FReeper Canteen ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 14 Apr 2004

Canteen Crew ~ Radix

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Pancakes on Wednesdays

Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays

Wednesday, April 14, 2004

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

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From the Radixionary

NEPENTHES

A drug or potion bringing welcome forgetfulness.

This comes from Homer’s Odyssey, in which it was the name of the drug that Paris gave to Helen after he had abducted her to make her forget her old home. It derives from the classical Greek ne–, “not”, plus penthos, “grief”.

Expert plantspeople probably know it best as the botanical name for a genus of tropical carnivorous pitcher plants. As the pitcher plants contain liquid in which the captured insects drown, the botanical name would seem appropriate, though in this case the forgetting is terminal.

Some writers have suggested Homer’s potion was opium. Nicholas Culpeper, the famous herbalist, had this recipe for making a nepenthes draught: “Take of tincture of Opium made first with distilled Vinegar, then with spirit of Wine, Saffron extracted in spirit of Wine, of each an ounce, salt of Pearl and Coral, of each half an ounce, tincture of species Diambræ seven drams, Ambergris one dram: bring them into the form of Pills by the gentle heat of a bath”. That should be enough to make anybody forget anything.

The word—commonly found as nepenthe, lacking its final letter—is otherwise solely poetic or literary. One of its better-known appearances is in Edgar Allan Poe’s poem The Raven: “Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore! / Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore’.” And here’s a slightly more recent example, from The Yellow Claw by Sax Rohmer: “I do not employ opium as an aid to my social activities; I regard it as nepenthe from them and as a key to a brighter realm”.

Happy Birthday 

Christian Huygens 1629

The most important of Huygens's work was his Horologium Oscillatorium published at Paris in 1673. The first chapter is devoted to pendulum clocks. The second chapter contains a complete account of the descent of heavy bodies under their own weights in a vacuum,.....

People who complain about paying their taxes can be divided into two types: Men and Women.

Happy Birthday 

Antole France 1844

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

Happy Birthday 

Anne Mansfield Sullivan 1866

Annie Mansfield Sullivan Macy was a woman who accomplished a great deal, especially as the outstanding teacher of Helen Keller.

An accountant, a solicitor and an actuary were dining together at a fashionable restaurant.

"With income tax being so complicated, we accountants are all doing quite well these days," the accountant commented. To prove it, he pulled out a $5 note, applied a match to it and used it to light his cigar.

"With so many people engaging in tax avoidance, we lawyers are also doing very well these days," the solicitor mused. To prove his point, he got out a $100 note, applied a match to it and used it to light his cigar.

"With all the new requirements for certificates in the superannuation area, we Insurance Agents are doing even better," the agent said. To prove it, he wrote out a check for $1 million, applied a match to it and used it to light his cigar.

Happy Birthday

Arnold Toynbee 1889

British historian, known for his view of the past as a succession of civilizations rather than political entities.

 

A visitor from The Netherlands was chatting with his American friend and was jokingly explaining about the red, white and blue in the Netherlands flag.

"Our flag symbolizes our taxes," he said. "We get red when we talk about them, white when we get our tax bill, and blue after we pay them."

"That's the same with us," the American said, "only we see stars, too."

Happy Birthday

Rod Steiger 1925

Eigenvalues of a sequence of matrices

Happy Birthday

Jay Robinson 1930

I am an excellent driver

Another Jay Robinson

The Top 10 Things Overheard In A Tax Preparer's Office Prior To The Tax Filing Deadline

• No sir, the government does not want you to pay your taxes in pennies.
  
  
• I have a hard time believing that a garbage collector made $150,000 last year so for the last time, DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SOURCE OF INCOME!!!
  
  
• How cute... a tax form done in crayon.
  
  
• No sir, its do your taxes every year and renew your driver's license every 4 years, not the other way around.
  
  
• Just because you talk to your plants ma'am, you cannot, repeat CANNOT list them as your dependants.
  
  
• No Ms Lewinsky, your oval office "contributions" are not the same as when you check the dollar box at the top of your 1040 form.
  
  
• Even if you are a hooker, the number of orgasms you've had cannot count as a business expense.
  
  
• I'm sorry, I'm not sure I follow your "Give me an extension and I'll give you an extension later at my place" argument.
  
  
• I take it that because you have decided to do origami with your tax form that you're not receptive to paying your taxes this year.
  
  
• Just remember the IRS motto, buddy: Screw us now, we'll screw you later!!

Happy Birthday

Anthony Perkins 1932

Happy Birthday

Frank Serpico 1934

......in the spirit with which Paul Revere lit the lamps in the tower, Frank coined the term “Lamplighters,’” for individuals who seek truth and justice, even when confronted with the prospect of great personal loss.

Happy Birthday

Loretta Lynn 1935

This straight-talkin' women-liberatin' song-writin' country-western star rose up from poverty to become one of the most popular and influential singers of the '60s.

Happy Birthday

Julie Christie 1941

Happy Birthday

Pete Rose (MLB) 1941

We are counting cards!

We ain't gambling

Would you like some trapezoids with your pancakes?

A trapezoid is a quadrilateral (has 4 sides) and has only one pair of sides parallel.

Today's Wednesday field trip takes us to Isabella Gardner's

On This Day

On this Day

1960 - The musical "Bye Bye Birdie" opened in New York City.

The plot revolves around rock and roll superstar Conrad Birdie and the complications that arise when his agent stages a publicity stunt on The Ed Sullivan Show in which he will kiss one lucky girl from Sweet Apple, Ohio before being drafted into the army.

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1775 - The first abolitionist society in the U.S. was organized in Philadelphia with Ben Franklin as president.

I will be heard!

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1860 - The first Pony Express rider arrived in San Francisco with mail originating in St. Joseph, MO.

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1865 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth.

 He actually died early the next morning.

On this Day

1894 - First public showing of Thomas Edison's  kinetoscope  took place.

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1912 - The Atlantic passenger liner Titanic, on its maiden voyage hit an iceberg and began to sink. 

1,517 people lost their lives and more than 700 survived.

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1918 - The U.S. First Aero Squadron engaged in America's first aerial dogfight with enemy aircraft over Toul, France.

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1925 - WGN became the first radio station to broadcast a regular season major league baseball game.  The Cubs beat the Pirates 8-2.

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1939 - The John Steinbeck novel "The Grapes of Wrath" was first published.

On this Day

1953 - Viet Minh invaded Laos with 40,00 troops.

Don't forget the Maple Syrup.

Pancakes Wednesdays

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[tiamat]

tomkow6 wrote:

Good morning, Tia! Tell Caitlin Patriotic Patty said "Thank You!"

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I wil do that thing!

[tiamat]

Hello, Tonk!
How are you?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Morning Brother!

[mylife]

Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk!

Old sarge is a witty fellow!

[tomkow6]

Hey, Tia!  Tell Caitlin I found a song with the SAME NAME as her llama!

 

Rama Lama Ding Dong

[Mudboy Slim]

"Where's Yer Shame, Lib-uh-Rulls?!!"
(To be sung to Lynyrd Skynyrd's "What's Your Name?")

Folks, It's Time To ROCK, RATS're noisey, I should know!!
We'll be yer FReedomWriters...
Dubyuh, lead US to the show
Right done made some plans for movin' US to the Right!!
So, find a Lib'ral dweeb
And I know Y'ALL Can Teach Her Right!!

(Chorus)
Where's yer shame, Lib-uh-rulls?!!
Where's RATS' shame?!!
Children you ain't, little girl!!
Won't you act yer age?!!

Left Can Go to HELL!!
Lord, DemRATS are a mess!!
It seems that one of Slick's crew...
Hadta go and hadta CONFESS, oh yes!!
Well, the police said, "Slick Can't Rape Anymore!!"
What a shame
Won't you come and FReep, World...
And meet Ol' MUD the ClintonBane!!

Where's yer shame, Fascist Whore'd?!
Where's yer shame?!
Shootin' you straight, little girl?
Left's Hands're Bloody-Stained!!

(Chorus)
Why Must YOU Rape, WillieBoy?!
Why d'ya RAPE?!
Whuppin' you straight, SlickWillie...
Yer Just Mudboy's Game!!!

(Guitar Jammin')

(Chorus)
Where's yer SHAME, Lib'uh-rulls?
Fer Viet Nam?!!
Lib'rals are FREAKS, don'tcha know?!
Voters, don't be lame!!

Gonna ROCK the NextAge...
Right, Git Ready to ROLL!!
We got Sick Tyrant Thugs to SMITE...
To do one more show, oh no
Gonna git Slick a PrisonHome...
Won't that be grand?!
When I come parole each year
We're Gonna FReep Slick Again...and AGAIN!!

POWER is RATS' Aim, Lib-uh-rulls...
Left, Show Shame!!
Confessin' is GREAT, mindless WHORE'd...
Ignorance ain't no shame!!!
Just Show Yer Shamed...by the Left!!
Show Yer Shame!!
Socialists HATE...LIBERTY!!
Don't YOU Join RATS' Shame!!

Good Morning to ALL the Canteeners...MUD

[Old Sarge]

Greetings, Canteeners, Troops,
and All the Ships at Sea!

Hello from Prairie Dog Village! Sarge is back at the cube farm, catching up on thigns before the classes start again. It's mainly an exercise in boredom management, for now.

Weekend plans are getting underway, here in Louisville, for THUNDER OVER LOUISVILLE! I just might make the big Air Show at the Fairgrounds this year! But, as every native knows, the safest place to watch the fireworks is from the comfort of a living room and a wide-screen TV.

As every year, the 2nd Street Bridge will be shut down, and the whole length of the span will be transformed into the world's largest ammo dump for the display!

Well, I'll be on and off all day, so warm up the waffles, and let's have some fun!

SARGE

[tiamat]

Thanks, tomkow!

I will play it for her when she gets home!


( And he is a "ding-dong" BIG TIME! LOL! )

[tomkow6]

In HONOR of today being

WAFFLES ON WEDNESDAY

how about a little music to help you make it thru the day?

Bend Me Shape Me

Lovers Who Wander

One Fine Day

Bend Me Shape Me

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

Lonely Teenager

Two Faces Have I

[netmilsmom]

Please take me off your ping list for the Canteen. I love to read them but, being on a laptop, the graphics mess up "My Comments"

Thanks!

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, Old Sarge. How's it going?

BTW, folks today's the day that Norton updates their list of viruses. If you use Norton be sure to download those updates.

[Howie66]

Good Morning, Kathy!!

So....which of these little angels do you relate to? The one in the lower right hand corner? :-)

[Howie66]

Top o' the mornin to ya, Tonk!! May the sun be warm on your back, and your day be prosperous!

[Howie66]

(((HUGS)))

Good Morning, Sunshine!! :-)

Here's hoisting a cup of coffee to you!

[USVet6792Retired]

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Morning Canteen.

And good morning to you tia.....I have 2 questions to start the day.....does a "fixed" Llama have to go to LLamaze classes? hehee and Is the cure for mean Llama's called a "Llamatoby"?

[tiamat]

Hello, Howie!

(((((Hugs Right Back!)))))))))

you are up early!

[tiamat]

good Morning!



A "fixed Llama" does not go to "Llamaze" because it doesn't do "Llama Llabor"!

And you CAN Llabotomized a mean Llama, but then they drool!

Of course, some Llamas just come that way!

[tomkow6]

Can you say four times really, really fast:

Lamebrain lopsided laughing lazy large boy llamas like to lingerly lunch on lawns.

 

[tiamat]

Nope!

but i am passing that on to our 4-H club!

Thanks!

[Two-Bits]

Hi, Please take a moment and either call the President or send an email to let him know we, the American people back him. Also, if you could just tell one person to do the same and ask them to tell another, than God willing, we will flood the switchboard with calls and faxes like they have never seem. This is one way we can take it direct to the President and it can not be misled by the media or stupid polls.....
Please call or email and God bless:
Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 FAX: 202-456-2461 E-Mail President George W. Bush: president@whitehouse.gov Vice President Richard Cheney: vice.president@whitehouse.gov