Double Helping of Toast (Six Sentence Stories), Good Fences, Sammy’s Poetry Day and Brian’s Thankful Thursday

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(Today, two stories for the price of one!)

"Would you look at this!" she said, gesturing toward her computer as if to say words failed her.

He walked over and glanced at the screen and she continued, "It's instructions [<--link] for how to make 'perfect' toast, and can you believe it, there are six steps here -- six!" 

"That does seem a bit excessive," he said mildly, heading toward the coffee pot.

"A bit!" she exclaimed.  "I'd say it's more than that.  And I'd also say, anyone who needs such detailed instructions for how to make toast isn't ready to be let loose in society!"

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Two Everest climbing expeditions, one from Ireland and the other from France both got into difficulty, but decided to join forces and together, they all successfully summited and got safely back to the base camp.

They decided to hold a celebration in a bar together, and during the celebration wanted to make toasts, so the leader of the Irish expedition stood up and said, "May you live as long as you like and never lack as long as you live!" and everyone drank.

Then the leader of the French expedition stood up and said, "Eggs, milk, cinnamon, syrup!" and everyone drank again.

The bartender was a bit confused about the second toast, and asked why there was such a difference between them.

"I'm Irish," said the leader of the Irish expedition, "and I made a traditional Irish toast."

Then the leader of the French expedition explained, "And I'm French..."

Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Toast.      

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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!  (And Gosia is back to blogging, so maybe we'll have Good Fences again soon!)

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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day!  This week's image and my poem:    

(One stanza from each child.)

I know it's all our birthdays but

I'm really a little bummed,

I'd rather have my cake in peace, the

"Happy Birthday" singers should have hummed.

I know it's all our birthdays and

I'm going to give a cheer

once I've blown these candles out

and she quits screaming in my ear!

I know it's all our birthdays but

I'm yelling from my chair,

I just don't like this set-up,

my cake's too small, it's not fair!

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Brian of Brian's Home hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop.   It's time to share something for which i am thankful.  

This week i am thankful payday hit just right so i could buy insulin for Dansig the Round the very day we were going to run out.

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Today is:

Armed Forces Day -- Equatorial Guinea

Dia de la Bandera -- Venezuela (Flag Day)

Emancipation Day -- Bermuda (first day of the Cup Match)

Feast of Caligo, the mother of Chaos -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate, and this is as good a day to celebrate chaos as any other)

Fete National de l'Arbre -- Niger (Independence Day, 1960)

Fiesta de San Salvador -- San Salvador, El Salvador

Golpe de la Libertad -- Equatorial Guinea (Freedom Day)

Grab Some Nuts Day -- almonds and walnuts are especially good for you

International Friendship Day (original date proposed by Joyce Hall, founder of Hallmark Cards, back in 1935 because it is the center of the largest lull between major holidays; the UN celebrates it on July 30 and many countries celebrate on the second Sunday in August)

Kanto Matsuri -- Akita, Japan  (a fourd-ay festival, praying for good harvest, purification ceremonies, and feats of skill)

National Watermelon Day

Pidjiguiti Day -- Guinea-Bissau (Colonization Martyr's Day; Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti)

St. Lydia Purpuraria's Day (Lydia the "seller of purple" who was Paul's first convert in Philippi; Patron of dyers)

St. Nicodemus' Day (member of the Sanhedrin and secret disciple who helped bury Jesus)

Birthdays Today:

Evangeline Lilly, 1979

Blaine Wilson, 1974

Isaiah Washington, 1963

John McGinley, 1959

Jay North, 1951

John Landis, 1950

Martha Stewart, 1941

Martin Sheen, 1940

Steve Berkoff, 1937

Tony Bennett, 1926

Leon Uris, 1924

P.D. James, 1920

Margaret "Maggie" Kuhn, 1905

John T. Scopes, 1900

Ernest Taylor "Ernie" Pyle, 1900

Elisha Graves Otis, 1811

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Primetime Live"(TV), 1989

"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)"(Single release), 1963

"Chu Chin Chow"(Musical), 1916

"William Tell"(Opera), 1829

Today in History:

Tiberius, Roman Empire general, defeats the Dalmatians at the river Bathinus, 8

Columbus sets Sail for the "Indes," departing from Palos, Spain, 1492

John Rut, at St. John's, Newfoundland, sends the first known letter from North America, 1527

Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes, 1678

First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps, 1811

Harvard defeats Yale in the first intercollegiate rowing race, 1852*

Second Maori War begins in New Zealand, 1860

The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company is founded, 1900

The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap, 1958

President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya of Mauritania is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia, 2005

After last month's extensive flooding, North Korea finally asks the United Nations for food aid, 2012

The International Olympic Committee approves baseball/softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding to be included in the 2020 Games, bringing the total number of sports to 33, 2016

Singer Tony Bennet celebrates his 95th birthday with the first of two performances at Radio City Music Hall, NYC, 2021

The Ascent skyscraper in Milwaukee is certified as the world's tallest timber building at 25 stories, 2022

Researchers at Yale University bring the brains and hearts of dead pigs back to life, with tremendous implications for organ transplants and stroke sufferers, as well as bringing up ethical questions about the definition of death, 2022

*In fact, it was the first American intercollegiate athletic event ever.