What did you learn today

[watcher1]

That the co-owner of the Negro baseball team, the Newark Eagles, Effa Manley, is the only woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. She was inducted in 2006.

[Jed_]

You shape a cowboy hat using a steaming teapot holding the hat upside down and steaming the brim you want to shape.  It’s about time for a 4 year old hat.

[watcher1]

That Chicago is rated as the most corrupt city in the United States and Illinois the third most corrupt state in the United States. Goes to show that one party in power for ages does not bode well for the people.  Then of course, it is the apathy of the voters who keeps corruption flourishing.

[msslave]

That's not much of a surprise. I'd have to guess New Orleans is a close second. The Katrina debacle of poor response was due to local officials. Louisiana should be at the top for corruption. A culture that's persisted since Huey Long.

[Shiela_M]

I'd have guessed Las Vegas to be number one.  Perhaps I watch too much tv though... I watched Danny Ocean (the George Clooney one, because I'm not THAT old yet) rob a casino yesterday.

[ObiDongKenobi]

That Mr. Potato Head no longer requires you to provide the potato.  When did that start?

[Dudester]

That Mr. Potato Head no longer requires you to provide the potato.  When did that start?

Back in the mid 1960's I had a potato head doll. I broke it in record time.

[MissBarbara]

That Mr. Potato Head no longer requires you to provide the potato.  When did that start?

Back in the mid 1960's I had a potato head doll. I broke it in record time.

According to Hasbro's web site, the original Mr. Potato Head, introduced in 1952, included only the body parts, and you stuck them to a real potato (or some other fruit or vegetable). However, in 1964, Hasbro introduced the plastic potato as a part of the kit, chiefly after too many parents complained about their kids playing with rotting vegetables.

[watcher1]

That Mr. Potato Head no longer requires you to provide the potato.  When did that start?

It is no longer called Mr or Mrs Potato Head. On the box, it will only be labelled as Potato Head. Inside the box, though, will be Mr and Mrs Potato Head parts.