SPOILER ALERT
If you have not read Quiz #113. Worst Ball just yet, you’re about to read the answer to the “What did NOT happen?” question from that quiz.
Here’s the answer:
What did NOT happen during these dog days of winter, 2022?
A. I was on a work “Teams” meeting, sitting on the couch next to the dogs who were sleeping. Fred, Betsy’s dog, was snoring so loudly that people in the virtual meeting could hear it–-and a colleague asked, “Who’s that snoring?”
B. Sara and I watched Saturday Night Live off of the DVR on Sunday night. When Payton Manning appeared on Weekend Update, I pointed out to Sara that it was the real Payton Manning. Like Manning, Sara has watched “Emily in Paris”--and, while disappointed at my pointing out the obvious, she laughed at Manning’s analysis of the show;
C. Inspired by a Facebook post from former colleague and Coronavrius quiz reader Mary Bock, I am taking online Spanish lessons from Duolingo. “Yo soy un hombre;”
D. I am reading Joe Posnanski’s wonderful book, “The Baseball 100.” Beyond his great storytelling, the book is remarkable for its rich appreciation of players from the Negro leagues. Have you ever heard of Oscar Charleston? I only learned his name this weekend when reading about him in Posnanski’s book where he is listed as one of the top 5 baseball players of all time;
E. I ordered a copy of “The Baseball 100” for my son Ted who has a February birthday. Amazon sent me a notice when the book was delivered Tuesday night–-complete with a nighttime picture of the box at the front door. I looked at it quickly and saw that it was not our front door so clicked on the thumbs-down box in the email to rate the delivery as “Not so great,” alerting Amazon that they’d delivered the box to the wrong address. 15 seconds later, I remembered that I’d had the book delivered to Ted and Erica’s house and–-sure enough–-a second look revealed that the picture of the delivered package was, in fact, at their front door. I quickly texted Ted to get the package from his front door in case the Amazon driver came back to retrieve it because I’d told Amazon they’d delivered it to the wrong address.
Fred does snore—and he sleeps a lot. I posted a video of Fred snoring this week on my social media, but he has not yet interrupted one of my Teams meetings.
Like what you’ve been reading here? Please feel free to share this quiz with others who you think might enjoy it.
Want more?
Here’s the previous quiz in the series: Quiz # 112. Let Me Explain.
Here’s the first quiz in the series: Quiz #1. Stella and Social Distancing, March 13, 2020
Here is an archive of all the quizzes.
The quiz is explained here: Steve’s Stay-at-Home Coronavirus Quiz.
Want to let me know how I’m doing with this quiz?
I welcome your ratings, comments and corrections (from typos to gaps in truth).
Thank you and good night.
Thanks for reading.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for commenting.