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QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE |
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A classic from 1980 |
(Kevin: PICTURE THE FILM $200.) (Ken: Not the Bible, interesting.) [Laughter]
Raging Bull
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A recession is a prolonged one of these, a reduction in economic activity |
downturn
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Exodus 20:8 commands, "Remember" this day "to keep it holy" |
the Sabbath
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The Ted Bates Ad Agency came up with the slogan "Melts in your mouth, not in your hand" for this candy |
M&Ms
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Called the East Sea in South Korea, this nationally named sea has practically no tides |
(Kevin: What is the South China Sea?)
the Sea of Japan
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Some things reported on during this day: flying penguins, Google Translate for animals & trees that grow spaghetti |
April Fools' Day
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Drop-arm, swing gate & tripod are types of these barriers often seen at subway or fair entrances |
a turnstile
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"And the light shineth in" this, which "comprehended it not" |
the darkness
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"Don't leave home without it" is a classic slogan of this company that also says, "Don't live life without it" |
American Express
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Bounded by the coasts of Myanmar & Thailand to its east, the Andaman Sea is a marginal sea of this ocean |
the Indian
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In 2024 this restaurant chain partnered with feeding America to feed America on National Pancake Day |
IHOP
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As in the song "Closing Time", it's what bars do "over every boy and every girl" around last call |
(Julia: What is turn all of the lights off?)
they turn the lights on
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"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green" these |
pastures
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This company's "Yeah, we've got that" slogan was replaced in 2003 |
Staples
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The relatively shallow depth of this sea between the British isles & Norway yields very dramatic waves |
the North Sea
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In 2022 the New Yorker honored a newish federal holiday with a cover painting of a Black family called "157 Years of" this |
Juneteenth
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Usually for piano, it's a short, dreamy composition suggestive of the evening |
nocturne
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"Why beholdest thou" this 4-letter thing "that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?" |
the mote
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In '90s ads parents just didn't understand why kids liked this cereal; the common response was "We eat what we like" |
(Julia: What is Kix?)
Apple Jacks
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The only one of Earth's seas without a land boundary, it gets its name from its native surface life |
the Sargasso Sea
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A 2005 shop.org press release is said to be the first public use of this term for a shopping day a few days after Thanksgiving |
(Julia: What is Black Friday?)
Cyber Monday
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This adjective for one of few words is from Latin for "silence" |
taciturn
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"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils" this phrase |
the breath of life
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In the 1980s this investors newspaper billed itself as "the daily diary of the American dream" |
The Wall Street Journal
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To its north the Black Sea is connected to this smaller sea by the Kerch Strait |
the Sea of Azov
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In 2021 Joe Biden became the first U.S. president to formally proclaim this holiday that coincides with another in the fall |
Indigenous Peoples' Day
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