Month: December 2024

NEVER MESS WITH OLD FOLK

The room fell into stunned silence. Even the nurse, standing at the foot of the bed, couldn’t help but comment. ‘Wow,’ she said, visibly impressed. ‘Your husband must have been an extraordinary man to leave behind so much property.’

THE BEST LOVE STORY EVER

One day, she succumbed to her illness, leaving him heartbroken. After performing her last rites, he decided to leave their town to start anew. As he was about to leave, a neighbor, concerned, asked, ‘How will you manage on your own now? Your wife used to guide you everywhere.’

THIS BEFORE HE GETS INTO OFFICE

Earlier this month, Trump also suggested that Canada should become the 51st US state. He reportedly first made the comment during a dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, where the latter tried to dissuade Trump from placing tariffs on his country in retaliation for failing to stem the flow of illegal migrants and drugs across the border with the US. Trump reiterated his call in a post last week, writing: ’I think it is a great idea. 51st State’

THE SONG THAT SAVED THOUSANDS OF LIVES

They were all written by Alice Hawthorne, one of the pseudonyms used by the 19th-century songwriter Septimus Winner. The famous poet, composer and violinist, born in 1827 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the seventh child of Joseph Eastburn Winner and Mary Ann Hawthorne, a relative of Nathanial Hawthorne.