Today's Dippit!
Quote
"I wanted to buy a candle holder, but the store didn’t have one. So I got a cake."
Mitch Hedberg
Joke
I would avoid the sushi if I was you. It's a little fishy!
Fun Fact
In 2014, a missing woman on a vacation in Iceland was found when it was discovered that she was in the search party looking for herself.
Reading Fact
S. E. Hinton started writing at the age of 15.
S. E. Hinton is an American novelist and became famous for her novel, The Outsiders, which she wrote during junior high school. However, the novel faced controversies due to its portrayal of gang violence, underage smoking and drinking, strong language/slang, and family dysfunction. Consequently, this book was banned in some schools and libraries.
History Fact
In Venice during the Renaissance there was a case where a rapist was given the choice of going to jail for six months, paying a fine, or marrying his victim. He chose marriage.
Movie/TV Trivia
One of the crew members on Romeo and Juliet was kidnapped
Yep, you did read that correctly. One of the crew members on the set of the Shakespeare tragedy was kidnapped by gang members and held for ransom. A hair and make-up artist named Aldo Signoretti was held captive by some bandits during a shoot in the Mexican desert, and it was up to director Baz Luhrmann to try and negotiate terms.
Eventually the gang members demanded $300 for Signoretti’s safe return and the film’s producers promptly paid up in order to save him from being murdered. Talk about drama!
Luhrmann has admitted that he was relieved they only asked for such a small amount of money, the director later joking that the sum was “a bargain”. One of the producers had to wait outside a hotel and hold up a bag of cash for the gang to collect, and in turn they threw poor Aldo out of a moving car, which broke his leg in the process. Luhrmann later praised his cast and crew for putting up with all of the drama around the film and ended up calling the movie “an incredible quest”.
We’ll say! Fair play to DiCaprio and Danes for putting up with all that drama as budding actors. Of course, we’re also glad that Aldo escaped from the set with his life.
Movie/TV Quote
"Cello,you've got a bass."
School of Rock (2003)
Conversation Starter
What instrument would you like to play?
Writing Prompt
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