Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it’s a small price to pay for living a dream." 

Peter McWilliams

Joke

Guest to the waiter: “Can you bring me what the lady at the next table is having?” 

Waiter: “Sorry, sir, but I’m pretty sure she wants to eat it herself.” 

Fun Fact

There's a decorated war hero dog.

While in the trenches of World War I, the U.S. First Infantry Division found themselves unable to communicate with other troops because shellfire had damaged the telephone wires. A young private came up with a unique solution: Rags, a mixed breed terrier whom the soldiers had adopted in Paris, would carry the messages from one division to the next tucked into his collar. He saved many lives, and when Rags passed away—in Maryland, at the very advanced age of 20—he was buried with military honors.

Reading Fact

Reading aloud to infants and young children can foster a love of books and reading from an early age.

History Fact

George Washington Opened a Whiskey Distillery After His Presidency

Apparently, being the first president of the United States wasn't enough for George Washington in his lifetime. After his term, Washington opened a whiskey distillery. By 1799, Washington's distillery was the largest in the country, producing 11,000 gallons of un-aged whiskey. After the president's death, the business was no more, however.

Movie/TV Trivia

Real life pornstar Asia Carrera plays the flatmate of Tara Reid in Logjammin‘, the film within the film in The Big Lebowski. We’re still unsure if she gets her cable fixed.

Movie/TV Quote

"You've got red on you."

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Edgar Wright's zombie movie spoof Shaun of the Dead is full of recurring bits and visual gags: one opening scene is recreated midway through the movie with the added spice of zombie mayhem, and another great sequence uses stitched-together television clips to foreshadow the bloody mayhem that's to come. Throughout the whole thing, various characters pause their conversations with protagonist Shaun (Simon Pegg) to tell him, "You've got red on you," pointing to an ink stain on his shirt from an open pen in his pocket and, later, blood spatters from, you know, ganking the walking dead, turning a gory, gross horror movie trope into something hilariously mundane.

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Writing Prompt

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