Family Words (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.

Yesterday we were talking with Grandma about ordering food for Mother's Day, next Sunday (today is her birthday, and we brought this gifts yesterday, and will bring more next week).

Over the years we've tried lots of restaurants and plenty of Mother's Day Buffets.  We have code names for many of them, places we've gone so often we don't refer to them by name, but by a nickname or code word we use just for that restaurant.  

Back when Aline be a li'l fille, Boudreaux done ax her, "Where you t'ink we can take you Mère fo' Mother's Day?"

Aline be quick to say, "Crocodile!"

An' Boudreaux say, "Crocodile?  What dat mean?"

An' Aline say, "You know, Père, de place dat gots de store wit' all de fun stuff we can buy when we be wait to sit down."

An' Boudreaux say, "Ah, de Cracker Barrel!"

Den Aline say, "Da's it, de Crocodile!"

An' Boudreaux say, "Aline, say you de word, 'cracker.'"

Den Aline say, "Cracker."

"Now say, 'barrel.'"

"Barrel."

"Now say, Cracker Barrel.'"

"Crocodile!"

Clothile done walk in an see Boudreaux shakin' hims head an' she ax, "What be goin' on?"

An' Boudreaux say, "We be talkin' 'bout where we goin' on Mother's Day."

"An' what you done decide?"

An' Boudreaux say, "Mais, you be de recipient o' a trip to de Crocodile!"

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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 was hosted by River, who still participates, and is now hosted by Elephant's Child.       

Friday morning started with one of our monsoons, and all day Friday and Saturday were gray, with Saturday sparking more storms.  Then, just before sunset, it started to clear up and we were glad to see the sun again.

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Today is:

Beaufort Wind Force Scale Day -- birth anniversary of the British Navy officer whose wind scale, in refined form, is still in use today

Be Kind to Animals Week -- sponsored by American Humane, through Saturday 

Box Camera Day -- George Eastman patented the Box Camera on this day in 1888

Day of the Soldier -- El Salvador 

Experience the Awesome Stomach-Churning Wonder of a Thrill Ride Day -- internet generated, and they can have it!

Feast of St. Nicola -- Bari, Italy (celebrates the moving of the relics of St. Nicholas -- yes, later Santa Claus -- to this town, where they still are; here he is patron of orphans and pirates, and the date of his body's arrival is celebrated as a huge three-day festival with fireworks included)

Fire Escape Ladder Day -- Joseph Winters patented a wagon-mounted version on this day in 1878

Hamburg Harbor Day -- Hamburg, Germany (founding of the city)

Homeland Defender's Day -- Kazakhstan

Homespun History Day -- internet holiday often exploited by Modern Drunkard Magazine as a day upon which to drink specifically so the stories will sound better

International Bereaved Mothers' Day

International Dawn Chorus Day -- encouraging everyone to get up early and join others in listening to the early morning bird chorus

Martyr's Day -- Lebanon

Mayday for Mutts -- originally sponsored, but now celebrated by many animal rescues on different dates

Mother's Day -- Angola; Cape Verde; Hungary; Lithuania; Mozambique; Portugal; Romania; Spain

National Barrier Awareness Day -- US (declared by Presidential Proclamation in 1986)    

National Infertility Survival Day® -- US (encouraging infertility survivors to reach out to those still coming to terms with being diagnosed as infertile) 

National Roast Leg of Lamb Day

National Travel and Tourism Week begins -- US (this year's theme:  "Travel Forward")   

Nones of May -- Ancient Roman Calendar

Radio Day -- Bulgaria; Russia

Root Canal Awareness Week begins -- originally sponsored by the American Association of Endodontists   

St. Domitian of Huy's Day (Patron of Huy Liege, Belgium; against fever)

World Laughter Day -- sponsored by Dr. Madan Kataria, founder of the worldwide Laughter Yoga movement 

Anniversaries Today:

Founding of Univerzita Karlova in Prague, the first university in Central Europe, 1348

Birthdays Today:

Owen Hart, 1965

Peter Reckell, 1955

Amy Heckerling, 1954

Tim Russert, 1950

Johnny Unitas, 1933

Teresa Brewer, 1931

Darren McGavin, 1922

Eva Peron, 1919

Gary Cooper, 1901

Archibald Macleish, 1892

Gabby Hayes, 1885

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1840

Johannes Brahms, 1833

Robert Browning, 1812

Francis Beaufort, 1774

David Hume, 1711

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Strike It Rich"(TV), 1951

Choral Symphony in D Minor(Beethoven's Ninth), 1824

Today in History:

The dome of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople collapses, 558

Joan of Arc leads the final charge in the Battle of Orleans, 1429

Louis XIV of France inaugurates The Palace of Versailles, 1664

The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, 1718

Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia, 1727

Chief Pontiac begins the "Conspiracy of Pontiac" by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit, 1763

The independence of Greece is recognized by the Treaty of London, 1832

George Eastman patents the "Kodak Box Camera," 1888

In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning  detector — a primitive radio receiver, 1895

German  submarine  SM U-20  sinks RMS Lusitania, 1915

England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21, 1928

Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees, 1946

The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress, 1948

The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer, 1952

Canadian Patrick Morrow became the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits, 1986

The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission, 1992

Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $40 billion USD and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history, 1998

The tomb of Herod the Great is discovered, 2007

A new study reports that all Europeans are related to a small group of ancestors dating back only 1,000 years; researchers believe it's likely that everyone in the world is related over the past few thousand years, 2013

Underwater explorers discover a silver ingot of Captain William Kidd's treasure near Madagascar, 2015

Global tourism accounts for 8% of the world's carbon emissions according to a University of Sydney study, 2018

Berklee College of Music bestows honorary doctorates to Beatles drummer Ringo Starr; bassist Chuck Rainey; composer James Newton Howard; and R&B singer Lalah Hathaway, 2022