Jokes and Trivia fro February 9, 2012

“Do-so” is more important than “say-so.” – Pete Seeger

TODAY – FEBRUARY 9th – THURSDAY

40th day of 2012 with 326 to follow.

Holidays for Today:

* Toothache Day

* St. Apollonia Day (patron of dentists; against toothaches)

* National Bagels and Lox Day

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BIRTHDAYS ON THIS DATE:

1773 William Henry Harrison, Charles City County, Virginia, (Whigs) 9th President (March 4-April 4, 1841)
1846 Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer, designer of first Mercedes
1871 Howard T Ricketts, Findlay, Ohio, pathologist (discovered causative organisms/mode of transmission of Rocky Mountain spotted fever & epidemic typhus)
1909 Carmen Miranda, Brazil, vocalist/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy)
1914 Ernest Tubb, Crisp, Texas, guitarist/singer (I’m Walking the Floor over You, Ernest Tubb Record Shops)
1928 Roger Mudd, Washington DC, news anchor (CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News)
1942 Carole King, [Klein], Brooklyn, NY, pianist/singer (Tapestry)
1944 Alice Walker, Eatonton, Georgia, author (Color Purple, Meridian)
1945 Mia [Maria] Farrow, Los Angeles, California, actress (Rosemary’s Baby, Purple Rose of Cairo)
1954 Kevin Warwick, Coventry, UK, scientist (direct interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, robotics)
1960 Peggy Whitson, Mount Ayr, Iowa, NASA astronaut (Expedition 5, first female commander of ISS/ Expedition 16)
1963 Travis Tritt, Marietta, Georgia, country singer (Here’s A Quarter Call Someone Who Cares, Blues Bros.)
1985 David Gallagher, Queens, New York, actor (Simon Camden/7th Heaven; Look Who’s Talking Now, Riku in Kingdom Hearts video game)
1990 Camille Winbush, Culver City, California, actress (7th Heaven, The Secret Life of the American Teenager)

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This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. – George Bernard Shaw

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HISTORICAL HAPPENINGS:

1822 American Indian Society organizes.
1825 After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral vote, House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president.
1870 US Army establishes US National Weather Service (Bureau).
1895 William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
1942 Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
1964 Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers.
1969 World’s largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight
1971 Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.
1971 Satchel Paige becomes the first black League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1995 Space Shuttle astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and first Briton, respectively, to perform spacewalks.

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Looking for a different sort of gift for my sister’s birthday, I decided on a pair of pajamas we saw while visiting Smoky Mountain National Park. It was made up of bright scenic prints of the park’s natural wonders.

I wrapped them and sent them off to Sis. I just received this e-mail from her: “You Bozo! I don’t mind displaying ’12,948 feet high’ on my chest, but I thoroughly resent having “Greatest Natural Span” written across my bottom!”

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ONE-LINERS:

~Early to bed, early to rise ensures a healthy, dull demise.

~A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

~Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

~For Sale: Parachute. Only used once, never opened, small stain.

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pic of the day: Meerkat

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WARNING! ENTERING THE PUN ZONE!

I walked out of my house and was immediately hit in the head with a slice of ham. That was followed by a pound of ground beef, then a couple of rashers of bacon.

I called 911 and reported what happened.

They said, “Of course. We’re having meatier showers.”

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My wife asked me, “How would you describe me?

I said, “You’re A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K.”

“What does that mean?”

“Adorable, Beautiful, Cute, Delightful, Elegant, Foxy, Gorgeous and Hot.”

“Oh, that’s so sweet! But what about I, J, and K?”

“I’m Just Kidding.”

My eye is still swollen, but it will get better.

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An irritated father complained to his golf buddy, “When I was a kid, my parents sent me to my room without supper if I misbehaved. But my son has his own TV, telephone, computer, and every computer game and CD player in his room!”

“So how do you handle it?” his friend asked.

“I send him to MY room!”

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TODAY IN TRIVIA: Teeth and Toothache trivia

~ A toothache, also called odontalgia.

~ In India, folks use skinny twig of a Babul, Banyan or a Neem tree as a toothbrush.

~ Give your teeth a therapeutic massage with the saliva on gums with the tongue. That will guarantee proper blood circulation in tooth and enhance the lifetime of wholesome enamel and gums.

~ If experiencing toothache, Tea Tree Oil on the boil will relieve the pain and draw it out faster. If you have no available, use Vicks Vapor Rub.

~ Did you know that only one in 2,000 babies is born with teeth; Richard III, Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis XIV and Julius Caesar shared that distinction?

~ The Statue of Liberty’s mouth is 3 feet wide.

~ In the USA we buy 14 million gallons of toothpaste every year. Approximately $2 Billion a year is spent on dental products like toothpastes, mouthwashes and dental floss

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QUIP OF THE DAY: It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

THAT’S (ALMOST) ALL FOLKS!

Thought for the day. . .
Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others. – Spinoza