Today in 1932, President Herbert Hoover was the first man in the US to talk sense in twelve years. He said it was time to scrap Prohibition, an unworkable attempt to curb drinking which merely played into the hands of organized crime. Thanks, Herbert - and thanks too for that vacuum cleaner jobbie; excellent. Now the people of America can drink themselves silly (legally) while cleaning their carpets.
In other news ...
Enid Blyton was born today in 1897. Much rubbished in her own time and since for bad literature, she introduced us to a magic world of kids' adventure infinitely better than Harry Potter and was a champion of political incorrectness with Golliwogs and Mr Plod the policeman.
Come back, Enid, all is forgiven.
