#26: The Predictions of Isaac Bickerstaff
1708: In February 1708 a previously unknown London astrologer named Isaac Bickerstaff published an almanac in which he predicted the death by fever of the famous rival astrologer John Partridge. According to Bickerstaff, Partridge would die on March 29 of that year. Partridge indignantly denied the prediction, but on March 30 Bickerstaff released a pamphlet announcing that he had been correct: Partridge was dead. It took a day for the news to settle in, but soon everyone had heard of the astrologer's demise. Thus, on April 1st Partridge was woken by a sexton outside his window who wanted to know if there were any orders for his funeral sermon. Then, as Partridge walked down the street, people stared at him as if they were looking at a ghost or stopped to tell him that he looked exactly like someone they knew who was dead. As hard as he tried, Partridge couldn't convince people that he wasn't dead. Bickerstaff, it turned out, was a pseudonym for the satirist Jonathan Swift. His prognosticatory practical joke upon Partridge worked so well that the astrologer finally was forced to stop publishing his almanacs, because he couldn't shake his reputation as the man whose death had been foretold.
HAHaha got him.
My grandmother died in the 60s, but her birthday is coming up, and that always causes me to reminisce. The long walks we used to take to the store in town, the quarters she gave me for meaningless jobs like pulling weeds or washing the side-walk.
Those gems were all good, but the one I remember most, the jewel in the crown of grandmotherly advice, occurred when I was only about 13.
We were sitting in a park on a beautiful spring day, having just finished collecting some 40 soda bottles for the deposit money.
She told me that one day, I would find a wonderful woman and start my own family.' And always remember this,' she said. 'Be sure
you marry a woman with small hands.'
'How come, Grandma?' I asked her.
She answered in her soft voice.
'Makes your dick look bigger.'
Kinda brings a tear to your eye, doesn't it?
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Good luck pickin em , Theres a few other ones too.
HAha I got 5 out of 5 for this lot
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"Nowhere in the Bible does Jesus have a sword fight."
Thats as funny as it gets..
My doctors surgery had some new furniture delivered, clearly someone with a sense of humour
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My grandparents can be rude sometimes !! Photo of them on holiday last year !
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Typical of a Woman BMW driver
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Some crazy shit of what people will pickle in jars !
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