Wednesday, January 16, 2013

advert \ad-VURT\, verb:

1. To remark or comment; refer (usually followed by to): He adverted briefly to the news of the day.
2. To turn the attention (usually followed by to): The committee adverted to the business at hand.

Advert comes from the Latin word advertere meaning "to pay attention."

Healthy Gas

• The gas (fart) produced from a person who has eaten healthy foods like cabbage, beans, broccolli, grains, or other high fiber, high carbohydrate foods.

Bart: "Eeeeewwww! What's that smell"?

Homer: "That's just me, emitting healthy gas".

Bart: "Healthy my ass! All you eat is donuts and beer".

Homer: "Don't forget the four burritos Bart. And that egg sandwich on whole grain bread".

Bart: "I'm impressed Homer. Impressed how stinky your farts are".

Lisa: "Mom! Don't light the stove yet! Homers been eating healthy again, and has healthy gas"!

Trivia

What precious metal was used in making the disc presented to Paul McCartney in 1979 when he was named the all-time best-selling songwriter and recording artist?

• Rhodium, the most expensive precious metal in the world. The title was bestowed on McCartney by Guinness World Records.

History

• Ivan the Terrible: grand prince of Moscow was crowned the first czar of Russia (1547)
• US civil service: US government commission was reestablished by the Pendleton Act, ending the spoils system; from then on, appointments to public office were to be made based on merit, not loyalty (1883)
• Amendment 18: the law beginning Prohibition was ratified (1920); it was repealed in 1933
• Mickey Mantle: signed a $75,000-a-year contract, becoming the highest-paid baseball player at the time (1961)
• Operation Desert Storm: the White House announced the start of the campaign to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait (1991)
• Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: was sworn in as president of Liberia, becoming Africa's first elected female head of state (2006)

Birthdays

• Andre Michelin 1853
• Evelyn Levine 1902
• Ethel Merman 1909
• Dizzy Dean 1911
• Elliott Reid 1920
• Katy Jurado 1927
• Pilar Lorengar 1928
• William Kennedy 1928
• G.T. (Granville) Hogan 1929
• Norman Podhoretz 1930
• Susan Sontag 1933
• Marilyn Horne 1934
• A.J. Foyt 1935
• Bob Bogle (The Ventures) 1937
• Barbara Lynn 1942
• Bill Francis (Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show) 1942
• Jim Stafford 1944
• Ronnie Milsap 1943
• John Carpenter 1948
• Debbie Allen 1950
• Sade Adu 1959
• Paul Webb (Talk Talk) 1962
• Maxine Jones (En Vogue) 1966
• David Chokachi 1968
• Kate Moss 1974
• Aaliyah 1979
• Yvonne Zima 1989