Mr. Robert Bailey Thomas, b. 1766, was the originator of The Farmer’s Almanac, first published in 1792.  It was a popular compendium of country wit & wisdom, and practical info people wanted. It’s still going today, 225 years later, which is a US publishing record.

In 1832, Mr. Thomas, then 66, changed the title to The Old Farmer’s Almanac. The Rhino Question is: what does ‘Old’ mean in the title? Is it the voice of country sages, or Mr. Thomas was feeling tired, or is it a journal intended for wrinkly farmers?

Your Inner Rhino has much to Ponder.

Rhinos are not good at SCRABBLE, since We can neither spell nor count. We like the little tiles though, and the board is pretty. One advantage Rhinos do have: We play equally well in all 29 languages SCRABBLE comes in.

In RhinO there are a lot more silent letters than in the Reader’s alphabet, which explains a lot.

Mr. Alfred M. Butts invented SCRABBLE in 1938. Today is his birthday (1899). It seems fitting to salute him, as he has provided a lot of good times to YIR‘s Readership.