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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.
Grandpa had gone into the kitchen to fix some lunch, and when i passed Grandma's room she was eating Jello and peanut butter crackers. I told Grandpa not to fix any lunch for Grandma, she'd helped herself to whatever she wanted and he just said, "More for me!"
When Boudreaux an' Clothile jes' got marry, one day she see him cookin' pancakes jes' when dey done had dey supper.
"What fo' you cookin' pancakes, we jes' done had supper," she say, an' Boudreaux say, "I be cookin' dis fo' de dogs."
"Why you be cookin' pancakes fo' de dogs?" Clothile ax.
An' Boudreaux say, "Mais, dey cain't cook fo' deyselves, dey don' know how!"
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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. Please note EC is on a blog break due to her health. Good thoughts and prayers are appreciated.
Bits and bobs from my substitute phone camera, which is running out of memory.
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This week, Lulu wants to join the Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head for their Sunday Selfies Blog Hop.
As always, she poses, then wants her treat (and yes, she gets it).
Is it treat time? (Yes, it was.)
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Today is:
Ashura -- Islam (optional day of fasting that ends at sundown, local observances and national holidays may vary)
Birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama / World Tibet Day -- Tibetan Diaspora, to bring awareness to the cause of restoring freedom to Tibet
Buy Yourself a Toy You Always Wanted As a Child Day -- internet sites that list this suggest you then donate it to a child in need
Day of the Capital -- Kazakhstan
Ettelbruck Rememberance Day -- Ettelbruck, Luxembourg (remebrance of Patton's 3rd Army liberating the area from the Nazis)
Feast of Isaiah the Prophet -- Roman Catholic
Fill an Aquarium Day -- they are fun and entertaining; probably spread around the internet by an afficionado who wants to share the love
Independence Day / National Day -- Comoros (1975)
Independence Day / Republic Day -- Malawi (1964)
International Kissing Day / World Kissing Day -- noted everywhere, but not sponsored; that doesn't matter, kiss someone you love today! (and by the way, kissing burns 6 calories a minute)
Iriya no Asagao-ichi -- Kishibo-Jin Shrine, Taito Ward, Tokyo (morning glory flower festival, buy one for good luck, through the 8th)
Ivan Kupala Day -- Belarus; Poland; Russia; Ukraine (through tomorrow; Feast of St. John the Baptist in Orthodox Churches using the Julian Calendar)
Jan Hus Day -- Czech Republic
King Mindaugas Day / Statehood Day -- Lithuania
Los Sanfermines -- Pamplona, Spain (bull running, through the 14th; don't be bored, be gored! a part of the San Fermin Festival)
Ludi Apollinares -- Ancient Roman Calendar (first day of games in honor of Apollo; through the 13th)
National Fried Chicken Day
Old Albums are Frisbees Day -- if you have nothing to play them on, and they are scratched anyway, why not?
Ra o te Ui Ariki -- Cook Islands (House of Ariki[Tribal Chief])
St. Godelieve of Ghistelles's Day (Patron of difficult marriages, healthy throats, in-law problems, throat diseases, victims of abuse, victims of verbal spouse abuse)
St. Maria Goretti's Day (Patron of children, teen girls, martyrs, poor people, rape victims, young people; Albano, Italy; against poverty, the death of parents)
Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day -- because your online business depends on keeping him/her happy and well fed; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays
Anniversary Today:
Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert (King George V) marries Princess Victoria Mary of Teck (Queen Mary), 1893
Birthdays Today
Matthew O'Leary, 1987
Gregory Smith, 1983
Tia and Tamera Mowry, 1978
Jennifer Saunders, 1958
Kenny G, 1956
Allyce Beasley, 1954
Grant Goodeve, 1952
Hilary Mantel, 1952
Geoffrey Rush, 1951
George W. Bush, 1946
Sylvester Stallone, 1946
Burt Ward, 1945
Ned Beatty, 1937
Dalai Lama, 1935
Della Reese, 1932
Janet Leigh, 1927
Pat Paulsen, 1927
Merv Griffin, 1927
Bill Haley, 1925
William Schallert, 1922
Nancy Reagan, 1921
Sebastian Cabot, 1918
Laverne Andrews, 1915
Frida Kahlo, 1907
Beatrix Potter, 1866
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, 1781
John Paul Jones, 1747
Debuting/Premiering Today:
A Hard Day's Night(Film), 1964
"Name That Tune"(TV), 1953
"Judith"(Play), 1840
Today in History
Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) is crowned King of England, 1189
Papal bull of Pope Clement VI protecting Jews during the Black Death, 1348
Jan Hus is burned at the stake, 1415
Richard III is crowned King of England, 1483
Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River, 1484
Sir Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII, 1535
Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera, 1573
The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States, 1785
In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held, 1854
Lyman Reed Blake receives the first patent for a machine to sew the sole of a shoe on to the upper, 1958
Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies; the patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog, 1885
David Kalakaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced at gunpoint, at the hands of the Americans, to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights, 1887
Dadabhai Naoroji elected as first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain, 1892
The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship, 1919
The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park; the American League defeats the National League, 4–2, 1933
The last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed, 1939
Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse, 1942
The Hartford Circus Fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut, 1944
Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France, 1986
The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years, 2006
Exiled Tibetans are banned from celebrating the Dalai Lama's birthday as Nepalese authorities fear they will turn into anti-Chinese demonstrations, 2011
Pokémon Go, the real-world mobile game by Niantic, is first released, 2016
France announces it will ban petrol and diesel cars by 2040, 2017
According to the World Health Organization, Paraguay has eliminated malaria within its borders, 2018
According to a report by the UN, zoonotic diseases, which jump from animals to humans, are increasing due to unsustainable farming and climate change, 2020
Justin Trudeau, Canada's Prime Minister, names Mary Simon Canada's first indigenous Governor General, 2021
The Louis Armstrong House Museum opens a new archive facility, the Louis Armstrong Center, in Queens, NYC, 2023
