Odds and Sods

Canadian Mint is checking out the 5 dollar coin again and scrapping the penny – there going to do this – but they need a name for this coin – Top 6 rejected names for the 5 dollar coin.
6 The Big Nickel – that’s pretty lame
5 The Quintooney
4 3.98 American
3 The Tin Fin
2 The Back Breaker – like that one
And the Number One rejected Name for the 5 dollar coin ---- two toonies, a loney and a piece of fluff

Out of the Mouths of Babes – great thoughts from Wee Little Kids …

• “When I go to heaven, I want to see my grandpa again. But he better have lost the nose hair and the old-man smell.”
• “I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don’t have any clean laundry because, come on, who wants to wash clothes on the last day of their life?”• “If we could just get everyone to close their eyes and visualize world peace for an hour, imagine how quiet it would be until the looting started.”
• “As you make your way through life, set aside a few minutes each day. At the end of the year, you’ll have a couple of days saved up.”
• “Think of the biggest number you can. Now add 5. Then, imagine if you had that many donuts”• “I once heard the voice of God. It said ‘Vrrrrmmmmm’. Unless that was just a lawnmower.”

TIM MCGRAW’s first cologne, McGraw By Tim McGraw, will be out in August. The scent is described as spicy and woody and contains elements of lavender, sandlewood, nutmeg and aged whiskey. He will appear in print and television ads to promote its release.

TRISHA YEARWOOD’s new cookbook, Georgia Cooking In An Oklahoma Kitchen, debuts at #3 on this week’s New York Times Best Sellers Hardback list.

On TV yesterday: Yoga classes for pets are now popular. Experts say you can teach your pet to meditate. Gee, I’m not so sure. My cat sleeps 20 hours a day -- eats one hour a day -- licks himself three hours a day. Trying to squeeze meditation into his busy schedule might just cause a lot of stress.

YOUR TEEN SON IS BUSY STARTING TODAY _ What will your teen son be doing this week and weekend? One of two things, or both: playing Grand Theft Auto IV, which is out today (April 29), or watching Iron Man, which hits theaters Friday. Analysts predict GTA IV will easily top last year's record-breaking $300 million first-week sales of Halo 3.

Scientists in the UK are seeking 150 women to eat chocolate every day for a year for the cause of medical research. [So far three and a half billion women have applied.]

Imports of Barbie dolls and other Western toys will have destructive cultural and social consequences in Iran, the Islamic Republic's top prosecutor was quoted as saying. [I agree. The last thing Iran needs is millions of little girls who think they can do what they want.]

Modesto, California, police are blaming a scratching cat for an accident that toppled a power pole and shut down a street for nearly an hour. A police spokesman that a woman was driving with a cat in her lap. The animal scratched her, and she drove into the pole. The woman suffered minor injuries and was taken to a hospital. The cat was taken to a vet to treat an injured eye.Police say a 7-year-old South Florida boy faces grand theft auto charges after taking his grandmother's Dodge Durango for a joyride. The eight minute trek left a swath of damage in his neighborhood Friday. The boy smashed mailboxes, hit parked cars and signposts. Luckily he was unhurt. Police said he literally drove until a wheel fell off. The right front wheel, to be exact, which broke off after the boy hit a sign.

-- Bill