Thomas A. Edison was
born on this date in 1847. Edison invented everything. He gave all the credit to his
mother, Necessity.
American genius Thomas Edison was
born on this day in 1847. He said, "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99%
perspiration." His wife said, "Tom, you're a stinking genius!"
Actor Burt Reynolds is
74 today.
Burt's amazing. He became one of history's most successful leading men, even though his
hair already had turned prematurely gone.
Thomas Edison was born on this
day in 1847. Edison invented the electric light, the phonograph, and 1,200 other things.
He once said, "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration." Which makes you
wonder why he didn't invent deodorant.
The famous thinker and
philosopher Rene Descartes died on this day in 1650. Other philosophers accused Descartes
of illogical reasoning. They said he put Descartes before the horse.
Inventor Thomas Edison was born on this
day in 1847. Edison was a genius, but he admitted that genius was 1% inspiration and 99%
perspiration. So on his birthday, his friends always gave him clean underwear.
Napoleon married Princess Marie Louise
of Austria on this day in 1810. But Marie never really liked Napoleon because he was
short. When they danced, his hat kept poking her in the ribs.
Actress Tina Louise is 76 today.
Tina's most famous role was Ginger on "Gilligan's Island." In fact, she inspired
the Professor to come up with his first invention -- the cold shower.
Actor and director Burt Reynolds
was born on this day in 1936. Burt became an actor and director on the advice of people in
the movie industry. People who saw him act said he should be a director, and people who
saw him direct said he should be an actor.
On this day in 1978 China lifted
its ban on the works of Mark Twain. Before that, the Chinese considered Tom Sawyer
subversive simply because he got Becky Thatcher alone in a cave -- and then panicked.
On this date in 1964 the Surgeon
General said that smoking may be hazardous to your health. He should have also said it
makes your breath smell like your lungs are cooking with old grease.
On this day in 1942, the
Archie
comic book character debuted. If you don't know what he looked like, just imagine a young
Bill Clinton with red hair.
Burt Reynolds turns
74
today. Sadly, he’s not as wealthy as he would have been if he didn’t have to
make support payments for Loni Anderson’s hair.
Inventor Thomas Edison was born on
this date in 1847. He once said, "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99%
perspiration." And his wife once said, "Who needs a light bulb? I can smell you
coming."
Happy 76th birthday to actress Tina
Louise. She's working on a new "Gilligan's Island" movie where the Professor has to
make Prozac out of coconuts after Ginger snaps.
Tina can still get into her
Ginger costumes -- she just doesn't fill them out in the same places.
On this day in 1990 Nelson Mandela was
freed after 26 years in prison. The bad news was, he owed a fortune to the
Book-of-the-Month Club!
The first snowmobile to travel in
access of 125 miles an hour did so at Boonville, New York, on this day in 1972. If doctors
used snowmobiles, they'd be able to go out in snow storms. That's why they don't use them.
On this day in 1905 James
Blackstone of Seattle set a world record by bowling 299½. Honest. On the last roll, one
pin broke in half, and half of it remained standing. Blackstone was last seen
sitting in a corner trying to hatch his bowling ball.
That's worse than when I tripped
on my shoelaces and got my nose stuck in the bowling ball.
Thomas Edison was born on this
date in 1847. It was Edison who said, "Alexander Graham Bell would have invented
twice as much stuff if you could just get him off the phone."
Thomas Edison invented everything worth
inventing and then said, "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration." He
spent his final years experimenting with an alcohol-base deodorant and died in 1931 of
cirrhosis of the armpit.
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