Mindbenders don't grow on trees
November 26, 2024
You wanted it. You needed it. You DEMANDED it.
So here you go:
The World’s Greatest Thanksgiving Joke.
Feel free to share around the table with family and friends. You can also find it posted online here.
Also, already great feedback from MB Club members about the After Hours stuff Melissa Moore and I are recording.
These are videos, and you’ll start seeing several of them. This new episode is all about couples who do—or don’t—pee in front of each other.
Catch it right here. You can share this with friends and family, too.
Unless they’re bothered by talk of urination.
Let's get on with the countdown.
Along with today's Mindbender you get a Thanksgiving-themed set of stories:
Our favorite pie
The most hated foods
Celebs we would want at dinner
But first, today's Mindbender:
A survey asked, “Besides money, what do you wish grew on trees?” This was the #1 answer.
I'll have a clue coming up.
Our favorite pie
You probably won’t sit around and count all the calories you consume this week.
But experts say the average American will put away just under 2,100 calories at the Thanksgiving meal alone. Which actually doesn’t seem as bad as I expected.
Some of those calories will come from pie. So which one is our favorite?
It wasn’t that close—pumpkin pie is still the king, getting 29% of the vote.
Apple was next, followed by my fave, pecan.
They also say there’s a shift going on. In the future, apple pie could become the champ because it’s the favorite of younger generations.
I’ll take just a tiny sliver of all three, thank you. (Don’t we all say that?)
The most hated foods
We all have our favorite Thanksgiving foods. And our least favorite.
A poll of 1,000 people asked them to name the foods they can’t stand at Thanksgiving, and the top choice was:
Turkey.
That’s right, it’s considered traditional and iconic and all that—but yet 35% of people don’t like it. Hey, I’m not a weirdo after all!
Stuffing was #2. So we’ve built this mystique around turkey and dressing, and those are the two most disliked Thanksgiving foods. Kinda funny.
But ham was #3. So what’s the deal? Should we just make lasagna the new Thanksgiving staple?
For all the hate it seems to receive, cranberry sauce was at a respectable #5.
You can see all the results here. You’ll have to scroll down a ways, and the results are not stacked in order. A little confusing.
Here's a clue for the Mindbender:
It’s a food that many of us are addicted to.
Celebs we would want at dinner
Now think about all the people sitting around your Thanksgiving table. Yes, even that one creepy uncle.
If you could have any celebrity join your holiday meal, whom would you choose?
The top choice in a survey was Morgan Freeman. Yeah, he seems like he’d be cool to chat with.
Robert Downey, Jr. was an odd #2, followed by Hugh Jackman, then Meryl Streep.
You always seem to see The Rock near the top of these lists, but this time he’s way down at #15.
See the full results here. It’s a fluid list, constantly changing, so the results may be different when you check it out.
And now, the answer to today's Mindbender:
What do they wish grew on trees?
Chocolate.
I mean, in a way, it DOES grow on trees. At least it starts there.
But don’t be that person. Nobody likes the “Well, actually . . .” person. 🤣
That'll do it for today's Mindbender. Thank you for being part of The Club.
Enjoy your day, have a great Thanksgiving, and your mailer will return on Monday.
Dom
Let me close this conversation by saying that you are one unique individual.
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