JiuJiu Icebreaker – GBD Bartenders Bi-weekly Blog – March 30th 2019

Riddle:- (various sources)

The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no. What was the question?

Joke:- (various sources)

Why can’t you explain puns to kleptomaniacs?
They always take things, literally.

April 12, 1961 – Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. He traveled aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok I to an altitude of 187 miles (301 kilometers) above the earth and completed a single orbit in a flight lasting 108 minutes.
On 15 April 1989, a crush at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England resulted in the deaths of 96 people and injuries to 766 others. It is still the worst stadium disaster in British history.
April 15, 1912 – In the icy waters off Newfoundland, the luxury liner Titanic with 2,224 persons on board sank at 2:27 a.m. after striking an iceberg just before midnight. Over 1,500 persons drowned while 700 were rescued by the liner Carpathia which arrived about two hours after Titanic went down.
April 17, 1961 – A U.S.-backed attempt to overthrow Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba failed disastrously in what became known as the Bay of Pigs fiasco.
April 18, 1775 – The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes occurred as the two men rode out of Boston about 10 p.m. to warn patriots at Lexington and Concord of the approaching British.
April 19, 1775 – At dawn in Massachusetts, about 70 armed militiamen stood face to face on Lexington Green with a British advance guard unit. An unordered ‘shot heard around the world’ began the American Revolution. A volley of British rifle fire was followed by a charge with bayonets leaving eight Americans dead and ten wounded.
April 21, 1918 – During World War I, the Red Baron (Manfred von Richtofen) was shot down and killed during the Battle of the Somme. He was credited with 80 kills in less than two years, flying a red Fokker triplane. British pilots recovered his body and buried him with full military honors
April 23rd – Established by Israel’s Knesset as Holocaust Day in remembrance of the estimated six million Jews killed by Nazis.
April 24, 1915 – In Asia Minor during World War I, the first modern-era genocide began with the deportation of Armenian leaders from Constantinople and subsequent massacre by Young Turks. In May, deportations of all Armenians and mass murder by Turks began, resulting in the complete elimination of the Armenians from the Ottoman Empire and all of the historic Armenian homelands. Estimates vary from 800,000 to over 2,000,000 Armenians murdered.

Upcoming calendar days:-  (www.daysoftheyear.com/www.onthisday.com)

April 22nd – World Earth day – There is no Planet B

Upcoming Sporting events
Apr 11-14: Golf – The Masters, Augusta
Apr 13: Formula E – Rome, Italy
Apr 13-14: Football – Scottish Cup semi-finals
Apr 14: Formula 1 – Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai
Apr 19-21: Rugby union – Champions Cup and Challenge Cup semi-finals
Apr 20-21: Football – Women’s Champions League semi-final first legs
20 Apr-6 May: Snooker – World Championship, Sheffield
Apr 21-28: Table tennis – World Championships, Budapest, Hungary

Riddle (answer)

“Do you mind?”

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