Friday, September 9, 2022

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jubilee \JOO-buh-lee\, noun:

1. Any season or occasion of rejoicing or festivity.

2. The celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee), fiftieth (golden jubilee), or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee).

3. The completion of 50 years of existence, activity, or the like, or its celebration.

4. A yearlong period to be observed by Jews once every 50 years, during which Jewish slaves were to be freed abd alienated lands were to be restored to the original owner.

Jubilee ultimately derives from the Hebrew yōbhēl, "ram's horn."

 

Snope

• To use knowledge gained from an urban legends website or other research to administer a firm rebuke to people who chronically forward junk to your inbox. This action may involve hitting the reply-all button (public snoping).

That lady over in accounts payable sent me another stupid email about Bill Gates giving me money to forward an email, so I snoped her in front of everyone.

 

fappening 

• an event that occurs when someone on the internet releases a large amount of fappable or nude/semi-nude pictures of famous people.

"When those girls hit up the topless beaches in Spain, a great fappening will consume the internet."

 

  

History

• Mary, Queen of Scots: was crowned at the age of nine months (1543)
• United States: received its new name from the Second Continental Congress; it had previously been known as the Thirteen Colonies (1776)
• California: became the 31st state (1850)
• Elvis Presley: "Elvis the Pelvis" made his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show; he was shown only from the waist up (1956)
• Attica Prison riot: erupted in western New York State; it lasted 4 days (1971)
  FRINGE premiered (2008)

 

Birthdays

• Frank Chance 1877
• Colonel Harland Sanders 1890
• MacKenzie John 1922
• Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder 1923
• Jane Greer 1924
• Cliff Robertson 1925
• Elvis Jones 1927
• Sylvia Miles 1932
• Topol 1935
• Otis Redding 1941
• Inez Foxx 1942
• Luther Simmons (The Main Ingredient) 1942
• Dee Dee Sharp 1945
• Billy Preston 1946
• Doug Ingle (Iron Butterfly) 1946
• Freddy Weller 1947
• Joe Thiesman 1949
• Tom Wopat 1951
• Michael Keaton 1951
• Angela Cartwright 1952
• Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) 1952
• Hugh Grant 1960
• Kristy McNichol 1962
• Adam Sandler 1966
• David Bennent 1966
• Paul Durham (Black Lab) 1968
• Scott DeFreitas 1969
• Dray (Das EFX) 1970
• Henry Thomas 1971
• Michelle Williams 1980