Cookies and Sickies

The winner of our President’s Day quiz is MADHOUSEWIFE who got six right and two half-right. My monkeys suspect there may have been shenanigans, but all they know for sure is that she paid attention in history class. Without further ado, here is her prize:

The correct answers are as follows:

1. How many Presidents have there been thus far? The correct answer is 42. George W. Bush is #43, but Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms. There have only been 42 different Presidents.

2. Which President said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”? This line comes from John F. Kennedy’s inauguration speech.

3. Who was the oldest person ever to take the office of the Presidency? Ronald Reagan, 69.

4. Who was the youngest person ever to take the office of the Presidency? Theodore Roosevelt, 42. This is a tricky question as most people will answer John F. Kennedy – the youngest person (at age 44) to ever be elected as President.

5. Which President was never elected? Gerald Ford

6. Which Presidents were assassinated in office? Okay, this is where I get to make gentle fun of someone (sorry, hon, but I can’t resist). If I use the word “assassinated” then yes – death is a requirement. The correct answer is Garfield, Kennedy, Lincoln, and McKinley.

7. Who was the first President to live in the White House? John Adams

8. How many Presidents were not both American citizens? The first eight. I gave you half credit if you said anything greater than four. These eight were born British subjects.

9. Who was the only President never to get married? James Buchanan

10. Who were the tallest and shortest Presidents? :Lincoln, at 6′4″, was our tallest President to date. Madison was our shortest at only 5′4″. George W. Bush is 5′11″.

11. Who was the only President to get elected twice without ever winning the majority of the popular vote? You’ll notice I’ve reworded this question, because I wrote it misleadingly earlier. The correct answer is Bill Clinton. He won the popular vote, but did not get a majority of it due to Ross Perot.

12. Who were the 10th, 20th, 30th, and 40th Presidents? In order: John Tyler, James Garfield, Calvin Coolidge, Ronald Reagan

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In other news, I’m sick. And I’ve officially added METH ADDICTS to my red crayon list. It’s not fair that a law-abiding gal with a chest cold can’t get over-the-counter medication without being harrassed by check-out personnel and door alarms. It’s ONE BOX OF GENERIC DAYQUIL. I’m in a SUIT and I have ALL MY TEETH. Just let me go and suffer in peace…

So yeah, sick, and at work, and it’s Mardi Gras, so I’m wearing beads. Whoo hoo!

I promise I didn’t sneeze in your cookies, Mad.

Here’s what’s been happening in my little corner of the workplace. First, a quick-and-dirty map of my department.

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Between New Year’s and Valentine’s Day (assuming that what I had for the Fiesta Bowl counts) the following parts of my department got the flu (a.k.a. CREEPING DEATH PLAGUE):

Now that we’ve all gotten that out of our system, a nice little fill-your-lungs-with-crud germ has wormed its way in as follows: