Duffel, Belgium – Of Course

The duffel bag’s name is derived from the town of Duffel in Belgium where the cloth, from which the original bags were made, comes from.

W. Somerset Maugham

“It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”

Rocking Around

Brenda Lee was only 13 when she recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” She is shown in this photo with Elvis Presley at her first Grand Old Opry performance at age 13.

Groucho Marx

“Please forgive me for not writing sooner. I’ve been so busy not writing to other people that I couldn’t get around to not writing you in time.”

Too Young To Rock

How old was Brenda Lee when she recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”?

You Can Bet On It

666 is sometimes referred to as the “Number of the Beast,” which arose from the cryptic reference in the Book of Revelation (13:17–18) (the Textus Receptus manuscripts of the New Testament) that this number is “man’s number” or “the number of a man.”  Today, the number is often used and widely recognized as a symbol for the devil (the Antichrist).  That said, in China, the number is often considered lucky.

For those betting folks in the audience, 666 is the sum of all the numbers (0 through 36) on a roulette wheel and for you linguists reading this, the fear of 666 or the digits 6-6-6 is known as hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.

Woodrow Wilson

“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.”