Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

arsy-varsy \ AHR-see-VAHR-see \ , adjective; 
  • Informal . wrong end foremost; completely backward: an arsy-varsy way of doing things . 
adverb: 
  • Informal . in a backward or thoroughly mixed-up fashion: The papers are all filed arsy-varsy . 
Origin: This term first came to English in the 1530s. It is probably an alteration of the Latin vice versa with arse substituted to make a facetious rhyming compound. 

making base contact
  • Making Base Contact; "saying" meaning contacting your wife, girlfriend, or serious female relationship via your cellular phone, just like as paramedics make base contact to get additional orders for patient care, one can give ones female an updated status on what the boys and yourself are doing.
you: hey guys so are we getting ready to head to the bar now?
friends: yeah sure were leaving in ten, can't wait to get smashed!!
you: sounds great lemme just go "make base contact" first
OR
you: great if you leave any sooner Ill be over by the garage "making base contact"

History 
  • federal income tax: was levied for the first time in the US; it aimed to help pay the bills for the Civil War and was rescinded in 1872 (1861)
  • "Damn the torpedoes": famous order was given by Union Admiral David G. Farragut as he led his fleet at Mobile Bay during the Civil War (1864)
  • Little Orphan Annie: Harold Gray's comic strip debuted (1924)
  • Nelson Mandela: South African resistance leader and later president was arrested and jailed; his imprisonment lasted till 1990 (1962)
  • Marilyn Monroe: was found dead after overdosing on sleeping pills (1962)
  • Test Ban Treaty: the US, Britain and the Soviet Union agreed to prohibit nuclear weapon tests underwater, in the atmosphere and in outer space (1963)
Birthdays
  • Guy DeMaupassant 1850
  • Conrad Aiken 1889
  • Andrew Alford 1904
  • John Huston 1906
  • Robert Taylor 1911
  • David Brian 1914
  • Jeri Southern 1926
  • Richie Ginterh 1930
  • Neil A. Armstrong 1930
  • Vern Gosdin 1934
  • Cammie King 1934
  • John Saxon 1935
  • Zakes Mokae 1935
  • Damita Jo 1940
  • Bobby Braddock 1940
  • Rick Huxley (Dave Clark Five) 1942
  • Sammi Smith 1943
  • Jimmy Webb 1946
  • Erika Slezak 1946
  • Loni Anderson 1946
  • Greg Leskiw (Guess Who) 1947
  • Rick Derringer 1947
  • Holly Palance 1950
  • Samantha Sang 1953
  • Maureen McCormick 1956
  • Pat Smear (Foo Fighters) 1959
  • Pete Burns (Dead Or Alive) 1959
  • Mark O'Connor 1961
  • Tawny Kitaen 1961
  • Patrick Ewing 1962
  • Adam Yauch (M.C.A. of the Beastie Boys) 1964
  • Elvis Duran 1964
  • Jonathon Silverman 1966
  • Terri Clark 1968
  • Brendon Ryan Barrett 1986
  • Xenia Tchoumitcheva (model) 1987 



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