It seems to be a good day for another dose of Mish/Mosh. This post will include odd facts, proverbs, and quotes from well-known people.
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.” Benjamin Franklin
- The first animal to be domesticated by humans was not a dog, sheep, horse, or pig. Approximately 12,0000 BC, 14,000 years ago along the Russian/Mongolian border reindeer were lured away from migratory groups and bred domestically.
“The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.” Alfred Adler
- If you are dehydrated virtually any fluid will help hydrate you, but not sea water. Alcohol is fine and so are tea and coffee. There is no scientific basis that fluids other than water cause dehydration.
“The missing link between animals and human beings is most likely ourselves.” Konrad Lorenz
- The original discovery of penicillin was from the far past where Bedouin tribesmen in North Africa made a healing ointment from the mold on donkey harnesses for more than a thousand years.
“The greatest of all inventors is accident.” Mark Twain
- The ball point pen was invented and patented in 1938 by Laszlo Biro and his brother Gyorgy. They immigrated to Argentina in 1940 to avoid the Nazis and repatented it there in 1943. One of their earliest customer was the RAF encouraged by the pens performance at high altitudes.
“A hen is only an eggs way of making another egg.” Samuel Butler
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THE WEIRDER THE BETTER
Now that my never-ending retro trivia posts have been completed, it’s time to return to my first love those funny and bawdy LIMERICKS. As I’ve always said, I love limericks and I also love history. I’ve decided today to combine the two with a few limericks made famous during the World War II era. I assume some of these may have been written by a few GI’s but I can’t be sure. I find it refreshing that even during the worst war we’ve ever experienced, a sense of humor was still maintained. Some of these might be considered a little much for younger children. Be warned!
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O Soldiers come back to us clean!
Wear rubbers – you know what I mean.
Thou I’d very much ruther
You’d bugger each other
Than any French whore that I’ve seen.
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A lady of doubtful nativity,
Had an ass of extreme sensitivity.
She could sit on the lap
Of a Nazi or Jap
And detect Fifth Column activity.
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A slant-eyed young girl from Peking
Said of the Rape of Nanking,
“Every Jap in North China
Has explored my vagina,
It’s so sore I can’t pee through the thing.”
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In the Army and Navy the toast is
To the talented USO hostess
Who was diddled and screwed
While she tried to conclude
Which service she really liked mostest.
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Here’s the fifth and last installment of the retro trivia series. I hope you’ve had as much fun with them as I had putting them together. The answers will be listed below. See how you do.
- What craze included terms like “handglide” and backslide”?
- Whose visit to South Korea in May, 1984, promoted the tightest security in that nations history?
- What brand of sweetener did G.D. Searle & Company put on the market in 1983?
- The U.S. mining of what nation’s harbors caused a congressional uproar in April, 1984?
- What was the name of Jesse Jackson’s hoped for coalition?
- What was the bug that caused havoc in California?
- Who was shot and killed at the airport in Manila in 1983?
- What group in 1981 was compensated $5,000.00 per person for their unusual stint overseas?
- Seven people died after popping these cyanide-spiked pills?
- In what nation did a Soviet submarine find itself beached in 1981?
BONUS QUESTION
What celebrated figures were married in St. Paul’s Cathedral?
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Answers
Breakdancing, Pope John Paul II, NutraSweet, Nicaragua, The Rainbow Coalition, Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Benigno Aguino, The Iranian Hostages, Extra Strength Tylenol, Sweden, BONUS-Prince Charles & Lady Diana Spencer,
TA! DA!
Here is the fourth installment of retro trivia from the decade of the 1970’s. These questions should be a little easier than the last three decades. As always the answers are listed below.
- Who was court-martialed in 1971 for atrocities committed in Southeast Asia?
- What became the capital of the reunited North and South Vietnam?
- What was the name of the Russian spacecraft that linked with an Apollo module in 1975?
- In 1974 what building became the tallest in the world?
- What woman won the Nobel Prize in 1979?
- What nation tried “The Gang of Four”?
- Name the senator that presided over the Watergate hearings?
- Where was the Queen Elizabeth when it caught fire and sank in 1972?
- Who was the first native American to be canonized by the Catholic church?
- Name the war hero who quit the Israeli cabinet in 1979?
BONUS QUESTION
What caused Iceland and England to sever diplomatic relations in 1976?
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Answers
Lt. William Calley, Hanoi, Soyuz, The Sears Tower, Mother Teresa, China, Sam Ervin, Hong Kong, Mother Seton, Moshe Dayan, BONUS-Cod Fishing Rights
COMING NEXT-1980’S
The 60’s were an interesting and drug filled decade. I lived through it and thoroughly enjoyed almost all of it, How much do you know or remember? Put on your bell bottoms and crappy sandals, drop some acid, and go for a walk on the street to chat with strangers. I dare you!
Lets step back into the 1960’s. As always the answers are listed below.
- What was the name of the “doorway” between the divided Berlins?
- In what city was the 1968 Democratic Convention held?
- Name of the Rockefeller that never returned from New Guinea?
- Who were the first astronauts to fly the two-occupant Gemini capsule?
- What was the first Apollo mission to carry a color TV camera to the moon?
- In what European city was Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassin apprehended?
- In what area of the Dallas policed station was Lee Harvey Oswald shot by Jack Ruby?
- What popular tranquilizer was introduced in 1963?
- In 1968 which nation became the fifth to have “the bomb”?
- How was the Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann put to death?
BONUS QUESTION
What two nations combined to form Tanzania?
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Answers
Checkpoint Charlie, Chicago, Michael, Gus Grissom & John Young, Apollo XII, London, The Garage, Valium, France, He was Hanged, BONUS-Tanganyika & Zanzibar
NEXT UP – THE 1970’S
Here is the next installment of more retro trivia facts from the 1950’s. Lets see if you can improve on your score from the 1940’s quiz. As always the answers will be listed below. Have fun!
- How man presidents were elected in the 1950’s?
- Name the pope elected in 1958.
- Who did George Jorgensen become?
- Name the first atomic submarine.
- What lamp reached it’s height of popularity in the 1950’s?
- What British king died in 1952?
- The Ford Motor Company has never lived down the failure of what car, introduced in the 50’s?
- Name the political group that was established in 1950 by H.N. Arrowsmith, Jr,
- Established in 1953, NASA stands for what?
- What Russian word, popularized in the late 1950’s , means “fellow wayfarer”?
BONUS Question
Where did the unoccupied Soviet spacecraft Lunik journey?
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Answers
One, John XXIII, Christine Jorgensen, The Nautilus, Pole Lamp, King George VI, The Edsel, The American Nazi Party, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Sputnik, BONUS- To the Moon,
THE 1960’S ARE NEXT
Todays post will take us on a short time-travel trip to the 1940’s. This will be the first of five trivia posts from past decades from the 1940’s through the 1980’s. These first few questions may be difficult since most readers weren’t alive in the 40’s but if your a fan of history you may learn a few mostly forgotten facts. Let’s get started. As always the answers will be listed below.
- What important journal was found in Amsterdam following World War II?
- In what year was Korea split in two?
- On what day of the week was Pearl Harbor bombed?
- Who coined the phrase “Iron Curtin”?
- What newspaper ran the infamous headline “Dewey Defeats Truman”?
- In what island group is Corregidor, which fell to the Japanese in 1942.
- From what nation did Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) gain it’s independence in 1948?
- The body of what World War II leader was hung upside down in public?
- What world leader in 1943 survived a bomb set by his generals to assassinate him?
- What was the nickname given the the Nazi general Erwin Rommel?
BONUS Question
What two world leaders met in Casablanca in 1943?
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Answers
The Diary of Ann Frank, 1948, Sunday, Winston Churchill, The Chicago Daily Tribune, The Philippines, Great Britain, Benito Mussolini, Adolph Hitler, The Desert Fox, BONUS-Churchill and Roosevelt
THE 1950’s IS NEXT
As most readers are aware I’m not what anyone would consider religious. I was raised as a Catholic but wandered away from it at a very early age. I have no problems with people who believe but my problems are with any “organized religions”. Once a religious movement of any kind become embroiled in politics, I disregard it completely. I’m a big believer in “self” but I’ve never received mystical tablets from on high or been visited by angels or by God or by supposed visions. I find those claims to be disingenuous and preposterous..
In the mid-1960’s I was serving with the Army on the DMZ in South Korea. I often explored the country on my off-time and discovered a small Buddhist temple in a rural area on the side of a mountain in central South Korea. The monks there spoke broken English and I spoke broken Korean which made for some interesting conversations. Over the months they were able to communicate to me what I later discovered were the basic beliefs of Buddha. Not colored by politics or government restrictions but truths on how to live a good and wholesome life created by inner peace and self-control. That’s when I became what many would consider me to be a half-assed Buddhist. I learned to appreciate Zen and the power of meditation without shaving my head or wearing orange robes or lighting my self on fire to make a political point. Have I always been successful in finding that inner peace – absolutely not, but I keep trying. Here are a few pearls of wisdom from the man himself.
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
Buddha also explained that all human suffering is caused by desire – for comfort, possessions, power, sex, love, or even life itself. Knowledge of ourselves comes from contemplating on three basic facts:
Nothing in the universe is lost. Even though you will die your constituent parts will remain part of the universe.
Change is constant, so any happiness based on things outside of ourselves is an illusion.
Every action has a consequence – a reminder that everything we do affects others.
Buddha was something of an agnostic and I’ve always seen myself in that way. In my humble opinion each of us is our own God. Look inside yourself to find and see the truth.
HAVE A QUIET ZEN DAY
Currently there seems to be no lack of interest in all things NFL. Now that the the Combine is approaching the interest level on football is once again skyrocketing. Every fan seems to think they are the absolute experts about all things football thanks to their involvement in the never-ending list of fantasy leagues. Here are a few tidbits of trivia that may interest some of them. Answers will be listed below.
- Name the kicker who led all NFL scorers in 1998 while making every single field goal and extra point attempt?
- After suffering a serious knee injury in 2011, which running back made an amazing comeback to lead the NFL with a near-record 2,097 yards rushing and 2,314 yards from scrimmage in 2012?
- Despite leading the NFL in the number of times sacked, which player posted the highest QB rating during the 2012 season?
- When he started his 117th consecutive game in 1999, which player did Brett Farvre overtake to become the new NFL “Ironman”?
- Who was the first QB to win four Superbowl Championships?
- In 2012 what quarterback broke the Johnny Unitas longstanding record for consecutive games throwing at least one touchdown pass?
- What was the first team to win five Superbowl championships?
- Which running back was the first player to rush for 20 touchdowns in a single season?
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Answers
Gary Anderson, Adrian Peterson, Aaron Rodgers, Ron Jaworski, Terry Bradshaw, Drew Brees with 54 games, The San Francisco 49ers, John Riggens
Most human beings are somewhat intelligent. Of course that doesn’t always guarantee that they’re very smart. Many times in my life I’ve been challenged about something I’ve said or written even when I have irrefutable proof to prove my statements. There are always people who adamantly demand that they are correct regardless of any proof provided. Some folks simply enjoy arguing about everything and others are just simply ignorant. Human nature being what it is, I don’t see any changes in this regard. Todays post will contain a number of items which may seem incorrect to some of you, but they are not. Wrap your heads around these tidbits of truthfulness . The correct answers will be listed below.
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- What was the first invention to break the sound barrier?
- What animal are the Canary Islands named after?
- What do camels store in their humps?
- How many toes does a two-toed sloth have?
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- What African mammal kills more humans than any other?
- Where do most tigers live?
- Where was the sport of baseball invented?
- How did Nome, Alaska get it’s name?
- What do we use to write on a black-board?
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BONUS QUESTION
What was the first animal in space?
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Answers
The Whip, Dogs (Insula Canaria), Fat, Nothing, 6 or 8, The Hippopotamus, The USA in Zoos, England, A Spelling Mistake, Gypsum, BONUS-Fruit Flies
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