Wednesday, October 2, 2024

hustings \HUHS-tingz\, noun:

1. The political campaign trail.
2. (Before 1872) the temporary platform on which candidates for the British Parliament stood when nominated and from which they addressed the electors.
3. Any place from which political campaign speeches are made.
4. Also called hustings court. A local court in certain parts of Virginia.

Hustings is derived from the Old Danish word hūs-thing which meant "house meeting."

 
bacon flaps 

• The labia of the female genitalia

I think every guy has seen Stormy Daniel's bacon flaps

 
Trivia 

What was the only theme song from a James Bond film to hit No. 1 on American pop singles charts?

• “A View to a Kill,” in 1985, performed by Duran Duran.

History

• Siege of Jerusalem: Islamic military leader Saladin retook the holy city from the Crusaders (1187)
• HMS Beagle: naturalist Charles Darwin returned to England after a five-year sea voyage, during which he formulated his theory of natural selection (1836)
• Opus Dei: Roman Catholic organization was founded by St. Josemaría Escrivá; it was popularized in Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code (1928)
• The first episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE premiered on television (1959)
• Thurgood Marshall: was sworn in as the Supreme Court's first African American justice (1967)
• Rock Hudson: movie star died of AIDS; he was the first celebrity to announce he had the disease (1985)

Birthdays

• Richard III 1452 - He married the widow of the Prince of Wales and then imprisoned his mother-in-law for life
• Mahatma Gandhi 1869

  
• Wallace Stevens 1879
• Groucho (Julius) Marx 1890 - "Marx Brothers" movies and his quiz show "You Bet Your Life"
• Ruth Cheney Streeter 1895 - The first director of the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve
• Bud Abbott 1895
• Graham Greene 1904
• Paul Goldsmith 1927
• Leon Rausch (Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys) 1927
• George "Spanky" McFarland 1928
• Moses Gunn 1929
• Maury Wills 1932
• Rex Reed 1938
• Don McLean 1945
• Jo-el Sonnier 1946
• Donna Karan 1948
• Chris LeDoux 1948
• Avery Brooks 1948

  
• Richard Hell 1949
• Annie Leibovitz 1949
• Mike Rutherford (Mike & the Mechanics, Genesis) 1950
• Gordon "Sting" Sumner (Police) 1951
• Philip Oakey (Human League) 1955
• Freddie Jackson 1956
• Bud Gaugh (Sublime) 1967
• Dion Allen (Az Yet) 1970
• Kelly Ripa 1970 actress, MILF
  Jim "#4" Root 1971 Guitarist: SlipKnot / Stone Sour, formerly Mr. Cristina Scabbia
• Tiffany (Tiffany Darwisch) 1971
• LaTocha Scott (Xscape) 1973