Monday, March 28, 2011

[1890 - Paul Whiteman, bandleader, born in
Denver, Colorado]

   
[1899 - August Anheuser Busch, Jr., brewing magnate, born in St. Louis, Missouri]

[1903 - Rudolf Serkin, concert pianist, born in Bohemia]

      
[1907 - (Samuel) Irving (Paul) Lazar, talent agent, deal-maker, born in Brooklyn]

[1909 - Nelson Algren, novelist, born in Detroit, Michigan]

   
[1912 - Frank Lovejoy, actor, born in the Bronx]

   
[1914 - Edmund (Sixtus) Muskie, Maine Governor, Senator, Secretary of State,
born in Rumford, Maine]

   
[1921 - Dirk Bogarde (Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde),
actor, born in West Hampstead, London]

[1924 - Freddie Bartholomew (Frederick Llewellyn
March), actor, born in Dublin, Ireland]

[1979 - Accidents at Three Mile Island bring the nuclear power plant close to a uranium core meltdown]

   
[1979 - Accidents at Three Mile Island bring the nuclear power plant close to a uranium core meltdown]

Predilection For Puns

Punning from damaged chromosomes comes.
Defective human phenome is the villain.
An Alliterative affliction has similar origins,
Neither responds to red pencil or penicillin.

William's Whimsical Words:

Inspired by the Ogden Nash School of Poetry.

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