The phrase “innocent bystander” is a common expression used to describe someone who is present at an event or incident without any connection to it or responsibility for it. On the other hand, the term “guilty bystander” is not commonly used because the word “guilty” implies some level of responsibility or wrongdoing.
The concept of an innocent bystander emphasizes the idea that certain individuals may be caught up in or affected by an event without any intent or involvement in it. The term is often used in the context of accidents, conflicts, or other situations where people may be present but not actively participating.
While the term “guilty bystander” is not standard in everyday language, it’s worth noting that the legal system recognizes degrees of culpability, and individuals who are present at a crime scene may be considered witnesses, suspects, or even accomplices based on their actions and knowledge. However, these roles are generally defined by legal terms rather than the phrase “guilty bystander.”
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Forecast for tonight: Dark
I once got struck by lightning while sitting on the toilet!
That was a real shock to the cistern…
It’s raining cats and dogs out there.
I know, I just stepped in a poodle.
Why did Thor lose his lightning powers?
Because his father grounded him.
Wrote a play about the weather, and we had 5 actors dressed as clouds for the rehearsal.
On opening night 6 clouds turned up..
It was overcast!
Never mind cats and dogs, it was raining chickens and ducks yesterday.
Fowl weather.
As raindrops say, two’s company, three’s a cloud.
I’m saving for a rainy day.
So far, I have an anorak, a couple of macs, and a dinghy.
What do you call a man wearing two raincoats?
Max.
A friend of mine did his pilot’s exam just after a storm, and flew through a rainbow.
He passed with flying colours.
How do you move a piece of furniture at the weather station?
With four casters.
When does it start to rain money?
When there is a change in the weather.
What’s the difference between weather and climate?
You can’t weather a tree, but you can climate!
I asked a tall guy, “How’s the weather up there?
He spat on me and told me it was raining.
I asked Siri, “Surely the weather is not going to be this miserable again tomorrow?”
She replied, “Yes it will be and don’t call me Shirley.”
Looks like I forgot to take my phone off Airplane mode.
What do you call a weather joke with a bad punchline?
An anti-climactic climatic joke.
Don’t trust big changes in the weather.
It’s just a front.
I had an argument with my wife about the bad weather.
It soon blew over.
I hate people who phone me up complaining about the state of the weather.
That’s why I lost my job with the mountain rescue team.
If you make a lot of mistakes when texting in cold weather, you need to get warm.
It’s an early sign of typo-thermia.
It was so cold this morning my phone’s weather app froze.
I prefer cold weather.
But only to a certain degree.
The weather forecast was for freezing rain, and sure enough it was an ice day.
What do you call an arctic cold spell at the end of the year?
Decemburr!
I was going to go out in the freezing weather but I got cold feet.
I got hit on the head during a hail storm.
I was knocked out cold.
I’m feeling very alone in this cold weather.
In fact, I’m completely ice-olated.
I became a world renowned expert on cold weather.
And it only took 2 degrees to do it.
It was hot and sunny today and when I went to town I saw a line of guys outside a hairdressers.
I thought, “What a lovely day to have a barber queue.”
It was so hot the other day that even the mosquitoes were dropping like flies.
I had a great weekend.
I won the annual weather forecaster’s championships!
I beat the raining champion.
Dad: Looks like we’re going to have Santa’s favourite weather for Christmas this year.
Wife: Oh, is it going to snow?
Dad: No, rain dear.
Did you hear about the explosion at the Nissan factory?
It was raining Datsun cogs.
Why does it never rain when the internet is down?
Because it’s all based in the cloud.
What do you do with a weather ladder?
Climate.
I spent five dollars for a weather app on my phone.
I got two dollars and fifteen cents back in climate change.
What’s the worst type of weather to hire?
Lightning, it’s always on strike.
And there’s more ….
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Here are the fifty historical events that took place on January 2nd, listed in ascending order:
1492: Muhammad XII, the last Moorish King of Granada, surrenders his city to the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, effectively ending the Reconquista.
1496: Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
1583: The Netherlands adopted the Gregorian calendar.
1622: Papal Chancery adopted January 1st as the beginning of the year.
1651: Charles II was crowned king of Scotland.
1673: Regular mail delivery began between New York and Boston.
1700: Russia replaced the Zemsky Sobor with the Table of Ranks.
1724: Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest led to the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
1735: Paul Revere, American patriot and silversmith, was born.
1745: Anthony Wayne, the American general and statesman, was born.
1752: The British Empire and its American colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar, skipping 11 days.
1757: France and Austria signed a treaty of alliance against Great Britain.
1781: Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Great Britain declared war on the Dutch Republic.
1788: Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1791: Big Bottom massacre in Ohio, marking the first battle of the Northwest Indian War.
1795: The Treaty of Basel was signed between France and Prussia, ending the War of the First Coalition.
1797: Albany became the capital of New York state.
1799: Income tax was introduced in the United Kingdom.
1800: John Adams delivers his Midnight Appointments, announcing a list of midnight appointments to 58 federal judgeships, disrupting Thomas Jefferson’s plans to reshape the judiciary.
1801: The legislative union of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland was completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1806: William Pitt the Younger resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1818: The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded.
1818: Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus” is published anonymously in London.
1820: The first physical fitness book, “Medical Gymnastics,” is published by Pehr Henrik Ling in Stockholm, Sweden.
1822: The Greek Constitution of 1822 was adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
1832: John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign, stepping down over political differences with President Andrew Jackson.
1839: The first photo of the Moon is taken by French photographer Louis Daguerre.
1842: United States Navy officer and explorer Charles Wilkes discovers the Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
1843: Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first President of Liberia.
1845: Texas was admitted as the 28th U.S. state.
1846: Iowa was admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
1847: The world’s first “modern” indoor public swimming pool opened in London.
1848: Arthur St. Clair, American general and politician, died.
1851: The American chess magazine “Chess Monthly” began publication.
1860: The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris.
1863: The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, came into effect.
1865: General William T. Sherman issues Special Field Order No. 15, outlining the redistribution of confiscated land to freedmen in the South.
1865: James Clerk Maxwell presents his paper “A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field” to the Royal Society in London, leading to the development of Maxwell’s equations.
1873: Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar.
1874: Gustave Whitehead, German-American aviation pioneer, was born.
1879: E. M. Forster, English author, was born.
1880: Ferdinand de Lesseps began French construction of the Panama Canal.
1881: The world’s first electric tramway started in Lichterfelder, near Berlin, Germany.
1882: John D. Rockefeller unifies his various businesses into the Standard Oil conglomerate.
1885: General William T. Sherman retires from the U.S. Army.
1892: Ellis Island in New York Harbor opened as a U.S. immigration depot.
1895: J. Edgar Hoover, first Director of the FBI, was born.
1898: New York City annexed the Bronx.
1900: Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American bandleader, was born.
1905: Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur,
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I said to the Gym instructor “Can you teach me to do the splits?”.
He said, “How flexible are you?”.
I said, “I can’t make Tuesdays”.
Did you hear about the angry gymnast?
He just flipped.
My grief counsellor died just the other day.
He was so good though, I didn’t care.
My mate Dave was obsessed with cough drops.
He ended up in a menthol institution.
My extra sensitive toothpaste doesn’t like it when I use other toothpastes.
I’m just back from competing in the ‘Sun Tanning World Championship’.
I got bronze.
Keeping tropical fish at home can have a calming effect on the brain.
This is due to all the indoor fins…
Mary Poppins will no longer be endorsing ‘Rimmel Vibrant Shades’ lipstick – she claims it “breaks too easily” and it “makes her breath smell”.
She gave the following statement ; “The super colour fragile lipstick gives me halitosis”..
The therapist told me I might have a marriage phobia and asked if I thought I had any symptoms.
I said, “I can’t say I do.”
He said, “Yeah, that’s the main one.”
My deaf girlfriend was talking in her sleep last night.
She nearly took my eye out.
It’s proving very difficult to find a shop selling “Left Guard” for my other armpit.
Last year, I joined a group for anti social people.
We haven’t met yet.
I have sex daily.
Sorry, I mean I have dyslexia…
I’ve recently developed a phobia of elevators.
I’m taking steps to avoid them.
I have CDO.
It’s like OCD but all the letters are in alphabetical order as they should be.
If I ever start to go bald, I’ll get a rabbit tattooed onto my head..
From a distance it would look like a hare.
I told myself I should stop drinking…
But I’m not about to listen to some drunk who talks to himself.
Just seen that there’s a nudist convention on in town next week…
Might go if I’ve got nothing on.
I just heard a woodpecker call me paranoid in morse code…
I asked the hotel receptionist for a wake-up call.
She rang me room and said, “What the hell are you doing with your life?”
I went to see the worst faith healer ever last night.
He was so bad, a guy in a wheelchair got up and walked out.
During the recent toilet paper shortage I had to resort to using a calendar to wipe with…
I’m glad those days are behind me now.
I finally figured out what’s wrong with my brain.
On the left side, there is nothing right.
On the right side, there is nothing left.
The doctor I’m seeing for my bad back is Egyptian.
He’s a Cairo-practor.
Went to see a play the other night and soon after had a panic attack.
The doctor told me I suffer from post-dramatic stress disorder!
I’m not wearing glasses anymore.
I’ve seen enough.
In Iran everyone is afraid of spiders, but in Iraq, no phobia…
Just got sacked from my job as a dishwasher.
I kept putting the plates and bowls in the wrong order.
The boss reckons I am dishlexic.
People who don’t eat gluten are really going against the grain.
A dermatologist friend of mine started his career from scratch.
My wife is on a tropical fruit diet, the house is full of the stuff!
It’s enough to make a mango crazy.
I’ve been kicked out of Peripheral Vision Club.
I didn’t see that coming.
In our house, we always fight over the right way round to hang the toilet paper, so my therapist suggested we try the other person’s way for a week.
You know, roll reversal…
I bought coconut shampoo today, but when I got home, I realized…I don’t even have a coconut.
My friend can only sleep on stacks of old magazines.
He’s got back issues.
I went to Specsavers the other day and you would never guess who I bumped into.
Everyone.
Spent all of my wages on skin cream.
Bit of a rash decision.
My therapist says I can get over my fear of buffets…
But first I’ve got to want to help myself.
I received a flyer on anger management the other day.
I lost it.
I visited the birthplace of the man who invented the toothbrush.
There’s no plaque.
It was hard getting over my addiction to the hokey cokey, but I’ve turned myself around.
I went to a pilates class the other day, but it was rubbish.
There were no pies or lattes.
Why don’t some couples go to the gym?
Because some relationships don’t work out.
Somebody just threw a bottle of omega 3 capsules at me.
I only have super fish oil injuries but I’m lucky I wasn’t krilled.
Just had my car waxed.
No idea how it gets so hairy…
Why did the vegan cross the road?
To tell someone he was a vegan.
My teeth were stained, so the dentist asked me, “Do you smoke or drink coffee?”.
I told him I drink it.
If you see a post about how to prevent coughs and sneezes don’t click on it!!
It’s a virus.
My mate’s just passed his NVQ in vegetarianism.
He’s quiche stage one.
I’ve just started the Adam Ant diet.
Don’t chew ever, don’t chew ever…
The downside of living in my area is that so many people have head lice.
The positive side is that we are a close nit community.
What’s red and bad for your teeth?
A Brick.
Thank goodness I went to a psychic, she told me someone was going to swindle me out of some money.
Best 100 quid I’ve ever spent.
I walked past a plastic surgery clinic and saw some people flipping through brochures.
I think they were all picking their noses…
My friend has lost a lot of weight just by wearing bread on his head.
It’s a new loaf hat diet he’s trying.
I’ve got an irrational fear of speed bumps…
But I’m slowly getting over it.
I’ve got no problems with genetically modified food!
I’ve just had a lovely leg of salmon.
A recent study has found that women who carry a little extra weight, live longer than the men who mention it.
When single ladies get to the age of 50, they tend to get lots of cats.
This phenomenon is known as many paws.
My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance.
We’ll see about that.
I went to the doctor’s today and when I walked in, she said, “I’m sorry about your wait.”
I said, “So am I but it’s okay, I’ve been fat all my life.”
The self-depreciation society is taking applications for new members.
I’ve already put myself down.
Client: I can’t sleep. What should I do?
Therapist: Lie near the edge of the bed. That way you’ll be sure to drop off!
Someone just tried to charge me £100 for some protein powder.
I thought “That’s whey overpriced”.
Yawning. Your bodies way of saying 10% battery remaining.
I’ve been addicted to cold turkey for 2 years.
I keep telling people I’m trying to quit cold turkey but nobody is taking me seriously.
Finally, my winter fat has gone!
I now have spring rolls.
How many Freudians does it take to change a lightbulb?
Two.
One to change the bulb and the other to hold the peni… LADDER!
One to hold the ladder.
My therapist set down half a glass of water, asked if I was an optimist or a pessimist.
I drank the water & told him I was a problem solver.
My friend Joe recently went on the ‘Dolly Parton diet.’
It really made Joe lean…
Therapist: What brings you in today?
Me: I have a terrible fear of tsunamis.
Therapist: How bad is it?
Me: It comes in waves.
I like to hit people on the knee to test their reflexes.
I don’t know why, but I get a kick out of it…
Two blondes are talking.
“I had a pregnancy test today” said the first.
Second said “Were the questions hard?”
I went to a psychic.
I knocked on her front door.
She yelled: “Who is it?”
So I left.
How do crazy people get through a forest?
They take the psycho-path ….
BREAKING NEWS!
The family of a man who went missing after eating five tins of baked beans and two jars of pickled onions have made an emotional appeal for his return.
They said in a statement: “Please don’t come back for at least a week.”
My wife left me because she couldn’t handle my OCD…
I told her to close the door five times on her way out!
I told my therapist that I kept dreaming about John Lennon.
She said, “You’re not the only one”.
Would you believe it, they’ve canceled my last anger management session without telling me!
I’ve never been so mildly irritated in my life…
If Dave has 50 chocolate bars and eats 45, what does he have left?
Diabetes.
Dave has diabetes.
The doctor said to me, “Do you know you have a serious problem vocalizing your emotions?”
I said, “I can’t say I’m surprised.”
My wife is a hoarder and refuses to throw out her old magazine collection.
She has a lot of issues.
It turns out my psychologist is also a prostitute.
Totally blew my mind.
They say that being a hostage is hard and mentally draining but…
I reckon I could do it with my hands tied behind my back.
Elton John has bought his pet rabbit a treadmill.
It’s a little fit bunny.
I told my therapist I kept hearing voices in my head.
She told me I don’t have a therapist.
I’ve started telling everyone about the benefits of eating dried grapes.
It’s all about raisin awareness.
I have a phobia of abbreviations.
Laugh out Loud.
Where does a vegetarian go on holiday?..
Quornwall.
Today I have officially been sober for 100 days.
Not like, in a row or anything..
Just in total.
I met my wife at an Arthritis support meeting. You know when two people just click.
This girl came up to me today and said she recognised me from Vegetarian Club.
I was confused, I’d never met herbivore.
I’ve been diagnosed with a chronic fear of giants.
Feefiphobia.
I have a condition that makes me eat when I can’t sleep.
It’s called insom-nom-nom-nom-nom-nia.
Even though I’ve gone bald, I still keep the comb I’ve had for nearly twenty years.
I just can’t part with it.
I keep dreaming that I’m swimming along a river in Paris.
I think I’m going insane…
I’m really happy with my vegetable patch.
I haven’t wanted a vegetable in weeks…
A psychiatrist finds a man lying by the road who has been robbed and beaten senseless.
The psychiatrist says, “My god, whoever did this needs help!”
I had to give up my vegetarian diet.
Turns out they’re a lot harder to catch than cows.
To the lad who stole my weight loss pills…
You’ll have nothing to gain.
I met a guy the other day who was totally obsessed with monorails…
Talk about having a one-track mind…
I accidentally got locked inside a mirror shop last night…
Still, it gave me time to reflect…
My doctor just told me I was suffering from paranoia.
He didn’t actually say that, but I could tell it was what the bastard was thinking.
My wife accused me of having OCD..
I soon put her in her place.
Who’s the genius that decided to call it “Emotional baggage”…
And not “griefcase”.
Becoming a vegetarian is a big missed steak.
My wife asked me ‘What are the chances I will get accepted into a convent if I lose weight?’
I said ‘slim to nun’.
If we aren’t supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?
The guy who invented throat lozenges died last week.
There was no coffin at the funeral.
I offered the old woman next door £5 for a go on her Stenna stair lift…
I thinks she’s going to take me up on it.
Sorry, but my karma just ran over your dogma.
My wife said she’s leaving me because of my addiction to anti-depressants.
Guess I won’t be needing those anymore.
A vegan said to me, people who sell meat are disgusting.
I replied, people who sell fruits and vegetables are grocer.
I was driving this morning when I saw a parked RAC van.
The driver was sobbing uncontrollably and looked very miserable.
I thought to myself, that guy’s heading for a breakdown.
I just called the paranoia hotline.
A guy answered, “How did you get this number?!”
I’m not a complete idiot – several parts are missing.
The doctor said I should improve my diet by eating more whole foods.
Just had a bagel and a donut for lunch…
Bread is a lot like the sun.
It rises in the yeast and sets in the waist.
I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take something for it.
I thought it would be easy to balance a bucket of Tippex on my head…
I stand corrected…
I was born to be a pessimist.
My blood type is B Negative.
“Does this uniform make me look fat?” – insecurity guard.
I used to be a mime.
It’s only now I can talk about it.
Anger management classes…
They’re all the rage.
Went to a ‘kleptomaniac’s anonymous’ meeting but arrived a bit late. By the time I got there, all the seats had been taken…
I tried to daydream, but my mind kept wandering.
I used to be schizophrenic, but we’re all right now.
Jon Bon Jovi has started an extremely strict fruitarian diet.
He’s living on a pear.
I’ve joined a club for Tourette’s sufferers – it took 4 hours to get sworn in.
It’s really hard to define ‘virtue signalling’, as I was saying the other day to some of my Muslim friends over a fair-trade coffee in our local feminist bookshop.
The easiest time to add insult to injury is when you’re signing somebody’s cast.
Life is like a box of chocolates.
It doesn’t last long if you’re fat.
Im going to the annual meeting of impatient people next week.
I can’t wait…
Hey, I may have Alzheimer’s, but at least I don’t have Alzheimer’s..
I’ve had amnesia for as long as I can remember.
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, “Where’s the self-help section?”
She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
My son has taken up meditation – at least it’s better than sitting and doing nothing…
What do colour-blind people do when they are told to eat their greens?
I suppose I better get up, get ready and hit the gym.
Sorry typo, I meant gin.
The other day I hugged a clown and it felt like a nice jester.
What do you call a hotel breakfast that gives you diarrhoea?
Incontinental.
I used to dread walking under horse chestnut trees in the autumn.
But after therapy.. I’ve managed to conker it.
When I was growing up plastic surgery was a bit of a taboo subject.
These days if you mention botox no one raises an eyebrow.
I’m fed up with vegetarians interrogating me about my eating habits…
It’s like the spinach inquisition!
I had a goal to two lose stone by the end of the year.
Just three stone to go!
To everyone out there suffering from paranoia…
Just remember you’re not alone.
I love being covered in snot and honey.
It’s the bees’ sneeze.
My wife told me, “Don’t get upset if people call you fat, you’re much bigger than that.”
252 lbs here on Earth is 94.5 lbs on Mercury.
No, I’m not fat. I’m just not on the right planet.
Acupuncture is a jab well done.
A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
WANTED: Someone to brush their teeth with me.
Because 9/10 dentists say brushing alone won’t help tooth decay.
I’ve got a mind like a.. a.. what’s that thing called?
What are you going to do in the weekend?
“I’m going to buy glasses.”
“And then what?”
“Then I’ll see.”
I’m starting a flight company exclusively for bald people. I’ll call it… Receding Airlines.
Does anyone know a cure for excessive ear wax?
If you do, please give me a shout.
And that’s not all ….
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The apparent contradiction between “overlook” and “oversee” is due to the evolution of language and the nuances of their historical usage.
Overlook:
The term “overlook” has its roots in Old English and Middle English. Originally, “overlook” meant to look over or across from a high place, such as a tower or hill.
Over time, the meaning of “overlook” expanded to include the idea of not noticing something or neglecting to observe or consider something. For example, if you “overlook” a mistake, it means you didn’t notice it or failed to give it proper attention.
Oversee:
“Oversee” also has Old English origins. It comes from the combination of “over” and “see,” implying watching over or supervising something or someone.
In its current usage, “oversee” means to watch over, supervise, or manage a task, project, or group of people. It involves actively taking responsibility for ensuring that things are done correctly.
While the terms “overlook” and “oversee” both involve a spatial element with “over,” their meanings diverged over time due to the evolution of language. “Overlook” has come to mean not noticing or neglecting, while “oversee” means to supervise or manage. The distinction in meaning between “overlook” and “oversee” arises from the combination of their roots and how the prefix “over-” interacts with them. In “overlook,” the idea of not noticing or neglecting is derived from the historical sense of looking over or across something from a high place. In “oversee,” the idea of supervising or managing comes from the combination of “over” and “see,” indicating a position of authority or control.
The differences in their meanings are rooted in the historical development of the words rather than a shared prefix.
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Here are 100 historical events that took place on January 1st:
1 C.E.: The Roman Empire established a tax of 1/100 on goods sold in auction.
10 C.E.: The Roman poet Ovid was born.
45 C.E.: The Roman Republic officially began using the Julian calendar.
404 C.E.: Telemachus tried to stop a gladiatorial fight in a Roman amphitheater, leading to his stoning and the eventual end of gladiator contests.
1502: The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro was first explored by the Portuguese.
1583: The Netherlands adopted the Gregorian calendar.
1622: Papal Chancery adopted January 1st as the beginning of the year.
1622: The Papal Chancery adopted January 1st as the beginning of the year, replacing March 25th.
1651: Charles II was crowned king of Scotland.
1673: Regular mail delivery began between New York and Boston.
1700: Russia replaced the Zemsky Sobor with the Table of Ranks.
1724: Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest led to the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
1735: Paul Revere, American patriot and silversmith, was born.
1745: Anthony Wayne, American general and statesman, was born.
1752: The British Empire and its American colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar, skipping 11 days.
1757: France and Austria signed a treaty of alliance against Great Britain.
1781: Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Great Britain declared war on the Dutch Republic.
1788: First edition of “The Times,” London’s newspaper, was published.
1795: The Treaty of Basel was signed between France and Prussia, ending the War of the First Coalition.
1797: Albany became the capital of New York state.
1799: Income tax was introduced in the United Kingdom.
1800: The Dutch East India Company was dissolved.
1801: The legislative union of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland was completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1801: The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merged to become the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1804: Haiti gained its independence from France.
1806: The French Republican Calendar was abolished.
1817: The first coffee is planted in Hawaii.
1822: The Greek Constitution of 1822 was adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
1832: John C. Calhoun became the first Vice President of the United States to resign, stepping down over political differences with President Andrew Jackson.
1833: Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect and designer, was born.
1845: Texas was admitted as the 28th U.S. state.
1846: Iowa was admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
1847: The world’s first “modern” indoor public swimming pool opened in London.
1848: Arthur St. Clair, American general and politician, died.
1851: The American chess magazine “Chess Monthly” began publication.
1863: The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, came into effect.
1864: Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator, was born.
1873: Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar.
1874: Gustave Whitehead, German-American aviation pioneer, was born.
1879: E. M. Forster, English author, was born.
1880: Ferdinand de Lesseps began French construction of the Panama Canal.
1881: The world’s first electric tramway started in Lichterfelder, near Berlin, Germany.
1888: The Convention of Constantinople was signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
1892: Ellis Island in New York Harbor opened as a U.S. immigration depot.
1895: J. Edgar Hoover, first Director of the FBI, was born.
1898: New York City annexed the Bronx.
1900: Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American bandleader, was born.
1901: The Commonwealth of Australia was established.
1909: Barry Goldwater, American general and politician, was born.
1911: Mongolia gained independence from the Qing Dynasty after the Outer Mongolian Revolution.
1912: The Republic of China was established.
1912: Kim Philby, British intelligence officer and Soviet double agent, was born.
1916: The Banat Republic was founded in the city of Timișoara, present-day Romania.
1921: Cesar Borgia, Spanish-Italian cardinal, died.
1928: Dan Rostenkowski, American politician, was born.
1928: The Soviet Union began the First Five-Year Plan.
1930: Gaafar Nimeiry, Sudanese field marshal and politician, was born.
1933: Joe Orton, English playwright and author, was born.
1934: Alcatraz Island became a U.S. federal prison.
1937: Sir Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor, was born.
1937: The first Cotton Bowl football game was played in Dallas, Texas.
1938: Dr. R. N. Harger’s “drunkometer,” the first breath test for alcohol consumption, was introduced in Indianapolis.
1939: Sydney, Australia, experienced its highest recorded rainfall in a single day (11.4 inches).
1940: Frank Bridge, English composer, died.
1942: Country Joe McDonald, American musician, was born.
1942: Richard Nixon married Pat Ryan.
1943: Don Novello, American comedian and actor (Father Guido Sarducci), was born.
1943: Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter, died.
1945: Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz ordered the German U-boat fleet to cease operations.
1947: The American and British occupation zones in Germany merged to form Bizonia.
1958: The European Economic Community (EEC) officially came into existence.
1958: Sputnik 1 re-entered Earth’s atmosphere.
1960: Cameroon gained its independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
1962: The Beatles auditioned for Decca Records.
1967: Canada celebrated its 100th anniversary of Confederation.
1969: BBC One broadcast its first color television program.
1971: Cigarette advertising was banned on U.S. television.
1973: The United States officially recognized the government of José Félix Estigarribia in Paraguay, which had taken power through a coup.
1974: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began operations.
1979: Formal relations were established between China and the United States.
1983: The Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS) was introduced.
1984: AT&T was broken up into 22 independent units.
1985: VH-1 made its broadcasting debut.
1989: Riots broke out in Czechoslovakia, leading to the downfall of the communist government.
1993: Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
1994: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect.
1995: The World Trade Organization (WTO) was established.
1999: The Euro currency was introduced in 11 European countries.
2000: U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announced it was going out of business after 128 years.
2002: Euro banknotes and coins became legal tender in twelve of the European Union’s member states.
2003: The last known speaker of Akkala Sami, a critically endangered Finno-Ugric language, passed away in Russia.
2004: An Enlargement of the European Union welcomed 10 new member states.
2006: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging.
2007: Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union.
2009: Slovakia adopted the Euro as its official currency.
2010: The Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, officially opened in Dubai.
2011: Estonia adopted the Euro.
2014: Latvia adopted the Euro.
2015: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck northeastern India, causing widespread damage and resulting in the deaths of at least 11 people.
2022: The International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development officially began.
My dad always said “Don’t believe everything you hear”
It was great advice…
Or was it?
I’ve decided to put all my eggs in one basket so I don’t look daft walking around the supermarket.
Plan ahead – It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark
When in doubt, mumble.
FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS!
Except that one where you’re naked in church.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak
Lif is too short.
Don’t be a sexist, birds hate that.
Dwarfs and midgets have very little in common.
My motto is “Never say never.” Which makes it very difficult to tell people my motto.
We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
Who needs rhetorical questions?
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones….or sex parties.
An optimist is a person who doesn’t understand the enormity of the problem.
Taller people sleep longer in bed.
Those who get up at sunrise have many ideas dawn on them.
Never moon a werewolf.
Children in the back seat cause accidents.
And accidents in the back seat cause children.
Some days you’re the dog, some days you’re the lamp-post.
Red sky at night. Shepherd’s delight.
Blue sky at night. Day.
No matter how much you push the envelope, it’ll still be stationary.
Experience is a wonderful thing.
It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat).
And that’s not all ….
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Why is it that people duck in the rain, do they really think the rain won’t hit them?
When people continue walking in the rain while ducking or adopting a stooped position, it’s often a natural and practical response to minimize exposure to the rain. While they may not be completely avoiding getting wet, this posture can help reduce the impact of raindrops on their face and upper body. Here are a few reasons why people might choose to walk in a stooped position in the rain:
Maintain Forward Visibility: By lowering their head and torso, individuals can maintain better visibility ahead of them. This is especially important when walking in crowded areas or on uneven terrain.
Reduce Discomfort: Walking with a stooped posture can help minimize the discomfort of raindrops hitting the face, which can be distracting or unpleasant.
Protect Personal Items: Even if individuals are willing to get somewhat wet, they may still adopt a stooped position to shield personal items such as books, bags, or electronic devices from direct exposure to rain.
Efficiency: Some people may continue walking without seeking complete shelter to reach their destination more quickly. They may adopt a stooped position as a compromise between moving forward and minimizing exposure to rain.
Habit or Instinct: It’s also possible that this behavior is a habitual or instinctive response to rain. People may not consciously think about it but may automatically adopt a posture that feels more comfortable in wet conditions.
Walking in a stooped position in the rain is a practical compromise between the desire to continue the journey and the wish to minimize the discomfort associated with getting wet. It allows individuals to navigate through the rain while making adjustments to reduce the impact of raindrops on their bodies and personal belongings.
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Good morning! Here are ten interesting historical events that took place on December 29th:
1170: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral, England.
1845: Texas was admitted as the 28th U.S. state.
1911: Mongolia gained independence from the Qing Dynasty after the Outer Mongolian Revolution.
1934: Japan renounced the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
1940: During World War II, Germany began the bombing of London with incendiary bombs in what became known as the Second Great Fire of London.
1972: Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, crashed in the Florida Everglades, resulting in 101 fatalities.
1989: Riots broke out in Czechoslovakia, leading to the downfall of the communist government.
2003: The last known speaker of Akkala Sami, a critically endangered Finno-Ugric language, passed away in Russia.
2006: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging.
2015: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck northeastern India, causing widespread damage and resulting in the deaths of at least 11 people.
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Whenever an adult is kidnapped, why isn’t it called adultnapped?
The term “kidnapped” is derived from the word “kid,” which historically referred to a child or young person. The use of “kid” in this context can be traced back to the 17th century. Over time, the term “kidnap” evolved to describe the act of taking someone, usually a child, by force or threat.
As a result, the term “kidnapped” has become a widely accepted and commonly used word to describe the abduction of individuals of any age, not just children. Even when adults are taken against their will, the term “kidnapped” is still applied, and there hasn’t been a widely adopted alternative term like “adultnapped.”
Language often carries historical and cultural nuances, and changes in terminology can take time to gain acceptance. The use of “kidnapped” for adults reflects the historical origin of the term and the fact that it has become a standard expression for abductions of any age group.
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