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Wrong?
One netfriend: Humans do suffer from infallibility from time to time (members of this list excluded of course ;-). Another: Yeah, I should hope so! I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.
Pastors
A local Pastor joined a community service club, and the members thought they would have some fun with him. Under his name badge they printed, “Hog Caller” as his occupation. Everyone made a big fanfare as the badge was presented. The Pastor responded by saying, “I usually am called the “shepherd of the sheep’… but […]
Parrot And Magician
A magician worked on a cruise ship. The audience was different each week, so the magician did the same tricks over and over again. One problem: The captain’s parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick. Once he understood, he started shouting in the middle of the […]
History Isn’t Boring!
Next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn’t just how you like it, think about how things used to be… Here are some facts about the 1500s: Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, […]
Chicken Lickin’ Good
Scientists at NASA designed and manufactured a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields. British engineers heard about the gun […]
Mothers And Daughters
A mother was telling her little girl what her own childhood was like. She said, “We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods.” The little girl was […]
More Trivia
Tom Sawyer was not written on a typewriter as far as I know. Response: The first book written on a typewriter was Mark Twain’s ‘Life of the Mississippi’ which was published in 1883, 3 years after ‘Tom Sawyer’.
Famous Sports Quotes
“Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.” –Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann “I’m going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.” –Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh “You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in […]
Phone Anytime!
Meeting one day with a city-wide Parent-Teachers’ Association, James R. Bailey, the Superintendent of the Fort Worth, Texas, public schools, sought to communicate openness and accessibility. He told the audience he would be pleased to speak with them any hour of the day or night. “In fact,” he said, “here’s the telephone number…” and proceeded […]
Driver’s Licence
When I went to get my driver’s license renewed, our local motor-vehicle bureau was packed. The line inched along for almost an hour until the man ahead of me finally got his license. He inspected his photo for a moment and commented to the clerk, I was standing in line so long, I ended up […]
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