Tuesday, February 28, 2012

If Twitter existed in 1927. . .



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)
Coolidge

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
All images reported to be in the public domain and taken from Google Image Search