Alfred Hawthorn Hill, better known as Benny Hill, was a prolific English comic, actor & singer, best known for his television program, The Benny Hill Show. Since its debut in 1955 his television show has been sold to over 140 countries worldwide, with viewership in the billions.
Alfred Hawthorn Hill (January 21, 1924 – April 20, 1992)
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Curly Howard (October 22, 1903 – January 18, 1952)
Jerome Lester “Jerry” Horwitz, better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian, part of the “3 Stooges.”
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William Rapaport of the University of Buffalo (naturally) devised the construction in 1972. How can it possibly be correct? First, let’s look at the sentence with his original capitalization:
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Esther Inglis-Arkell of io9 unpacks its meaning:
“So, buffalo who live in Buffalo (e.g., at the Buffalo Zoo, which does, indeed, have buffalo), and who are buffaloed (in a way unique to Buffalo) by other buffalo from Buffalo, themselves buffalo (in the way unique to Buffalo) still other buffalo from Buffalo.”
The sentence relies on a few tricks. The first is that “buffalo” is a verb as well as a noun and the name of a place. To buffalo someone is to confuse or fluster a person. There’s also a missing “that.” Under normal circumstances, we can sometimes drop a “that” from a sentence, as long as the nouns still make the meaning clear. For example, “things I knock down don’t get back up,” and “things that I knock down don’t get back up,” are equally clear. All-buffalo sentences muddle it up a bit.
Rapaport wrote it for a philosophy class experiment when he was in graduate school.
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Far away in the tropical waters of the Coral Sea, two prawns were swimming around. One was called Justin and the other, Christian.
The prawns were constantly being harassed and threatened by sharks that inhabited the area.
Finally one day Justin said to Christian, ‘I’m fed up with being a prawn. I wish I was a shark, and then I wouldn’t have any worries about being eaten.’
A large mysterious cod suddenly appeared and said, ‘Your wish is granted.’
Lo and behold, Justin instantly turned into a shark.
Horrified, Christian immediately swam away, afraid of being eaten by his old mate.
Time passed (as it does) and Justin found life as a shark boring and lonely. All his old mates simply swam away whenever he came close to them.
Justin began to realize that his new menacing appearance was the cause of his sad plight. So, while swimming alone one day he saw the mysterious cod again and he thought perhaps the mysterious fish could change him back into a prawn.
He approached the cod and begged to be changed back, and, lo and behold, he found himself turned back into a prawn!
With tears of joy in his tiny little eyes Justin swam back to his friends and bought them all a cocktail.
Looking around the gathering at the reef he realized he couldn’t see his old pal.
‘Where’s Christian?’ he asked.
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Carson’s mom Karen told KRDO that they’d been getting special formula delivered via UPS since the kid’s birth because he can’t drink anything with “milk protein in it.” Apparently Carson “loved trucks in general” and was always fired up to see the UPS box rig.
The family had built a relationship with the route’s driver, “Mr. Ernie,” who surprised Carson with a kid-sized delivery truck of his own and a few packages to bring to the neighbors.
The event is tied in with UPS’s “Wish Delivered” campaign which basically makes cute moments like this happen for kids. UPS donates $1 up to $100,000 to The Boys & Girls Clubs of America, The Salvation Army or Toys for Tots Literacy Program for every “wish suggestion” submitted on social media with the tag #WishesDelivered.
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Once again this year, I’ve had requests for my Vodka Christmas Cake recipe so here goes.
Please keep in your files as I am beginning to get tired of typing this up every year!
Sample a cup of Vodka to check quality.
Take a large bowl, check the Vodka again to be sure it is of the highest quality then Repeat.
Turn on the electric mixer.
Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.
Add 1 teaspoon of sugar.
Beat again.
At this point, it is best to make sure the Vodka is still OK.
Try another cup just in case.
Turn off the mixerer thingy.
Break 2 eegs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit.
Pick the fruit up off the floor, wash it and put it in the bowl a piece at a time trying to count it.
Mix on the turner.
If the fried druit getas stuck in the beaterers, just pry it loose with a drewscriver.
Sample the Vodka to test for tonsisticity.
Next, sift 2 cups of salt, or something.
Check the Vodka.
Now shit shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.
Add one table.
Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink.
Whatever you can find.
Greash the oven.
Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over.
Don’t forget to beat off the turner.
Finally, throw the bowl through the window.
Finish the Vodka and wipe the counter with the dog……
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