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Provided by the compucert fatidic \fuh-TID-ik\, adjective:
- Of, relating to, or characterized by prophecy; prophetic.
Fatidic comes from Latin fatidicus, from fati- (from fatum, "fate") + -dicus (from dicere, "to say").
stoplight party- A party where guests wear the the colors of the traffic signal to denote their relationship status: green means they're single, red means they're taken, and yellow means their relationship status is "complicated"
Trivia
What headgear did John Wayne wear in all his films starting with Wake of the Red Witch in 1948?
- A toupee—often under his ten-gallon hat. Wayne removed the wig for some scenes in The Wings of Eagles (1957), when he played his character as an older man. He joked about his hairless pate in El Dorado (1966), with the line “Ride, baldy, ride.”
- Archbishop of Canterbury: Thomas Cranmer, who helped move England towards Protestantism, was burned at the stake (1556)
- Code Napoléon: the first modern legal code of France took effect; it was divided into laws of personal status, laws of property, and laws of acquiring property (1804)
- Henry Stanley: journalist began his trek in Africa to locate missing Scottish missionary/ explorer David Livingstone; his quest ended with the famous and possibly fictitious words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" (1871)
- "Who shot JR?": J.R. Ewing, the character played by Larry Hagman on Dallas, was shot by an unidentified attacker; a summer of intense curiosity ensued and an advertising catchphrase was born (1980)
- Rick Hansen: set off on his Man in Motion tour to circumnavigate the world in his wheelchair (1985); he returned to Vancouver 2 years and 2 months later, having raised millions for spinal cord research
- Saint Nicholas of Flue (1417-1487): Switzerland's patron saint
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): composer of the Brandenburg Concertos; musicians Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Joseph Silverstein (78), Rose Stone (65) were also born on this date
- Benito Juárez (1806-1872): 5-term president of Mexico
- Gary Oldman (52): actor, Harry Potter's Sirius Black, The Dark Knight's Jim Gordon; other actors born on this date include Al Freeman, Jr. (76), Marie-Christine Barrault (66), Timothy Dalton (64), Rosie O'Donnell and Matthew Broderick (both 48), and Laura Allen (36)
- Ronaldinho (30): Brazilian soccer star
2 comments:
"Ride baldy, ride"? Not hardly. Hint: Film name - El Dorado. Poem by Poe named Eldorado. Here's a verse....
"Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied-
"If you seek for Eldorado!"
I suppose you knotheads only use 50% of your toilet seats too.
You didn't read the question.
Q: What headgear did John Wayne wear in all his films starting with Wake of the Red Witch in 1948?
A: A toupee—often under his ten-gallon hat. Wayne removed the wig for some scenes in The Wings of Eagles (1957), when he played his character as an older man. He joked about his hairless pate in El Dorado (1966), with the line “Ride, baldy, ride.”
Sorry dude, but you might need some reading comprehension classes.
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