Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—May 13, 2014: Trust all enjoyed
creating limericks yesterday and will enjoy this sparse list of holidays found
for today along with the factoids and quotes.
1. National Leprechaun Day—here is a great
mystery of life beyond the comprehension of even the Alaskanpoet whose eldest
son was born on St. Patrick’s Day—this day almost
60 days after St. Patrick’s Day. Ponder the question over some Irish soda bread
or a large bowl of Irish stew.
2. Frog Jumping Day—celebrating our amphibian
friends and linked to Mark Twain’s first short story published in 1865 as Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog.
3.
National Apple Pie Day—celebrating the dessert
which is about as American as American can be especially when served a la mode.
On this day
in:
a. 1958 Ben Carlin became the first and only person to circumnavigate the Earth
in an amphibious vehicle, traveling 11,000 miles by sea and 39,000 miles by
land and taking 10 years to complete the feat.
b. 1985 in a classic case of overkill,
Philadelphia police trying to end an armed standoff at MOVE headquarters set
off a bomb which killed 11 MOVE members and destroyed the homes of 250 nearby
residents.
c. 1994 the icon of late night television, Johnny Carson, made his last
television appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman.
Some classic answers to chuckle over from Carson’s great
mystic the Great Carnac revealing first the answer and then opening the sealed
envelope to reveal to a chuckling Ed McMahon the answer.
A.
Until he gets caught
Q.
How long
does a United States Congressman serve?
A.
Praise the
Lord and pass the ammunition
Q.
What is
the best thing to do after swallowing a grenade?
A.
Over 15
billion served
Q What will be written on the Happy Hooker’s
tombstone?
Please enjoy
the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if
you like them, retweet and join almost 140 growing followers
and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and
entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for
poems on Mother’s Day; climbing into the
mountains to be nearer to God; the 2014 Boston Marathon; on the Mustangs going
to the Dance with a losing record; to honor Cindy Abbott, a half blind 54 year
old mother suffering from a rare disease who competed in last year's Iditarod
until forced out with a broken pelvis after 600 miles to join a great
collection of my poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy. Go to Rhymes
On The Newsworthy Times for poems on ICE releasing convicted murderers and
violent felons onto our streets; celebs boycotting Beverly Hills Hotel due to
Brunei adopting sharia law; Boko Haram’s jihadist war on school girls; Blues
and Reds uniting to force approval of Keystone XL; Condi Rice at Rutgers’ loss
withdrawing as a commencement speaker; death of a 77 year old pilot at air show
trying to cut a ribbon; more on Phoenix VA deaths to join numerous other comments on news
events always in rhyme of course.
©May 13,
2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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