Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for February 16, 2024

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richard's poor almanack ---- by richard thompson "wave" goodbye to sponge germs! did you know that your kitchen sponge is more contaminated with disease-causing organisms than your toilet seat? your sponge is a hotbed of germs, spores, spirochetes, viruses, bacteria, animacules, wee beasties, whos and nanocooties! just look- magnified 9,000x germ 1: man, this sponge sure is crowded today. germ 2: and how. but now, sci-entists with time on their hands have dis-covered that 2 minutes in the microwave can kill 99% of contaminates- scientist 1: ha-ha! i put a sponge in the microwave! scientist 2: cool! scientist 3: marshmallow peeps were a lot more fun. here's how- dampen sponge thoroughly. 4 5 6 7 8 9 pop corn pizza or sponge hot dog put in microwave, push "sponge." kid: can i put syrup on it? oop: no. serve while hot (optional). meanwhile, on your toilet seat. germ 1: whew, it's nicer here, and what a great view! germ 2: sure it's nice, until somebody de-cides to sit down on you.