Pass me another pouch of that Big League TRIVIA QUIZ!
Today is Yell "Fudge" at the Cobras In North America Day. Tom and Ruth Roy of Lebanon, Pennsylvania believe cobras can be kept out of North America if everyone north of Panama goes outside today at noon and yells "Fudge!" Fudge, they say, makes cobras gag and skeedaddle. I believe I have previous registered my opinion on these folks. Yipes!
Today is National Leave the Office Earlier Day, a day for pros to work harder, finish quicker, and get home early to spend more time with their families.
Today is National Rocky Road Day.
On this day in 1899, during a train robbery on a Wyoming bridge, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid got into a long argument with the conductor and forgot about the explosives they’d planted. The bridge blew up.
On this day in 1993, Minor-league baseball banned the use of all tobacco products by players during games.
On this day in 1996, The Mt. Vernon Ladies’ Association, which owns George Washington’s Virginia estate, insisted that the cellular telephone relay tower to be built there be disguised as a tree. Cellular One agreed to erect a white fir "treepole" with plastic needles and bark.
On this day in 2007, in Tempe, Arizona, U.S. hot dog eating champ Joey Chestnut surpassed the record of 53 3/4 hot dogs -- held for six years by Takeru Kobayashi of Japan -- by wolfing downing 59 1/2 wieners in 12 minutes.
And now for the trivia: On this day in 1928, what did Kraft's Chicago employees create while searching for new ideas to fight the Depression?
Good luck :)
3 Comments:
How about Cheez Whiz? Not as exciting as pancakes in a can, but hey, it was almost the Depression...
Remind me not to stop by Tom and Ruth's house when we're in Pennsylvania - they sound like an, um, interesting, couple.
I think Jon has a good guess. But what the heck are pancakes in a can?
On the right track! It's Velveeta!
JD, yes, let's avoid Tom and Ruth. I'm imagining their house as having a lot of ornamental lawn statuary or something...
Laine, if only you'd come to visit me a few weeks later, you could have experienced BATTER BLASTER: pancake batter from a spray can!
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