Sunday, October 4, 2009

bifurcate \BY-fur-kayt; by-FUR-kayt\,
transitive verb:

• To divide into two branches or parts.

intransitive verb:

• To branch or separate into two parts.

adjective:

• Divided into two branches or parts; forked.

Bifurcate comes from the past participle of Medieval Latin bifurcare, "to divide," from Latin bifurcus, "two-pronged," from bi- + furca, "fork."

courtesy fart

• When someone accidentally farts and is embarrased, you should, if you have one ready, let one fly as well. This is a courtesy fart. This is an opportune time for you to release since then the two fart smells will interfere and no one will discover how unbelievibly nasty your ass is.

Boris farted as he bent over to pick up his shuttlecock at the badminton tournament. Shung Fe felt so bad for him that he offered up a courtesy fart. Unfortunately Shung Fe's rice and eggnoodle fart could not completely mask the liverwurst and vodka fart from Boris, and everyone had to leave the court for 15 minutes.

Trivia
What percent of a U.S. penny is copper? What else is in the coin?

• The penny is 2.5 percent copper. The remaining 97.5 percent is zinc

Today in History

• Gregorian calendar: was proclaimed by Pope Gregory XIII; this date, October 4, was followed immediately by October 15 in Spain, Portugal, Poland and most of Italy (1582)
• US Open golf tournament: was played for the first time; the $150 prize was won by Horace Rawlins (1895)
• Pope Paul VI: became the first pontiff to visit the US when he addressed the UN General Assembly in New York (1965)

Today's Birthdays

• Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893): 19th US president; other world leaders born on this date includeLouis X (1289-1316) and Charles IX (1550-1611)
• Frederic Remington (1861-1909): painter of the Wild West
• Anne Rice (68): author of Interview With The Vampire; writers Damon Runyan (1884-1946) and Lee Blessing (60) were also born on this date
• Liev Schreiber (42): stage and screen actor, Defiance, Taking Woodstock; also, actors Buster Keaton(1895-1966), Charlton Heston (1924-2008), Felicia Farr (77), Clifton Davis (64), Susan Sarandon (63),Armand Assante (60), Alan Rosenberg (59), Abraham Benrubi (40), Alicia Silverstone (33) and Rachael Leigh Cook (30)