Saturday, August 23, 2025: Daily Dirt
WHOA maintains its gold-medal status. Welcome to The Daily Dirt’s Vol. 1,382: Three Thoughts for Today.
1. This hurts. It really hurts.
We have a new medal winner in our Great Plate Debate IV weekly roundup of the greatest personalized license plates found in Northeast Missouri and West-Central Illinois, but I have to be fair in the interest of journalistic ethics.
We are pleased to welcome MZNBLU 7 to the silver medal position today. WHOA leads the field for the second consecutive week. I detest anything related to the state of Michigan, especially its maize-and-blue college football team, as anyone who knows me even a little bit knows. However, I give this automobile owner credit for his inventiveness, and I believe the seven-part plate pays homage to either Rick Leach or Donovan Edwards. Just before I ate some of the delicious ribs at Kelly’s in Quincy, I noticed this plate in the parking lot.
(My only goal is to find a plate connected to Ohio State so I can throw MAZNBLUE 7 in the trash.)
Rankings for this week:
WHOA gold medal
Medal for silver: MZNBLU 7
Medal for bronze: BUZ N RND
The best of the remainder from the previous week
- SOTHAT 1
- NO BUG
- DOC 1
- FLOAT 19
- HAT 84
- K CARDS
- TRICKY
- TRUCKY
- 4 SPECS
- FED INS 1
- CROPPY z
- CUBS 250
2. Did you know (Part 465)
- That the best name in MLB might just be Boston Red Sox outfield prospect Jhostnyxon Garcia nicknamed The Password who is expected to get a late-season look at Fenway Park.
- That it is estimated the average American eats about 15 pounds of watermelon each year.
- That if you count a cricket s chirps for 15 seconds and then add 37, you will have the approximate temperature. Or you could just look at the thermometer.
- That popsicles were invented by accident, thanks to an 11-year-old named Frank Epperson, who inadvertently created the popsicle in 1905 by leaving his soda with a stirring stick outside on his porch overnight. The cold night air froze the soda, leaving the stick upright and the Epsicle was born. The name popsicle was created by Frank s own kids who called his invention Pop s sicle. Frank liked the name so much, he patented it in 1923.
- That in the U.S., cherry is the most popular flavor of popsicles. Thanks again, Frank.
3. Happy birthday to the chosen celebrities for this week:
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Entertainer
Gene Simmons
of KISS will be 76 on Monday. His real name is Chaim Witz. -
Singer
Billy Ray Cyrus
turns 64, also on Monday. Some 16 albums and 53 singles later, he s still known best for Achy Breaky Heart . -
TV chef
Rachel Ray
will be 57, on yet another Monday celebration. She lives part-time in New York City and has been mugged twice. -
Singer
Shania Twain
reaches 60 on Thursday. Her real name is Eileen Regina Edwards. -
Reality TV personality
Honey Boo Boo
(Alana Thompson) turns 20, also on Thursday. She has now been a part of our lives for 13 years.
Steve’s Thought O Bruce Bochy, the manager of the DayTexas, has an enormous 8 1/8 head. His skull is larger than mine, which is between 8 and 8 1/8, and he is the only human I have encountered with such a size. He is somewhat of my hero.
Every day, Steve Eighinger contributes to Muddy River News. He becomes a member of the Size 8 Melon Club, along with Schuck Daddy and DOB.
