International Alfred Hitchcock Day

 

International Alfred Hitchcock Day

In Today's Thrilling Issue

International Alfred Hitchcock Day
Alfred's To Blame
Hitchcock
That's Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing
Random Joke

March 29 is National Alfred Hitchcock Day, a day to celebrate the life, times, and work of master filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock.

A Long Career

Alfred Hitchcock's prolific film-making career spanned half a decade - he began making movies in 1921 and made his last film, Family Plot, in 1976. His unique cinematic style in the genre of psychological thrillers and suspense movies earned him the title of Master of Suspense.

In addition to making movies, Hitchcock created and hosted a television series called Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

How to Celebrate

• Gather your friends and do a Hitchcock movie marathon. Some of his more famous movies include Psycho, Vertigo, and The Birds.
• One of the unique things about Hitchcock's movies is that he played a cameo role in most of them. So, while watching doing a Hitchcock movie marathon, play the spot-Hitchcock’s-cameo game. Whoever spots the most cameos wins.
• Host an Alfred Hitchcock-themed party. Decorate your venue with birds related props. Serve your guests pecan pie (from Marnie), Moroccan tagine (from The Man Who Knew Too Much), and Chicken (from Notorious). Screen Murder Party, an episode from Alfred Hitchcock Presents for your guests.

Did You Know…

…that Alfred Hitchcock never won an Oscar in the Best Director category?

Alfred’s to blame

When I run for my life

If I catch the glint

Of a large Kitchen Knife

I won't take a shower

I’ll stay with my bath

Dail M for Murder?

You’re having a laugh

He’s given me a fear

Of birds and heights

Of mummified mothers

Denied their last rights

I don’t have a rear window

I won't have a peep

Nightmares of falling

Disturbing my sleep

He directed them well

He knew how to shock

That cigar smoking devil

Alfred Hitchcock

He had a life-long fear of the police.

Is he afraid of the police? Guess we need to go back, around the age of 5, Hitchcock was sent by his father to the local police station with a note asking the officer to lock him away for five minutes as punishment for misbehaving. That’s the reason why his fear of police attracted him and are frequently found in his films.

He was afraid of his own movies.

Alfred Hitchcock said in an interview in 1963, “I’m frightened of my movies. I never go to see them. I don’t know how people can bear to watch my movies.”

He loved to pull cruel practical jokes.

Hitchcock is not serious all the time. He spares some time to play some interesting jokes with cast and crew. He’ll mostly find out about somebody’s phobias, such as mice or spiders, and in turn sent them a box full of them.

He tried to buy every copy of the book based on ‘Psycho’ so no one would know how it ended.

LOL, more than awesome? Even I didn’t believe it at first, I read this on Guardian, “The director bought up all copies of the original novel, which he had optioned for a paltry $9,000 so that hardly anyone would know how the story ended. He also filmed on a closed set and forced cast and crew to sign an agreement promising not to mention the ending to anyone. There were no advance screenings.”

Walt Disney refused to allow him to film at Disneyland.

Walt Disney, the cartoon king, refused Alfred Hitchcock to shoot films at Disneyland in the early 1960s. The reason was that Hitchcock had made “that disgusting movie Psycho.”

He was afraid of Eggs.

Alfred Hitchcock once said, “I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes … have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I’ve never tasted it.”

He refused to accept a top British Award.

Considered to be one of the top honors, Alfred Hitchcock turned down “Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)” Award in 1962.

That's Amaaaaazing !

Hitchcock avoided meeting his greatest fan Steven Spielberg. According to actor Bruce
Dern’s autobiography, he attempted to convince Hitch: "I said, 'You're his idol. He just
[wants] to sit at your feet for five minutes and chat with you'," but Hitchcock refused.
"He said, 'Isn't that the boy who made the fish movie?... I could never sit down and talk
to him... because I look at him and feel like such a whore.'" Pressing him further Dern
asked, “'Why do you feel Spielberg makes you a whore?' Hitch said, 'Because I'm the
voice of the Jaws ride [at the Universal Studios theme park]. They paid me $1 million
dollars. And I took it and I did it. I'm such a whore. I can't sit down and talk to the
boy who did the fish movie... I couldn't even touch his hand."

Random Joke of the Day

I always go the extra mile at work. That's why I'm a terrible taxi driver.

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International Dentist Day

 Open wide.. In Today's Issue (sue sue sue .....that's a big cavity )

International Dentist Day
Our Keith's Teeth
Dentist Facts
That's Amaaaaaaaazing
Random Joke.......rinse

Today is the day to Celebrate dentists all over the world and thank them for keeping us healthy and smiling on Dentist’s Day.

So,,,,How to Celebrate?

If you haven’t been to see your dentist in a while, use this day to make an appointment with them.
Try and book it at 2.30
Send them a card to say thanks...but NO CHOCOLATE !!

Our Keith has bad teeth

They used to be pearlers

So bright and so white

Now they’re all colours

And they do smell of shite

They’re stumpy and broken

Crooked and odd

Neglected and tartered

Like a lawn gone to sod

Keith failed to brush

Or use his mouthwash

No polishing ever

He never used floss

So now he regrets

His lack of hygiene

He would love nice teeth

The smile and the sheen

So here is the moral

The point of your ventures

Keep your teeth clean

Or else you’ll have dentures

The calcium & phosphorous found in cheese is healthy for your teeth – it reduces the pH level in plaque and remineralizes the enamel.

60% of people don’t know that a sore jaw, when combined with chest pain, is a signal of heart attack.

Each person’s set of teeth is unique much like their fingerprints. Even identical twins do not have exactly the same set of teeth.


Did you know that your tongue print is also unique?

The average woman smiles about 62 times a day! A man… Only 8! Kids laugh around 400 times a day. Grown-ups just 15.

Academy of general dentistry, the average person only brushes for 45 to 70 seconds a day, the recommended amount of time is 2-3 minutes.

If you’re right handed, you will chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side. It is recommended to chew from both the sides equally to prevent jaw joint problems.

50% consider the smile the first facial feature they notice.

80% are not happy with their smile.

83% of people believe their teeth are more important to their appearance than hat, hair and eyes.

People who drink 3 or more sugary sodas daily have 62% more dental decay.

People with gum disease are more likely to suffer from heart diseases and those without disease.

Average human produces 25000 quartz of saliva in a lifetime, which is enough to fill two swimming pools.

You should keep your tooth brush away from the toilet. The air borne particles from the flush can travel up to a distance of 6 feet.

In 1994 a prison inmate in West Virginia braided dental floss into a row, scaled the wall & escaped.

You should always replace your tooth brush at least every three months & always after infection like flu, cold & other viral infections. Bacteria can implant themselves on the bristles causing re-infection.

Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in the human body. However, it is not recommended to use teeth to open bottle caps.

Gum disease is the leading cause of tooth loss in people over age 35. Fortunately, most gum disease can be prevented.

If you don’t floss, you miss cleaning 40% of your tooth surfaces. So don’t miss flossing in your oral dental hygiene routine.

More than 300 types of bacteria make up dental plaque.

That's Amaaaaaazing

The most teeth in the mouth is 37, achieved by Vijay Kumar V.A (India), as verified in Bangalore, India on 20 September 2014. Vijay has five more teeth than the average number for adults. He first noticed that he had more biting power than most people in his late teens

Random Joke of the Day

My mum always used to say "40 is the new 30". Lovely woman, banned from driving.

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Happy Birthday

 In Today's Birthday Issue

Happy Birthday
Thank You

Birthday Facts
Word to your Mother
That's Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing
Random Joke

Happy Birthday

Well this Blog has been going for just over 3 years now so thought it's about time I said thank you, to you, the reader. The readership has gone up from a modest 100 a day to nearly 1k.
So far over 200,000 have clicked on this little blog and read my ramblings. Hopefully, I've entertained you, made you think, made you smile.

I have plans this year to improve this site and offer rewards for readers. If you have any ideas how I could improve, wish to contribute or comment please click on the link on the left or e-mail me at :-

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Love you all !

Thank you for reading

You are oh so clever

For my mission to you

My only endeavour

Is to make you smile

And also think

Even though

My rhymes might stink

But you know better

Coz you’re so bright

To read my page

Both day and night

My friend, my pal

My chum, my mate

I love you all

And think you’re great

So thanks again

You beautiful folk

Let's enjoy a laugh

And share a joke

Birthday Facts...

August is the most popular birthday month, accounting for about 9% of all the birthdays in the world!

In 1989, the world's largest birthday cake was created to celebrate the 100th birthday of Fort Payne, Alabama.
The cake weighed 128,238 pounds, 8 oz. and used 16,209 pounds of icing!

Marilyn Monroe's, “Happy Birthday, Mr President,” tribute is the most famous, birthday song rendition ever!

The world's most expensive birth certificate belongs to Paul McCartney, which was auctioned in March 1997 for $84,146 USD!

The Sultan of Brunei hosted the world's most expensive birthday party to celebrate his 50th year. The cost? A whopping $27.2 million! Three concerts featuring Michael Jackson cost $16 million of the total amounts.

Anne Frank's world famous diary was given to her as a present for her 13th birthday.

William Shakespeare died on his 52nd birthday: April 23, 1616.

...Since Your Last Birthday...

31,536,000 seconds have passed.

your hair has likely grown to 12 cm, and your nails about 4 cm.

your heart has beaten 42,075,900 times.

you have taken approximately 15,768,000 breaths.

you will have had about 1,460 dreams.

the world's population has grown by 76,570,430.

your heart has pumped 2,688,000 litres of blood throughout your body!

there have been more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world.

the Earth has completed an entire journey around the sun, travelling about 584,337,600 miles.

Miscellaneous, Birthday Figures

If you counted 24 hours a day, you would be over 31,000 years old when you reach one trillion!

In the time it takes you to read this, another five babies will have been born.

“Christmas Day” is the most celebrated date of birth in the world!

“Golden Birthday” is when your age and date of birth are the same.

“Birthday Paradox” is the likelihood that out of 23 people, there is a 50/50 chance that two of them will have the same birthday. This probability goes up to 99% for a group of 57 people!

15 million is the average number of people celebrating a birthday today (and every day around the world)!

Word of the day: SNERDLE - to wrap up cozily in bed

That's Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing 

Mary Wheaton and Pat Shardelow (both USA) have been exchanging the same birthday card since 1944.

Birthday World Records
The longest birthday is 48 hours, and was achieved by Paul Morgan (USA) in Lihue, Hawaii, USA on 3 February 2018. Paul's record-breaking attempt took place in Apia, Samoa; Auckland, New Zealand; Los Angeles, California, USA and Lihue, Hawaii, USA. Paul made his record-breaking attempt to celebrate his 28th birthday.

Random Joke of the Day

I've been invited to my first Constipation Anonymous Meeting next Monday. Unfortunately, there is no way I can go

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