Back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when people said things like pastime, simply passing the time and getting through the day were very important. People needed pastimes that took up huge chunks of their day; otherwise, there was very little to do. If they didn’t have pastimes, people would go home, sit in uncomfortable chairs in the drawing room, and stare at each other – or worse yet, read. One of the most popular activities in the late 1800s was spitting. People would waste away the days spitting until they ran out of phlegm. It was something…
Author: Dave Henry
The midterm elections are upon us, and it’s that time of year when Americans go to the polls with vicious hate in their hearts for the person they are voting against. It is also the midterms of the NFL season, and in the spirit of this stress-inducing, vitriolic, and do-or-die moment for our democracy, we thought it would be fun to hand out some midseason awards. And heeeeeerrrrre they arrrrrreeeee… Smelliest Plane Ride: The Denver Broncos. The Broncos’ team flight to London to play the Jaguars won in a landslide, thanks to Russell Wilson, who did high knee stretches while…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University announced that it will be offering a new major next fall in Pirating and Plundering. “Harvard is always looking to provide our students with the essential life skills they need to succeed in the real world,” said Walter Vanderbeek, a distinguished fellow who is a Distinguished Fellow and Executive Director of the Black Sam Bellamy School of Pirating and Plundering at Harvard University. “During this time of historic crime and lawlessness in America, we feel that pirating and plundering will be skills that students will need to get ahead in the 21st Century,” said Vanderbeek.…
It wasn’t that long ago that America had presidents, individuals elected by the people to lead the nation. It was a fairly successful system of government while it lasted, but it wasn’t perfect. Some presidents were better than others, but just about all of them spoke using big words. If you’d like to learn more about the U.S. presidents, you can see them all at Disney World. But if you don’t have time to go to Disney World, here are some fascinating facts about U.S. presidents. 1. Warren G. Harding wasn’t called WGH Unlike John F. Kennedy, who was often…
A lot has changed since the early 1970s. Back then, abortions were illegal, racism plagued the nation, the president was under investigation, Russia was our enemy, disco dance music filled the airwaves, and Up With People performed at halftime shows. Wait, strike that, it’s all pretty much the same except for the Up With People part — they are a wonderful relic from our past. Another relic from our past is the name, Dick. Believe it or not, men actually called themselves Dick back in the wild shirtless days of the 1970s, and earlier – by choice. So, we thought…
The Dark Elves who designed The East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta have added some new twists for the upcoming Tour Championship. For those who don’t know, East Lake is one of the oldest golf clubs in America, created by a race of Dark Elves who dwelled below the earth’s surface back in the before-times — before the great war between the dwarfs, orcs, goblins, and elves. This bloody, devastating war wiped out the entire kingdom of Dragonsbane, which was the place we now call Atlanta in this realm. Everything was obliterated, except for this course, the Dragonsbane Bowlfing and…
Aside from all the genocide, poverty, racism, sexism, and discrimination, it was a simpler, more innocent time growing up in the 1940s – the greatest generation. Popular music still had trumpets in it, Shemp joined the Three Stooges, and kids played stickball in the streets. But not all was so great, as some families were so poor, they couldn’t afford sticks for stickball, which were expensive at the time. Even men who made a robust annual salary of 25 cents per year struggled to pay for their kids’ sticks. When you add up all the expenses, that 25 cents was accounted…