sixties and seventies

26
Mar
2024

Happy TUESDAY everyone!

Today is Independence Day in Bangladesh. The holiday celebrates the declaration of the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971. It is the National Holiday of Bangladesh.

In 1947, India was partitioned by the British, creating the ‘Dominion of Pakistan’, which was two separate regions to the north west and north east of India. The new dominion was governed from West Pakistan, which led to frictions between the two regions, with the first signs of a movement for autonomy for East Pakistan appearing in 1949.

In the 1970 general elections, the Bangla-based Awami League, led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman won an overall majority, but the West Pakistani regime was reluctant to hand over power. On 25 March 1970, Pakistani troops were used to quell the growing unrest. This led to the Independence of Bangladesh being declared by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 26 March 1971, and marked the start of the war of Independence. In November 1970, India entered the war, supporting East Pakistan. This led to victory for East Pakistan on 16 December 1970 (marked by the Victory Day holiday).

On gaining it’s independence, East Pakistan was renamed Bangladesh.

It’s creepy Easter Bunny time!!

BADA BING!!!

I was in line behind a guy buying condoms when his card got declined. The little old lady behind me whispered, “He just got cock blocked by Visa.”

Someone found a hole in the nudist colony fence. Police are looking into it.

Reading way above my grade level didn’t get me as far in life as I had hoped.

Every time I think I have a new hobby, it turns out I just like to buy stuff.

We keep a potato masher in a drawer because sometimes it’s fun not to be able to open that drawer.

I asked the kid working at McDonald’s if the Shamrock shakes were made with real Shamrocks. He went to ask the manager.

I’m writing a new book called “How to be concise and get straight to the point using the minimum of definitive words necessary to convey your meaning as clearly as possible without overly long descriptions and explanations.

I finally told my kids that St. Patrick wasn’t real…and that it’s actually been me putting snakes under their pillows every year.

Telling an Irish girl to calm down is like trying to baptize a cat.

I was so traumatized from being born I couldn’t walk for a year and couldn’t speak for two.

Anger management class postponed for classroom repairs.

I hope my last words aren’t, “What does this thing do?”

Today is the birthday, in 1949, of Vicki Lawrence, American actress, comedian, and pop singer. In 1973, Lawrence became a one-hit wonder songstress, landing on the US chart with the No. 1 ‘The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52JAjsUAINQ&list=RD52JAjsUAINQ&start_radio=1

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
20
Mar
2024

Woo Woo WEDNESDAY!!

Today is Oil Nationalization Day, a public holiday in Iran. This day marks the anniversary of the nationalization of the oil industry in 1951, seen as a key step in Iran’s independence from the West.

By the end of the 1940s, there was a growing resentment in Iran to the huge imbalance in oil revenues that the British government and the Iranian government were receiving from Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), formerly the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Similar arrangements between the US and countries such as Saudi Arabia seemed more equitable and in 1950, Britain offered new concession to Iraq with regards to oil revenue.

This fueled a surge in anti-British rhetoric, with the leader of the National Front of Iran, Dr. Mohammad Mosaddegh leading calls to end foreign influence in Iran and nationalizing the oil industry. Mosaddegh then moved quickly and on 15 March 1951, he passed a law nationalizing AIOC with immediate effect, which was verified by the Iranian parliament two days later. He gave all British employees of AIOC a week to leave the country.

Sanctions were immediately placed on Iranian oil by other countries and severe economic hardships ensued in Iran. In August 1953, the government of Mosaddegh was overthrown by a military coup d’état orchestrated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (the following year the CIA overthrew the government of Guatemala) and the British Secret Intelligence Service. Mosaddegh was sentenced to three years in prison and then kept under house arrest until his death in 1967.

Tomorrow…Bread

‘MERICA!

Today is the birthday, in 1937, of Jerry Reed, US country guitarist who worked with Chet Atkins, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Elvis Presley. His signature songs included ‘Guitar Man,’, ‘East Bound and Down’ (the theme song for the 1977 blockbuster Smokey and the Bandit, and ‘She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)’. Reed died on 1 Sept 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJPM-M_Z65o

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
19
Mar
2024

Hmmm…TUESDAY…

Today is St. Joseph’s Day. March 19 has been the Feast of St. Joseph in Western Christianity since the tenth century. It is celebrated in many countries – a public holiday in some and a regional holiday in many others including Spain, Switzerland, Portugal, Malta, Austria and Italy among others.

Saint Joseph was the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster father of Jesus. All we know about Joseph comes from the accounts of the nativity in the New Testament.

St. Joseph is the patron saint of fathers and in some predominately catholic countries, notably Italy, Portugal and Spain, Fathers’ Day is celebrated on St. Joseph’s Day.

Despite knowing so little about Joseph, he still has two feast days in the Western church. In his capacity as the patron saint of Workers, 1st May was established as the Feast of “St. Joseph the Worker” in 1955. This is seen as an attempt to counteract the social and non religious growth of Labor Day as a worldwide holiday.

Today is the Spring Equinox, known in pagan spirituality as the festival of Ostara or Eostre. Its Christian equivalent, Easter, is coming up soon as well. Since ancient times, rabbits and hares have been a common symbol of fertility and of the Goddess herself.

Easter bunny and Easter eggs on green grass field spring meadow

Bada Bing!

Look, if your cart is in the middle of the aisle and I need to get by, then yes, we are now playing bumper cars.

Who needs a social life when you have Netflix and a fridge full of food?

Damn! The hour we lost last weekend?! It was the one hour I was planning to go to the gym.

Why do they always have 5K runs for charity? Just once, couldn’t they have a sit for charity or nap for charity?

Just Blocked someone for correcting my grammar and it feelded good.

Studies have shown that intelligent people swear more than stupid motherf*ckers.

I released my own fragrance today. The rest of the people in the elevator didn’t like it.

My glasses broke when I was vacationing in a remote part of Alaska. There were no Optometrists, so I had to settle for an Optical Aleutian.

What do you call a 3.14 meter snake? A pi-thon.

Today is the birthday, in 1946, of Paul Atkinson, guitarist with The Zombies who had four US hits, ‘She’s Not There’, ‘Tell Her No’, ‘She’s Coming Home’, and ‘Time of the Season’. He later became an A&R executive, working for Columbia and RCA, discovering and signing such bands as ABBA, Bruce Hornsby, Mr. Mister, Judas Priest, and Michael Penn. Atkinson died on 1st April 2004 aged 58. This song is used frequently in media to represent the late ’60s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzpPy9hJYA8

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
18
Mar
2024

Hey gang, It’s MONDAY!!

It’s Green Monday, a national holiday in Cyprus. Also known as ‘Clean Monday’ (“Kathara Deftera”) begins the season of Great Lent (“Sarakosti”) in Eastern Orthodox Churches on the first day of the seventh week before the Greek Orthodox Easter Sunday.

Great Lent corresponds to Lent as found in Western Christianity, though the lengths of the periods are calculated in different ways. They both use a period of 40 days between the beginning and end of Lent, because of the 40 days that Jesus is said to have spent fasting the desert. However, Western Christendom doesn’t count Sundays because Jesus is recorded as having resurrected on a Sunday, whereas Eastern Orthodox churches do count Sundays.

Liturgically, Great Lent begins on the preceding Sunday night, at a special service in which all present bow down before one another and ask for forgiveness. In this way, the faithful begin the Great Lent with a clean conscience, forgiveness and renewed Christian love

This first day of Great Lent is called “Clean Monday” because Christians should begin the holy season with “clean hearts and good intentions.” It is also because the season of Lent is regarded as a time when Christians should clean up their spiritual house, coming to terms with their lives and rededicating themselves to a more holy and righteous way of living.

Because Clean Monday is also considered to mark the first day of spring, Greeks tend to celebrate it with outdoor activities and picnics rather than fasting and prayer. These activities are often called ‘koulouma’.

Dude…

KATE MIDDLETON

Hope everyone had fun yesterday!!

Today is the birthday, in 1941, of American singer and songwriter Wilson Pickett, who recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, many of which crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100. Among his best-known hits are ‘In the Midnight Hour’ (which he co-wrote), ‘Land of 1,000 Dances’, ‘Mustang Sally’, and ‘Funky Broadway’. Pickett died of a heart attack on 19 Jan 2006 aged 64. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rixhkdO_IdU

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
15
Mar
2024

Yes! FRIDAY!!

Today is Hungarian Revolution Day, a public holiday in Hungary. It marks the anniversary of the start of the 1848 Revolution against the Austrian Empire.

Hungary had long been a part of the Austrian Empire though it had operated almost as a separate country; it’s strongest bond to the empire was a common monarch. The revolution in 1848 began following widespread national discontent with taxation and a desire for freedom of the press, freedom of religion and an independent parliament for Hungary. The desire for independence was also driven by other revolutions across Europe at this time.

On March 15th 1848, the poet of the revolution, Sandor Petőfi and his fellow patriots addressed the nation from the stairs of the Hungarian National Museum, reciting the Nemzeti dal (National Song). They declared a list of demands for democratic rights, now known as the 12 Points of the Pest Revolution – a document widely considered among the nation’s most important texts.

To mark the day, it is a custom for people to wear a cockade (rosette) (“kokárda” in Hungarian) containing red, white and green ribbons, the colours of the Hungarian flag. The national flag is also hoisted on almost every building, on residential, public or private alike.

Perfectly Timed Photos – We’ve all been there…

Today is the birthday, in 1941, of Mike Love, American singer, songwriter, and musician who co-founded The Beach Boys. Love collaborated with Brian Wilson and was a lyricist on singles including ‘Fun, Fun, Fun’ (1964), ‘California Girls’ (1965), and ‘Good Vibrations. (1966). The Beach Boys released the 1966 classic album Pet Sounds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruKCw797JM4

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies