HORRORS! Darwin ran out of beer.

February 4th

Limbo Festival,Trinidad and Tobago.The Limbo Dance was actually a funeral dance,with mourners performing the Limbo to show the departed soul travelling to the afterlife.(how low can you go?!)

Porridge Day,Latvia.The novice shepherd was asked to take any uneaten porridge from the dwellings, into the hills to feed the shepherds all summer. However, the porridge was actually replaced with water and after his burdensome trip up the long hills the new shepherd was initiated by being doused with the water.(bit wet behind the ears)

King Frost Day,London,Englnad.A fair in honour of King Frost was held on the frozen River Thames. The day became King Frost Day, a celebration that was carried on until World War I.(like all monarchs,that King was a tad nippy)

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Happy Birthday

1906 Clyde Tombaugh American astronomer who played I spy with my little eye and found Pluto peeking back at him in 1930.

1913 Rosa Parks civil rights activist is still refusing to stand.

1931 Isabel Peron 3rd wife of President Juan Peron (not the one Argentina is crying for though)

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362 Roman Emporer Julian The Apostate announced an edict that recognized equal rights to all the religions in the Roman Empire.(Lordy ! Equal rights! Bet $5 he didn't last long with the war mongering generals)

1927 The first talkie was released -The Jazz Singer,starring Al Jolson.("who wants to hear an actor speak?")

1942 Due to wartime shortages of commodities, the Australian city of Darwin's authorities announced that the city had run out of beer. (NOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!)

1975 Attila the Hen(Maggie Thatcher) became head of Britain's Conservative Party.(while she didn't actually have balls,she certainly ballsed things up properly)

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Chewbacca goes headbutting....the force isn't with you on this one,Chewie.

Nude Olympics near Adelaide....there'll be sunscreen in spots the sun has never seen.

Jag runs on rotten apples......think of how much more mileage he'd get without the fruit flies !