January 2011
2 posts
15 Reasons Mister Rogers Was the Best Neighbor...
mentalflossr:
1. Even Koko the Gorilla Loved Him
Most people have heard of Koko, the Stanford-educated gorilla who could speak about 1000 words in American Sign Language, and understand about 2000 in English. What most people don’t know, however, is that Koko was an avid Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood fan. As Esquire reported, when Fred Rogers took a trip out to meet Koko for his show, not...
What is your favorite word? “Southpaw.” Although it may just mean “a left-handed person” to you, it means so much more to me. It’s aggressive, like a boxer, and overpowering, like Randy Johnson’s fastball. It’s a person that sticks out from the rest. It’s everything I’m not.
What is your least favorite word? “Random.” I have no...