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03/14/2026 MISH MOSH   2 comments

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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06/05/2025 BRING BACK B&W   Leave a comment

Since my retirement I’ve become addicted to watching old black and white movies and TV shows. Say what you want, it takes more than special effects to make a movie or TV worth watching. I’ve been hooked on the old Wyatt Earp shows, Peter Gunn, and The Saint (both movies and TV). It amazes me how well they’ve held up over the decades since their production. Todays quiz involves ten questions about old movies and TV shows. As always the answers will be listed below.

  • What famous character actor prepared for a career in psychiatry, studying and working with pioneer psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler, before turning to acting?
  • Who wrote the scripts for his own films under pseudonyms that included Otis T. Criblecoblis and Mahatma K. Jeeves?
  • Who provided Mickey Mouse’s high-pitched voice in the early Walt Disney film starring the animated mouse?
  • Who sung Miss Piggy singing voice in The Muppet Movie?
  • Who played Scorpio, the statistic killer, in Clint Eastwood’s 1971 film, Dirty Harry?

  • What was Boris Karloff’s real name?
  • Who was Fred Astaire’s first silver screen dancing partner?
  • Who played Vincent Price’s menacing music assistant in the 3-D horror film House of Wax?
  • Where did Charlie Chaplin place when he entered a Charlie Chapman look-alike contest in Monte Carlo?
  • In what film did the star propose by saying, “Marry me and I’ll never look at another horse?”

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Answers
Peter Lorre, W.C. Fields, Walt Disney, Johnny Mathis, Andy Robinson son of Edward G., William Henry Pratt, Joan Crawford, Charles Bronson, Third Place, Groucho Marx.