Monday, July 27, 2009

caveat \KAY-vee-at; KAV-ee-; KAH-vee-aht\, noun:

1. (Law) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the opposition has a hearing.
2. A warning or caution; also, a cautionary qualification or explanation to prevent misunderstanding.

Caveat comes from the Latin caveat, "let him beware," from cavere, "to beware."
weenis

• Its actually the skin on your elbow.

Ow, I hit my weenis on the refrigerator.
Trivia
What does a konimeter measure?

• The number of dust particles in an air sample.

Today in History:

• transatlantic telegraph cable: was completed, linking the US and Europe; the cord shortened communication time from days to minutes (1866)
• insulin: physiologists isolated the hormone used to manage diabetes (1921)
• Bugs Bunny: debuted in The Wild Hare (1940)
• Coronation Street: British soap characters Ken Barlow and Deirdre Langton tied the knot; their wedding got higher telly ratings than that of Prince Charles and Lady Di (1981)
• Korean War: the US, North Korea, and China signed an armistice (1953); the veterans memorial was dedicated in Washington by presidents Clinton and Kim Young-sam (1995)

Today's Birthdays:

• Geoffrey De Havilland (1882-1965): aviation pioneer who designed and built military planes
• Norman Lear (87): TV producer, All in the Family
• Bobbie Gentry (65): country singer, Ode to Billie Joe; also, singers Maureen McGovern (60), Karrin Allyson (46), Stacy Dean Campbell and Juliana Hatfield (both 42) and Pete Yorn (35)
• Peggy Fleming (61): champion figure-skater
• Julian McMahon (41): demon in love on Charmed, materialistic human on Nip/Tuck; other actors born on this date include Jerry Van Dyke (78), John Pleshette (67), Betty Thomas (61), Maury Chaykin (60), Roxanne Hart (57), Maya Rudolph (37) and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (32)
• Alex Rodriguez (34): third-baseman for the Yankees