24 September 2009

Daily Chat 24/09/09


Mohammed completed his hijra from Mecca to Medina in 622.  Theodore Roosevelt declared Devil's Monument in Wyoming to be the first national monument in the United States in 1906.  Camp Nou opened in Barcelona in 1957.

Born today:  Horace Walpole (1717-1797), F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), Jim Henson (1936-1990), Pedro Almodóvar (1951), Fábio Aurélio (1979).

It is Republic Day in Trinidad and Tobago.
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12 comments:

  1. martillo24 September, 2009 08:39

    I've taken the liberty on Untrusted Too. Be gentle with me...

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  2. Anonymous24 September, 2009 09:03

    I went to the Nou Camp once, magnificent. Prefer the new Wembley tho, thats a nice stadium.

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  3. thaumaturge24 September, 2009 10:24

    Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is one of my favourite films. Felíz cumpleaños, Pedro!

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  4. elementary_watson24 September, 2009 10:32

    I love Henson's "The Storyteller". And the muppets, of course, source for some of my most vivid childhood-nightmares.

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  5. Edwin Moore24 September, 2009 13:35

    We have the Storyteller on old tapes - magical stuff, French and Saunders are fab Bad Sisters.

    The Simpsons once had the family watching an old Muppet Show with Troy McClure fighting a duel with Kermit for the hand of Miss Piggy. Bart and Lisa were not impressed.

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  6. elementary_watson24 September, 2009 14:02

    I only remember Troy McClure wooing Selma (or was it Patty) with the same lines he used on medieval Miss Piggy. Great stuff, those shows!

    French and Saunders were the Bad Sisters? Cool, didn't realize it.

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  7. Sheffpixie24 September, 2009 16:18

    The New Statesman is soliciting views for what should be in the Labour party manifesto. Its here if anyone's interested

    labour manifesto ideas

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  8. thaumaturge24 September, 2009 16:23

    Oh Sheff, so much input to give, so little time...!

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  9. deano3024 September, 2009 20:50

    I found my trousers - along with a more serious. problem\. I lost me glasses

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  10. deano3024 September, 2009 21:02

    Great and interesting show currently on Radio Classic FM

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  11. HankScorpio24 September, 2009 21:16

    "I lost me glasses."

    Have you checked your trouser pockets, deano?

    Just popped in briefly to give a nod to martillo's top piece over on U2. But now I'm going to be worrying all night about you and your glasses (-;

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  12. thaumaturge24 September, 2009 21:19

    I'm more worried about how Deano lost his trousers. You old dog, you!

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