Thursday, June 27, 2024

Thursday, June 27, 2024

chockablock \CHOK-uh-BLOK\, adjective:
  1. Extremely full; crowded; jammed.
  2. Nautical. Having the blocks drawn close together, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.
adverb:
  1. In a crowded manner: books piled chockablock on the narrow shelf.
Chockablock is of uncertain origin. It is likely related to the word chock-full which means "crammed". The word chock refers to a wooden block that holds something in place.
 
Gherkinson's Disease
  • The perceived notion by low-capacity thinkers that there is condition which compels men to overcompensate their lack of manhood by overachieving in other areas, bodybuilding, for example. Truly, the person making the accusation is using this as an excuse to think of that man's penis. 
Mark: That guy is 6 foot 5 and washboard abs. Black belt in karate and drive a Maserati and my name is Marty. I am visualizing his penis RIGHT NOW. 
 
Trivia
Who introduced the first oranges and lemons to Florida?
  • Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon, in 1513. They were planted in St. Augustine.
History
  • Joseph Smith: the founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was killed by an anti-Mormon mob in Illinois (1844)
  • Joshua Slocum: Canadian adventurer landed at Newport, Rhode Island, becoming the first to circumnavigate the world on his own (1898)
  • Newbery Medal: was first awarded, to Hendrik Willem van Loon for The Story of Mankind (1922)
  • paintball: the first game was played, in New Hampshire (1981)
  • US National Do Not Call Registry: opened for business; almost ¾ of a million phone numbers were signed up on its first day in a stand against unwanted telemarketing (2003)
Birthdays
  • Louis XII (France) 1462
  • Charles XII (Sweden) 1682
  • Charles Stewart Parnell 1846
  • Mildred J. Hill 1859
  • Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872
  • Helen Keller 1880
  • John McIntire (actor) 1907
  • Audrey Christie 1911
  • Willie Mosconi 1913
  • Ben Homer 1917
  • I.A.L. Diamond 1920
  • Elmo Hope 1923
  • Rosalie Allen 1924
  • Jerome ‘Doc’ Pomus 1925
  • Bob "Captain Kangaroo" Keeshan 1927
  • H. Ross Perot 1930
  • Charles Bronfman 1931
  • Anna Moffo 1934
  • Shirley Anne Field 1938
  • Sandra Smith 1940
  • Frank Mills 1942
  • Bruce Johnston (The Beach Boys) 1944
  • Norma Kamili 1945
  • Julia Duffy 1951
  • Isabelle Adjani 1955
  • Lorrie Morgan 1959
  • Brian Dillinger 1960
    J. J. Abrams 1966
  • Tobey Maguire 1975
  • Leigh Nash (Sixpence None the Richer) 1976
  • Madylin Sweeten 1991
    Chandler Riggs (TWD) 1999 

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