29 August 2015

fopdoodle

[fop-doo-dil]

noun

1. A stupid or insignificant fellow; a fool; a simpleton.

‘You, good sir, are a fopdoodle’.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary. (1913)

Anagram

lop old foe
led food op

Today’s quote

Some hearts understand each other, even in silence.

– Yasmin Mogahed

On this day

29 August 29AD – John the Baptist beheaded.

29 August 1991 – the Supreme Soviet of the USSR suspends the Communist Party. The Soviet Union was formally dissolved on 26 December 1991.

29 August 2001 – death of Graeme ‘Shirley’ Strachan, in a helicopter crash near Maroochydore, Queensland. Lead singer of Australian band, Skyhooks. Born 2 January 1952.

29 August 2005 – Hurricane Katrina strikes southeastern United States with wind speeds reaching 280km/h. New Orleans is one of the worst hit areas. At least 1,836 people died in the storm and subsequent flooding.

29 August 2012 – Hurricane Isaac strikes southeastern United States with wind speeds reaching 130km/h, making landfall in Louisiana, leaving at least 400,000 houses in New Orleans without power.