Happy Birthday Mark Twain! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Penny Lane · 11-30-2021, 12:24 PM

Happy birthday, Mark Twain! This famously witty writer (who had 19 🐱 cats!) was born on November 30, 1835. He was born & died when a comet 💥 passed, once noting: "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't." He got his wish. He died on April 21, 1910, just 2 days after Halley's Comet had reached its point closest to the Sun. Here are 10 curious facts about his life... https://www.almanac.com/interesting-...out-mark-twain

PracTz · 11-30-2021, 12:51 PM

Definitely someone even more colorful (and deep) than his characters!

Caroline13 · 11-30-2021, 05:10 PM

Well unless my math is wrong, he would be 186....and 19 Cats!!!!!!!!!!!!

AMackII · 11-30-2021, 09:28 PM

Happy Heavenly Birthday to Mark Twain

ABlairican Pie · 11-30-2021, 10:37 PM

19 cats. I knew there was something I liked about him.

Dude111 · 11-30-2021, 11:40 PM

I hope ya had a g00d birthday!!!

Fleet · 12-08-2021, 09:58 PM

Wow, 19 cats?!

JamesG · 12-09-2021, 09:56 AM

Twain was a huge cigar/pipe smoker and they even named a cigar brand after him. He said it (tobacco) was a very important part of his creative process.

He hosted a lot of dinner parties for his friends, who all smoked, and he was known to not like those who insisted on smoking only the most expensive brands. He would offer his guests cigars, but he would put the brand name of a cheaper one on an expensive one.

His guests would often refuse them as they thought that they were a cheaper brand and most likely brought their own. Meanwhile, Twain would smoke his "cheap cigar" with them and his friends would scoff asking how could he smoke that stuff.

11-30-2021, 12:24 PM	#1
Penny Lane Butter Pie Forum Icon Join Date: Jul 03, 2001 Location: Beneath the blue suburban skies Posts: 51,083	Happy Birthday Mark Twain! Happy birthday, Mark Twain! This famously witty writer (who had 19 🐱 cats!) was born on November 30, 1835. He was born & died when a comet 💥 passed, once noting: "I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't." He got his wish. He died on April 21, 1910, just 2 days after Halley's Comet had reached its point closest to the Sun. Here are 10 curious facts about his life... https://www.almanac.com/interesting-...out-mark-twain Attached Images
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11-30-2021, 05:10 PM	#3
Caroline13 Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jan 30, 2021 Location: So Calif Posts: 14,483	Well unless my math is wrong, he would be 186....and 19 Cats!!!!!!!!!!!!
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11-30-2021, 10:37 PM	#5
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,620	19 cats. I knew there was something I liked about him.
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12-08-2021, 09:58 PM	#7
Fleet Mansions, limousines & H-ween Forum Star Join Date: Jan 06, 2002 Location: Northridge/Porter Ranch, California Posts: 15,625	Wow, 19 cats?!
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12-09-2021, 09:56 AM	#8
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,075	Twain was a huge cigar/pipe smoker and they even named a cigar brand after him. He said it (tobacco) was a very important part of his creative process. He hosted a lot of dinner parties for his friends, who all smoked, and he was known to not like those who insisted on smoking only the most expensive brands. He would offer his guests cigars, but he would put the brand name of a cheaper one on an expensive one. His guests would often refuse them as they thought that they were a cheaper brand and most likely brought their own. Meanwhile, Twain would smoke his "cheap cigar" with them and his friends would scoff asking how could he smoke that stuff. Attached Images

11-30-2021, 12:51 PM	#2
PracTz Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2002 Location: United States of America [Happily Living in the 20th Century] Posts: 2,711	Definitely someone even more colorful (and deep) than his characters!

11-30-2021, 09:28 PM	#4
AMackII Member Forum Star Join Date: Oct 23, 2015 Location: St. Louis Posts: 17,215	Happy Heavenly Birthday to Mark Twain

11-30-2021, 11:40 PM	#6
Dude111 Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 05, 2013 Posts: 35,981	I hope ya had a g00d birthday!!!