Category: (Not Entirely) True Facts
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Not Entirely True Facts about Halloween:
Believe it or not, Halloween is older than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It’s even older than Charles Dance and Anthony Quin combined! In fact you would need the combined ages of over 30 elderly celebrities to even get close to the age of Halloween. It’s so old, we don’t even spell it…
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Not Entirely True Facts About Kayaks
First published March 8, 2018 ——“Kayak” means “hunter’s boat” in the Inuit, Yup’Ik, and Aleut languages. Unlike their massive diesel powered ocean-liner counterparts which blast a steam-whistle upon both landing and departure, the Kayak is considerably quieter and lends itself well to sneaking up on unattended pic-a-nic baskets, gators to…
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Not Entirely True Facts About Wine
First published June 7, 2018 ——-Drinking wine can improve your sex life. While a small amount can give you a feeling of giddiness, a larger amount can turn you into a modern day Casanova complete with open shirt, hairy chest, gold medallion and butterfly collar. Please drink responsibly.—–I’ve read that…
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Not Entirely True Facts About High Fives
First published April 19, 2018 ——-Invented by a student at the University of Virginia, High-Five Day now marks the commencement of the “High-Five-a-Thon” to raise money for charitable organizations such as The Center for Treatment of Too Many High-Fives.——-Psychological studies have revealed that celebratory human contact such as high-fives or…
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Not Entirely True Facts About Oats
By Professor Popinjay First published March 15, 2018 Bunch a’ Crap You Probably Already Knew About Oats. Read Just to Confirm.By Prof. Popinjay —–Whole grain oats were prepared for consumption as far back in history as 8,000,000,002 B.C. as indicated by cave paintings depicting cave children refusing to eat bowls…
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Not Entirely True Facts About Socks
By Professor PopinjaySuggested by Deggsy O’Brien First Published Sept 6, 2018 —–Many of us take socks for granted. Our moms buy them for us and stock our drawers while we’re not looking. I’m 35, emancipated and married and to this day I have never gone to the store and purchased…
Professor Popinjay's Compendium of Perspicacity 