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Post by Introvertigroo on Oct 26, 2016 2:26:27 GMT
Happy anniversary to the birth of Pablo Picasso on this date in 1881. Nine months earlier, his mother missed her blue period.
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Post by Introvertigroo on Oct 30, 2016 3:58:01 GMT
Happy anniversary to fellow Ohioan John Glenn, who, at the age of 77, returned from an orbital mission on this date in 1998. I'm 38 and can barely leave the couch. As Isaac Asimov was wont to write, "Space!"
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Post by Introvertigroo on Nov 5, 2016 0:31:50 GMT
Happy anniversary to King Tutankhamen, whose eternal slumber was rudely interrupted by Howard Carter on this date in 1922. Curses! Do not disturb. Seriously, do not fucking disturb.
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Post by Introvertigroo on Nov 6, 2016 1:08:57 GMT
Happy anniversary to George Foreman, who became the oldest heavyweight champion in history at age 45 on this date in 1994. Boxing may be a sport, but it pales in comparison to knitting--now that is a sport.
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Post by Introvertigroo on Nov 12, 2016 1:51:50 GMT
Happy anniversary to the end of World War I--if I remember correctly, all of the problems of that war were completely resolved (I did attend an American school, mind you).
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Post by Introvertigroo on Nov 18, 2016 2:56:49 GMT
On this date:
1558--Queen Elizabeth I takes over the English throne
2003--Arnold "Governator" Schwarzenegger wins the governorship of California.
Coincidence?
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Post by Introvertigroo on Nov 19, 2016 2:02:07 GMT
Happy anniversary to the American and Canadian railroad companies that created four times zones to eliminate confusion from the local time kept by each municipality on this date in 1883. Now if only they hadn't created jet lag.
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Post by Introvertigroo on Nov 27, 2016 1:37:11 GMT
Happy anniversary to Thanksgiving, officially established as the fourth Thursday in November and signed into law by FDR on this date in 1941. There have long been rumors that Roosevelt was part of an insidious anti-turkey cult, and this is just one more piece of evidence to support that theory.
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Post by Introvertigroo on Dec 6, 2016 3:03:55 GMT
Happy anniversary to Phi Beta Kappa, founded on this date in 1776. I was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and all I got was a crappy key chain that broke one day later. Oh, well--at least my brain is still in one piece, more or less.
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Post by peggs on Dec 7, 2016 3:51:02 GMT
Introvertigo, I wouldn't have thought you were a frat boy. One of the better behaved ones, I hope.
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Post by donavan on Dec 7, 2016 9:35:24 GMT
Frat Boy Slim
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Post by Introvertigroo on Dec 12, 2016 2:48:53 GMT
This was an academic honor society--I eschewed frat boys and did my drinking at the bars, like any normal, decent person.
And now for an indecent person--happy anniversary to Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme came to a crashing halt, leading to his arrest on this date in 2008. When he dies, I imagine his epitaph will read, "What a cunt!"
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Post by donavan on Dec 12, 2016 17:43:16 GMT
This was an academic honor society--I eschewed frat boys and did my drinking at the bars, like any normal, decent person. And now for an indecent person--happy anniversary to Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme came to a crashing halt, leading to his arrest on this date in 2008. When he dies, I imagine his epitaph will read, "What a cunt!" He sounds like a bit of a rum'un.
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Post by Introvertigroo on Dec 17, 2016 0:57:39 GMT
Happy anniversary to the Sons of Liberty, who dumped a shitload of tea into the Boston Harbor on this date in 1773, one more step towards revolution, so take that, you dastardly Brits!
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Post by donavan on Dec 17, 2016 1:08:46 GMT
That will be you too then. Yeah?
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