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The total population of the world at the time of Christ was about 200 million. "Close Cover Before Striking" is the most printed warning in the history of the printed word. Wolfie in Nashville brought this one to my attention. Congress recently spent TWENTY-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS on new (Are you sitting down?) computer record keeping equipment for their exclusive health care plan. In ancient Athens the olive tree was considered sacred -- with all its fruit belonging to the state, and the death penalty for anyone caught cutting one down. Clark Gable munching on a carrot in It Happened One Night inspired cartoonist Bob Clampett to create Bugs Bunny. The first sport to ever be filmed was boxing; the man who did the filming, Thomas A. Edison; the year, 1894. In 1969 the United States Navy spent $375,000.00 on an "aerodynamic analysis of the self-suspended flare". Translated, the study concluded the Frisbee is not feasible as military hardware. The average person watches four hours of television a day. Johnny Carson's first guest when he took over the Tonight Show in 1962 was Groucho Marx. Key West, Florida was the only southern town to remain in Union hands throughout the Civil War. In Greek Ethiopia means "land of sunburned faces." Moses was 120 years old when he dies. The judge that recently overturned same sex marriage in California is an "openly gay judge". This issue will no doubt go to the Supreme Court. Mercedes was named after Mercedes Daimler, the daughter of German automaker Gottlieb Daimler. In 1900 Johann Vaaler invented this essential piece of office equipment....the paper clip. Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin started the first airship passenger service in 1910....300 miles between Dusseldorf and Friedrichshafen. Henry Ford invented charcoal briquettes to make use of scrap wood left over in the manufacture of the Model T. Bill Cosby (one of my favorite comedians) was awarded a PhD in education. His 242-page dissertation was Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. The century-old Japanese company Nintendo manufactured playing cards before it became world renowned for computer games. On the Andy Griffith Show, what did deputy sheriff Barney Fife keep in his shirt pocket? His one bullet. As a young starving artist, James Dean supported himself by testing stunts for the TV game show Beat the Clock. In 1457 King James II banned golf. He claimed golf distracted people from archery practice needed for national defense. Beethoven always poured ice water over his head before he sat down to work. He believed this stimulated his brain. The first person to play outlaw Jessee James on screen was his son Jesse James, Jr. Robert E. Lee's dying words were, "Strike the tent." The first Neanderthal fossil was found in Germany in 1856. France's King Louis XIV only took three baths in his lifetime. Damascus, Syria is the oldest continually inhabited city in the world. The oldest creatures on the earth are whales. Scientist recorded on whale that alive when Abraham Lincoln was President. The theft of a pig started the legendary feud between the hillbilly clans the Hatfields and the McCoys. Congress has a secret fund to payout complaints from support staff. They have payed out over a million dollars a year in grievance complaints over the past fourteen years. A REAL MAN A real man is a woman's best friend. He will never stand her up and never let her down. He will reassure her when she feels insecure and comfort her after a bad day. He will inspire her to do things she never thought she could do; to live without fear and forget regret. He will enable her to express her deepest emotions and give in to her most intimate desires. He will make sure she always feels as though she's the most beautiful woman in the room and will enable her to be the most confident, sexy, seductive and invincible. No wait...sorry...I'm thinking of wine. Never mind. (Thanks Dave) |
| Politicians should be limited to two terms. One term in office. One term in jail. |
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