Today is Constitution Day in Tonga, a public holiday commemorating the enactment of the constitution in 1875 by HM King Tupou I.
Juxtaposition…
Today is the birthday,in 1927, of Clara Ann Fowler, better known by her professional name, Patti Page. She was the top-charting female vocalist of the 1950s and sold more than 100 million records. She had 14 million-selling records in the 1950s. Her signature song below was one of the best selling records of the 20th century and was number 1 on the charts for 13 consecutive weeks.
Today’s Holiday. It is, of course, Guy Fawkes day in the UK but there are lots of other holidays including Colón Day in Panama commemorating the day in 1903 when the citizens of Colón stopped the invading Columbian army.
Bar Jokes for English Majors
❧ A dangling participle walks into a bar. Enjoying a cocktail and chatting with the bartender, the evening passes pleasantly.
❧ A bar was walked into by the passive voice.
❧ An oxymoron walked into a bar, and the silence was deafening.
❧ Two quotation marks walk into a “bar.”
❧ A malapropism walks into a bar, looking for all intensive purposes like a wolf in cheap clothing, muttering epitaphs and casting dispersions on his magnificent other, who takes him for granite.
❧ Hyperbole totally rips into this insane bar and absolutely destroys everything.
More to come…
Happy Friday Dance!!!
Today is the birthday, in 1941, of Art Garfunkel. He was born in Forest Hills, Queens. He is best known for his collaboration with Paul Simon and together they had numerous hits. Garfunkel won eight Grammies. Here they are:
Today’s Holiday: November 3 is Culture Day in Japan, a national holiday for the purpose of promoting culture, the arts, and academic endeavor.
Some signsssss
Today is the birthday of John Barry. He wrote the Grammy and Academy Award winning scores of Out of Africa and Dances with Wolves and many, many others. Most memorably, however, he wrote the scores to 11 James Bond films between 1963 and 1987 including this, his most famous composition…
As a Sunday school teacher long ago, we were reading a passage that included the word “bastard”. One kid said, “Oh, that’s a bad word!” Another chimed in with, “No, it’s just a bad driver”.
Where’s my chiropractor joke? I posted it about a week back.
Does a railway worker have to be trained?
I have an inferiority complex.But it’s not a very good one.
Aliens arrive on Earth. Delegations from different countries, religious leaders gather around and ask the newcomers about their lives. When the Pope’s turn comes, he asks: “Do you know about the Savior and our Lord our God, Jesus Christ?” “Ah, Jesus,” the alien replies. “Of course we know him. He visits us every year to make sure we’re okay.” Surprised, the Pope exclaims: “Every year? We have been waiting for his second coming for 2000 years!” The newcomer sees that the pope is beginning to get angry, and tries to calm him down: “Well, maybe he likes our chocolate more than yours.” The pope is amazed: “Chocolate? And what does it have to do with it?” “Yes, chocolate. When he first visited our planet, we gave him a nice box of chocolates. Wait, what did you do?”
Why is it there are poptarts but no momtarts?Because of the pastryarchy.
I have some skeleton puns. They are very humerus.I also have some vampire puns, but they suck.
I’m trying to put some Frankenstein puns together.
Today is the birthday, in 1937, of Earl Carroll, lead vocalist for The Cadillacs. The group was a doo-wop pioneer and one of the first to experiment with choreography. BTW, Earl Carroll’s real nickname was ‘Speedo’. This song became a hit in 1955.
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