Sunday, October 16, 2011

lummox \LUHM-uhks\, noun:

• A clumsy, stupid person.

Lummox is of uncertain origin. It is perhaps from "dumb ox" or influenced by "lumbering."

Sounds like my first time

• "That's what he/she said." the phrase "sounds like my first time" can be used in lieu. By definition this refers to the first time one person has engaged in intercourse.

For example:

"I don't understand why the packaging is so tight. (Referring to something non-sexual) "

"Sounds like my first time."

Trivia

What geographic feature in Africa has been described by Arab poets as “the longest kiss in history”?

• The spot where the Blue Nile and White Nile meet and merge at Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.

History

• Marie Antoinette: extravagant queen was beheaded during the French Revolution (1793)
• John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry: the abolitionist John Brown attempted to seize a US arsenal in West Virginia; his group was defeated and he was executed for treason (1859)
• birth control: nurse Margaret Sanger founded the first clinic in the US, in Brooklyn, New York, for which she was arrested (1916)
• Cuban missile crisis: cold war confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union began when Khrushchev installed ballistic missiles in Cuba (1962)
• Million Man March: African-American men rallied in Washington, DC, led by Louis Farrakhan, in an effort to increase voting and community involvement (1995)

Birthdays

• Noah Webster (1758-1843): lexicographer and philologist
• Oscar Wilde (1854-1900): the witty and self-promoting author of The Importance of Being Ernest; also, playwrights Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) and Günter Grass (84)
• David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973): first prime minister of Israel; Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins (1890-1922) was also born on this date
• William O. Douglas (1898-1980): longest-serving US Supreme Court justice
• Tim Robbins (53): actor/filmmaker, The Shawshank Redemption; also, actors Barry Corbin (71), Suzanne Somers (65), Randy Vasquez (50), Kellie Martin (36), Jeremy Jackson (31) and Brea Grant (30)
• John Mayer (34): singer/songwriter; also, musicians C.F. Turner (68), Bob Weir (64), Gary Kemp (52), Flea (49) and Roy Hargrove and Wendy Wilson (both 41)

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