Etch A Sketch is a registered trademark for a mechanical drawing toy manufactured by the Ohio Art Company. An Etch A Sketch is a thick, flat gray screen in a plastic frame. There are two knobs on the front of the frame in the lower corners. Twisting the knobs moves a stylus that displaces aluminum powder on the back of the screen, leaving a solid line. The knobs create lineographic images. The left control moves the stylus horizontally, and the right one moves it vertically.
The Etch A Sketch was introduced near the peak of the Baby Boom, and is one of the best known toys of that generation. In 2003, the Toy Industry Association named Etch A Sketch to its Century of Toys List, a roll call commemorating the 100 most memorable and most creative toys of the 20th century. It remains popular to this day and is now online here, http://www.etchy.org/
The key to being a successful homeless person is making a funny or ironical sign. Once you've made a great sign and earned enough money to have disposable income, the the next thing you need to do is find a homeless girlfriend who doesn't have any teeth. Then all you need is a Gatorade bottle, an iPhone and a 1970's issue of Playboy. Having a samurai sword doesn't hurt either. Link below for the 5o funniest homeless signs.
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The Sun, reports the 28-year-old Russian man Sergey Tuganov (I kid you not) died after taking a bottle of Viagra pills for an apparent 12-hour sex romp.Two women told Moscow police they bet Tuganov $US4300 that he wouldn't be able to satisfy them during a non-stop half day sex marathon.The mechanic died of a heart attack minutes after winning the wager, Moscow police said."We called emergency services but it was too late, there was nothing they could do," said one of the female participants who identified herself only as Alina. Medics said he most likely died from the quantity of Viagra he had ingested.There are 30 pills in an average 100mg bottle of Viagra. Please feel free to make up your own jokes about stiffs......
The other day I needed to pay a visit to the public toilet, so I found a public toilet that had two cubicles.
One of the doors was locked. So I went into the other one, closed the door, dropped my trousers and sat down.
A voice came from the cubicle next to me: "Hello mate, how are you doing?"
Although I thought that it was a bit strange, I didn't want to be rude, so I replied, "Not too bad, thanks."
After a short pause, I heard the voice again. "So, what are you up to?"
Again I answered, somewhat reluctantly, "Just having a quick shit... How about yourself?"
The next thing I heard him say was, "Sorry, mate, I'll have to call you back. I've got some cunt in the cubicle next to me answering everything I say."
Slumdog Millionare swept the board at the Oscars last night!
...After the show, the cast swept the stage.
The Loyal Toast is the first toast to be given at a formal gathering by the presiding person. The words used in the toast differ between countries and specific types of gatherings.
The Loyal Toast, simply the words "The Queen", is used within the United Kingdom, and by expatriates, as the first toast after a formal meal - sometimes followed by the singing of God Save the Queen.
Lancastrians often say "The Queen, Duke of Lancaster". Residents of the Channel Islands say, La Reine, notre Duc ("The Queen, our Duke"). In the Isle of Man, The Queen, Lord of Mann is said. It is customary not to smoke until the sovereign has been toasted.
Many British institutions and military regiments have their own variations. For example, the lawyers of Lincoln's Inn traditionally take the toast sitting down. This commemorates an occasion when Charles II dined at the Inn, and the entire company was too drunk to stand up. The Royal Navy also deliver the toast seated, due to the inadvisability of standing up suddenly below decks; this custom dates from King William IV, who, having served as a naval officer, had experienced the discomfort of standing up below decks, and authorized the Royal Navy to toast him sitting down.
A significant breach of protocol regarding the Loyal Toast occurred in 1948 when John A. Costello, the Taoiseach of Ireland visited Canada. Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, who was Governor General of Canada refused to toast the President of Ireland, only the King. This is believed by many to be an inspiration for the Republic of Ireland Act 1948, which declared Ireland to be a republic.
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50 Pence, the pseudonym of UK hip hop producer Liam Don (born January 14, 1986 in Germany), is an artist spoofing Queens New York's hip hop star 50 Cent, based in Watford, England. He is known for parodying 50 Cent's singles by replacing the songs' various subjects with his rhymes about British pub culture, such as "P.I.N.T." (off 50 Cent's P.I.M.P.), and "In Da Pub" (a riff on "In Da Club"). His album title also spoofs 50 Cent's, with Get Rich or Claim Benefit as his categorization of English "ghetto" life. Mimicking 50 Cent's claim of being shot nine times, 50 Pence claims to limp from an accident on the stairs. He drives a Vauxhall Nova rather than a Mercedes-Benz, and his "girlfriend's mum" gave him the cash to buy all his "fancy stuff".
