of the earliest battles in the American Revolution was actually fought on nearby Breed's Hill. The site of this battle was in Charlestown, Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston.
· What was the final battle of the Revolutionary War? Answer: The Battle of Yorktown. The Battle of Yorktown ended with the surrender of the British. Reportedly, a British band played a song called "The World Turned Upside-Down" when the soldiers laid down their arms.
· Which country was not neutral during the Revolutionary War? Answer: Spain. Spain aided the colonies by loaning money and goods and helped European military leaders to go to America to work with the Continental Army.
· The Bald Eagle was officially declared the National Emblem of the United States by the Second Continental Congress in 1782. It was selected by the Founding Fathers because it is a species unique to North America.
· Benjamin Franklin wanted the wild turkey to be the national bird, because he thought the eagle was of bad moral character.
Nip/Tuck
A new study by the American Society of Plastic Surgery reveals men are seeking more and more cosmetic surgery. Last year, surgeons saw a 16% increase in men wanting slimmer waists and stronger jaw lines.
Top 5 Surgical Cosmetic Procedures (more than 1.8 million procedures were performed in 2007.)
1. breast augmentation (348,000, up 6 percent)
2. liposuction (302,000, unchanged)
3. nose reshaping (285,000, down 7 percent)
4. eyelid surgery (241,000, up 3 percent)
5. and tummy tuck (148,000, up 1 percent).
CREDIT WHERE CREDIT ISN'T DUE
(Us Weekly) Tila Tequila is just the latest in a long line of celebrities to fudge a contribution to society:
· Tila Tequila said, "I made gay marriage legal in California." The bisexual star, 26, tells Use she "definitely thinks" her show, "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila," paved the way for the state's May court ruling.
· David Hasselhoff said, "I brought down the Berlin Wall." The 55-year-old, suggested his 1989 song "Looking for Freedom" helped reunited East and West Germany.
· Janice Dickinson said, "I was the original supermodel." Despite repeated claims by the 53-year-old, may models including the 1960s icon Twiggy, were big names before she was around.
· Al Gore said, "I invented the Internet." During a 1999 interview, then Vice President Al Gore, 60, boasted, "I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
