Archive for June 2008
RIP George Carlin
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A Terrible Thing: Credit Fraud
Weaksauce.
You know what he did??
June 10th, 2008
Aside from lavish humidity and ice cold justice, in the form of ishing on fraudulent credit card holders, what is June 10th really about?
– The ball point pen was patented by the Biro brothers in 1943. One was a chemist, the other a journalist. How fitting. Aqui!
– London nearly burned to the ground. Aqui!
– In 1778, France declares war on Great Britain. This doesn’t seem like a great day to be English.
– 1940, the Luftwaffe begin to attack Southern England by air, opening the “Battle of Britain.”
– In 1821, the United States balled out and bought Florida from Spain. Que bueno, nino!
– The highest tsunami wave goes on the books in Alaska at Lituya Bay: 524 m, or 1572 feet, or 262 times myself.
– “1997 – London, scientists report their DNA analysis findings from a Neandertal skeleton which support the out of Africa theory of human evolution placing an “African Eve” at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.” Word.
– 1925, the Scopes Monkey trial begins!
– Death Valley hit 134 degrees, back in 1913, tragically before central air. Bad day to be English, bad day for extreme weather.
6/10 isn’t a great day to be born, either. Some important folks — Marcel Proust, American bootlegger Jack “Three Legs” Diamond, Jake LaMotta, Sofia Vergara — sprung to on this not-so-fine day. In fact, it’s better to die on July 10th. You’ll share the date with two emperors, four kings, an arch-duke, Jelly Roll Morton, and John Rockefeller the Tre. Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, also died (stick a carrot in him, he’s done.)
Who knew that July 10th, historically speaking, sucks. I do now.
