Today is Wednesday, November 2015.  Veterans Day.  Businesses all over the country are offering special deals to veterans.  We also learn codenames for two presidential candidates and get a sick burn on a math problem.

Veterans Day 2015 Deals

Businesses ranging from restaurants to barber shops are sharing their Veterans Day 2015 Deals.

Great Clips anyone who gets a haircut on November 11 will receive a card that a veteran or active-duty service member can later use for a free haircut.

Meineke is offering free oil changes with military ID on Veterans Day.

National park admission is free for everyone on November 11.

Applebee’s will be offering Veterans and active-duty military a special menu free of charge.

Golden Corral is offering a free dinner from 5 pm to 9 pm.

Some Veterans Day 2015 Deals last all week.  Red Lobster is offering a free dessert or appetizer to veterans and active military from November 9 to 12.

For more Veterans Day 2015 deals, visit this website.

 

Candidate Codenames

Secret Service codenames are not actually secret or code.  They are deigned to make it easier for agents to communicate about the person they are protecting.  President Obama’s codename is Renegade.  George W. Bush’s was Trailblazer.

Two Republican presidential candidates have gotten their Secret Service codenames.

Donald Trump is “Mogul.”

Ben Carson is “Eli.”

 

Sick Math Burn

Maddy Douglas is a fourth grader.  She shut a “Common Core” math problem down.

The logic question introduces eight high school boys and girls who go on a series of dates in different combinations (apparently this is the same high school from 90210) and asks the students to figure out the final dating combination.

“I can’t answer this problem because my mom says acoording to girl code you shouldn’t date a friends x boyfriend,” Maddy wrote.

Maddy’s teacher was a fan of her answer, laughing and telling her, “good point.”

 

 

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