The Spurious Nib

Volume 17

Spurious Nib#81

In 1849 Englishman, Martin Kilmead, out ran a locomotive pulling three tons of coal from Goldhanger to Heybridge.


Spurious Nib#21

May 20, 1957, 2:34 PM: 3rd grader, Kenny, "Blush Boy" Phillips gained fame by managing to lob three consecutive spitballs into Mrs. Larder's coffee.
May 20, 1957, 2:36 PM: 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Larder set a personal best for lobbing an eraser directly at a child's head.





Spurious Nib#65

Timothy Conrad, a Confederate Soldier, was laughed out of the army when it was discovered the birthmark on his left buttocks resembled a top hatted Abraham Lincoln.





Spurious Nib#72 

Prague 1795. Utz and her husband Mel Vitz had high hopes for their son. Instead the once proud mom, Utz Vitz, gave herself the honorary title, Most Disappointed Mother of the Year" after her adult son revealed he had not been attending law school . It turned out Utz's son Zindel had been playing the lute and making jokes every evening at the local tavern.

Spurious History

On May 1st, 1919, Congress passed a resolution discouraging facial hair in order to placate Russian Communist from invading Alaska.