1974 – The filming of “Jaws” began in Martha’s Vineyard, MA.
Category: Teh Silly
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
1999 – On Mount Everest, a group of U.S. mountain climbers discovered the body of George Mallory. Mallory had died in June of 1924 while trying to become the first person to reach the summit of Everest. At the time of the discovery it was unclear whether or not Mallory had actually reached the summit.
Tuesday
1980 – The film “McVicar,” which starred Roger Daltrey and Adam Faith, premiered.
Monday
1941 – The Boston Bees agreed to change their name to the Braves.
Sunday
1985 – The largest sand castle in the world was completed near St. Petersburg, FL. It was four stories tall.
Saturday
1965 – “Pampers” were patented by R.C. Duncan.
****Sven won the 04-19 Caption Contest!***
Sven’s Fabulous Prize!
Whew!
That was fun! Now, let’s lift the veil on a New Thread!
(Yeah, I really like this so I nicked it from Fatwa.)
Tonight’s Captioning Topic Is…
Pop culture! And who better to celebrate that with than the Red Queen of Inscrutable Weirdness, Lady GaGa.
She’s making a speech here, she’s got somethin’ really important to say, and I’m sure you know just what that something is…so Caption That!
*** This week’s Caption Contest prize is really special, so … may the odds be evah in your favor! ***
Oh, the Captioning vote. Yes, well, about that…
Here it is! Ha-ha, fooled ya, di’int I?! Last Friday we captioned:
[singlepic id=3 w=200 h=120 ] | [singlepic id=2 w=200 h=120 ] | [singlepic id=1 w=200 h=120 ] |
Pic 1 | Pic2 | Pic3 |
And now, you get to vote:
This week’s fabulous prize for Best Comment is: A lovely* Capodimonte Lamp. For just the price of shipping and handling**, you can own your own 1 ft. (approx), multi-colored (pink and yellow roses) vintage lamp***.
*Says me. Fatwa, however, wishes to make known that he finds the lamp hideous and probably infested with demons.
**$2,000.39, ships in the continental US only
***Lampshade not included.
Friday
1975 – B.J. Thomas had the longest title of a number one song at the top of the “Billboard” popular music chart. The song was “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song.”