Valentine’s Day… come and gone.
I wrote you a poem. But it stunk.

So now that I’ve scrapped that idea… and everyone is probably dog tired about hearing the normal Valentine’s Day schlop….

Instead.  Some fun things to think about…. that are loosely related to Valentine’s Day activities…

1. You should call someone you love on Valentine’s Day… and when you do… think about this. The dial on the prototype of the rotary telephone contained numbers 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, and special character “Z.”  So many numbers… so little time.

2. This year,  Valentine’s fell on a Tuesday. Most bank robberies occur on Tuesdays. I wonder if today was better, or worse, for that statistic.

3. Of course, love is in the air. Just don’t put on any baby powder. Rabbits are sexually stimulated by the scent of talcum powder. This could be bad for you if you walk in the woods… or through pet stores.

4. Paris is the city of Love. Gustave Eiffel, designer of the Eiffel Tower, enjoyed a successful career as an architect despite having dyslexia and a paralyzing fear of heights.  Although,  on the blueprints…..  he initially named that big steel structure….. ‘El Fife Wrote’.

5. And here’s a big kisser for you…. the medical term for cold sores is herpes simplex.

6. Who doesn’t love a big-red-heart-shaped Jell-O mold on a day like today?  Some flavors of Jell-O that never caught on include cola, chocolate, celery, apple, and coffee.  Jiggly.

7. And for the guys…. just be glad you are human.  The only job of male bees is to mate with the queen. Those that do…. die in the act.  Gives new meaning to the term….. Honey.

8. Need tickets for a date out on the town? World Wrestling Federation attendance falls significantly on Valentine’s Day.  Go figure.

9. Oh, Valentine’s Day….  a big selling day for chocolate.  Hershey’s Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it’s kissing the conveyor belt.   That’s what Hershey says.  Truth is…. it sounded a lot better than ‘Hershey Squirts.’

10. The oldest surviving love poem till date is written in a clay tablet from the times of the Sumerians, inventors of writing, around 3500 B.C.   Transcribed… it roughly says…  “Don’t forget to pick up milk and diapers on your way home from work.  If you forget again, I will call you a jerk.”

Yes, love is in the air.