The Mindbender has to have it
November 11, 2024
Sad to say there will not be a MB Club meetup this time around. But I promise another during my next trip to Denver.
Also, cheers to every veteran and active service member who belongs to the MB Club. On Veterans Day, dozens of businesses are offering all sorts of free items for veterans.
It ranges from free coffee, to free donuts, to free red, white, and blue pancakes. You can see a substantial list of the providers here.
Hollywood has produced countless war films, many of which have won major awards. So I posted a list of my top ten favorite war movies, which you can check out here.
Let's get on with the countdown.
Along with today's Mindbender you get these bonus stories:
Four years at sea
Who gets the ring?
Partying parents
But first, today's Mindbender:
The average man hates to go more than ten days without (blank).
I'll have a clue coming up.
Four years at sea
Wanna get away? I mean, REALLY get away?
A cruise company just announced a new voyage that will take you to all seven continents and 140 countries.
And you’ll be at sea for FOUR YEARS.
It ain’t cheap—a room for a single starts at $256,000, and for a couple it starts at $320,000.
But that includes everything, like food, beverages, a fitness center, a spa, and more.
I did the math for you. For a single, it works out to about $5,300 a month, while a couple will pay $6,700 a month.
The company says it gives you “the flexibility to escape traffic jams, politics, and the monotony of city life.”
Ahoy!
Who gets the ring?
For ages, people have debated this issue:
When an engaged couple breaks up, who gets to keep the engagement ring? The giver or the receiver?
I’d always heard that it depended on who did the dumping. But now the state supreme court in Massachusetts has weighed in.
The case involved a guy who bought a $70,000 ring for his fiancée, then suspected her of cheating. So he broke it off. They’ve been fighting over the ring ever since.
Now the highest court in the state ruled that the ring belongs . . . to him.
You can read about it here.
Here's a clue for the Mindbender:
No anchovies, please.
Partying parents
Remember when parents dropped their kids off at college, tears were shed, and then you saw them again on Parents Weekend?
Not anymore. The Wall Street Journal reports the new trend is not just visiting your kids at college—but going there to PARTY with them.
One 53-year-old mom from Kansas says she’s done nine parents weekends for her various children at three schools, played lots of beer pong, and even held a girl’s hair back while she puked.
She says her kids are cool with it and actually enjoy partying with her. Her 22-year-old daughter agreed, saying she gets to “see them not just as parents.”
An official at the University of Arizona confirmed it’s a major trend now. He said the parents often act crazier than the kids.
He added: “We try not to parent the parents.”
And now, the answer to today's Mindbender:
What do these men hate to go ten days without?
Pizza.
A few years ago, we did an experiment where everyone on the morning radio show could eat only one food for an entire week. Morning, noon, and night, nothing but that one food.
I chose pizza. And I was the only one in the entire group who made it through the week. What does THAT tell you?
That'll do it for today's Mindbender. Thank you for being part of The Club.
Enjoy your day!
Dom
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