eighties music

MUUUUUUUNDAY

Today is Victoria Day (French: Fête de la Reine), in Canada. It is a public holiday and marks the birth of Queen Victoria. Following the death of Queen Victoria, May 24th was decreed as Empire Day across the British Empire. Today, Canada is the only country who still has a holiday on the day.

Remember the movie, Major League? they’ve aged.

Self-cancelling

dogenglish
What starts with S and ends with X? No it doesn't.

What is the biggest lie in the entire universe?
“I have read and agree to the Terms & Conditions.”

I was setting a voice recognition password for my new phone and a nearby dog barked and ran away. Now I am still looking for the dog to unlock my phone.

Autocorrect has become my worst enema.

“My email password has been hacked. That’s the third time I’ve had to rename the cat.”

The guy who invented predictive text died last night. His funfair is next monkey.

Today is the birthday, in 1946, of Daniel Klein, bass player with the J. Geils Band who had this number one hit in 1982.

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WENNZZDAI

Today is King’s Day (Konigsdag) in the Netherlands, Aruba, Sint Maarten and Curacao. It celebrates the birthday of King Willem-Alexander in 1967.

Today is the birthday, in 1948, of Kate Pierson, musician and vocalist with the new age band The B-52s. She also collaborated with Iggy Pop, The Ramones and R.E.M.

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TUESDAY, not toosday

Today is the birthday if King Mswati III. It is a public holiday in Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland. The king was born in 1968. He currently has 15 wives and 23 children. His father had more than 125 wives during his 82 year reign.

Family Reunion
bees
You know... Those creatures with hard backs and little heads? Got any of those?

Bada Bing!

Is the fall of Rome comparable to the current situation in the United States? Nope, Rome had good roads.

I saw a sign that said “Falling Rocks.” I tried. It doesn’t.

I just found out the neighborhood had a meeting about the crazy person on the block. It’s weird that they didn’t invite me.

Cop: You’re going to jail for forgery. Me: *slides him a 37-dollar bill* What about now?

Dr. Oz says rubbing coffee grounds on your naked body prevents cellulite. APPARENTLY, you can’t do it in Starbucks. And now the cops are here…

A minister was completing a temperance sermon. With great emphasis he said,’If I had all the beer in the world, I’d take it and pour it into the river.

‘With even greater emphasis he said, ‘And if I had all the wine in the world, I’d take it and pour it into the river.’

And then finally, shaking his fist in the air, he said, ‘And if I had all the whisky in the world, I’d take it and pour it into the river.’

Sermon complete, he sat down …The choir leader stood up very cautiously and announced with a smile, almost laughing, ‘For our closing Hymn, Let us sing Hymn No. 723, ‘Shall We Gather at the River.’

A California cosmetic clinic is opening a new office where breast augmentation surgery is done on an outpatient basis in about thirty minutes. They are going to call it “Jiffy Boobs.”

I decided to make sure my wife woke up with a smile on her face this morning. I can’t have sharpies in the house anymore.

On this day in 1980, Blondie went to number one on the singles chart in the US and UK with this song.

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WEDNESDAY is like the middle of the week.

Today is Chakri Memorial Day, a public holiday in Thailand. Officially known as ‘King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke the Great Day and Chakri Dynasty Memorial Day’, Chakri Day commemorates the establishment of the Chakri Dynasty by Phra Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke ( Rama I) in 1782.

I have four points and that’s all you need to know.

phonebookBITS

No good birthdays today so here is Paula Abdul with this great video.

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MONDAY is back!

Today is Independence Day in Senegal (one of my favorite countries). The day celebrates Senegal’s independence from France on April 4, 1960.

Possibly the ballsiest beer in the world

Journalism…

earthquake

Backyard chickens?

A man I sometimes chat to in the park when walking our dogs was telling me this morning about his new rescue chickens. He pretty much made my day when he told me he’d called them Hen Solo, Jabba the Cluck, Obi-Hen Kenobi and Princess Layer.
Haha, brilliant. We named some of our neighbours hens...Hen Dodd, Wingo Starr, Chick Astley, Maxine Beak and Gregory Peck. Too much time on our hands..
Nice! We have several - the ones I named are Chickira and Meryl Cheep. Chickira is by far the loudest and struts so seems fitting.
We have Wyatt Oeuf, Annie Yolkley, Eggatha Christie and Gwyneth Poultry

Spring!!

Today is the birthday, in 1948, of Pick Withers, drummer for Dire Straits.

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