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Thursday, June 19, 2008

115. In a quiz, long long time ago.....

The “Aarne-Thompson classification system” named after a Finnish and an American scholar : Antti Amatus Aarne and Stith Thomson is an internationally recognized way of classifying what?

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

114. The Wrath of Khrushchev......

Italian author Umberto Eco suggested that XXX is "the Absolute Fake” in the 1975 essay, "The City of Robots." Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev threw a temper tantrum when denied entry into XXX by U.S. officials citing security concerns. In a speech in Los Angeles Khrushchev thundered "I ask, why not? Do you have rocket launching pads there? Is there an epidemic of cholera? Have gangsters taken over the place?"

What be XXX?

Monday, June 16, 2008

113. Dont take mah joint?

The term is first attested to in the song Don’t _______ Me, by Elliot Ingber and Larry Wagner, which appears on Fraternity Of Man’s eponymous album. The song featured the next year in the movie Easy Rider.

The selfish connotation of the term comes from hogging a marijuana cigarette. Someone who kept the joint in their mouth, hanging from their lip, would be _______the joint. Instead of __________, one should pass it on to another. The term is also used for hoarding items other than pot.

What term?

Sunday, June 15, 2008

112. Tuetonic ladies of the night....

According to some, the title of this Beatles song actually refers to the cards handed out to Hamburg prostitutes in the 1960s indicating a clean bill of health.

Which song?