Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 17th July 2026.

17th July, 2026.

Yes: today is the day for extra drugs.

Or to be a touch more accurate: medications!

I’m on Mounjaro, the weight loss medication that also has an effect on my glucose levels.

It’s certainly helping the latter.

I’m just not sure — given my record at my Monday-morning weigh-ins — if it’s having an effect on my weight … !

Ho-hum … 

~≈💉≈~

I believe many things.

That a penny saved is a penny earned.

That God wants you to be nice to people.

And that the 47th President of the USA is a gibbering loon.

I had the news on yesterday: when the newsreader announced the president was due to make a big announcement, later that day.

I was worried he would announce he’d be running for an (unconstitutional) third term.

But no: instead, he accursed the Chinese government of interfering in the 2020 presidential election.

And didn’t present any evidence.

The man is … well … 

I’ll re-write that line: “The man is … [Insert Swear-word Here]”.

Feel free to:

Search Google for an insulting term;

Or be as creatively insulting as possible!

~≈🤬≈~

The other news piece that caught my attention?

Was the piece that told me the Government are planning to overhaul marriage laws: so that more venues can be used.

I worked in two pubs — the Essex Arms, and what’s now the Hutton Junction — with back bars that could be used for either a service or a wedding reception.

I could see them doing well.

However, I suspect the pubs that beer gardens and back bars, would be best placed for this.

That way?

They could hold the service in the garden, the reception in the back bar … and still serve the regulars in the main bar … 

~≈🍺≈~

Let’s move on.


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum* and Debbi† putting in their answers: with Debbi scoring five out of five, and Mum scoring four.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video.

Q1)        Damasus 2nd was named as pope on 17th July, AD1048.   He died on 9th August of which year: 1046, 1048 or 1050?

Q2)        Vega became the first star, other than the sun, to be photographed: on 17th July, 1850.   It’s in which constellation: Virgo, Lyra or Ursa Major?

Q3)        Florida was ceded to the USA on 17th July, 1821.   By which country: Spain, Portugal or France?

Q4)        John Cooper was born on 17th July, 1923.   He, famously, designed a souped up version of which car?

Q5)        Finally … ?   17th July, 2000, saw retailing giant, Tesco, announcing it would revive what: the pound note, imperial measures or extinct cheeses?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        16th July is the feast day of the patron saint of the isle of Jersey.   What’s that saint’s name?

A1)        Saint Helier.

Q2)        What’s the name of Jersey’s capital?

A2)        Unsurprisingly?   Saint Helier.

Q3)        Henry James became a British citizen on 16th July, 1915.   Up until then, he’d been a citizen of where: Ireland, the USA or Canada?

A3)        The USA.

Q4)        Britain’s Security Service held its first photocall: on 16th July, 1993.   The Security Service is also known as what: MI5, MI6 or GCHQ?

A4)        MI5.

Q5)        Finally … ?   Cyrus Griffin was born on 16th July, 1748.   He was the 16th president of what: the USA, the Continental Congress or the Royal Society?

A5)        The Continental Congress.

Here’s a thought …

“I don’t hold people down.   What they wanna play is what they wanna play.”

Zoot Money, 17 July 1942 – 8 September 2024.

And a Wolfgang Flür song …

The next 10 question sets are on 30th July, and 11th August: they’re about the Beano and World Steel Pan Day.

Your comments, and today’s answers, will be published in tomorrow’s Teaser.

AI is avoided when writing these questions.

Answers are as accurate as possible: at the time of writing.

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Hello, Mum!   The Security Service is MI5, Mum.   MI6 is the Secret Intelligence Service!   (MI6 is who James Bond works for.)

†        No one follows FIFA, Debbi: that’s like following the MLB’s Accountants, rather than following a team!

        Oh, MI9: the rat line guys?   I vaguely remember reading about them: and think they got mentioned in Secret Army.   don’t quote me on that, though!