1808 – William “Juda” Henry Lane perfected the tap dance.
Category: Teh Silly
Saturday
1096 – Peter the Hermit gathered his army in Cologne.
Fine. Fiiiiiiiiine.
Just have a mime then. A celebrity mime.
Caption Time! Allee-allee-all come free, it’s Caption Time!
The arts, politics, religion, living statues and even mimes…we’ll caption anything around here. Got your hopes up yet? Yeah, no, it’s politics again. Sigh.
A Smaller International Teeny Weenie Gesture Than Usually Found
He’s in the news again. Apparently Mr. Weiner feels that he would make a simply MAHvelous major for NYC, and I can’t honestly say that he wouldn’t be a suitable following act for Bloomberg.
He needs our help, though. Our help with a suitable campaign motto — so, please do your part and CAPTION THAT.
(Your hostess, BrendaK, is happily abuzz thanks to a happy time up to Kate’s happy place and the miracle of entirely new and happy Grand Margaritas.)
This Captioning approved by:
The Squidward Institution for Facial Reconstruction
Friday
1985 – U.S. Senator Jake Garn of Utah became the first senator to fly in space as the shuttle Discovery lifted off from Cape Canaveral, FL.
Thursday
1986 – Kellogg’s stopped giving tours of its breakfast-food plant. The reason for the end of the 80-year tradition was said to be that company secrets were at risk due to spies from other cereal companies.
Happy Birfday, Brenda!!!
Wednesday
1967 – The 13-day strike by the American Federation of Radio-TV Artists (AFTRA) came to an end less than two hours before the 39th Academy Awards presentation went on the air.
Happy Birfday, BME!!!
Last Friday’s Caption Contest: The Votening
Last week we captioned:
A fat boy in a starving land full of No Dongs.
Now, you will vote!
Winners will receive a free non-expense paid trip to Happy Larry-ville, GA where you will enjoy the lumpy guest mattress of your fabulous hosts, BrendaK and Fatwa. You will enjoy mowing their lawn twice a week, and will be treated to the best gruel in the South! With a biscuit! Just one biscuit, mind you. It’s not like we’re made of biscuits, you know.
Tuesday
1914 – In London, the first full-color film, “The World, The Flesh & the Devil,” was shown.
Monday
1947 – The first illustrated insurance policy was issued by the Allstate Insurance Company.