The opposite Mindbender
March 19, 2026
I don’t know how to break this to you.
But there will NOT be a Spice Girls reunion anytime soon.
I know, I know. Try to keep your emotions in check.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of their first song’s release, and some had hoped they’d mark it with a performance. But the women said it’s not working out.
Instead, I’ll just share the video of that song. Let’s hope a 40th anniversary reunion works with their very busy schedules.
In the meantime, my new name is Depressed Spice.
TODAY’S MINDBENDER
If you’re an average person, you’ll do this four times today—and do the exact opposite thing four times, as well.
I'll have a clue coming up.
The USPS is in trouble
Benjamin Franklin must be spinning in his grave.
The founding father who’s widely considered to be the father of the U.S. Postal Service—and our first postmaster general—actually had the country’s mail service running smoothly AND profitably.
Those days are long gone.
The current postmaster is warning that the service could shut down within the next year because they’re simply out of money.
And it doesn’t help that talks with their biggest customer, Amazon, broke down. The giant online retailer says it’ll slash its dependency on the USPS by as much as two-thirds.
You know where this is going, right? The cost of mailing or shipping anything is going to rocket upwards quite a bit. Prepare yourself.
lowercase
In the early days of email, you’d get messages from your parents or grandparents WHERE EVERYTHING WAS IN ALL CAPS.
I guess some people still do that.
Gen Z has taken the opposite approach. Capital letters are the devil!
A report found that younger generations feel that using capital letters and punctuation is, in their words, “too intense.”
Many, however, are quick to point out they know how to use caps and periods and such, but they’re able to distinguish between formal writing and casual writing. And casual is all lowercase, dude.
Hey, I have a 23-year-old stepdaughter. I’m well-versed in lowercase, don’t-give-a-damn texting.
you do you man
Your Clue For The Mindbender:
I would never fob off a lame Mindbender on you. And yes, that’s a clue.
I’ll have the answer coming up.
A soggy criminal
Here’s one just for fun:
Police in Florida were talking with a suspect when he suddenly bolted. He ran and jumped into the Halifax River, and swam quite a ways out.
No problem for the officers. A couple of them simply got on paddle boards and calmly paddled out to where the idiot was treading water. And yes, arrested him out in the middle of the river.
There’s great video of all this, including the suspect—who, perfectly, is named Chase—talking with the cops, then running away. The video cuts to various moments of the paddle-capture and ultimately him being handcuffed when they’ve hauled him back to the dock.
And I’ll share that video with you right here.
The Answer For Today’s Mindbender
You’ll do what four times today and the exact opposite thing four times, as well?
Start your car—and shut it off.
It’s an average. If you’re shuttling kids around, probably more. And I hope you liked my fob clue.
Since I like to share my exquisite taste in music with you, here’s a song perfectly curated for this Mindbender. It’s the incredible Jude Cole, with “Start the Car.”
That’ll do it for today. Thank you so much for being part of The Mindbender Club!
Dom
The odd thing about this form of communication is that you're more likely to talk about nothing than something.