January 2012
13 posts
6 tags
List of Frivolous Political Parties
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_frivolous_political_parties
Australia
Deadly Serious Party (defunct)
Imperial British Conservative Party (see also: Cecil G. Murgatroyd)
Sun Ripened Warm Tomato Party (defunct)
Party! Party! Party! (defunct)
Surprise Party (defunct)
Belarus
Beer Lovers Party (liquidated* in 1998)
Canada
Canadian Extreme Wrestling Party (defunct)
Christian-Atheist...
December 2011
7 posts
4 tags
Feminine Rhyme
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminine_rhyme
A feminine rhyme is a rhyme that matches two or more syllables, usually at the end of respective lines, in which the final syllable or syllables are unstressed.
Oh like, I dunno, say… MISS NANCY / AUNT FANCY ?!!!
I can’t stop myself!!!
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James Buchanan (Personal Relationships)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan#Personal_relationships
For fifteen years in Washington, D.C., before his presidency, Buchanan lived with his close friend, Alabama Senator William Rufus King. Buchanan’s and King’s close relationship prompted Andrew Jackson to call King “Miss Nancy” and “Aunt Fancy”
James Buchanan was the 15th U.S. president...
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Paul Weller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weller
He is also the principal figure of the 1970s and 80s mod revival and is often referred to as the Modfather.
Honestly, it doesn’t matter who Paul Weller is at this point: if he were to make me an offer… I wouldn’t refuse.
5 tags
Ty Cobb
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Cobb
At the end of the sixth inning, after being challenged by teammates Sam Crawford and Jim Delahanty to do something about it, Cobb climbed into the stands and attacked Lueker, who it turns out was handicapped (he had lost all of one hand and three fingers on his other hand in an industrial accident). When onlookers shouted at Cobb to stop because the man...
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La Cucaracha (Lyrics)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Cucaracha#Lyrics
“La Cucaracha” (Spanish: “The Cockroach”) is a traditional Spanish folk corrido that became popular in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. It has additionally become a verse played on car horns. [citation needed]
If you live in L.A. like I do, you don’t need a citation.
Spanish
English
La cucaracha, la...
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Bumbershoot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumbershoot
The name of the festival was taken from bumbershoot, a colloquial term for umbrella, probably coined in the 19th century a portmanteau of the words umbrella and parachute.
You can stand under my bumbershoot, ershoot, ershoot, ay, ay, ay….