USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 10 December 2003

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[Radix]

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Pancakes on Wednesdays

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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays.

Wednesday, December 10, 2003

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Here is an amalgamation of trivial facts and seemingly useless data.

Do not forget to hit the hyperlinks.

We have links, lots of them.

COULROPHOBIA

An irrational fear of clowns.

What, fear those delightful purveyors of slapstick comedy? One may as well go in terror of Santa Claus (but then a few people do that too, sad cases of Santa Claustrophobia). But clown humour has always embraced cruelty in its teasing and insulting of other clowns and members of the audience. Clowns represent anarchy, the personifications of unreason, and a force of nature out of control. Who knows what really lies behind their unchanging painted faces and outlandish costumes? These are all good enough reasons for even the strongest and most adult of us to feel unease in the presence of a clown. Some children are terrified by them and a surprisingly large proportion of adults confess to finding them creepy and disturbing, so much so that this word for their condition has had to be invented. It’s not old—perhaps from the 1980s—and has been taken from Greek kolon, a limb, which seems strange until you find the related kolobathristes was a stilt-walker. This seems to have been the nearest its coiner could get to a suitable classical allusion, since ancient Greek didn’t have a word for a clown in our modern sense.

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Happy Birthday

Arthur Fiedler 1896

Conductor; born in Boston, Mass. Trained as a violinist in Boston and Berlin, he joined the Boston Symphony (1915--30), first playing violin, then viola. Determined to conduct, he founded his own chamber orchestra, the Boston Sinfonietta, in 1924. In 1929 he launched the Esplanade summer series, free concerts by the Boston Symphony, along the Charles River. In 1930 he took over the Boston Pops Orchestra and for almost a half century he was the most beloved conductor of light-classical music in the U.S.A. Active in promoting music through various mediums, he was also made an honorary fire chief because of his practice of chasing every major fire, day or night, and became a familiar figure to Bostonians at the scene of the fires.

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Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to Riverside California.

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Happy Birthday

William Safire 1929

William Safire's Rules for Writers:

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Two confirmed bachelors sat talking, their conversation drifed from politics to cooking.

"I got a cookbook once," said one, "but I could never do anything with it."

"Too much fancy work in it, eh?" asked the other.

"You said it. Every one of the recipes began the same way -
'Take a clean dish'".  

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Happy Birthday

Bob Guccione 1930

Who let the dogs out?

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On this day:

1969 - TV history was made when Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki Budinger were married on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson.

Tiptoe to the window, by the window that is where I'll be
Come tiptoe through the tulips with me!
Tiptoe from your pillow, to the shadow of a willow tree
And tiptoe through the tulips with me!
Knee deep in flowers will stray, we'll keep the showers away.
And if I kiss you in the garden, in the moonlight, will you pardon me?
Come tiptoe through the tulips with me!

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On this day:

1777 - France recognized American independence.

 

 

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On this day:

1791 - A traffic regulation in New York City established the first street to go "One Way."

I am an excellent driver.

We are counting cards!

Home of Laminates.

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On this day:

1843 - "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens was published.

 

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New Atomic Discovery...

The heaviest element known to science was recently discovered by GM Research physisists. The element, tentatively named Administratium, has no protons or electrons and thus has an atomic number of zero. However, it does have 1 neutron, 125 asistant neutrons, 75 vice neutrons, and 111 assistant vice neutrons. This gives it an atomic number of 312. These 312 particles are held together by a force that involves the continuous exchange of meson-like particles called morons.

Since it has no electrons, Administratium is inert. However, it can be detected chemically as it impedes every reaction that it comes in contact with. According to the discoverers, a minute amount of Adimnistratium caused one reaction to take over four days to complete when it would have normally occuered in less than one second. Administratium has a normal half-life of approximately three years, at which time it does not actually decay but instead undergoes a reorganization in which assistant neutrons, vice neutrons, and assistant vice neutrons exchange places. Some studies have shown that the atomic mass actually increases after each reorganization.

Research at other laboratories indicates that Administratium occurs naturally in the atmosphere. It tends to concentrate at certain points such as government agencies, large corporations and universities and can usually be found in the newest, best appointed and best maintained buildings.

Scientists point out that Administratium is known to be toxic at any detectable level of concentration and can easily destroy any productive reaction where it is allowed to accumulate. Attempts are being made to determine how Administratium can be controlled to prevent irreversible damage, but results to date are not promising.

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Would you like some more Lynx with your pancakes?

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On this day:

1903 - The first successful gasoline-powered airplane flight took place near Kitty Hawk, N.C.

 Orville and Wilbur Wright made the flight.

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1969 - The U.S. Air Force closed its Project "Blue Book" by concluding that there was no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings.

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1978 - OPEC decided to raise oil prices by 14.5% by the end of 1979.

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Real Doughboys....

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2000 - Terrell Owens (San Francisco 49ers) caught an NFL-record 20 passes for 283 yards and a touchdown against the Chicago Bears. The previous record was held by Tom Fears (Los Angeles Rams) with 18 catches on December 3, 1950, against the Green Bay Packers. Owens also broke Jerry Rice's franchise record of 16 receptions set in 1994 against the Los Angeles Rams.

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Would you like an abacus with your pancakes?

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We are counting cards.

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Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

WOW! HJ, I just got to the De Grazia Chapel. It's beautiful. Thanks for the travelogue.

[The Mayor]

We have no snow at all, just a slight dusting the other day.
Some other parts of the state have a foot. We were spared this time.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Howdy, this fine day, Kidlet!

Hi Connor!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Congratulations to Connor and his class and his teacher. It pleases me that they are learning good stuff in school.

[Fawnn]

minor49er!!! #300!!!

[blackie]

A day or two.

[Kathy in Alaska]

We have added several inches since last night. But...the temperature hovers around freezing. Not good.

[blackie]

You never know Tomkow and I'm not talking. :)

[tomkow6]

Do ya all think that Tonk & Blackie had SOMETHING to do with the 6.6 earthquake in Taiwan last night?

 

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[blackie]

That's a keeper ~ TC ~ Thanks!

[Soaring Feather]

Post #309 has to be one of the funniest animations I have seen in a good while.

Thanks so much Fawnn for the laughs.

Blackie and Tonk :-)

[blackie]

I'll never tell. :)

[blackie]

Be careful ~ now. :)

[Soaring Feather]

Good evening Captain.

Thank You Military men and Canteen men for the warm fire.

[FlyVet]

Mmmm.....Pancakes. Thanks K, and happy holidays.

[radu]

Good evening Canteeners!!

Thank you Military men and Canteen guyz for the lovely Christmas ornament floral arrangement today! It looks great on the mantel of that cozy, WARM fireplace.

Howdy troops, veterans, and military family members!
THANK YOU for serving the USA!

[FlyVet]

Yikes, Tiny Tim. Weird dude, but amusing and harmless, as far as I know. Reminds me of....Laugh-In!....Goldy Hawn, skinny as a rail like Twiggy, covered with tattoos...I'm getting old.

It looks like a lot of hard work to put this all togther, Radix. Please accept my thanks. Good stuff.

[Bob J]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Awwwwwww....Ms Piper looks like she's a princess with a tiara. Have you begun teaching her the alphabet on your computer keyboard?