Some Quotes and Other Useless Stuff

I have nothing to do today so I found you some useless stuff and a few quotes.

“I’m tweeting to let you know I just posted on Facebook that I blogged about posting tweets on Facebook.”  – John Coffey

“Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.” – Mel Brooks

“As you get older, the pickings get slimmer, but the people don’t” – Carrie Fisher

“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” – Katharine Hepburn

“No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.” – Dave Barry

Now, some useless information:

The Chicago Public School System requires blind students to take driver education classes.

In March of 2008, a man called Howard Stern’s satellite radio show to report that he thought he’d almost met him a few days earlier.  It seems that while on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, the man spotted a tall person with long, dark, frizzy hair getting out of a limo.  Believing it to be Stern, the man rushed over yelling “Yo, Howard, I am such a huge fan!”   

When the person turned around, the man saw that it was Cher.   

“You though I was Howard Stern?” Cher yelled back.  “What did you have for breakfast this morning, a bowl of stupid?”

Only 2% of Americans are Natural Redheads.

Disneyland has a regulation-size basketball court for employees…inside the Matterhorn.

Groundhog Day comes from an early European celebration called CANDLEMAS – the day when clergymen blessed all the church candles – held every February 2^nd, right between the winter solstice and the spring equinox.  Over the years the practice took on a superstitious component: If the sun shone on Candlemas, winter would supposedly continue.  But if it was cloudy or rainy, winter was over.   

Sometime before the 1800’s th Germans added a hedgehog to the mix (I don’t know – the're Germans for Christ sake) and if the hedgehog cast a shadow, winter would continue.  If he didn’t cast a shadow, spring was on the say.   

In the 19^th century, the German immigrants brought the tradition with them to Pennsylvania.  But there were no hedgehogs to be found so they improvised and used the groundhog instead.

Army Slang:  American troops in Iraq call every day of their tour “Groundhog Day.”  Same-o, Same-o – like the movie.

And for you trivia buffs, what are the names of Donald Duck’s parents?  I know, right?  But rest assured, I will leave no one hanging.  Through diligent copying of the source (a daily calendar) I have the answer for you, my Peeps.

Hortense and Quackmore