Hi everybody if it's Wednesday, it must be time for 'Ask Mr. Knowitall'..
Well it seems that Nobody has any questions fo me this week, so Maybe I'll just Ramble On for a bit...I had a wonderful Holiday, I hope that you did as well. I did develope quite a horrible Tooth-Ache, and I've been on Pain Killers for 2 days, I hope My dentist is in on Wednesdays!
Anyway, How's about some interesting answers to some Un-Asked Questions?
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Famous Historical Names....
Joel Roberts Poinsett... A lifelong American Diplomat, he was Secretary of War under Martin Van Buren. While Ambassador to Mexico, he brought back the 1st 'Poinsettia' to the U.S.
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Patrick Hooligan...A notorious hoodlum in 19th Century London. His name became a generic term for any 'Troublemaker'.
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Leopold von Sacher-Masoch...An Austrian Novelist, His books reflected his sexual disorder, a craving that was later dubbed 'Masochism'.
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Arnold Reuben...A NYC deli owner of the 50's. He put corned beef, kraut, and Russian dressing on some rye bread and named the whole thing after himself..The Reuben.
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Belinda Blurb... A model portrayed on a book jacket by American Illustrator Gelett Burgess. She inspired the common term for a publishers comments on a book cover..The Blurb
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Franz Anton Mesmer...An Austrian Physician, He popularized outrageous medical theories on animal magnetism in Paris in the 1780's. He Mesmerized the public!
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William Russell Frisbie...An American Pie Maker, he founded the Frisbie Pie Company in Bridgeport Connecticut, in 1871. In the 1900's, students from up the road in New Haven Connecticut, (Yale) Found they could flip the Frisbie pie tins like flying saucers....
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Mr Knowitall's tooth hurts like a MoFo...
Peace..!
