Good Morning Thread

Rise and Shine folks

The days are getting shorter

657 Mu'awiya defeats Caliph Ali in the Battle of Siffin in Mesopotamia.

1526 Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon and colonists leave Santo Domingo for Florida.

1529 Francisco Pizarro receives a royal warrant to "discover and conquer" Peru.

1758 British forces capture France's Fortress of Louisbourg after a seven-week siege.

1759 The French relinquish Fort Ticonderoga in New York to the British under General Jeffrey Amherst.

1775 The Continental Congress establishes a postal system for the colonies with Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general.

1790 An attempt at a counter-revolution in France is put down by the National Guard at Lyons.

1794 The French defeat an Austrian army at the Battle of Fleurus, France.

1830 King Charles X of France issues five ordinances limiting the political and civil rights of citizens.

1847 Liberia becomes the first African colony to become an independent state.




JOTD: A blonde called her boyfriend and said, Please come over here and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can’t figure out how to get it started.”

Her boyfriend asked, “What is it supposed to be when it’s finished?” The blonde said, “According to the picture on the box, it’s a tiger.”

Her boyfriend decided to go over and help with the puzzle. She let him in and showed him where she had the puzzle spread all over the table. He studied the pieces for a moment, then looked at the box, then turned to her and said, “First of all, no matter what we do, we’re not going to be able to assemble these pieces into anything resembling a tiger.”

He took her hand and said, “Second, I’d want you to relax… Let’s have a nice cup of tea, and then…” He sighed, “let’s put all these Frosted Flakes back in the box.”