Thinking Cap Time

 It’s time for another quiz.  So, put on your thinking caps and let’s see how life-savvy you really are.

 

Q:  What do tea leaves, a Magic 8-Ball, Nostradamus, countless pundits, and beach sand have in common?

 

A genuine Magic 8-Ball

If you’re not totally stoned, you are likely trying to connect the dots between the above five items rather than searching for munchies.  Here’s a clue before you answer.

 

Tea leaf reading, also called tasseography, is a fortune-telling method that interprets patterns in tea leaves.  Evidently there is a whole science involving turning the teacup upside-down, right-side up, twisting it, positioning the handle, and other such gyrations, to see the future.

 

A Magic 8-Ball is a true asset to fortune-telling that involves shaking a sizeable black plastic billiards-like ball.  Inside is a secret liquid in which floats a die-type of polygon with varying inscriptions.  Those writings are answers to questions posed by the shaker.

 

Nostradamus was a seer who lived from 1503-1566, in France, allegedly predicting future events, published in his book Les Prophéties.  He supposedly predicted many future events including the assassination of President John Kennedy, World War II, and the 9-11 terrorist attacks in New York City.

 

I added “countless pundits” because it seems as though anyone with a computer, microphone, or Smartphone, is now considered an “expert” in any- and everything.  Of course, some analytical skills and research ability helps with accuracy, but they pontificate, nonetheless.

 

Just as the nuns in elementary school used to throw us curve balls in tests, this is one of those.  Certainly, real students of current events should have figured this out, with aplomb.

 

Beach sand is the sand that can be found at beach, hence the name, plain and simple.

 

A:  All these are predictors of the future.

 

While some attempts at seeing the future are more accurate than others, they all have their place in explaining away upcoming events.

 

Concentrating on the beach sand clue, President Joseph Robinette Biden has taken more trips to Delaware beaches than a person can imagine.

 

Spending time at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and his home in Wilmington, Delaware, he has taken roughly fifty-trips to those sandy beaches since taking office.

 

That would not necessarily be big news, but also since taking office his feeble-minded policies have driven fuel prices through the roof, added $500 to the average monthly household budget, tanked most people’s retirement accounts, created a sustained invasion on our Southern border, and spent more money than a drunken sailor (my apology to drunken sailors.)

 

In any case, those same reporters desperate for dirt on former President Donald Trump – who regularly hammered him for his regular golf outings – cannot seem to find the time or ink to demand answers for Biden’s habitual absences.

 

But getting back to the beach sand, perhaps Biden is searching the beaches for answers to those pesky problems and questions.  In all honesty, I’ve spent seemingly countless hours at one beach or another, and never discovered an answer or solution to anything – including fishing.

 

Maybe Hapless Joe thinks otherwise.  Let’s keep our fingers crossed that someone with at least half-a-brain is scratching messages on the Delaware beaches in hopes our current president can find some answers to these self-induced problems.