And So On. And So On. And So On.
Blogging | Posted by Jannie on 9 October 2009 @ 7:01 AM 44 Comments
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Well hey, Lovely Peeps: I have actually veered a bit off the Daily Poll Sidebar Plan. See here. And now… back to this post below, as it appeared in its original form…
Has Jannie ever jumped out of a perfectly good airplane?
Does Jannie sleep in her bra?
Does Jannie love or hate pickled beets?
Which did Jannie study for 2 years as a child — pan flute or accordion?
How old was Jannie when she took her first private singing lesson — 10, 16, 22, 34, or 41?
Well, guess what, Peeps!!? You will learn the Absolutely Truthful answers to those and many more never-before-asked Jannie questions!
Yes — more Jannie tidbits than you ever dreamed possible or probably ever wanted to know are coming to this blog in the form of my new — ta da — Daily Poll.
Whoo-hoo.
A new Jannie poll will be posted every morning at or near the top of my right sidebar! (Notice one up there now?) And right after I post my new Daily Poll, I’ll post the Absolutely Truthful answer to the previous day’s poll question. And how do you find the previous day’s answer exactly? Great question! Well, just click the button on my sidebar — the one that looks exactly like this…
Then follow the easy directions laid out on that page. Simple, eh? (I hope.)
Does Jannie want you to pop in here often for some silly stuff? Yep!!
Does Jannie hope to grow her readership like Thomma Lynn Grindstaff grows corn and tomatoes? Yep!!
Does Jannie yearn for her Google Adsense revenue to skyrocket from $100 a year to possibly $105? You betcha!!!
But mostly Friends, I’m instituting this new 100% PTS (poll transparency system) because I feel a little bad about that whole weekend in Bulgaria thing. Tho my recent poll showed most of you realized I was kidding (I thought a Mach-17 private jet might have been the first tip-off.) 
I do apologize to those of you who either thought or weren’t quite sure if the President of Bulgaria whisked a bunch of us away for “the flaming marshmallow toss, the trampling of the moldy tomatoes” and other time-honored Bulgarian camping traditions.
I’m thinking I might even start adding some kind of “this post was created with considerable leg-pulling in mind” disclaimer at the bottom of any future fanciful flights, because you are all such dears and deserve the Absolute Truth in Jannie Blogging, unless otherwise specified in the Funstering Codebook — page 47, section 12, article B-21.
And just so you know, I am not privy to who clicks what on the polls or from which I.P. address the votes come, so don’t be shy to pop in and test your skill on information that will amaze and astound, if not change the very course of cosmic arrangements.
Yes, folks! All this, in addition to my regular blog postings every 2 to 4 days! Could blogging wonders possibly get any better?!?! I don’t see how. (Well maybe if I finally get an iPhone, but that’s another story.)
Isn’t this all too exciting?
I’m going back to be [edit: bed. I'm going back to bed, -- thanks Chrissy for pointing that out!] now.
Well… I’m sure you now need a nap or a tranquilizer, after the sheer excitement of what’s just been revealed here. And as soon as you recover from the bliss and shock of all this I bet you’ll rush out to tell two friends, and they’ll tell two friends…
On 9 October 2009 at 8:15 am Glenn Buttkus said,
thanx blue bunny for your lepus creativity! There was a tiny moment when I first read about the Bulgarian camping that I bought into the zanniness, but then my better sense kicked me in the hump and I could only even more appreciate the no-holds-barred sense of humor that infects Ms. Jannie to the marrow, deeper than deep.
1. I would say yes, I believe that Jannie would have, could have, if fact did, jump our of an airplane; possibly bungie jumped too. She has that kind of spirit.
2. No way would Jim let Jannie sleep in a bra. Besides she has to practice bra flinging every night in order to prepare for the Olympic event on the horizon.
3. One can only hope that Jannie “hates” pickled beets, or at least does not eat them on a regular basis; yuch.
4. I would vote for the accordian. School bands do not offer much in the way of pan fluting.
5.Singing lessons started offically when you were 16, but the singing started in the womb; obviously.
Thanks for all the wonderful stop overs on my blog, and Doug’s blog. You do amaze most of us with your insights and trivia.
Glenn
On 9 October 2009 at 8:18 am Glenn Buttkus said,
Hey, bitchin’, I yam nummer ONE, again! It doesn’t get better than this. By the way when we look at the Poll results we see what the consensus was, who voted for what, but how do we find out the truth? Will that show up in a different form?
Glenn
On 9 October 2009 at 8:19 am Erin Prais-Hintz said,
You are a treasure Miss Jannie! I will definitely come back for more because I’z gotz to know! Enjoy the day! Erin
On 9 October 2009 at 9:09 am Jannie said,
Glenn: Hmn, I can’t tell you how many of those you got right, ’cause I’d be giving too much away. But thanks for your early voting on those! You are welcome on the stop-overs. I always breathe poetry after I am in your sphere.
You may have read this post before I edited it specifically to tell you how to view the true answer, so here’s the scoop…… After you click the “Jannie Daily Poll — Answers Here” button to arrive at that page, click at the bottom of the desired poll on “View Results.” There you will see another link, “View Comments.” I will have posted the true answer in a comment, with a little explanation. Okay??!!
Erin: Ah,I bet you say that to all the nuts to post crazy daily polls!
I do hope you will check them out.
On 9 October 2009 at 9:54 am Jan Lundy said,
YOU are so clever, my funny friend and I admire your craftiness. You do make life fun and interesting for those whose lives you touch. Hugs!
On 9 October 2009 at 10:18 am Tess The Bold Life said,
Jannie,
I voted, I think this fits you. I was impressed with your alexa rating but always know when you’re kidding and when you’re not! Happy weekend.
On 9 October 2009 at 10:59 am Talon said,
I loves me some Funsterment! xoxo
On 9 October 2009 at 11:20 am Paige said,
Holy Blue Bunny Cow! You are awesome I hope I can pop in from time to time to catch the newest question poll thingy…I love it!
and it could’ve been true the whole Bulgarian thing and between you and me I think you only sleep in a bra when you pass out from too much beer and moldy tomatoe tossing.
On 9 October 2009 at 12:33 pm Lance said,
Well there you go, Jannie – we know you jumped – I can just tell that’s you in the picture up there! You look so relaxed – wow, and for your first jump – all alone – see, I always knew you were amazing!!
{he asks himself – might he possibly end up finding out TMI about Jannie???}
On 9 October 2009 at 1:55 pm Nadia - Happy Lotus said,
Hi Jannie,
Cool news on the poll! Sounds like fun. By the way, as for the whole thing regarding Bulgaria…that is funny. Oh well…goes to show you, I should have followed my instinct. When I saw the Mach, I thought that was a weird plane to be using.
On 9 October 2009 at 1:58 pm K said,
Sounds fun. I’ll play along.
On 9 October 2009 at 2:06 pm Megan "JoyGirl!" Bord said,
Very fun! I love it!
I also have been enjoying jars and jars of pickled beets lately (no kidding), but very carefully… That stuff stains!
Awesome news, and thanks for thinking of us, your readers. More Funster!
On 9 October 2009 at 2:21 pm Chris said,
I like your, “I’m going back to BE now.”
I voted. Very fun! You’re so smart.
On 9 October 2009 at 2:22 pm Patricia said,
Oh Jannie what fun….Thank you for keeping spirits lively and quick! LOL
On 9 October 2009 at 2:28 pm vered | blogger for hire said,
Hmm.. I voted Egyptian cotton. But most readers think hemp. Can’t wait to find out!
On 9 October 2009 at 3:20 pm Jannie said,
We’re at the library — whoo-hoo!!!
But gotta go get some flea oil for the dogs and brave the Post Office, not in that order. I figure if we make it out of the P.O. alive and intact on a Friday afternoon, anything after will be sheer joy.
See all you loveable beings later!
Whoo-it’s FRIDAY!!!
On 9 October 2009 at 3:56 pm Lynn said,
Whoo-hoo! It is Friday. And after you do all that, you will lay your head on an Egyptian Cotton pillow? I am certain I’m correct.
On 9 October 2009 at 4:43 pm Renee said,
I’m just really REALLY hurt that you would joke about something as serious as marshmallow tossing with the Pres. of Bulgaria. How could you, Jannie? How do you sleep at night?
On 9 October 2009 at 6:15 pm Thomma Lyn said,
hehe, love the poll idea! What fun! I voted for the hemp *snork*.
Just for fun, I’ll take a gander at the other Qs, though I’m looking forward to answering in the polls, too:
Has Jannie ever jumped out of a perfectly good airplane? — no, but if she got the chance, she would.
Does Jannie sleep in her bra? — nah.
Does Jannie love or hate pickled beets? — Pickled beets? Yummy! I’m gonna say yes.
Which did Jannie study for 2 years as a child — pan flute or accordion? — accordion!
How old was Jannie when she took her first private singing lesson — 10, 16, 22, 34, or 41? — well, you sound like you’ve been singing all your life, but I think, based on a past post here, that the answer is 34.
Hope you’re having a wonderful day! xoxoxo
On 9 October 2009 at 6:28 pm G said,
Kewlness!!!
I salute your awesomeness!!!
On 9 October 2009 at 10:12 pm Jeanne said,
I dunno, Jannie — how do you come up with these ideas, and then how do you find the time, and when did you learn to not need sleep so you could do all this??
You add a whole new dimension to the term “Wonder Woman” and “top THIS if you can!”
Thank you blue bunny manigemints, for the idea
.
On 9 October 2009 at 11:27 pm Jannie said,
Jan: Clever? Clever good or clever bad?
Good, I hope! Well, I figure life can be enough for folks to handle sometimes, why not share a little silly (But Absolutely Truthful!!) thing a day. What’s the down-side to trying it??
Tess: Tho it is fun to try whittling away at my Alexa rank, if it never got any lower I’d be just so happy with where it is. (Just please God, don’t let it go much above 300,000 ever again, thanks.) Did you see Lance’s Alexa?? He is such a fire-ball, last I checked, like 2 weeks ago he was like, 167,000 or something. Yay, go Lance,go!! I think the poll will be perhaps a fun little diversion and a great way to share the laid-bare truths of me. Yes, I think you do know me pretty well and I like to think I know you too, the serious and the lighter Tess, tho you keep to the light. We are uncannily alike, you and I (but I probably pee my pants a lot more than you do.)
Talon: And I loves me some regular Talonment too, oh yeah! Regular Bushels and bundles of spiderwebs, leaves, flowers, Stripey and pals, poems and Deep Thoughts make my Jannie world happy and complete. Plus, I’d be lost without your visits here. You’ve been with me since about the very git-go.
Paige: Yes, I agree — what would I ever do without my trusty Blogg Manigir to keep coming up with ideas?! And I see he’s been over there and blurted out about my passing out in my bra most nights. Oh well, his heart’s in the right place.
Lance: Yeah, and did you notice how tall and skinny I was in that photo?? And TMI about Jannie??? Haven’t I kind already gone that route on too many an occasion here?
Nadia: A million pardons and forgiveness-beggings on semi-hoodwinking your better sense on Bulgaria. I kind of had a vague idea of something about Mach being rather speedy and upon researching learned Mach is exponentially increased, so I went pretty silly. Please say I am forgiven? Please? And grace this blog with your presence yet again?
K: Hopefully be fun, but who knows when one embarks upon a new endeavor.
We’ll play it by ear! if it ends up complete crap, I’ll blame Blue Bunny. Please pop in when and if you can, always love your visits here.
Megan: Ahhh, you “beat me” to a blog visit again. You are so on my mind to pop in and read your latest upliftingness, but I need to make a cup of tea first and put my feet up to sit and enjoy your latest. Oooo — pickled beets! Wait til I put that poll up. Pickled beets formed a major portion of my childhood. Good or bad — remains to be seen.
Chris: Ahh, I edited my typo, with a mention to you. Thanks for picking it up and mentioning. Yes, I no BE when I write posts, I’m in an indescribably non-dimension then.
Well, I thought of doing a weekly poll, but then thought HELL NO — its daily for my beloved readers or no polls at all. See how much I love all you guys?? 
(I hope it will be fun, going where perhaps no Jannie has gone before. We’ll see.)
Patricia: Thank you! You sum up exactly what’s in my heart on this poll idea. I little daily fluff for maybe a smile or two.
Oh Vered: Maybe less than 8 hours from now the pillow case mystery will be revealed. I do so hope I can contain myself until then!! And hmmn, which shall be my new poll tomorrow? Too much excitement here. Far too much.
Jannie: Still so happy about the relatively short P.O. line and relatively light traffic. Amazing! And now Peach has her Advantage and the fleas will bite us at night no longer.
Oh Lynn: Pretty-much as soon as I post this comment,I’m off to lay my today-shampooed head on such a lovely surface. Oh, whatever can it be, that enigmatic and inviting sleeping surface ???
Renee: Yes, and don’t forget they were FLAMING marshmallows. I actually started to get pretty good at it after about the 20th try. It’s all in the wrist, of course! Well, sleeping at night,I guess once you climb the high blogging echelons as I do, your own fame and glory just insulates you from any responsibility to be transparent
Thomma Lynn: Yes, the very very popular hemp answer indeed. Hmmn. Interesting — very interesting. And, Grasshopper you have certainly snatched the pebbles from my hand on one and for remembering me talking about it here or somewhere. Good job! And I’m having a freaking WONDERFUL day (night,) yes thanks for asking.
G: Thank you. And I salute your loyalty, humor, favorite t.v. news station, and general life force here. Thanks!
And holy cow, there is just one more comment until I lay me down upon my ??????? pillow slip.
Jeanne of the 70 hot air baloons adventure: These polls take maybe 3 minutes each to create and publish, stem to stern. Now that I’ve created my custom poll “style” all I do is upload the info, get the code and pop it onto my blog. Piece of cake! Coming up with 356 questions a year (or so,)s houldn’t be all that hard to arrive at, with 45 years of memories to draw from! Oh, and Wonder Woman is over-rated. I do like Linda Carter tho, always found her so pretty. I come up — I mean Blue Bunny — comes up with these ideas in his sleep.
Speaking of sleeeeep….
On 10 October 2009 at 3:11 am SnaggleTooth said,
Leg pulling, finger pulling, ya never know which online end is up sometimes! This sounds like fun tho- of course I already check here whenever I can.
Happy polling!
ThommaLyn knew all my answers-
On 10 October 2009 at 6:41 am Yaya said,
I love it! What a cute idea!
Yes, sadly, disclaimers are needed sometimes (and are funny…)
My iPhone is the best thing that ever happened to me…..
On 10 October 2009 at 8:18 am Mama Zen said,
Please, alter the cosmic arrangement. I’ve complained and complained, but nothing gets done!
On 10 October 2009 at 3:40 pm debbie said,
There you go – shooting for the big ad bucks again! It couldn’t happen to a nicer person.
On 10 October 2009 at 3:47 pm Susan Helene Gottfried said,
Hmmm. Intriguing idea. I hope the daily question shows up in my feed reader. I’m a slave to it, you know.
On 11 October 2009 at 3:37 am Barbara Swafford said,
Hi Jannie,
I LOVE your daily poll idea. Does that mean you’ll answer ANY question we ask you?
I’m off to vote.
On 11 October 2009 at 8:34 am Jannie said,
Hi Snag, I went and put a comment in on today’s poll the licorice / rubber / leather one and it’s funny that after the poll is closed new comments aren’t counted in tally. But my comment is there, under yours. But are you and Thomma Lyn correct on all those???
Yaya: Do you check your blog from your iPhone? What do you like best about your iPhone? Any advice for me on it when (if,) I get one??
Mama Z: I feel things radically shifting already, don’t you?
Debbie: Ye, I’ll no doubt be taking cruises and buying fancy cars with all that ad dough!
Susan: Nope I don’t think it shows up in a reader. I’ll have to look into that, but I think it can be linked to Facebook and all those places.
Hey, Barbara: I think it might be a great idea to solicit Daily Poll ideas from you readers! And yes, I’ll answer anything!
On 11 October 2009 at 8:55 am brandi said,
dude I just learned something about pillow cases!! I feel like my entire morning has been made.
On 11 October 2009 at 12:10 pm Davina said,
Hi Jannie. Love this idea! This is going to be fun. Waiting to find out bout your cousin Tilda and you at Peggy and Lester’s wedding. My vote is in.
On 11 October 2009 at 6:01 pm sheila said,
lol on the ad revenue. I think we all get sucked in don’t we? ha ha ha. jokes on us! Looking forward to your new thing though! Yea!
On 11 October 2009 at 6:18 pm Jannie said,
Hey, cute bloggin’ buddies!
I’m gonna drink wine and eat potatoes soon.
Brandi: Yes, it’s really great to know if you’re trying to keep your hair and skin all young and nubile! Do you think I should make a general blog post about the reasons to sleep on a satin pillow case?
Davina: Yeah, Peggy and Lester’s wedding and the split beers — a real thriller that one! Do you think you’ll be able to get to sleep tonight with the suspense of it all??
Sheila: Yep,I’m getting rich. Rich I tell ya!!!! Think of all the things I can buy with that extra $5.00 a year!!A small bottle of wine, couple dozen donuts, burger and fries. Limitless!!!
On 11 October 2009 at 10:00 pm Heather Kephart said,
You are so freaking funny, Jannie. I mean WHO but you says, “You betcha!” ?? lol
On 11 October 2009 at 10:14 pm Liara Covert said,
Such intimate questions, Jannie. Tell you what, the next time we skydive together or go paragliding, with our two-seater bicycle, we are definitely exchanging notes!
On 12 October 2009 at 2:00 am Gattina said,
Oh my, that’s nothing for me !
On 12 October 2009 at 3:27 am SnaggleTooth said,
BB, I once had a Hamster named Lester. When I gave him Xmas gifts I signed the tag “To Less from More”
Not sure who Peggy is…
On 12 October 2009 at 11:57 am Jannie said,
Ahhhhh, I did so many buttock lifts earlier. My life is complete now.
Heather: What? Doesn’t everybody say “you betcha??” Everyday? Am I that weird??
Liara: Yes, nothing but the deepest soul secrets revealed here.
Gattina: You must forgive me but I am not sure if I understand your comment? Skydiving is not for you? Or crazy polls are not?
Snaggle: I had a hamster but he was pretty stinky. Or I should say — Kelly had him. Was Less more or less stink too?
Peggy- my dear cousin, she’s about 5 years older than I.
On 12 October 2009 at 12:29 pm Patricia said,
I came back to vote again…this was so much fun
On 12 October 2009 at 7:36 pm Katie West/The Levity Coach said,
Um…I love you! You are so freakin’ fantabulous.
Peace on
Katie
On 13 October 2009 at 6:51 pm Cath Lawson said,
LOL – when I saw the pic, I thought that was you in that parachute.
I’m looking forward to this poll – it sounds like a brilliant idea Jannie.
BTW I just received my copy of your CD from Patricia’s comp and I’m looking forward to listening to it.
On 13 October 2009 at 10:40 pm Jannie said,
Hey Patricia, I feel as if I’m still finding my poll formula but I’ll get it synched.
Katie: Well, what a fantabulously wonderful thing to pop by and say,thanks.Your sweet words mean the world to me. And I totally love YOU too!!
Cath: Thanks. And dittoes to me not quite having the poll “formula” figured out quite yet. How best to do it. Hope you like the CD!! Something tells me you might enjoy the wedgie wedding song!
On 18 October 2009 at 1:51 pm Lance said,
After careful thought and consideration…NO! No, there hasn’t been TMJI (too much Jannie information). I’m soaking it all in today…
Lance´s last blog ..Sunday Thought For The Day
On 19 October 2009 at 10:15 am Jannie said,
Lance: Be careful soaking in it — you’ll damage your cuticules.