Sig. Giacomo Girolamo Casanova, b. 1725 in Venice, is famous (or infamous) for his way with the opposite sex. He was also an author, traveler, fashionisto, and man of intrigue.
What no Rhino can forget about him is his exceptional gifts with Scent. Sig. Casanova knew how to do Damage in a crowded room, just by standing upwind.
Pure Inner Rhino, bubbling to the surface.
YIR wants to mention the Greek Hippocrates, 460 BC, who is famous in medical history. Much of his philosophy aims at letting Healing happen, rather than trying to force it. He recommended Natural solutions wherever possible.
Here is a quote of his: Doing Nothing is also a good Remedy.
Very Rhino.
In 1893, Ms. Mildred J. Hill and her sister, Ms. Patty Hill (b.today, 1868), got the copyright for a song called “Good Morning to You”, which every Rhino today knows as “Happy Birthday to You”.
Even the most tone deaf of Us can grunt along with this celebrated ditty, composed so that very young children could sing it.
The magic ingredient in singing it is Enthusiasm, not musicianship. At least, that’s how Rhinos see it.
Mr. Harry Houdini, b.1874, is world famous for getting out of unusually complex situations. He was an Escapologist. And quite a Showman.
The traps and tricks from which Mr. Houdini liberated himself were seemingly impossible to defeat. Yet he managed, time after time, to astound his audience.
Rhino Thinking may not be tricksy enough to help Us elude snares. Too bad for Us. We are not cunning.
Just like you Readers, Rhinos have always been landlubbers. Oh, We may take a dip now and again, but We are essentially Turf Bound. So our Dry Land Bias is understandable.
Still, it is good to reflect on the Facts of Life, namely, that Dry Land is what is left when Water has decided where it wants to go. Water, of which there is a lot, is really calling the shots. Rhinos just get to adjust to the land that’s available at the time, more or less depending on Water’s whims. And Nature’s.
Humility does Us all good, right?
In 1844 Mr. Charles Goodyear took out his first patent on Vulcanization of Rubber, making rubber more useful. One year later, in Britain, Mr. Stephan Perry took out the first patent on the Rubber Band, employing Mr. Goodyear’s process.
Rubber bands were first seen as useful in making bundles of paper. However, it cannot have taken long for the first paper wad to become airborn, via the Rubber Band, whizzing through the air at the unsuspecting.
It is from this missile inauguration that this famous phrase arose: “You’re going to put someone’s eye out that way!” (If that is not a fact, it ought to be, as any Rhino would tell you.)
Wishing all our YIR Readers a merry and demi-sensible Holiday.
We at Your Inner Rhino wanted to remind you that tomorrow (March 16) will be the Not-the-Ides-of-March Day. Also the 364 days following it.
And what a relief that will be for one and all.
Knitting is a fiber artform by which you can make a cardigan or socks or cap. Some of the results are attractive.
The knack is to take sticks and yarn and tweedle them in such a way that they form knots, etc., etc. It turns out Rhinos are not good at it. This may be the result of having only 3 digits per limb. We can usually triumph over such limitations, but knitting confounds Us.
This fact explains why you seldom see a tag inside a sweater saying “Knit by Rhino”.
Mr. Wm. Buckland (b. 1784), a British eccentric and paleontologist, was the first person to write a reasoned description of a prehistoric critter and its lifestyle, working from fossil remains. His efforts were enthusiastically received both publicly and scientifically.
He called his critter Megalosaurus, meaning Big Lizard. That was in 1824, for you who can recall it.
Were his findings conclusive? Not particularly, but he set a trend for exploration and investigation of the lives his discoveries led. Rhinos often think the same sense of wonder could be applied to our own relatives, the live ones as well as the extinct.
Your Inner Rhino 