Friday, June 03, 2016

TGIF! Friday, June 3, 2016


swain \SWEYN\, noun:
1. A male admirer or lover.
2. A country lad.
3. A country gallant.
Swain evolves from swein, Old English for "servant".
 
nouveau douche
  • A person with a little bit of money who thinks that their small bankroll gives them the right to discard manners and class. Literally, "the new douche."
PERSON 1: Check out that ass-hat in the "stunna shades" arguing with the hotel manager because they won't give him a free upgrade to a penthouse on a sold-out night.
PERSON 2: He won't even take off his shades to argue with the guy!
PERSON 1: It's probably to protect his eyes from all the cubic zirconium he's wearing to look like "ice."
PERSON 2: Welcome to the nouveau douche.
 


Holiday
  • National Doughnut Day (US)

History
  • ''Casey at the Bat'': was first published, in the San Francisco Examiner (1888)
  • Duke of Windsor: the former King Edward VIII wed American divorcee Wallis Simpson, for love of whom he abdicated the throne of England (1937)
  • Edward White: Gemini 4 astronaut became the first American to walk in space (1965)
  • Tupolev Tu-144: Soviet jet crashed at the Paris Air Show; it was the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft (1973)
  • The Producers: Broadway musical by Mel Brooks won a record 12 Tony Awards (2001)
Birthdays
  • William Hone 1780
  • Richard Cobden 1804
  • Jefferson Davis 1808
  • Maurice Evans 1901
  • Jan Pierce 1904
  • Josephine Baker 1906
  • Ellen Corby 1911
  • Paulette Goddard 1911
  • Leo Gorcey 1915
  • Lily St. Cyr 1917
  • Tony Curtis 1925 - Actor
  • Allen Ginsberg 1926
  • Colleen Dewhurst 1926
  • Boots Randolph 1927
  • Chuck Barris 1929 - Game show host ("The Gong Show")
  • Dakota Stanton 1932
  • Larry McMurtry 1936 - Author
  • Curtis Mayfield 1942
  • Billy Cunningham 1943 - Basketball player
  • Emmit Thomas 1943 - Football player
  • Mike Clark 1944 - Musician (The Byrds)
  • Ian Hunter 1946 - Musician (Mott the Hoople)
  • John Paul Jones 1946 - Musician (Led Zeppelin)
  • Michael Burton 1947
  • Too Slim 1948 - Musician (Riders in the Sky)
  • Suzi Quatro 1950 - Singer
  • Deniece Williams 1951 - Actress
  • Billy Powell 1952 - Musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
  • Dan Hill 1954
  • Scott Valentine 1958
  • Charles Hart 1961 
    Kerry King (1964): guitarist, Slayer
  • Mike Gordon 1965 - Musician (Phish)
  • Anderson Cooper 1967 - Broadcast journalist
  • Gabriel Hernandez (No Mercy) 1971
  • Ariel Hernandez (No Mercy) 1971
  • Rafael Nadal 1986 - Tennis player
    Imogen Poots 1989 - Actress


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