25 May 2014

ruction

[ruhk-shuhn]

noun

– a disturbance, quarrel, or row. e.g. Politician quits parliament after internal party ructions.

Origin:
1815–25; origin uncertain

Anagram

to incur
coin rut

Today’s aphorism

Expectation is the root of all heartache.

– Unknown. This quote is falsely attributed to William Shakespeare, however it does not appear in his works and no accurate source has been identified.

On this day

25 May – Towel Day. A tribute to Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, which states that a towel is ‘about the most massively useful thing that an interstellar hitchhiker can have‘. First held in 2001, two weeks after the death of Adams. Fans carry a towel with them on this day in appreciation of Adams and his work.

25 May 1999 – Bill Morgan, who had been resuscitated after spending 14 minutes clinically dead following a heart-attack, wins a $27,000 car from a Tatts Scratch lotto ticket. During a reenactment of the event for a Melbourne TV station, Bill won $250,000 from a Scratch-It ticket. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBYuxQBSc0o