Have you ever had a loose thread...

[MrPromey]

OK, I'm a little late with this one but...

In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed two national days of Thanksgiving: August 6, to honor Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, and November 26, to celebrate a year "filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies." He didn't intend to make it an annual event, but when Sherman captured Atlanta in September 1864, Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November a day of Thanksgiving for the second year in a row. After Lincoln’s assassination, succeeding presidents turned it into a tradition in his honor. Congress declared it a permanent national holiday in 1941.

OK, so how many of us knew that the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. is officially to honor President Lincoln and that it has nothing to do with Pilgrims and turkey at all?

 

[MrPromey]

Trying to cash in on the late-1980's country music boom, a company called "Rage International" offered this album in 1988: The American Gun: A Celebration in Song.

Advertised as a late-night TV special (not available in stores), songs included: "Thank You, Smith & Wesson", "America Was Born With a Gun in Her Hand", "Never Mind the Dog, Beware the Owner", and my personal favorite "Gun Totin' Woman"

But wait.. there's more: every album came with a free rifle case.

BTW, For the Lone Ranger Fans out there:
"Kemo Sabe" means "Soggy Shrub" in Navajo

 

[mightyduck]

MrPromey, you always know how to make my sad days better. Thanks.

 

[The Mom]

Originally posted by MrPromey
Trying to cash in on the late-1980's country music boom, a company called "Rage International" offered this album in 1988: The American Gun: A Celebration in Song.

Advertised as a late-night TV special (not available in stores), songs included: "Thank You, Smith & Wesson", "America Was Born With a Gun in Her Hand", "Never Mind the Dog, Beware the Owner", and my personal favorite "Gun Totin' Woman"

But wait.. there's more: every album came with a free rifle case.

Have you been looking on my CD player again? How did you know that's what I listen to while driving on 95?

 

[MrPromey]

Originally posted by marciahahn


Have you been looking on my CD player again? How did you know that's what I listen to while driving on 95?

Marcia, hon, you've always struck me as a gun totin' woman

 

[The Mom]

Originally posted by MrPromey


Marcia, hon, you've always struck me as a gun totin' woman

I'm thinking about signing up for the concealed weapons class at the gun show this Saturday.

 

[MrPromey]

Orville, California - "Thomas martin, former manager of a Jack-in-the-Box restaurant, reported that he’d been robbed of $307 as the store was closing. He provided police sketch artist Jack Lee with a detailed description of the suspect. When Lee put his pad down, he observed that the drawing looked just like Martin. WHen questioned, Martin confessed."

-Parade Magazine

 

[MrPromey]

I know you all think if you just ignore this thread long enough it will go away but...

The Origin of the Doughnut:

Doughnuts originated in 16th-century Holland; the Dutch called them olykoeks, or "oily cakes." THe Pilgrims, who'd lived in Holland, brought the cakes with them when they came to America. Their Version: a round doughy ball about the size of a nut–a doughnut.

The Origin of the doughnut hole: According to legend, Hanson Gregory, a 19th-century Maine sea captain, was eating a doughnut while sailing through a storm. The ship rocked violently and threw him against the ship's wheel–impaling his cake on one of its spokes. Seeing how well the spoke held his cake, Gregory began ordering all his cakes with holes in them.


And not so BTW, the song sung most often in America is "Happy Birthday To You." Isn't that sweet?

 

[Ariel]

Originally posted by MrPromey


And not so BTW, the song sung most often in America is "Happy Birthday To You." Isn't that sweet?

Sweet like donuts.....

 

[DMC-12]

Geeze....this thread just wont die/go away....:animwink:
Oh Great...now my posting this just brought it back up to the top...LOL ... Make it go away....:animwink:

 

[mightyduck]

No, I think this loose thread will continue to unravel....

 

[MrPromey]

Here's one for Marky Just remember these to describe how you feel and you'll never be at a loss for words!

Words that mean drunk & when they were first used:

• Stiff (1737)
• Fuzzy (1770)
• Slewed (1834)
• Lushy (1840)
• Swizzled (1850)
• Spiffed (1860)
• Squiffy (1874)
• Pickled (1890)
• Pifflicated (1900)
• Ossified (1901)
• Jingled (1908)
• Piped (1912)
• Gassed (1915)
• Canned (1920)
• Potted (1922)
• Crocked (1927)
• Rum-dum (1931)
• Swacked (1941)
• Boxed (1950)
• Zonked (1950s)

 

[markymark]

Originally posted by MrPromey
Here's one for Marky Just remember these to describe how you feel and you'll never be at a loss for words!

Words that mean drunk & when they were first used:

• Stiff (1737)
• Fuzzy (1770)
• Slewed (1834)
• Lushy (1840)
• Swizzled (1850)
• Spiffed (1860)
• Squiffy (1874)
• Pickled (1890)
• Pifflicated (1900)
• Ossified (1901)
• Jingled (1908)
• Piped (1912)
• Gassed (1915)
• Canned (1920)
• Potted (1922)
• Crocked (1927)
• Rum-dum (1931)
• Swacked (1941)
• Boxed (1950)
• Zonked (1950s)

Why thanks Mr P. I am going to make use of all of them over the coming Christmas period. My personal favourite has to be "Pifflicated" I love it!!!!

:hammer:

 

[MrPromey]

... and to spread some holiday cheer!


"In 1990 the Wilkinsons, a family i Sus***, England, received what they thought was a gift package of herbs from Australian relatives. They stirred the contents into a traditional Christmas pudding, ate half of it, and put the remainder in the refrigerator.

"Soon thereafter, a member of the family relates. 'We heard from Auntie Sheila that Uncle Eric had died, and had we received his ashes for burial in Britain?' Shocked, the Wilkinsons quickly summoned a vicar to bless, and bury, Uncle Eric's leftovers."

–from the Wall Street Journal 12/18/90



Not so BTW, The Pastry we call a "Danish" is called "Vienna Bread" in Denmark

 

[MrPromey]

In 1935, New York's Museum of Modern Art presented the first U.S. exhibition of the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh. Hugh Try, an artist, suspected that more Americans were interested in Van Gogh himself than in the paintings. To prove it, he mounted a shriveled object in a velvet shadowbox and wrote: "This is the ear which Vincent Van Gogh cut off and sent to his mistress, a French prostitute, Dec 24, 1888." WHen no one was looking, he put it out on display...

The "ear" was mobbed, while Van Gogh's paintings wee virtually ignored. (Troy later admitted that he had fashioned the ear out of a piece of chipped beef.)

 

[MrPromey]

Well, it's a new year and that means time for a new Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Page-A-Day desk Calendar. I know that this one is a little late but...

... It's not 2002 for everyone

It's 5762 according to the Hebrew calendar, which dates back to 3760 B.C. - the date the world began, in Jewish tradition.

It's 1422 according to the Muslim calendar, which dates back to A.D. 622, the year Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Medina to escape Persecution.

It's 4699 according to the Chinese calendar, which dates back to 2637 B.C.. Using the Chinese zodiac, it's the year of the snake (until Chinese New Year next month.)

It's 1380 according to the Persian calendar, which was created by the mathematician and poet Omar Khayyám.


BTW, according to research, the average person will blow their nose about 250 times this year.

 

[Tigggrl]

Thanks Mr. P! I needed a bit of trivia to get my morning going...I always can learn something from this never ending post!
I must go off to work at some point in the day...as long as you all keep posting, I may never get there....
Tig:animwink:

 

[MrPromey]

Originally posted by Tigggrl
Thanks Mr. P! I needed a bit of trivia to get my morning going...I always can learn something from this never ending post!
I must go off to work at some point in the day...as long as you all keep posting, I may never get there....
Tig:animwink:

Oh, how lucky you must be to have that choice. ... I was up much later than I should have been last night and I'm paying for it this morning... some things are worth loosing sleep over sometimes, though. You know....






Oh, and I'm glad to see that someone other than me is still reading these posts

 

[Ariel]

Originally posted by MrPromey


Oh, how lucky you must be to have that choice. ... I was up much later than I should have been last night and I'm paying for it this morning... some things are worth loosing sleep over sometimes, though. You know....






Oh, and I'm glad to see that someone other than me is still reading these posts

Of course we're still reading these posts....what would we do without them?

I agree completely with what you said, too.

 

[Tigggrl]

I was lucky enough to have that choice today, but definately not everyday! I have to work a long one tomorrow
I have been up later than usual myself lately...And I have to agree that some things are SOOOO worth it...I can always drink coffee in the morning....
Tig:animwink: