Wednesday, August 15, 2012

guff \guhff\, noun:

1. Empty or foolish talk; nonsense.
2. Insolent talk.

Guff is of unknown origin. It arose in the 1820s in the United States. It may be related to a Norwegian dialectic word gufs meaning "puff of wind."

watch this

• Something said right before a person does something amazingly stupid.

Hey Peter, watch this!

*jumps off the roof with an umbrella and breaks both legs*

Trivia
When it comes to gardening, where should you put a psammophilic plant?

• In sand or sandy soil. Psammophile means sand-loving.

History

• 1057 - Macbeth, the King of Scotland, was killed by the son of King Duncan.
• 1848 - The dental chair was patented by M. Waldo Hanchett.
• 1911 - The product Crisco was introduced by Procter & Gamble Company.
• 1914 - The Panama Canal was officially opened to commercial traffic as an American ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
• 1944 - The Allied forces of World War II landed in southern France.
• 1945 - The Allies proclaimed V-J Day a day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally.
• 1947 - India became independent from Britain and was divided into the countries of India and Pakistan. India had been under British about 200 years.
• 1961 - East German workers began construction of the Berlin Wall.
• 2001 - Astronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own. They had discovered two planets orbiting a star in the Big Dipper.

Birthdays

• Napoleon Bonaparte 1769
• Sir Walter Scott 1771
• Ethel Barrymore 1879
• Edna Ferber 1887
• T.E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") 1888
• Bill Baird 1904
• Hugo Winterhalter 1909
• Julia Child 1912
• Wendy Hiller 1912
• Huntz Hall 1919
• Rose-Marie 1923
• Robert Bolt 1924
• Phyllis Schlafly 1924
• Rose Maddox 1925
• Mike Connors 1925
• Oscar Peterson 1925
• Bill Pinkney (The Drifters) 1925
• Nicolas Roeg 1928
• Janice Rule 1931
• Abby Dalton 1932
• Lori Nelson 1933
• Bobby Helms 1933
• Bobby Byrd 1934
• Jim Dale 1935
• Vernon Jordan 1935
• Pat Priest 1936
• Stephen Breyer 1938
• Don Rich 1941
• Pete York (Spencer Davis Group) 1942
• Linda Ellerbee 1944
• Jill Haworth 1945
• Jimmy Webb 1946
• Tom Johnston 1948 - Musician (Doobie Brothers)
• Tess Harper 1950
• Princess Anne (England) 1950
• Larry Mathews 1955
• Zeljko Ivanek 1957
• Matt Johnson (The The) 1961
• Debi Mazar 1964
• Angela Rae (Wild Horses) 1966
• MCA (The Beastie Boys) 1967
• Debra Messing 1968
• Anthony Anderson 1970
• Ben Affleck 1972
• Michael Graham (Boyzone) 1972
• Natasha Henstridge 1974