Sunday, December 23, 2012

mulligrubs \MUHL-i-gruhbz\, noun:

• Ill temper; colic; grumpiness.

This fanciful formation was developed in 1599 as a synonym for 'a fit of the blues' and an alteration of megrims.

christ on a crutch

• An expletive usually expressing disbelief or exasperation. It is the opposite to that of a Christian person saying. Christ on the cross. Somewhat akin to saying Shit on a stick.

Christ on a fucking crutch, will you shut up and give me a break?

With a sigh and a shake of the head: Christ on a crutch, I can't believe how stupid this is.

Trivia

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Today's Holiday

• Festivus ("for the rest of us")

History

• kidney transplant: was successfully performed for first time, in Boston (1954)
• Federal Reserve Act: law signed by President Woodrow Wilson created the Federal Reserve System, a central banking system for the US (1913)
• Immaculate Reception: the Pittsburgh Steelers won an NFL playoff game over the Oakland Raiders with a "miraculous" touchdown (1972)
• Voyager: experimental plane designed by Burt Rutan completed a 9-day flight around the world without refueling (1986)
• Lenny Bruce: comedian who satirized politics, religion and sex was granted by the governor of New York a posthumous pardon for obscenity, for which he had been convicted 40 years earlier (2003)

Birthdays

• Richard Arkwright 1732
• Alexander I (Russia) 1777
• Joseph Smith 1805
• Samuel Smiles 1812
• Fredi Washington 1903
• Don McNeill 1907
• Yousuf Karsh 1908
• Maurice Denham 1909
• James Gregory 1911
• Jose Greco 1918
• Gerald O’Loughlin 1921
• Ruth Roman 1923
• Harry Guardino 1925
• Robert Bly 1926
• Dick Weber 1929
• Akihito 1933
• 'Little' Esther Phillips 1935
• James Stacy 1936
• Frederic Forrest 1936
• Johnny Kidd (Johnny Kidd & The Pirates) 1939
• Tim Hardin 1940
• Eugene Record (Chi-Lites) 1940
• Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) 1940
• Elizabeth Hartman 1943
• Harry Shearer (Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap) 1943
• Ron Bushy (Iron Butterfly) 1945
• Susan Lucci 1946
• Johnny Contardo 1951
• Dave Murray (Iron Maiden) 1958
• Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) 1964
• Carla Bruni 1967
• Corey Haim 1972
• Jamie Murphy (Space) 1975
• Estella Warren 1978