{"id":76402,"date":"2026-02-06T01:09:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T06:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=76402"},"modified":"2026-02-07T23:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T04:33:51","slug":"feb-6-26-pay-a-compliment-chop-sticks-bubble-gum-and-gullible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=76402","title":{"rendered":"FEB 6, 26.. PAY A COMPLIMENT.. CHOP STICKS.. BUBBLE GUM and GULLIBLE.."},"content":{"rendered":"

Here we go with NATIONAL TODAY and GULLIBLE..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

What.. A.. Great.. Holiday to begin with !!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

PAY A COMPLIMENT..<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Pay a Compliment Day is every year on February 6.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Created by Adrienne Koopersmith in 1995, the inspiration came on a cold day in Chicago when Koopersmith was riding a bus. She noticed someone waving at the bus she was on. The person seemed frantic and although they weren\u2019t standing at a bus stop, the bus driver was kind enough to stop and let the person on. Before getting off at her stop, Koopersmith complimented the driver on his kindness. This brief but heartwarming gesture left such an indelible impression in her life that Koopersmith decided to turn the day into a holiday.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The meaning of \u2018compliment\u2019 has roots in the Latin word for \u2018complete\u2019 and shifted to mean \u201cexpression of respect and civility.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Nothing cheers a person up quite like hearing someone say something nice about you.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Pay a Compliment Day is for showing genuine appreciation of the people around you.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In giving love and praise to others, remember to acknowledge yourself.<\/span> Give yourself credit for how far you\u2019ve come.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

You all “know the drill”.. To read more, just click onto the below NATIONAL TODAY website link..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/pay-a-compliment-day\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ahh Sooo..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I love, I love, I absolutely love to use chopsticks. Why? Go figure! Morning, Noon, and Night I find a use for them if only to use them to take my vitamins and minerals. Cap<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

CHOPSTICKS DAY..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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National Chopsticks Day is held every year on February 6.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A large part of the world\u2019s population use chopsticks as their utensil of choice. People in China have been deftly using chopsticks since 1200 B.C. where they were first used to cook before they became a popular tool with which to eat across East Asia. Every time you use a chopstick to eat (don’t know about this!!) you engage over 50 different joints and muscles.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Not only do you use your fingers and wrists but your arms and shoulders too. That\u2019s quite the workout. And there\u2019s so much more about the humble chopstick that the world ought to know.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Here you go, all who want to read more.. Click onto the below NATIONAL TODAY website link..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/national-chopsticks-day\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here, yet again, NATIONAL TODAY says..<\/p>\n

“If one Holiday about Bubble Gum is OK”..<\/p>\n

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Then another totally different Holiday about Bubble Gum is in order.<\/p>\n

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Tee – Hee – Hee.. Here we go with Bubble Gum..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The below Holiday was at the top of the list, first, for today’s NATIONAL TODAY Holidays!!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Children\u2019s book author Ruth Spiro came up with the idea of National Bubble Gum Day.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

American Chad Fell set the Guinness Book of World Records mark for biggest bubble gum bubble, which measured in at a diameter of 20 inches. His secret to success was using three pieces of Dubble Bubble.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh yes if you want more just click onto the below NATIONAL TODAY website link..<\/p>\n

https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/national-bubble-gum-day\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Bubblegum Day is celebrated every year on the first Friday of February.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Kids in North America spend approximately half a billion dollars on bubblegum every year.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Around 100,000 tons of bubblegum is chewed every year.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

If you want more, just click onto the below NATIONAL TODAY website link..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/bubblegum-day\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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GULLIBLE..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Do all of you know what “A Hide” is over in Africa?<\/em><\/p>\n

To see Chapter Twenty of Gullible\u2019s Botswana Journals, please click onto the below link..<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/gullible-gulliblestravels.blogspot.com\/2026\/02\/the-2025-botswana-journals-ch-20-five.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cap and Patti..\u00a0<\/p>\n

Patti and I are so (adequate words fail me) utterly exhausted that yesterday I decided we are experiencing PTSD!!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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