Tuesday, May 12, 2009

I can't get it out of my head

They've been playing the commercial featuring Biz Markie's song 'Just a friend' non-stop.



I can't for the life of me remember the product but I keep humming the song


Today in History:
While Limerick is the third largest city in Ireland, that has nothing to do with the fact that it's National Limerick Day which for some reason happens to coincide with Edward Lear's birthday.



Remember all those unfortunate folks from Nantucket.

May 12 1797 -
Following Napoleon's conquest of Venice, Ludovico Manin reluctantly steps down as its last Doge.



Thus ends the Most Serene Republic's 820-year history of national sovereignty.


May 12 1932 -
Delivery truck driver William Allen pulled his truck to the side of a road about 4.5 miles from the Lindbergh home. He went to a grove of trees to relieve himself, and there he discovered the badly decomposed body of the Lindbergh Baby. There were signs that the body had been chewed on by various animals as well as indications that someone had made an attempt to hastily bury the body.



These kinds of stories make you want to be a piss bottle man.




May 12 1932 -
Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, makes his first appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney .



Once again, yes he is a dog and yes Pluto is his pet dog, try understanding the time/ space continuum.


May 12, 1967 -
At Queen Elizabeth Hall, England, Pink Floyd stages the first-ever quadraphonic rock concert. Included in their set was their first UK hit, "Arnold Layne"



Please kids, time your drugs correctly.

May 12 1971 -
Tor Johnson dies of congestive heart failure at the age of 67 in San Fernando, California.



The man who once wrestled under the name "The Super Swedish Angel" leaves behind a legacy of B-movie acting roles, most famously as the bald zombie in Ed Wood's masterpiece "Plan 9 from Outer Space."


May 12 1993 -
NBC broadcasts the last episode of 'Cheers' on this date.



I wonder if everybody still knows your name?


I'm not sure that you remember it but first class postage went up to 42 cents last year on this date (It's now 44 cents.)

And so it goes.

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