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?
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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?
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?
Which song?
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
111. Gift from the Heavens...
This writer's family name is an acronym for the Latin for 'a gift from the heavens' which was given to his grandfather by a city official.
Who is the writer?
Who is the writer?
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
109. Big Yankees in Little China
On April 6, 1971, a group of Americans - then in Japan - received a surprise invitation from their Chinese colleagues for an all-expense paid visit to the People's Republic.
On April 10, 1971, 9 people stepped across a bridge from Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland,thereby becoming the first group of Americans allowed into China since the Communist takeover in 1949.
From April 11th to 17th , a delighted American public followed the daily progress of the visit in newspapers and on television, as the Americans toured the Great Wall and Summer Palace, chatted with Chinese students and factory workers, and attended the Canton Ballet.
Who after all were these group of Americans??
On April 10, 1971, 9 people stepped across a bridge from Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland,thereby becoming the first group of Americans allowed into China since the Communist takeover in 1949.
From April 11th to 17th , a delighted American public followed the daily progress of the visit in newspapers and on television, as the Americans toured the Great Wall and Summer Palace, chatted with Chinese students and factory workers, and attended the Canton Ballet.
Who after all were these group of Americans??
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
108. Wild Spirit?
Jan Baptista van Helmont, an early modern period Belgian chemist, is remembered today largely for his ideas on spontaneous generation, his 5-year tree experiment, and his introduction of the word "_______" into the vocabulary of scientists.In one of his texts he writes:
"Suppose thou, that 62 pounds of Oaken coal, one pound of ashes is composed: Therefore the 61 remaining pounds are the "wild spirit" which, also being fired, cannot depart, the Vessel being shut. I call this spirit, unknown hitherto, the new name of '______,' which can neither be retained in Vessels nor reduced to a visible form, unless the seed is first extinguished."
The word was perhaps a Dutch pronunciation re-spelling of "chaos".
What word did Helmont coin?
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