Sunday’s Daily Dirt for August 10, 2025
The speed of smell is something to really consider. Welcome to The Daily Dirt’s Vol. 1,369: Three Thoughts for Today.
1. We re in the midst of another one of the streaks of lazy, hazy crazy days of summer.
What better way to kill time than by pondering the following profound ideas? There’s no rush, so take your time thinking about it. It’s still summer, after all.
- Can you cry underwater?
- At the movie theater, which arm rest is yours?
- Are eyebrows considered facial hair?
- If there is a speed of sound and a speed of light, should there also a speed of smell?
- Who do people say heads up! when you actually duck?
- If Mars had earthquakes, would they be called marsquakes?
- If poison expires, is it more poisonous or no longer poisonous?
- If you get scared half to death twice, do you die?
- Why is something sent by car called a shipment, but something sent by ship is called cargo?
- Why is w called double-u and not double-v?
Thank you. I’ll take care of myself.
2. Did you know (Part 453)
- That people tend to spend an average of 12 minutes longer in the shower on Mondays than any other day of the week.
- That Monday is the day of the week when people will most likely get a speeding ticket.
- That the average person will spend over 3,500 Mondays at work in their lifetime.
- That Monday is the most common day of the week to break up with someone.
- That Monday is the busiest day of the week for many hair salons and barbershops. (Could be, but this guy got his hair cut on Friday.)
3. A few tidbits for college football fans you might not realize:
Missouri, which has a schedule designed to make it three consecutive seasons with double-digit wins, is coming off back-to-back seasons with at least ten victories under Eliah Drinkwitz. The Tigers avoid Texas, Georgia, and LSU in the SEC and play their first six games at home. Their home matchup with Kansas is their most difficult nonconference matchup.
In relation to Mizzou, the first series renewal between Kansas and Missouri since 2011 will take place in Columbia on September 6. It will mark Kansas’ first visit to Faurot Field since 2006 and the first of a four-game deal to revive the 1891 rivalry. After the 2011 game, the series was not renewed, ending the teams’ 93-year run of consecutive meetings. It was Division I-A football’s second-most-played rivalry at the time.
Even though this should be James Franklin’s strongest and most balanced squad, Penn State perhaps has the easiest schedule of any Power 4 contender. However, when they play Oregon at home on September 27, they will be untested. the home warm-ups against Villanova, Florida International, and Nevada, and then a week off before playing the Ducks.
Here are four of the most important games on opening weekend to start the season off right:
August 30, Texas vs. Ohio State (ranked No. 1 vs. No. 2)August 30 at LSU vs. ClemsonFlorida State vs. Alabama, August 30Miami vs. Notre Dame, August 31
Steve Thought O The Day It’s unlikely that many music lovers ever took notice of Terry Reid’s passing a few days ago. Reid, who was 75 years old when he passed away from cancer, was previously approached to be frontman for Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, but he preferred to pursue a solo career. Reid was seen as such a promising young artist that he toured with the Rolling Stones at the age of 16. Reid didn’t require attention. According to Lauren Anderson for The Men’s Journal, all he needed was a guitar, a microphone, and his own lane, where he remained throughout his career.
Every day, Steve Eighinger contributes to Muddy River News. The Tigers’ most recent victory over OSU still belongs to Mizzou.
