21 November 2012

zambianoliangioticaloigisticologphobia

[zam-bee-an-oh-lee-an-gee-oh-tee-cal-oi-jist-ick-oh-log-fob-bee-uh]

(noun)

– fear of short people, specifically adults who are less than 150cm tall.

Today’s aphorism

Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.

– Confucius

On this day

21 November 1986 – Oliver North, National Security Council staffer, begins shredding documents associated with the Iran-Contra debacle that could have implicated themselves and others within the Reagan administration in the illegal sale of arms to Iran in order to fund the rebel Nicaraguan Contras.