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Cannibal Story:
Most folks are familiar with the term " Debbie Downer" (used to describe a party pooper), but very few realize its historical origin.
In 1846, the pioneering Donner-Reed party was trapped for four months by a snowstorm in California's Sierra Nevada mountains and resorted to cannibalism to survive. One of the young victims, Debbie, was the daughter of expedition co-leader, George Donner and the understandably glum survivors who consumed her remains became known as Debbie downers.
True story.
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@itchyd
Yeah, I saw a movie about that incident. But I didn't know that that's where the term "Debbie Downer" came from. I learn something new everyday.
Another true story. In October 1972, a plane carrying members of a rugby team from Uruguay, among others, crashed in the Andes. A group of survivors lived through the plane crash, only to face the frigid cold and snow of the mountains, avalanches and, most famously, a lack of food. As they fought for their lives for more than two months, they fed themselves by cannibalizing the bodies of those who had already died.
Now enough about that. Let's get back to the jokes...I need to LAUGH!!!!! 😊