5 Wiki-Facts, 1 TX Town, 1 Springsteen Lyric & 1 famous lefty!
In no particular order:
1. In Muslim countries, weekends consist of Friday and Saturday.
2. A weekend warrior is a person who works 40 hours during a Friday-Sunday period or a person who lives two different lives, one on the weekend and one during the work week.
3. Well, it’s Saturday night. You’re all dressed up in blue. I been watchin’ you a while. Maybe you been watchin’ me, too.
4. The Jewish Sabbath, known as Shabbat, is from sunset Friday to when it is fully dark on Saturday.
5. Tarzan, Texas
6. The early industrial period in Europe saw a six-day work week with only Sunday off, but some workers had no days off at all.
7. Bill Clinton
8. The French Revolutionary Calendar allowed decadi, one out of ten days, as a leisure day.
Online Museum of the Week
Pimp My Bookcart:
Quotopia
Freshly-picked quotes from the ol’ reference collection:
Mexican food’s great, but it’s essentially all the same ingredients, so there’s a way you’d have to deal with all these stupid questions. “What is nachos?” “…Nachos? It’s tortilla with cheese, meat, or vegetables.” “Oh, well then what is a burrito?” “Tortilla with cheese, meat, or vegetables.” “Well then what is a tostada?” “Tortilla with cheese, meat, or vegetables.” “Well then what i-” “Look, it’s all the same! Why don’t you say a Spanish word and I’ll bring you something.
Jim Gaffigan
Rhyme Time!
One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words:
Lather-producing twilight.
Highlight here for answer: [foaming gloaming]
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