PJB
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The most in-depth research into the least important historical topics -Early Sports n Pop Culture History. "Jump on my bandwagon."
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Nashville Tennessean. More on the “cheesecake” origin story:
https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2019/03/shipping-news-and-starlets-revealing.html
https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2019/03/shipping-news-and-starlets-revealing.html
Shipping News and Starlets - a Revealing History of Chees...
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December 11, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Nashville Tennessean. More on the “cheesecake” origin story:
https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2019/03/shipping-news-and-starlets-revealing.html
https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2019/03/shipping-news-and-starlets-revealing.html
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Biloxi, Miss., Herald; a 1915 cartoon. More on the origins of the acronym, and on the Army controversy:
https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2018/12/liquor-sugar-and-booze-bring-your-own.html#google_vignette
https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2018/12/liquor-sugar-and-booze-bring-your-own.html#google_vignette
Liquor, Sugar and Booze - a Bring-Your-Own History of BYOB
The family of “B. Y. O.” initialisms, of which “B....
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December 2, 2024 at 8:11 AM
Biloxi, Miss., Herald; a 1915 cartoon. More on the origins of the acronym, and on the Army controversy:
https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2018/12/liquor-sugar-and-booze-bring-your-own.html#google_vignette
https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2018/12/liquor-sugar-and-booze-bring-your-own.html#google_vignette
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Sipping coffee and learning about.... pogo sticks. Haha
Did ya know they were originally designed to have one handle. Who knew?
esnpc.blogspot.com/2016/02/hopp...
Did ya know they were originally designed to have one handle. Who knew?
esnpc.blogspot.com/2016/02/hopp...
Hopping Stilts and Chorus Girls - a History and Etymology of "Pogo" Sticks
In American pop-culture, the idiom “jumping the shark” refers to the moment a TV show, or more generally any trend or practice, resorts...
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December 3, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Sipping coffee and learning about.... pogo sticks. Haha
Did ya know they were originally designed to have one handle. Who knew?
esnpc.blogspot.com/2016/02/hopp...
Did ya know they were originally designed to have one handle. Who knew?
esnpc.blogspot.com/2016/02/hopp...
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“Like stealing candy from a baby,” says the bunco man, as he takes the money from Reuben. “Like stealing candy from a baby,” says the public, as Gen. Tracy takes money from Guden....
#mean #history
Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), March 11, 1902, page 6.
“Like stealing candy from a baby,” says the bunco man, as he takes the money from Reuben. “Like stealing candy from a baby,” says the public, as Gen. Tracy takes money from Guden....
#mean #history
Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), March 11, 1902, page 6.
It was mean, now it's easy - a history of "like taking candy from a baby!"
The simile, “like taking candy from a baby,” has been used idiomatically for more than a century, as a benchmark of how easy it is to accomp...
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June 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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“Like stealing candy from a baby,” says the bunco man, as he takes the money from Reuben. “Like stealing candy from a baby,” says the public, as Gen. Tracy takes money from Guden....
#mean #history
Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), March 11, 1902, page 6.
“Like stealing candy from a baby,” says the bunco man, as he takes the money from Reuben. “Like stealing candy from a baby,” says the public, as Gen. Tracy takes money from Guden....
#mean #history
Times Union (Brooklyn, New York), March 11, 1902, page 6.
The Pasadena Football Club defeated the Wilson School 12-0 in the first Tournament of Roses in 1890, arguably the first "Rose Bowl." But most of the early Tournaments dis not feature football - the big draw were the chariot races.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The Pasadena Football Club defeated the Wilson School 12-0 in the first Tournament of Roses in 1890, arguably the first "Rose Bowl." But most of the early Tournaments dis not feature football - the big draw were the chariot races.
esnpc.blogspot.com/2020/02/a-hi...
esnpc.blogspot.com/2020/02/a-hi...
The Tournament of Roses was founded by a hunt club known for hunting rabbits, coyotes and mountain lions.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The Tournament of Roses was founded by a hunt club known for hunting rabbits, coyotes and mountain lions.
esnpc.blogspot.com/2020/04/hare...
esnpc.blogspot.com/2020/04/hare...
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade made its debut in 1924. Originally called a Christmas Parade, it was intended to advertise the opening of Macy's annual Christmas window display.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade made its debut in 1924. Originally called a Christmas Parade, it was intended to advertise the opening of Macy's annual Christmas window display.
esnpc.blogspot.com/2020/11/a-wi...
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