Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Only your compassion and your loving kindness are invincible, and without limit." 

Thich Nhat Hanh 

Joke

My old aunts would come and tease me at weddings, “Well Sarah? Do you think you’ll be next?” 

We’ve settled this quickly once I’ve started doing the same to them at funerals.

Fun Fact

Octopuses have three hearts.

Reading Fact

Children who read 3,000 words a day take the top 2% in standardized testing.

History Fact

I Can Feel it Comin’ in the Air Tonight

For a very long time, people believed that diseases were caused by bad smelling, infected air—it’s what’s known as the miasma theory of disease. This is why plague masks look so freaky: plague doctors wore them and the masks’ long, hollow noses held flowers and other combatants of the smelly, supposedly diseased air.

Movie/TV Trivia

Despite Courtney’s (unsurprisingly) batshit claims (see #72) Kurt Cobain did thank Quentin Tarantino in the liner notes to In Utero, allegedly due to the musician’s love for Reservoir Dogs. QT returned the favour in the Pulp Fiction soundtrack notes by thanking Nirvana. Sadly, the timing of the release meant the thanks were followed by ‘RIP Kurt’.

Movie/TV Quote

“Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!”

Auntie Mame, 1958

Conversation Starter

What would be your perfect weekend?

See what they are into, and you’ll have plenty to talk about. Everyone loves talking about things they love.

Writing Prompt

What Era Do You Wish You Had Lived In?