What else would you expect from a site called stupid.com. The Top 10 Stupidest gifts of 2007. Just for the holidays, “Mistletoe To Go”, an attractive arrangement of faux mistletoe that comes with a suction cup that attaches to your forehead. Nothing says “Kiss me, I’m stupid” like a big, angry suction cup ring on your face. Unless it’s the scent of “Uncle Oinkers Gumy Bacon Candy” on your breath. And just exactly what adult beverage was consumed by the weirdo that invented “The Electronic Yodeling Pickle”. It’s a big gurkin – 6 and a half inches long with a high tech interior that belts out a yodel. Perhaps the perfect pick for someone on your list..or not.

We take driving for granted. It’s a guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, no? Well the Commuter Quiz question du jour was about the first country to demand driving tests in 1893. That would be France and Louis from Concord was the first correct caller on Whiz Kid Wednesday so he’s off to hear Philharmonia Baroque in December 14th at the Herbst in SF. Good luck tomorrow and Friday at 6:30 am.

Felix Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony was our Blind Date piece this morning at 8:30. It dates from the year Chicago was established on an estuary of the Chicago River by 350 settlers. That was…1833.

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