Thursday, May 19, 2016

Hobson's choice (HOB-sonz chois)

• noun: An apparently free choice that offers no real alternative.

Etymology: After Thomas Hobson (1544?-1630), English keeper of a livery stable, from his requirement that customers take either the horse nearest the stable door or none.

 

Girlfriend-proof

• v. To hide any objects that you would rather your girlfriend not see. These objects usually include porn, childish things (dolls, small toys, etc), and Pokemon memorabilia. You can girlfriend-proof your car, room, house, and really just about anything. Similar to parent-proof

Mitch: Hey man want to play me in a Yu-Gi-Oh match?

Mike: Sorry dude I just got done girlfriend-proofing my room. All my cards are in a shoe-box under my bed.

Mitch: Oh alright. Hey, did you remember to take down your Justin Timberlake poster?

Mike: Oh shoot. Thanks for reminding me. I'll get home and take care of that right away.

 

Trivia

Who was the first villain Superman faced when he made his movie debut in 1948?

• Spider Lady. She appeared in the 15-episode Superman serial adventure.

History

• Anne Boleyn: Henry VIII's second wife was beheaded (1536)
• New England's Dark Day: clouds, smoke and fog combined to obliterate the sun over the northeastern United States (1780)
• Tariff of 1828: was passed to protect US industry; it was denounced as a "tariff of abominations" by critics in the South (1828)
• Marilyn Monroe: crooned ''Happy Birthday, Mr. President'' to John F. Kennedy at a Madison Square Garden fundraiser (1962)

Birthdays 

• Johns Hopkins 1795 - entrepreneur, philanthropist, most noted for the creation of Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Sarah Peale 1800 - Portrait painter
• Ho Chi Minh (Nguyen Sinh Cung) 1890 - North Vietnamese Communist revolutionary, prime minister and president
• Bruce Bennett 1906 - Shot putter, actor

  
• George Auld 1919 - Musician
• Malcolm X (Malcolm Little) 1925 - African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist
• Jim Lehrer (James Charles "Jim" Lehrer) 1934 - Journalist, news anchor
• David Hartman 1935 - Television personality
• James Fox 1939 - Actor
• Nancy Kwan 1939 - Actress
• Stephen Young (Stephen Levy) 1939 - Actor
• Francis Scobee (Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee) 1939 - Astronaut, killed commanding the Space Shuttle Challenger
• Mickey Newbury 1940 - Songwriter
• Nora Ephron 1941 - Diretor, producer, screenwriter, novelist, journalist
• Peter Mayhew 1944 - Actor ("Star Wars")
• Pete Townsend 1945 - Musician (The Who)
• David Helfgott 1947 - Concert pianist
• Joe Michael "Dusty" Hill 1949 - Musician (ZZ Top)
• Grace Jones 1952 - Singer, model, actress
• Joey Ramone 1951 - Musician (The Ramones)
• Phil Rudd 1954 - Musician (AC/DC)
• Steven Ford (Steven Meigs Ford) 1956 - Actor, son of U.S. President Gerald Ford
• Martyn Ware 1956 - Musician (The Human League)
• Iain Harvie (Del Amitri) 1962
• Jenny Berggren 1972 - Musician (Ace of Base)
• Kevin Garnett 1976 - Basketball player
• Eric Lloyd 1986 - Actor
  Anna Carina "Ophelia Overdose" Jahns 1989 - stunning fetish model