Bonjour mes amis !

January 24

Cornish Tinners' or Seafarers' Day-An old labor day, celebrating new season of sailing and mining in Cornwall, Great Britain. Cornish tin miners traditionally set up a pitcher in a public place and threw stones at it to destroy it.
A replacement pitcher was then bought and filled with beer, which was replenished throughout the day as they drank from it.
The miners were great inventors of reasons to celebrate, this one being a rebellion against the rule that only water was to be drunk during work time.(and a damn good rule to rebel against!)

Happy Birthday...

1941 that crunchy granola kid himself Neil Diamond

1949 the Blues Brother who's rather more than blue these days John Belushi

1959 Natassja Kinski actress daughter of actor Klaus Kinski but the far better looking of the two.

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1679 King Charles II disbanded parliament,probably the last sensible thing an English monarch ever did.

1788 Australia could have been French territory as only 6 days after Captain Arthur Phillip had arrived with the First Fleet of convicts and run up the Union Jack,French explorer Jean-Francois de Galaup anchored off Botany Bay.(On yer bike Monsieur!)

1888 Jacob L Wortman patented the typewriter ribbon. (and for this alone thousands of secretaries learnt to swear)

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Beer for dogs.....when you've had a hard day chasing your tail,wrap yer paws around this Fido!

Guilt fuels ice-cream party 35 years late.....guess he got to keep his ice-cream cake and eat it too.

Man arrested for punching shrubs....he didn't give a twig for all their limbs and decidied to leave peaceably .