How much would it cost today to hire Babe TRIVIA QUIZ!!??!!
Today is Reading Guilt Day, a day to actually start reading an entire book you only read the Cliff Notes version of in college. Hmm, I guess that means I'll finally have to read Billy Budd...
Today is also National Blueberry Muffin Day. Oh good, so I can have something good to eat when I fall asleep on my copy of Billy Budd ;)
On this day in 1914, Babe Ruth made his major-league debut with the Boston Red Sox at an annual rookie salary of $2,900. Six years later he signed with the Yankees for $125,000.
On this day in 1971, the U.S. Department of Agriculture was allocated $19,520 to determine if a woman's place was in the home. Really?
On this day in 1992, a Japanese rancher told Tokyo reporters he outfitted his cattle with pocket pagers. He said it took the cows about a week to learn that the beep means it's time to eat. He just dials the beeper number and they come running. Now, holler if you've sent a numeric page to anybody in the last 10 years!
(random, yes, but it's what came up when I searched for "cow pager")
Trivia, eh? OK, when was the last cigarette ad seen on television?
Good luck :)
3 Comments:
There is not a good enough reason in the world to read Billy Budd. It's the only book for HS that I could not complete.
And yes, I am a nerd, thanks for asking.
As for trivia, I'm going to make a wild guess of 1993.
I was thinking about it and I don't think I ever remember seeing a cigarette commercial on TV. So I'm going to guess 1983.
And I second the opinion of Billy Budd. I think I had to read it in college though. At least try something remotely interesting. Like War and Peace maybe :)
I think it's a little earlier, since I don't remember seeing a cigarette ad on TV either. How about 1977?
Do you think the cows have their own social networking site yet? They should call it MooSpace....
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