TGIF! Friday, August 15, 2014

lagniappe \ lan-YAP, LAN-yap \ , noun; 

1. Chiefly Southern Louisiana and Southeast Texas . a small gift given with a purchase to a customer, by way of compliment or for good measure; bonus. 
2. a gratuity or tip. 
3. an unexpected or indirect benefit. 

Origin: Lagniappe , also spelled lagnappe , is an Americanism that entered English in the mid-19th century. It is thought to be a variant of the Spanish term la napa , which can be traced to the Quecha word yapa. 

the royal we

• A social offense that can be called out when one is being falsely spoken for.

"God, we got so plastered last night."
"The royal we. I had a vodka tonic and called it quits. You got so shitfaced you puked on my jacket and then attempted to fornicate with it."
"Good times. We have fun."
"Go fuck a blender."

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
  Jennifer Lawrence 1990