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Today's Dippit!

Quote

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

Socrates

Joke

Thanks for explaining the word 'many' to me, it means alot.

Fun Fact

Bullfrogs do not sleep.

History Fact

Richard Nixon Was a Great Musician

The 37th president of the United States (and the only president to resign from office) actually was an extremely talented musician. He played five instruments in total: piano, saxophone, clarinet, accordion, and violin.

Movie/TV Trivia

Ryan Gosling was cast as Noah in The Notebook because the director wanted someone “not handsome.”

Movie/TV Quote

"This is Sparta!"


300 (2006)


Like almost every detail of Zack Snyder's hyper-stylized, pro wrestling vision of ancient history, the line "This is Sparta!," bellowed by Gerard Butler before kicking a Persian messenger into a bottomless pit, was ripped directly from a panel of Frank Miller's graphic novel of the same name. Still, it's tough to totally blame Miller, Butler, or even Snyder for the quote's ubiquity amongst a certain strand of beer-slamming, weight-lifting brutes in the mid-to-late '00s. The quote was featured heavily in the marketing materials, almost instantaneously generating memes, parodies, and remixes on sites like YTMND (RIP). "This is Sparta!" was "a thing" before the movie even came out, celebrated and mocked for its macho gravitas. By the time the line became a punchline in the odious 2008 spoof Meet the Spartans, delivered with a big wad of spit and a giant smirk, the joke was already dead.

Conversation Starter

What three things are you most grateful for?

Writing Prompt

Your character picks up a hitch-hiker on her way home from work. The hitch-hiker tries to persuade your character to leave everything and drive her across the country...

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