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JuicyLesson 262: Pot-Pourri Thursday … Want to Sell an Electric Lawn Mower, Looking to Rent/Buy a Garage for Overflow … More Manifesto’s and Declarations … Argentina Wins Shoot-Out, Puts Holland Out of World Cup …

More reggae music on this fine-lookin’ Thursday, with Bob Marley and the Wailers doing “Oh, what a rat race.” And it really is, you know, and I’m glad to be out of it (pun unintended). Go Bob. Tell it like it is. “Rasta don’t work for no CIA.” And then there’s this real gem: “In an abundance of water, a fool is thirsty.”

Rat Race (cover) with lyrics

Need a garage, self-contained and heated, preferably a double to store overflow including, possibly, a car. Please Private Message me on Facebook if you think you can help me.

Also looking to sell an electric, cordless lawn mower, charger included, in excellent working order, two seasons old, paid over $300; want $125. Please Private Message me on Facebook if you’re interested.

Now for some Quotes of the Day, cute little ditties some of them, courtesy of The Montreal Gazette

“He had a brain scan once and it came back negative.” — Oscar Wilde

” ‘Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life.” — author unknown

“A committee is a group of people that keeps minutes and loses hours.” — Milton Berle.

“This isn’t life in the fast land, it’s life in the oncoming traffic.” — Terry Prachett

“Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.” — Charles Barkley

“In nature there are neither rewards or punishments; there are consequences.” — Robert Green Ingersoll

“If you want to destroy a good idea appoint a committee to study it.” — author unknown

“Worrying doesn’t take away tomorrow’s worries. What it does is to take way today’s peace.” — author unknown but thanks to Kathleen Cawthorn.

“People are not naturally friends or enemies; friendship and enmity arise from circumstances.” — Ritu Ghatourey

“No matter how noble and special people want to make the playoffs out to be … it’s a crap shoot.” — Orel Hershiser, one-time LA Dodger pitcher.

“Aim with your heart; shoot with your mind.” — John Fasciano

“Live to teach. Teach to live” — John Fasciano

“When I read about the effects of doing drugs, I stopped reading.” — adapted from Henny Youngman

Grief lasts longer than sympathy, which us one of the tragedies of the grieving.” — Elizabeth McCracken

World Cup Action

Same as yesterday except for the bread, head.
By the way, Jase B. won $250 plus a $25 bonus in Wednesday’s JuicyLesson.
I decided to award the bonus to Jase, not because he’s good-looking because he isn’t, but because he actually added another photo to match an existing pic-less caption. (“Muller celebrating his goal …” Caption was included but pic wasn’t.)

Congratulations Jase B. Call me. We will work out the logistics involved in your getting your hands on the $275.

Same deal as yesterday EXCEPT for the money. No prize money is being offered today. This is due to the fact that, judging from the minuscule number of entries I received yesterday, $250 doesn’t seem to be enough to do the trick and I can’t see myself getting it together, at least not at the moment anyway, to increase the prize money being offered to, let’s say, at least $500.

So today, purely for the fun of it, match each of the following captions to its correct photo from those found beneath the captions. Unlike as in Wednesday’s JuicyLesson, there are an equal number of captions and photographs today.

Answers will be provided as part of an upcoming JuicyLesson.

All captions and photos come from Wednesday’s semi-final game between the Argentinians and Holland from which Argentina emerged victorious, winning the shoot-out 4 goals to two.

CAPTIONS

Number 1
Argentina’s goalkeeper Sergio Romero makes a save against Netherlands’ midfielder Wesley Sneijder during penalty shoot-outs following extra time during the semi-final football match between Netherlands and Argentina of the FIFA World Cup at The Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo on July 9, 2014. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYSGABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images

Number 2
Netherlands’ midfielder Wesley Sneijder (L) and Argentina’s midfielder Javier Mascherano vie for the ball during the semi-final football match between Netherlands and Argentina of the FIFA World Cup at The Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo on July 9, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JUAN MABROMATAJUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images

Number 3
Netherlands’ goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen (L) makes a save in front of Argentina’s forward Rodrigo Palacio (R) during the semi-final football match between Netherlands and Argentina of the FIFA World Cup at The Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo on July 9, 2014. AFP PHOTO / POOL / FRANCOIS XAVIER MARITFRANCOIS XAVIER MARIT/AFP/Getty

Number 4
Netherlands’ midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum controls the ball during the semi-final football match between Netherlands and Argentina of the FIFA World Cup at The Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo on July 9, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JUAN MABROMATAJUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images

Number 5
(From L-R) Netherlands’ defender Bruno Martins Indi, Argentina’s forward and captain Lionel Messi and Netherlands’ defender Daley Blind vie for the ball during the semi-final football match between Netherlands and Argentina of the FIFA World Cup at The Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo on July 9, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSENODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images

Number 6
Argentina defender Martin Demichelis (L) and Netherlands forward Robin van Persie (R) vie for the ball during the semi-final football match between Netherlands and Argentina of the FIFA World Cup at The Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo on July 9, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNISADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images

Number 7
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL – JULY 09: Arjen Robben of the Netherlands controls the ball against Pablo Zabaleta (L) and Lucas Biglia of Argentina during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Semi Final match between the Netherlands and Argentina at Arena de Sao Paulo on July 9, 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Number 8
Argentina’s forward and captain Lionel Messi adjusts his captain’s armband during the semi-final football match between Netherlands and Argentina of the FIFA World Cup at The Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo on July 9, 2014. AFP PHOTO / NELSON ALMEIDANELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images

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I picked Holland but we saw that Argentina emerged unscathed following a penalty shoot-out victory over a very game Dutch side. That semi-final match brings my record to 8-6.

The World Cup final for this year will see Argentina meet Germany. The game will be played this Sunday, 13th July 2014, at 15h00.

My heart says Argentina but my mind is telling me that the Germans will win their third World Cup since 2002. Note that 2014 marked the sixteenth straight time that Germany has made the Round of 8, the World Cup quarter-finals in other words.

Just to be clear, I pick Germany to win Sunday’s game vs. Argentina, therefore securing possession of the 2014 edition of the World Cup.

Peace. Out

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