Famous
First Words: The English language has received great
improvement... Philadelphia Spelling Book, 1790
Happy
Poultry Days! I dream of a better world where chickens can cross
the road without having their motives questioned.
..........The
overture is about to start.........Cole Porter ….Another Opening
Another Show
The
spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom...they are the pillars of
society. --Henrik Ibsen
It
is a peaceful Friday morning. There is not a cloud in the sky –
nor jet trail, nor fading star. No breeze shifts the leaves or
drives the cool air (58°F) into the bones. There are no birds are
in the yard near the feeders but birdsong is everywhere accompanied
by chirps and cheeps and trills. Puck stalks the perimeter and then
sits at my feet watching the morning go by. He does not even bark at
an early morning ambler across the street. I breathe in the day and
watch the shadows, formed by the rising sun, lengthen and change
shape. Pax arrives for a morning play date and the dogs disappear
around the storage shed. Still I linger in the outdoors, drinking in
daylight and delight...right up until the trash truck grinds by and
chases me and my ears into the house, into the smell of brewing
coffee and stale incense. Another beautiful daybreak ending now with
sweet decaf, creamed and warm and ready. The only thing missing is
you.
Greetings,
ePistliers, hope your weekend does the chicken dance.
Why
did the dinosaur cross the road? Because the chicken hadn't evolved
yet. / Ducks wake up at the quack of dawn
..........you're
a Bendel bonnet, a Shakespeare sonnet, you're Mickey
Mouse.........Cole Porter …..You're the Tops
Trivia
Questions: Happy 83rd, Donald – Duck that is
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Who created Donald Duck in the first place?
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What was the duck's first movie?
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Any idea what was on Donald's license plate?
^^^^
When did we meet Huey, Dewey, and Louis?
^^^^^
Know what Daisy's name was originally?
Fake
Library Statistic of the Week:
23% of librarians really don't like all the jokes about librarians
and tea. https://www.facebook.com/FakeLibStats/?fref=ts
Moonbeam:
After the verb “to love”, “to help” is the most beautiful
verb in the world. --Bertha von Suttner
Why
did the Roman chicken cross the road? She was afraid someone would
Caesar. / I don't know about that goose; he's from Brazil and only
speaks Portugeese.
..........You
can hear, dear Mother Nature murmuring low “Let yourself
go”..........Cole Porter …..It's De-Lovely
Something
to Think About of the Week:
Big
Hello: Sillaw – Kurdish (Sorani) Kurdistan, Iraq and
western Iran.
Week
of the Week: International Listening
Week (June 7-10) –It takes patience to listen but it takes skill to
pretend you are listening.
Science
Fiction Convention of the Week:
CoreCon IX Monsters vs Mechs. June 8-11, Fargo, ND.
https://www.fargocorecon.org/
How
did the headless chicken cross the road? In a KFC bucket. / Donald
told the waitress to put dinner on his bill.
..........I
get no kick from Champagne, mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at
all.........Cole Porter …..I Get a Kick Out of You
^
Duh, Walt Disney, of course, created Donald.
Almanac:
It is Friday, June 9, 2017. The moon is full (Strawberry) today and
is in Sagittarius. It is Banana
Split Days, Donald Duck Day, International Archives Day, Poultry
Days, Ryan Moran Day (during the full moon in June), and Toy Industry
Day. In Oklahoma it is Senior Citizens Day. It is also the weekend
of the National
Asparagus Festival
in Shelby, MI.
Among
those born on this day were Leopold I (Emperor of HRE, 1640), George
Stephenson (1781), Bertha von Suttner (1843), Cole Porter (1893),
Fred Waring (1900), Robert Cummings (1908), Les Paul (1915), Robert
McNamara (1916), Jackie Mason (1930), Donald Duck (1934), John Lord
(Deep Purple, 1941), Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1947),
Bonnie Tyler (Gaynor Hopkins, 1951), Michael J. Fox (1961), and
Johnny Depp (1963).
On
June nineth the passage of Halley's Comet was recorded for the 23rd
time (1456), Cartier sailed into the mouth of the St. Lawrence River
(1534), Thomas Morton became the first person deported from the new
world (1628), Georgia was chartered (1732), the first book was
copyrighted under the US constitution (Philadelphia Spelling Book,
1790), Charles Graham received the first patent for false teeth
(1822), Hires sold his first root beer (Philadelphia, 1869), the EL
began operation in Chicago (1883), Honus Wagner became first baseball
player to get 3,000 hits (1914), the first Donald Duck cartoon was
shown (1931), Anthony Eden resigned as British PM (1957), Harry
Blackmun became a Supreme Court Justice (1970), Star
Trek V
premiered (1989), and the British lease on Hong Kong expired (1997).
Night
Sky, 6/9: As twilight deepens, look for Saturn just a few
degrees to the right of the moon. Watch the moon pull a little
farther from Saturn as the hours pass.
This Week: Saturday, June 10 – AA Founder's Day, Crochet in Public Day, & 149th Running of the Belmont Stakes
Sunday,
June 11 – Making Life Beautiful Day & Cotton Candy Day
Night
Sky, 6/11: The Summer Triangle stands high and proud in the
east after dark. Its top star is bright Vega. Deneb is the brightest
star to Vega's lower left (by 2 or 3 fists at arm's length). Look for
Altair a greater distance to Vega's lower right.
Monday,
June 12 – Superman Day & National Jerky Day
Tuesday,
June 13 – World Pet Memorial Day & Call Your Doctor Day
Night
Sky, 6/13: After dark, Vega is the brightest star very high
in the east. Just a little lower left of it is 4th-magnitude Epsilon
Lyrae, the Double-Double.
Wednesday,
June 14 – Flag Day & World Blood Donor Day
Thursday,
June 15 – Magna Carta Day & Native American Citizenship
Day
Why
did the rubber chicken cross the road? She wanted to stretch her
legs. / If gooses are geese, why aren't mooses meese?
..........use
your mentality, wake up to reality.........Cole Porter …..Under
My Skin
^^
The Wise Little Hen was
released on June 9, 1934, and was about Donald and his friend Peter
Pig who faked having stomach aches so they wouldn't have to work.
They were found out in the end by Mrs. Hen.
Funniest
thing I read of the Week: Maybe if we start calling it Unborn
Baby Earth instead of Mother Earth republicans will be more concerned
with its well-being. --Submitted by pt of ks
Moonbeam:
You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous.
--Bonnie Tyler
Late
Night Snacks: President Drumpf rang in the
1st of June with a major announcement. No one loves to announce an
announcement more than Donald Drumpf. On Twitter last night, he
wrote, "I will be announcing my decision on Paris accord
Thursday at 3:00 P.M., the White House Rose Garden, make America
great again." It made sense that he did it from the Rose Garden.
While we still have roses and gardens. --Jimmy Kimmel /Today
is Vice President Mike Pence’s 58th birthday. But the White House
is going to leave the decorations up all week so they can also
celebrate Pence’s inauguration. --Jimmy Fallon / In Massachusetts,
a medical marijuana dispensary has begun selling marijuana-infused
pizza. Or as that’s known, “one-stop shopping.” --Conan
O'Brien / Just seven weeks to see who gets the most votes, but in
America, they are much more thorough. They take two years to see who
gets the most votes. Then they elect the person who gets the second
most votes. I’m kidding! They elect whoever Vladimir Putin wants.
--James Corden / President Drumpf today announced Christopher Wray,
the attorney for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie during the
Bridge-gate scandal, as the nomination for FBI director. Donald,
you’re even giving Chris Christie’s lawyer a job? How cruel are
you? I bet you called him personally. “Chris, are you sitting down?
I finally decided to hire ... your friend, the lawyer. That’s it,
though. No one else. All right. Have a terrible day.” --Seth Meyers
/ People are calling Comey’s testimony Washington’s Super Bowl,
and I hear Animal Planet is even airing the “Puppy Comey
Testimony.” --Stephen Colbert
Each
time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of
others,or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple
of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of
energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down
the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. --Robert Kennedy
Why
did the turkey cross the road? To prove he wasn't chicken. / If you
stand in the meat section at the grocery store long enough, you start
to get mad at turkeys. There's turkey ham, turkey bologna, turkey
pastrami. Someone has to tell the turkey, man, just be yourself.
--Mitch Hedberg.
..........You're
too good' way too good.........Cole Porter …..Let's Misbehave
^^^
Donald Duck's car had a license plate of 313 indicating that he is
unlucky.
Worthless
Facts of the Week: Harry Blackmun was the 98th
U.S. Supreme Court justice. Born in 1908, in Illinois, Blackmun
authored the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which guaranteed
constitutional protection for a woman’s right to have an abortion,
and was known for increasingly liberal rulings over time despite a
conservative background. He died on March 4, 1999.
Wicked
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Pulling Out is NOT an
effective method of Climate Control. --Submitted by pl of hi
Weird
Word of the Week:
Labretifery – an ornament worn through the upper or lower lip.
From the 1880s. http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-lab1.htm
Wacky
Uses for Common Products:
Differentiate hard-boiled from raw eggs in the refrigerator. Add one
tablespoon Tang orange drink mix power to the water when boiling
eggs. It give the shells a light orange color.
http://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/tang.html
Why
did the egg cross the road? To get to the Shell Station. / I've
always enjoyed watching chickens walk around. It's really poultry in
motion.
...........The
world's gone mad today and good's bad today..........Cole Porter
…..Anything Goes
^^^^
Donald's nephews (Huey, Dewey, & Louie first appeared in 1938 in
Donald's Nephews).
Word
Shakespeare Made Up of the Week: Invulnerable – incapable of
being wounded, immune to attack, not open to denial. King John
Act II Scene I. King Philip: Our cannons' malice vainly shall be
spent against the invulnerable clouds of heaven;
Third
Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: New Rule for Science
Journalism: If your article can be summarized as “No”, don't
write it.
Puck
the Brave
Episode of the Week:
Here's our fearless Puck and his faithful companion, Pax, guarding
the fire pit in the case of the Arsonist Airedale.
Why
did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the other slide. /
The brooding duck was seen on several occasions to be juggling her
eggs. She was diagnosed with restless egg syndrome.
..........Even
educated fleas do it.......Cole Porter …..Let Do It
^^^^^
Daisy was originally called Donna Duck in the 1937 film Don
Donald.
Month
of the Week: June is National Iced Tea
Month --A new restaurant opened in DC. They brew and ice excellent
teas; the “freshmen senator” favorite is virgin-tea and for those
voting to repeal Obamacare, Cruel-tea. But no one seems to want to
drink the Honest-tea
Most
Beautiful Thing in the State:
Yosemite Park in California !
http://www.technocrazed.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Beautiful-USA-Photos54.jpg
Today's
Peace of History: June 9, 1984: 150,000
marched in London, England, for nuclear disarmament, protesting the
presence of U.S. cruise missiles on British soil.
Why
did the wad of gum cross the road? It was stuck to the chicken's
foot. / A goose was about to cross the road when a chicken looked at
him and said...”Don't do it, man...you'll never hear the end of it.
..........One
of those bells that now and then ring.........Cole Porter …..Just
One of Those Things
Masthead
of the Week:
fRiday ePistle June 9, 2017. Online at:
http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/
Generic
Tag Line.
Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. 1800 Goodell Ct. Lawrence, KS
66046
Moonbeam:
Never answer the question that is asked of you. Answer the question
that you wish had been asked of you. --Robert McNamara
Cost
of War:
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 6/7/17: $774,071,330,322.
Tax
dollars spent in Afghanistan: as of 6/1/17: $773,344,615,017.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 6/7/17:
$820,555,253,998.
Tax
dollars spent on the Iraq war since 2001 as of 6/1/17:
$820,534,017,405.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 6/7/17: $15,350,386,805.
Tax
dollars spent on Daesh conflict as of 6/1/17: $15,238,700,284.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 6/7/17:
$151,606,798,617.
Tax
dollars spent on the Pentagon Slush Fund as of 6/1/17:
$150,985,378,902.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 6/7/17:
$1,766,324,197,829.
Tax
dollars spent on all wars since 2001 as of 6/1/17:
$1,746,806,625,135.
The
war for freedom will never really be won because the price of our
freedom is constant vigilance over ourselves and over our Government.
--Eleanor Roosevelt
..........But
how strange the change from major to minor........Cole Porter
…..Every time We Say Goodbye
Why
did the horse cross the road? Because the chicken needed a day off.
Famous
Last Words: By writ of privy-seal. --Charter of Georgia
1732
May
Peace be your dove
And
Joy be your eagle
prairie
mama
christine
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