Heritage (Cajun Joke) and Sunday Selections

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Just because Sandee of Comedy Plus is no longer hosting a Silly Sunday blog hop, do not expect me to quit telling Cajun jokes, especially as it has now become a habit.

While at Sam's Club yesterday, i saw mangos and picked up a box.  Grandma loves mangoes as much as i do, and i knew neither of us could eat a whole box of nine, so i figured on leaving four with her, giving two to #1 Son, who enjoys them, and having three for myself.

Then we went to the local grocery where they were still almost completely depleted of all canned soup, probably because of people stocking up for the hurricane that didn't hit our part of the state.  While i went and got everything on Grandma's list, Grandpa went and bought her more bottled water.

When we got to the house, the discussion with Grandma went just as i thought it would.

Grandma:  You found mangoes!

mimi:  Yes...

Grandma:  (before i could finish my sentence) And you didn't get me a box of them!

mimi:  We got these to share, i only want a couple of them, the rest are for you.

Grandma:  (a little mollified) Well, okay.

A few minutes later,

Grandma:  I can't eat that many of them, they will go bad before I could eat them all.  Here, I'll take 3, no, wait, I'll take four, that will be enough.  You take the rest.

mimi:  Perfect, and i will share them with #1 Son.

See?  Just as i planned, only i had to let it be her plan.

While taking the mangoes to the foyer where i put things to be moved to the car later, i passed the wet bar area where they keep both potent and non-potent potables, and heard Grandpa in there clinking those bottles of water around putting them away and muttering, "Doggone bottles!"  She really does already have plenty, but she insists on his getting more every time, just in case.

Clothile done come back from makin' de groceries an' she still be buyin' like dey gots to stock up fo' de storm season.  Boudreaux jes' shake hims head an' get Aline an' Tee come he'p wit' de puttin' away.

While dey be puttin' de cans in de cupboard, while Clothile be at de car gettin' de las' bags, Boudreaux turn to de chil'ren an say, "Jes' t'ink, someday, all dis gonna be yours!"

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Sunday Selections was started as a way for bloggers to use photos that might otherwise just languish in their files.  The rules have been relaxed, and it is now simply a showcase for your photos, new or old, good or bad, although nothing rude, please.  It is now hosted by Elephant's Child.    

How about flowers and a sort-of-cooperative butterfly:

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Today is:

Armed Forces Day -- Sao Tome and Principe

Defense Day -- Pakistan

Ear and Trumpter Contests for Mice -- Fairy Calendar

Father's Day -- Australia; Fiji; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea

Festa Della Rificolona -- Florence, Italy (one of Florences oldest and most colorful celebrations; through tomorrow)

Fight Procrastination Day/National Do It Day

Flag Day -- Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

Harvest Wine Celebration -- Livermore, CA, US (open-house visits to over 40 wineries)

National Coffee Ice Cream Day -- Sweetie swears the best ever was at Howard Johnson Restaurants back in the day

Read A Book Day -- can't find the history on it, but enjoy!

Regata Storical (Historical Regatta) -- Venice, Italy (competition among two-oar racing gondolas, preceded by Venetian ceremonial boats)

Rettir -- Iceland (around this time of year; a traditional sheep round up celebrated in Iceland during September and into October, actual round up dates may vary from region to region)

Sacrifice to Hera Thelchinia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate)

Somhlolo Day -- Swaziland (Independence Day)

St. Magnus of Fussen's Day (Patron of crops; against caterpillars, hail, lightning, reptiles, vermin)

Stillbirth Remembrance Day -- Canada (some Provinces); US

Unification Day -- Bulgaria

Wakes Sunday -- Abbots Bromley, England

Birthdays Today:

Justin Whalin, 1974

Sarah Strange, 1974

Rosie Perez, 1964

Elizabeth Vargas, 1962

Jeff Foxworthy, 1958

Jane Curtin, 1947

Swoosie Kurtz, 1944

Jo Anne Worley, 1937

Billy Rose, 1899

Joseph P. Kennedy, 1888

Jane Addams, 1860

Catharine Esther Beecher, 1800

John Dalton, 1766

Marquis de Lafayette, 1757

Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, 1711

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp"(TV), 1955

Jack Dempsey/Billy Miske Boxing Match(First match broadcast on radio), 1920

"La clemenza di Tito/The Clemency of Titus"(Opera, Mozart K. 621), 1791

Today in History:

The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world, 1522

The Spanish "Silver Fleet" disappears off the Florida Keys, 1622

Founding of Salem, Massachussetts, 1628

The first US lighthouse is built in Boston, 1716

Hurricane hits Martinique and Guadalupe, hundreds of ships sink and thousands die on land and at sea, 1776

Thomas Blanchard patents the lathe, 1819

Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio becomes co-ed, with 4 women and 30 men in attendance, 1837

Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807, 1870

Juliana becomes Queen of the Netherlands, 1948

Canada's first television station, CBFT-TV, opens in Montreal, 1952

Nine Israeli athletes are killed during a rescue attempt after being kidnapped at the Munich Olympic Games; two had died during the kidnapping the day before, 1972

The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and restores the name St. Petersburg to Russia's second largest city, 1991

Cal Ripken Jr of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that stood for 56 years, 1995

Diana, Princess of Wales is laid to rest in front of a television audience of more than 2.5 billion, 1997

China launches an investigation into its commercial pilots upon learning that more than 200 of them had falsified their resumes, 2010

Central Australia reports the first sighting since 1960 of a Central rock rat, 2013

Catalonia's parliament passes a law to allow a referendum on independence from Spain, 2018