- JUST BLOOMED TODAY
- AWKWARD PHOTO OF THE DAY
- TWEET TREATS
- DID YOU KNOW...?
- GARDEN UPDATE
- FAUNA
- GARDEN GIGGLE
- WHAT IN THE WORLD?
- FEEDBACK
JUST BLOOMED TODAY
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AWKWARD PHOTO OF THE DAY
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TWEET TREATS
bringing you the quirky, funniest and most interesting tweets from Twitter that we came across.
DID YOU KNOW...?
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Just misread 'Mommy Blogger' as 'mommy CLOGGER' and had a quiet moment of speculation. @DothTheDoth |
that Bride is an old English word for 'cook'.
GARDEN UPDATE
Hot but not as humid, which is a lovely relief. Still hot when watering but the plants are so appreciative. Made a little window for our chicken in 'the penthouse'...she was so grateful. Wish I would have done it sooner.
Hot but not as humid, which is a lovely relief. Still hot when watering but the plants are so appreciative. Made a little window for our chicken in 'the penthouse'...she was so grateful. Wish I would have done it sooner.
GARDEN GIGGLE
From the Dictionary of American Slang 1967
1. In the ketchup: Operating at a deficit
2. John Hollowlegs: A hungry man [hobo use]
3. Lobbygow: One who loafs around an opium den in hopes of being offered a free pipe
4. Happy cabbage: A sizable amount of money to be spent on self-satisfying things
5. Zib: A nondescript nincompoop
6. Give someone the wind: To jilt a suitor with great suddenness
7. The zings: A hangover
8. Butter and egg man: A wealthy, unsophisticated, small-town businessman who tries to become a playboy, especially when visiting a large city
9. Cluck and grunt: Eggs and ham
10. Off the cob: Corny
11. Dog robber: A baseball umpire
12. Happies: Arch supporters [shoe salesman use]
13. High-wine: A mixture of grain alcohol and Coca-Cola [hobo use]
14. Flub the dub: To evade one’s duty
15. Donkey’s breakfast: A straw mattress
16. George Eddy: A customer who does not tip
17. Wet sock: A limp, flaccid handshake
18. Gazoozle: To cheat
19. On a toot: On a drunken spree
FAUNA
WHAT IN THE WORLD?
On today in American history, people in gardens everywhere were talking about:
1911 The first around the world telegraph was sent in 16.5 seconds
1920 Professional football is born
1953 Soviet Union publicly admits it had tested a hydrogen bomb
1963 Declaring a war on poverty, President Johnson signs an Anti-Poverty Bill
1975 Viking I launched to Mars
1977 Voyager II carries a message into Space; "Best of my Love" hits the top of the charts
1980 The first solo climber to scale Mt. Everest
1989 The Menendez Brothers murder their parents
2004 World's Biggest Tow-Truck parade of 83 tow trucks occurs in Oregon
2012 The 215 year old USS Constitution "Old Ironsides" takes a 17 minutes commemorative trip around Boston harbor
1911 The first around the world telegraph was sent in 16.5 seconds
1920 Professional football is born
1953 Soviet Union publicly admits it had tested a hydrogen bomb
1963 Declaring a war on poverty, President Johnson signs an Anti-Poverty Bill
1975 Viking I launched to Mars
1977 Voyager II carries a message into Space; "Best of my Love" hits the top of the charts
1980 The first solo climber to scale Mt. Everest
1989 The Menendez Brothers murder their parents
2004 World's Biggest Tow-Truck parade of 83 tow trucks occurs in Oregon
2012 The 215 year old USS Constitution "Old Ironsides" takes a 17 minutes commemorative trip around Boston harbor
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