Today's Dippit!

Quote

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” 

Mahatma Gandhi

Joke

England doesn't have a kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool

Fun Fact

Jack Daniel (the founder of the whiskey) died from kicking a safe. When he kicked it, he broke his toe which got infected. He eventually died from blood poisoning.

Reading Fact

Re-read favorite books; it deepens understanding.

History Fact

Between 1525 and 1866, 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped and sold into slavery in the United States, Caribbean, and South America.

Movie/TV Trivia

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Was Originally the Other Way Around

The original script for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, by William Goldman, was originally titled The Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy. That all flipped when Paul Newman, maybe the biggest star on the planet at the time of production, took the role of Butch.

Movie/TV Quote

"Show me the money!" 

Jerry Maguire, 1996

Conversation Starter

If someone gave you 20 dollars, what would you buy with it?

Writing Prompt

A bat gets in the house. Your character's husband becomes hysterical, frightened that it might be rabid. In his panic, he ends up shutting the bat in a room with your character while he calls an exterminator from a safe place in the house. His behavior makes your character see her husband in a new way....