26 August 2015

scobberlotcher

[skob-oh-lot-ch-er]

– a person who doesn’t work hard, a lazy or idle person.

‘When the going got tough, the scobberlotcher could not be found’.

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clobber torches
crochet slobber

Today’s quote

Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than just ribbons?

― George Orwell, Animal Farm

On this day

26 August 580 – toilet paper invented by the Chinese.

26 August 1910 – birth of Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) in Yugoslavia, winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work in the slums of Calcutta. Died 5 September 1997.

26 August 1946 – George Orwell’s revolutionary novel, Animal Farm, is published.