Thursday’sThirstings the III
These People Were Born
1452 – triple threat, Leonardo da “Shiz Nit” Vinci
1811 – Siamese twins, Chang and Eng “Lish” Bunker
1843 – an author with two first names, Henry James
1889 – a muralist with “hart”, Thomas Hart Benton
1894 – 1st sista of soul, Bessie “Owens” Smith
1951 – helpful hints from, “Go Straight to” Heloise
1966 – bonerrific, Samantha “20th Century” Fox
1990 – Hermione Granger! High Voltage, Emma “elementary my dear” Watson
It’s a bit to early to start countin’ down Emma’s legality.
And This Shit Happened
1912 – The Titanic sinks. Leo’s body is frozen until the cure to death can be found. He’s stored in Arizona next to Ted Williams.
1924 – Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
The Next Day – People start to think that Rand’s name is really “Random McNally”
1983 – Tokyo Disneyland opens. Donald Duck is replaced by Kikkoman.
Show you, show me.