Poor William's Almanack, August 9, 2008, Bottom Line

Ben Franklin's bifocals Saturday, August 9, 2008

  "O stranger passing by,
  go tell the Lacedaemonians that here,
  faithful to their bidding, we lie"

[480 BCE - Spartan King Leonidas and 300 comrades die in the pass at Thermopylae]

Compleat Angler Sir Izaak Walton
[1593 - Izaak Walton, fisherman, writer, born in Stafford, England]

[1902 - Zino (Rene) Francescatti, concert violinist, born in Marseilles, France]

[1918 - Robert Aldrich, director, born in Cranston, Rhode Island]

[1934 - Merle Kilgore, Hall of Fame Songwriter, born in Chickasha, Oklahoma]

Nagasaki atomic cloud
[1945 - US drops second atomic bomb on Japan at Nagasaki, Kyushu]

Actress Sharon Tate, Manson murder victim

[1969 - Sharon Tate, actress, killed by Manson Clan]

President Gerald Ford
[1974 - Richard Nixon resigns, Gerald Ford becomes 38th president]

Bottom Line

The most overrated thing on this planet is mediocre sex.
The most underrated thing on this planet is a really good bowel movement.

William's Whimsical Words:

Do not forget to flush.

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