Humor

28
Mar
2023

Last TUESDAY in March

Today is Boganda Day, a public holiday in the Central African Republic. This day honors Barthélemy Boganda, the nation’s first prime minister on the anniversary of his death on this day in 1959. Barthélemy Boganda was a leading nationalist politician and the driving force in the creation of the Central African Republic in 1958.

Before his political career, Boganda had become the first African Roman Catholic priest in Ubangi-Shari, a French colony that is now part of the CAR. He became involved in politics and in 1946 he was elected to the French National Assembly, becoming the first representative of the CAR in the French government.

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Hmmm

BADA BING!

I invented a thought controlled air freshener. It makes scents when you think about it.

I entered the world kleptomaniac championships. I took gold, silver, and bronze.

“She was wearing unscented perfume. It came in a little empty bottle.”

I always pay my homeopathics with an envelope that used to contain money.

Alexa… remind me what I came in this room for.

When you clean out a vacuum cleaner, you become a vacuum cleaner.

How do you make a waterbed even more bouncy? Use spring water.

All of those galaxies with trillions of planets and we end up on one with a 40-hour work week.

Julius Caesar died in an ideal way, surrounded by friends.

If you aren’t happy single, you won’t be happy married. Happiness comes from food, not relationships.

I don’t do drugs or drink .At my age, I get the same effect by standing up too fast.

Customer: Do you have Viagra for women? Pharmacist: Jewelry store, across the street.

I just found out that my life is based on a true story.

I just invented a car that only moves when the driver is silent. I mean, it goes without saying…

Police have confirmed that the man who fell from the roof of the nightclub was not a bouncer.

Just found out that the company that produces yardsticks won’t be making them any longer.

I couldn’t find any good videos for today’s birthdays so here are the Bay City Rollers! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGD27WgtKhI&list=PLDHCLXs2vTkI1e-DTH5lMprpu7uAc22BL&index=80

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
27
Mar
2023

Last MONDAY in March!

Today is Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana‘ole Day, a public holiday in Hawai‘i. Prince Jonah Kuhio was born on 26 March 1871 into Hawaiian nobility. By the age of 13, he was an orphan as both parents had died by 1884. He was adopted by Queen Kapiʻolani, who was his aunt, making Kuhio a prince of the Kingdom of Hawai’i.

Prince Kuhio

Yesterday was the birthday, in 1770, of Ludwig van Beethoven. Here is the amazing Yuja Wang with his Piano Sonata 18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzf-B2HsSos

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Posted by Tom in classical, Humor, Music
24
Mar
2023

finally FRIDAY

Today is Truth and Justice Memorial Day in Argentina. It commemorates those who ‘disappeared’ under the military junta that came to power in 1976. This Argentinian public holiday is held on March 24th, the anniversary of the coup d’état of 1976 that overthrew President Isabel Peron and brought the National Reorganization Process to power. The coup installed the bloodiest dictatorship in the history of the country, led by General Jorge Rafael Videla, Admiral Emilio Eduardo Massera and Brigadier-General Orlando Ramón Agosti. At least 10,000 and as many as 30,000 were hunted down, tortured and ‘disappeared’ by security forces and right-wing death squads.

SIGNZZZZ

On this day in 1973 the O’Jays went to number one on the chart with ‘Love Train’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BlkTSKqE_8

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
23
Mar
2023

It’s THURSDAY!

Today is the first day of Ramadan. Ramadan is a period of fasting and spiritual growth and is one of the five “pillars of Islam” – the others being the declaration of faith, daily prayer, alms-giving and the pilgrimage to Mecca. Able-bodied Muslims are expected to abstain from eating, drinking and sexual relations from dawn to sunset each day of the month.

On this day in 1985, John Fogarty went to number one on the album chart with Centerfield. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq3hEMUeBGQ

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Posted by Tom in eighties music, Humor, Music
22
Mar
2023

WEDNESDAY – still Spring!

Today people in many countries celebrate or continue celebrating Nowruz (Novruz, Navruz, Nooruz, Nevruz, Nauryz) meaning New Day. It marks the beginning of spring according to the Solar Hijri calendar.

a Kurdish girl during Nowruz preparations

BADA BING!

Those who want us to work to age 70 and the ones who won’t hire us after age 50 are the same people.

I love DST, it makes whiny people mad and that brings me joy.

When my wife was pregnant I asked the midwife how many babies she had to deliver to become a fullwife.

Watching the chickens move about the yard is very relaxing. Like poultry in motion.

My wife said, “Is it me, or is the dog getting fat”? Apparently, “It’s not the dog”, was the wrong answer.

I don’t know which is longer, a microwave minute or a treadmill minute.

That awkward moment when you’re ‘protecting’ children from drag, but not from being killed in school.

The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. 

If it weren’t for the invention of Venetian blinds, it would be curtains for us all.

Of the multitude of foods that taste like chicken, I find it ironic that eggs don’t.

I was watching the Bermuda Philharmonic Orchestra when the guy on the triangle disappeared.

Doctor: No, you’re not retaining water. You seem to be retaining food.

On this day in 1965, The Temptations released their second studio album Sing Smokey. As its name implies, it is composed entirely of songs written and produced by Smokey Robinson, and several other members of the Miracles as well. More importantly, it featured one of the well known Motown releases in its history ‘My Girl’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_CSjcm-z1w

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Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies