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The Daily F Bomb, Thursday 9/5/13

Interrogatories

Do you have a good sense of direction? What if you are in a strange city?

Do you chew gum? What is your favorite kind? Can you chew it and walk at the same time? Have you ever left it on the bed post overnight? Did you ever swallow your gum?

Have you made a will? If not, why?

How many tools do you have? Do you know how to use them?

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On This Day

In 1666, the Great Fire of London was finally extinguished.

In 1698, Tsar Peter I of Russia, a hater of hairy chins, imposed a tax on beards (exempting peasantry and monks) in order to make his countrymen a little more stylish.

In 1836, the Republic of Texas elected Sam Houston as their first President.

In 1882, the first Labor Day Parade was held in NYC.

In 1939, the U.S. declared itself to be neutral in regards to WW2.

In 1960, boxer Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) won the gold medal in the Light Heavyweight boxing competition.

In 1969, Lt. William Calley was charged with murder in the My Lai Massacre.

In 1975, Manson acolyte Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford.

In 2005, President George W. Bush nominated John Roberts to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Born on This Day

1592 – Jacopo Vignali, Italian painter (d. 1664)

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1638 – Louis XIV of France (d. 1715)

1704 – Maurice Quentin de la Tour, French painter (d. 1788)

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1722 – Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (d. 1763)

1774 – Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (d. 1840)

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1809 – Manuel Montt, Chilean politician and scholar, 6th President of Chile (d. 1880)

1834 – Vicente Palmaroli González, Spanish painter (d. 1896)

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1846 – Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel’s (d. 1911)

1885 – Arline Pretty, American actress (d. 1978)

1887 – Irene Fenwick, American actress (d. 1936)

1897 – Doris Kenyon, American silent film actress (d. 1979)

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1897 – Luella Gear, American stage actress (1980)

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1901 – Florence Eldridge, American actress (d. 1988)

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1902 – Darryl F. Zanuck, American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1979)

1907 – Sunnyland Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1995)

1908 – Gloria Holden, English actress (d. 1991)

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1912 – John Cage, American composer (d. 1992)

1912 – Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer (d. 2001)

1913 – Kathleen Burke, American actress (d. 1980)

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1918 – Jean-Marie Poitras, Canadian politician (d. 2009)

1918 – Buddy Williams, Australian country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1986)

1929 – Bob Newhart, American actor and comedian

1932 – Carol Lawrence, American actress

1939 – George Lazenby, Australian actor

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1939 – John Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kingston Trio) (d. 2008)

1940 – Raquel Welch, American actress

1942 – Evaristo Guerra Zamora, Spanish painter

1945 – Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

1946 – Freddie Mercury, Tanzanian-English singer-songwriter and producer (Queen) (d. 1991)

1946 – Loudon Wainwright III, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1947 – Buddy Miles, American singer-songwriter and drummer (The Electric Flag and The California Raisins) (d. 2008)

1949 – Clem Clempson, English guitarist and composer (Humble Pie and Colosseum)

1966 – Terry Ellis, American singer (En Vogue)

1968 – Brad Wilk, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine)

1969 – Dweezil Zappa, American singer, guitarist, and actor

1973 – Rose McGowan, Italian-American actress and singer

1976 – Carice van Houten, Dutch actress (Melisandre in Game of Thrones)

Died on This Day

1548 – Catherine Parr, English 6th wife of Henry VIII of England (b. 1512)

1734 – Nicolas Bernier, French composer (b. 1664)

1767 – Thomas Smith of Derby, English landscape painter (b. unknown)

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1877 – Crazy Horse, Native American war leader (b. 1849)

1920 – Robert Harron, American actor (b. 1893)

1922 – Georgette Agutte, French painter (b. 1867)

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1932 – Paul Bern, German-American director (b. 1889)

1988 – Gert Fröbe, German actor (b. 1913)

1992 – Fritz Leiber, American author (b. 1910)

1993 – Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (b. 1914)

1997 – Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian missionary, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)

1999 – Allen Funt, American director, writer, and producer (b. 1914)

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24 comments

  1. Floja Roja

    Cat still sneezing, but she’s becoming social again and showing more interest in food, though since she needs to lose a bit of weight, may not be entirely good. 😉

    Highs in the 90s again, humidity is decreasing even as the dew point stays high. Some guy on Twitter was lamenting the end of skirt season. I think I can safely guess he lives elsewhere.

    Answers:

    I had a good sense of direction when I lived in San Francisco, which is actually an achievement. In my present neighborhood I sometimes get switched on which roads run which way, which is pretty dimwitted. Or not.

    I do not chew gum. I realized a long time ago that it’s kind of an unattractive habit. I used to like Juicy Fruit and some cinnamon gum. And Chiclets. I have been known to chew it and walk at the same time. I never had any bed posts, I suppose I was deprived. I did swallow it on occasion, until another kid said it took 7 years for the gum to pass through your body (I have no idea where that story took root, but it was pretty widespread where I grew up.

    I have not made a will, I really should. I should also dump all my old papers so my heirs don’t have to go digging through it all. Or I could just say, “It’s of no interest, dump it.”

    I have lots of tools and can use most of them. All of them are small tools, the drill being the largest. If I were wealthy, I would probably have a workshop filled with power tools. That would be fun.

  2. freedapeople

    Do you have a good sense of direction? What if you are in a strange city? Yes. As a tourist in Paris, all kinds of people came up to me and asked me for directions in bad French. I’ve been pretty proud of that.

    Do you chew gum? What is your favorite kind? Can you chew it and walk at the same time? Have you ever left it on the bed post overnight? Did you ever swallow your gum? Yes. I like to on long car trips, or when I have a bad taste in my mouth. Always choose a minty flavor. I can walk and chew, no bedpost leavings, no swallowing if I can help it.

    Have you made a will? If not, why? Yes

    How many tools do you have? Do you know how to use them? Don’t know. Kitchen stuff. But I can say I am not a tool.

  3. plf515

    Do you have a good sense of direction? What if you are in a strange city?

    No. In fact, I could well have the worst sense of direction of anyone you know. Part of my learning disability.

    Do you chew gum? What is your favorite kind? Can you chew it and walk at the same time? Have you ever left it on the bed post overnight? Did you ever swallow your gum?

    No. Never got into gum chewing; I will occasionally chew some if I have a bad taste in my mouth or want to try to freshen my breath, but I typically only chew for a few minutes.

    Have you made a will? If not, why?

    Yes. We made a will as soon as we had kids.



    How many tools do you have? Do you know how to use them?

    Errr…. there are some tools in our toolbox. It’s in the closet. There’s probably a screwdriver or two, maybe a hammer and I vaguely remember seeing a wrench.  

  4. anotherdemocrat

    Do you have a good sense of direction? What if you are in a strange city?

    Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Sorry. It’s just that I have an infamously bad sense of direction. I say that I have the opposite of a sense of direction. Out on a bike ride with my training group, I have gotten lost on a rectangular course (I missed a turn). Maps do not help. Verbal directions only. And one turn at a time. If you give me all the directions at once….. well, that doesn’t help.

    If I’m somewhere unfamiliar, I only go straight down one street. I’ll never get back otherwise.

    Do you chew gum? What is your favorite kind? Can you chew it and walk at the same time? Have you ever left it on the bed post overnight? Did you ever swallow your gum?

    I did as a teenager. Or preteen. No, I never left it on the bedpost.

    Have you made a will? If not, why?

    No. No one to leave anything to.

    How many tools do you have? Do you know how to use them?

    I have tools. I call a friend who knows how to fix stuff to use them. Me & anything more complicated than a hammer… not a good combination.

  5. Jk2003

    Do you have a good sense of direction? What if you are in a strange city?

    Do you chew gum? What is your favorite kind? Can you chew it and walk at the same time? Have you ever left it on the bed post overnight? Did you ever swallow your gum?

    Have you made a will? If not, why?

    How many tools do you have? Do you know how to use them?

    Direction:  yes, I tend to get bearings pretty quickly in a new place

    Gum:  rarely though I am talented enough to walk and chew it at the same time.  Never left it on a bedpost, my mom would have killed me!

    Will:  yes, we have kids so plans have been made.

    Tools:  lots, I am ascared of the power saws though.  The rest are useful to me though.  I let my husband handle all the power tools and he feels very manly thank you very much.

  6. Gee

    Do you have a good sense of direction? What if you are in a strange city?

    Do you chew gum? What is your favorite kind? Can you chew it and walk at the same time? Have you ever left it on the bed post overnight? Did you ever swallow your gum?

    Have you made a will? If not, why?

    How many tools do you have? Do you know how to use them?

    My sense of direction is not particularly good.  If I’m in a strange city, I have to learn it.

    I don’t chew gum.  When I was a kid, I did occasionally swallow my gum.  On purpose, of course, because that’s what kids do.

    I have not made a will.  But I will.

    When I got divorced, I moved into an apartment for a few years, so I left all my tools with wife #1.  I’m not real handy, but I buy new tools as I need them.  So any tool I have, I know how to use, or I probably wouldn’t have bought it.

  10. JG in MD

    Terrible, terrible sense of direction. My mom too. She used to say “My bump of direction is a dimple.”

    No gum. Hate it.

    No will. Gotta get around to that. Difficult though, because I have nobody to be executor except relatives who live hundreds of miles away. It would disrupt their lives.

    Tools. I have some, in different drawers around the house. Toolbox, but it holds few. I know how to use them. Some are my dad’s dating back to the 1940s and 1950s, maybe earlier.

  11. Avilyn

    at least tomorrow’s friday.

    Q&A:

    Do you have a good sense of direction? What if you are in a strange city?  If I’m in an area I know well, I can find my way around; like the town I grew up in, where I live now, and where I work.  However my sense of direction is abysmal; I can’t tell you which way is north or anything like that.  I can read a map and follow a GPS, but left on my own I sort of drive aimlessly until I hit something I recognize.  Thankfully NJ is a relatively small state so I don’t normally get lost for more than a couple hours.

    Do you chew gum? What is your favorite kind? Can you chew it and walk at the same time? Have you ever left it on the bed post overnight? Did you ever swallow your gum?  Yep.  For the sugared variety, Watermelon, Grape, and Orange were my favorites.  Sugar Free, I tend to go with Mint or Cinnamon.  Have swallowed gum before, don’t frequently now unless there’s no where to throw it out and I’m tired of chewing.  No bedposts.

    Have you made a will? If not, why?  Nope.  It’s one of those ‘I’ll get around to it eventually’ things.  And I’m young-ish.  (I know, I know)

    How many tools do you have? Do you know how to use them?  Kitchen gadgets; some, not as many as I’d like.  Other tools?  We own some, but mostly my husband uses them.

  12. bubbanomics

    Do you have a good sense of direction? What if you are in a strange city?

    mostly. In florence italy it totally failed me for some reason.  I perpetually had the map upside down in my head.

    Do you chew gum? What is your favorite kind? Can you chew it and walk at the same time? Have you ever left it on the bed post overnight? Did you ever swallow your gum?

    yeah. pepperminty kinds. yeah. no. yeah.

    Have you made a will? If not, why?

    yep. everyone should, even if you have little to leave. might as well leave it to someone who’d care.

    How many tools do you have? Do you know how to use them?

    too many to count.  yeah, i’m okay.  better at woodwork than metal or autos tho.

    sorry i’m not around more.  this site is soooooo sloooooow to load pages.

  13. JanF

    Exactly!!

       When Barack Obama deals w/#Syria by invading the wrong country and giving $39Bil to Joe Biden’s old company then we can compare it to Iraq.

       – John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) September 4, 2013

    But this one might not be well received everywhere. Ha!

       It’s as if white “progressives” said to themselves “why are we fighting the confederacy when we could JOIN it?”

       – SheriffFruitfly (@sherifffruitfly) September 4, 2013

    🙁 🙁 🙁

    In 2005, President George W. Bush nominated John Roberts to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

    Hovering … hovering … hovering …

    — Yes … that is Satan!!

    – HAHAHA! “Kathleen is heading to Portland, Maine, for the Blessing of the Camels.”

    I was late for the F Bomb … and nearly mist out on a chance to fret over the today’s pun-ishment.  

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