Quote
"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."
Julie Andrews
Joke
Why did the bee marry?
He’s finally found his honey.
Fun Fact
The youngest Pope in history was Pope Benedict IX who was 11 years old at the time of election. He is also the only person to have been the Pope more than once.
History Fact
Mistaken Identity
In 1945, the British Royal Air Force accidentally sunk a ship full of holocaust victims. The ship, the SS Cap Arcona was being used as a prison ship to transport prisoners of Nazi concentration camps (Incidentally, the SS Cap Arcona was the very ship used to play the Titanic in the 1943 German film). Approximately 5,000 people died in the shipwreck—three times more than in the wreck of the actual Titanic.
Movie/TV Trivia
The Shawshank Redemption
When Andy goes to the library to begin work as Brooks' assistant and Brooks' crow, Jake, is squawking, Tim Robbins had to time his line, "Hey, Jake. Where's Brooks?" so that the crow wouldn't squawk over him, since the bird could not be trained to squawk on cue. Robbins was able to adapt to this and time his line perfectly by learning the bird's squawking patterns, for which Writer and Director Frank Darabont praised him. Robbins' improvisation is noticeable, as he watches the bird carefully while approaching it, waiting for it to squawk, and doesn't begin his line until after it does so.
Movie/TV Quote
"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"
Dirty Harry, 1971
Conversation Starter
If you could ask for a miracle, what would it be?
Writing Prompt
A campfire, a scream, and a small lie that gets bigger and bigger.