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BREXIT AFTERMATH: Departugal, Italeave, Chechout?!
"Brexit" is the word that summed up the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union, and the Internet was quick to come up with other words that might come to define similar referendums in other European nations.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Monday, June 6, 2016
Muhammad Ali vs Professional Wrestler Antonio Inoki in 1976!
Ali's Easy Payday.
In 1976 Muhammad Ali was the heavyweight champion again and in search of an easy payday when he went to Japan to fight Japanese pro-wrestler Antoni Inoki in a 15-round match.
The unlikely match up between Ali and Inoki actually came about a year before the event in 1975 after Ali met the president of the Japanese Amateur Wrestling Association, Ichiro Yada in New York. Ali jokingly asked if there was no Oriental fighter who will challenge him then adding that if there was and they could beat him, he’d give the winner $1 million. When Yada returned to Japan, Ali’s remark made headlines in the Sankei Sports Newspaper and Inoki doggedly started pursuing the heavyweight champ to take up his challenge.
Promoter Bob Arum wanted to make sure though that nothing stood in the way of Ali’s upcoming third fight with Ken Norton so he went to wrestling promoter Vince McMahon to figure out a way to protect Ali in the ring:
“He came up with a script that was brilliant,” Arum recalled. “Ali liked it; we all liked it.”
The Script.
The plan was for Ali to catch Inoki on the ropes and pound away with punches that didn’t really land. Inoki was to have hidden a razor in his mouth and cut himself so there was real blood flowing onto Ali’s white trunks. Ali was supposed to beg the referee to stop the fight, turning his back on Inoki to make his case. At that point, Inoki was to jump on Ali’s back, taken him down and pin him for the win.
“It’s Pearl Harbor all over again!” Ali was going to yell out after the loss.
The Non-Fight.
The only problem was Inoki had some handlers who thought it was going to be a real fight with both sides arguing days before the fight about the rules for the fight BUT agreeing on nothing! When the opening bell rang, Inoki raced across the ring and threw a kick at Ali, falling to the canvas. He stayed there in a crab-like position most of the 15 rounds kicking at Ali’s legs.
While Inoki wasn’t in on the plan, the referee was. He declared the fight a draw, much to the displeasure of the crowd in Tokyo. “It was the low point of my career,” Arum said. “It was so embarrassing, just a total farce.”
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Saturday, May 7, 2016
Mother's, Mothers' or Mothers Day?
Does Mother's Day need an apostrophe, and — if so — where does it go?Where do we put the apostrophe in Mother's Day?
Choice 1. Mothers Day: no apostrophe
The argument here is that Mothers do not own the day, so no possession is involved. No apostrophe is thus needed. We are describing a day for Mothers, not a day belonging to Mothers.
Choice 2. Mother's Day: an apostrophe before the s
The argument is that the day belongs to one specific Mother (yours presumably). So, because possession is involved, Mother's Day needs an apostrophe.
Choice 3. Mothers' Day: an apostrophe after the s
Here the argument is that the day is shared among all Mothers collectively. We thus need an apostrophe after the s.
And the winner is...
As shown above, you can make a reasonable case for all three of the choices. This makes clear, though, that the original campaigner for creating Mother's day, Anna Jarvis, explicitly wanted an apostrophe, and she wanted it to be before the "s":
... it was to be a singular possessive, for each family to honour their mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world.
Having said this, you will continue to see all three forms.
If, following Anna Jarvis's wishes, you employ the usage "Mother's Day", it would be consistent to write "Father's Day" in the same manner.
Summary
The original campaigner for creating Mother's day, Anna Jarvis, explicitly wanted the apostrophe to be before the "s".
By the way, because the names of holidays are written with an initial capital, we write Mother's Day,not Mothers day, regardless of where you put the apostrophe, if any.
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Friday, March 25, 2016
Friday, February 12, 2016
Monday, February 8, 2016
Mr. Balls- Disturbing Testicular Cancer Mascot!
Say hello to Mr. Balls, or “Senhor Testiculo”, the wide-eyed, dual-toothed, rosy-cheeked, mole-sporting scrotum that will cause a lifetime of nightmares for anyone who lays eyes on him.
A Brazilian testicular cancer awareness group has created this odd mascot for the cause but the bizarre and tasteless imagery is found to be more disturbing than informative...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
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Friday, January 1, 2016
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