Category: Omnibit

General Hideki Tojo inquiring phone calls –General Hideki Tojo was the prime minister when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Throughout his tenure he preached self sacrifice, and, when necessary, suicide. When the Marianas were occupied, Tojo was sacked. As the war situation got worse Tojo just sat back.

Finally when the US accepted Japans surrender, Tojo’s wife started getting phone calls. They politely asked “Has your husband committed suicide yet?” His doctor was kind enough to show Tojo where his heart was so he would be sure to kill himself and not survive.

Tojo sat and waited. Finally when the US authorities showed up Tojo shot himself. It was an insincere seppuku. He missed his own heart.

This was a good thing. True justice occurred when he was hanged as a war criminal.

Tojo inquiring phone calls William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-7-18

In the 19th century, it was thought that feeding horses beans would cause them to do well in races and those that won spectacularly were said to be “full of beans”. The phrase was eventually shortened to “some beans” to describe a spunky, gutsy person. In the 1960s, it morphed into “cool beans” as a statement of approval. And now you know something you have been wondering about since 1969. Cool beans.

Cool Beans William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-6-18

The phrase scot-free originally meant escaping your tax payment. “Skat” means tax in Viking talk and the word came to the English when the Vikings rule part of their country (and made them pay taxes).

Phrase scot-free William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-4-18

Please don’t have the impression that the guy who gave us Wedding March was into Hawaiian music. Felix Mendelssohn of Felix Mendelsshon’s Hawaiian Serenaders, who were popular in the 1940s, really had nothing to do with the great composer.

Hawaiian Serenaders William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-3-18

The coldest December on record in the United States was in 1983.

Coldest December William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-1-18

Humphrey Bogart’s middle name was DeForest.

Humphrey Bogart’s middle name William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-30-18

Troopers were historically neither police nor mere enlisted soldiers as they are colloquially called in the United States. They were soldiers in cavalry regiments. The word comes from the French troupier.

Troopers William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-29-18

The issue of the day when Wilkes Barre, Pa. was founded in 1769  was the infamous and oppressive Stamp Act. This required things printed in the Colonies be produced on paper from London carrying an embossed revenue stamp.

The Stamp Act was hated. It gave us the slogan “No taxation without representation.”

Its loudest opponents in British Parliament were John Wilkes and Isaac Barre.

From them comes the city’s name.

Wilkes Barre William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-28-18

The Battle of Krasnobrod was a cavalry battle between the Poles and the Nazis. It occurred on Sept. 23, 1939. The Poles won capturing Gen. Rudolph Koch-Erpach.

Battle of Krasnobrod William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 11-27-18