highhanded \HAHY-HAN-did\, adjective:
- acting or done in a bold, arbitrary way
coin wanking
- the act of jangling change held in a suit trouser pocket, usually performed by male office workers whilst stood chatting to colleagues
to stand near someone, chatting to them, but simultaneously coin wanking by caressing and fondling the change in your pocket
TriviaIn what film classic did Isabel Sanford, who portrayed Weezie on the TV sitcom The Jeffersons, make her Hollywood debut?
- Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. Sanford played Tillie, the outspoken maid, in the 1967 movie.
- Mary, Queen of Scots: was beheaded after being implicated in the Babington plot against Elizabeth I (1587)
- Russo-Japanese War: began with a surprise attack by Japan on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur (now Lüshun) (1904)
- NASDAQ: the world's first electronic stock market opened, facilitating trading directly between the investors and buyers/sellers; the acronym stands for "National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation" (1971)
- John Grisham (54): author of The Firm, The Associate; other writers born on this date include John Ruskin (1819-1900), Jules Verne (1828-1905), Kate Chopin (1851-1904), Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) and Ted Koppel (69)
- Alonzo Mourning (39): NBA center
- Seth Green (35): Scott Evil in the Austin Powers films; also, actors Lana Turner (1921-1995), Jack Lemmon (1925-2001), James Dean (1931-1955), Nick Nolte (68), Robert Klein (67), Creed Bratton (66), Mary Steenburgen (56) and Josh Morrow (35)
- John Williams (77) composer/conductor
- "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." — Aldous Huxley
2 comments:
"Coin Wanking" - good stuff! Wish I had more coin to wank, ha!
Love the Huxley quote too - one of my favorites.
Thanks Steve!
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