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                <title>*snort!*</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:53:30 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
No news.<br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
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Some of my favorite billboards. <br />
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<img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b336/ksb1505/speedo.jpg"><br />
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<img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b336/ksb1505/read.jpg"><br />
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<img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b336/ksb1505/golds.jpg"><br />
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<img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b336/ksb1505/dude.jpg"></img></img></img></img><br /><br /><div class="bg">Credits: Template courtesty of *<a class="u" href="http://kuschelirmel-stock.deviantart.com/">kuschelirmel-stock</a> <br />
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                <title>Tin Foil Hat Alert!</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:18:24 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
April 30 is National Honesty Day.  (Politicians exempt)<br />
<br />
April 30, 1006: Brightest supernova in recorded history is observed.<br />
 <br />
April 30, 1789: George Washington inaugurated as 1st President of US.<br />
<br />
<b><i>Shamelessly ripped from "FOXNews.com" <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269196,00.html">[link]</a> which shamelessly ripped it from AP (AssPress)</i></b><br />
"OAKLAND, Calif.   Bay Area residents began potentially their worst commute in almost two decades Monday, a day after one of the region's most traveled sections of freeway melted and collapsed following a fiery crash.<br />
<br />
An elevated section of highway that carries motorists from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to a number of freeways was <br />
destroyed early Sunday after heat from an overturned gasoline truck caused part of one overpass to crumple onto another.<br />
<br />
Heat exceeded 2,750 degrees and caused the steel beams holding up the interchange above to buckle. Bolts holding the structure together also melted, leading to the collapse, California Department of Transportation director Will Kempton said."<br />
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Ok, this is just way too easy.  It's almost like stealing candy from the 9/11 Truthers (Liars) who screech and whine that "steel doesn't melt".  O'Rosie.........are you paying attention?  (stupid question)  Not that any of this will matter to the delusional tin foil hat crowd, but since I work for a steel fabricator, I can walk out to the shop area everyday and watch steel being melted in one form or another, either by a cutting torch, a welding machine or the robotic cutting table.  Yes, Virginia, steel really, really does melt!  It really, really does!!!  Honest!!!  When steel is subjected to extremely high temperatures (think jet fuel, gasoline, a mixture of oxygen and acetylene), it weakens and will melt .  I've seen it with my very own, beady little eyes!  It's something to behold, I tell ya!<br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
<br />
<b>MEGA MORON AWARDS</b> <br />
<br />
Tennessee: A man successfully broke into a bank after hours and stole the bank's video camera, while the camera was remotely <br />
recording. (That is, the videotape recorder was located elsewhere in the bank, so he didn't get the videotape of himself stealing the <br />
camera). <br />
<br />
Louisiana: A man walked into a Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer? Fifteen dollars. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, was a crime committed?] <br />
<br />
Arkansas: Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store <br />
window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. Seems the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass. The whole event was caught on videotape. <br />
<br />
New York: As a female shopper exited a convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police had apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a <br />
positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes, Officer..that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from." <br />
<br />
Ann Arbor:The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 12:50am, <br />
flashed a gun and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food <br />
order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away. <br />
<br />
Kentucky: Two men tried to pull the front off a cash machine by running a chain from the machine to the bumper of their pickup <br />
truck. Instead of pulling the front panel off the machine, though, they pulled the bumper off their truck. Scared, they left the scene and drove home. With the chain still attached to the machine. With their bumper still attached to the chain. With their vehicle's license plate still attached to the bumper. <br />
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<br />
<b>From the 'net:</b><br />
<br />
One day, in line at the company cafeteria, Jack says to Mike behind him, "My elbow hurts like hell. I guess I better see a doctor." <br />
<br />
"Listen, you don't have to spend that kind of money," Mike r... ]]></description>
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                <title>Cow farts</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:47:06 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
April 28 is Great Poetry Reading Day and Kiss-Your-Mate Day.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/flirty.gif" width="30" height="26" alt=":flirty:" title="Flirtatious" /><br />
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April 28, 1770: Captain James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia. <br />
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April 28, 1914: W H Carrier patents air conditioner.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/d/dance.gif" width="29" height="21" alt=":dance:" title="Dance!" /> <br />
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<b><i>Shamelessly ripped from "The Sun Online" <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/">[link]</a></i></b><br />
"BARMY (mad, crazy, insane) Euro MPs are demanding new laws to stop cows and sheep PARPING (farting). <br />
<br />
Their call came after the UN (Useless Nitwits) said livestock emissions were a bigger threat to the planet than transport.<br />
<br />
The MEPs have asked the European Commission to look again at the livestock question in direct connection with global warming. <br />
<br />
The official EU declaration demands changes to animals diets, to capture gas emissions and recycle manure. <br />
<br />
They warned: The livestock sector presents the greatest threat to the planet. The proposal will be looked at by the 27 member states.<br />
<br />
The UN (Useless Nitwits) says livestock farming generates 18 per cent of greenhouse gases while transport accounts for 14 per cent.<br />
<br />
<b>Ok, here's a news flash for the nabobs of lunacy, otherwise known as the UN (Useless Nitwits):<br />
Cows have been farting since they first evolved into the bovine species.  They will continue to fart until they are all killed and made extinct or a new occupation is created called the "Plug and Mallet Engineers".  However, that produces a direct conflict with PETA (who kills animals) because the first time some engineer with a hard hat on attempts to plug the offending orifice with said mallet, there will be hell to pay.  I can see the protest signs already:  "EAT MOR CHICKIN!"  No wait, that one is for a different protest group.<br />
<br />
Here's another flash for the UN (Useless Nitwits):  it's very obvious that this bunch of bungling, inept and retarded deadbeats have <br />
never heard of the taiga forest.  It is the largest stretch of coniferous forest in the world, circling the earth in the Northern Hemisphere, and according to Planet Earth, televised on the Discovery Channel, it cleanses the air of the ENTIRE planet EVERY DAY.  Of course, this valuable information means absolutely nothing to the UN (Useless Nitwits) because they are entirely too busy and much too important to be bothered with anything as mundane as RESEARCH.  So, here's an idea for the UN (Useless Nitwits): how about you stop with the bullshit (pun intended) and do something worthwhile like, stop the frigging slaughter in Darfur or feed the starving humans in those other Godforsaken third world countries?  That goes for the EU lunatics, too.</b>  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/slyfart.gif" width="33" height="15" alt=":slyfart:" title="*poot*" /><br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>Fathers then & now</b><br />
<br />
Fathers of 1900 didn't have it nearly as good as fathers of today, but they did have a few advantages:<br />
<br />
In 1900, fathers prayed their children would learn English.<br />
<br />
Today, fathers pray their children will speak English.<br />
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In 1900, a father's horsepower meant his horses.<br />
<br />
Today, it's the size of his SUV.<br />
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In 1900, if a father put a roof over his family's head, he was a success.<br />
<br />
Today, it takes a roof, deck, pool, and 4-car garage. And that's just the vacation home.<br />
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In 1900, a father waited for the doctor to tell him when the baby arrived.<br />
<br />
Today, a father must wear a smock, know how to breathe, and make sure film is in the video camera.<br />
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In 1900, fathers passed on clothing to their sons.<br />
<br />
Today, kids wouldn't touch Dad's clothes if they were sliding naked down an icicle.<br />
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In 1900, fathers could count on children to join the family business.<br />
<br />
Today, fathers pray their kids will soon come home from college long enough to teach them how to work the computer and set the DVD burner.<br />
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In 1900, fathers pined for old country Romania, Italy, or Russia.<br />
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                <title>Friday Smorgasbord........</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:21:21 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
April 27 is Tell A Story Day<br />
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April 27, 1867: The opera "Roméo et Juliette" is produced (Paris, France).<br />
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April 27, 1931: 100º F (38º C), Pahala, Hawaii (state record).  Must've been that eeeeeeevil global worming.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/m/mwahaha.gif" width="29" height="15" alt=":evillaugh:" title="EVIL Laughter!" /><br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
An elderly gent was invited to his old friends' home for dinner one evening.  He was impressed by the way his buddy preceded every request to his wife with endearing terms - Honey, My Love, Darling, Sweetheart, Pumpkin, etc. <br />
<br />
The couple had been married almost 70 years, and clearly they were still very  much in love. While the wife was in the kitchen, the man leaned over and said to his host, "I think it's wonderful that, after all these years, you still call your wife those loving pet names."<br />
<br />
The old man hung his head. "I have to tell you the truth," he said, "I forgot her name about 10 years ago."<br />
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
Two elderly women were eating breakfast in a restaurant one morning. Ethel noticed something funny about Mabel's ear and she <br />
said, '"Mabel, did you know you've got a suppository in your left ear?" <br />
<br />
Mabel answered, "I have a suppository?" She pulled it out and stared at it. Then she said, "Ethel, I'm glad you saw this thing. Now I think I know where my hearing aid is." <br />
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<b>I'm so old, I can cough, laugh, sneeze and pee all at the same time.</b><br />
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<br />
<b>Senior  Citizens Are Valuable<br />
<br />
We  are more valuable than any of the younger  generations:<br />
<br />
We have silver in our hair. <br />
We have  gold in our teeth. <br />
We have stones in our kidneys.  <br />
We have lead in our feet and .... <br />
We are loaded  with natural  gas.</b><br />
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <br />
<br />
<b>Famous last words:  "Hey, watch this!!"</b><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=356Wdadu_C8">[link]</a><br />
<br />
<b>Yes, Virginia, there really is more, "Hey, watch this!!" stuff.</b><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzTuH7Ny4Xg">[link]</a><br />
<br />
<b>With the advent of June weddings, here's a nuptial toast to them all.  mheh.</b><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr5uO5iCC20">[link]</a><br />
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<b>BOO!</b>  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/rofl.gif" width="29" height="27" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl" /><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn9BcuS_a-s">[link]</a><br />
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<br />
<b>You Know You've Turned Into a Mom When...</b><br />
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You automatically double-knot everything you tie. <br />
<br />
You find yourself humming the Barney song as you do the dishes. <br />
<br />
You hear a baby cry in the grocery store, and you start to gently sway back and forth, back and forth. However, your children are at <br />
school! <br />
<br />
You actually start to like the smell of strained carrots mixed with applesauce. <br />
<br />
You weep through the scene in Dumbo when his mom is taken away, not to mention what Bambi does to you. <br />
<br />
You get soooo into crafts you contemplate writing a book called 101 Fun Crafts to do with Dryer Lint and Eggshells. <br />
<br />
You spend a half hour searching for your sunglasses only to have your teenager say, "Mom, why don't you wear the ones you <br />
pushed up on your head?" <br />
<br />
You are out for a nice romantic meal with your husband, enjoying some real adult conversation, when suddenly you realize that you've reached over and started to cut up his steak!<br />
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<div class="heading">Favorite Emotes</div><br />
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                <title>Tomatoes clothed in burqua's?</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:30:40 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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April 23 is Read Me Day and World Laboratory Animal Day.  oy vey<br />
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April 23, 1851 Canada issues its 1st postage stamps.<br />
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April 23, 1945 Concentration camp Flossenburg liberated.<br />
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Shamelessly ripped from the Seattle Times:<br />
<br />
"American commanders cite al-Qaida's severe brand of Islam, which is so extreme that in Baqouba, al-Qaida has warned street <br />
vendors not to place tomatoes beside cucumbers because the vegetables are different genders, Col. David Sutherland said."<br />
<br />
I have to assume by this latest lunacy that female vegetables will soon be clothed in a burqua.  I guess that's ok for a veggie that has "eyes", like a potatoe but what about those poor, sightless veggies like, like......squash!  Oh, the humanity!  If I were a squash, <br />
I'd be screaming "discrimination of the sightless"!!  <br />
<br />
Would somebody PLEASE tell me where the genitalia are on friggin' fruits/vegetables?  I mean, the next time I'm peeling the skin off of a cucumber, I'd need that information so that I could be more careful around the "sensitive" areas.  Just sayin'.<br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
There was a mature gentleman wandering around in a supermarket calling out at intervals, "Crisco, Cris--co!" <br />
<br />
Finally a store clerk approached. <br />
<br />
"Sir, the Crisco is on aisle five." <br />
<br />
"Oh," replied the old gentleman, "I'm not looking for cooking Crisco, I am calling my wife." <br />
<br />
"Your wife is named "Crisco?" <br />
<br />
"Nah," he answered, "I only call her that when we come to the supermarket." <br />
<br />
"Oh? What do you call her when you are not in the supermarket?" <br />
<br />
"Lard ass." <br />
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<b>Mom's Brownies Recipe</b><br />
<br />
Remove teddy bear from oven and preheat oven to 375. <br />
<br />
Melt 1 cup margarine in saucepan. <br />
<br />
Remove teddy bear from oven and tell Johnny "no, no." <br />
<br />
Add margarine to 2 cups sugar. Take shortening can away from Johnny and clean cupboards. <br />
<br />
Measure 1/3 cup cocoa. <br />
<br />
Take shortening can away from Johnny again and bathe cat. <br />
<br />
Apply antiseptic and bandages to scratches sustained while removing shortening from cat's tail. <br />
<br />
Assemble 4 eggs, 2 tsp. vanilla, and 1-1/2 cups sifted flour. <br />
<br />
Take smoldering teddy bear from oven and open all doors and windows for ventilation. <br />
<br />
Take telephone away from Billy and assure party on the line the call was a mistake. Call operator and attempt to have direct dialed call removed from bill. <br />
<br />
Measure 1 tsp. salt, 1/2 cup nuts and beat all ingredients well. <br />
<br />
Let cat out of refrigerator. <br />
<br />
Pour mixture into well-greased 9x13-inch pan. <br />
<br />
Bake 25 minutes. <br />
<br />
Rescue cat and take razor away from Billy. Explain to kids that you have no idea if shaved cats will sunburn. Throw cat outside while there's still time and he's still able to run away. <br />
<br />
Frosting <br />
<br />
Mix the following in saucepan: <br />
<br />
1 cup sugar <br />
<br />
1 oz unsweetened chocolate <br />
<br />
1/4 cup margarine <br />
<br />
Take the damn teddy bear out of the @#$% broiler and throw it away -- far away. <br />
<br />
Answer the door and meekly explain to the nice policeman that you didn't know Johnny had slipped out of the house and was heading for the street. Put Johnny in playpen. <br />
<br />
Add 1/3 cup milk, dash of salt, and boil, stirring constantly for 2 minutes. <br />
<br />
Answer door and apologize to neighbor for Billy having stuck a garden hose in man's front door mail slot. Promise to pay for ruined carpet. <br />
<br />
Tie Billy to clothesline. <br />
<br />
Remove burned brownies from oven.<br />
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<b>The bell curve of life</b> <br />
<br />
At age 4, success is... not peeing in your pants. <br />
At age 12, success is... having friends. <br />
At age 16, success is... having a driver's license. <br />
At age 20, success is... having sex. <br />
At age 35, success is... having money. <br />
At age 50, success is... having money. <br />
At age 60, success is... having sex. <br />
At age 70, success is... having a driver's license. <br />
At age 75, success is... having friends. <br />
At age 80, success is... not peeing in your pants. <br />
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<div class="heading">Favorite Emotes</div><br />
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                <title>Intelligence defined</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:08:59 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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April 20 is Look Alike Day.<br />
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April 20, 1770: Captain Cook arrives in New South Wales.<br />
<br />
April 20, 1926: 1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across the Atlantic.<br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
Two men were digging a ditch on a very hot day. One said to the other, "Why are we down in this hole digging a ditch when our boss is standing up there in the shade of a tree?" "I don't know," responded the other. "I'll ask him."<br />
<br />
So he climbed out of the hole and went to his boss. "Why are we digging in the hot sun and you're standing in the shade?" <br />
"Intelligence," the boss said. "What do you mean, "intelligence'?"<br />
<br />
The boss said, "Well, I'll show you. I'll put my hand on this tree and I want you to hit it with your fist as hard as you can." The ditch <br />
digger took a mighty swing and tried to hit the boss' hand. The boss quickly moved his hand and the ditch digger hit the tree. The boss said, "That's intelligence!"<br />
<br />
The ditch digger went back to his hole. His friend asked, "What did he say?" "He said we are down here because of intelligence." <br />
<br />
"What's intelligence?" said the friend. The ditch digger put his hand on his face and said, "Take your shovel and hit my hand."<br />
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<b>Rules for the cat.  The cat will fill in the blanks:</b><br />
<br />
1. __________ is not food.<br />
Dental floss, plants, Kleenex, toilet paper, human's homework, photographs, shoes, sweaters, socks, the couch, electrical cords/devices, phone cord, vases of flowers, my poop, electric wiring, the rubber fish toy my human drags around for me to play with, rubber bands, Mom's toe, the HUGE fly, used Q-tips, the other cat's vomited food.<br />
<br />
2. I will not jump on the _______________.<br />
Kitchen counter, table, stove, barbecue, my human's full bladder at 5:30 A.M., bed at night, TV, bed from the top of the wardrobe at night.<br />
<br />
3. I will not sharpen my claws on the _______________.<br />
Sofa, carpet, drapes, my human's leg, my human's boss' leg, the new speakers, wallpaper, window screen, car tires.<br />
<br />
4. I will not pee/poop/barf a hairball on the ___________________.<br />
floor, carpet, sofa, clean laundry, sleeping human, human's tax return, the tax auditor, TV, baby's mattress, kitchen counter, dining <br />
room table, big people's shoes, bathtub, my Dad's collection of (expensive) Nazi daggers, marble floor (acid vomit+marble=etched <br />
marble).<br />
<br />
5. I will not climb the _________________.<br />
Door screen, bulletin board, speaker, curtains, redwood trees, walls, lampposts.<br />
<br />
6. I will not dunk ______________ into my water dish.<br />
Tissues, my toy mouse, the house plants, half-digested food.<br />
<br />
7. I will not hide____________________.<br />
Pens, curlers, or house keys under the carpet.<br />
<br />
8. I recognize that the ________________ has a right to exist.<br />
Belt, fringe on the bathroom rug, fuzzy toilet seat, house plant, human's toes, baby, human, blue jays outside, teddy bear.<br />
<br />
9.____________________ is not cat food.<br />
Chocolate, bananas, pizza, any human food, tea.<br />
<br />
10. ___________________ is not a bed.<br />
The stove, the pot (not hot) on the stove, sink, the crystal bowl from the people's wedding, piano strings, Mommy's sock drawer, the inside of the antique radio, the car, the electric organ, the computer keyboard.<br />
<br />
11. __________________________ is not prey/a toy.<br />
The paper coming from the printer, the newspaper, Mommy, open milk cartons, toilet paper, pantyhose, paper clips, human's toes, my human's penis (think "Robin Williams, Live at the Met"), Christmas tree ornaments, the produce ripening on the kitchen counter, Q-tips, Black Widow spiders, any food, whether wrapped in something or not, the sheets, the computer mouse, Mommy's snow white lace garter from her wedding with the beautiful, tasty, maribou feathers on it.<br />
<br />
12. I will not try to climb into the _________________________.<br />
Freezer, refrigerator, washing machine, dryer, dishwasher, garage.<br />
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<b>GAMES FOR WHEN WE ARE OLDER</b> <br />
<br />
1. Sag, You're It. <br />
<br />
2. Pin The Toupee On The Bald Guy. <br />
<br />
3. 20 Questions Shouted Into Your Good Ear. <br />
<br />
4. Kick The Bucket.<br />
 <br />
5. Red Rover, Red Rover, The Nurse Says Bend Over. <br />
<br />
6. Doc Goose. <br />
<br />
7. Simon Says Something Incoherent. <br />
<br />
8. Hide And Go Pee. <br />
<br />
9. Spin The Bottle Of Mylanta.<br />
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10. Musical Recliners. <br />
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                <title>A final note on the VT massacre</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:13:13 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ In today's predictably PC world, the aftermath of any tragic shooting spree must include a re-examination of our gun control laws. You know the liberal drill: "The medicine isn't working, we need to take more!"<br />
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The media is noting that the Virginia Tech massacre on Monday is the very worst school killing ever in America since Charles Whitman went nuts on the Texas Tower. The media bias against the Second Amendment shows clearly in this assertion. The fact is, the 1927 Bath, Michigan school killings had a death toll of 45 with 58 injured. So why doesn't Andrew Kehoe, the Bath killer, get any mention? Kehoe didn't use a firearm! He blew up the school with a bomb. No gun control mileage here. Into the wastebasket of history goes the Bath School tragedy. No useful purpose.<br />
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Back to the gun control discussion which the nation must endure after every single crime committed with a firearm that results in the death of white kids. How can we subvert the second Amendment? You know where I stand on the issue. Guns don't kill people any more than automobiles kill people, regardless of how much fairy dust is sprinkled on the subject.<br />
<br />
The truth is making the rounds. The worst mass murders in our history were committed by people wielding boxcutters, pocketknives, fertilizer, and fuel oil.  That would be 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombings, respectively.<br />
<br />
And don't get me started on the effectiveness of gun control on people such as Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer.<br />
<br />
The Stalinists will never get my gun.  I am a legal owner of a Glock 9mm that is loaded, safety off, ready for any shitbag<br />
that thinks it's ok to enter my home without my permission.  I have been trained to use it effectively and practice routinely.<br />
Said shitbag will be a dead shitbag, no doubt about it.<br />
<br />
Steadily eroding the ways for which people can defend themselves from human predators won't solve anything. <br />
<br />
You can't ban teeth and fingernails, after all. <br />
<br />
That. Is. All.<br /><br /><b>Defining teenagers<br />
<br />
A Teenager is...</b> <br />
<br />
A person who can't remember to walk the dog but never forgets a phone number. <br />
<br />
A weight watcher who goes on a diet by giving up candy bars before breakfast. <br />
<br />
A youngster who receives his/her allowance on Monday, spends it on Tuesday, and borrows from his/her best friend on Wednesday. <br />
<br />
Someone who can hear a song by Madonna played three blocks away but not his mother calling from the next room. <br />
<br />
A whiz who can operate the latest computer without a lesson but can't make a bed. <br />
<br />
A student who will spend 12 minutes studying for her history exam and 12 hours for her driver's license. <br />
<br />
A youngster who is well informed about anything he doesn't have to study. <br />
<br />
An enthusiast who has the energy to ride a bike for miles, but is usually too tired to dry the dishes. <br />
<br />
A connoisseur of two kinds of fine music: Loud and Very Loud. <br />
<br />
A young woman who loves the cat and tolerates her brother. <br />
<br />
A person who is always late for dinner but always on time for a rock concert. <br />
<br />
A romantic who never falls in love more than once a week. <br />
<br />
A budding beauty who never smiles until her braces come off. <br />
<br />
A boy who can sleep until noon on any Saturday when he suspects the lawn needs mowing. <br />
<br />
An original thinker who is positive that her mother was never a teenager. <br />
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
<b>Nine things dogs don't understand:</b><br />
<br />
 1. It's not funny to practice barking at 3 a.m. <br />
<br />
2. It's wrong to back Grandma into a corner and guard her. <br />
<br />
3. He shouldn't jump on your bed when he's sopping wet. <br />
<br />
4. The cats have every right to be in the living room. <br />
<br />
5. Barking at guests 10 minutes after they arrive is stupid <br />
<br />
6. Getting up does NOT mean we are going for a walk <br />
<br />
7. Just because I'm eating, doesn't mean you can. <br />
<br />
8. If you look at me with those big sad eyes, I'm not going to give in and feed you. NOT NOT NOT. Oh, ok, just this once. <br />
<br />
9. No, it's my food....Oh alright then, just a small piece.<br />
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<div class="heading">Favorite Emotes</div><br />
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                <title>Ironic</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:36:47 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ UPDATE:  According to Fox News, the terrorist has been identified as Cho Seunh-Hui, a permanent resident of the United States, a Korean national and a Virginia Tech student.   The student left a "disturbing note" before killing two people in a dorm room, returning to his own room to re-arm and entering a classroom building on the other side of campus to continue his rampage, sources said. <br />
<br />
Cho's identity has been confirmed with a positive fingerprint match on the guns used in the rampage and with immigration materials. It is believed that he was the shooter in both incidents yesterday. Sources say Cho was carrying a backpack that contained receipts for a March purchase of a Glock 9 mm pistol, sources said. Witnesses had also told authorities that the shooter was carrying a backpack. Sections of chain similar to those used to lock the main doors at Norris Hall, the site of the second shooting that left 31 dead, were found inside a Virginia Tech dormitory.  <br />
The information described below was harvested from many news sources, most of which, were obviously incorrect.<br /><br /><div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
<br />
Today's journal is dedicated to the victims and familys of the massacre at Virginia Tech yesterday.  It is also dedicated to the word "ironic".<br />
<br />
Isn't it ironic that the cowardly terrorist is Asian and not a white boy or a black boy?  Not only was he Asian, he was here in this country on a student visa (think 9/11) and had a green card.  So here we have an Asian with a green card and two handguns hellbent on slaughtering as many innocents as he can instead of an American citizen with two handguns doing the same.  Ironic?  Already, the whining, hand-wringing Leftists are screeching and howling for the abolishment of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which is, the right to bear arms.  To them I say, "Shut your stupid pieholes!"  The massacre was committed by a foreign terrorist using handguns.  What if he had used a knife, a car or a truck bomb?  Abolishment of the Second Amendment would have not stopped him from buying two handguns.  But I digress.<br />
<br />
When the police arrived at VT for the first murders (two students and one student advisor), they deemed the killings as a "domestic dispute" involving the ex-girlfriend and her supposedly new boyfriend.  Pardon my common sense but isn't it ironic that a domestic dispute, which ended in the slaughter of three innocent people, did not produce a weapon?  When the police realized that three people were dead from gunshot wounds and there was no weapon to be found, doesn't that fact demand that the police and college administrators lock down the ENTIRE campus and start looking for the terrorist?  Obviously not because classes continued and the terrorist continued his quest of slaughter.  It's ironic to me that the adults who were in charge of this situation had no more forethought than that of a gnat.  Instead, it was business as usual <br />
and more carnage would ensue.<br />
<br />
The most ironic portion of this senseless debacle is that of one, very brave professor.  With the terrorist at the door of his classroom, he held the door shut while the students escaped out of the windows.  The terrorist finally bulled his way into the classroom and promptly shot and killed the professor.  Why is this ironic?  The professor was a Holocaust (yes, the same Holocaust that all terrorists and immoral morons deny) survivor and yesterday was the anniversary for the end of the Holocaust.  Not enough is being reported about this brave hero by the main stream media.  Ironic?  Indeed.<br />
<br />
So what are the solutions to prevent another massacre like this?  Actually, there are none, unless ridding the earth of every human being could be construed as a "solution".  It is human nature, or, the nature of the beast to kill another human being.  As ugly as it is, we all must face the fact that at any given time, each and every one of us could kill another human being.  It has been a part of our history since man first appeared on this planet and it will continue until we become extinct or the planet blows up and is no more.  Abolishing the Second Amendment is not a solution either.  Terrorists will always be able to get their weapons of choice, regardless of where they live, and innocent, unarmed citizens will be at their mercy.  Should we stop all students from entering this country on a student visa?  My gut reaction is a very robust, "Hell yes!", but after some consideration, that is not a solution either.  Frankly, if it were up to me, I would not allow any foreign students from the East or the Middle East to enter this country for at least, oh...say fifty years.  Some would say that I'm a bigot for thinking that but my response is, "Tough shit."  I'm an American first and a sympathizer last.  I have no sympathy for an Asian kid who "thought" that his girlfriend was fooling around and then slaughters 32... ]]></description>
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                <title>Press Barbie's bellybutton........</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:44:30 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
refractory \rih-FRAK-tuh-ree\, adjective, noun, plural -ries. :<br />
<br />
adjective<br />
1. hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.  <br />
2. resisting ordinary methods of treatment.  <br />
3. difficult to fuse, reduce, or work, as an ore or metal.  <br />
noun <br />
4. a material having the ability to retain its physical shape and chemical identity when subjected to high temperatures.  <br />
5. refractories, bricks of various shapes used in lining furnaces.  <br />
<br />
[Origin: 160010; var. of refractary (by analogy with adjectives in -ory1) < L refrÄctÄrius stubborn, obstinate, equiv. to refrÄct(us) <br />
<br />
(see refract) + -Ärius -ary] <br />
<br />
Related forms<br />
re·frac·to·ri·ly, adverb <br />
re·frac·to·ri·ness, noun <br />
<br />
The eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Smith, almost quit her job because of Billy, one of the most refractory kids she's ever had in her classroom.<br />
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<br />
April 15 is Rubber Eraser Day<br />
<br />
April 15, 1493 Columbus meets with King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella.<br />
April 15, 1738 Bottle opener invented.<br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
<b>Clueless in New York</b> <br />
<br />
Dear Abby,<br />
My husband is a liar and a cheat. He has cheated on me from the beginning, and, when I confront him, he denies everything. What's<br />
worse, everyone knows that he cheats on me. It is so humiliating.  Also, since he lost his job six years ago, he hasn't even looked for a new one. All he does all day is smoke cigars, cruise around and bullshit with his buddies while I have to work to pay the bills. <br />
<br />
Since our daughter went away to college he doesn't even pretend to like me and hints that I may be a lesbian.  What should I do?<br />
Signed, <br />
Clueless<br />
<br />
<br />
Dear Clueless,<br />
Grow up and dump him. Good grief, woman, you don't need him anymore. You're a United States Senator from New York. Act like one!!!!<br />
<br />
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<br />
<b>Finally a Barbie I can relate to! At long last, here are some NEW Barbie dolls to coincide with her and OUR aging gracefully, but these are a bit more realistic...</b> <br />
<br />
1. Bifocals Barbie. Comes with her own set of blended-lens fashion frames in six wild colors (half-frames too!), neck chain and large-print editions of Vogue and Martha Stewart Living. <br />
<br />
2. Hot Flash Barbie. Press Barbie's bellybutton and watch her face turn beet red while tiny drops of perspiration appear on her forehead. Comes with hand-held fan and tiny tissues. <br />
<br />
3. Facial Hair Barbie. As Barbie's hormone levels shift, see her whiskers grow. Available with teensy tweezers and magnifying mirror. <br />
<br />
4. Flabby Arms Barbie. Hide Barbie's droopy triceps with these new, roomier-sleeved gowns. Good news on the tummy front, too-muumuus with tummy-support panels are included. <br />
<br />
5. Bunion Barbie. Years of disco dancing in stiletto heels have definitely taken their toll on Barbie's dainty arched feet. Soothe her <br />
sores with the pumice stone and plasters, then slip on soft terry mules. <br />
<br />
6. No-More-Wrinkles Barbie. Erase those pesky crow's-feet and lip lines with a tube of Skin Sparkle-Spackle, from Barbie's own line of exclusive age-blasting cosmetics. <br />
<br />
7. Soccer Mom Barbie. All that experience as a cheer-leader is really paying off as Barbie dusts off her old high school megaphone to root for Babs and Ken, Jr. Comes with minivan in robin-egg blue or white and cooler filled with doughnut holes and fruit punch. <br />
<br />
8. Mid-life Crisis Barbie. It's time to ditch Ken. Barbie needs a change, and Alonzo (her personal trainer) is just what the doctor <br />
ordered, along with Prozac. They're hopping in her new red Miata and heading for the Napa Valley to open a B&B. includes a real tape  of "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do." <br />
<br />
9. Divorced Barbie. Sells for $199.99. Comes with Ken's house, Ken's car, and Ken's boat. <br />
<br />
10. Recovery Barbie. Too many parties have finally caught up with the ultimate party girl. Now she does Twelve Steps instead of dance steps. Clean and sober, she's going to meetings religiously. Comes with a little copy of The Big Book and a six-pack of Diet Coke. <br />
<br />
11. Post-Menopausal Barbie. This Barbie wets her pants when she sneezes, forgets where she puts things, and cries a lot. She is sick and tired of Ken sitting on the couch watching the tube, clicking through the channels. Comes with Depends and Kleenex. As a bonus this year, the book "Getting In Touch with Your Inner Self" is included.  <br />
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<div class="heading">Favorite Emotes</div><br />
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                <title>Don't Touch Me!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:34:48 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
Word of the day:  accede<br />
<br />
Pronunciation: ak-seed<br />
Function: verb <br />
Etymology: 140050; late ME: to approach, adapt to < L accédere to approach, assent, equiv. to ac- ac- + cédere to go; see cede<br />
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ac·ced·ed, ac·ced·ing, ac·cedes <br />
<br />
1. to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.  <br />
2. to attain or assume an office, title, or dignity; succeed (usually fol. by to): to accede to the throne.  <br />
3. International Law. to become a party to an agreement, treaty, or the like, by way of accession.  <br />
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Use:  After much whining and arguing, my sister acceded to my demand that she wear her seatbelt in the car.<br />
<br />
April 14 is National Pecan Day<br />
<br />
April 14, 1611 Word "telescope" is 1st used (Prince Federico Cesi). <br />
April 14, 1841 Edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue", published. <br />
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<b>I'm stunned!  My goofy "Killer Fish Crackers" was featured here:  <br />
<a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/28160/">[link]</a></b>  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/faint.gif" width="18" height="17" alt=":faint:" title="I think I've fainted." /><br />
<b>My humble thanks to <a href="http://mmenathalie.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/m/m/mmenathalie.gif" width="50" height="50" alt="" title="mmenathalie" /></a> for including it in the article.</b>  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" /><br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
<b>I Must Be Dead</b> <br />
<br />
An elderly couple are both lying in bed one morning, having just woke up from a good nights sleep. He takes her hand and she responds, "Don't touch me". <br />
"Why not," he asks. She answers back, "Because I'm dead." The husband says to her, "What are you talking about? We're both lying here in bed together and talking to one another." The wife says, "No, I'm definitely dead." Her husband insists, "You're not dead. What in the world makes you think you're dead?" His wife answers, "I know I'm dead, because I woke up this morning and nothing hurts." <br />
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<b>Midlife for women...</b> <br />
<br />
Midlife is when the growth of the hair on our legs slows down. This gives us plenty of time to care for our newly acquired mustache. <br />
<br />
Midlife women no longer have upper arms, we have wingspans; we are no longer women in sleeveless shirts, we are flying squirrels in drag. <br />
<br />
Midlife has hit when you stand naked in front of the mirror and can see your rear end without turning around. <br />
<br />
Midlife is when you bounce (a lot), but you don't bounce back. It's more like splat. <br />
<br />
Midlife is when you want to grab every firm young lovely in a tube top and scream, "Listen, honey, even the Roman Empire fell, and those things will too." <br />
<br />
Midlife is when you realize that if you were a dog, you would need a control-top flea collar. <br />
<br />
Midlife is when you go to the doctor and you realize you are now so old, you have to pay someone to look at you naked. <br />
<br />
Midlife brings the wisdom that life throws you curves and that you're now sitting on your biggest ones. <br />
<br />
Midlife can bring out your angry, bitter side. You look at your latte-swilling, beeper-wearing know-it-all teenager and think, "For this I have stretch marks?" <br />
<br />
Midlife is when your memory really starts to go: the only thing you still retain is water. <br />
<br />
The good news about midlife is that the glass is still half-full. Of course, the bad news is that it won't be long before your teeth are floating in it. <br />
<br />
You know you've crossed the midlife threshold when you're in the grocery store and you hear a Muzak version of "Stairway to Heaven" in the produce department. <br />
<br />
It's very hard to "get jiggy with it" in midlife. Jiggly, yes; jiggy, no. <br />
<br />
Midlife is when your 1970's Body-by-Jake now includes Legs-by-Rand McNally (more red and blue lines than an accurately scaled map of the state of Wisconsin). <br />
<br />
Midlife is when you start to repeat yourself and your chins follow suit. <br />
<br />
You become more reflective in midlife. You start pondering the big questions: what is life, why am I here and how much Healthy Choice ice cream can I eat before it's no longer a healthy choice?  <br />
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<div class="heading">Favorite Emotes</div><br />
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                <title>Drop trou...........</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:25:34 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
Word of the day:  misogynist<br />
<br />
Root: mi·sog·y·ny <br />
Pronunciation: mÄ­-sÅj'É-nÄ­st<br />
Function: noun<br />
Etymology: Greek misogynia, from misein to hate + gynE woman: a hatred of women <br />
n.   One who hates women. <br />
adj.   Of or characterized by a hatred of women. <br />
mi·sog·y·nic, mi·sog·y·nous, mi·sog·y·nis·tic, adjective <br />
mi·sog·y·nist, noun <br />
Use:  A mis-guided, misogynist black activist stated that "It's all the Founding Fathers' (George Washington) fault that hip-hop "artists" treat women like meat..." and generate hate-filled "music". <br />
<br />
April 13 is Blame Somebody Else Day.  Ok, that sucks.<br />
<br />
April 13, 1796 1st elephant arrives in US from Bengal India. <br />
April 13, 1902 JC Penney opens his 1st store in Kemmerer WY.<br />
<br />
Great news!!!  The web site for NAMBLA no longer exists!!!  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/d/dance.gif" width="29" height="21" alt=":dance:" title="Dance!" />  See the story here:  <a href="http://rikijo.blogspot.com/">[link]</a> (scroll down).<br />
So how come we haven't heard about this on the main stream media, hmmm??  No longer will these cretins spread their vile, filthy and perverted way of life on the 'net.  That's one more victory for the innocent that we can all celebrate.  Unless, of course, you're a filthy, vile pervert.<br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
<b>APPLYING FOR DISABILITY</b> <br />
<br />
A retired gentleman went into the social security office to apply for Social Security. <br />
<br />
After waiting in line a long time he got to the counter. The woman behind the counter asked him for his drivers license to verify his <br />
age. He looked in his pockets and realized he had left his wallet at home. He told the woman that he was very sorry but he seemed to have left his wallet at home. "Will I have to go home and come back now?" he asks. <br />
<br />
The woman says, "Unbutton your shirt." <br />
<br />
So he opens his shirt revealing lots of curly silver hair. She says, "That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me," and she <br />
processed his Social Security application. <br />
<br />
When he gets home, the man excitedly tells his wife about his experience at the Social Security office. <br />
<br />
She said, "You should have dropped your pants, you might have qualified for disability, too." <br />
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<br />
<b>YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING 'MARVELOUSLY MATURE' WHEN..........</b> <br />
<br />
1. You and your teeth don't sleep together. <br />
<br />
2. You try to straighten out the wrinkles in your socks and discover you aren't wearing any. <br />
<br />
3. At the breakfast table you hear snap, crackle, pop and you're not eating cereal. <br />
<br />
4. Your back goes out but you stay home. <br />
<br />
5. When you wake up looking like your driver's license picture. <br />
<br />
6. It takes two tries to get up from the couch. <br />
<br />
7. When your idea of a night out is sitting on the patio. <br />
<br />
8. When happy hour is a nap. <br />
<br />
9. When you're on vacation and your energy runs out before your money does.. <br />
<br />
10. When you say something to your kids that your mother said to you and you always hated it. <br />
<br />
11. When all you want for your birthday is to not be reminded of your age. <br />
<br />
12. When you step off a curb and look down one more time to make sure the street is still there. <br />
<br />
13. Your idea of weight lifting is standing up. <br />
<br />
14. It takes longer to rest than it did to get tired. <br />
<br />
15. Your memory is shorter and your complaining lasts longer. <br />
<br />
16. Your address book has mostly names that start with Dr. <br />
<br />
17. You sit in a rocking chair and can't get it going. <br />
<br />
18. The pharmacist has become your new best friend. <br />
<br />
19. Getting "lucky" means you found your car in the parking lot. <br />
<br />
20. The twinkle in your eye is merely a reflection from the sun on your bifocals. <br />
<br />
21. It takes twice as long - to look half as good. <br />
<br />
22. Everything hurts, and what doesn't hurt - doesn't work. <br />
<br />
23. You look for your glasses for half an hour and they were on your head the whole time. <br />
<br />
24. You sink your teeth into a steak - and they stay there. <br />
<br />
25. You give up all your bad habits and still don't feel good. <br />
<br />
26. You have more patience, but it is actually that you just don't care anymore. <br />
<br />
27. You finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart. <br />
<br />
28. You wonder how you could be over the hill when you don't even remember being on top of it.  <br />
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                <title>Men:  their dogs, their wives.........</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:30:58 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
April 12 is Look Up At The Sky Day.<br />
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April 12, 1606 England adopts the Union Jack as its flag.<br />
<br />
April 12, 1844 Texas became a US territory.<br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
<b>Calmness In Our Lives</b> <br />
<br />
I am passing this on to you because it definitely works and we could all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple <br />
advice heard on the Dr. Phil show, you too can find inner peace. Dr Phil proclaimed, "The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started and have never finished." <br />
<br />
So, I looked around my house to see all the things I started and hadn't finished, and before leaving the house this morning, I <br />
finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Zinfandel, a bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream, a bottle of Vodka, a package of Oreos, the remainder of my old Prozac prescription, the rest of the cheesecake, some Doritos and a box of chocolates. <br />
<br />
You have no idea how freaking good I feel.  Please pass this on to those whom you think might be in need of inner peace. <br />
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<br />
<b>This may be why lots of men have dogs and not wives.</b> <br />
<br />
1. The later you are, the more excited they are to see you. <br />
<br />
2. Dogs will forgive you for playing with other dogs. <br />
<br />
3. If a dog is gorgeous, other dogs don't hate it. <br />
<br />
4. Dogs don't notice if you call them by another dog's name. <br />
<br />
5. A dog's disposition stays the same all month long. <br />
<br />
6. Dogs like it if you leave a lot of things on the floor. <br />
<br />
7. A dog's parents never visit. <br />
<br />
8. Dogs do not hate their bodies. <br />
<br />
9. Dogs agree that you have to raise your voice to get your point across. <br />
<br />
10. Dogs like to do their snooping outside rather than in your wallet or desk. <br />
<br />
11. Dogs seldom outlive you. <br />
<br />
12. Dogs can't talk. <br />
<br />
13. Dogs enjoy petting in public. <br />
<br />
14. You never have to wait for a dog; they're ready to go 24-hours a day. <br />
<br />
15. Dogs find you amusing when you're drunk. <br />
<br />
16. Dogs like to go hunting. <br />
<br />
17. Another man will seldom steal your dog. <br />
<br />
18. If you bring another dog home, your dog will happily play with both of you. <br />
<br />
19. A dog will not wake you up at night to ask, "If I died would you get another dog?" <br />
<br />
20. If you pretend to be blind, your dog can stay in your hotel room for free. <br />
<br />
21. If a dog has babies, you can put an ad in the paper and give them away. <br />
<br />
22. A dog will let you put a studded collar on it without calling you a pervert. <br />
<br />
23. A dog won't hold out on you to get a new car. <br />
<br />
24. If a dog smells another dog on you, they don't get mad, they just think it's interesting. <br />
<br />
25. On a car trip, your dog never insists on running the heater. <br />
<br />
26. Dogs don't let magazine articles guide their lives. <br />
<br />
27. Dogs like to ride in the back of a pickup truck. <br />
<br />
28. Dogs are not allowed in Bloomingdale's or Neiman-Marcus. <br />
<br />
29. If a dog leaves, it won't take half your stuff. <br />
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<br />
<b>A few more "overheard's"</b><br />
<br />
Guy #1: I love making fun of the Amish online.<br />
Guy #2: Why?<br />
Guy #1: Because they'll never know.<br />
<br />
--25th & 3rd, NYC<br />
<br />
<br />
Rich blonde: So, how's it going with the nanny? <br />
Rich brunette: I don't know. I'm thinking of firing her. <br />
Rich blonde: Oh my god! Why? <br />
Rich brunette: She says she's identical twins with her sister, and they're totally not identical. <br />
Rich blonde: Yeah, that's beyond annoying.<br />
<br />
--Somewhere in Manhattan, NYC<br />
<br />
<br />
Columbia student #1: It's funny how many kids do coke at this school... Actually, it's disgusting.<br />
Columbia student #2: Wait, but you just bought an eightball a few hours ago. <br />
Columbia student #1: Oh, yeah.<br />
<br />
--116th & Broadway, NYC<br />
<br />
<br />
Chick: Did you see that bumper sticker?<br />
Dude: Which one?<br />
Chick: It said, 'None are free when others are oppressed.'<br />
Dude, annoyed: That makes no sense whatsoever.<br />
<br />
--33rd & 9th, NYC<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Tourist girl: You guys, we're finally here! New York! Sleepless in... Oh my god, I'm such a moron!<br />
<br />
--Incoming Air Canada flight, JFK airport<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
20-ish girl on cell: I don't like this Barnes and Noble! All they have are books!<br />
<br />
--Barnes & Noble, NYC<br />
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                <title>I'm Happy With My TV..........</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:16:09 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
April 11 is Eight-Track Tape Day.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wow.gif" width="23" height="15" alt=":wow:" title="Wow!" /><br />
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April 11, 1689 William III & Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain.<br />
<br />
April 11, 1890 Ellis Island designated as an immigration station.<br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
A 5-year-old boy went to visit his grandmother one day. Playing with his toys in her bedroom while grandma was dusting, he looked up and said, "Grandma, how come you don't have a boyfriend now that Grandpa went to heaven?" Grandma replied, "Honey, my TV is my boyfriend. I can sit in my bedroom and watch it all day long. The religious programs make me feel good and the comedies make me laugh. I'm happy with my TV as my boyfriend."<br />
<br />
Grandma turned on the TV, and the reception was terrible. She started adjusting the knobs, trying to get the picture in focus. Frustrated, she started hitting the backside of the TV hoping to fix the problem. The little boy heard the doorbell ring, so he hurried to open the door, and there stood Grandma's minister. The minister said, "Hello, son, is your Grandma home?" The little boy replied, "Yeah, she's in the bedroom bangin' her boyfriend." <br />
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<b>A Good Ole Hymn Sing:  Good evening, friends, and welcome to our hymn sing. We are pleased to announce that we have a hymn for everyone. Our program this evening will include:</b> <br />
<br />
The Dentist's Hymn - Crown Him with Many Crowns <br />
<br />
The Weatherman's Hymn - There Shall Be Showers of Blessings <br />
<br />
The Contractor's Hymn - The Church's One Foundation <br />
<br />
The Tailor's Hymn - Holy, Holy, Holy <br />
<br />
The Golfer's Hymn - There Is A Green Hill Far Away <br />
<br />
The Politician's Hymn - Standing on the Promises <br />
<br />
The Optometrist's Hymn - Open My Eyes That I Might See <br />
<br />
The IRA Agent's Hymn - I Surrender All <br />
<br />
The Gossip's Hymn - Pass It On <br />
<br />
The Electrician's Hymn - Send The Light <br />
<br />
The Shopper's Hymn - Sweet By and By <br />
<br />
The Realtor's Hymn - I've Got a Mansion, Just Over the Hilltop <br />
<br />
The Massage Therapist's Hymn - He Touched Me <br />
<br />
The Doctor's Hymn - The Great Physician <br />
<br />
<b>And for you motorists:</b> <br />
<br />
45 mph - God Will Take Care of You <br />
<br />
55 mph - Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah <br />
<br />
65 mph - Nearer My God To Thee <br />
<br />
75 mph - Nearer Still Nearer <br />
<br />
85 mph - This World Is Not My Home <br />
<br />
95 mph - Lord, I'm Coming Home <br />
<br />
Over 100 mph - Precious Memories <br />
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<br />
<b>Immigration Test</b><br />
<br />
Mujibar was trying to get into the USA legally through Immigration. <br />
<br />
The Officer said, "Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except there is one more test. Unless you pass it, you cannot enter the United States of America." <br />
<br />
Mujibar said, "I am ready." <br />
<br />
The officer said, "Make a sentence using the words yellow, pink and green." <br />
<br />
Mujibar thought for a few minutes and said, "Mister Officer, I am ready." <br />
<br />
The Officer said, "Go ahead." <br />
<br />
Mujibar said, "The telephone goes green, green, green, and I pink it up, and say, "Yellow, this is Mujibar." <br />
<br />
Mujibar now lives in a neighborhood near you and works at a Verizon help desk.<br />
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<div class="heading">Favorite Emotes</div><br />
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                <title>Granny, Get Your Gun!!</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:34:54 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
<b>This is a true account recorded in the police log of Sarasota , Florida.</b><br />
  <br />
An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She <br />
dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at the top of her voice, "I have a gun, and I know how to use it! Get out of the car!"<br />
<br />
The four men didn't wait for a second invitation. They got out and ran like mad. The lady, somewhat shaken, then proceeded to load her shopping bags into the back of the car and got into the driver's seat.<br />
<br />
She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the ignition. She tried and tried, and then it dawned on her why. For  the same reason she did not understand why there was a football, a Frisbee and two 12 packs in the front seat.<br />
<br />
 A few minutes later, she found her own car parked four or five spaces further down the parking lot. She loaded her bags into the car and drove to the police station to report her mistake.<br />
<br />
The sergeant to whom she told the story couldn't stop laughing.  He pointed to the other end of the counter, where four pale men were reporting a car jacking by a mad, elderly woman described as white, less than five feet tall, glasses, curly white hair, and carrying a large handgun. No charges were filed.<br />
<br />
Moral of the story?<br />
<br />
If you're going to have a Senior Moment, make it memorable.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/rofl.gif" width="29" height="27" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl" /><br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
<b>The following are all legitimate companies that didn't spend quite enough time considering how their online domain name might appear ... and be misread. These are not made up. Check them out...and pay close attention to the spelling.</b> <br />
<br />
1. Who Represents is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity. Their Web site is: whorepresents.com <br />
<br />
2 . Experts Exchange is a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at: expertsexchange.com <br />
<br />
3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at: penisland.net <br />
<br />
4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at: therapistfinder.com <br />
<br />
5. There's the Italian Power Generator company: powergenitalia.com <br />
<br />
6. And don't forget the Mole Station Native Nursery in New South Wales: molestationnursery.com . <br />
<br />
7. If you're looking for IP computer software, there's always: ipanywhere.com . <br />
<br />
8. The First Cumming Methodist Church Web site is: cummingfirst.com . <br />
<br />
9. And the designers at Speed of Art await you at their wacky Web site: speedofart.com .<br />
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<br />
<b>Strange but true facts about the Earth</b> <br />
<br />
In 1783 an Icelandic eruption threw up enough dust to temporarily block out the sun over Europe. <br />
<br />
About 20 to 30 volcanoes erupt each year, mostly under the sea. <br />
<br />
A huge underground river runs underneath the Nile, with six times more water than the river above. <br />
<br />
Lake Bosumtwi in Ghana formed in a hollow made by a meteorite. <br />
<br />
Beaver Lake, in Yellowstone Park, USA, was artificially created by beaver damming. <br />
<br />
Off the coast of Florida there is an underwater hotel. Guests have to dive to the entrance. <br />
<br />
Venice in Italy is built on 118 sea islets joined by 400 bridges. It is gradually sinking into the water. <br />
<br />
The Ancient Egyptians worshipped a sky goddess called Nut. <br />
<br />
The world's windiest place is Commonwealth Bay, Antartica. <br />
<br />
In 1934, a gust of wind reached 371 km/h on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, USA. <br />
<br />
American Roy Sullivan has been struck by lighting a record seven times. <br />
<br />
The desert baobab tree can store up to 1000 litres of water in its trunk. <br />
<br />
The oldest living tree is a California bristlecone pine name 'Methuselah'. It is about 4600 years old. The largest tree in the world is a giant sequoia growing in California. It is 84 meters tall and measures 29 meters round the trunk. The fastest growing tree is the eucalyptus. It can grow 10 meters a year. <br />
<br />
The Antartic notothenia fish has a protein in its blood that acts like antifreeze and stops the fish freezing in icy sea. <br />
<br />
The USA uses 29% of the world's petrol and 33% of the world's electricity. <br />
<br />
The industrial complex of Cubatao in Brazil is known as the Valley of Death because its pollution has destroyed the trees and rivers nearby. <br />
<br />
Tibet is the highest country in the world. Its average height above sea level is 4500 meters. <br />
<br />
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                <title>Spring has not sprung........</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:15:06 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
I hope everyone had a wonderful and joyous Easter weekend.  Other than working and FREEZING MY ASS OFF all week/weekend, <br />
it was a pleasant time shared with Mumsy and our critters.  As we put our WINTER coats on, yet again, for a trip to the grocery store, I commented that I'd love to find out who is hoarding all of the GLOBAL WORMING and not sharing it with, say, Ft. Worth, Texas.  They had SNOW on Easter Sunday, only the fifth time in recorded history that the citizens had to hunt for Easter eggs wearing winter clothing.  As Mumsy and I sweltered in 30 degree temps (/sarcasm), I found a list <a href="http://wwwa.accuweather.com/news-top-headline.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&date=2007-04-05_18:43&month=4&year=2007">[link]</a> of other cities who were also not enjoying freezing temps in April.  The peach crop, and others,  for our area has been destroyed for this year.  Which made me silently scream, "SCREW YOU, AL GORE!", you mind-numbing charlatan, and all of your mythical buffonery!  We want some of that global worming and we want it now!  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/shakefist.gif" width="24" height="18" alt=":shakefist:" title="CURSE YOU!" /><br />
<br />
And now, I will spend the majority of the day catching up on comments and new deviations.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/faint.gif" width="18" height="17" alt=":faint:" title="I think I've fainted." /><br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
<b>My new Living Will</b><br />
<br />
New Living Will Form <br />
<br />
I, __________________________, being of sound mind and body, do not wish to be kept alive indefinitely by artificial means. Under no circumstances should my fate be put in the hands of pinhead partisan politicians who couldn't pass ninth-grade biology if their lives depended on it or lawyers/doctors/hospitals interested in simply running up the bills. <br />
<br />
If a reasonable amount of time passes and I fail to ask for at least one of the following: <br />
<br />
______a Martini ______a Margarita ______a Scotch and soda ______a Bloody Mary ______a Vodka and Tonic _______a glass of <br />
Chardonnay ______a Steak ______Lobster or crab legs ______The remote control ______a bowl of ice cream ______My laptop <br />
______Chocolate, <br />
<br />
It should be presumed that I won't ever get any better. When such a determination is reached, I hereby instruct my appointed person and attending physicians to pull the plug, reel in the tubes and call it a day. <br />
<br />
At this point, it is time to call the New Orleans Jazz Funeral Band to come do their thing at my funeral, and ask all of my friends to raise their glasses to toast the good times we have had. <br />
<br />
Signature: ___________________________ <br />
<br />
Date: ___________________________ <br />
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<br />
<b>Webster's NEW AGE Words/Definitions</b> <br />
<br />
ADULT: <br />
A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. <br />
<br />
BEAUTY PARLOR: <br />
A place where women curl up and dye. <br />
<br />
CANNIBAL: <br />
Someone who is fed up with people. <br />
<br />
CHICKENS: <br />
The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead. <br />
<br />
COMMITTEE: <br />
A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours. <br />
<br />
DUST: <br />
Mud with the juice squeezed out. <br />
<br />
EGOTIST: <br />
Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation. <br />
<br />
GOSSIP: <br />
A person who will never tell a lie if the truth will do more damage. <br />
<br />
HANDKERCHIEF: <br />
Cold Storage. <br />
<br />
INFLATION: <br />
Cutting money in half without damaging the paper. <br />
<br />
MYTH: <br />
A female moth. <br />
<br />
MOSQUITO: <br />
An insect that makes you like flies better. <br />
<br />
RAISIN: <br />
Grape with a sunburn. <br />
<br />
SECRET: <br />
Something you tell to one person at a time. <br />
<br />
SKELETON: <br />
A bunch of bones with the person scraped off. <br />
<br />
TOOTHACHE: <br />
The pain that drives you to extraction. <br />
<br />
TOMORROW: <br />
One of the greatest labor saving devices of today. <br />
<br />
YAWN: <br />
An honest opinion openly expressed. <br />
<br />
WRINKLES: <br />
Something other people have. You have character lines<br />
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<br />
<b>The following 15 police comments were taken from actual Dallas Police car videos and distributed by Monica Smith, Director DPD, Public Relations Officer:</b> <br />
<br />
#15. "Relax; the handcuffs are tight because they're new. They'll stretch out after you wear them awhile." <br />
<br />
#14. "Take your hands off the car, and I'll make your birth certificate a worthless document." <br />
<br />
#13. "If you run, you'll only go to jail tired." <br />
<br />
#12. "Can you run faster than 1200 feet per second? " <br />
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                <title>Pass the Peeps, please!!</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:23:31 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
I'm going to take a few days off.  My bosses are doing such a good job getting new work that I've been forced to work after I get home via the networking.  So, between that and insomnia for the last 3 nights, I'm going to try and get caught up with all of the paper work and IT crap and then maybe relax on Sunday.  <br />
So, I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter!  Don't eat too many Peeps or eggs!!  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/l/lmao.gif" width="19" height="21" alt=":lmao:" title="Laughing my ass off!" />  C ya in a few!  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wave.gif" width="25" height="20" alt=":wave:" title="Hi!" /><br /><br /><div class="heading">Favorite Emotes</div><br />
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                <author>~Fractoid</author>
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                <title>Need more sauce for the horse meat!!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:44:45 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
April 4 is Tell-A-Lie Day.<br />
<br />
April 4, 1460: University of Basle in Swizerland forms.<br />
<br />
April 4, 1818: Congress decided US flag is 13 red & white stripes & 20 stars.<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>BRUSSELS, April 3 (RIA Novosti)</b><br />
<br />
"The government of Belgiums French-speaking region of Wallonia, which has a population of about 4 million, has approved a tax on barbequing, local media reported."<br />
<br />
<b>Hey....waitaminnit.........it's BARBECUEING, you snotwits!  Or, BBQing, for those who love the letter "Q".  But wait, there's more!</b><br />
<br />
"Experts said that between 50 and 100 grams of CO2, a <b><u>so-called</u></b> greenhouse gas, is emitted during barbequing. <br />
Beginning June 2007, residents of Wallonia will have to pay 20 euros for a grilling session."<br />
<br />
<b>That's $26 each time a grill is fired up.  Horse meat is extra, of course.</b><br />
<br />
"The local authorities plan to monitor compliance with the new tax legislation from helicopters, whose thermal sensors will detect Burning grills."<br />
<br />
<b>All of a sudden the enormous BBQ tax makes sense, in a EUro sort of screwed up way. Something is going to have to pay for all of the fuel those choppers will be burning in order to keep the Belgian subjects from polluting the air with CO2 when they cook.  But riddle me this:  unless those choppers are fueled by water are they not also emitting (Satan's gas) CO2???</b>  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/o/ohmygod.gif" width="26" height="18" alt=":ohmygod:" title="OMG!" /><br />
<br />
<b>UPDATE:  Many thanks to <a href="http://welshwench.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/w/e/welshwench.gif" width="50" height="50" alt="" title="welshwench" /></a>, the above article was apparently a "April Fool's Day" joke.  Which thrills me to no end because the article sent my BP into the rings of Saturn.  I feel much better now, thankyouverymuch.  Oh, and I apologize for the "snotwits" remark.</b><br />
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
Just one, fleeting comment about the insufferable O'Donut:  Rosie has become the lead moo in the cattle drive to the stupid house.<br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
<b>The Rambo Granny of Melbourne, Australia</b>  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/clap.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":clap:" title="Clap" /><br />
<br />
Gun-toting granny Ava Estelle, 81, was so ticked-off when two thugs raped her 18-year-old granddaughter that she tracked the unsuspecting ex-cons down - - and shot off their testicles.<br />
<br />
The old lady spent a week hunting those men down -- and when she found them, she took revenge on them in her own special way, said Melbourne police investigator Evan Delp. Then she took a taxi to the nearest police station, laid the gun on the sergeant's desk and told him as calm as could be:<br />
<br />
"Those bastards will never rape anybody again, by God." Cops say convicted rapist and robber Davis Furth , 33, lost both his penis and his testicles when outraged Ava opened fire with a 9-mm pistol in the hotel room where he and former prison cell mate Stanley Thomas, 29, were holed up.<br />
<br />
The wrinkled avenger also blew Thomas' testicles to kingdom come, but doctors managed to save his mangled penis, police said. <br />
"The one guy, Thomas, didn't lose his manhood, but the doctor I talked to said he won't be using it the way he used to," Detective <br />
Delp told reporters. "Both men are still in pretty bad shape, but I think they're just happy to be alive after what they've been through." <br />
<br />
The Rambo Granny swung into action August 21 after her granddaughter Debbie was car jacked and raped in broad daylight by two knife-wielding creeps in a section of town bordering on skid row. "When I saw the look on my Debbie's face that night in the <br />
hospital, I decided I was going to go out and get those bastards myself 'cause I figured the Law would go easy on them," recalled <br />
the retired library worker. "And I wasn't scared of them, either-- because I've got me a gun and I've been shooting' all my life. And I<br />
wasn't dumb enough to turn it in when the law changed about owning one."<br />
<br />
So, using a police artist's sketch of the suspects and Debbie's description of the sickos', tough-as-nails Ava spent seven days <br />
prowling the wino-infested neighborhood where the crime took place till she spotted the ill fated rapists entering their flophouse hotel. "I knew it was them the minute I saw 'em, but I shot a picture of 'em anyway and took it back to Debbie and she said sure as hell, it was them," the oldster recalled. <br />
<br />
"So I went back to that hotel and found their room and knocked on the door and the minute the big one opened the door, I shot <br />
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                <title>YO, CORNBREAD!</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:19:32 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
<br />
April 3 is Tweed Day and Don't Go To Work Unless It's Fun Day.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/e/excited.gif" width="23" height="19" alt=":excited:" title="OMG! I can't contain my excitement!" /><br />
<br />
April 3, 1860: Pony Express began between St Joseph MO & Sacramento CA.<br />
<br />
April 3, 1964: Beatles hold the top 6 spots on the Sydney, Australia record charts.<br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:<br />
Many reasons why some people should not be allowed to vote:</b><br />
<br />
<b>Overheard on college campuses</b><br />
<br />
Girl on phone: "Yeah, she went to Mardi Gras this week. You know, Fun Tuesday or whatever. She got tons of beads."<br />
<br />
[Pause]<br />
<br />
Girl on phone: "You know... those beads, like the necklaces? They're all colorful and stuff."<br />
<br />
[Pause]<br />
<br />
Girl on phone: "Anyway, she took her shirt off a lot."<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Principles of Economics Class<br />
Lottery numbers for all the students are listed on either side of the room, A to L on the left, M to Z on the right:<br />
<br />
Student #1: [yells to student entering room] YO CORNBREAD! YOURE ON THE LEFT!!<br />
Student #2: Wait. What are you talking about? His last name is Roberts.<br />
Student #1: Oh right! I was thinking that his last name was Bread from calling him Cornbread. <br />
<br />
<br />
Cafe<br />
Two female college students with ditzy intonation are conversing and drinking coffee:<br />
<br />
Student #1: I, like, totally hate the concept of piñatas. Like, Um, heres a little colored animal! Lets beat it with a stick! Like, Heres <br />
a little donkey with pizazz! Lets knock the crap out of it! You know?<br />
<br />
Students #1 and #2: [excessive giggling]<br />
<br />
<br />
Cafe, Two College Guys are waiting in the check-out line:<br />
<br />
Guy #1: What are those birds that f*cking talk?<br />
Guy #2: Parrots?<br />
Guy #1: No, thats what my teacher said. [thinks] Ravens! Thats right.<br />
Guy #2: Ravens talk? Thats like Edgar Allen Poe shit or something.<br />
Guy #1: No, dude, they for real only say, like, one word ,though.<br />
<br />
[]<br />
<br />
Guy #2: [imitating a raven] Aquafina!?<br />
Guy #1: Yeah, dude! Aquafina! Only Id make mine say, Radiator.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
College Library .<br />
The girl behind the desk is blatantly checking Facebook:<br />
<br />
Blonde Patron: Excuse me, um, can I get a book?<br />
Girl at Desk: Nope, fresh out.<br />
<br />
[Girl at Desk turns back to Facebook and types.]<br />
<br />
<br />
Liquor Store near college:<br />
<br />
College Girl: [to friend] Its not a date; Ill be wearing my pajama bottoms the whole time.<br />
<br />
<br />
Lobby of a Pittsburgh campus:<br />
<br />
Two Black Girls in parkas and tight jeans are discussing a friend:<br />
<br />
Girl #1: And you know what she did!?<br />
Girl #2: No, what?<br />
Girl #1: She threw a bucket of ice water in his car!<br />
Girl #2: What?<br />
Girl #1: Yeah, and she got two years in jail for it!<br />
<br />
[Both sign in and resume the conversation in the elevator:]<br />
<br />
Girl #2: Two years in jail?<br />
Girl #1: Yeah. Two years in jail! THE GOVERNMENT IS NAH CHYOUR FRIEND!<br />
Girl #2: I knewd it.<br />
<br />
[Both laugh hysterically for the next 4 floors.]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
College Biochemistry class:<br />
<br />
Girl with Stuffy Nose: Do people still live in Iowa?!<br />
<br />
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
<b>Overheard in New York City (God help us)</b><br />
<br />
A crazy lady is walking down the street screaming to herself. <br />
<br />
Little girl: Mommy, why is that lady yelling?<br />
Mom: I don't know, sweetheart.<br />
Little girl: I think she needs a nap.<br />
<br />
--19th & 5th<br />
<br />
<br />
Customer: Do you have pancetta?<br />
Deli guy: We have white cetta and orange cetta.<br />
Customer: Okay. Do you have prosciutto?<br />
<br />
--The Met, Smith St, Brooklyn<br />
<br />
<br />
Chick: What does that mean, that the movie has subtitles? Isn't it in English?<br />
Cashier: Yes, it's in English, but it has subtitles for the disabled.<br />
Chick: So it's for the illiterate or something?<br />
<br />
--Regal Cinemas, Union Square<br />
<br />
<br />
Little girl: Mommy, where do people go when they're bad?<br />
Mother: Australia, sweetie, with all the snakes.<br />
<br />
--Central Park<br />
<br />
<br />
Patron: What kind of sauce is on the linguine alla marinara? <br />
<br />
--Olive Garden, Chelsea <br />
<br />
<br />
A bunch of black high school kids in ghetto garb pass two preppily dressed white girls and make loud catcalls at them. <br />
<br />
White girl #1: Where the f*ck did they come from? <br />
White girl #2: Um, someone took a shit in the sky. <br />
<br />
--Outside Stuyvesant High School <br />
<br />
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                <title>Don't shave your butt........</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:54:34 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
April 2 is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/chew.gif" width="19" height="17" alt=":chew:" title="Chew" /><br />
<br />
April 2, 1513: Explorer Juan Ponce de León claims Florida for Spain.<br />
<br />
April 2, 1800: 1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C.<br />
<br />
From Britain:<br />
<br />
Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, a Government backed study has revealed.<br />
<br />
It found some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial.<br />
<br />
wtf?<br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
<b>Overheard Hither and Yon:</b><br />
 <br />
Man: "I'm trying to lose weight, so I've been walking at the mall."<br />
Woman: "How's it going?"<br />
Man: "So far I got four shirts and a pair of shoes.<br />
<br />
A Manly Man <br />
"...I woke up wearing Lena's bathrobe and I knew something must have happened."<br />
 <br />
Guy: "I got a letter from the grad school I applied to. I haven't opened it. But it's real thin."<br />
Girl: "Maybe it just says, 'Dear Sir, You're in.'"<br />
<br />
Girl In Bar With Ice Cold Beer And Apparent Alcoholic Tendencies <br />
"Mmmm, it's like a great big glass of happy."<br />
 <br />
Girl At Brunch: "Are your parents from...anywhere?"<br />
<br />
Guy To Other Guy Playing Air Drums At A Bar <br />
"There's probably a good market for air drumming. All those air guitarists need someone to accompany them."<br />
 <br />
Guy 1: "So you're saying the moon is going to shrink to the size of a ping pong ball?"<br />
Guy 2: "Yeah, but I'm not a scientist, so I can't tell you how it's going to happen."<br />
 <br />
Guy 1: "St. Nicholas. Isn't he the evil one?"<br />
Guy 2: "No, St. Nick is Santa Claus."<br />
Guy 1: "Oh, I must be thinking of John the Baptist."<br />
 <br />
"I don't like her. She smells like the bottom of someone's purse."<br />
<br />
13-Year-Old Harry Potter Look-Alike, To Ron Weasley Look-Alike <br />
Kid 1: "It was weird. It was a picture of two gay guys having sex."<br />
Kid 2: "You've lived in San Francisco for thirteen years. You should be used to that."<br />
<br />
Girls In Next Dressing Room<br />
Girl 1: "I don't know about this shirt."<br />
Girl 2: "Yeah, it's like your boobs are up touching your chin."<br />
<br />
Girl On Street In San Francisco, After Silently Mulling Something For A Long Time, Turns To Her Guy Friend <br />
"Wait, did you just say that sometimes you wish you were a woman?"<br />
<br />
Guy At Airport, Re: Insane Child Running Around And Acting Up <br />
"I'm gonna go hug that kid. Maybe then his mom will start keeping an eye on him."<br />
<br />
Woman Drinking Rum Daquiri <br />
"That totally tastes like suntan lotion to me. But in a good way."<br />
<br />
Chick #1, about techno music blasting from shop: What does this song make you think of?<br />
Chick #2: Being stabbed repeatedly in the eye with a rusty nail.<br />
Chick #1: [Silence.]<br />
Chick #2: What about you?<br />
Chick #1: Discos...<br />
<br />
Hubby: Man, when I trim my ass hair my farts sound weird!<br />
<br />
Five-year-old boy walking past deli: Awww... Why do they have to kill chickens? <br />
Seven-year-old sister: Because the chicken is the natural enemy of man.<br />
<br />
Dude: It's weird... All of the girls I dated turned slutty after I dated them. It's totally unfair.<br />
<br />
Hipster girl: Communists love my boobs.<br />
<br />
Dude: I'm the kind of person who does what I do.<br />
<br />
Sororitard: I mean, he has, like, clinical depression. That's like breaking your arm. It's, like, hereditary.<br />
<br />
Girl: Well, I mean, skunks do have nipples...<br />
<br />
Preppy freshman chick leaving dining hall: So, life decision for today: I want to become a Gummi Bear!<br />
<br />
Man on phone: Where's Joey? [To someone at the table] Where's Joey? [Into phone] He's in the bathroom trying on a dress.<br />
<br />
Girl #1, after watching lousy pick-up artist with her friend: So, was that your future husband?<br />
Girl #2: He just gave me this feeling... It was like I'd never be warm again.<br />
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<br />
The World's Shortest Books:</b> <br />
<br />
<br />
FRENCH WAR HEROES <br />
<br />
by Jacques Chirac <br />
<br />
_______________________________<br />
<br />
THINGS I LOVE ABOUT MY COUNTRY<br />
<br />
by Jane Fonda & Cindy Sheehan. <br />
Illustrated by Michael Moore <br />
<br />
_______________________________<br />
<br />
MY B... ]]></description>
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                <title>Do Your Boobs Hang Low?</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:33:32 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
<br />
April 1 is One Cent Day.<br />
<br />
April 1, 0374 Halley's Comet approaches within 0.0884 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth.<br />
<br />
April 1, 1929 Louie Marx introduces Yo-Yo.<br />
<br />
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
Yesterday, Mumsy and I were shopping for birthday cards and I found one that is so perfect for my very best friend up in New York <br />
City.  The front of the card has this:<br />
<br />
Do your boobs hang low?<br />
Do they wobble to and fro?<br />
Can you tie 'em in a knot?<br />
Can you tie 'em in a bow?<br />
Can you throw 'em over your shoulder like a continental soldier?<br />
Do your boobs hang low?<br />
<br />
The inside of the card states:<br />
<br />
That song's not so funny anymore.<br />
Happy Birthday<br />
<br />
Then at the lower right corner of the inside it has an arrow pointing to the right and the words, "Fun poster inside!"<br />
<br />
When you open the card all the way, there is a cartoon of a little old lady digging through a display container of bra's that<br />
are on sale.  She asks the saleslady, "Do you carry anything in, like, 36-long?"<br />
<br />
My Mom and I were howling.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/rofl.gif" width="29" height="27" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl" />  We even had two other shoppers laughing along with us even though they hadn't read the<br />
card.  pmsl........*snort!*<br />
ahem......ok, so you had to be there.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/o/ohmygod.gif" width="26" height="18" alt=":ohmygod:" title="OMG!" /><br />
<br />
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
<b>This is GREAT!   Too bad it will never get where it needs to go!!!!  Where is the TV coverage when you need them?</b><br />
<br />
Denver Post:<br />
<br />
This text is from a county emergency manager out in the central part of Colorado after a recent snowstorm.<br />
<br />
WEATHER BULLETIN<br />
<br />
Up here, in the Northern Plains, we just recovered from a historic event--- may I even say a "weather event" of "Biblical proportions" --- with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds to 90 MPH that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands. <br />
<br />
FYI:<br />
<br />
George Bush did not come.<br />
<br />
FEMA did nothing.<br />
<br />
No one howled for the government.<br />
<br />
No one blamed the government.<br />
<br />
No one even uttered an expletive on TV .<br />
<br />
Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton did not visit. <br />
<br />
Our Mayor did not blame Bush or anyone else. <br />
<br />
Our Governor did not blame Bush or anyone else, either.<br />
<br />
CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX or NBC did not visit - or report on this category 5 snowstorm. <br />
<br />
Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards. <br />
<br />
No one asked for a FEMA trailer house.<br />
<br />
No one looted.<br />
<br />
Nobody - I mean nobody demanded the government do something.<br />
<br />
Nobody expected the government to do anything, either.<br />
<br />
No Larry King, no Bill O'Reilly, no Oprah, no Chris Mathews and no Geraldo Rivera. <br />
<br />
No Sean Penn, no Barbara Striesand, no Hollywood types to be found.<br />
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Nope, we just melted the snow for water.<br />
<br />
Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars.<br />
<br />
The truck drivers pulled people out of snow banks and didn't ask for a penny. <br />
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Local restaurants made food and the police and fire departments delivered it to the snowbound families.<br />
<br />
Families took in the stranded people - total strangers.<br />
<br />
We fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Coleman lanterns. <br />
<br />
We put on extra layers of clothes because up here it is "Work or die".<br />
<br />
We did not wait for some affirmative action government to get us out of a mess created by being immobilized by a welfare program that trades votes for 'sittin at home' checks. <br />
<br />
Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale has never fallen this early, we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves. <br />
<br />
"In my many travels, I have noticed that once one gets north of about 48 degrees North Latitude, 90% of the world's social problems evaporate." <br />
<br />
It does seem that way, at least to me.<br />
<br />
I hope this gets passed on.<br />
<br />
Maybe SOME people will get the message. The world does NOT owe you a living.<br />
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 A teacher notices that a little boy at the back of the class is squirming around, scratching his crotch and not paying attention. She <br />
goes back to find out what's up. He's quite embarrassed and whispers that he has just recently been circumcised and he's quite <br />
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                <title>And Along Came Today.......</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:16:28 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
<br />
March 31 is Bunsen Burner Day and National Clams On The Half Shell Day.<br />
<br />
Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right, and the other is a husband<br /><br /><div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
<b>From the 'net:</b><br />
<br />
A grade school teacher was asking students what their parents did for a living. "Tim, you be first," she said. "What does your mother do all day?"<br />
<br />
Tim stood up and proudly said, "She's a doctor."<br />
<br />
"That's wonderful. How about you, Amie?"<br />
<br />
Amie shyly stood up, scuffed her feet and said, "My father is a mailman."<br />
<br />
"Thank you, Amie," said the teacher. "What about your father, Billy?"<br />
<br />
Billy proudly stood up and announced, "My daddy murders people, steals from them, and drinks."<br />
<br />
The teacher was aghast and promptly changed the subject to geography. Later that day she went to Billy's house and rang the bell. Billy's father answered the door. The teacher explained what his son had said and asked if there might be some logical explanation.<br />
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Billy's father said, "I'm actually an attorney. But how can I explain a thing like that to a seven-year-old?"<br />
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
<b>A Marines Last Request</b><br />
<br />
News anchor Dan Rather, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, TV personality Katie Couric and an American Marine were hiking through the jungle one day when they were captured by cannibals.<br />
<br />
They were tied up, led to the village and brought before the chief.<br />
<br />
The chief said, "I am familiar with your western custom of granting the condemned a last wish. Before we kill and eat you, do you have any last requests?"<br />
<br />
Dan Rather said, "Well, I'm a Texan; so I'd like one last bowlful of hot, spicy chili."<br />
<br />
The chief nodded to an underling, who left and returned with the chili. Rather ate it all and said, "Now I can die content."<br />
<br />
Jesse Jackson said, "You know, the thing in this life I am proudest of is my work on behalf of the poor and oppressed. So before I go, I want to sing "We Shall Overcome" one last time."<br />
<br />
The chief said, "Go right ahead, we're listening."<br />
<br />
So Jackson sang the song, and then said, "Now I can die in peace."<br />
<br />
Katie Couric said, "I'm a reporter to the end. I want to take out my tape recorder and describe the scene here and what's about to happen. Maybe someday someone will hear it and know that I was on the job till the end."<br />
<br />
The chief directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder, and Katie dictated some comments. She then said, "Now I can die happy."<br />
<br />
The chief turned and said, "And now, Mr. Marine, what is your final wish?"<br />
<br />
"Kick me in the ass," said the Marine.<br />
<br />
"What?" said the chief. "Will you mock us in your last hour?"<br />
<br />
"No, I'm not kidding. I want you to kick me in the ass," insisted the Marine.<br />
<br />
So the chief shoved him into the open, and kicked him in the ass. The Marine went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9mm pistol from his waistband, and shot the chief dead.<br />
<br />
In the resulting confusion, he leapt to his knapsack, pulled out his M4 carbine, and sprayed the cannibals with gunfire. In a flash, the cannibals were dead or fleeing for their lives.<br />
<br />
As the Marine was untying the others, they asked him, "Why didn't you just shoot them? Why did you ask them to kick you in the ass?"<br />
<br />
"What!?" said the Marine, "And have all you liberal shits call ME the aggressor!?"<br />
<br />
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
<b>A Woman's Random Thoughts</b><br />
<br />
1) If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it will always be yours. If it doesn't come back, it was never yours to begin with. But, if it just sits in your living room, messes up your stuff, eats your food, uses your telephone, takes your money, and doesn't appear to realize that you had set it free....... You either married it or gave birth to it.<br />
<br />
2) Reason to smile: Every 7 minutes of every day, someone in an aerobics class pulls a hamstring.<br />
<br />
3) My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely.<br />
<br />
4) The best way to forget all your troubles is to wear tight shoes.<br />
<br />
5) The nice part about living in a small town: When you don't know what you're doing, someone else always does.<br />
<br />
6) Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today. <br />
<br />
7) Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness. <br />
<br />
8) Amazing! You hang something in your closet for a while and it shrinks two sizes! <br />
<br />
9) They keep telling us to get in touch with our bodies. Mine isn't all that communicative but I heard from it the other day after I said, "Body,... ]]></description>
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                <title>I Am A Teakettle.......</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:07:54 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Snortage</div><br />
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A man who had been in a mental institution for some years finally improved to the point where it was thought he might be released. The psychiatrist that ran the institution decided it was better to proceed with caution, and chose to interview him first.<br />
<br />
"Tell me," said the doctor, "if we release you, as we are considering, what do you plan to do with your life?"<br />
<br />
The inmate said, "It would be wonderful to get back to real life, and if I do, I will certainly refrain from making my former mistake. I was a nuclear physicist, you see, and it was the stress of my work in weapons research that helped to put me here. If I am released, I shall limit myself to work in pure theory, where I believe the situation will be less difficult and stressful."<br />
<br />
"Wonderful." said the psychiatrist.<br />
<br />
"Or else," continued the patient, "I might teach. There is something to be said for dedicating your life to expanding the knowledge of young people."<br />
<br />
"Definitely." said the psychiatrist.<br />
<br />
"Then again, I might write. There is always a need for books on science, or I may even write a novel based on my experiences in the psychiatric institution."<br />
<br />
"Another interesting possibility." agreed the doctor.<br />
<br />
"And finally, if none of these things appeals to me...I can always continue to be a teakettle!"<br />
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br /><b>The  First Paycheck</b><br />
<br />
Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond formed between a little 5-year-old girl and some construction workers that makes you believe we CAN make a difference when we give a child the gift of our time.<br />
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A young family moved into a house next door to a vacant lot.  One day a construction crew turned up to start building a house on the empty lot. The young family's 5-year-old daughter naturally took an interest in all the activity going on next door and spent much of each day observing the workers.<br />
<br />
Eventually the construction crew, all of them gems-in-the-rough, more or less adopted her as a kind of project mascot.  They chatted with her, let her sit with them while they had coffee and lunch breaks, and gave her little jobs to do here and there to make her feel important.<br />
<br />
At the end of the first week they even presented her with a pay envelope containing a couple of dollars.  The little girl took this  home to her mother who said all the appropriate words of admiration and suggested that they take the two dollar "pay" she had received to the bank the next day to start a savings account.<br />
<br />
When they got to the bank, the teller was equally impressed and asked the little girl how she had come by her very own pay check at such a young age. The little girl proudly replied, "I worked last week with the crew building the house next door to us.<br />
"My goodness gracious," said the teller, "and will you be working on the house again this week, too?"<br />
<br />
The little girl replied, "I will if those assholes at Home Depot ever<br />
deliver the fucking sheet rock..."<br />
<br />
Stories like this just bring a tear to your eyes.<br />
<br />
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.  Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen. "Careful," he said, "CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh my GOD! You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Oh my GOD! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK!  Careful . CAREFUL! I said be CAREFUL! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt.  USE THE SALT! THE SALT!" <br />
<br />
The wife stared at him. "What in the world is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?"<br />
 <br />
The husband calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving."<br />
<br />
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<br />
Once there was a preacher's wife who went into a meat market and asked the butcher what the daily special was. He said it was the "damn ham."<br />
<br />
She immediately started yelling at the top of her lungs.<br />
<br />
"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO ME LIKE THAT, I'M THE PREACHER'S WIFE!"<br />
<br />
The butcher was totally taken aback by this. He wimpered, "Oh, no ma'am it's called the 'damn ham.'" She bought one of the hams.<br />
<br />
Later that day when the preacher got home he smelled the ham cooking and asked his wife what it was. She replied that it was the "damn ham." He also immediately started yelling at the top of his lungs.<br />
<br />
"HOW DARE YOU TALK TO ME LIKE THAT, I'M THE PREACHER!"<br />
<br />
She was also taken aback by this and wimpered that... ]]></description>
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                <title>Poor Herman........</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 06:02:07 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Check it out!</div><br />
Hey!  I found the coolest damn thing!  It's called Carbonite <a href="http://www.carbonite.com/">[link]</a> and it's an online back up service.<br />
What's so cool about it is this:  you don't do a chicken-pickin' thing once you've installed it and select your options.  Carbonite works in the background while you do whatever it is that you do while online.  I've been testing it for 2 days now and I've had zero interference or problems with it.  So for those of you who never back up your data or keep forgetting to back up, Carbonite is the answer for you.  Once it has everything backed up for you, it automatically backs up any file that has been changed by you.  Same with any new data.  COOL BEANS!!  Frankly, I think it's well worth the $50 per year cost because even though I regularly back up my data on an external harddrive, I now have another source for restoration if and when my computers decide to shoot craps. Anyways, if you use the promo code "Bill" (thank you, Mr. O'Reilly), you will get an additional 2 months of service.  A small price to pay for total peace of mind, IMHO.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="=D" title="=D (Big Grin)" /><br />
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Tagged by  lgmac  <a href="http://lgmac.deviantart.com/">[link]</a>   <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/e/evileye.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":evileye:" title="Evil Eye" /><br />
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1: Do you like animals?<br />
I love all animals except crocodiles and alligators.  Oh, include sharks in that list, too.   And bugs.  I hate bugs.<br />
<br />
2: Have you ever met an online friend in person?<br />
Yes.<br />
<br />
3: Are you athletic?<br />
I used to be.<br />
<br />
4:Are you: thin, fat, athletically built etc:<br />
Yes.<br />
<br />
5: How much do you weigh?<br />
Less than a burro but more than a grasshopper.<br />
<br />
6: What's your height?<br />
5 foot 7 inches<br />
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7: Shoe size?<br />
6-1/2<br />
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8: Girls - are you tomboyish, girly, normal, etc?<br />
I've been a tomboy since birth.<br />
<br />
10: How old are you?<br />
Mentally or physically?<br />
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11: When is your birthday?<br />
December 13th.  Yes, I was born on Friday the 13th.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/m/mwahaha.gif" width="29" height="15" alt=":evillaugh:" title="EVIL Laughter!" /><br />
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12: Do you like to receive giftart?<br />
I might if I knew what in the hell it was.<br />
<br />
13: Are you sociable?<br />
Yes.  I make friends waiting in line at the bank.<br />
<br />
14: Do you have many friends?<br />
I have more acquaintences than real friends.<br />
<br />
15: What's your race?<br />
The Kentucky Derby<br />
<br />
16: Do you like to talk on the phone?<br />
No and HELL NO!<br />
<br />
17: Are you single or taken?<br />
I'm blissfully single.<br />
<br />
18: Do you eat meat?<br />
Is a pig pork?  Of course I do.<br />
<br />
19: Are you paranoid?<br />
Who wants to know?  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/e/evileye.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":evileye:" title="Evil Eye" /><br />
<br />
20: Do you read a lot?<br />
Yes.<br />
<br />
21: Do you listen to music, what kind?<br />
Classical.<br />
<br />
22: Do you play any instruments?<br />
If you consider the nose flute a musical instrument, then yes.<br />
<br />
23: How long have you been drawing?<br />
Stupid question.  What if you've never drawn anything?<br />
<br />
24: What's the meaning of life?<br />
Make the best of it.  It won't last forever.<br />
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25: I'm not tagging anyone.  If you want to join in, have at it.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="=D" title="=D (Big Grin)" /><br />
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
A new supermarket opened near my house and has an automatic water mister to keep the produce fresh. Just before it goes on, you hear the sound of distant thunder and the smell of fresh rain. <br />
 <br />
When you approach the milk cases, you hear cows mooing and witness the scent of fresh hay. <br />
 <br />
When you approach the egg case, you hear hens cluck and cackle and the air is filled with the pleasing aroma of bacon and eggs frying. <br />
 <br />
The veggie department features the smell of fresh buttered corn.  <br />
I don't buy toilet paper there any more. <br />
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
Fifty-one years ago, Herman James, a North Carolina mountain man, was drafted by the Army. On his first day in basic training, the <br />
Army issued him a comb. That afternoon the Army barber sheared off all his hair. On his second day, the Army issued Herman a <br />
toothbrush. That afternoon the Army dentist yanked seven of his teeth. On the third day, the Army issued him a jock strap. The <br />
Army has been looking for Herman for 51 years.<br />
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                <title>Do You Like Avocadoes?</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:57:18 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
<br />
I do.  No, I LOVE them and they're very good for you, too.  Anyways, I was fixing my favorite avocado recipe yesterday evening and thought some of you might enjoy it.  It's a recipe that my Mom has been using for decades so I hope you like it.  <br />
<br />
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil<br />
2 Tablespoons white vinegar<br />
1 Tablespoon sugar<br />
2 green onions, sliced, including some of the green part<br />
<br />
Mix well all of the above in a bowl large enough to hold one avocado, cubed, and set aside.<br />
Peel one ripe avocado and cube into bite-size pieces.  Place cubes into bowl that you set aside and mix very well.<br />
Cover and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.  It doesn't take long for the avocado to absorb the flavors so don't let it sit too long.  Enjoy!<br />
<br />
But wait.........we're not done!  Remember the avocado pit?  Wash the pit until all pulp is removed.  Grab two toothpicks and stick one on either side of it (east/west).  Find a glass with a small mouth (juice glass, etc.) and fill it with enough water so that the bottom of the pit touches the water.  Set the glass in a sunny window and you'll soon have a new plant for your collection.  Keep an eye on the glass, though......you may have to add water daily to keep it at the proper level.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="=D" title="=D (Big Grin)" /><br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
<b>14 Things You Really Should Have Done Before Getting Married:</b><br />
<br />
1. Watch yourself eating in front of a mirror. If you're put off, that's the view your future partner will have. <br />
<br />
2. Live on your own. It's important that you find out what a hopeless slob you are before your beloved tells you. And then leaves you. <br />
<br />
3. Go out with your friends for a "quick drink" and stagger home three days later.<br />
<br />
4. Have a holiday romance with someone who doesn't speak a word of English. Who needs conversation? <br />
<br />
5. Women: Take the soft toys off your bed. Nothing turns a man off more than performing in front of an audience of beady-eyed teddies.<br />
<br />
6. Men: Get rid of those "How to Get Girls Even Though You're Poor and Ugly' books. They never work anyway.<br />
<br />
7. Gobble the last slice of pizza without having to go through the, "No you have it, no really... are you sure you don't mind?" bit. <br />
<br />
8. Walk about the house naked, without having to hold any bits in. <br />
<br />
9. Have friends of the opposite sex. After marriage, it's too much effort to keep saying: "No, I really don't fancy them."<br />
<br />
10. Men: Enjoy that wardrobe space while you can! You will not believe the vast number of shoes that one woman needs.<br />
<br />
11. Women: Fill in silly magazine quizzes with titles like "Are You Seductive", without having to listen to loud laughter from your partner (who then runs off with the magazine).<br />
<br />
12. Men: Get rid of anything inflatable and female-shaped. <br />
<br />
13. Relish clipping your toenails straight onto the carpet.<br />
<br />
14. Remember that your best option with in-laws is to marry an orphan.<br />
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
<b>Ever notice that the laws of household physics are every bit as real as every other law in the universe? Here are a few examples:</b><br />
<br />
<br />
1. A child's eagerness to assist in any project varies in inverse proportion to the ability to actually do the work involved.<br />
<br />
<br />
2. Leftovers always expand to fill all available containers plus one.<br />
<br />
<br />
3. A newly washed window gathers dirt at double the speed of an unwashed window.<br />
<br />
<br />
4. The availability of a ballpoint pen is inversely proportional to how badly it is needed.<br />
<br />
<br />
5. The same clutter that will fill a one-car garage will fill a two-car garage.<br />
<br />
<br />
6. Three children plus two cookies equals a fight.<br />
<br />
<br />
7. The potential for disaster is in direct proportion to the number of TV remote controls divided by the number of viewers.<br />
<br />
<br />
8. The number of doors left open varies inversely with the outdoor temperature.<br />
<br />
<br />
9. The capacity of any hot water heater is equal to one and one-half sibling showers.<br />
<br />
<br />
10.What goes up must come down, except for bubble gum, kites and slightly used Rice Krispies.<br />
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                <title>Arteries, Vanes and Caterpillars..........</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:58:33 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
<br />
March 27 is National "Joe" Day.  (I have no clue what that means.)<br />
<br />
March 27, 1513: Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León sights Florida. <br />
<br />
March 27, 1884 1st long-distance telephone call, Boston-New York.   <br />
<br />
<b>$<a class="u" href="http://lolly.deviantart.com/">lolly</a> is watching you!</b><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:  Sound advice from kids:</b><br />
<br />
When your dad is mad and asks you, 'Do I look stupid?' don't answer. <br />
<br />
Never tell your mom her diet's not working. <br />
<br />
Stay away from prunes.<br />
<br />
Never pee on an electric fence. <br />
<br />
Don't pull dad's finger when he tells you to. <br />
<br />
Never allow your three-year old brother in the same room as your school assignment. <br />
<br />
Don't sneeze in front of mom when you're eating crackers. <br />
<br />
Puppies still have bad breath even after eating a Tic-Tac. <br />
<br />
If you want a kitten, start out by asking for a horse. <br />
<br />
Felt markers are not good to use as lipstick. <br />
<br />
Don't pick on your sister when she's holding a baseball bat. <br />
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When you get a bad grade in school, show it to your mom when she's on the phone. <br />
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<b>Science definitions from kids...</b><br />
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To collect fumes of sulphur, hold a deacon over a flame in a test tube.<br />
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When you smell a oderless gas, it is probably carbon monoxide.<br />
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Water is composed of two gins, oxygin and hydrogin. Oxygin is pure gin. Hydrogin is gin and water.<br />
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Three kinds of blood vessels are: arteries, vanes, and caterpillers.<br />
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Respiration is composed of two acts, first inspiration, and then expectoration.<br />
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The moon is a planet just like the earth, only it is even deader. <br />
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Dew is formed on leaves when the sun shines down on them and makes them perspire.<br />
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A supersaturated solution is one that holds more than it can hold.<br />
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Mushrooms always grow in damp places and so they look like umbrellas.<br />
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The pistol of a flower is its only protection against insects.<br />
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The skeleton is what is left after the insides have been taken out and the outsides have been taken off.<br />
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The purpose of the skeleton is that it is something to hitch meat to.<br />
<br />
A permanent set of teeth consists of eight canines, eight cuspids, two molars, and eight cuspidors.<br />
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The tides are a fight between the Earth and Moon. All water tends towards the Moon, because there is no water in the Moon, and <br />
nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the Sun joins this fight.<br />
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A fossil is an extinct animal. The older it is, the more extinct it is.<br />
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Equator: a managerie lion running around the Earth through Africa.<br />
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Germinate: to become a naturalized German.<br />
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Liter: a nest of young puppies.<br />
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Magnet: something you find crawling all over a dead cat.<br />
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Planet: a body of earth surrounded by sky.<br />
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Rhubarb: a kind of celery gone bloodshot.<br />
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Before giving a blood transfusion, find out if the blood is affirmative or negative.<br />
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To remove dust from the eye, pull the eye down over the nose.<br />
<br />
For a nosebleed, put the nose much lower than the body until the heart stops.<br />
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For a dog bite, put the dog away for several days. If he has not recovered, then kill it.<br />
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For a head cold, use an agonizer to spray the nose until it drops in your throat.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51757755/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs13/150/i/2007/085/e/e/A_Hundred_Setting_Suns_by_DragonWinter.jpg" width="150" height="120" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51783012/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/085/b/8/Pink_Camelia_by_FroggFire.jpg" width="150" height="100" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51749979/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/085/f/8/The_Wedding_Bell_by_NinthTaboo.png" width="150" height="117" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51690187/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs15/150/i/2007/084/3/4/Shimmer_by_TheLionofOZ.jpg" width="150" height="116" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51805312/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/086/c/d/Apo_FRACTAL_Tree_by_Thelma1.jpg" width="113" height="150" /></... ]]></description>
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                <title>Nailing Jell-O To A Tree.......</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:58:56 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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March 26 is Make Up Your Own Holiday Day and Spinach Festival Day.<br />
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March 26, 1845: Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precursor of bandaid.<br />
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1953 Dr Jonas Salk announces new vaccine to prevent polio [myelitis]    <br />
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<b>$<a class="u" href="http://lolly.deviantart.com/">lolly</a> is watching you!</b><br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:  The Great Truths Of Life<br />
<br />
Great Truths That Little Children Have Learned:</b><br />
<br />
1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.<br />
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2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.<br />
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3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person.<br />
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4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.<br />
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5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.<br />
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6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.<br />
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7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.<br />
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8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.<br />
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9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.<br />
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10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.<br />
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<b>Great Truths That Adults Have Learned:</b><br />
<br />
1) Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.<br />
<br />
2) Wrinkles don't hurt.<br />
<br />
3) Families are like fudge... mostly sweet, with a few nuts.<br />
<br />
4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.<br />
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5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.<br />
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6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy.<br />
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<b>Great Truths About Growing Old:</b><br />
<br />
1) Growing up is mandatory; growing old is optional.<br />
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2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.<br />
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3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you are down there.<br />
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4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.<br />
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5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.<br />
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6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.<br />
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7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/3170527/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/150/i/2003/39/a/2/Modern_Day_Golgotha.jpg" width="100" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51719375/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/085/3/4/PSYCHEDELIC_TARTAN_by_1arcticfox.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51574984/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/083/1/f/Golden_Country_by_Actionjack52.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51737617/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/085/c/b/Pure_Sentiment_by_Beesknees67.jpg" width="81" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51665800/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/084/f/2/Seraphim_of_Fire_by_Fyrebird.jpg" width="102" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51623761/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/083/2/f/Poppies_by_JigsawGurl.png" width="150" height="76" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51731635/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/085/a/7/Experiment_by_Siminart.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49395739/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs13/150/i/2007/084/b/1/Gravity_by_aerphis.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51642682/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/084/3/3/Coloring_Dawn_by_one_tough_one.jpg" width="86" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51650285/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/084/e/9/Broken_Identity_by_skellorg.jpg" width="150" height="116" /></a></span></span></div><br />
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                <title>Stop Hurling The Biscuits!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:42:45 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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March 24 is National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day.   <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/chew.gif" width="19" height="17" alt=":chew:" title="Chew" /><br />
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UPDATE:  It looks like Knut has been spared the death sentence that some know-it-all buttweasel wanted to impose on him.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/d/dance.gif" width="29" height="21" alt=":dance:" title="Dance!" />  These two videos are in German but you can still see how the little fellow is progressing.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBoTH8PArd4">[link]</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufqbck9szME">[link]</a>   <br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:  Below is a compilation of actual student bloopers collected by teachers from 8th through 12th grades.</b><br />
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Actually, Homer was not written by Homer but by another man of that name.<br />
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Socrates was a famous Greek teacher who went around giving <br />
people advice. They killed him. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock. After his death, his career suffered a dramatic decline.<br />
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In the Olympic games, Greeks ran races, jumped, hurled the biscuits, and threw the java.<br />
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Eventually, the Romans conquered the Greeks. History calls people <br />
Romans because they never stayed in one place for very long.<br />
<br />
Julius Caesar extinguished himself on the battlefields of Gaul. The <br />
Ides of March murdered him because they thought he was going to be made king. Dying, he gasped out: "Tee hee, Brutus."<br />
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Nero was a cruel tyranny who would torture his subjects by playing <br />
the fiddle to them.<br />
<br />
Joan of Arc was burnt to a steak and was cannonized by Bernard Shaw.<br />
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Finally Magna Carta provided that no man should be hanged twice for the same offense.<br />
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In mid-evil times most people were alliterate. The greatest writer <br />
of the futile ages was Chaucer, who wrote many poems and verses and also wrote literature.<br />
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Another story was William Tell, who shot an arrow through an apple while standing on his son's head.<br />
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Queen Elizabeth was the "Virgin Queen." As a queen she was a <br />
success. When she exposed herself before her troops they all shouted "hurrah."<br />
<br />
It was an age of great inventions and discoveries. Gutenberg <br />
invented removable type and the Bible. Another important invention was the circulation of blood. Sir Walter Raleigh is a historical figure because he invented cigarettes and started smoking. And Sir Francis Drake circumcised the world with a 100 foot clipper.<br />
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The greatest writer of the Renaissance was William Shakespeare. He was born in the year 1564, supposedly on his birthday. He never made much money and is famous only because of his plays. He wrote tragedies, comedies, and hysterectomies, all in Islamic pentameter. Romeo and Juliet are an example of a heroic couplet. Romeo's last wish was to be laid by Juliet.<br />
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Writing at the same time as Shakespeare was Miguel Cervantes. He wrote Donkey Hote. The next great author was John Milton. Milton wrote Paradise Lost. Then his wife died and he wrote Paradise Regained. <br />
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During the Renaissance America began. Christopher Columbus was a great navigator who discovered America while cursing about the Atlantic. His ships were called the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Fe. Later, the Pilgrims crossed the ocean, and this was called Pilgrim's <br />
Progress. The winter of 1620 was a hard one for the settlers. Many <br />
people died and many babies were born. Captain John Smith was <br />
responsible for all this.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51502832/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/082/4/6/waking_earth_by_DragonWinter.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51546755/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs13/150/i/2007/082/4/4/Lilac_And_Lace_by_Actionjack52.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51589392/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/083/1/5/Rising_Formation_by_Beesknees67.jpg" width="104" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51549991/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/082/9/5/Eternal_Sunshine____by_FractalEyes.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51467736/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs13... ]]></description>
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                <title>You Do That Voodoo So Well........</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:25:06 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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March 23 is National Organize Your Home Office Day and National Chip and Dip Day<br />
   <br />
March 23, 1775:  Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death"<br />
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March 23, 1912:  Dixie Cup invented.<br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:  Real Quotes From Court</b><br />
<br />
Q: What is your date of birth? <br />
A: July fifteenth. <br />
Q: What year? <br />
A: Every year. <br />
<br />
Q: This myasthenia gravis -- does it affect your memory at all? <br />
A: Yes. <br />
Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory? <br />
A: I forget. <br />
Q: You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten? <br />
<br />
Q: All your responses must be oral, okay? What school did you go to? <br />
A: Oral. <br />
<br />
Q: How old is your son -- the one living with you. <br />
A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which. <br />
Q: How long has he lived with you? <br />
A: Forty-five years. <br />
<br />
Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke that morning? <br />
A: He said, ''Where am I, Cathy?'' <br />
Q: And why did that upset you? <br />
A: My name is Susan. <br />
<br />
Q: Sir, what is your IQ? <br />
A: Well, I can see pretty well, I think. <br />
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Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in the voodoo occult? <br />
A: We both do. <br />
Q: Voodoo? <br />
A: We do. <br />
Q: You do? <br />
A: Yes, voodoo. <br />
<br />
Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning? <br />
<br />
Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he? <br />
<br />
Q: Were you present when your picture was taken? <br />
<br />
Q: Was it you or your younger brother who was killed in the war? <br />
<br />
Q: Did he kill you? <br />
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Q: How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?<br />
 <br />
Q: You were there until the time you left, is that true? <br />
<br />
Q: How many times have you committed suicide? <br />
<br />
Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th? <br />
A: Yes. <br />
Q: And what were you doing at that time? <br />
<br />
Q: She had three children, right? <br />
A: Yes. <br />
Q: How many were boys? <br />
A: None. <br />
Q: Were there any girls? <br />
<br />
Q: You say the stairs went down to the basement? <br />
A: Yes. <br />
Q: And these stairs, did they go up also? <br />
<br />
Q: Mr. Slatery, you went on a rather elaborate honeymoon, didn't you? <br />
A: I went to Europe, sir. <br />
Q: And you took your new wife? <br />
<br />
Q: How was your first marriage terminated? <br />
A: By death. <br />
Q: And by whose death was it terminated? <br />
<br />
Q: Can you describe the individual? <br />
A: He was about medium height and had a beard. <br />
Q: Was this a male, or a female? <br />
<br />
Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your atorney? <br />
A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work. <br />
<br />
Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people? <br />
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people. <br />
Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body? <br />
A: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m. <br />
Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?<br />
A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51437511/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/081/b/b/Easter_Greetings_by_Jewelfly.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51468174/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/081/1/4/A_Dark_Night_Dance_by_beebee127.jpg" width="150" height="112" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51484317/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/081/0/9/Flow_by_imagebuilder.png" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51499321/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/082/a/2/Playin___the_Blues_by_nmsmith.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51469746/"><img src="http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/081/3/4/Mayor_Fartblossom_Stamp_by_one_tough_one.jpg" width="99" height="56" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51475561/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs13/150/i/2007/081/e/8/Macaw_by_pblackstone.jpg" width="150" height="11... ]]></description>
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                <title>Men Are Moved To Tears?????</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:27:08 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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March 22 is National Goof-off Day  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/d/dance.gif" width="29" height="21" alt=":dance:" title="Dance!" /><br />
   <br />
March 22, 1457:  Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book. <br />
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March 22, 1888:  English Football League established. <br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:<br />
<br />
Fallacies.  So much of what we take for granted as being true, upon greater scrutiny, ends up being just plain false. Collected here are some of our favorite punctured myths, misinformation and fallacies.</b> <br />
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Sauerkraut didnt originate in Germany as many people mistakenly believe. It got its start in China about 1,000 years before it became popular in Germany. <br />
<br />
Lenin wasnt Lenins real name. It was one of 151 pseudonyms Vladimir Ilyich Ulanov used during his lifetime. <br />
<br />
Venetian blinds were invented in Japan, not Venice. <br />
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It might surprise you to find out men are far more likely to be moved to tears by music than women. <br />
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Most precious gems are actually colorless. Their color comes from impurities in the stone that act as pigmenting agents. <br />
<br />
Short Line, of Monopoly fame, wasnt actually a railroad. It was a bus company. <br />
<br />
The London Bridge has never fallen down. <br />
<br />
Those who do public speaking dont stand behind a podium. They stand behind a lectern. A podium is the platform or stage on which a speaker stands. <br />
<br />
Smokey the Bear didnt always have that famous name. Originally, he was Hot Foot Teddy. <br />
<br />
Although people think otherwise, a newborn baby cant shed tears. <br />
<br />
The Douglas Fir isnt a firits a pine tree. <br />
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Buttermilk doesnt contain butter. <br />
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Its widely believed that Orville Wright became the first person to be killed in a plane crash. Actually, on September 17, 1908, U.S. Army Signal Corps lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge became the first when he and Orville fell from the sky in Wright's airplane at Fort Meyer, Virginia. <br />
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Tennessee Williams wasnt born in Tennessee. He was born in Columbus, Mississippi. <br />
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Shooting stars arent stars, of course. They're meteors.<br />
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<br />
<b>At first I thought this was funny...then I realized the awful truth of it.</b>  <br />
<br />
Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table at which he's fed. <br />
<br />
Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, teach him taxes are the rule. <br />
<br />
Tax his cow, Tax his goat, Tax his pants, Tax his coat. <br />
<br />
Tax his ties, Tax his shirt, Tax his work, Tax his dirt. <br />
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Tax his tobacco, Tax his drink, Tax him if he tries to think. <br />
<br />
Tax his cigars, Tax his beers, if he cries, then Tax his tears. <br />
<br />
Tax his car, Tax his gas, find other ways To tax his ass. <br />
<br />
Tax all he has, Then let him know, that you won't be done till he has no dough. <br />
<br />
When he screams and hollers, then tax him some more, tax him till he's good and sore. <br />
<br />
Then tax his coffin, Tax his grave, Tax the sod in which he's laid. <br />
<br />
Put these words upon his tomb, "Taxes drove me to my doom..." <br />
<br />
When he's gone, do not relax, its time to apply "The inheritance tax". <br />
<br />
Accounts Receivable Tax <br />
Building Permit Tax <br />
Business License Tax<br />
CDL License Tax <br />
Cigarette Tax <br />
City Payroll Tax<br />
Corporate Income Tax<br />
County Payroll Tax <br />
Dog License Tax <br />
Federal Income Tax <br />
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) <br />
Fishing License Tax <br />
Food Tax<br />
Food License Tax <br />
Fuel Permit Tax <br />
Gasoline Tax (42 cents per gallon) <br />
Hunting License Tax <br />
Inheritance Tax <br />
Interest Expense <br />
Inventory Tax, IRS <br />
Interest Charges <br />
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax) <br />
Liquor Tax <br />
Luxury Tax <br />
Marriage License Tax<br />
Medicare Tax<br />
Personal Property Tax <br />
Real Estate Tax <br />
Service Charge Tax <br />
Social Security Tax <br />
Road Usage Taxes <br />
Sales Tax <br />
Recreational Vehicle Tax <br />
School Tax <br />
State Income Tax <br />
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA) <br />
Telephone federal excise tax <br />
Telephone federal universal service fee tax <br />
Telephone federal, state and local surcharge taxes <br />
Telephone minimum usage surcharge tax <br />
Telephone recurring and non-recurring charges tax <br />
Telephone state and local tax <br />
Telephone usage charge tax - Utility <br />
Vehicle License Registration Tax <br />
Vehicle Sales Tax<br />
Vending Machine Tax<br />
Watercraft Registration Tax <br />
Well Permit Tax <br />
Workers Compensation Tax <br />
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<b>COMMENTS: Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.  <br />
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                <title>Let Them Eat Frosting!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:38:14 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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March 21 is Fragrance Day.  Ok, =<a class="u" href="http://one-tough-one.deviantart.com/">one-tough-one</a>, do NOT go where I think you're going!  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/rofl.gif" width="29" height="27" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl" /> <br />
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The Nazi animal rights moonbats now want to kill an orphaned cub.  It's obvious that the asshats at PETA could care less about this since they have yet to crawl out of their caves and protest:<br />
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<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1539697.ece">[link]</a><br />
<br />
Take THAT Hildebeast!  <br />
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<a href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NmRkMWRjNGU1YTY3MmRlMTFiODhmNzcxN2RmZWM1NGI=">[link]</a><br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:<br />
<br />
Numbers, Averages And Percentages</b><br />
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85% of men don't use the slit in their underwear. <br />
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67.5% of men wear briefs. <br />
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85% of women wear the wrong bra size. <br />
<br />
50% admit they regularly sneak food into movie theaters to avoid the high prices of snack foods. <br />
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90% believe in divine retribution. <br />
<br />
10% believe in the 10 Commandments. <br />
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82% believe in an afterlife. <br />
<br />
45% believe in ghosts. <br />
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29% of us are virgins when we marry. <br />
<br />
58.4% have called into work sick when we weren't. <br />
<br />
40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals. <br />
<br />
315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled. <br />
<br />
On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily. <br />
<br />
35% give to charity at least once a month. <br />
<br />
69% eat the cake before the frosting. <br />
<br />
When nobody else is around, 47% drink straight from the carton. <br />
<br />
85% of us will eat Spam this year. <br />
<br />
70% of us drink orange juice daily. <br />
<br />
Snickers is the most popular candy. <br />
<br />
22% of us skip lunch daily. <br />
<br />
9% of us skip breakfast daily. <br />
<br />
66% of us eat cereal regularly. <br />
<br />
22% of all restaurant meals include French fries. <br />
<br />
14% of us eat the watermelon seeds. <br />
<br />
Only 13% brush our teeth from side to side. <br />
<br />
45% use mouthwash every day. <br />
<br />
29% of us ignore RSVP. <br />
<br />
71.6% of us eavesdrop. <br />
<br />
Less than 10% are trilingual. <br />
<br />
37% claim to know how to use all the features on their VCR. <br />
<br />
53% prefer ATM machines over tellers. <br />
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56% of women do the bills in a marriage. <br />
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2 out of 3 of us wouldn't give up our spouse even for a night for a million bucks. <br />
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44% reuse tinfoil.  (for their conspiracy theory pointy hats) <---My interjection<br />
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57% save pretty gift paper to reuse. <br />
<br />
53% read their horoscopes regularly. <br />
<br />
16% of us have forgotten our own wedding anniversary. <br />
<br />
59% of us say we're average-looking. <br />
<br />
90% of us depend on alarm clocks to wake us. <br />
<br />
28% of us have skinny-dipped. 14% with the opposite sex. <br />
<br />
51% of adults dress up for a Halloween festivity. <br />
<br />
On average, we send 38 Christmas cards every year. <br />
<br />
20% of women consider their parents to be their best friends. <br />
<br />
2 out of 5 have married their first love. <br />
<br />
Only 4% asked the parents' approval for their bride's hand. <br />
<br />
1 in 5 men proposed on his knees. <br />
<br />
6% propose over the phone. <br />
<br />
71% can drive a stick-shift car. <br />
<br />
45% of us consistently follow the speed limit. <br />
<br />
2/3 of us speed up at a yellow light. <br />
<br />
1/3 of us don't wear seat belts. <br />
<br />
62% of us pop our zits. <br />
<br />
33% of women lie about their weight. <br />
<br />
10% of us claim to have seen a ghost. <br />
<br />
Only 30% of us know our cholesterol level. <br />
<br />
14% have attended a self-help meeting. <br />
<br />
15% regularly go to a shrink. <br />
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78% would rather die quickly than live in a retirement home.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51346876/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/080/1/d/BOTANICAL_GARDENS_by_1arcticfox.jpg" width="150" height="100" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51314812/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs15/150/i/2007/079/9/1/fire_flow_by_DragonWinter.jpg" width="150" height="120" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51348337/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/080/7/c/Velvet_Persuasion_by_Eel_Ecurb.jpg" width="150" he... ]]></description>
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                <title>It Is My Duty To Be Attacked By A Cow</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:53:16 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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March 20 is Proposal Day and Festival Of Extraterrestrial Abductions Day.<br />
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March 20, 1616:  Walter Raleigh released from Tower of London to seek gold in Guyana.<br />
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March 20, 1944 Mount Vesuvius, Italy explodes.<br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:  40 Interesting Facts</b><br />
<br />
1. California has issued at least 6 drivers licenses to people named Jesus Christ.<br />
<br />
2. Kangaroos can not walk backwards. <br />
<br />
3. 'Jedi' is an official religion, with over 70,000 followers, in Australia. <br />
<br />
4. According to a recent survey, more than half of British adults have had sex in a public place! <br />
<br />
5. Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain human life. <br />
<br />
6. Nachos is the food most craved by pregnant women. <br />
<br />
7. Each year, 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats! <br />
<br />
8. Most dreams last only 5 to 20 minutes. <br />
<br />
9. The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking. <br />
<br />
10. On average, the life span of an American dollar bill is eighteen months. <br />
<br />
11. Non-dairy creamer is flammable. <br />
<br />
12. The first domain name ever registered was Symbolics.com. <br />
<br />
13. Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate every second.<br />
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14. U.S. President Calvin Coolidge liked to eat breakfast while having his head rubbed with Vaseline. <br />
<br />
15. When a giraffe's baby is born it falls from a height of six feet, normally without being hurt. <br />
<br />
16. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. <br />
<br />
17. The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design. <br />
<br />
18. How does a shark find fish? It can hear their hearts beating. <br />
<br />
19. Penguins can convert salt water into fresh water. <br />
<br />
20. In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined! <br />
<br />
21. The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war. <br />
<br />
22. During WWII, because a lot of players were called to duty, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become The Steagles. <br />
<br />
23. Nearly 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong account over the next hour. <br />
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24. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call. <br />
<br />
25. There are more fatal car accidents in July than any other month. <br />
<br />
26. There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world. <br />
<br />
27. More than 2 million documents will be lost by the IRS this year. <br />
<br />
28. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. <br />
<br />
29. Washington, D.C. has one lawyer for every 19 residents! <br />
<br />
30. Avocados have more protein than any other fruit. <br />
<br />
31. The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles! <br />
<br />
32. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball. <br />
<br />
33. In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die! <br />
<br />
34. The most powerful electric eel is found in the rivers of Brazil, Columbia, Venezuela, and Peru, and produces a shock of 400-650 volts. <br />
<br />
35. If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. <br />
<br />
36. Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. <br />
<br />
37. In India, people are legally allowed to marry a dog! <br />
<br />
38. You are more likely to get attacked by a cow than a shark. <br />
<br />
39. Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims. <br />
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40. One in three male motorists picks their nose while driving.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49512869/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/055/f/4/Into_The_Eye_by_f__l__A__r__k.jpg" width="113" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51185038/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/077/3/7/Signs_of_Spring_by_FireLilyFractals.jpg" width="109" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51082178/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs13/150/i/2007/076/1/c/April_Showers_by_FractalEyes.jpg" width="150" height="100" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51252833/"><img src="http://tn1-3.... ]]></description>
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                <title>I Need A Glass of CO2.....</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:58:56 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
<br />
March 19 is Poultry Day.<br />
   <br />
March 19, 0721 BC:  1st recorded lunar eclipse; location, Babylon.<br />
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March 19, 1918: Congress authorizes time zones & approves daylight saving time.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/shakefist.gif" width="24" height="18" alt=":shakefist:" title="CURSE YOU!" />  <br />
<br />
<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:<br />
<br />
Funny Answers From Real Students</b><br />
<br />
1. The future of "I give" is "I take." <br />
<br />
2. The parts of speech are lungs and air. <br />
<br />
3. The inhabitants of Moscow are called Mosquitoes. <br />
<br />
4. A census taker is a man who goes from house to house increasing the population. <br />
<br />
5. Water is composed of two gins. Oxygin and hydrogin. Oxygin is pure gin. Hydrogin is gin and water. <br />
<br />
6. Define H2O and CO2. H2O is hot water and CO2 is cold water. <br />
<br />
7. A virgin forest is a forest where the hand of man has never set foot. <br />
<br />
8. The general direction of the Alps is straight up. <br />
<br />
9. A city purifies its water supply by filtering the water then forcing it through an aviator. <br />
<br />
10. Most of the houses in France are made of plaster of Paris. <br />
<br />
11. The people who followed the Lord were called the 12 opossums. <br />
<br />
12. The spinal column is a long bunch of bones. The head sits on the top and you sit on the bottom. <br />
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13. We do not raise silk worms in the United States, because we get our silk from rayon. He is a larger worm and gives more silk. <br />
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14. One of the main causes of dust is janitors. <br />
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15. A scout obeys all to whom obedience is due and respects all duly constipated authorities. <br />
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16. One by -product of raising cattle is calves. <br />
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17. To prevent head colds, use an agonizer to spray into the nose until it drips into the throat. <br />
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18. The four seasons are salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar. <br />
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19. The climate is hottest next to the Creator. <br />
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20. Oliver Cromwell had a large red nose, but under it were deeply religious feelings <br />
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21. The word trousers is an uncommon noun because it is singular at the top and plural at the bottom. <br />
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22. Syntax is all the money collected at the church from sinners. <br />
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23. The blood circulates through the body by flowing down one leg and up the other. <br />
<br />
24. In spring, the salmon swim upstream to spoon. <br />
<br />
25. Iron was discovered because someone smelt it. <br />
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26. In the middle of the 18th century, all the morons moved to Utah. <br />
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27. A person should take a bath once in the summer, not so often in the winter.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51181129/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/077/b/5/OCEAN_BREEZES_AND_FLOWERS_by_1arcticfox.jpg" width="144" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50972706/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/075/4/9/Plastico_Domingo_by_KDH.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51126223/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/077/2/e/Julia_In_Layers_by_LaPurr.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51150396/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs13/150/i/2007/077/6/f/Wooden_Carving_by_aerphis.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51209487/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/078/f/4/Spring_Fling_Thing_by_beebee127.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51007522/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs15/150/i/2007/077/4/e/ToAPP_Linkage_II__by_beigebuddha.jpg" width="150" height="104" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51130593/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs13/150/i/2007/077/3/c/Venn_Diagram__Fractal_Style_by_dsa157.png" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51200764/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/077/d/b/Me_and_a_cup_of_Joe_by_highmountain4.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/5106... ]]></description>
                <author>~Fractoid</author>
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                <title>Attention sun:  SHUT UP!!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:46:09 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
<br />
March 17 is Submarine Day and, of course, St. Paddy's Day!!  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":boogie:" title="Boogie!" /><br />
   <br />
March 17, 0432:  St Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to Ireland as a slave. <br />
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March 17, 1753:  1st official St Patrick's Day. <br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:<br />
<br />
You Know You're Too Stressed If...</b><br />
<br />
1. Relatives that have been dead for years come visit you and suggest that you should get some rest.<br />
<br />
2. You can achieve a "Runners High" by sitting up.<br />
<br />
3. The sun is too loud.<br />
<br />
4. Trees begin chasing you.<br />
<br />
5. You can see individual air molecules vibrating.<br />
<br />
6. You begin to explore the possibility of setting up an I.V. drip solution of espresso.<br />
<br />
7. You wonder if brewing is really a necessary step in the consumption of coffee.<br />
<br />
8. You can hear mimes.<br />
<br />
9. You believe that if you think hard enough, you can fly.<br />
<br />
10. Things become "very clear."<br />
<br />
11. You ask the drive-thru attendant if you can get your order to go.<br />
<br />
12. You begin speaking in a language that only you and channelers can understand.<br />
<br />
13. You say the same sentence over and over again, not realizing that you have said it before.<br />
<br />
14. You keep yelling "STOP TOUCHING ME!" even though you are the only one in the room.<br />
<br />
15. Your heart beats in 7/8 time.<br />
<br />
16. David Lynch comes up to you and says: "Hey! Can I film you?"<br />
<br />
17. You and reality file for divorce.<br />
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18. You can skip without a rope.<br />
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19. It appears that people are speaking to you in binary code.<br />
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20. You have great revelations concerning: life, the universe, and everything else, but can't quite find the words for them before the white glow disappears, leaving you more confused than before.<br />
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21. You can travel without moving.<br />
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22. Antacid tablets become your sole source of nutrition.<br />
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23. You discover the aesthetic beauty of office supplies.<br />
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24. You begin to talk to yourself, then disagree about the subject, get into a nasty row over it, lose, and refuse to speak to yourself for the rest of the night.<br />
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25. Teddy bears begin to bully you for milk and cookies.<br />
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26. You have an irresistible urge to bite the noses of the people you are talking to.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51025578/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/075/7/a/Big_Beliefs_by_2BORN02B.jpg" width="150" height="111" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49316802/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs15/150/i/2007/052/0/a/The_City_by_banana_tree.png" width="150" height="118" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51046032/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/076/0/3/Yin_Yang_by_Beesknees67.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50984637/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs13/150/i/2007/075/b/d/Industrial_Sunrise_by_DragonWinter.jpg" width="150" height="120" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50933508/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/074/a/a/Twilight_Shadows_by_Fyrebird.jpg" width="103" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50941947/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/074/f/f/Spiritual_Exercise_by_Gygrazok.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50978097/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/075/5/5/Fade_by_Kosciarz.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50807901/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/072/1/b/Archaic_Shore_by_Platinus.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50988457/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/075/3/e/Organics_by_Wick5ter.jpg" width="150" height="143" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/51057029/"><img src="http:/... ]]></description>
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                <title>Coming back with crabs.........</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:07:04 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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March 16 is Everything You Do Is Right Day  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/o/ohmygod.gif" width="26" height="18" alt=":ohmygod:" title="OMG!" /><br />
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March 16, 1521: Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches Philippines. <br />
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March 16, 1918: Geoffrey O'Hara's "K-K-K-Katy" song published.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="=D" title="=D (Big Grin)" />  <br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:<br />
<br />
Kids Say The Darnest Things...Once Again</b><br />
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1. This is a picture of an octopus. It has eight testicles.<br />
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2. Oysters' balls are called pearls.<br />
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3. If you are surrounded by sea you are an Island. If you don't have sea all round you, you are in continent. <br />
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4. I think sharks are ugly and mean, and have big teeth, just like Emily Richardson. She's not my friend no more. <br />
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5. A dolphin breaths through an asshole on the top of it's head.<br />
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6. My uncle goes out in his boat with pots, and comes back with crabs.<br />
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7. I like mermaids. They are beautiful, and I like their shiny tails. How do mermaids get pregnant?<br />
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8. Some fish are dangerous. Jelly fish can sting. Electric eels can give you a shock. They have to live in caves under the sea where I think they have to plug themselves into chargers.<br />
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9. My mom has fish nets, but doesn't catch any fish.<br />
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10. When you go swimming in the sea, it is very cold, and it makes my willy small.<br />
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11. When me and Sarah went to the sea side in the summer, we hid in the sand dunes and watched my big sister doing it with her boy friend. It was fun.<br />
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12. A submarine goes under the water like a fish, but it has lots of seamen inside.<br />
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13. When I grow up, I want to be captain of a big ship, and have lots of sailors.<br />
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14. Divers have to be safe when they go under the water. Two divers can't go down alone, so they have to go down on each other.<br />
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15. When we went on vacation my Mom went water skiing. She fell off when she was going very fast. She says she won't do it again because water shot up her rearend.<br />
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<br />
<b>You're Not A Kid Anymore When...</b><br />
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1. Your biggest concern about dancing is falling. <br />
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2. Your back goes out more than you do. <br />
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3. You no longer laugh at Preparation H commercials. <br />
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4. You have a dream about prunes. <br />
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5. You tell the barber to comb it over the best he can. <br />
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6. Your Chihuahua weighs more than 25 pounds. <br />
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7. You read the obituaries daily. <br />
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8. Digestion is a consideration when reading a menu. <br />
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9. You are alarmed by how young your doctor is. <br />
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10. You wear knee high stockings with everything. <br />
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11. You find no humor in bladder control jokes. <br />
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12. You can't climb a tree... even with a ladder. <br />
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13. You play golf with your wife. <br />
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14. You don't like to drive after dark. <br />
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15. Nobody ever tells you to slow down.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50984732/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs13/150/i/2007/075/0/8/Marble_Flower_by_DragonWinter.jpg" width="150" height="120" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50772857/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/072/8/b/Fractured_Towers_by_Wick5ter.jpg" width="104" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50971744/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/075/d/b/Julain_Pie_by_baba49.jpg" width="143" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50854956/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/073/d/e/Apopolis_II_by_beigebuddha.jpg" width="150" height="110" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50792574/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/072/3/5/THE_LOOK_by_live2b.jpg" width="150" height="128" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50913568/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/074/1/7/Tarleton__s_Travels_by_skellorg.jpg" width="150" height="116" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50884838/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/... ]]></description>
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                <title>Stupid pencil can't spell!</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:47:24 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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March 15 is Buzzard's Day and Everything You Think Is Wrong Day.<br />
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March 15, 1892: 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W Reno (New York NY) <br />
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March 15, 1954: "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite & Jack Paar <br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:<br />
<br />
True Confessions Submitted To A Web Site</b><br />
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A few months ago I was standing in line at a store with my wife. I farted, which I never do around her. There were some kids behind us and she blamed them, even giving the mom the evil eye and saying, "that's rude."<br />
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In high school, I had a teacher who was extremely hot, and I was in love with her. And for some odd reason, I thought she liked me. One time I tried to kiss her and she slapped me.  Class was never the same again.<br />
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In 6th grade, we would make these little paper things that you would flick and they would go really far. Well, I had never used one before and I was in my classroom on the other side of the room from the teacher and I did it for the first time and it hit the teacher between the eyes and someone else got blamed for it.<br />
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One day, I was really late and in a hurry to get out the door. The only problem is that when I opened the door, my head was in the way and I knocked myself out. <br />
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I'm a teacher in highschool.  While i was giving a lesson on gravity, my pants fell down right when the president of the school board came in. <br />
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I was walking down the road, I tripped over a Coke can and then head-butted a lampost. I was out cold for five minutes.<br />
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I blame my pencil for mispelled words.<br />
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My drinking team has a bowling problem.<br />
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I was on the subway and saw this old man in rainbow suspenders. He was sexy.<br />
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Sometimes, I like to sit on the toilet until my legs fall asleep.<br />
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One time I was in my room playing guitar and I got mad so I threw my guitar through my bedroom window. I feel preatty stupid about that.<br />
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I pulled out my own teeth with vice-grip pliers.<br />
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Relating to another confession, I too sit down in the shower. It's more than just a way of getting clean, it's relaxing and provides a great atmosphere for deep thought. <br />
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I purposely get hit by cars to meet new people, it works well.<br />
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Once, while napping on the couch, I was convinced that my Boston Terrier was conspiring to kill me with his farts. He was looking right at me.<br />
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I obsessively eat crayons, nontoxic ones. I don't know why? it calms me down. It's starting to get so bad I have to go out and buy 2 or even 3 large packs of crayola crayons.?? Confused & worried.<br />
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I swear I can hear voices sometimes calling out my name just out of the blue.<br />
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I hate commercials on TV so much that one day I opened the patio door and threw the tv on the lawn and shot it with a 12 gauge shotgun.<br />
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One time when I was in the 7th grade I was playing football in the street, I got tackled and was knocked out cold. For the next 2 years I thought I was Batman.<br />
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I have this strange phobia of statues... sometimes I really see them look back and stare at me. Freaky.<br />
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I shoved tweezers in an electrical outlet and nearly killed myself.<br />
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I met THE Orville Reddenbacher (of the popcorn fame) and his wife on a cruise ship. They both smelled like mothballs and butter.<br />
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I once fed my pet fish cheese... it died in three days.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50885356/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs15/150/i/2007/073/c/3/Happy_St__Patrick__s_Day_by_Actionjack52.jpg" width="113" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50829499/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs13/150/i/2007/073/f/f/The_Seasons_by_Beesknees67.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50806068/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/072/c/d/Fractal_Plumage_by_ClaireJones.jpg" width="150" height="100" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50769108/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/072/6/2/Some_Kind_of_Wonderful_by_KDH.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50857888/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/073/a/0/Leprechaun__s_Folly_by_NinthTaboo.png" width="114" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><... ]]></description>
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                <title>I Have No Avocadoes....</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:51:42 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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March 14 is National Potato Chip Day.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/chew.gif" width="19" height="17" alt=":chew:" title="Chew" /><br />
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March 14, 1689:  Scotland dismisses Willem III & Mary Stuart as king & queen. <br />
March 14, 1971: The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes.<br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:<br />
<br />
Strange Words and Their Origins</b><br />
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The term "moron" entered our vocabulary when Molière, in his play La Princesse dElide, gave a dim-witted character the name Moron. <br />
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The phrase, "Often a bridesmaid but never a bride," actually comes from an advertisement for Listerine mouthwash. The text was written by Milton Feasley and first appeared in 1925. The advertisement was so successful that it ran for more than 10 years. <br />
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Limousines originally got their name because they were first built in the Limousin region of France. <br />
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Caterpillar" means "hairy cat" in Old French. <br />
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"Pez" (as in the candy) comes from the German, PfeffErminZ, meaning peppermint. <br />
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"Squash" comes from a Native American word, "isquoutersquash," which means "green thing eaten green." <br />
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Spain literally means "the land of rabbits." <br />
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The word "gymnasium" comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means "to exercise naked." <br />
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The word "mafia" was created as an acronym for Morte alla francia italia adela, meaning literally "Death to the French is Italy's cry." <br />
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The word "avocado" comes from the Spanish word "aguacate," which in turn is derived from the Aztec word "ahuacatl" which meant testicle. <br />
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The "ZIP" in "ZIP code" stands for "Zoning Improvement Plan." <br />
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According to an old Egyptian text, a delicate nerve runs from the fourth finger of a person's left hand to their heart, thus explaining the origin why that finger is the "wedding finger." <br />
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If you knock on wood, the spirit in the tree will protect you. <br />
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The sh*tty end of the stick? Well, you got that when you grabbed the wrong end of the pole used to lift the bucket in the outhouse. Bummer!<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/47589310/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/028/c/7/Hearts_and_Horseshoes_by_bumpyduey.jpg" width="117" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50198882/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs15/150/i/2007/064/3/6/The_Queen_of_Chestnut_Grove_by_ersi.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40768001/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs12/150/i/2006/275/a/1/Gypsy_Summer_by_DayStarArts.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49499435/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/054/f/5/Spiral_No__001_by_MeddlerInc.jpg" width="100" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49054936/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/049/b/0/00089769876_i_by_slavkox.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50359969/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs15/150/i/2007/066/9/b/Lantern_Fairy_With_Mask_by_mattwatier.jpg" width="100" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50710262/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/071/9/1/flowers_by_heshline.jpg" width="113" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50696403/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs15/150/i/2007/071/4/6/Indirect_Gravity_by_SilentAngelina.jpg" width="122" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50688128/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs15/150/i/2007/071/9/2/Uprooted_by_ArtOfTheMystic.jpg" width="115" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50627633/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs13/150/i/2007/070/2/5/Soul_of_Rose_by_Mithria.jpg" width="150" height="133" /></a></span></span></div><br />
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                <title>I Am NOT An Oxymoron!</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:48:21 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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March 13 is Jewel Day<br />
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March 13, 1677:  Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000. <br />
March 13, 1887:  Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wow.gif" width="23" height="15" alt=":wow:" title="Wow!" /><br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:<br />
<br />
Sometimes kids say things in innocence that are simply hilarious. Here's an assortment of selected quotations from kids.</b><br />
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"I'm being have!" -- 2 year old son, when his mother told him told to behave.<br />
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"I'm not an oxymoron!" -- 7 year old<br />
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"TNT." -- Given as an answer for a written spelling bee, when the teacher called the word "dynamite."<br />
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"I'm glad I'm finally eight. This is the oldest I've ever been in my entire life!" -- 8 year old son.<br />
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"Do they look after the Pokemon?" -- City kid, when asked what a gamekeeper does.<br />
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"Why don't you get some expensive money?" -- 3 year old daughter, when told by her mother that she could get a small toy but that the ones asked for were too expensive.<br />
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"I have a rock in my nose." -- 2 year old son, greeting his mother after pre-school, a full hour after recess was over.<br />
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"There's no one in there." -- 6 year old son, in response to seeing his father hanging pictures and tapping on the walls to find the support beams.<br />
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"Quiet!" -- 4 year old, when asked what begins with 'M' and sounds good.<br />
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"If I was a raccoon I would eat the farmer's corpse." -- A kindergartener, writing a story about what he would do if he were a raccoon.<br />
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"Well, sometimes I say something mean to my brother, but I feel really good inside. Does that mean I'm a hypocrite?" -- 7 year old girl, after a Sunday School teacher explained that a hypocrite was someone who says one thing but feels something else.<br />
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"Daddy, did your hair slip?" -- 3 year old son, to his bald but long bearded father.<br />
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"They didn't see it -- it was all cut off!" -- 2 year old son, when his mother was asked how his grandparents liked his new haircut.<br />
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"Tell me when you're asleep, ok?" -- 7 year old son, overheard talking to his 5 year old brother.<br />
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"I had a fraction in my neck and had to go to the hospital for a long time." -- Fifth grader, to his class.<br />
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"Well you're old, and you're not dead." -- "3 year old son, to his father. The comment followed an explanation of why the father's grandparents weren't around anymore.<br />
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"Are you kidding me?! They go together like balogna and cheese! No, wait. More like mayonnaise and bread." -- 9 year <br />
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old girl, when asked if her brother and cousin hang out a lot.<br />
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"Don't kid me, Mom, I know they're my feet." -- 3 year old son, when his mother told him his shoes were on the wrong feet.<br />
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"Mommy, you said it would be a shot; instead it was a needle!" -- Boy, overheard at the hospital.<br />
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"How do you put make up on your mind?" -- Girl, when told she should make up her mind.<br />
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"I wish someone we knew would die so we could leave them flowers." -- 6 year old girl, upon seeing flowers in a cemetery.<br />
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"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us some email." -- 4 year old girl, misquoting the Lord's Prayer.<br />
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"Watch out, Daddy. Mommy's got her eye on you!" -- 4 year old girl, after hearing her mother telling her father that she'd take an I.O.U. for a promised restaurant dinner.<br />
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"I didn't look much -- I've only got little eyes!" -- 7 year old, about to be scolded for peeking at her Christmas presents.  <br />
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"When you were my age, you was just a baby!" -- 5 year old.<br />
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"Why don't they just do what they did in 1899?" -- On preparing for Y2K in 1999.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/47253622/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs13/150/i/2007/061/7/c/Hymn_by_Halcyon83.png" width="113" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50708832/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/071/1/f/The_Name_Game_I_by_Jewelfly.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50762260/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/072/1/0/Flourish_by_Kosciarz.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50709120/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/071/a/c/Pinwheels_and_Sunshine_by_NinthTaboo.png" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span... ]]></description>
                <author>~Fractoid</author>
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                <title>A Kiss Is Just A Kiss......</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:52:20 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ March 12, 1664:  New Jersey becomes a British colony<br />
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March 12, 1789:  US Post Office established<br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:</b><br />
<br />
<b>George Carlin's Solution to Conserving Gasoline</b> <br />
<br />
<br />
President Bush wants us to cut the amount of gas we use. The best way to stop using so much gas is to deport 11 million illegal immigrants! That would be 11 million less people using our gas. The price of gas would come down. <br />
<br />
Bring our troops home from Iraq to guard the border. When they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the border, hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and ship him to Iraq. Tell him if he wants to come to America, then he must serve a tour in the military. Give him a soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it. After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country. He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal patriot. This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Iraq and the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves. If they refuse to serve, ship them to Iraq anyway, without the canteen, rifle or ammo. <br />
<br />
Problem solved! <br />
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
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Fascinating Facts: <br />
<br />
Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month? <br />
A. Conception. <br />
<br />
Q. Only 14% of Americans say they've done this with the opposite sex. What is it? <br />
A. Skinny dipping. <br />
<br />
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? <br />
A. Their birthplace. This is propinquity. <br />
<br />
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested? <br />
A. Obsession <br />
<br />
Q. More women do this in the bathroom than men. <br />
A. Wash their hands. Women: 80%, men: 55%. <br />
<br />
Q. What do 100% of all lottery winners do? <br />
A. Gain weight. <br />
<br />
Q. In a recent survey, Americans revealed that this was their favorite smell. <br />
A. Banana. <br />
<br />
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? <br />
A. One thousand. <br />
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Q. What do bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windscreen wipers, and laser printers all have in common? <br />
A. All invented by women. <br />
<br />
Q. Married men revealed that they do this twice as often as single men. <br />
A. Change their underwear. <br />
<br />
Q. This stimulates 29 muscles and chemicals causing relaxation. Women seem to like it light and frequent, men like it more strenuous. <br />
A. A kiss. <br />
<br />
Q. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. <br />
A. Honey. <br />
<br />
Q. 40% of all people who come to a party in your home do this? <br />
A. Have a look in your medicine cabinet. <br />
<br />
Q. 3.9% of all women surveyed say they never do this. <br />
A. Wear underwear. <br />
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Q. What common everyday occurrence is composed of 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, and 9% carbon dioxide? <br />
A. A fart.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50586421/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs15/150/i/2007/069/e/9/Winter__s_Springtime_WP_Pack_by_DragonWinter.jpg" width="150" height="120" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50674593/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/070/8/e/Maggie_May_Moon_Pie_by_TheLionofOZ.jpg" width="150" height="133" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50552710/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/069/d/8/Destination_Unknown_by_Wick5ter.jpg" width="150" height="136" /></a></span></span>  <br />
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                <title>The Doorbell Is Ringing....</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:45:55 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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March 11 is Johnny Appleseed Day and Worship of Tools Day  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wow.gif" width="23" height="15" alt=":wow:" title="Wow!" />   <br />
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March 10, 1702:  1st English daily newspaper, "Daily Courant", is published  <br />
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March 9, 1967:  Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne)<br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:</b><br />
<br />
<b>I thought you would want to know about this e-mail virus.  Even the most advanced programs from Norton or McAfee cannot take care of this one. It appears to affect those who were born prior to 1950.</b><br />
<br />
Symptoms:<br />
<br />
1. Causes you to send the same e-mail twice.<br />
2. Causes you to send a blank e-mail.<br />
3. Causes you to send e-mail to the wrong person.<br />
4. Causes you to send it back to the person who sent it to you.<br />
5. Causes you to forget to attach the attachment.<br />
6. Causes you to hit "SEND" before you've finished.<br />
7. Causes you to hit "DELETE" instead of "SEND."<br />
8. Causes you to hit "SEND" when you should "DELETE."<br />
<br />
<b>IT IS CALLED THE "C-NILE VIRUS."</b><br />
<br />
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
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<b>If I Didn't Have Animals . . .</b><br />
 <br />
I could walk around the yard barefoot in safety.<br />
<br />
My house could be carpeted instead of tiled and laminated.<br />
<br />
All flat surfaces, clothing, furniture, and cars would be free of hair.<br />
<br />
When the doorbell rings, it wouldn't sound like a kennel.<br />
<br />
When the doorbell rings, I could get to the door without wading through fuzzy bodies who beat me there.<br />
<br />
I could sit on the couch and my bed the way I wanted, without taking into consideration how much space several fur bodies would need to get comfortable.<br />
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I would not have strange presents under my Christmas tree -- dog bones, stuffed animals, toys, treats nor would I have to explain to people why I wrap them.<br />
<br />
I would have money ....and no guilt to go on a real vacation.<br />
<br />
I would not be on a first-name basis with 6 veterinarians, as I put their yet unborn grandkids thru college.<br />
<br />
The most used words in my vocabulary would not be: out, sit, down, come, no, stay, and leave him/her/it ALONE.<br />
<br />
My house would not be cordoned off into zones with baby gates or barriers.<br />
<br />
My house would not look like a day care center, toys everywhere.<br />
<br />
My pockets would not contain things like poop bags, treats and an extra leash.<br />
<br />
I would no longer have to Spell the words B-A-L-L, F-R-I-S-B-E-E, W-A-L-K, or T-R-E-A-T.<br />
<br />
I would not have as many leaves INSIDE my house as outside.<br />
<br />
I would not look strangely at people who think having ONE dog/cat ties them down too much.<br />
<br />
I'd look forward to spring and the melting of snow instead of dreading mud season.<br />
<br />
I would not have to answer the question "Why do you have so many dogs/animals?" from people who will never have <br />
<br />
the joy in their lives of knowing they are loved unconditionally by something as close to an angel as they will ever get.<br />
<br />
How empty my life would be.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50594462/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/069/0/1/Shimaera_by_FractalEyes.jpg" width="78" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50519537/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/068/6/c/Spring_Weave_by_Fyrebird.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50632206/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/070/0/6/Persian_Carpet___Negative_by_NinthTaboo.png" width="77" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <br />
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                <title>H's and O's............</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:12:38 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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March 10 is Festival Of Life In The Cracks Day  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/o/omg.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":omg:" title="OMG" />    <br />
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March 10, 1862:  US issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000) <br />
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March 9, 1933:  Nevada becomes 1st US state to regulate narcotics. <br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:</b><br />
<br />
A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination, and looked at the old pages as he turned them.  <br />
<br />
Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible, and he picked it up and looked at it closely. It was an old leaf from a tree that had been pressed in between the pages.<br />
<br />
"Momma, look what I found!" the boy called out.<br />
<br />
"What have you got there, dear?" his mother asked.<br />
<br />
With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered: "I think it's Adam's suit!"<br />
<br />
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
<b>Kids' Ideas About Science: Most of these quotations were gleaned from classroom discussions in 5th and 6th grade science classes.</b><br />
<br />
"One horsepower is the amount of energy it takes to drag a horse 500 feet in one second."<br />
<br />
"You can listen to thunder after lightning and tell how close you came to getting hit. If you don't hear it, you got hit, so never mind."<br />
<br />
"Talc is found on rocks and on babies."<br />
<br />
"Isn't inertia when something is moving, then it stops moving and keeps moving?"<br />
<br />
"The law of gravity says no fair jumping up without coming back down."<br />
<br />
"When they broke open molecules, they found they were only stuffed with atoms. But when they broke open atoms, they found them stuffed with explosions."<br />
<br />
"When people run around and around in circles we say they are crazy. When planets do it we say they are orbiting."<br />
<br />
"Rainbows are just to look at, not to really understand."<br />
<br />
"While the earth seems to be knowingly keeping its distance from the sun, it is really only centrificating."<br />
<br />
"Someday we may discover how to make magnets that can point in any direction."<br />
<br />
"South America has cold summers and hot winters, but somehow they still manage."<br />
<br />
"Water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. There are 180 degrees between freezing and boiling because there are 180 degrees between north and south."<br />
<br />
"A vibration is a motion that cannot make up its mind which way it wants to go."<br />
<br />
"There are 26 vitamins in all, but some of the letters are yet to be discovered. Finding them all means living forever."<br />
<br />
"There is a tremendous weight pushing down on the center of the Earth because of so much population stomping around up there these days."<br />
<br />
"Lime is a green-tasting rock."<br />
<br />
"Many dead animals in the past changed to fossils, while others preferred to be oil."<br />
<br />
"Genetics explain why you look like your father, and if you don't why you should."<br />
<br />
"Vacuums are nothings. We only mention them to let them know we know they're there."<br />
<br />
"Some oxygen molecules help fires burn, while others help make water, so sometimes it's brother against brother."<br />
<br />
"Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun. But I have never been able to make out the numbers."<br />
<br />
"We say the cause of perfume disappearing is evaporation. Evaporation gets blamed for a lot of things people forget to put the top on."<br />
<br />
"To most people, solutions mean finding the answers. But to chemists, solutions are things that are still all mixed up."<br />
<br />
"In looking at a drop of water under a microscope, we find there are twice as many H's as O's."<br />
<br />
"Clouds are high flying fogs."<br />
<br />
"I am not sure how clouds get formed. But the clouds know how to do it, and that is the important thing."<br />
<br />
"Clouds just keep circling the earth around and around. And around. There is not much else to do."<br />
<br />
"Water vapor gets together in a cloud. When it is big enough to be called a drop, it does."<br />
<br />
"Humidity is the experience of looking for air and finding water."<br />
<br />
"We keep track of the humidity in the air so we won't drown when we breathe."<br />
<br />
"Rain is often known as soft water, oppositely known as hail."<br />
<br />
"Rain is saved up in cloud banks."<br />
<br />
"In some rocks you can find the fossil footprints of fishes."<br />
<br />
"Cyanide is so poisonous that one drop of it on a dog's tongue will kill the strongest man."<br />
<br />
"The wind is like the air, only pushier."<br />
<br />
"A blizzard is when it snows sideways."<br />
<br />
"A hurricane is a breeze of a bigly size."<br />
<br />
"A monsoon is a French gentleman."<br />
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                <title>Towel Head</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:47:17 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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March 9 is Panic Day  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/sprint.gif" width="101" height="20" alt=":sprint:" title="Time to haul ass out of here!" />    <br />
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March 9, 1562:  Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death) <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/faint.gif" width="18" height="17" alt=":faint:" title="I think I've fainted." /><br />
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March 9, 1946: Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican League, he refuses.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/clap.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":clap:" title="Clap" /> <br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:</b><br />
<br />
After putting her children to bed, a mother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin.<br />
<br />
At last she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings.<br />
<br />
As she left the room, she heard her three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was that?"<br />
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
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<b>As I've Matured ...</b><br />
 <br />
I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in.<br />
<br />
I've learned that one good turn gets most of the blankets.<br />
<br />
I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people are just jackasses.<br />
<br />
I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and it only takes suspicion, not proof, to destroy it. <br />
<br />
I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. <br />
<br />
I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to others - they are more screwed up than you think. <br />
<br />
I've learned that depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.<br />
<br />
I've learned to not sweat the petty things, and not pet the sweaty things. <br />
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I've learned that ex's are like fungus, and keep coming back. <br />
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I've learned age is a very high price to pay for maturity. <br />
<br />
Ive learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it. <br />
<br />
I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, unless we are celebrities or politicians. <br />
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I've learned that artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. <br />
<br />
I've learned that 99% of the time when something isn't working in your house, one of your kids did it <br />
<br />
I've learned that there is a fine line between genius and insanity. <br />
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I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just <br />
<br />
never go away. And the real pains in the butt are permanent.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50403504/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/067/b/3/Ty_Nant__Water_Advert_by_MrBigglesworth.jpg" width="106" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49882329/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/062/3/3/departed_angel_by_sorceressmyr.jpg" width="150" height="105" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/42522161/"><img src="http://ic1.deviantart.com/fs12/i/2006/308/a/7/OMFG_Dancing_Turkey_Avatar_by_RoseSagae.gif" width="50" height="50" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50469367/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs13/150/i/2007/068/5/2/Illume_by_Beesknees67.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50413152/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/067/7/7/Swamp_Thing_by_Jewelfly.jpg" width="127" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49937179/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/060/f/1/Anomaly_by_Platinus.jpg" width="90" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50476865/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs15/150/i/2007/068/e/6/Three_Hatted_Wyurms_by_Quaddles_Roost.jpg" width="150" height="105" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50445385/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/067/0/6/Golden_Flowers_by_baba49.jpg" width="150" height="120" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.devianta... ]]></description>
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                <title>Spelling Ain't What It Used To Be.....</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:26:41 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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March 8 is Be Nasty Day  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/o/omg.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":omg:" title="OMG" />    <br />
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March 8, 1983:  IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0. <br />
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March 8, 1995:  -26ºF (-32.2ºC) in Bismarck ND.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/faint.gif" width="18" height="17" alt=":faint:" title="I think I've fainted." /><br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>From the 'net:</b><br />
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In my high school civics class the air conditioner didn't have the vents to direct which way the air would blow for most of the first semester, so everyone who sat in the back of the class would freeze, while the people sitting in the front were always hot. One day, somebody in the back decided to take a stand against the teacher and declare the class to be cold. He stood up and said, "Mrs. Barnes, it's cold in here. We need to turn the air off."<br />
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Since this was a class that always had to argue, someone else said "Turn it off?"<br />
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The first person, being the exceptionally bright student that he is, retorted, "Yeah, off. O - F."<br />
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Then one of our other geniuses decided to pipe up and said, "I would have laughed so hard if you had spelled that wrong." <br />
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<b>Actual Announcements from Church Bulletins</b><br />
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Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community. <br />
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Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say "hell" to someone who doesn't care much about you. <br />
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The outreach committee has enlisted 25 visitors to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church. <br />
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The Rev. Merriwether spoke briefly, much to the delight of the audience. <br />
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The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday. <br />
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A songfest was hell at the Methodist church Wednesday. <br />
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The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in the church basement Friday at 7 p.m. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy. <br />
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Our next song is "Angels We Have Heard Get High." <br />
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Due to the Rector's illness, Wednesday's healing service will be discontinued until further notice. <br />
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The audience is asked to remain seated until the end of the recession. <br />
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The concert held in Fellowship Hall was a great success. Special thanks are due to the minister's daughter, who labored the whole evening at the piano, which as usual fell upon her. <br />
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The Rector will preach his farewell message after which the choir will sing "Break Forth Into Joy." <br />
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Ushers will eat latecomers. <br />
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The third verse of "Blessed Assurance" will be sung without musical accomplishment. <br />
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Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Don't forget your husbands. <br />
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The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict. <br />
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The sermon this morning is "Jesus Walks on the Water." The sermon tonight is "Searching for Jesus." <br />
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Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get. <br />
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Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered. <br />
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Miss Charlene Mason sang "I Will Not Pass This Way Again," giving obvious pleasure to the congregation. <br />
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Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days. <br />
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The cost for attending this week's "Fasting and Prayer" conference includes meals. <br />
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Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10:00. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B. S. is done. <br />
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Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Please use the back door. <br />
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Attend and you will hear an excellent speaker and heave a healthy lunch. <br />
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This evening there will be a hymn sing in the park across from the church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin. <br />
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Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more transfusions. She is also having trouble sleeping and requests tapes of Pastor Jack's sermons. <br />
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The church will host an evening of fine dining, superb entertainment, and gracious hostility. <br />
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Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa. <br />
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For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs. <br />
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                <title>Pass Me A Cold Guinessis, Please..........</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:33:32 PST</pubDate>
                
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March 7 is National Crown Roast Of Pork Day  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/wow.gif" width="23" height="15" alt=":wow:" title="Wow!" />    <br />
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March 7, 1926: 1st transatlantic telephone call (London-New York).<br />
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March 7, 1933: Game of "Monopoly" invented.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/d/dance.gif" width="29" height="21" alt=":dance:" title="Dance!" /><br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
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<b>ANSWERS FROM A CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEST<br />
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Pay special attention to the wording and spelling.  If you know the Bible even a little, you'll find this amusing.  It comes from a Catholic elementary school test.  Kids were asked questions about the Old and New Testaments.  The following statements were written by children and have not been retouched nor corrected.  Incorrect spelling included.</b><br />
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1. In the first book of the bible, Guinessis, God got tired of creating the world so he took the Sabbath off.<br />
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2. Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree.  Noah's wife was Joan of Ark.  Noah built and ark and the animals came on in pears.<br />
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3. Lots wife was a pillar of salt during the day, but a ball of fire during the night.<br />
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4. The Jews were a proud people and throughout history they had trouble with unsympathetic genitals.<br />
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5. Sampson was a strongman who let himself be led astray by a jezebel like Delilah.<br />
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6. Samson slayed the Philistines with the axe of the Apostles.<br />
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7. Moses led the Jews to the Red Sea where they made unleavened bread which is bread without any ingredients.<br />
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8, The Egyptians were all drowned in the dessert.  Afterwards, Moses went up to Mount Cyanide to the Ten Commandments.<br />
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9. The First Commandments was when Eve told Adam to eat the apple.<br />
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10. The Seventh Commandment is Thou shalt not admit adultery.<br />
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11. Moses died before he ever reached Canada.  Then Joshua led the Hebrews in the battle of Geritol.<br />
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12. The greatest miracle in the Bible is when Joshua told his son to stand still and he obeyed him.<br />
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13. David was a Hebrew king who was skilled at playing the liar.  He fought the Finkelsteins, a race of people who lived in biblical times.<br />
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14. Solomon, one of Davids sons, had 300 wives and 700 porcupines.<br />
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15. When Mary heard she was the mother of Jesus, she sang the Magna Carta.<br />
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16. When the three wise guys from the east side arrived they found Jesus in the manager.<br />
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17. Jesus was born because Mary had an immaculate contraption.<br />
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18. St. John the blacksmith dumped water on his head.<br />
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19. Jesus enunciated the Golden Rule, which says to do unto others before they do one to you.  He also explained a man doth not live by sweat alone.<br />
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20. It was a miracle when Jesus rose from the dead and managed to get the tombstone off the entrance.<br />
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21. The people who followed the Lord were called the 12 decibels.<br />
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22. The epistels were the wives of the Apostles.<br />
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23. One of the oppossums was St. Matthew who was also a taximan.<br />
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24. St. Paul cavorted to christianity, he preached Holy Acrimony which is another name for marriage.<br />
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                <title>The Ass of Some Giant Lizard Person</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:05:54 PST</pubDate>
                
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March 6 is National Frozen Food Day  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/c/chew.gif" width="19" height="17" alt=":chew:" title="Chew" /><br />
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March 6,1831 Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/salute.gif" width="26" height="18" alt=":salute:" title="I salute you!" /><br />
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March 6,1970: Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK    <br />
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Global Warming.  Yeah, sure.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/rolleyes.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":roll:" title="Roll Eyes" />  <a href="http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=CZ434669U&news_headline=global_warming_is_lies_claims_documentary">[link]</a><br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
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<b>Real Subtitles from Hong Kong Movies</b> <br />
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1. I am damn unsatisfied to be killed in this way.<br />
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2. You with your thick face have hurt my instep.<br />
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3. Gun wounds again?<br />
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4. Same old rules: no eyes, no groin.<br />
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5. A normal person wouldn't steal pituitaries.<br />
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6. Damn, I'll burn you into a BBQ chicken!<br />
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7. Take my advice, or I'll spank you without pants.<br />
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8. Who gave you the nerve to get killed here?<br />
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9. Quiet or I'll blow your throat up.<br />
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10. You always use violence. I should've ordered glutinous rice chicken.<br />
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11. I'll fire aimlessly if you don't come out!<br />
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12. You daring lousy guy.<br />
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13. Beat him out of recognizable shape!<br />
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14. I have been scared shitless too much lately.<br />
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15. I got knife scars more than the number of your leg's hair!<br />
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16. Beware! Your bones are going to be disconnected.<br />
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17. The bullets inside are very hot. Why do I feel so cold?<br />
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18. How can you use my intestines as a gift?<br />
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19. This will be of fine service for you, you bag of the scum. I am sure you will not mind that I remove your manhoods and leave them out on the dessert flour for your aunts to eat.<br />
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20. Yah-hah, evil spider woman! I have captured you by the short rabbits and can now deliver you violently to your gynecologist for a thorough extermination.<br />
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21. Greetings, large black person. Let us not forget to form a team up together and go into the country to inflict the pain of our karate feets on some ass of the giant lizard person.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50018342/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/061/a/5/Moon_2_by_Lill_stock.jpg" width="150" height="146" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49977899/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/061/b/5/Bejewelled_Star_by_Jewelfly.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50271581/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/065/4/a/Grand_Pink_Bloom_by_Wick5ter.jpg" width="116" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/33292534/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs11/150/i/2006/232/2/3/A_Good_Dream_by_gadgetguy606.jpg" width="100" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50198575/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs13/150/i/2007/064/a/f/Swan_desktop_by_dana_martinez.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50090438/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/062/2/e/Silken_Trespass_by_laurengary.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span></div><br />
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                <title>I am NOT a boysenberry!</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:36:30 PST</pubDate>
                
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March 5 is Multiple Personalities Day  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/e/excited.gif" width="23" height="19" alt=":excited:" title="OMG! I can't contain my excitement!" /><br />
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March 5,1868 Stapler patented in England by C H Gould<br />
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March 5,1963 The Hula-Hoop is patented.   <br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
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<b>Some Warning Signs of Insanity</b><br />
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- You write to your mother in Germany every week, even though she sends you mail from Iowa asking why you never write.<br />
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- You're always having to apologize to your next door neighbor for setting fire to his lawn decorations.<br />
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- Nobody listens to you anymore, because they can't understand you through that scuba mask.<br />
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- You begin to stop and consider all of the blades of grass you've stepped on as a child, and worry that their ancestors are going to one day seek revenge.<br />
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- You have meaningful conversations with your toaster.<br />
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- You collect dead windowsill flies.<br />
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- Every time the phone rings, you shout, "Hey! An angel just got its wings!"<br />
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- You like cats. Especially with mayo.<br />
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- You cry at the end of every re-run of Gilligan's Island, because they weren't rescued.<br />
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- You put tennis balls in the microwave to see if they'll hatch.<br />
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- Whenever you listen to the radio, the music sounds backwards.<br />
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- You have a predominant fear of fabric softener.<br />
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- You wake up each morning and find yourself standing on your head in the middle of your front lawn.<br />
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- Your dentist asks you why each individual tooth has your name etched on it, and you tell him it's for security reasons.<br />
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- Melba toast sexually excites you.<br />
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- When the waiter asks for your order, you ask to go into another room to tell him, because "the napkins have ears."<br />
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- You tend to agree with everything your mother's dead uncle tells you.<br />
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- You call up random people and ask if you can borrow their dog, just for a few minutes.<br />
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- Your main goal in life is to become the president of Bulemia.<br />
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- Nearly everything you say involves the word, "P-toing!"<br />
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- You argue with yourself about which is better; to be eaten by a koala or to be loved by an infectious disease.<br />
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- You like to sit in cornfields for prolonged periods of time, and pretend that you're a stalk.<br />
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- You think that exploding wouldn't be so bad, once you got used to it.<br />
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- People offer you help, but you unfortunately interpret this as a violation of your rights as a boysenberry.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50202166/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/064/d/3/utak3r___Heartwork_by_Apophysis.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50186995/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/064/3/1/Morning__Spring__by_beigebuddha.jpg" width="150" height="116" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50198726/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/064/0/0/Gizmo_by_laethian.jpg" width="150" height="114" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49867995/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/059/f/d/tubullium_by_swinck.jpg" width="115" height="150" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49687417/"><img src="http://ic3.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/057/e/1/Thue_Morse_in_rabbit_land_by_markdow.gif" width="100" height="100" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50198917/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs15/150/i/2007/064/3/2/Sunrise_Over_Rolla_by_rubikscubefreak.png" width="150" height="83" /></a></span></span></div><br />
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                <title>Kids know all about love!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 13:03:24 PST</pubDate>
                
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March 4 is Holy Experiment Day  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/m/mwahaha.gif" width="29" height="15" alt=":evillaugh:" title="EVIL Laughter!" /><br />
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March 4, 1789, the Constitution of the US went into effect as the first Federal Congress met in NYC.<br />
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March 4, 1792, oranges were introduced to Hawaii.   <br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>Tips on Love (by kids, 5-10 years of age):</b><br />
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<b>WHAT IS THE PROPER AGE TO GET MARRIED??</b><br />
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"Eighty-four, because at that age, you don't have to work anymore, and you can spend all your time loving each other in your bedroom."(Judy, 8)<br />
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"Once I'm done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife."(Tom, 5)<br />
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<b>WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE??</b><br />
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"You should never kiss a girl unless you have enough bucks to buy her a big ring and her own VCR, 'cause she'll want to have videos of the wedding." (Jim, 10)<br />
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"Never kiss in front of other people. It's a big embarrassing thing if anybody sees you. But if nobody sees you, I might be willing to try it with a handsome boy, but just for a few hours."(Kally, 9)<br />
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<b>THE GREAT DEBATE: IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED??</b> <br />
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"It gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I'm just a kid. I don't need that kind of trouble."(Kenny, 7)<br />
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<b>CONCERNING WHY LOVE HAPPENS BETWEEN TWO PARTICULAR PEOPLE.</b><br />
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"No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to do with how you smell. That's why perfume and deodorant are so popular."(Jan, 9)<br />
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"I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful."(Harlen, 8)<br />
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<b>ON WHAT FALLING IN LOVE IS LIKE.</b><br />
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"Like an avalanche where you have to run for your life."(Roger, 9) <br />
"If falling in love is anything like learning how to spell, I don't want to do it. It takes too long."(Leo, 7)<br />
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<b>ON THE ROLE OF GOOD LOOKS IN LOVE.</b><br />
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"If you want to be loved by somebody who isn't already in your family, it doesn't hurt to be beautiful."(Jeanne, 8)<br />
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"It isn't always just how you look. Look at me. I'm handsome like anything and I haven't got anybody to marry me yet."(Gary, 7)<br />
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"Beauty is skin deep. But how rich you are can last a long time." (Christine, 9)<br />
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<b>CONCERNING WHY LOVERS OFTEN HOLD HANDS.</b> <br />
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"They want to make sure their rings don't fall off because they paid good money for them."(Dave, 8)<br />
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<b>CONFIDENTIAL OPINIONS ABOUT LOVE.</b><br />
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"I'm in favor of love as long as it doesn't happen when 'Sesame Street' is on television."(Anita,6)<br />
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"Love will find you, even if you are trying to hide from it. I have been trying to hide from it since I was five, but the girls keep finding me." (Bobby, 8)<br />
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"I'm not rushing into being in love. I'm finding fourth grade hard enough." (Regina, 10)<br />
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<b>THE PERSONAL QUALITIES NECESSARY TO BE A GOOD LOVER.</b><br />
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"One of you should know how to write a check. Because, even if you have tons of love, there is still going to be a lot of bills." (Ava, 8)<br />
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<b>SOME SURE FIRE WAYS TO MAKE A PERSON FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU.</b><br />
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"Tell them that you own a whole bunch of candy stores." (Del, 6)<br />
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"Don't do things like have smelly, green sneakers. You might get attention, but attention ain't the same thing as love." (Alonzo, 9)<br />
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<b>HOW CAN YOU TELL IF 2 ADULTS EATING DINNER AT A RESTAURANT ARE IN LOVE?</b><br />
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"Just see if the man picks up the check. That's how you can tell if he's in love."(John, 9)<br />
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"Lovers will just be staring at each other and their food will get cold. Other people care more about the food."(Dave 8)<br />
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"It's love if they order one of those desserts that are on fire. They like to order those because it's just like how their hearts are... on fire." (Christine, 9)<br />
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<b>WHAT MOST PEOPLE ARE THINKING WHEN THEY SAY "I LOVE YOU".</b><br />
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"The person is thinking: Yeah, I really do love him. But I hope he showers at least once a day."(Michelle, 9)<br />
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<b>HOW A PERSON LEARNS TO KISS.</b><br />
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"You learn it right on the spot when the gooshy feelings get the best of you."(Doug, 7)<br />
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"It might help to watch soap operas all day." (Carin, 9)<br />
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<b>WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?</b><br />
<br />
"It's never okay to kiss a boy. They always slobber all over you. That's why I stopped doing it."(Jean, 10)<br />
<br />
<b>HOW TO MAKE LOVE LAST.</b><br />
<br />
"Spend most of your time loving instead of going to work." (Tom, 7)<br />
 <br />
"Don't forget your wife's name. That will mess up the love." (Roger, 8)<br />
<br />
"Be a good kisser. It might make your wi... ]]></description>
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                <title>Newspapers are best as compost</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:15:09 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
<br />
 March 3 is I Want You To Be Happy Day, Peach Blossom Day and National Anthem Day<br />
   <br />
Apoholics Anonymous #7:  <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/26418/">[link]</a><br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<b>These are actual headlines written by some of the most brilliant journalists around the world.</b>  </sarcasm><br />
<br />
Study Finds Sex, Pregnancy Link -Cornell Daily Sun, December 7, 1995<br />
<br />
Whatever Their motives, Moms Who Kill Kids still Shock Us -Holland Sentinal, date unknown.<br />
<br />
Survey Finds Dirtier Subways After Cleaning Jobs Were Cut -The New York Times, November 22<br />
<br />
Larger Kangaroos Leap Farther, Researchers Find -The Los Angeles Times, November 2<br />
<br />
"Light" meals are lower in fat, calories -Huntington Herald-Dispatch, November 30<br />
<br />
Alcohol ads promote drinking -The Hartford Courant, November 18<br />
<br />
Malls try to attract shoppers -The Baltimore Sun, October 22<br />
<br />
Official: Only rain will cure drought -The Herald-News, Westpost, Massachusetts<br />
<br />
Teen-age girls often have babies fathered by men -The Sunday Oregonian, September 24<br />
<br />
Low Wages Said Key to Poverty -Newsday, July 11<br />
<br />
Man shoots neighbor with machete -The Miami Herald, July 3<br />
<br />
Tomatoes come in big, little, medium sizes -The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 30<br />
<br />
Dirty-Air Cities Far Deadlier Than Clean Ones, Study Shows -The New York Times, March 10<br />
<br />
Man Run Over by Freight Train Dies -The Los Angeles Times, March 2<br />
<br />
Scientists see quakes in L.A. future -The Oregonian, January 28<br />
<br />
Wachtler tells graduates that life in jail is demeaning -The Buffalo News, February 26<br />
<br />
Free Advice: Bundle up when out in the cold -Lexington Herald-Leader, January 26<br />
<br />
Prosecution painted O.J. as a wife-killer -Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, January 25<br />
<br />
Economist uses theory to explain economy -Collinsville Herald-Journal, February 8<br />
<br />
Bible church's focus is the Bible -Saint Augustine Record, Florida, December 3, 1994<br />
<br />
Discoveries: Older blacks have edge in longevity -The Chicago Tribune, March 5<br />
<br />
Court Rules Boxer Shorts Are Indeed Underwear -Journal of Commerce, April 20<br />
<br />
Biting nails can be sign of tenseness in a person -The Daily Gazette of Schenectady, New York, May 2<br />
<br />
Lack of brains hinders research -The Columbus Dispatch, April 16<br />
<br />
Cement Supplies seen as adequate -The Bangkok Post, January 28<br />
<br />
How we feel about ourselves is the core of self-esteem, says author Louise Hay -Boulder, Colorado, Sunday Camera, February 5<br />
<br />
Fish lurk in streams -Rochester, New York, Democrat & Chronicle, January 29<br />
<br />
Dole loses debate by not winning -Some newspaper<br />
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
<b>Things adults learn from their kids.</b><br />
<br />
There is no such thing as child-proofing your house.<br />
<br />
If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.<br />
<br />
A 4 years-old's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.<br />
<br />
If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound boy wearing Pound Puppy underwear and a Superman cape.<br />
<br />
It is strong enough, however, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20 by 20 foot room.<br />
<br />
Baseballs make marks on ceilings.<br />
You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on.<br />
When using the ceiling fan as a bat you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit.<br />
A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.<br />
The glass in windows (even double pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.<br />
<br />
When you hear the toilet flush and the words "Uh-oh;" it's already too late.<br />
<br />
Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.<br />
<br />
A six year old can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36 year old man says they can only do it in the movies<br />
<br />
A magnifying glass can start a fire even on an overcast day.<br />
<br />
If you use a waterbed as home plate while wearing baseball shoes it does not leak - it explodes.<br />
<br />
A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq foot house 4 inches deep.<br />
<br />
Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a four year old.<br />
<br />
Play Dough and microwave should never be used in the same sentence.<br />
<br />
Super glue is forever.<br />
<br />
McGyver can teach us many things we don't want to know. Ditto, Tarzan.<br />
<br />
No matter how much Jello you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.<br />
<br />
Pool filters do not like Jello.<br />
<br />
VCR's do not eject PB&J sandwich... ]]></description>
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                <title>Which End Is Which.......</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:19:02 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
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<br />
March 2 is Old Stuff Day.  (I don't make this crap up.)  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/o/ohmygod.gif" width="26" height="18" alt=":ohmygod:" title="OMG!" />  <br />
Best of Digital - February 2007  <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/26464/">[link]</a> <br />
Apoholics Anonymous #7:  <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/26418/">[link]</a><br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
A visitor to San Francisco is standing on a street corner waiting for a bus when he notices a blind man and his guide dog. The dog leads the man into the street, where he is brushed by an oncoming car. The man is knocked down, and he rather gingerly gets back up. He calls the guide dog over, reaches into his pocket, pulls out a doggie treat, and gives it to the dog. <br />
<br />
The visitor, upon seeing all this, walks over to the blind man and says, 'That's amazing! Your guide dog led you into a busy street where you were nearly run over by a car, and yet you're giving the dog a treat. You must really love that dog.' <br />
<br />
The blind man turns to the visitor and says, 'No, I'm gonna kick the dog's ass - I'm just trying to learn which end is which.'<br />
<br />
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration.<br />
<br />
Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, to stay indefinitely.<br />
<br />
Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests.<br />
Let's say I break into your house.<br />
Let's say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave.<br />
But I say, "I've made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors. I've done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest (except for when I broke into your house).<br />
<br />
According to the protesters:<br />
You are required to let me stay in your house<br />
You are required to add me to your family's insurance plan<br />
You are required to educate my kids<br />
You are required to provide other benefits to me and to my family (my husband will do all of your yard work because he is also hard-working and honest, except for that breaking in part).<br />
<br />
If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my RIGHT to be there.<br />
<br />
It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself. I'm a hard-working and honest, person, except for well, you know, I did break into your house. And what a deal it is for me!!!<br />
<br />
I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of cold, uncaring, selfish, prejudiced, and bigoted behavior.<br />
<br />
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                <title>Poor Father Flaherty.......</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:25:00 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
<br />
Need some dancing lessons?<br />
<a href="http://s167.photobucket.com/albums/u132/lovelifeandlaughter/?action=view&current=dance11.flv">[link]</a><br />
<br />
Today is Sh!t Weather in Missouri Day.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/shakefist.gif" width="24" height="18" alt=":shakefist:" title="CURSE YOU!" /><br />
DA Terms of Service Misinterpretation:  <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/26428/">[link]</a>  <br />
Apoholics Anonymous #7:  <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/26418/">[link]</a><br />
<br />
<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
<br />
<b>THE IRISH CANDLE STORY</b><br />
<br />
Mrs. Donovan was walking down O'Connell Street in Dublin when she met up with Father Flaherty. The Father said, <br />
<br />
"Top o' the mornin' to ye! Aren't ye Mrs. Donovan and didn't I marry ye and yer husband two years ago?"<br />
<br />
She replied, "Aye, that ye did, Father."<br />
<br />
The Father asked, "And be there any wee little ones yet?"<br />
<br />
She replied, "No, not yet, Father."<br />
<br />
The Father said, "Well now, I'm going to Rome next week and I'll  light a candle for ye and yer husband."<br />
<br />
She replied, "Oh, thank ye, Father." They then parted ways.<br />
<br />
Some years later they met again. The Father asked, "Well now, Mrs. Donovan, how are ye these days?" <br />
<br />
She replied, "Oh, very well, Father!"<br />
<br />
The Father asked, "And tell me, have ye any wee ones yet?"<br />
<br />
She replied, "Oh yes, Father! Three sets of twins and 4 singles, 10 in all." <br />
<br />
The Father said, "That's wonderful! How is yer loving husband doing?"<br />
<br />
She replied, "E's gone to Rome to blow out yer fookin' candle!"<br />
<br />
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
<b>More Classifieds</b><br />
<br />
FREE YORKSHIRE TERRIER.<br />
8 years old. Hateful little dog. Bites.<br />
<br />
FREE PUPPIES:<br />
1/2 Cocker Spaniel, 1/2 sneaky neighbor's dog.<br />
<br />
FREE PUPPIES...<br />
Mother, AKC German Shepherd.<br />
Father, Super Dog... able to leap tall fences in a single bound.<br />
<br />
COWS, CALVES: NEVER BRED.<br />
Also 1 gay bull for sale.<br />
<br />
NORDIC TRACK $300 <br />
Hardly used, call Chubby.<br />
<br />
GEORGIA PEACHES <br />
California grown - 89 cents lb.<br />
<br />
JOINING NUDIST COLONY!<br />
Must sell washer and dryer $300.<br />
<br />
WEDDING DRESS FOR SALE.<br />
WORN ONCE BY MISTAKE.<br />
Call Stephanie.<br />
<br />
FOR SALE BY OWNER:<br />
Complete set of Encyclopedia Britannica, 45 volumes.<br />
Excellent condition. $1,000 or best offer.<br />
No longer needed, got married last month.<br />
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                <title>Brand New Meds For Us Ladies</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:28:40 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
Just in case you need a little cheering up.  Turn those speakers on!  <a href="http://www.jibjab.com/jokebox/jokebox/jibjab/id/442367/jokeid/15195">[link]</a><br />
Today is Public Sleeping Day.  I shit you not!  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/f/faint.gif" width="18" height="17" alt=":faint:" title="I think I've fainted." />  <br />
Spring Madness CSS Contest.  <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/26335/">[link]</a>  Go ahead, give it a try.<br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
From the 'net:   <br />
<br />
D A M N I T O L<br />
Take 2 and the rest of the world can go to hell for up to 8 full hours.<br />
<br />
E M P T Y N E S T R O G E N<br />
Suppository that eliminates melancholy and loneliness by reminding you of how awful they were as teenagers and how you couldn't wait till they moved out.<br />
<br />
ST. M O M M A'S W O R T<br />
Plant extract that treats mom's depression by rendering pre-schoolers unconscious for up to two days.<br />
<br />
P E P T O B I M B O<br />
Liquid silicone drink for single women. Two full cups swallowed before an evening out increases breast size, decreases intelligence, and prevents conception.<br />
<br />
D U M B E R O L<br />
When taken with Peptobimbo, can cause dangerously low IQ, resulting in enjoyment of country music and pickup trucks.<br />
<br />
F L I P I T O R<br />
Increases life expectancy of commuters by controlling road rage and the urge to flip off other drivers.<br />
<br />
M E N I C I L L I N<br />
Potent anti-boy-otic for older women. Increases resistance to such lethal lines as, "You make me want to be a better person. "<br />
<br />
B U Y A G R A<br />
Injectable stimulant taken prior to shopping. Increases potency, duration, and credit limit of spending spree.<br />
<br />
J A C K A S S P I R I N<br />
Relieves headache caused by a man who can't remember your birthday, anniversary, phone number, or to lift the toilet seat.<br />
<br />
A N T I-T A L K S I D E N T<br />
A spray carried in a purse or wallet to be used on anyone too eager to share their life stories with total strangers in elevators.<br />
<br />
N A G A M E N T<br />
When administered to a boyfriend or husband, provides the same irritation level as nagging him.<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/43823213/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs12/150/f/2006/332/d/d/Tsunami_Bird_by_FroggFire.jpg" width="150" height="107" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49773177/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs13/150/i/2007/058/a/7/Sparks_Fly_by_Marsille.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49753945/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/058/4/8/Stand_Up_by_artistsforshelters.jpg" width="150" height="97" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49707054/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs15/150/i/2007/057/7/4/Spring_Confetti__by_beigebuddha.jpg" width="150" height="105" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49756434/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/058/5/f/The_Torqued_Sequence_by_littledeviltoo.jpg" width="150" height="104" /></a></span></span>  <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49736403/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/057/e/6/Crash_by_o_LJ_o.png" width="150" height="85" /></a></span></span></div><br />
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                <title>Waxing Is Not Your Friend, Ladies</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:16:50 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
<br />
Today is International Polar Bear Day.  Ok.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/o/omg.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":omg:" title="OMG" /><br />
Spring Madness CSS Contest.  <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/26335/">[link]</a>  Go ahead, give it a try. <br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
From the 'net:   <br />
<br />
All hair removal methods have tricked women with their promises of easy, painless removal - The epilary, scissors, razors, Nair and now...the wax.<br />
-<br />
My night began as any other normal weeknight. Come home, fix dinner, play with the kids. I then had the thought that would ring painfully in my mind for the next few hours: "Maybe I should pull the waxing kit out of the medicine cabinet." So I headed to the site of my demise: the bathroom.<br />
-<br />
It was one of those "cold wax" kits. No melting a clump of hot wax, you just rub the strips together in your hand, they get warm and you peel them apart and press them to your leg (or wherever else) and you pull the hair right off. No muss, no fuss. How hard can it be? I mean, I'm not a genius, but I am mechanically inclined enough to figure this out. (YA THINK!?!)<br />
-<br />
So I pull one of the thin strips out. Its two strips facing each other stuck together. Instead of rubbing them together, my genius kicks in so I get out the hair dryer and heat it to 1000 degrees. ("Cold wax, "yeah...right!) I lay the strip across my thigh. Hold the skin around it tight and pull. It works! OK, so it wasn't the best feeling, but it wasn't too bad. I can do this! Hair removal no longer eludes me! I am She-rah, fighter of all wayward body hair and maker of smooth skin extraordinaire.<br />
-<br />
With my next wax strip I move north. After checking on the kids, I sneak back into the bathroom, for the ultimate hair fighting championship. I drop my panties and place one foot on the toilet. Using the same procedure, I apply the one strip across the right side of my bikini line, covering the right half of my *hoo-hoo* and stretching down to the inside of my butt cheek (Yes, it was a long strip) I inhale deeply and brace myself....RRRRIIIPPP!!!!<br />
-<br />
I'm blind!!! Blinded from pain!!!!....OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!! Vision returning, I notice that I've only managed to pull off half the strip. CRAP!!! Another deep breath and RRRRIIIIPP!! Everything is swirly and spotted. I think I may pass out...must stay conscious...Do I hear crashing drums??? Breathe, breathe...OK, back to normal.<br />
-<br />
I want to see my trophy - a wax covered strip, the one that has caused me so much pain, with my hairy pelt sticking to it. I want to revel in the glory that is my triumph over body hair. I hold up the strip! There's no hair on it. Where is the hair??? WHERE IS THE WAX???<br />
-<br />
Slowly I ease my head down, foot still perched on the toilet. I see the hair. The hair that should be on the strip. I touch. I am touching wax. CRAP! I run my fingers over the most sensitive part of my body, which is now covered in cold wax and matted hair.<br />
-<br />
Then I make the next BIG mistake...remember my foot is still propped up on the toilet? I know I need to do something. So I put my foot down. DAMN!!!!!!!! I hear the slamming of a cell door. *hoo-hoo*? Sealed shut! Butt?? Sealed shut!<br />
-<br />
I penguin walk around the bathroom trying to figure out what to do and think to myself "Please don't let me get the urge to poop.  My head may pop off!" What can I do to melt the wax? Hot water!! Hot water melts wax!!!<br />
-<br />
I'll run the hottest water I can stand into the bathtub, get in, immerse the wax-covered bits and the wax should melt and I can gently wipe it off, right??? WRONG!!!!!!!<br />
-<br />
I get in the tub - the water is slightly hotter than that used to torture prisoners of war or sterilize surgical equipment - I sit.<br />
-<br />
Now, the only thing worse than having your nether regions glued together is having them glued together and then glued to the bottom of the tub...in scalding hot water. Which, by the way, doesn't melt cold wax. <br />
-<br />
So, now I'm stuck to the bottom of the tub as though I had cement-epoxied myself to the porcelain!!<br />
-<br />
God bless the man who had convinced me a few months ago to have a phone put in the bathroom!!!!!<br />
-<br />
I call my friend, thinking surely she has waxed before and has some secret of how to get me undone. It's a very good conversation starter - "So, my butt and who-ha are glued together to the bottom of the tub!"<br />
-<br />
There is a slight pause. She doesn't know any secret tricks for removal but she does try to hide her laughter from me. She wants to know exactly where the wax is located, "Are we talking cheeks or who-ha?"<br />
-<br />
She's laughing out loud by now...I can hear her. I give her the rundown and she suggests I call the number on the side of the box. YEAH!!!!! Right!!... ]]></description>
                <author>~Fractoid</author>
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                <title>Poor Jonas........</title>
                <link>http://Fractoid.deviantart.com/journal/11971678/</link>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:31:39 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="heading">Newsworthy</div><br />
The Oscars:  who cares.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/blahblah.gif" width="37" height="15" alt=":blahblah:" title="You talk too much!" />  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bored.gif" width="19" height="15" alt=":bored:" title="Bored" /><br />
  <br />
It's a total geek meltdown:  <a href="http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=949&aid=">[link]</a><br />
<br />
Did you know that today is "National Pistachio Day"?  It is.  Honest.  I wouldn't kid you about such serious stuff.  <br />
<br />
Can your dog do this?  <a href="http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=1639">[link]</a><br />
<br />
Goin' for a 'burger!!  <a href="http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=422">[link]</a> <br />
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<div class="heading">Chuckles</div><br />
Don't laugh!" said the patient, Jona. <br />
<br />
"Of course I won't laugh," the doctor said. "I'm a professional. In over twenty years I've never laughed at a patient." <br />
<br />
"Okay then," Jonas said, and proceeded to drop his trousers, revealing the tiniest 'hoo-ha' the doctor had ever seen. It could not <br />
have been bigger than the size of an AAA battery. <br />
<br />
Unable to control himself, the doctor started giggling, and then fell laughing to the floor. <br />
<br />
Ten minutes later, he was able to struggle to his feet and regain his <br />
composure. "I'm so sorry," said the doctor. "I really am. I don't know what came over me. On my honor as a doctor and a gentleman, I promise it will not happen again. Now what seems to be the problem?" <br />
<br />
"It's swollen," Jonas replied...<br /><br /><div class="title">Eye Candy</div><br />
<div class="features"><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49402843/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/053/7/9/Going_Down_by_Beesknees67.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49295220/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/054/e/9/Iron_Rose_by_DragonWinter.jpg" width="150" height="120" /></a></span></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49664471/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs14/150/i/2007/056/5/d/Pinwheels_by_Jewelfly.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a></span></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49616013/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/056/a/e/Solarium_by_NinthTaboo.png" width="120" height="150" /></a></span></span></div><br />
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<div class="bg">Credits: Template courtesty of *<a class="u" href="http://kuschelirmel-stock.deviantart.com/">kuschelirmel-stock</a></div> ]]></description>
                <author>~Fractoid</author>
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                <title>2.25.07 stuff</title>
                <link>http://Fractoid.deviantart.com/journal/11959751/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:46:33 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="main">Newsworthy</div><br />
<div class="main-mid"><br />
<br />
DA NEWS<br />
<br />
<a href="http://skellorg.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/s/k/skellorg.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt="" title="skellorg" /></a> has some good ideas on how to protect your artwork from scumbags like Pyzam.com <a href="http://www.pyzam.com/">[link]</a> in her latest journal.  Frankly, I agree with her 100% that DA should get more involved in this.    <br />
</div><br />
<div class="main-btm"></div><br /><br /><div class="main">Chuckles</div><br />
<div class="main-mid"><br />
<br />
<b>You Know You're a Teacher If........</b><br />
<br />
You believe the staff room should be equipped with a Valium salt lick.<br />
<br />
You find humor in other people's stupidity.<br />
<br />
You want to slap the next person who says "Must be nice to work 8 to 3:20 and have summers free."<br />
<br />
You believe chocolate is a food group.<br />
<br />
You can tell if it's a full moon without ever looking outside.<br />
<br />
You believe "Shallow gene pool" should have its own box on the report card.<br />
<br />
You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says "Boy, the kids sure are mellow today.<br />
<br />
When out in public you feel the urge to snap your fingers at children you do not know and correct their behavior.<br />
<br />
You have no life between August and June.<br />
<br />
When you mention "Vegetables" you're not talking about a food group.<br />
<br />
You think people should be required to get a government permit before being allowed to reproduce.<br />
<br />
You wonder how some parents ever MANAGED to reproduce.<br />
<br />
You believe in aerial spraying of Prozak.<br />
<br />
You believe no one should be permitted to reproduce without having taught in an elementary setting for at last 10 years.<br />
<br />
You've ever had your profession slammed by someone who would "Never DREAM" of doing your job.<br />
<br />
You think caffeine should be available in intravenous form.<br />
<br />
You know you are in for a major project when a parent says "I have a great idea I'd like to discuss. I think it would be such fun."<br />
<br />
You want to choke a person when he or she says "Oh, you must have such FUN everyday. This must be like playtime for you."<br />
<br />
Meeting a child's parent instantly answers the question "Why is this kid like this?"<br />
<br />
</div><br />
<div class="main-btm"></div><br />
<br />
<div class="main">Eye Candy</div><br />
<div class="main-mid"><br />
<br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49553375/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs15/150/f/2007/055/a/2/The_Broke_Down_Polka_by_2BORN02B.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49486163/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs15/150/i/2007/054/1/b/Cross_Eyed_Critter_by_Actionjack52.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49568654/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/055/8/5/A_Touch_of_Violet_by_FractalEyes.jpg" width="114" height="150" /></a></span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49541384/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs15/150/i/2007/055/4/b/Sun_Bandit_by_Jewelfly.jpg" width="150" height="117" /></a></span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49597995/"><img src="http://tn1-2.deviantart.com/fs13/150/f/2007/056/6/b/Flower_Of_Mood_by_Wick5ter.jpg" width="133" height="150" /></a></span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49609941/"><img src="http://tn1-3.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/056/b/c/The_Hall_by_aerphis.jpg" width="150" height="113" /></a></span></span><br />
<br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49546304/"><img src="http://tn1-4.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/055/9/3/Cubist_Carpet_Ride_by_skellorg.jpg" width="150" height="116" /></a></span></span><br />
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<div class="main-btm"></div><br /><br /><div class="main">Credits</div><br />
<br />
<div class="main-mid"><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="madeby">Journal Layout and CSS<br />
Made by Lenora =<a class="u" href="http://littledeviltoo.deviantart.com/">littledeviltoo</a>  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/hug.gif" width="38" height="15" alt=":hug:" title="Hug" /><br />
Brush by 1lovesdevine *<a class="u" href="http://1lovesdevine.deviantart.com/">1lovesdevine</a><br />
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                <author>~Fractoid</author>
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                <title>2.24.07</title>
                <link>http://Fractoid.deviantart.com/journal/11948115/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:28:08 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="main">Newsworthy</div><br />
<div class="main-mid"><br />
<br />
DA NEWS<br />
<br />
DragonWinter has had some of her beautiful flames ripped off by this piece of crap, Pyzam.com <a href="http://www.pyzam.com/.">[link]</a>  You can read all of the particulars here:  <a href="http://dragonwinter.deviantart.com/journal/11936243/#journal">[link]</a><br />
Some of you may very well find your artwork being used by the above-mentioned asshats.  If you do, I hope that you not only bombard their pathetic website with emails protesting the theft, but also contact their web host.  That information is as follows:<br />
<br />
Domain Name: PYZAM.COM<br />
   Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC.<br />
   Whois Server: <a href="http://whois.godaddy.com">[link]</a><br />
   Referral URL: <a href="http://registrar.godaddy.com">[link]</a><br />
   Name Server: <a href="http://NS1.EV1SERVERS.NET">[link]</a><br />
   Name Server: <a href="http://NS2.EV1SERVERS.NET">[link]</a><br />
   Status: clientDeleteProhibited<br />
   Status: clientRenewProhibited<br />
   Status: clientTransferProhibited<br />
   Status: clientUpdateProhibited<br />
   Updated Date: 17-dec-2006<br />
   Creation Date: 16-apr-2006<br />
   Expiration Date: 16-apr-2008<br />
<br />
Registrant:<br />
Domains by Proxy, Inc.<br />
DomainsByProxy.com<br />
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353<br />
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260<br />
United States<br />
<br />
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. <br />
Domain Name: PYZAM.COM<br />
Created on: 16-Apr-06<br />
Expires on: 17-Apr-08<br />
Last Updated on: <br />
<br />
Administrative Contact:<br />
Private, Registration PYZAM.COM@domainsbyproxy.com<br />
Domains by Proxy, Inc.<br />
DomainsByProxy.com<br />
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353<br />
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260<br />
United States<br />
(480) 624-2599<br />
<br />
Technical Contact:<br />
Private, Registration PYZAM.COM@domainsbyproxy.com<br />
Domains by Proxy, Inc.<br />
DomainsByProxy.com<br />
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353<br />
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260<br />
United States<br />
(480) 624-2599<br />
<br />
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<div class="main-btm"></div><br /><br /><div class="main">Chuckles</div><br />
<div class="main-mid"><br />
<br />
<b>The new Men's Thesaurus - on sale now at your local book stores!:</b><br />
<br />
"I'M GOING FISHING"<br />
Means: "I'm going to drink myself dangerously stupid and stand by a stream with a stick in my hand while the fish swim by in complete safety."<br />
<br />
IT'S A GUY THING"<br />
Means: "There is no rational thought pattern connected with it and you have no chance at all of making it logical".<br />
<br />
"CAN I HELP WITH DINNER?"<br />
Means: "Why isn't it already on the table?"<br />
<br />
"UH HUH," "SURE, HONEY," OR "YES, DEAR..."<br />
Means: Absolutely nothing. It's a conditioned response.<br />
<br />
"IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN"<br />
Means: "I have no idea how it works."<br />
<br />
"I WAS LISTENING TO YOU. IT'S JUST THAT I HAVE THINGS ON MY MIND."<br />
Means: "I was wondering if that redhead over there is wearing a bra."<br />
<br />
"TAKE A BREAK HONEY, YOU'RE WORKING TOO HARD".<br />
Means: "I can't hear the game over the vacuum cleaner."<br />
<br />
"THAT'S INTERESTING, DEAR."<br />
Means: "Are you still talking?"<br />
<br />
"YOU KNOW HOW BAD MY MEMORY IS."<br />
Means: "I remember the theme song to 'F Troop', the address of the first girl I ever kissed, and the vehicle identification numbers of every car I've ever owned, but I forgot your birthday."<br />
<br />
"I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT YOU, AND GOT YOU THESE ROSES".<br />
Means: "The girl selling them on the corner was a real babe."<br />
<br />
"OH, DON'T FUSS, I JUST CUT MYSELF, IT'S NO BIG DEAL."<br />
Means: "I have actually severed a limb, but will bleed to death before I admit that I'm hurt."<br />
<br />
"HEY, I'VE GOT MY REASONS FOR WHAT I'M DOING".<br />
Means: "And I sure hope I think of some pretty soon."<br />
<br />
"I CAN'T FIND IT."<br />
Means: "It didn't fall into my outstretched hands, so I'm completely clueless."<br />
<br />
"WHAT DID I DO THIS TIME?"<br />
Means: "What did you catch me at?"<br />
<br />
"I HEARD YOU."<br />
"I haven't the foggiest clue what you just said, and am hoping desperately that I can fake it well enough so that you don't spend the next 3 days yelling at me."<br />
<br />
"YOU KNOW I COULD NEVER LOVE ANYONE ELSE."<br />
Means: "I am used to the way you yell at me, and realize it could be worse."<br />
<br />
"YOU LOOK TERRIFIC."<br />
Means: "Please don't try on one more outfit. I'm starving."<br />
<br />
"I'M NOT LOST. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE."<br />
Means: "No one will ever see us alive again."<br />
<br />
"WE SHARE THE HOUSEWORK."<br />
Means: "I make the messes, she cleans them up."<br />
<br />
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<div class="main-btm"></div><br />
<br />
<div class="main">Eye Candy</div><br />
<div class="main-mid"><br />
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                <author>~Fractoid</author>
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                <title>DAily Gazette</title>
                <link>http://Fractoid.deviantart.com/journal/11933116/</link>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:27:00 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="main">Newsworthy</div><br />
<div class="main-mid"><br />
NUTBURGER NEWS: <br />
<br />
When pigs fly is when I'll believe this b.s.  <a href="http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=24717">[link]</a><br />
Senior citizens are NOT to be messed with  <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/02/22/D8NF5DGG1.html">[link]</a><br />
NYC hates freedom of expression  <a href="http://www.wnbc.com/news/11086267/detail.html">[link]</a><br />
<br />
DA NEWS<br />
<br />
For those of you who struggle with CSS for your journal, here's a cheat sheet:  <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/26183/">[link]</a> <br />
<br />
</div><br />
<div class="main-btm"></div><br /><br /><div class="main">Chuckles</div><br />
<div class="main-mid"><br />
<b>Kids View of Marriage and Relationships</b> <br />
 <br />
<b>HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY?</b><br />
<br />
"You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming." <br />
Alan, age 10<br />
<br />
"No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with." <br />
Kirsten, age 10<br />
<br />
<b>WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?</b><br />
<br />
"Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then." <br />
Camille, age 10<br />
<br />
"No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married." <br />
Freddie, age 6<br />
<br />
<b>HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?</b><br />
<br />
"Married people usually look happy to talk to other people." <br />
Eddie, age 6<br />
<br />
"You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids." <br />
Derrick, age 8<br />
<br />
<b>WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?</b><br />
<br />
"Both don't want any more kids." <br />
Lori, age 8<br />
<br />
<b>WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?</b><br />
<br />
"Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough. <br />
Lynnette, age 8.<br />
<br />
"On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets <br />
them interested enough to go for a second date." <br />
Martin, age 10<br />
<br />
<b>WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?</b><br />
<br />
"I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns." <br />
Craig, age 9<br />
<br />
<b>WHEN IS IT OK TO KISS SOMEONE?</b><br />
<br />
"When they're rich." <br />
Pam, age 7<br />
<br />
"The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that." <br />
Curt, age 7<br />
<br />
"The rule goes like this: if you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do." <br />
Howard, age 8<br />
<br />
<b>IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?</b><br />
<br />
"It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them." <br />
Anita, age 9<br />
<br />
"Single is better, for the simple reason that I wouldn't want to change no diapers. Of course, if I did get married, I'd just phone my mother and have her come over for some coffee and diaper-changing." <br />
Kirsten, age 10<br />
<br />
<b>HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?</b><br />
<br />
"There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?" <br />
Kelvin, age 8<br />
<br />
"You can be sure of one thing - the boys would come chasing after us just the same as they do now." <br />
Roberta, age 7<br />
<br />
<b>HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?</b><br />
<br />
"Tell your wife that she looks pretty even if she looks like a truck." <br />
Ricky, age 10<br />
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<div class="main-btm"></div><br />
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<div class="main">Eye Candy</div><br />
<div class="main-mid"><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49446848/"><img src="http://tn1-5.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/054/e/f/Lost_Experience_by_littledeviltoo.jpg" width="139" height="150" /></a></span></span><br />
 <a href="http://littledeviltoo.deviantart.com/">littledeviltoo</a><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49438037/"><img src="http://ic3.deviantart.com/fs13/i/2007/054/8/4/Change_of_Heart_ANIMATED_xD_by_r4v1.gif" width="100" height="100" /></a></span></span><br />
 <a href="http://r4v1.deviantart.com/">r4v1</a><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49432766/"><img src="http://tn1-1.deviantart.com/fs14/150/f/2007/054/3/4/BEHIND_THE_SCENE_by_1arcticfox.jpg" width="150" height="110" /></a></span></span><br />
<a href="http://1arcticfox.deviantart.com/">1arcticfox</a><br />
<span class="shadow-holder"><span class=... ]]></description>
                <author>~Fractoid</author>
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                <title>DAily Gazette</title>
                <link>http://Fractoid.deviantart.com/journal/11919109/</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:20:46 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="main">Newsworthy</div><br />
<div class="main-mid"><br />
<br />
Claire Jones ~<a class="u" href="http://clairejones.deviantart.com/">ClaireJones</a> has revised her fantastic "Julia Uncovered" tutorial.  Go and grab it!  <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49167519/">[link]</a>  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/boogie.gif" width="25" height="25" alt=":boogie:" title="Boogie!" />  But, if you would rather not download the tutorial which is 5MB, you can get her Starter Flame IV pack here:  <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/49169022/">[link]</a> Either way, you're going to have hours of Apo fun.  Thanks, Claire!!  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" /><br />
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<div class="main-btm"></div><br /><br /><div class="main">Chuckles</div><br />
<div class="main-mid"><br />
<br />
<b>Why it's better to be a woman!</b><br />
<br />
1. We got off the Titanic first.<br />
2. We get to flirt with systems support men who always return our calls, and are nice to us when we blow up our computers.<br />
3. Our boyfriend's clothes make us look elfin & gorgeous. Guys look like complete idiots in ours.<br />
4. We can be groupies. Male groupies are stalkers.<br />
5. We can cry and get out of speeding tickets.<br />
6. We've never lusted after a cartoon character or the central female figure in a computer game.<br />
7. Taxis' stop for us.<br />
8. Men die earlier, so we get to cash in on the life insurance.<br />
9. We don't look like a frog in a blender when dancing.<br />
10. Free drinks, free dinners, free movies ... (you get the point).<br />
11. We can hug our friends without wondering if she thinks we're gay.<br />
12. We can hug our friends without wondering if WE'RE gay.<br />
13. New lipstick gives us a whole new lease on life.<br />
14. It's possible to live our whole lives without ever taking a group shower.<br />
15. We don't have to fart to amuse ourselves.<br />
16. If we forget to shave, no one has to know.<br />
17. We can congratulate our team-mate without ever touching her butt.<br />
18. If we have a zit, we know how to conceal it.<br />
19. We never have to reach down every so often to make sure our privates are still there.<br />
20. If we're dumb, some people will find it cute.<br />
21. We don't have to memorize Caddyshack or Fletch to fit in.<br />
22. We have the ability to dress ourselves.<br />
23. We can talk to people of the opposite sex without having to picture them naked.<br />
24. If we marry someone 20 years younger, we're aware that we look like an idiot.<br />
25. Our friends won't think we're weird if we ask whether there's spinach in our teeth.<br />
26. There are times when chocolate really can solve all your problems.<br />
27. We'll never regret piercing our ears.<br />
28. We can fully assess a person just by looking at their shoes.<br />
29. We know which glass was ours by the lipstick mark.<br />
30. We have enough sense to realize that the easiest way to get out of being lost is to ask for directions.<br />
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                <title>Ta daaaaaa......</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:42:12 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="main">Newsworthy</div><br />
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It was time for a new look around here so thanks to the very talented <a href="http://littledeviltoo.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/l/i/littledeviltoo.gif" width="50" height="50" alt="" title="littledeviltoo" /></a>, I think my journal looks pretty darned spiffy!!  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt="=D" title="=D (Big Grin)" /><br />
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<div class="main-btm"></div><br /><br /><div class="main">Chuckles</div><br />
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<b>George Carlin's Reflections on Life:</b><br />
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1. Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.<br />
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2. I'm not into working out. My philosophy is no pain, no pain.<br />
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3. I'm in shape. Round is a shape.<br />
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4. I'm desperately trying to figure out why Kamikaze pilots wore helmets.<br />
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5. Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?<br />
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6. I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.<br />
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7. Ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you, but when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window.<br />
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8. Ever notice that anyone going slower than you on the highway is an idiot, but going faster is a maniac?<br />
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9. You have to stay in shape. My mother started walking 5 miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 now and we have no idea where she is!<br />
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10. I have six locks on my door, all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three of them.<br />
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11. One out of every three Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of two of your best friends. If they are OK, then it must be you.<br />
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12. They show you how detergents take out bloodstains. I think if you've got a T-shirt with bloodstains all over it, maybe your laundry isn't your biggest problem.<br />
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13. Ask people why they have deer heads on their walls and they tell you it's because they're such beautiful animals. I think my wife is beautiful, but I only have photographs of her on the wall.<br />
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14. A lady came up to me on the street, pointed at my suede jacket and said, "Don't you know a cow was murdered for that jacket?" I said, "I didn't know there were any witnesses. Now I'll have to kill you too!"<br />
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15. Future historians will be able to study at the Jimmy Carter Library, the Gerald Ford Library, the Ronald Reagan Library, and the Bill Clinton Adult Bookstore.<br />
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                <title>This Poor Guy.........</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:16:04 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Driving to the office this morning on the Interstate, I looked over to my left and there was a woman in a brand new Mustang doing 65 miles per hour with her face up next to her rear view mirror putting on her eyeliner!<br />
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I looked away for a couple seconds and when I looked back she was halfway over in my lane, still working on that makeup!!! It scared me (I'm a man) so bad, I dropped my electric shaver, which knocked the donut out of my other hand.<br />
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In all the confusion of trying to straighten out the car using my knees against the steering wheel, it knocked my cell phone away from my ear which fell into the coffee between my legs, splashed and burned Big Jim and the Twins, ruined the damn phone and DISCONNECTED AN IMPORTANT CALL!<br />
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WOMEN DRIVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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************************************************<br /><br /><b>The Mom Dictionary</b><br />
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AIRPLANE: What Mom impersonates to get a 1 year-old to eat strained beets.<br />
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ALIEN: What Mom would suspect had invaded her house if she spotted a child-sized creature cleaning up after itself.<br />
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APPLE: Nutritious lunchtime dessert which children will trade for cupcakes.<br />
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BABY:<br />
1. Dad, when he gets a cold.<br />
2. Mom's youngest child, even if he's 42.<br />
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BATHROOM: A room used by the entire family, believed by all except Mom to be self-cleaning.<br />
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BECAUSE: Mom's reason for having kids do things which can't be explained logically.<br />
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BED & BREAKFAST: Two things the kids will never make for themselves.<br />
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CARPET: Expensive floor covering used to catch spills and clean mud off shoes.<br />
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CARPOOL: Complicated system of transportation where Mom always winds up going the furthest with the biggest bunch of kids who have had the most sugar.<br />
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COOK:<br />
1. Act of preparing food for consumption.<br />
2. Mom's other name.<br />
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COUCH POTATO: What Mom finds on the sofa during football games.<br />
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DATE: Infrequent outings with Dad where Mom can enjoy worrying about the kids in a different setting.<br />
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DRINKING GLASS: Any carton or bottle left open in the fridge.<br />
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DUST: Insidious interloping particles of evil that turn a home into a battle zone.<br />
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DUST RAGS: See "DAD'S UNDERWEAR."<br />
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EAR: A place where kids store dirt.<br />
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EAT: What kids do between meals, but not at them.<br />
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EMPTY NEST: See "WISHFUL THINKING."<br />
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ENERGY: Element of vitality kids always have an oversupply of until asked to do something.<br />
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"EXCUSE ME": One of Mom's favorite phrases, reportedly used in past times by children.<br />
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EYE: The highly susceptible optic nerve which, according to Mom, can be "put out" by anything from a suction-arrow to a carelessly handled butter knife.<br />
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FABLE: A story told by a teenager arriving home after curfew.<br />
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FOOD: The response Mom usually gives in answer to the question "What's for dinner tonight?" See "SARCASM"<br />
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FROZEN: 1. A type of food. 2. How Hell will be when Mom lets her daughter date an older guy with a motorcycle.<br />
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GARBAGE: A collection of refuse items, the taking out of which Mom assigns to a different family member each week, then winds up doing herself.<br />
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GENIUSES: Amazingly, all of Mom's kids.<br />
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GUM: Adhesive for the hair.<br />
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HAMPER: A wicker container with a lid, usually surrounded by, but not containing, dirty clothing.<br />
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HANDI-WIPES: Pants, shirt-sleeves, drapes, etc.<br />
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HANDS: Body appendages which must be scrubbed raw with volcanic soap and sterilized in boiling water immediately prior to consumption of the evening meal.<br />
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HINDSIGHT: What Mom experiences from changing too many diapers.<br />
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HOMEMADE BREAD: An object of fiction like the Fountain of Youth and the Golden Fleece.<br />
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ICE: Cubes of frozen water which would be found in small plastic tray if kids or husbands ever filled the darn things instead of putting them back in the freezer empty.<br />
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INSIDE: That place that will suddenly look attractive to kids once Mom has spent a minimum of half an hour getting them ready to go outside.<br />
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"I SAID SO": Reason enough, according to Mom.<br />
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JACKPOT: When all the kids stay at friends' homes for the night.<br />
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JEANS: Which, according to kids, are appropriate for just about any occasion, including church and funerals.<br />
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"JEEEEEEEEZ!": Slang for "Gee Mom, isn't there anything else you can do to embarrass me in front of my friends?"<br />
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JOY RIDE: Going somewhere without the kids.<br />
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JUNK: Things belonging to Dad.<br />
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KETCHUP: The sea of tomato-based goop kids use to drown the dish that Mom spent hours cooking and years perfecting to get the seasoning just right.<br />
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KISS: Mom medicine.<br />
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                <title>I Hate Ironing!</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:54:48 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ It was that time during the Sunday morning service for "the children's <br />
sermon," and all the children were invited to come forward. <br />
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One little girl was wearing a particularly pretty dress and, as she sat down, the pastor leaned over and said to her, "That is a very pretty dress. Is it your Easter dress?" <br />
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The little girl replied, directly into the pastor's clip-on microphone, "Yes, and my Mom says it's a bitch to iron."<br />
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************************************************<br /><br /><b>A Few Famous Quotes</b><br />
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Ah yes, divorce...from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet. - Robin Williams<br />
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Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself. - Roseanne<br />
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Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place. - Billy Crystal<br />
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You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, "My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!" - Dave Barry  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/r/rofl.gif" width="29" height="27" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl" /><br />
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According to a new survey, women say they feel more comfortable undressing in front of men than they do undressing in front of other women. They say that women are too judgmental, where, of course, men are just grateful. - Jay Leno<br />
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In the last couple of weeks I have seen the ads for the Wonder Bra. Is that really a problem in this country? Men not paying enough attention to women's breasts? - Jay Leno<br />
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We have women in the military, but they don't put us in the front lines. They don't know if we can fight, if we can kill. I think we can. All the general has to do is walk over to the women and say, "You see the enemy over there? They say you look fat in those uniforms." - Elayne Boosler<br />
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Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home. - Phyllis Diller<br />
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There's a new medical crisis. Doctors are reporting that many men are having allergic reactions to latex condoms. They say they cause severe swelling. So, what's the problem? - Jay Leno<br />
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When the sun comes up, I have morals again. - Elayne Boosler<br />
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There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men don't think there's a lot they don't know. Women do. Women want to learn. Men think, "I know what I'm doing, just show me somebody naked." - Jerry Seinfeld<br />
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If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten. - George Carlin<br />
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Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house. - Lewis Grizzard<br />
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The problem with the designated driver program, it's not a desirable job.  But if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house. - Jeff Foxworthy<br />
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See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time. - Robin Williams<br />
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<b>America...........passing the blame.<br />
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We Yanks just love to pass the blame. What other country can boast of 3 lawyers for every citizen. We come up with the best reasons to blame others for our own problems. Here's a small list...</b><br />
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If a woman burns her thighs on the hot coffee she's holding in her lap while driving, she blames the restaurant.<br />
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If your teen-age son kills himself or the next door neighbors, you blame the rock 'n' roll music or musician he liked.<br />
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If you smoke three packs a day for 40 years and die of lung cancer, your family blames the tobacco company.<br />
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If your daughter gets pregnant by the football captain you blame the school for poor sex education.<br />
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If your neighbor crashes into a tree while driving home drunk, you blame the bartender.<br />
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If your cousin gets AIDS because the needle he used to shoot up with heroin was dirty, you blame the government for not providing clean ones.<br />
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If your grandchildren are brats without manners, you blame television.<br />
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If your friend is shot by a deranged madman, you blame the gun manufacturer.<br />
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And if a crazed person breaks into the cockpit and tries to kill the pilots at 35,000 feet, and the passengers kill him instead, the mother of the deceased blames the airline.<br />
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I guess I'll just never understand the world as it is anymore...<br />
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So if I die while my old, wrinkled ass is parked in front of this computer while posting this joke - I want you to blame Bill Gates, OK?  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/shakefist.gif" width="24" height="18" alt=":shakefist:" title="CURSE YOU!" /><br />
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                <title>Stupid publishers!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 14:57:34 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <b>Kid's Books That Never Made It To The Publisher</b><br />
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'You Were an Accident'<br />
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'Strangers Have the Best Candy'<br />
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'The Little Sissy Who Snitched'<br />
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'Some Kittens Can Fly!'<br />
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'Getting More Chocolate on Your Face'<br />
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'Where Would You Like to Be Buried?'<br />
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'Katy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her'<br />
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'The Attention Deficit Disorder Association's Book of Wild Animals of North Amer...Hey! Let's Go Ride Our Bikes!'<br />
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'All Dogs Go to Hell'<br />
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'The Kids' Guide to Hitchhiking'<br />
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'When Mommy and Daddy Don't Know the Answer They Say God Did It'<br />
<br />
'Garfield Gets Feline Leukemia'<br />
<br />
'What Is That Dog Doing to That Other Dog?'<br />
<br />
'Why Can't Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?'<br />
<br />
'Bi-Curious George'<br />
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'Daddy Drinks Because You Cry'<br />
<br />
'You Are Different and That's Bad'<br />
<br />
'Why God Burned Down Disney Land'<br />
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************************************************<br /><br /><b>George Carlin Speaks Out...<br />
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"I Am Your Worst Nightmare. I am a BAD American. I am George Carlin."</b><br />
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I like big cars, big hooters, and big paychecks. I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some midlevel governmental functionary with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts squirting out babies.<br />
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I believe that if you are selling me a Big Mac, you'd better do it in English.<br />
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I'm not in touch with my feelings and I like it that way.<br />
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I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child, it takes two parents.<br />
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I think owning a gun doesn't make you a killer.<br />
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I want to know which church is it exactly where the Reverend Jesse Jackson preaches. And where does he get his money. And why is he always part of the problem and not the solution.<br />
<br />
I believe if she has her lips on your willie, it is sex, and it is sex for both of you. This even applies when you are President of the United States. <br />
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I think that being a student doesn't give you any more enlightenment than working at Blockbuster. In fact, if your parents are footing the bill to put your pansy ass through 4-7 years of college, you haven't begun to be enlightened.<br />
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I believe everyone has a right to pray to his or her God or gods, just leave the rest of us out of it. This also applies to sexuality.<br />
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I believe it's called the Boy Scouts for a reason.<br />
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I don't think being a minority makes you noble or victimized.<br />
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I don't use the excuse "it's for the children" as a shield for unpopular opinions or actions.<br />
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I think fireworks should be legal on the 4th of July.<br />
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My heroes are John Wayne, the Simpsons, and whoever canceled Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.<br />
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I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.<br />
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I know wrestling is fake and I don't waste my time arguing about it.<br />
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I think global warming is a big lie. Where are all those experts now, when I am freezing my ass off through a long winter?<br />
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I've never owned a slave, or was a slave, I didn't wander forty years in the desert after getting chased out of Egypt, I haven't burned any witches or been persecuted by the Turks and neither have you, so shut up already.<br />
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I think the cops have every right to shoot your sorry ass if you're running from them. I also think they have the right to pull your ass over if you are breaking the law, regardless of what color you are.<br />
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I think if you are too stupid to know how a ballot works, I don't want you deciding who should be running the most powerful nation of the world for the next four years.<br />
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I think if you are in the passing lane, and not passing, your license should be revoked, and you should be forced to ride the bus until you promise to never delay the rest of us again.<br />
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I think beef jerky could quite possibly be the perfect food.<br />
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I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement.<br />
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I think Dr. Seuss was a genius.<br />
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I'm neither angry nor disenfranchised, no matter how desperately the mainstream media would like the world to believe otherwise.<br />
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If that makes me a BAD American, then yes, I'm a BAD American.<br />
<br />
If you too are a BAD American please forward this to everyone you know.<br />
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We need our country back!<br />
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<b>More Medical Chart Bloopers<br />
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Actual writings on hospital charts by Doctors:</b><br />
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1. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.<br />
2. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.<br />
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