07 Dec Bartenders bi-weekly blog – JiuJiu Icebreaker 6th Dec 2018
Bartenders bi-weekly blog – JiuJiu Icebreaker
6th Dec 2018
Drinking quotes (www.goodreads.com)
My body is not a temple…..it’s a distillery with legs. Anon
Riddle:- (various sources)
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
Joke:- (various sources)
A neutron walks into a bar and orders a beer. The bartender sets the beer down and says, “For you, no charge!”
Cartoon:- (various sources)
Key events in history:- (www.historyplace.com)
December 7, 1941 – The U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was attacked by nearly 200 Japanese aircraft in a raid that lasted just over one hour and left nearly 3,000 Americans dead.
December 8, 1941 – A day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States and Britain declared war on Japan.
December 10, 1948 – The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
December 11, 1936 – King Edward VIII abdicated the throne of England to marry “the woman I love,” a twice-divorced American named Wallis Warfield Simpson. They were married in France on June 3, 1937, and then lived in Paris.
December 13, 1642 – New Zealand was discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman of the Dutch East India Company
December 16, 1773 – The Boston Tea Party occurred as colonial activists disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded British ships anchored in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 containers of expensive tea into the water
December 17, 1903 – After three years of experimentation, Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first powered, controlled airplane flights. They made four flights near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the longest lasting about a minute.
December 19, 1946 – War broke out in French Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacked the French seeking to oust them from Vietnam. This marked the beginning of a thirty-year conflict which eventually led to heavy U.S. involvement and ended with a Communist victory in April 1975 after U.S. withdrawal from South Vietnam.
Upcoming calendar days:- (www.daysoftheyear.com/www.onthisday.com)
12/16/18 Ludwig Beathoven birthday
12/25/18 Christmas
12/31/18 National Champagne Day
12/31/18 New Year’s Eve
Riddle (answer)
A penny
Any suggestions for improvements appreciated.
Best
PJ
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