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Just for Fun
Issue 27-11-2008
The sooner I fall behind, the more time I'll have to catch up.
True Strange Facts to Ponder
- The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
- More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
- The Spanish word esposa means "wife." The plural, esposas, means "wives," but also "handcuffs."
- The original name of Bank of America was Bank of Italy.
- Motorists traveling outside Salem, Oregon saw one of the "litter cleanup" signs crediting the American Nazi party. Marion County officials had no choice but to let that group into the adopt-a-road program. The cost of $500 per sign was picked up by Oregon taxpayers. The Ku Klux Klan is also involved in the adopt-a-road program in the state of Arkansas.
- The province of Alberta, Canada is completely free of rats.
- If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Insightful Bumper Stickers
- Keep on working, millions on welfare depend on you!
- IRS: We've got what it takes to take what you've got
- Excess is never too much in moderation.
- To err is human, to blame it on somebody else shows management potential.
- The generation of random numbers is too important to leave to chance.
- Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
Guinness World Record Contenders
- Florida - Guinness World Record holder for greatest number of hearing aids per square mile.
- Utah - Guinness World Record holder for the most diapers used per capita per week. Runner up was Florida.
- Minnesota - Guinness World Record holder for greatest number of blood sucking mosquitoes in one state.
- Texas - Guinness World Record holder for largest contributor to air pollution by cow emissions in the Continental US.
- Tennessee - Guinness World Record holder for greatest number of homes with outhouses still in use.
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Funny Newspaper Bloopers
- Grandmother of eight makes hole in one
- Patient At Death's Door - Doctors Pull Him Through
- 3-year-old teacher needed for pre-school. Experience preferred.
- Tired of cleaning yourself? Let me do it.
- Our experienced Mom will care for your child. Fenced yard, meals, and smacks included.
- Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
- Gunfire In Sarajevo Threatens Cease-fire
- Experts Increase Probability Of Big Quake in California
- We wish to thank our many friends and neighbours, for their kind assistance in the recent destruction of our home by fire.
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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