Elvis Blog – Post #55 – Talk Like a Pirate Day
DATELINE: Amelia Island, (near Jacksonville, Florida)
Remembering Wednesday 19 September 2012
ELVIS QUOTE:
“Whatever I become will be what God has chosen for me.”
ELVIS TRIVIA:
Who did Elvis nickname Dodger?
ELVIS HISTORY:
19 March 1955
Elvis’s live performance on Grand Prize Saturday Night Jamboree in Houston was telecast. Gladys was upset because it was sponsored by Grand Prize Beer. She didn’t want Elvis’s name associated with alcohol. It was here that Elvis recorded I Got a Woman.
AMELIA ISLAND, FLORIDA:
Wednesday 19 September 2012
It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day. The election phone calls (and TV ads are increasing). How perfect. We can answer the phone with ARRRRRRRGGGGGGG! We are big on pirates here on the island. Speaking of the election, Isn’t it unfair to send out computerized recordings? It doesn’t give the candidate any information about how fast—or hard—a person hangs up. I’m a registered “Independent” voter so I get it from both sides. Here’s a trivia question for you: Who said, If a lie is big enough and told often enough, it will be believed?* I can’t wait for the election to end. I’ll be working the polls and it will be one happy day for me.
JOKE OF THE DAY:
The blonde has no experience with horses or riding, but decides to try it.
She mounts the horse unassisted and the horse immediately springs into motion. It gallops along at a steady and rhythmic pace, but the blonde begins to slip from the saddle. In terror, she grabs for the horse’s mane, but cannot seem to get a firm grip. She tries to throw her arms around the horse’s neck, but she slides down the side of the horse anyway. The horse gallops along, seemingly impervious to its slipping rider. Finally, giving up her frail grip, she leaps away from the horse to try and throw herself to safety. Unfortunately, her foot has become entangled in the stirrup and she is now at the mercy of the horse’s pounding hooves as her head is struck against the surface over and over. As her head is battered against the ground, she is mere moments away from unconsciousness when to her great fortune the store manager sees her and shuts the electric horse off. (Okay, I’m a blonde but it’s not my real color.)
RECIPE OF THE DAY:
Maple-Spiced Kettle-Corn:
Heat large stockpot over med heat
Add 2 Tb safflower oil
Drop in 3 corn kernels & cover
When these 3 pop, add ¼ C + 2 T corn kernels & shake pot
When some of these pop, add 1 Tb + 1 ½ tsp confectioners’ sugar
Cover and shake pot about 2 min
Add ¼ C maple syrup
Remove from heat
Let stand 5 sec
Stir
Add ¾ tsp coarse salt & ¼ tsp white pepper
You can store kettle corn in air tight container for 1 day
TIP OF THE DAY:
Out of toilet bowl cleaner?
A can of Coke works—so does powered Tang (1/2 cup. Wait a couple of hours, then flush) Also, you can use AlkaSeltzer. Drop in two tablets & let them fizz, then flush. Or you can use denture tablets. Drop in several, and wait a few minutes before flushing.
TRIVIA ANSWER:
Elvis’s grandmother, Minnie Mae Presley
*OTHER TRIVIA ANSWER:
Adolf Hitler