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Just for Fun
Issue 7-8-2002
When tracing ancestors, please stay within the lines!
Funny Typographical Errors & Misstatements from Newspapers.
by Cindy Carman
- WARNING SIGN: "Warning Quicksand. Any person passing this point will be drowned by
order of the District Council."
- SIGN in a Field: "Farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but the bull charges."
- Headline: "Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charges."
- Headline: "Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant."
- Headline: "Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers."
- "Mr. and Mrs. Michael Randolph of Denver announce the birth of a small 7-year-old child, who didn't give his name." - Rifle, Colorado newspaper
- "England is suffering from a plague of aunts. In many houses these have visited rooms on the second floor." - Montpelier, Vermont newspaper
- "Coroner Ed Kraft said Williams had become demented and died of natural causes after an autopsy was performed." - Evansville, Indiana newspaper
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Vincent Van Gogh's Family Tree partially from the NY Times News Service
- His obnoxious brother -Please Gogh
- His Brother who ate prunes - Gotta Gogh
- His Brother who worked in the convenience store -Stopn Gogh
- His Grandfather the automaker from Yugoslavia -U. Gogh
- His Cousin from Illinois - Chica Gogh
- His Uncle, the magician - Wherediddy Gogh
- His Cousin from Mexico -Amie Gogh
- His Mexican Cousin's American half Brother -Grin Gogh
- His nephew who drove the stagecoach - Wellsfar Gogh
- His constipated Uncle -Cant Gogh
- His ballroom dancing Aunt - Tang Gogh
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Some people have said at my age, I should be thinking about the hereafter. I told them I
do that all the time. No matter where I am, in the kitchen the bedroom, the living room, or
the basement I ask myself, "Now what am I here after?"
"Hostile" radar gun! a TRUE story
In the spring of 2000, two Scottish police officers using a handheld radar gun were conducting
radar speed enforcement on a road from Edinburgh to London (the A-1). One of the officers
used the device to check the speed of an approaching vehicle and was surprised to find that his
target had registered a speed in excess of 300 mph. The radar gun then stopped working and
could not be reset.
The radar gun had actually clocked a NATO Tornado aircraft in the North Sea which was taking
part in a simulated low-flying exercise. Later the RAF liaison office said that the police officers
had had a lucky escape. The tactical computer on board the aircraft not only detected and jammed the "hostile" radar, but had automatically armed the air-to-ground missile ready to neutralize the perceived "threat."
Luckily the pilot was alerted to the missile status and was able to override the automatic
protection system before the missile launched. The police have declined to comment, although
rumors have it that they have been strongly advised to point their radar guns inland from now
on.
Copyright ©: 2011 Cindy Carman. All rights reserved.
No reproduction of this article may be used without the express written permission of the author.
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