Friday, September 6, 2024

gull \guhl\, verb:

• 1. To deceive, trick, or cheat.

noun:

1. A person who is easily deceived or cheated; dupe.

Gull is of uncertain origin, but it may come from the now-obsolete word gull which meant "to guzzle." 

 

Landmass 

• The area of land between New Orleans and Mobile, as referenced during Hurricane Isaac coverage by The Weather Channel. Also known as Mississippi.

Substitute the word Landmass or Mass for the State of Mississippi in anything, especially in a good meme. Ole Mass. Landmassians. University of Southern Landmass. Post it online. Sell t-shirts.

 

History

• William McKinley: US president was shot by an anarchist; he died eight days later (1901)
• Piggly Wiggly: the first self-service supermarket opened in Memphis, Tennessee (1916)
• Queen Juliana: popular monarch assumed the throne of the Netherlands, which she retained until 1980 (1948)
• Hendrik Verwoerd: South African prime minister was stabbed to death by a deranged parliamentary messenger in parliament in Cape Town (1966)
• Saint Petersburg: the original name was restored after the Russian city had been Leningrad since 1924 (1991)
• Cal Ripken Jr.: played in his 2,131st consecutive game and broke Lou Gehrig's "unbreakable" record (1995); his streak ended at 2,632 games on September 20, 1998

Birthdays

• Marquis de Lafayette 1757
• Jane Addams 1860
• Max Schreck 1879
  
• Otto Kruger 1885
• Joseph P. Kennedy 1888 - bootlegger
• Billy Rose 1899
• Morgan Beatty 1902
• Maxie ‘Slapsie’ Rosenbloom 1904
• Vince DiMaggio 1912
• Jimmy Reed (Matthew James Reed Leland) 1925
• JoAnne Worley 1937
• David Allen Coe 1939
• Brian Smith 1940
• Mel McDaniel 1942
• Swoosie Kurtz 1944

• Roger Waters 1944 - Musician (Pink Floyd) 
• Ron Boone 1946
• Jane Curtin 1947
• Claydes Smith 1948 - Musician (Kool & the Gang)
• Banner Thomas 1954 - Musician (Molly Hatchet)
• Joe Smyth 1957 - Musician (Sawyer Brown)
• Jeff Foxworthy 1958
• Michael Winslow 1960
• Perry Bamonte 1960 - Musician (The Cure)
• Paul Waaktaar 1961 - Musician (a-ha)
• Mark Chestnut 1963
• Rosie Perez 1964
• William DuVall 1967 - Musician (Alice in Chains, Comes With The Fall)
• CeCe Peniston 1969
• Darryl Anthony 1969 - Musician (Az Yet)
• Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries) 1971
• Justin Whalen 1974
• Nina Persson 1974 - Musician (The Cardigans)
• Foxy Brown 1979