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Liquor Trivia

Monday, August 14, 2006
So I stumbled over the origin of the word "booze" recently. Apparently during the Presidential election of 1840, the Whigs passed out little bottles of whisky shaped like log cabins to remind everyone that their candidate William Henry Harrison had lived in one. The chief distributor of those bottles was a Mr. E.G. Booz. Hence the beginning of the term "booze" for acohol (I don't know where the extra "e" came from). This election is also responsible for the expression "O.K," for Martin Van Buren's nickname "Old Kenderhook."

I am now finished regaling the world with my knowledge of pointless political/historical trivia. You may all return to your daily lives.

Hey would anyone like to know where the word "hooker" comes from?
Posted by Arbitrista @ 7:45 AM
11 Comments:
  • could it be a certain civil war general with way too many camp followers?

    By Blogger Weezy, at 9:15 AM  
  • and i'll think on the trivia for ya

    By Blogger Weezy, at 9:16 AM  
  • You've got it! I'm ready when you are.

    By Blogger Arbitrista, at 9:26 AM  
  • As I can't sleep I might as well do something productive.

    In 1941 FDR rewrote his last will and testament to divide his estate between two individuals. Name them.

    By Blogger Weezy, at 4:57 AM  
  • Okay this is probably wrong, but how about Eleanor and FDR Jr?

    By Blogger Arbitrista, at 7:23 AM  
  • Eleanor is right--- FDR Jr is wrong. I'll give you a hint--it is not a family member. He effectively wrote his children out of his will until this individual's death! (remaining assets would then revert back to children.)

    By Blogger Weezy, at 10:10 AM  
  • HMM......could I have stumped you? Say it isn't so!

    By Blogger Weezy, at 1:52 PM  
  • Uh..uh...

    All right. I'll take a guess. Was it that lady who was his secretary for years? I can't remember her name.

    By Blogger Arbitrista, at 2:40 PM  
  • OOOOoooo-- a gold star and a trip to Double Jeopardy for you! Missy LeHand-- his secretary. She had a stroke in 41 and he wanted to make sure her medical bills were covered. She died in 44 or 45.

    Good show!

    By Blogger Weezy, at 5:19 PM  
  • Don't give me too much credit! I didn't know what her name was. Still, that was a hard one.

    By Blogger Arbitrista, at 7:38 PM  
  • I didn't think you wanted an easy one... is it your turn to ask or have we amused ourselves enough!

    By Blogger Weezy, at 8:39 PM  
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