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Bramble vs Briar — You’ve heard the phrase “briar and bramble.” So what’s a bramble? It’s basically the blackberry bush — which is very common in Britain — although it can extend to any bush with thorns and berries.
And a briar? It’s any bush with thorns including the blackberry. The words may not be perfect synonyms but bramble is redundant when used with briar.
In the movie “Caddyshack,” Carl, the greens keeper played by Bill Murray, describes how he once caddied for The Dalai Lama in Tibet. He says the Dali Lama hit a ball into a 10,000 foot crevice at the base of a glacier and said Gunga gunga galunga.
Around the turn of the Millennium, the Dalai Lama visited the United States. Among the the people with whom he met was then Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura. Ventura asked him if he had ever seen “Caddyshack” and the Dalai Lama said no.
Just before leaving, however, The Dalai Lama looked at the Governor and said Gunga, gunga galunga.
What does the Buddy Holly hit That’ll Be The Day have in common with the British pop group The Searchers? The names of both were inspired by the John Ford/John Wayne western The Searchers.
What did Roman’s do when they were bored? They played Nine Man Morris. It’s considered the forerunner of Tic Tac Toe.
Eddie Haskell from Leave it to Beaver grew up to be a Los Angeles police officer. Well, Ken Osmond, the person who played him did anyway. He retired on disability after being shot during a foot chase.
A flea can leap 13 inches. That’s about 150 times its own length and would be equivalent to you or me jumping the distance of two football fields.
The King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache. At least in a deck of cards.
Yes Robert James, it is estimated that there are 10^123 unique chess games. There are only 10^79 atoms in the universe.
Musician Tom Petty was born exactly 66 years ago today. It was down in Dixie. But it was on a Friday. Go figure. Not sure if it was a morning or not.
Anyway, happy birthday Tom. Here you go.