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January
19th Celebrity Birthdays
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Katey Sagal (1956)
Shelly Fabares (1944)
Tippi Hedren (1931)
Fritz Weaver (1926)
Jean Stapleton (1923)
Jodie Sweein (9182)
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Dolly Parton (1946)
Michael Crawford (1942)
Shawn Wayans (1971)
Phil Everly (1939)
Janis Joplin (1943-1970, Age 27)
Robert Palmer (1949-2003)
Robert E Lee (1807)
Paul Cézanne (1839)
Drea DeMatteo (1973) |
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January
19th's Daily Batch O' Bad Jokes
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What's the difference between a tennis ball and the prince
of Wale's?
One is heir to the throne and the other is thrown into the
air.
How do crazy people go through the forest?
They take the psycho path.
How do you get holy water?
Boil the hell out of it.
What do Eskimos get from sitting on the ice too long?
Polaroids.
What do prisoners use to call each other?
Cell phones.
What do you call cheese that isn't yours?
Nacho Cheese.
What do you call four bull fighters in quicksand?
Quatro sinko.
What do you get from a pampered cow?
Spoiled milk.
What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
Frostbite.
What has four legs, is big, green, fuzzy, and if it fell
out of a tree would kill you?
A pool table.
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January
19th, Speaking Metaphorically
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► He fell for her like
his heart was a mob informant, and she was the East River.
► The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended
one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.
► The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like
maggots when you fry them in hot grease.
► He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame
duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe
from stepping on a land mine or something. |
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January
19th's Other Fun Facts
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► 1883 - Thomas Edison,
using overhead wires, began serving electricity to the residents
of Roselle, New Jersey.
► 1953 - Lucy had a baby, and 68% of every TV in the
country watched 'I Love Lucy'
► 1977 - President Ford pardons WWII siren Tokyo Rose
(Iva Toguri D'Aquino)
► 1978 - Volkwagon Beetles stopped being produced in
Germany.
► 1988 CBS's '48 Hours' debuted.
► 1989 - President Ronald Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner
for illegal campaign contributions for Richard Nixon. |
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