70 degrees, fair
watching: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
So the fancy wife is meeting old work friends for "happy hour" tonight, which made me wonder about the origin of happy hours. Ask and Wikipedia will provide:
-- The term originated in the United States Navy. In the 1920s, “happy hour” was slang for a scheduled entertainment period on board a ship during which boxing and wrestling bouts took place, this was a valuable opportunity for sailors to let off the steam accumulated during the long periods at sea ... "Happy hour" entered civilian use around 1960, especially after a Saturday Evening Post article in 1959. --
Interesting tidbit this also -- "Happy hour has been illegal in the Republic of Ireland since 2003 under the Intoxicating Liquor Act." The what??
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Coincidentally, I have been to boxing class with half of the "old" work friends for that very reason.
(PS - now I'm glad that the Hooters suggestion was overruled.)
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