JudgeLandis:
You can bet I’ll get to the bottom of the Sox scandal; oh, bad choice
of words.
CanuckHockeyFan:
Toronto Maple Leafs 1st hat trick (Hap Day) vs NY Rangers
RonPaul: Coolidge
is trying to control our thoughts - creates Federal Radio Commission (FCC) to
snoop on us
ShowMeDaMoney:
Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year)
Motorhead: Seagrave tears up Daytona - races Sunbeam to a record 203.79 mph
CanuckHockeyFan:
Stanley Cup is ours! Ottawa Senators
beat Boston Bruins, in 2 games & 2 ties
AnarchistsOrganized: Sacco & Vanzetti – we’ll never forget!
Jane: Weissmuller set records in 100 & 200 m free style – and looks great in a
loincloth!
MusicLover: Just saw premiere of Sjostakovitch’ 1st
Symphony – fast/slow, fast/slow, fast/slow and way too much oboe and timpani. Who
does he think he is, Wagner?
ModelTLover: The Model A will be Ford’s biggest mistake; I’m
going to ask his son Edsel WTF?
Sjostakovitch |
MargaretHerrick:
So Mayer is starting the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences; better
call Uncle Oscar.
AnneMorrow:
Chuck, have a safe flight; bring me back one of those snow globes with the Eiffel Tower in it
RonPaul:
Overreaching Supreme Court forces bootleggers to pay income tax; this country
is going to hell in a hand basket
HollyHollywood: just got back from a new theater named
Grauman's; stepped in wet cement.
1CubFan: Cubbies beat Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22
innings – this is our year!
TigerRoar:
UBLEE-ABLE! Tiger 1st baseman Johnny Neun -unassisted triple play!!!!
GolfNut: US
smokes Europe 9 ½ to 2 ½ - 1st Ryder Cup BABY!
TennisAnyone:
Lacoste wins French Open – where did he get that shirt?
AnneMorrow:
Chuck awarded Distinguished Flying Cross; where’s my snow globe?
ConeyIslandChamber:
Come check out “The Cyclone” the world’s greatest roller coaster now open!
TigerRoar:
UBLEE-ABLE! Ty Cobb hits 4,000th hit! Why did we let him go to
Phillie?
PatBuchanan:
Peace Bridge? HA! All of our jobs are headed to Canada; what’s next? telephone
service to Mexico?
MovieFan: I
don’t think talkies will catch on, but Jolson has a pretty good voice.
GolfNut: Can
anyone beat Hagen? 4th
straight PGA title!
JerseyGirl:
OMG! OMG! I can take the Holland Tunnel to NY to get my nails done
Optimist: Trotsky expelled from Soviet Central Party;
maybe this guy Stalin will be better
MusicLover:
Just saw premiere of Sjostakovitch’ 2nd Symphony – whoa, dude is smokin’
something
CountryBoy@MusicLover:
If you want some good music, y’all come down to Nashville; we just opened the
Grand Old Opry!
ModelTLover:
Does Ford really think he can get $385 for the Model A?
JKern: I
wanted to call it “Old Man River” but Oscar is too much of a show boat
Thanks to the following sites, especially the first:
http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1927/may
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._1_%28Shostakovich%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._2_%28Shostakovich%29
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_the_Oscar_statuette_get_its_name
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