Month: August 2023

24
Aug
2023

THOR’S DAY

Today is Flag Day in Liberia. It marks the 176th anniversary of the adoption of the Liberian flag in 1847. In July 1847, the Liberian Declaration of Independence was adopted, announcing the independence of Liberia from the United States. Just over a month later, the national flag of Liberia was adopted. The National Flag was designed and produced by a committee of seven ladies led by Mrs Susannah Lewis. These seven women were born in America.

The flag consists of six red stripes and five alternating white stripes, totaling eleven stripes with each representing one of the eleven Signers of the Declaration of Independence of Liberia. The blue field in the upper left corner of a rectangular form with a single white star in the centre of the blue field. The single star represents the freedom that formed the basis of Liberia and should shine forth across the rest of Africa – as Liberia was the only independent state on the continent of Africa at that time.

Ummm…

Today is the birthday, in 1941, of Ernest Wright from Little Anthony and the Imperials who had the 1958 US No.4 single ‘Tears On My Pillow’, which was The Imperials’ first million-seller. The song has been extensively covered, including a No.1 in the UK Singles Chart version by Kylie Minogue in January 1990. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxjQ3M_v7xc

https://www.youtube.com/embed/4wn0Iah33Fs?si=R8dCB9Fep-tPuD3_

Posted by Tom in eighties music, Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
23
Aug
2023

When is WEDNESDAY? Today!!!

Today is the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism, also known as Black Ribbon Day. It coincides with the date of the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact on August 23, 1939, a non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany which divided Romania, Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia into Soviet and German spheres of influence.

BADA BING!!!!!

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.

Atheism is a non-prophet organization. 

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, “Where’s the self-help section?” She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. 

If a mute swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap? 

Is there another word for synonym? 

Isn’t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do “practice?” 

What was the best thing before sliced bread?  

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. 

Headline… Local man paralyzed after eating 413 chicken nuggets. Me: So the limit is 412?

It was arraigny night in Georgia.

Dang… didn’t even have time to take down my decorations from the Jack Smith indictment.

We all know that one person that is the human version of a migraine.

I’m not saying your perfume is too strong. I’m just saying the canary was alive before you got here.

I’m just here to post stuff that I find funny. If that offends you, just know I find that funny also.

Today is the birthday, in 1942, of Roger Greenaway, singer, songwriter, member of David & Jonathan and the Kestrels. Best known for his songwriting collaborations with Roger Cook: ‘My Baby Loves Lovin’, (White Plains); ‘Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress’, ‘Gasoline Alley Bred’, (The Hollies); ‘You’ve Got Your Troubles’, (The Fortunes); ‘Melting Pot, Good Morning Freedom’ (Blue Mink); and ‘Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart’ (Gene Pitney) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTcN4Mm4ZDI

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
22
Aug
2023

TOOT TOOT TOOSDAY!!!

Today is the Qixi Festival (also known as the Qiqiao Festival) in China. It celebrates the annual meeting of Zhinü and Niulang in Chinese mythology. A celebration of romantic love, the festival is often described as the traditional Chinese equivalent of Valentine’s Day. The festival is derived from Chinese mythology: people celebrate the romantic legend of two lovers, Zhinü and Niulang, who were the weaver girl and the cowherd, respectively. The tale of The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl has been celebrated in the Qixi Festival since the Han dynasty.

The popular tale is a love story between Zhinü, the weaver girl, symbolized by the star Vega and Niulang, the cowherd, symbolized by the star Altair. Niulang was often abused by his sister-in-law. They eventually kicked him out of the house, and gave him nothing but an old cow. One day, the old cow suddenly spoke out, telling Niulang that there would be fairies bathing in the spring nearby that night. The fairy would stay there if she failed to go back to heaven before morning. In accordance with what the old cow said, Niulang saw those beautiful fairies in the spring, and fell in love with one of the beautiful fairies who was the heavenly weaver. In order to make her stay, he took her clothes that helped her to go back to heaven; this made her an ordinary earth woman without any power. Then they got married and had two children. The Emperor of Heaven, lit. ’The Jade Emperor’ found out about this and was furious, so he sent minions to escort the heavenly weaver back to heaven. Niulang was heartbroken. The old cow suddenly spoke out again, telling Niulang he could take his skin to make it into a flying coat to chase after them; and Niulang did. However, the Queen Mother of the West drew a Silver River (The Milky Way) in the sky and blocked his way. Meanwhile, the love between Niulang and the weaver moved the magpie, and so they built a bridge of magpies over the Silver River for them to meet. The Emperor of Heaven was also moved by the sight, and allowed this couple to meet on the Magpie Bridge. once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. That was the origin of the Qixi Festival.

‘Just take the stairs’, they said.

for a friend…

Today is the birthday, in 1862, of Claude Debussy, one of the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxcHoICbJlM

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Posted by Tom in classical, Humor, Music
21
Aug
2023

MUN-DAY

Today is San Martin’s Day – a public holiday in Argentina. This national holiday in Argentina commemorates the death of José de San Martín. San Martin is regarded as the most important Argentinian founding father, who liberated not only a part of Argentina but also helped liberate Chile and Peru along with O’Higgins and Bolívar.

He is regarded as a national hero in Argentina, Chile and Peru. San Martin’s exploits earned him a series of honorific names. In Argentina he is remembered as the “Padre de la Patria”, (Father of our Country). In Peru, he is known as, “Fundador de la Libertad del Peru”, (founder of the freedom of Peru), “Protector de Peru” (protector of Peru) and “Fundador de la República” y “Generalísimo de las Armas” ( founder of the Republic and supreme commander of weapons). In Chile, he is called simply “Captain General”.

Today is the birthday, in 1944, of Jackie DeShannon singer, (1969 US No.4 single ‘Put A Little Love In Your Heart’). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMj7UcjPZ0U

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

and again it’s FRIDAY – two days in a row!!!

Today is Hawaiian Statehood Day. Also known as Admission Day, it commemorates the admission of the state to the Union in 1959.

From as early as 1849, there had been several attempts to make Hawaii a part of the United States.

Hawaii was annexed by the American in 1898, becoming the Territory of Hawaii.

In the 1940s, ballots during elections showed an increasing majority in favor of statehood and in 1959, the U.S. Congress approved a statehood bill, the Hawaii Admission Act. This was followed by a referendum in which Hawaiian residents voted 94% in support of statehood.

On August 21st 1959 (which was the third Friday in August in that year), President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the proclamation making Hawaii the 50th state.

compliance attempt

Introverts…

Today is the birthday, in 1953, of Marvin Isley from American group The Isley Brothers who first came to prominence in 1959 with their fourth single, ‘Shout’, and then the 1962 hit ‘Twist and Shout. The Isley Brothers also scored the hits ‘This Old Heart Of Mine’, ‘Summer Breeze’ and ‘Harvest for the World’. Sixteen of their albums charted in the Top 40. Marvin Isley died from complications of diabetes on June 6, 2010. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEjLFpU2pJ4

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Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies