Month: April 2023

21
Apr
2023

Finally….FRIDAY!!!!!

Today is Tiradentes Day, a public holiday in Brazil. Tiradentes Day in Brazil commemorates the execution of Brazilian national hero Joaquim Jose da Silva Xavier, also known as ‘Tiradentes (August 16th 1746 – April 21st 1792). Xavier was a Brazilian revolutionary who, as a founder of the Inconfidência Mineira movement, fought for Brazilian independence and freedom from Portuguese colonial power. Tiradentes hatched a plan to take to the streets and declare independence on a day when taxes were due. The plan was betrayed and the rebels were arrested in February 1789.

During the subsequent trial, Tiradentes took full responsibility for the insurrection plot and executed by hanging on April 21st 1792. His body was quartered and his head displayed as a warning to other revolutionaries.

Xavier was a dentist by trade. This holiday gets its name from “tiradentes” meaning “tooth-puller”, which was a nickname adopted during his trial.

Story Time

Uh Oh

I’m OLD!

Drag shows have become more popular thanks to these lovely people!

Anita Filibust-Her

Hawl About Me
Rhonda Shanty
Speaker Sparklebottom

Today is the birthday, in 1947, of Alan Warner, from British soul band The Foundations who scored the 1967 UK No.1 single ‘Baby Now That I’ve Found You’ and the 1969 US No.3 single ‘Build Me Up A Buttercup’. The group was the first multi-racial group to have a No.1 hit in the UK in the 1960s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSofzQURQDk

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
19
Apr
2023

WEDNESDAY – day of the hump

Today is the birthday of King Mswati III, a public holiday in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). Mswati III was born on 19 April 1968 at Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital, Manzini, the son of Sobhuza II (who had more than 125 wives during his reign of 82 years), and the only child of Ntfombi Tfwala, also known as Inkhosikati LaTfwala, one of Sobhuza’s younger wives. Mswati himself currently has 15 wives and 36 children.

BADA BING!

Old age has come at a bad time, just as I was beginning to know everything, I’m now forgetting everything I knew.

I’m currently reading a book about a detective that solves crimes purely by chance. It’s about Sheerluck Holmes.

BREAKING NEWS!

Engineers have just made a car that can run on parsley. Now they’re hoping to make buses and trains that run on thyme!

I am forever disappointed that chef Bobby Flay didn’t name his daughter Sue.

Tennessee: where they respect Ancient Greece enough to build a fake Parthenon, but not enough to allow men to wear dresses.

The difference between tequila and your opinion is I asked for tequila.

After ignoring you for 20 minutes, you’d be surprised how quickly employees at Lowe’s assist you when you try and start a chainsaw.

I hate it when people accuse me of lollygagging when I’m quite clearly dilly-dallying.

Kid Rock makes music for people who know exactly how much Sudafed you can get for a catalytic converter.

No good birthdays today so here are the Gentrys! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeEs6e0FdwU&list=PLgsGUMF7cCi0BzgeytOb80EUpZvNx1zsI&index=37

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
18
Apr
2023

TUESDAY – tax day for some

Today is Independence Day in Zimbabwe. This holiday marks independence from the United Kingdom on this day in 1980 and is the National Day of Zimbabwe. This independence was achieved after an extensive campaign of guerilla warfare against the white minority which had made an earlier, unilateral declaration of independence in 1965 to maintain white control.

another thing that’s not allowed in Florida

Parenting…

Today is the birthday, in 1942, of Mike Vickers, British musician who came to prominence as guitarist, flautist and saxophonist with Manfred Mann, who had the 1964 UK & US No.1 single ‘Do Wah Diddy Diddy’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc0x7xOap4I

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Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
17
Apr
2023

It’s MONDAY – favorite day of retirees

Today is Landing of the 33 Patriots Day, a public holiday in Uruguay. It commemorates the return of Juan Lavelleja and his 33 exiled Uruguayan fighters in 1825, who took an oath to free Uruguay from Brazilian control. In 1820, the region’s anticolonial hero, José Gervasio Artigas was forced into exile to Argentina, and by 1822, Banda Oriental (as Uruguay was then known) had become a province of Brazil following its independence from Portugal. in 1825, a group of Uruguayan fighters who had been exiled with Artigas returned under the leadership of Juan Antonio Lavalleja, a compatriot of José Gervasio Artigas. They crossed the Plata river landing on Agraciada Beach on the eastern side on April 19th. There they planted a flag of blue, white and red horizontal bars, colors associated with the Banda Oriental and took an oath to fight for independence for Uruguay. In August 1825, Uruguay declared its independence from Brazil, instigating the Argentina- Brazil War. The conflict lasted until August 1828, when a British negotiated a resolution to the war that led to Brazil recognizing Uruguay’s independence.

On this day in 1982, Vangelis was at No.1 on the US album chart with Chariots Of Fire, he later also won an Oscar for the album for best original score. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a-HfNE3EIo

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Posted by Tom in eighties music, Humor, Music