ONE FOOT IN MY MOUTH 23/10/14 No 177 Editorial:- Did I mention double glassing ? It could be coming to a window near me shortly. If you call 18 months shortly. I was talking to the manager about it and said to him, when he told me, that I might not be here in 18 months, and he said ,oh don`t say that John, I`m sure you will last longer than that. I was very quick to tell him I thought we might be on different wavelengths. Around The World:- There has been a number of things about the popular game of darts, and how they actually had blind darts matches played between blind and sighted players, with no strings attached. No joke they did sometimes have strings attached so they could tell the score. The sighted players had to start and finish on a double, and often the blind players still won. A person I knew many years ago, who worked for a large company called Great Universal Stores, used his skills as a dart player to great effect. When trying to sell a client something, lets say a suit of clothes, he would take them to the pub and challenge them to a game of darts. He would loose badly. He would then say if I loose the next 2, I will pay the deposit for the HP, if you loose you will buy 2 suits. He never lost. He would also challenge anybody in the pub to a game of 301, the winner buying the looser a pint, on the condition that their score was doubled. The impossibility of a win only dawned on some cocksure opponents near the end of a match, and he got his drink. The Canadian `Sargent at Arms` what a very brave man, he must be in line for a Knighthood. History:- 4004 Bc; Creation of the world begins, according to the calculations of Arch Bishop James Usher. 1707; The first Parliament of Great Britain met. 1814; 1st plastic surgery is performed, (England). I wonder if modern plastic surgery has to be biodegradable? You can just imagine all the long faces. 1876; New Orleans Mint reopens as an assay office. There has to be something about the mint with the hole in it. 1933; John Dillinger, and his gang, steal $75,000 from a bank in Indiana. 1942; The battle of Al Alamein began. 1956; The Hungarian uprising against Soviet rule began. 1963; Neil Simon`s play Bare Foot in the Park premiers in NYC. It was a good film too. Birthdays:- 1905; Felix Bloch, Swiss/US nuclear physicist, (Nobel 1995). 1931; Diana Doors, [Fluck], Swindon, English actress. 1940; Pele, Brazilian footballer, (player of the century - 1281 goals in 1363 games), 74. Deaths:- 1957; Christian Dior, French born fashion designer,(b1905), 52. 2003; Song May-Ling, wife of the President of the The Republic of China Chiang Kai-Shek,(b1897), 106. Sport:- Cheer up Liverpool fans, it can only get better, Can`t it? Word Of The Day:- GIMMICK: n, something designed to attract attention or publicity. Something I would never do.
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