Quote
"Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit."
E.E. Cummings
Joke
What do you call a factory that sells passable products?
A satisfactory!
Fun Fact
Madonna suffers from brontophobia, which is the fear of thunder.
This scary sounding word isn’t so complicated – it’s the fear of thunder.
Madonna is so scared of it that she has been known to frequently check weather reports before shows.
The fear of thunder is also known as astraphobia, astrapophobia, keraunophobia or tonitrophobia.
History Fact
In 1386, a pig was executed in France.
There wasn’t a great detail of civil rights in the Middle Ages, and as it turns out there weren’t a great of animal rights either. So much so that they were even subject to human justice.
One such case happened in Falaise, France, where a pig attacked a child’s face who went on to later die from their wounds.
The pig was arrested, kept in prison, and then sent to court where it stood trial for murder, was found guilty, and then executed by hanging!
Movie/TV Trivia
Morgan Freeman’s line, in Shawshank Redemption “Maybe it’s ’cause I’m an Irish” is not a joke. In the novel ‘Red’ really is Irish.
Movie/TV Quote
"Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don't shoot their husbands, they just don't."
Legally Blonde (2001)
Conversation Starter
What’s your favourite season? Why?
Writing Prompt