Category: Omnibit

Omnibit Of The Day 12-13-13

December 13 2013 Omnibit Trivia by William W. Lawrence Sr.

The Air Force is shooting dead chickens from a 20-foot cannon at some of its airplanes. The boys in blue, with very straight faces, tell us they are learning to bird-proof their jets.

Omnibit Of The Day 12-12-13

December 12 2013 Omnibit Trivia  by William W. Lawrence Sr.

No Christopher, neither California nor Florida has the highest number of registered boats. That honor goes to Alabama. (At least as of 1983)

 

Omnibit Of The Day 12-11-13

December 11 2013 Omnibit Trivia by William W. Lawrence Sr.

About half of you drivers are operating cars that are a quart low on oil. Not good. Not good for the cars.

 

 

Omnibit Of The Day 12-7-13

December 7 2013 Omnibit Trivia by William W. Lawrence Sr.

Tiny Belgium about the size of Maryland has had so many battles fought within its borders (Waterloo, The Bulge are among them) that it has acquired the nickname “The Cock-pit of Europe”

Omnibit Of The Day 12-6-13

December 6 Omnibit Trivia by William W. Lawrence Sr.

The first gold record was “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles” by Ben Selven. The million seller was put out by Victor in 1919.

 

Omnibit Of The Day 12-5-13

December 5 Omnibit Trivia by William W. Lawrence Sr.

Yes, Christopher, the great horned owl does indeed have the keenest hearing in all animaldom. It can pick up the sound of an insect moving through grass at 100 yards.

Omnibit Of The Day 12-4-13

Dietrich Buxtehude, the great Danish composer and organist, must have had an ugly daughter. Johann Sebastian Bach, who at age 23 didn't have a pfennig in his pocket, walked from Arnstadt to Lubeck, Germany to hear him play the organ. Buxtehude, ready to retire tried to make a deal with young Bach. The organist job, if Bach would marry Fraulein Buxtehude. "Nein," said Bach. George Handel, another promising musician, had rejected the offer two years earlier.Omnibit Trivia 12-4-13 by William W. Lawrence Sr.

Dietrich Buxtehude, the great Danish composer and organist, must have had an ugly daughter. Johann Sebastian Bach, who at age 23 didn’t have a pfennig in his pocket, walked from Arnstadt to Lubeck, Germany to hear him play the organ.

Buxtehude, ready to retire tried to make a deal with young Bach. The organist job, if Bach would marry Fraulein Buxtehude. “Nein,” said Bach. George Handel, another promising musician, had rejected the offer two years earlier.

 

Omnibit Of The Day 12-3-13

December 3, 2013 Omnibit Trivia by William W. Lawrence Sr.

The heart pumps blood through a network of 70,000 miles of blood vessels once every minute

 

December 2 Omnibit Trivia

December 2, 2013 Omnibit Trivia by William W. Lawrence Sr.

Yes, Robert James, there are more pizza parlors than hamburger stands in the United States today.

Omnibit Of The Day 11-30-13

November 30, 2013 Omnibit Trivia by William W. Lawrence Sr.

Does a pound cake weigh a pound? No, it got its name from the pound of butter it contains.