Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

cat's-paw \ KATS-paw \ , noun; 
  1. a person used to serve the purposes of another; tool. 
  2. Nautical . a. a hitch made in the bight of a rope so that two eyes are formed to hold the hook of one block of a tackle. b. a light breeze that ruffles the surface of the water over a comparatively small area. c. the small area ruffled by such a breeze.
Origin: Cat's-paw finds its origin in a fable called "The Monkey and the Cat" in which a monkey uses a cat's paw to draw chestnuts out of a fire. The term entered English in the mid-1600s. 

adults chewing gum
  • A pack of condoms. Used as an innuendo term to fool little children.
Child: What are these balloons doing in your bottom draw mummy? 
Mother: Those are mine and daddy's adults chewing gum, the mint in them is too sting for little kids. 

History
  • United States Constitution: the supreme law of the land was signed at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia (1787)
  • Norton I: Joshua Abraham Norton, a native Englishman who ended up in San Francisco, declared himself emperor of the United States (1859)
  • Battle of Antietam: bloody day — 23,000 killed — of carnage during the American Civil War (1862)
  • Lt. Thomas Selfridge: became the first person to die in an airplane crash, in a plane piloted by Orville Wright (1908)
  • M*A*S*H: the TV show whose final episode remains the top-viewed program on American TV debuted (1972)
Birthdays
  • Ben Turpin 1874
  • Andrew Foster 1879
  • J. (John) Marriott 1900
  • Esther Ralston 1902
  • Dolores Costello 1904
  • Chaim Herzog (Israel) 1918
  • Hank Williams, Sr. (Hiram King "Hank" Williams) 1923 - Country music performer
  • Bill Black 1926
  • Brother Jack McDuff 1926
  • George Blanda 1927
  • Roddy McDowall 1928
  • Sil Austin 1929
  • Pat Crowley 1929
  • Anne Bancroft 1931
  • Dorothy Loudon 1933
  • Ken Kesey 1935
  • Orlando Cepeda 1937
  • Paul Benedict 1938
  • LaMonte McLemore (The Fifth Dimension) 1939
  • David Williams 1946
  • Lol Creme 1947
  • Jeff MacNelly 1947
  • John Ritter 1948
  • Fee Waybill (Tubes) 1950
  • Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson 1951
  • Rita Rudner 1956
  • Kyle Chandler 1965
  • Douglas E. Davis 1966 (Doug E. Fresh)
  • Malik Yoba 1967
  • Keith Flint (Prodigy) 1969
  • Vinnie (Naughty By Nature) 1970
  • Marcus Sanders (Hi-Five) 1973
  • Jimmie Johnson (Jimmie Kenneth Johnson) 1975 - Nascar driver
 
    


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