HODGE-PODGE

Happy Thursday Speakies:

An obscure fact today the “Ice Cream Cone” made its debut in 1903, but records show it was mentioned in French cookbooks in 1825. What is an ice cream cone? An ice cream cone, poke or cornet is a dry cone shaped pastry made of a wafer similar to a waffle, allowing ice cream to be eaten without a bowl or spoon. We have waffle cones, wafer cones, pretzel cones and the sugar cone. So whatever your favorite cone is, grab one today, slap some of your favorite ice cream in there and enjoy.

We also celebrate “WHITE CHOCOLATE DAY.” My favorite and I know it’s some of yours too is that white chocolate Easter Bunny. I like the ears; snap a little piece of that chocolate put it in your mouth and savor the special sweetness of that white chocolate. I have a taste for a little bit right now, oh well have to settle for a root beer barrel in the office candy jar.

We’ve all heard the expression “Raining Cats and Dogs”, but we don’t know for certain its origin. Etymologists the people who study the origins of words have suggested a variety of explanations for why people use that term. For one Odin, the Norse god of storms was pictured with dogs and wolves. Witches rode their brooms in a storm and were pictured with black cats. Cats and Dogs may have come from the Greek expression cata doxa, which means “contrary to experience or belief.” If it is raining cats and dogs, it is raining unusually hard.

Last but not least Happy Birthdays and Anniversaries to my Guys and Dolls celebrating theirs today. Gave you a little bit of everything today you can say it was hodge-podge Thursday. Have a great day.