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TRIVIA:

It is bad luck to whistle in a theatre. The superstition dates back to the time when off-duty sailors would run the fly system in theatres, and the sailors would whistle the cues to each other. Therefore, if you were to walk through a theatre carelessly whistling a tune, you might cause a scenic piece to fall on your head.

…sound like a lot more fun than t’ banking jobs they be runnin inna newspapers fer down valley way. Rather spend m’ time whistlin then peckin out letters on a typin machine any day. Then agin, I got me more n’ enuff ta do here on t’ farm, so I reckin it don’t make me no never mind anyhow.

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The first ferris wheel was built by a man named George Ferris in 1893 for the Chicago Worlds Fair or the Columbian Exposition. It was intended to upstage the Eiffel Tower which was the main attraction from the 1889 Paris Exhibition. The Ferris Wheel was 264 feet and carried 2,160 people in 36 cars.

…well, ain’t that a fit. Round here at this here county fair, seem like t’ only one wi’ a showy sellin tent be Isaac Peggle, him what sells saddles an pet beds an sech. T’ saddles be somethin else, all colors an frippery, an t’ pet beds be bout t’ same. Makes fer a real colorful ta do, what wi’ his purple tent an all.

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Cleopatra kept it in the family, marrying her younger brother (Ptolemy XII) before moving on to Julius Caesar and Marc Antony.

…don’t sound like that there woman slept much, do it. Bet iffen she had one a them newfangled sleep number bed thangs, er even one a my good ole straw ticks, bet she woulda done a lot less carousin an a little more sleepin. Woulda mebbe found somethin better ta do wi’ her time, too. They be a name fer women like that there, an’ it ain’t a good one, no sirree bob.

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The phrase “goody two shoes” comes from a fable written in 1766 by Oliver Goldsmith, about a poor little girl who could only afford one shoe.

…talk bout somethin what don’t make no sense. Why in tarnation would some kid be trompin round in jes one shoe? Thought they only come in pairs anyhow, least a ways, like them MBT shoes they sell down valley way. Seem like wearin one shoe would shore nuff make yer back hurt. Round here they gots more sense. Iffen ya cain’t afford shoes ya jes goes barefoot.

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When he wasn’t contributing to the flexibility rights of clocks, Surrealist Salvador Dalí was contributing to the music industry in the form of album cover art. One cover happened to be an image for “Honeymooners” star Jackie Gleason’s Lonesome Echo LP, which featured a barren vista filled only by a butterfly speared on a stick.

…well now, ain’t THAT a purty pitcher. Ain’t no wonder I never heard a him. We had us a artist down valley way what usta paint cheery pitchers like that there. Tried ta open him a small business franchise puttin his pitchers on shirts an sech. Wound up losin his shirt, I hear tell. Seems like I recollect him goin inta politics after, an he done right well at that. Figgers, don’t it?

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The Canadian dollar coin, known as the ‘Loonie” was never meant to be. The original dies depicted a voyageur in a birch bark canoe. The dies were shipped from Ottawa to Winnepeg (regular courier to save $45), and they disappeared. The loon was selected from entries submitted for another coin. The old dies have never been found.

///well, what kin ye expect, they be all fulla them ferrin idears jes like t’ rest. Seem like us here for more sense n’ most. Take that there feller what comes round here ever once inna while tryin ta sell me ta best term life insurance rate. I keeps tellin him, what I need that fer, iffen I gotta die ta fit it? Don make no sense, that.

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