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Category Archives: R Lite
March 20!
First day of Spring! We Effervesce.
Shamrocks for One and All!
Oh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away,
McCarthy pumps the old bassoon and I the pipes do play,
And Hennessy Yennessy toodles the flute and music is somethin’ grand,
A credit to old Ireland is McNamara’s Band!
When the chips are down…
Your Inner Rhino is having slightly damaged feelings. There are a few (unnamed) doubters in the ranks of YIR Readers for whom this message is intended. All the Holidays mentioned in this blog are official occasions. The reader only needs to Google the holiday in question to be assured of the devotion to even-handed reportage aspired to by Your Inner Rhino.
In that spirit, We mention: this is National Potato Chip Day.
Pi are squared…
Archimedes was an olde Greek genius, who liked to scamper around town in the nude when he had a Big Idea. (We are full of Big Ideas and go nude all the time, so what’s the big deal?) He discovered many tricky things, they say.
One of his Big Ideas was called Pi, which has something to do with mathematics and geometry (?!?). It doesn’t look like much, but it is highly regarded in some circles (ho ho). Rhinos are challenged to count to six, so the details of Archimedes’ work will go without explanation on Your Inner Rhino. Few of Us ever met him.
The point is: March 14th, is Pi Day because it is the third month, 14th day. 3.14159265 etc.&etc., is Pi’s mathematical value, so Voila! Pi Day. If this is still cloudy, ask anybody else for help.
We understand it is a Major Holiday for our readers, and We like to support your enthusiasms. Party long and loud, with our best wishes. See Archimedes in his tub? “Eureka!” means “I figured it out”. Yell that.
2+7= ?
Zodiactivation
Your Inner Rhino wishes you all the very best, today and every day.
We are aware that Fish and Wish rhyme, but you will be happy to learn that We have not made a poem. Restraint, that’s one of our fortes. Also, the poem wasn’t any good.
Keeping up to date
This is National Cherry Pie Day.
You may think We come up with these celebrations on our own, but that is not the case. These are genuine points of calendar interest, so We feel they should be acknowledged. Inter-species Noblesse Oblige.
Year of the Goat, mostly
Celebrating the Chinese New Year!
There is some confusion which is the poster critter for this year: it may be a goat or a sheep or a yak, We are told. Who can tell??
Rhinos are not all adept with chopsticks. Moody inventions, chopsticks, right?
Bling Up!
Fat Tuesday.
Mardi Gras is a Festivity of Excess. What it has to recommend it is the over-the-top, more-is-better approach, of which We heartily approve. Why tip-toe, right?
Questions of Dubious Practices We leave to others to sort out. We take the high road, assuming one is available… most of the time.
Small pleasures are pleasures nonetheless
As you are probably aware, today is National Gumdrop Day. We assume you are already prepared for the event, and who would blame you?
One small point though: Percy Trusdale was not entirely alone in his 1801 experiments with the gumdrop. We do not wish to steal his thunder, but We do feel entitled to a rumble or two when gumdrops come up in casual conversation. Please bear it in mind.
Thanks.
Your Inner Rhino 