The Mindbender gives back
May 6, 2026
If you have a little darling graduating from college, share this list with them.
It’s the top ten cities for Gen Z graduates, using 13 different factors like starter home availability, job availability, career satisfaction, and work-life balance.
Or they could just move back in with you.
Yeah, here’s that list again. You’re welcome.
TODAY’S MINDBENDER
Nine percent of women have a sweatshirt they took from a former partner and never gave back after the break-up. Six percent did the same with a (blank).
I'll have a clue coming up.
The surprise inside is back!
The cereal aisle at your neighborhood grocery store is a devious place. Everything has been designed to attract the eyes of your children so they demand a giant box of sugar decorated with a cute cartoon.
Well, something the rest of us got to enjoy as kids is coming back to cereal boxes.
The toy surprise inside!
It’s been more than ten years since Kellogg’s did it, but for a limited time—at least they SAY it’s a limited time—several of their cereal brands will include toys to help promote the new “Toy Story” movie coming out in June.
You and your kids can collect “Toy Story” figures in the form of collectible spoons, trading cards, and other trinkets.
The first run has already hit stores.
Birthday bucks
Speaking of cereal, Cheerios is one of several major brands that are going to take advantage of America’s big 250th birthday celebration on July 4th.
Because nothing says patriotism more than buying a bunch of stuff.
If you were around in 1976, you remember the Bicentennial. At least that was easy to say.
For the 250th, it’s our nation’s Semiquincentennial. Yeah, say that three times fast.
Cheerios will release a birthday cake-flavored version, complete with red, white, and blue sprinkles.
Coca-Cola will have collectible mini-cans for each of the 50 states, plus D.C. and Puerto Rico, each highlighting something special from that area.
Oreo will showcase their Firecracker Pop cookie, and Mountain Dew will temporarily rename itself American Dew.
I guess it’ll be only a few years until we see cans of it showing up on eBay.
Your Clue For The Mindbender:
Hopefully not a beret.
I’ll have the answer coming up.
Poop-free pets
Quick, what was the first widely adopted home robot?
Why, it was the Roomba, of course. And the guy behind that says his next venture will be the robotic pet.
It’s not a robot dog, nor a cat. It’s not a robot gerbil. It’s . . . different. He just calls it a Familiar. Yes, with a capital F. From the image, you can grasp what it looks like.
The thing won’t talk, but it will make “emotive, animal-like sounds.” And since it’s programmed with AI, it’ll gradually learn words you teach it, and it’ll learn all about you, too.
The target market might start with retired people who won’t have to worry about maintenance, like food and water. I guess you’ll just plug it in.
And when you take it for a walk, there will be no poop to scoop.
What will it cost? No word yet, though the founder says it’ll be similar to current pet ownership costs.
The Answer For Today’s Mindbender
They kept what after a breakup and never returned it?
A hat.
Okay, chances are it’s a baseball cap.
And I’m glad when women do this because THEY won’t walk around wearing it backwards. 🤣
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Dom
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