Governor Rick Perry’s younger sister is also benefiting from the Aztec “curse.” She founded the Texas town of Katy in 1896 before embarking on a long singing career, culminating, for the moment, in her persona of Lady Gaga.
Rick Perry’s grandfather, Buckleberry Perry, was at the Alamo with Davy Crockett. Unfortunately he had to leave for a dental appointment in Missouri that he really couldn’t miss, and so missed out on martyrdom.
By one of those weird twists of fate, Buckleberry Perry’s dentist was on his way to the Alamo to handle a dental emergency for Jim Bowie.
Buckleberry Perry’s half-brother Huckleberry moved to Arkansas in 1857, eventually changed his last name, and started the political dynasty that eventually gave us Mike Huckabee.
Huckleberry Hound was put to sleep in 2013. Hanna-Barbara kept it quiet, and there were only a few in attendance at the funeral: Yogi, Boo Boo, Quickdraw and Snagglepuss.
Huckleberry Hound was originally named Mortimer, but there was a mix-up with the notes for the sketch and a note from Hanna’s wife asking him to bring home a pie for dinner. At the very private erasure ceremony, Hanna broke down sobbing “Mortimer, oh Mortimer”, which confused the heck out of the other attendees.
Huckleberry is sadly underappreciated for his stunning work in the 1959 British adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles. He was uncredited in the movie as Hanna thought it might disturb children to see their favorite dog in this dramatic and frankly disturbing role. But Huckleberry always said this was the best work he ever did.
Friends of Huckleberry Finn’s father hated the book and called it a pack of one-sided lies and nothing but a Pap smear.
Gynecologist Ernst Laszlo Pap invented the Pap Smudge to induce hysterical orgasms in women. It didn’t work.
Grampa “Pap” Jovialus was famous for his Pap Fudge, which was known to induce hysterical orgasms in both men and women. His secret ingredients were cinnamon and a dash of cayenne pepper.
Grandpa Jones was forced to don the garb of an old man because in his preferred skinny jeans and sideburns his vocals and gyrations caused hysterical orgasms in women (and a few men) of all ages during the first season of HeeHaw; in fact the show was named for the sounds women made watching him. His recording of Time Warp is considered the definitive version, but unfortunately only two copies exist, both on 8 track.
The original name for Hee-Haw - The Corn Hole - was thought up by ad man Harry Perry, shortly before his banishment from the industry. He moved to rural Texas soon after.
Harry Perry had a brief fling with J.K. Rowling, giving her the inspiration for the name Harry Potter.
J. K. Rowling’s pet owl was named Snape, after the village drunk in her home town of Dobby.
Owls are the only animal that can rotate their heads 359 degrees. This is possible because their spines are coiled like springs, which evolutionists theorize occurred over thousands of years from owl chicks being too big for their eggs.
A second theory is that female owls went nuts trying to lay those eggs, as they are too big for their bodies. The owls started twisting and turning their heads in an effort to alleviate some of the pain cause by trying to pass a too big egg.
The Emerald City Café in Seattle, Washington is now serving owl egg omelets. Owl eggs contain more protein than their chicken egg counterparts, as well as 2% fiber and 6% Vitamin A. By all accounts, owl eggs are delicious as well.
Two weeks ago, Seattle sank into Puget Sound. Knowing it was coming, Bill Gates moved Microsoft HQ to a flotilla of reconditioned aircraft carriers just outside the territorial limits of the US (and consequently, ever other country as well) where he can now do whatever he wants. Think monkey knife fights.
Bill Gates spent $82 million to purchase and import the last remaining barrel of the rare, endangered Azure Blue Capuchin monkeys (sp. Chinnychinchinus) from a zoo-rescue farm in Vincennes, Indiana.
It is estimated that there were over 82 million turtle doves in existence when The Twelve Days of Christmas was written. Alas there are believed to be less than 100 today. Scientists are at a loss to explain the rapid demise of this slow-flying shelled bird as it has no natural predators.