Friday, October 21, 2011

loll \lol\ , verb;

1. To recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge.

2. To hang loosely; droop; dangle.

3. To allow to hang, droop, or dangle.

noun:

1. The act of lolling.

2. A person or thing that lolls.

Origin: Loll is derived from the Middle English lollen, lullen which compares to the Middle Dutch lollen meaning to doze, sit over the fire.

mullet over

• When a guy with a mullet ponders or considers a decision at great length such as whether to buy Keystone beer or Iron City beer.

You want to go to the tough man contest at the armory?

Let me mullet over and I'll let you know.

Trivia

What animal-loving bestselling writer once landed in the hospital after being butted and trampled by a flock of sheep?

• British country veterinarian James Herriot, author of All Creatures Great and Small. Herriot, whose real name was James Alfred “Alf” Wight, was attacked when he tried to stop the sheep from eating plants on his lawn.

History

• Old Ironsides: the United States Navy frigate USS Constitution was launched in Boston Harbor (1797)
• Thomas Edison: invented a workable incandescent electric lamp in his Menlo Park lab (1879)
• Guggenheim: stunning Frank Lloyd Wright structure housing a museum of modern art opened on Museum Mile in New York (1959)
• Vietnam War: tens of thousands marched in Washington, DC, protesting America's involvement in the war (1967)
• 1975 World Series: Carlton Fisk hit a ball that bounced off a left field foul pole, giving him a home run and a Red Sox win over the Reds in 12 innings in the series' sixth game (1975)

Birthdays

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834): author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; and, writers Ursula K. Le Guin (82) and Frances Fitzgerald (71)
• Alfred Nobel (1833-1896): inventor of dynamite, founder of the Nobel Prize
• Martin Gardner (1914-2010): math puzzler
• Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993): jazz trumpeter; and, musicians Georg Solti (1912-1997), Celia Cruz (1925?-2003), Manfred Mann (71) and Lee Loughnane (65)
• Judy Sheindlin (69): TV's Judge Judy
• Benjamin Netanyahu (62): Israeli PM
• Kim Kardashian (31): socialite/reality TV star, great ass; also, actors Joyce Randolph (87), Carrie Fisher (55), Ken Watanabe (52), Melora Walters (51), Will Estes and Michael McMillian (both 32), and Matt Dallas (29)
• Willis McGahee (30): Ravens running back; plus, MLB legend Whitey Ford (83)

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