Moosejaw Daily Madness

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How many members of the Grateful Dead were actually born in northern California…0,1,2,3 or 4? Today is an auto-reply day. In addition to the answer, today’s auto-reply will include the number of Grateful Dead concerts, Phish concerts and Barry Manillow concerts that I’ve been to. Please email me at Trapper@moosejaw.com for this important auto-reply.

Yesterday’s answer was The New York Knickerbockers.

Have a really good Halloween.

Love the madness.

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As far as I’m concerned it gets no better than Halloween. It’s a time we can all pretend to be someone who we are not. Perhaps even someone we aspire to be. I’m dressing up as a lonely and mostly ignorant French peasant who gets killed during the French Revolution.

According to my people, what baseball team was the first to ever wear baseball uniforms. Please email your answer to me at Trapper@moosejaw.com and know that this is probably the most difficult question ever asked anywhere in the world.

Yesterday’s answer was Wake Forest.

Have the best rest of Thursday of your life.

Love the madness.

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• Fourteen human people got mad at me because I didn’t mention the 20% off Mountain Hardwear thing we have going on right now. Really it wasn’t fourteen. It was probably two people though. Please click here to check it out.

• Everything Marmot is 20% off too. Use code 732 to get the deal.

• And, the Burton Sesh kit thing is the best promotion we’ve ever done. Scroll through the home pages to check it out.

• Oh. And, I think that’s about all I can think of to say right now.

Arnold Palmer went to what college? Please email your answer to me at Trapper@moosejaw.com for this important auto-reply.

Yesterday’s answer was Brazil.

Have an alright rest of Wednesday.

Love the madness.

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Today is a super important guest daily remark day. This is from Dan. This past August, Dan was nominated by his city council to carry nine fish through the streets of his town on Halloween. Where Dan is from this is like getting a Rhodes Scholarship or winning the Heisman. To say that we’re excited for Dan is a giant understatement. Here we go…

PS... I think the following would make a decent guest daily remark, mainly because it's 99% true.

I saw a woman this morning wearing the same Camelbak Rim Runner Back Pack that I bought from Moosejaw in the summer of 2006. I was going to say hi to her, but then I noticed that she wears the straps differently than me. She buckled the waist belt and not the sternum strap where as I buckle the sternum strap and not the waist belt. I suppose it was not meant to be, plus I'm married.

Peace,
Dan!

Which country is bigger…Brazil, Australia or India? Please email your answer to me at Trapper@moosejaw.com for this important auto-reply.

Yesterday’s answer was Alfred Russel Wallace.

Have the best rest of Tuesday ever.

Love the madness.

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Two emergencies…

• The Girl beat me in tennis for the second time over the weekend.

• An Old School Daily Remark person (Laurie from Chicago) emailed that this was her favorite remark ever. It’s from June 26, 2004 and I’m not making any of this up…
I am still out of town. My favorite words are façade and onslaught. Who cares? I was at a funeral last week and the girl was the prettiest one there. Please don’t tell anyone about it.

Which naturalist is credited for proposing the theory of natural selection before Darwin? Today is an auto-reply day. In addition to the answer, today’s auto-reply will include two quotes from people I have seen in a swimming pool. Please email me at Trapper@moosejaw.com for this important auto-reply.

Yesterday’s answer was The Sundance Kid.

Have a really good Monday.

Love the madness.

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You know, I'm just a regular guy who grew up with the posters of these guys on my wall... and now I'm one of them! That's right, I'm standing here, living proof that if you work hard enough, and you want it bad enough... dreams do come true. So follow your dreams...
-Chris, Rock Star

Harry Alonzo Longabaugh is better known as whom? Today is an auto-reply day. In addition to the answer, today’s auto-reply will include two quotes from movies that included at least one boat. Please email me at Trapper@moosejaw.com for this important auto-reply.

Yesterday’s answer was Jose Conseco.

Have the best Sunday ever.

Love the madness.

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Emergency – I touched a frog this morning. The frog was in the street and I sort of gently pushed it toward the sidewalk with my Blackberry. The frog jumped. His name was Bottles and I feel like I didn’t just save the frog…it somehow felt much bigger than that.

Who was the first major league baseball player to have forty homeruns and forty steals in a single season? Today is an auto-reply day. In addition to the answer, today’s auto-reply will include two quotes from people named Sam. Please email me at Trapper@moosejaw.com for this important auto-reply.

Yesterday’s answer was that he was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic in a hot air balloon.

Have an okay Saturday.

Love the madness.

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For the past several days someone has been emailing me claiming he was from Consumer Reports and that he wanted me to write a column for the magazine. Turns out the entire thing was a lie. A prank, if you will. He even had a made up email address that looked like it was from Consumers Reports. It will certainly be up for consideration for Trickiest Something of the Year which is especially exciting considering Halloween is only a few days away.

Joseph Kittinger became the first person to do what? Today is an auto-reply day. In addition to the answer, today’s auto-reply will include a list of all the jewelry I’m wearing right now. Please email me at Trapper@moosejaw.com for this important auto-reply.

Yesterday’s answer was the Lakers.

Have an fantastic Friday and they rarely let us say fantastic.

Love the madness.

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It’s Moosejaw’s 16 Year Anniversary in a couple weeks. We made 16 Year Anniversary tees which are way better than any fifteen year anniversary tee out there.

Well, it’s one louder isn’t it. – Nigel Tufnel

Click here to check ‘em out.

We’ll do double Moosejaw Rewards Points if you want a tee. That means you’ll get 20% back to use at MoosejawRewards.com. MoosejawRewards is down right now but it’ll be up in a couple weeks and I think we’ve only done double rewards once before. That’s actually not true…we’ve for sure done double rewards before but still.

Just enter code 888 when you’re ordering and the Double Rewards will be done. You also get Free Shipping.

I can’t think of anything else to say and I hope you feel mildly exploited.

What NBA team has reached the NBA finals more than any other in the past ten years? Please email your answer to me at Trapper@moosejaw.com.

Yesterday’s answer was getting a massage.

Have an okay Thursday.

Love the madness.

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An acquaintance who, as far as I know has no reason to hate me, sent me the following email and absolutely nothing else...

You may be big but our bidyguard’s bigger – Run DMC

I am certain this is some sort of sign that I’m going to get beat up or killed. So far, I haven’t replied to the email. I’m thinking about writing the following...

Do you mean bodyguard?

That’s all.

Moe Green was shot while...fishing, getting a massage or driving? Please email your answer to me at Trapper@moosejaw.com.

Yesterday’s answer was Vienna.

Have the best rest of Wednesday ever.

Love the madness.

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• This is a pretty bad remark. And, It’s not even bad in an interesting way. It’s designed solely to take up space and will likely make your day worse. Still, they recommend reading on.


• Please know it is relatively important to create super low expectations for everything. See the Bamboo Theory of Meditation for more information.


• The Bamboo Theory doesn’t exist. I made it up. It should exist though.


• The phony phone call is a lost art.


• A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
  -Einstein


• That’s all.

OPEC’s headquarters are located in what city? Please email your answer to me at Trapper@moosejaw.com.

Yesterday’s answer was the 16th century.

Have a fine Tuesday. Fine as in not that good as opposed to fine as in a fine wine.

Love the madness.

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This is almost a completely true play about me at a flower shop yesterday morning.

Fade into me at the counter buying flowers for The Girl so she doesn’t hate me. I’m being rung up and there are flowers and leaves all over the floor behind the counter.
Me: Do you clean up that mess all over the floor throughout the day or do you wait for the end of the day and do it all at once?
Super Mean Flower Man: Why do you care?
Me: Just curious. I used to work at a hat shop.
Mean Flower Man: Still, why do you care?
Me: How about I go to a different flower shop even though there probably aren’t any open?
Fade out as I walk out of the shop with no flowers thinking I should have said something better..especially that thing about the hat shop which happens to not be true and I have no idea why I said it.

Michelangelo kicked it in what century? Sorry for saying Kicked It. Today is an auto-reply day. In addition to the answer, today’s auto-reply will include one quote from John Lennon, one from Marie Antoinette and the number of bananas I see right now. Please email me at Trapper@moosejaw.com for this important auto-reply.

Yesterday’s answer was Bonanza.

Have a totally boring Monday.

Love the madness.

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This ain't pool. This is for bangers. Straight pool is pool. This is like hand-ball, or cribbage, or something. Straight pool, you gotta be a real surgeon to get 'em, you know? It's all finesse. Now, everything is nine-ball, 'cause it's fast, good for T.V., good for a lot of break shots... Oh, well. What the hell. Checkers sells more than chess.
-Eddie Felson, The Color of Money

What was the first regularly-scheduled tv program presented in color? Today is an auto-reply day. In addition to the answer, today’s auto-reply will include one quote from Teddy Roosevelt and a list of letters that are not J. Please email me at Trapper@moosejaw.com for this important auto-reply.

Yesterday’s answer was Iraq.

Have an okay Sunday.

Love the madness.

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This is a guest Daily Remark from Bennet in Madison...

I was at a red light yesterday and the person in the lane next to me gave me that motion to roll down my window so I did and he said “Hey. Do you recognize me?” And, I said, “Give me a hint.” And, he said “I’m the pizza delivery guy.” And, he was and I said something like “Oh yeah. How are you doing?” And, he said, “Not so great. My grandpa broke both of his legs so I’m on my way to the hospital to see him.” Then the light turned green and he drove away.

Who was the first American to be heavyweight champion of the world? Please email your answer to me at Trapper@moosejaw.com.

Yesterday’s answer was Raggedy Ann.

Have a great Thursday please. Really.

Love the madness.

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I saw Religilous last night and I’m definitely recommending it if you have nothing else to do. It’s no Can’t Buy Me Love but still.

Two people didn’t like me when I went to the movies.

First, I called a dinner place before the movie to pick up food after the movie and asked if the food could be ready at 8:45. They said they couldn’t take carry out orders more than an hour in advance and could not make any exceptions which I didn’t get at all. Then, I asked the lady at the concession place if they had lemonade or Hawaiian Punch and she said they had both. I explained to her that I was going to go with the Hawaiian Punch because I thought it would be less likely to get messed up. She hated me.

Johnny Gruelle is best known as the creator of what? Please email your answer to me at Trapper@moosejaw.com.

Yesterday’s answer was Franklin Roosevelt.

Have a sucky Wednesday.

Love the madness.

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• When you’re super bored please check the Win a $1,000 North Face shopping spree everyday thing. Click here to check it out.


• Please remember to always ignore everything.


• This is not bullet point three.


• This is.

What president dedicated the Hoover Dam? It was called the Boulder Dam when he dedicated it. Please email your answer to me at Trapper@moosejaw.com.

Yesterday’s answer was Karl Malone.

Have an okay Tuesday.

Love the madness.

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I’m writing this from the airport. There are a million empty seats around me and a lady chose to sit exactly right next to me. Right next to me as if her arm is millimeters away from mine and she’s probably trying to read this. I’m for sure going to have a panic attack.

Who has the second most points in NBA history? Today is an auto-reply day. In addition to the answer, today’s auto-reply will include one quote from George Carlin and one quote from Winston Churchill. Please email me at Trapper@moosejaw.com for this important auto-reply.

Yesterday’s answer was President Ford.

Have the best Monday ever.

Love the madness.

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My mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention.
-Hedley Lamarr, Blazing Saddles

Lynette Fromme attempted to assassinate which US president? Today is an auto-reply day. In addition to the answer, today’s auto-reply will include a list of four numbers between seventeen and thirty and an invisible picture of someone raking leaves. Please email me at Trapper@moosejaw.com for this important auto-reply.

Yesterday’s answer was Colombia.

Have an alright rest of Sunday.

Love the madness.

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The remark can’t be good every day. Please see Thursday’s as an example. And, today’s.

If you want to have a full party at one of our shops too please, please let me know. However, it’s auto-reply city through Monday so please let me know on Tuesday. Okay. Thanks.

What’s the second most populous country in South America? Today is an auto-reply day. In addition to the answer, today’s auto-reply will include one quote from Venus Williams and one quote from Julius Caesar. Please email me at Trapper@moosejaw.com for this important auto-reply.

Yesterday’s answer was Australia, New Zealand and the US.

Have an incredible rest of Saturday and they rarely let us say Saturday.

Love the madness.

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The Ken Party was apparently the best event in the history of all everything. Here’s what people had to say about Ken…

• Ken is great.

If you want to have a full party at one of our shops too please, please let me know. However, it’s auto-reply city through Monday so please let me know on Tuesday. Okay. Thanks.

The ANZUS Treaty was signed by what countries? Today is an auto-reply day. In addition to the answer, today’s auto-reply will include two quotes from people who I’ve seen in person. Please email me at Trapper@moosejaw.com for this important auto-reply.

Yesterday’s answer was the College of William and Mary and Queen’s College which is now Rutgers.

Have the best Friday of your life.

Love the madness.

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This is a copy of an email I sent to The Girl when we were working in separate rooms last night…

Listening to Mandy. Might be nice to enjoy a little Barry Manilow together. If you bring me a peppermint patty I’ll change it right to Copacabana.

I didn’t really send that email but I made it up because I had nothing else to say.

Really I did send the email.

There were nine Colonial Colleges back in the day. Seven of them became Ivy League schools. They are Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Penn, Columbia, Dartmouth and Brown. What were the two other Colonial Colleges. Please email your answer to me at Trapper@moosejaw.com.

Yesterday’s answer was India and Pakistan.

Have a pretty good rest of Thursday.

Love the madness.

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The Orlando, Florida Daily Remark Group has been shut down due to lack of interest.

The Thar desert crosses what two countries? Not sure crosses is the right way to say it but I’m going with it. Please email your answer to me at Trapper@moosejaw.com.

Yesterday’s answer was Lenin.

Have an alright Wednesday.

Love the madness.

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I spilled coffee on myself this morning. Technically it was espresso.
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I’m listening to Even Now by Barry right now.
Yesterday I learned that most of the people around me only wash their hair a few times a week.
I have to go to someone’s house to see a baby today.
A waiter touched me on the shoulder last night.
That’s all.

Who did the US support during the Iran-Iraq war? Today is an auto-reply day. In addition to the answer, today’s auto-reply will include one quote from Tupac and one quote from Napoleon. Please email me at Trapper@moosejaw.com for this important auto-reply.

Yesterday’s answer was No.

Have an amazing Saturday.

Love the madness.

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Today is the first Moosejaw point swapping day in ages so it should be a good one. Maybe not good but okay. Here we go…

If you have at least five hundred Moosejaw points you’re willing to give away or if you need five hundred Moosejaw points to get something please email me at Trapper@moosejaw.com and I’ll match everything up.

I can’t think of anything else to say.

We’re recommending you spend some time with your family today trying to decide if you should feel good about the point swapping thing or exploited. I’d go with good but that’s because I’m not a cynic like you.

Whose mom and dad were Ilya Nikolaevich Ulyanov and Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova? Please email your answer to me at Trapper@moosejaw.com.

Yesterday’s answer was Mel Brooks.

Have a decent Tuesday.

Love the madness.

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I was followed and almost killed last night on the way to play cards at a friend’s house. Here’s the short version of the story…

• I cut someone off a little bit when I was driving. It was an accident.
• The person I cut off went crazy and kept following me.
• At first I didn’t want to drive to my friend’s house because I didn’t want the lunatic behind me to know where my friend lived but I called my friend and he encouraged me to do so mostly because his brother was home and his brother is a karate killer type person…like Seagal in Above the Law.
• The person behind me followed me all the way to my friend’s house but then instead of turning into the driveway he just kept driving.
• That’s the end of the story but here are some additional notes…
• I was listening to Barry Manilow as I was being followed.
• When Mandy came on I laughed.
• I will be arming my car with an RPG.

Whose production company is called Brooksfilms? Today is an auto-reply day. In addition to the answer, today’s auto-reply will include two quotes from movies I’ve seen in Colorado. Please email me at Trapper@moosejaw.com for this important auto-reply.

Yesterday’s answer was thirty.

Have the best Monday ever.

Love the madness.

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This is a guest Daily Remark from Bob in Chicago. Bob is pretty tall so please take that into consideration when reading on. Here we go…

My car was just recently outfitted in the newest in haute couture (I totally just wikipedia-ed that business). I'm told it is the newest fashion and it's called a boot. I didn't really understand it, since it was on just one of the wheels... but the guy that put it there said it was all the rage in Paris this season. I knew it must have been really fancy because it was $860...

Who is credited for coming up with the ‘separation of powers’ in government? Today is an auto-reply day. In addition to the answer, today’s auto-reply will include one quote from someone with the last name Taft and another quote from a lady named Alicia. Please email me at Trapper@moosejaw.com for this important auto-reply.

Yesterday’s answer was The Allman Brothers.

Have the best rest of Friday since last Friday.

Love the madness.

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• Emergency – We have three new catalogs. I’m pretty sure I’ve only mentioned one of them so far. Go to www.moosejaw.com and mouse over the Moosejaw section in the upper left (to the left of New) and you’ll see where you can click through.

• Be sure to pay special attention to page seven in the New Collection catalog.

• Please ignore that page seven thing. I included it just to take up more space.

What band did Cameron Crowe first tour with as a reporter for Rolling Stone? Please email your answer to me atTrapper@moosejaw.com.

Yesterday’s answer was Oxford.

Have a sucky Thursday.

Love the madness.

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• Did everyone see Joss Stone on Palladia with LeAnn Rimes? Talk about sexy. Joss, not LeAnn.

• I just found out The Girl adds butter when she makes some sort of squash thing I used to like before I learned about the butter.

• This remark was approved by The Girl in its entirety and I have never loved her more.


Students who win a Rhodes scholarship study at what university? Please email your answer to me at Trapper@moosejaw.com.

Yesterday’s answer was Vulcan.

Have a fantastic rest of Wednesday. Actually, scratch fantastic and just make it really good.

Love the madness.

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