Idioms of the week:

Get up on the wrong side of the bed

Tongue tied

Lessons March 2024 Week 2

Jiles Perry “J.P.” Richardson Jr, a.k.a. the Big Bopper, made the first music video. 

He was 28 years old, while Holly was 22 and Valens was 17 when they died in a plane crash.

You can Google “Chantilly Lace YouTube” to view his first music video.

He made the video 23 years before the first MTV aired in 1981.

He also predicted that a machine would be made to record videos long before the first VCR.

March 7 is National Flapjack Day.

Flapjacks are also called hotcakes, griddlecakes, and pancakes.

The original flapjacks came from England and were made with oats.

In the US, pancakes are wide and fluffy, but hotcakes tend to be thicker and denser.

Crepes are very thin pancakes.

 “Silver dollar pancakes” are mini pancakes.

“Turn over a new leaf” means “to make a positive change in your life.”

I decided to turn over a new leaf and start exercising daily.

“I’m all thumbs” means “I’m clumsy,”

I’m all thumbs when it comes to sewing.