Music

18
May
2023

Must be THURSDAY!

Today is Flag and Universities Day, a public holiday in Haiti. The date commemorates the creation of the Haitian flag in 1803. The Haitian flag was adopted on May 18th 1803, on the last day of the Congress of Arcahaie. The congress was a meeting that had two key outcomes; the establishment of a united command of the revolutionary army under the supreme authority of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, and the adoption of a flag by the indigenous army. Jean-Jacques Dessalines created the flag by taking a French tricolour and ripping out the white centre. His god-daughter, Catherine Flon, sewed the remaining horizontal bands together – the tricolour became the bi-colour. The blue in the Haitian flag is said to represent the Haitian’s of African descent and red for the Gens de couleur (French for ‘people of color’). In 1919, the government added Universities Day as part of the celebrations. Highlighting the educational system was seen as important by the government as they saw the educational system was under threat due to the U.S. occupation of Haiti that started in 1915.

Badly needed feature

BADA BING!!

Did you know muffins spelled backward is what you do when you take them out of the oven?

I got up at 5am not to watch the coronation but to sit on the throne.

You can say “Have a nice day” no problem, but you can’t say ‘Enjoy the next 24 hours’ without sounding like a hitman.

“Incontinence hotline, please hold.”

Exorcist: I’m here to remove the demon that has possessed you. Me: I didn’t call you. Demon: I did.

It takes a serious amount of balls to golf like I do.

If God is watching us, the least we can do is be entertaining.

Him, holding sign by the road…Need money…Not homeless…Wife keeps buying plants

No good birthdays today – here’s Robert Palmer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlPHmYtqSdA

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
17
May
2023

Feels like Monday but it’s WEDNESDAY!

Today is Constitution Day in Norway. Norway’s National Day marks the adoption of the Constitution which declared the country as a kingdom independent of Sweden on May 17th 1814. Following the Napoleonic Wars, Norway’s Constitution, which declared the country as a kingdom independent of Sweden was signed. The constitution was based on American and French models, and elected the Crown Prince of Denmark and Norway, Christian Frederick, as the king.

While full independence was not achieved until June 7th 1905, May 17th remains Norway’s National Day. Constitution Day is often kicked off by many Norwegians with a traditional 17. Mai breakfast of smoked salmon, scrambled eggs, and a fresh loaf of bread, accompanied by a glass of champagne. Breakfast is just the start of the spring holiday that many view as a time to indulge in guilty food pleasures, especially ice cream and hot dogs. The highlights are the children’s processions, made up of school classes marching through the local community, led by the school band. Most children have their own small Norwegian flag to wave, and the route is lined with enthusiastic onlookers.

Norway can boast the most impressive collection of waterfalls in Europe, with the six highest waterfalls in of Europe all in Norway. The highest waterfall, Vinnufossen is 2,820 feet (860 meters) tall and is the sixth highest in the world.

“Fabric Free”

Good Restaurant Names!

Today is the birthday, in 1941, of Malcolm Hale, from American 1960s sunshine pop band Spanky And Our Gang, who had the 1967 US No.9 single ‘Sunday Will Never Be The Same Again’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqw1MGEHKNE

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Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
11
May
2023

THUUUUUURRRSDAY

We miss a lot of holidays and one of them, on May 5, is Arrival Day – a public holiday in Guyana. Also known as Indian Arrival Day, this day commemorates the arrival of the first indentured laborers from India on May 5th 1838.

On August 1st 1834, slavery was abolished in almost all parts of the British Empire. This caused an issue with the labor intensive sugar plantations having relied on the slaves to provide the necessary workforce. To replace the slaves, Britain started a process of using indentured labor. Effectively indentured workers would work as slaves, but only for the term of their contract, after which they would be freed and in many cases, given some land. On May 5th 1838, 396 workers arrived in British Guiana (Guyana) from Calcutta, India in order to work in sugar plantations. By the time the indentured system ended in 1920, British Guiana had received 238,909 workers from India. Today their descendants comprise 44% of Guyana’s population of over 750,000. Similar public holidays take place in Trinidad & Tobago and Mauritius. In Grenada, a holiday is observed on May 1st, the same date as International Workers’ Day.

Frontiers in Interior Design

Here is the Eurovision 2023 entry from the UK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ21grjN6wU

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, World
10
May
2023

WENNSDAI

Today is Constitution Day in the Federated States of Micronesia, a public holiday. he Federated States of Micronesia comprise around 607 islands, that lie northwest of New Guinea and east of the Philippines. Micronesia consists of four states Yap, Pohnpei, Kosrae and Chuuk. Each state is centered on one or more main high islands. Following World War II, Micronesia was administered by the USA under United Nations auspices. The four Trust Territory districts ratified a new constitution in May 10, 1979 to become the Federated States of Micronesia. This event marked the emergence of modern Micronesia from trusteeship to independence from the USA.

Spelling failure…

What Viking babies eat…

SIGNZZZ

Here are more great songs from Eurovision 2023! Poland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjsl-JCHDWE

and Armenia! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co8ZJIejXBA

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, World
09
May
2023

TUESDAY is not Monday

Today is Liberation Day in Guernsey and Jersey. It commemorates the liberation of the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945, which marked the end of the islands’ occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II. On 9 May 1945, HMS Bulldog arrived in St Peter Port, Guernsey, and the German forces surrendered unconditionally aboard the vessel at dawn. British forces landed in St Peter Port shortly afterwards, greeted by crowds of joyous but malnourished islanders singing, amongst other patriotic songs, “Sarnia-Cherie”.

The same day, HMS Beagle arrived in Jersey to accept the surrender of the occupying forces there. Two naval officers, Surgeon Lieutenant Ronald McDonald and Sub Lieutenant R Milne, were met by the Harbor Master, who escorted them to his office where they together hoisted the Union Flag, before also raising it on the flagstaff of the Pomme d’Or Hotel.

Sark was liberated on 10 May 1945, and the German troops in Alderney surrendered on 16 May 1945.

BADA BING!!

Getting old is weird because you’re still that same enthusiastic kid trapped in an antique body.

Friend: Look, your husband is talking to another girl. Her: Let him. I want to see how long he can suck in his stomach.

I knew the psychic was a fraud when they accepted my check.

Why is there so much day left at the end of my patience?

I decided to paint all my clothes…Just finished my second coat.

Him: You always watch cooking shows but your cooking is abysmal. Her: You watch a lot of porn…

Grandma once said, “Sometimes you have to hug the people you don’t like so you know how big to dig the hole in your backyard.”

Eurovision song contest finals are on Saturday! Here are a couple more…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMmLeV47Au4

and Norway: http://eurovision 2023 norway

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, World