One of two 60 foot giant rubber ducks on display in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor deflated on Saturday after excessive heat caused seams in the plastic to give out.

- Sing with me… “Rubber Ducky you’re the one. You make bath time… so much fun! Rubber Ducky I’m awfully fond of you!!!”

- Kermit the Frog is said to be inconsolable. No wait… It’s Ernie (of Bert & Ernie) that’s upset. Kermit sang, “It’s not easy being Green”. Sorry.

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On Monday, Pat Sajak announced that the upcoming season of “Wheel of Fortune” - the 41st - will be his last, saying, “It’s been a wonderful ride!”

- Pat says he’ll spend retirement doing things “AROUND THE HOUSE”.

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On Friday, the FDA approved the first of its kind over the counter treatment for Erectile Dysfunction, called “Eroxon”. The topical gel is said to work in just 10 minutes and will be available without a prescription in 2024.

- Docs say this is welcome news as, ironically with everything going on in the world today, cases of ED have been on the Rise.

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Sir Rod Stewart's English country estate in the heart of Beverly Hills, California is up for sale to the tune of $70 million.

- Rod is 78 and is a little nervous about driving at night. Maybe he wants to move closer to his recording studio. You know… somewhere he can get to on a “Downtown Train”.

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A Tennessee woman is in police custody after she allegedly paid a hitman $10,000 to kill the wife of a man she met on a dating site. But it turns out the so-called Hitman she met on the “Online Killers Market” was actually a cop who turned her in.

- This is why I always hire my hitmen the old fashioned way - through the Better Business Bureau.

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According to a new survey, almost half of Americans have argued with their significant other over the temperature of their living space… with 17% admitting they’ve gone so far as to lock their partner out of the thermostat settings.

- I would NEVER do that! Not because I don’t WANT to… Because I don’t know HOW to.

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Happy Birthday to Detroits own Tim Allen who is 69 today!

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Wednesday!

-Dick