Monday, October 27, 2014

Monday, October 27, 2014

higgledy-piggledy \ HIG-uhl-dee-PIG-uhl-dee \ , adverb; 
  • in a jumbled, confused, or disorderly manner; helter-skelter. 
adjective: 
  • confused; jumbled. 
Origin: Higgledy-piggledy came to English in the late 1500s and is a rhyming compound of uncertain origin. 


Presponse
  • To respond to a question before it is finished, often confusing the asker.
Wendy: So are you avail-
Jimmy: No. (Presponse)
Wendy: -ible Monday?
(silence)
Wendy: Are you?

History 
  • Philadelphia: the City of Brotherly Love was founded (1682)
  • Federalist Papers: the first of a series of essays was published, calling for the ratification of the US Constitution; the essays were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay (1787)
  • IRT: New York City's first rapid transit subway opened (1904)
  • nylon: chemical company DuPont announced the name of its new synthetic fiber (1938)
  • Wall Street crash: trading was halted for a cooling-off period after the Dow fell more than 500 points (1997)
Birthdays
  • James Cook 1728
  • Nicola Paganini 1782
  • Theodore Roosevelt (U.S.) 1858
  • Emily Post 1872
  • Leif Erickson 1911
  • Dylan Thomas 1914
  • Teresa Wright 1918
  • Nanette Fabray 1920
  • Ralph Kiner (MLB) 1922
  • Roy Lichtenstein 1923
  • Ruby Dee 1924
  • Floyd Cramer 1933
  • John Cleese 1939
  • Lara Parker 1942
  • Lee (Melvin) Greenwood 1942
  • Carrie Snodgress 1946
  • Terry Anderson 1947
  • Jack Daniels (Highway 101) 1949
  • Garry Tallent (E Street Band) 1949
  • Fran Lebowitz 1950
  • Jayne Kennedy-Overton 1951
  • Roberto Benigni 1952
  • Peter Firth 1953
  • Robert Picardo 1953
  • Simon LeBon (Duran Duran) 1958
  • Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) 1967 
  • Sean Holland 1968
  • Sheeri Rappaport 1977
  • Kelly Osbourne 1984



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