Sunday, August 22, 2010

quirt

• A riding whip with a short handle and a lash of braided rawhide.

brisket

• the big flap of fat that hangs over the pussy of titanic sized women, also known as a giant fupa or gunt.

hey, checkout out the brisket on that big bitch.

History

1. English wars: War of the Roses ended (1485), Civil War began (1642)
2. America's Cup: international yachting competition was first won, by the America, thus providing the trophy with its name (1851)
3. Michael Collins: Irish national leader was shot dead in an ambush (1922)
4. Texas Rangers: set an MLB record by wiping out the Baltimore Orioles 30-3 (2007)

Birthdays

• Willis Whitney (1862-1918): chemist who founded GE's research lab; also, scientist Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906)
• Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973): sculptor
• Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997): Chinese revolutionary leader
• Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004): photojournalist
• Annie Proulx (74): journalist who wrote The Shipping News and "Brokeback Mountain"; other, writers Dorothy Parker (1893-1967), Ray Bradbury (89), James Kirkwood (1924-1989), Morton Dean (74) and Steve Kroft (64)
• Carl Yastrzemski (70): MLB hall-of-famer; DH Paul Molitor (53) also has a birthday today
• Tori Amos (46): pianist, singer and songwriter; also, musicians Claude Debussy (1862-1918), John Lee Hooker (1917-2001), James DeBarge (46) and Beenie Man and Howie Dorough (both 36)