Monday, July 10, 2023

Monday, July 10, 2023

skylark \SKAHY-lahrk\, verb:
1. To frolic; sport.
noun:
1. A brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
Skylark as a verb is nautical in origin, recorded from 1809, in reference to "wanton play about the rigging, and tops."
 
Whack it Off
  • An appropriate response when conversing with sexually frustrated individuals who have no future mating prospects. Similar to "Walk it off."
James: "Dayum! I'm horny and no girl will sleep with me. Not even Gretta, the unibrow girl." 
Morty: "Whack it off, James... Just whack it off."

 
biological footprint
  • The amount of offspring you bring into this world.
Dude, keep it wrapped, your biological footprint is already too big.

History 
  • Monkey Trial: proceedings began against John Scopes, who broke Tennessee state law by teaching evolution to high school students (1925)
  • Meher Baba: Indian spiritual master began a silence "to save mankind from monumental ignorance," which ended up lasting 44 years till his death (1925)
  • Battle of Britain: German began to attack Britain by air (1940)
  • Telstar: the first communications satellite was launched into orbit (1962)
  • Coca-Cola Classic: the Coca-Cola Co. announced it would bring back its original formula after customers reacted negatively to New Coke (1985)
Birthdays
  • John Calvin 1509
    Camille Pisarro 1830 (impressionist painter)
  • James Whistler 1834
  • Aldolphus Busch 1842
  • Nikola Tesla 1856 (genius)
  • Marcel Proust 1871
  • Mary McLeod Bethune 1875
  • Edmund Clerihew Bentley 1875
  • John Gilbert 1897
  • Ljuba Welitsch 1913
  • Milt Buckner 1915
  • Dick Cary 1916
  • Don Herbert 1917
  • David Brinkley 1920
  • Jake LaMotta 1921
  • Jeff Donnell 1921
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver 1921
  • Jean Kerr 1923
  • Fred Gwynne 1926
  • David N. Dinkins 1927
  • Ivan Passer 1933
  • Jerry Herman 1933
  • Sandy Stewart 1937
  • Lawrence Pressman 1939
  • Mills Watson 1940
  • Robert Pine 1941
  • Ian Whitcomb 1941
  • Arthur Ashe 1943
  • Jerry Miller 1943 - Musician (Moby Grape) 
  • Ron Glass 1945
  • Virginia Wade 1945
  • Hal McRae 1946
  • Sue Lyon 1946
  • Arlo Guthrie 1947
  • Ronnie James Dio 1949 - Musician (DIO)
  • Cheryl Wheeler 1951
  • Neil Tennant 1954 - Musician (Pet Shop Boys)
  • Bela Fleck 1958
  • Hawkshaw Wilson 1960 - Musician (BR5-49)
  • Peter DiStefano 1965 - Musician (Porno for Pyros)
    Sofia Vergara 1972
  • Jessica Simpson 1980 
 
 
 
 

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