Maundy — as in Maundy Thursday — comes from the Latin mandatum. This is the first word of the phrase “Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos.” It means A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you which is how Jesus in John 13:34 explained to the Apostles the significance of his washing their feet the night before His crucifixion.
Category: Omnibit
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-23-16
It was not the Gay 90s in which the penny-farthing bicycle ruled but the 1870s and 1880s. The tall-wheeled vehicle was invented in 1869. It’s production ended in 1893 having supplanted by the modern “safety-bicycle” invented five years earlier.
Penny-farthing William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-23-16
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-22-16
How many Australians does it take to change a light bulb?
Just one, but he has to be a licensed electrician. At least in the state of Victoria.
Change a light bulb –William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-22-16
Scotch tape — William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 3-21-16
You lost the end of the Scotch tape and are going nuts trying to find it? Remember to stick a paper clip (or toothpick or matchstick) to it next time. No more problem. This works with duct tape too.
Scotch tape — William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 3-21-16
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-20-16
Spring has sprung. The cheerful robins have returned. Old English legend has it that “this pious bird with the scarlet breast” tenderly picked a thorn from the crown of Christ. As the merciful bird flew off a drop of blood fell dying the bird’s breast red.
Pious bird –William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-20-16
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-19-16
Time travel is banned in China. OK, what this really means is that movies featuring it as a plot are not allowed to be shown because it treats history frivolously.
Time travel is banned in China — William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-19-16
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-18-16
Congressman Robert F. Broussard in 1910 figured hippopotamus would solve a then severe meat shortage and also eat the invasive water hyacinth that was clogging up the rivers in his state of Louisiana. A win-win. So he introduced the American Hippo Bill calling for their importation and release into the bayous. Former President Theodore Roosevelt backed it as did the U.S Department of Agriculture, the Washington Post and The New York Times which described the meat as “lake cow bacon”. The bill fell just short of being passed.
American Hippo Bill introduced by Congressman Robert F. Broussard in 1910– William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-18-16
William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 3-17-16
How much beer is drank in Ireland? A lot. About 26 gallons per person per year. Only the Czech Republic, Austria, German, Estonia and Poland drink more per capita.
Beer includes ale here.
How much beer — William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 3-17-16
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-16-16
President William McKinley liked rye whiskey. He had a drink named after him called “McKinley’s Delight” which was 3 ounces of rye, an ounce of sweet vermouth, two dashes of cherry brandy and a dash of absinthe. His successor, Teddy Roosevelt, had similar tastes with rye-based mint juleps being his favorite.
McKinley’s Delight rye whiskey– William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-16-16
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-15-16
Ides is what the Romans called the day that was the middle of the month. For most months it falls on the 13th. For May, July, October and March, of course, it is the 15th.