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Be sure to check it and the video out there too: .--,_ [' '\. \ `''| | ,] `._ ]. | \ _/ -'\ ,' ,' _/' \ ,..-''L_ |--'' '-;__ |\ / .,' \ `--.__,'_ '---- ,-' `\ \`-'\__ ,| ,--;/ / .| ,/ \__ '| / / ./ _-, _| S@yaN \__/ / ,/ " | _/ | ,/ \ / | /.-' \ _/ : | / . | | . . | | '. ; \ / ;\ ' | | \ _| : \_,/ "' : ' ' India's Incredible Sights! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/indiasights.html --- ...Wow! amazing! Thanks my Friends! ======================================================= >-->From SmileZilla: ,==. \\// .-~~-. ,",-""-.". | | | | | | .-"| |. ". `,",-" ,'.". `| |_,-' | | | | | | hjw ". `-._,-' ." `-.___,-' A chemistry teacher was giving a lesson about various acids. She held a gold ring over a glass of acid and asked, "Will the acid dissolve the ring?" "No way," said a student. The teacher asked why, and the student answered, "Because if it would, you'd be crazy to do it!" -<>- At the airline check in at London Heathrow, a man has three bags. He puts them down and says to the young lady, "I'd like you to send this one to Los Angeles, that one to Hong Kong and the last one to Durban." Her face shows signs of confusion before her training takes over and she says, "I'm afraid we can't do that, sir." "Why not?" demands the man, "You did the last time I flew with you." -<>- >Unpublished but Irrefutable Laws These laws are not scientifically proven, not theoretically reasonable and not professionally endorsed, but they are irrefutably true. O'brien's Variation Law: If you change queues, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now. Cannon's Karmic Law: If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tyre, the next morning you will have a flat tyre. Kovac's Conundrum: When you dial a wrong number,you never get an engaged one. Owen's Law: As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold. Howden's Law: You remember you have to mail a letter only when you're near the mailbox. Lorenz's Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch. Anthony's Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner. Bell's theorem: When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings. Ruby's principle of close encounters: The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with. Willoughby's Law: When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will. Zadra's Law of biomechanics: The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach. Breda's rule: At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last. ======================================================= +------------ BIZARRE HOLIDAYS ------------+ January 14 is Dress Up Your Pet Day January 15 is National Hat Day January 16 is Appreciate a Dragon Day and National Nothing Day January 17 is Ditch New Years Resolutions Day January 18 is Thesaurus Day and Winnie the Pooh Day -The Birthday of Winnie's author A.A. Milne January 19 is National Popcorn Day and National Tin Can Day January 20 is National Buttercrunch Day, National Cheese Lover Day and 20 Penguin Awareness Day ======================================================= >-->From GoodCleanFun: __ __ ,',.\/,.`. \(_,''._)/ ._(.||.)_, (,>(__)<.) '`-.==,-'` )(_ _____ _.' `-. _.-'' ,','| \.\ ,-' `-.`: . :\\_ /,::::, ,::::, ,>))._ ,' `'` //::::/ /::::/ / )'/. //::::/ /::::/ / ,',|`.\ /______________/ /,'||'|)) \ _ _ __ _ _ _ \,':(_ |('((__ \___(,.)SSt____\,|_)))_))`--` /,' // >The Saga of Management Writing Style Q: How many feet do mice have? Original reply: Mice have four feet. Mngmt. comment: Elaborate! Revision 1: Mice have five appendages, and four of them are feet. Comment: No discussion of fifth appendage! Revision 2: Mice have five appendages; four of them are feet and one is a tail. Comment: What? Feet with no legs? Revision 3: Mice have four legs, four feet and one tail per unit-mouse. Comment: Confusing -- is that a total of 9 appendages? Revision 4: Mice have four leg-foot assemblies and one tail assembly per body. Comment: Does not fully discuss the issue! Revision 5: Each mouse comes equipped with four legs and a tail. Each leg is equipped with a foot at the end opposite the body; the tail is not equipped with a foot. Comment: Descriptive? Yes. Forceful? NO! Revision 6: Allotment appendages for mice will be: Four leg-foot assemblies, one tail. Deviation from this policy is not permitted as it would constitute misapportionment of scarce appendage assets. Comment: Too authoritative; stifles creativity! Revision 7: Mice have four feet; each foot is attached to a small leg joined integrally with the overall mouse structural sub-system. Also attached to the mouse sub-system is a thin tail, non-functional and ornamental in nature. Comment: Too verbose/scientific. Answer the question! FINAL REVISION APPROVED BY MANAGEMENT: Mice have four feet. -<>- >Root Canal My father was in the dentist's chair having a root canal done. Every so often, the dentist would stick a large toothpick-like object into the tooth's canal to see how far he had drilled. Each time, this thing caused my father great pain, but whenever he complained, the dentist replied,"Oh, that doesn't hurt -- it's just a measuring device. This happened a couple more times. Again my father complained -- again he got the same response. Finally my father sat up in the chair, took all the stuff out of his month and looked straight at the dentist. "Excuse me for a moment," Dad said. "I have to go out to my truck, get my tape measure and whack you in the head with it. It shouldn't hurt, though. It's just a measuring device." -<>- >Flying in Alaska I was inspecting communications facilities in Alaska. Since I had little experience flying in small planes, I was nervous when we approached a landing strip in a snow-covered area. The pilot descended to just a couple hundred feet, then gunned both engines, climbed, and circled back. While my heart pounded, the passenger beside me seemed calm. "I wonder why he didn't land," I said. "He was checking to see if the landing strip was plowed," the man said. As we made a second approach, I glanced out the window. "It looks plowed to me," I commented. "No," my seatmate said. "It hasn't been cleared for some time." "How can you tell?" "Because," the man informed me, "I'm the guy who drives the plow." -<>- >Last Day of Skiing On the first day of vacation, the girl fell and broke her leg. As the doctor examined her, she moaned, "Why couldn't this have happened on my last day of skiing?" The doctor replied, "This IS your last day of skiing." -<>- >Air Conditioning A technician working at a small not-for-profit organization reports that they are having problems with the air conditioning in their small computer room. "It was routinely getting into the low 80's," he says. "We thought the air conditioning for the room should be plenty for the space, but we had added a number of additional systems." So the organization brings in a vendor to see what beefing up the cooling system will cost. The quote is in the neighborhood of $25,000 -- way too pricey for this outfit. "At non-profits, money is never in abundance and we knew we wouldn't be able to scrape up anywhere close to $25,000," says the technician. "However, our board required us to get three quotes for any expense close to that. So we brought in a competing vendor." The second air-conditioning guy walks into the computer room and looks around for a minute. Then he picks up a spare cardboard box off the floor and tapes it over the thermostat. "No charge," he says. It turns out that an air-conditioning vent was blowing directly onto the thermostat. So as soon as it would turn on, the thermostat would register the temperature change and shut the air conditioner off. The technician reported, "We did end up spending $100 or so to replace the cardboard box with something nicer ... and to buy dinner for the second vendor." ========================================================= >-->JOKES And LINKS For Dress Up Your Pet Day :) _ _ _(,_/ \ \____________ |`. \_@_@ `. ,' |\ \ . `-,-' || | `-.____,-' || / / |/ | | `.. / \ \\ / | || | \ hh \\ /-. | ||/ /_ | \(_____)-'_) >Life is ruff. Laugh it off with our favorite funny dog jokes. Q. Why aren’t dogs good dancers? A. Because they have two left feet! Q. How do dog catchers get paid? A. By the pound! Q: What do chemists’ dogs do with their bones? A: They barium! Q: What kind of dog chases anything red? A: A Bulldog. Q: Why do dogs bury bones in the ground? A: Because you can’t bury them in trees! Q: How are a dog and a marine biologist alike? A: One wags a tail and the other tags a whale. Q: What do you call a cold dog? A: A Chilli Dog. Q: What do you call a black Eskimo dog? A: A dusky husky! Q: What do you get if you cross a sheepdog with a jelly? A: The collie wobbles! Q: Did you hear about the dog who couldn’t stop talking like a horse? A: It was a dog and pony show. Q: What did the skeleton say to the puppy? A: Bonappetite Q: What do you get when you cross a dog and a calculator? A: A friend you can count on. Read More: https://www.rd.com/jokes/dog/ -<>- / ) ,-(,' ,---. (,-.\,' ` _)-._ ,' `(_)_) ,-`--. / ( ) / `-.,-'| / | / | ,^ / / | | / / / | | | | / \ ,.| | (`\ | | (\ | --. / \_ | hh (__( ___)-. | '' ) /) `---...\\\--(__))/-'-' >LINKS: Extreme Dog Grooming! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/doggrooming.html Extreme Poodle Makeover! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/poodlemakeover.html Why Dogs Bite People! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/dogsbite.html The Best Ways to Celebrate National Dress Up Your Pet Day! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OvWlVL3XE4 Live in the D: Celebrate National Dress Up Your Pet Day! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OupUXkJbxso National Dress Up Your Pet Day 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUrf63QWlNc ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend LouiseAu :) .---. .'_..._'. .''_ _''. .' : ' : '. .'_.-'_~_'-._'. .'( ' )'. .' \ \ / / '. .' \ \ / / '. ____________'''` '```____________ / .''. \ / ( ` ) \ / .'..'. \ / '----' \ /_________________________________________\ \ /'--' '--'\ / || || || || _||_ _||_ '--' '--' smd >SMILES A woman goes to the local psychic in hopes of contacting her dearly departed grandmother. The psychic's eyelids begin fluttering, her voice begins warbling, her hands float up above the table and she begins moaning. Eventually, a coherent voice emanates, saying, "Granddaughter? Are you there?" The customer, wide-eyed and on the edge of her seat, responds, "Grandmother? Is that you?" "Yes granddaughter, it's me." "It's really, really you, grandmother?", the woman repeats. "Yes, it's really me, granddaughter." The woman looks puzzled. "You're sure it's you, grandmother?" "Yes, granddaughter, I'm sure it's me." The woman pauses a moment. "Grandmother, I have just one question for you." "Anything, my child." "Grandmother, when did you learn to speak English?" -------- Two manufacturers requiring a private secretary called in a psychologist. After testing more than thirty applicants, the psychologist eliminated all but three of them. In the final test, the first girl was called in. "How much is three and three?" the dome-prober asked. "Six," she replied. The second girl was asked the same question, and then replied, "It could be thirty-three." The third one answered, "It could be six and it could be thirty-three." When the girls left the room, the psychologist turned proudly to the partners and said, "That's logic for you. You noted that the first girl had the obvious answer, the second girl showed more imagination, and the third showed both practicality and imagination. Now which girl will you hire?" The partners moved over to the opposite corner of the room, conferred briefly and then announced their decision. "We'll take the blonde in the tight sweater." -------- Working in an ophthalmology practice that specializes in LASIK surgery, I am expected to comfort nervous patients. But prior to one operation, the patient was so nervous she was actually shaking. Nothing I said to her would comfort her so, after the doctor finished on the first eye, and before he began on the second I wanted her to know the surgery was going well. "There," I said, patting her hand reassuringly. "Now you only have one eye left." ------- Little Johnny and his classmates had just finished a tour of the local fire station. Before each student could leave, the fire chief quizzed him. The fire chief asked little Little Johnny, "What do you do if your clothes catch on fire?" Little Johnny replied promptly, "I don't put them on." -------- One morning as Professor Jones was leaving for the university his wife told her absent-minded husband, "Don't forget we are moving today. If you come to this house this afternoon it will be empty." Predictably he didn't remember until he found the house vacated that afternoon. He mumbled to himself, "And where was it we were moving to?" He went out in front of the house and asked a little girl, "Did you see a moving van here today, little girl?" "Yes," she replied. "Would you know which way it went?" She looked up at him and said, "Yes, Daddy, I'll show you." -------- A blonde bought an elaborate and expensive coffee and latte machine with all the latest gadgets, bells and whistles. Knowing that she sometimes gets mixed up while following directions, she asked for instructions on how to use the machine. The salesman carefully explained how everything worked; even how to plug it in. Finally, he showed her how to set the timer so she could go to bed and the coffee would be ready when she got up. A few weeks later, she returned to the store and the salesman asked, "how do you like the coffee machine?" "It's wonderful! It's very easy to use and it makes excellent coffee. But there's one thing that really bugs me and I don't quite understand." "what's that?" "Why do I have to go to bed every time I want to make a pot of coffee?" --- ...Oh My! HaHa! Thanks LouiseAu! ========================================================= >-->From HandyHints: \'-. _.-"/ \"-._ .-'/ (\ : : / / \ \ : : /) \'-. i | / / \ \ | i .-'/ '. \ \i /_.-" "-._\ i/ / .' '-'-.; /" "\ ;.-'-' \/ \/ ('""') ('""') \ / \ / )( )( i__i i__i fsc i____i i____i Do yourself a favor and pick up a plant! Potted plants are not only good for sprucing up your home, but they can help keep you and your family healthy! House plants lower levels of indoor air pollutants that can cause everything from headaches to being tired all the time. What are the healthiest greens? Try buying bromeliad, dracaena, or a jade plant. To experience the healing perks these plants have to offer. consider placing it in the rooms you spend most of your time in. -<>- It's kind of remarkable how some things we touch daily, we rarely clean - your purse is another one of those. About half all women's bags have fecal bacteria on them, so give it a swipe with a disinfectant wipe. -<>- Move furniture away from vents You may not even realized that you have placed some furniture in front of your heating vents when you moved in or re-arranged your home. Go around your home and double check that vents are not being blocked, and if they are, find a way to move your furniture around - at least during the winter months. This will make sure that every room is getting its max heat potential. -<>- Save up to $75 a year Use the sun to help heat your home. When direct sunlight hits a window, there will be a slight warming effect even on the coldest day of the year. If the sun is hitting your windows - open the blinds and windows - capture as much of that free heat as possible. When there is no direct sunlight on a window keep your blinds and curtains closed. This provides a bit of additional insulation for that window, which keeps the heat inside where you want it. For better insulation use heavy fabric curtains or layer curtains to keep out drafts. They even sell insulated curtains with built-in thermal backing. One benefit to these curtains is they typically also provide light-blocking, which can help with light-sensitive sleepers. -<>- . !__________! . _______ /_\ |____ ____| /_\ |__*__| __|__ {____}{____} __|__ |__*__| __|_*_|__%%%%%%%%%%%%__|_*_|__|__*__|__ | | %%%%%%%%%%%%%% | | |/ \| %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% /||||||||||||||||||||\ ||||||||||||||||||lc|| Try warming up your blanket I have not tried this, but you can bet your bottom I'm trying it tonight. Pop your blanket in the dryer for 5 minutes right before you head to bed. It's suppose to help you drift off to 'la la' land 20 minutes soon, and you sleep more deeply. --- ...This works! I was in the hospital after giving birth and told the night nurse I was cold. She returned with a sheet straight from the dryer. It was just what I needed! ========================================================= >-->In The Worldly News: Jeanine Pirro - With President Trump - January 12, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS1rRBZs8Sk This Obama Rule Could Help Communist China https://1600daily.com/2019/01/12/obama-rule-help-communist-china/ Trump’s Ultimate Plan to Defeat Iran https://1600daily.com/2019/01/11/trumps-ultimate-plan-defeat-iran/ Border Massacre Reveals Truth About Crisis https://1600daily.com/2019/01/11/border-massacre-reveals-truth-crisis/ Jim Acosta Proves Himself Wrong https://1600daily.com/2019/01/10/jim-acosta-proves-wrong/ Is The Border In “Crisis”? This Former President Thinks So https://1600daily.com/2019/01/10/border-crisis-former-president-thinks/ WhiteHouseNews: The 2018 Farm Bill, explained https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily/ Latest From Big League Politics https://bigleaguepolitics.com/campaign/ Secure the Border - Border Facts https://borderfacts.com/ Latest From AFA: http://tinyurl.com/j7lakqw Students For Life https://tinyurl.com/yd5nxmu6 Latest From OperationRescue: http://www.operationrescue.org/ Today's Best Conservative Humor! https://theusawire.com/2018/03/8092-todays-best-conservative-humor/ Product Alert: Bikes, Snowsuits, Performance Drugs http://www.emergencyemail.org/products/?fmt=text Health Alert: ‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Spreading Across U.S. Hospitals http://www.emergencyemail.org/health/?fmt=text -<>- >From BizarreNews: Have you ever heard of lucid dreaming? A lucid dream is one where the dreamer becomes aware that he or she is dreaming. Apparently there are several levels of lucid dreaming. In the final level the dreamer can actually take control over the dream characters, narrative, and environment. This is a well-documented phenomenon. Well, maybe well- reported is a better description, because there is no way to 'document' a lucid dream other than through the account of a person who has had one. More importantly, lucid dreaming is supposed to be the first step in astral projection. Now, astral projection is much more in the realm of science fiction than lucid dreaming, even taking into account any experiments the U.S. military may or may not have conducted in it during the 70s and 80s. But if one exists, why not the other? I have always believed strongly in lucid dreaming (and I have even been open minded about astral projection), but I have never had any experience with it - until recently. Last Friday night a terrible headache kept me up until early in the morning. I had taken some pain killers, but the pain still kept me awake until I was practically delirious with exhaustion. When I finally did fall asleep it was a deep, dreamless sleep. When I first became aware that I was dreaming, the dream seemed to be super-imposed upon the real world. It was almost morning and I became aware of my wife getting out of our bed in the soft, predawn light. I tried to get up with her, but I was paralyzed. That's when I realized I was dreaming. So I willed myself to follow her out of the bedroom. It seemed like I followed her through the hall and down the stairs into our kitchen. That's when I became conscious of the fact that I didn't have a body, and I suddenly felt like I was suffocating. There was a sensation of falling and I had a terrible moment of panic. Then suddenly I found myself in a diner. Like a little family restaurant. Everything was crystal clear, but all of the colors seemed washed out, like sepia toned. Then, out of all the people in the world, I saw sitting in a booth a friend of mine from college named Marty. The last time I saw Marty was 15 years ago, at his funeral. I walked up to him and he smiled at me and said, "I was wondering when you would show up." Everything was so real. I swear I could feel the formica of the tabletop under my fingertips. That is when I woke up. I think my wife dropped something in the kitchen and the sound startled me. The amazing thing is when I woke up I felt incredibly energized. My head was clear as a bell, and I felt like running a marathon. And that feeling stayed with me all day. Now that I have experienced a real, unequivocal lucid dream, I would love to hear from anybody else who has had a similar experience. A lot of it was terrifying, but I would do it again if I could only figure out how to initiate it. -<>- It's an ancient gag. If you leave a job you are dissatisfied with, or even better, if you are fired under hostile circumstances, the exiting party will take a dump in his or her boss's desk drawer. It's probably never happened. It's another urban legand like reveille oil or tent jacks. But one disgruntled teacher in Florida was not put off by any lack of credible precedent. In fact, she took this mythical stunt two steps over the line. A substitute teacher accused of spreading human feces on tables and grills at a park where a principal was set to host a birthday party told deputies she was "displeased" with how the principal was handling a professional issue. A Sarasota County Sheriff's Office report says Phillippi Shores Elementary School substitute teacher Heather Carpenter told deputies she spread the feces to disrupt the birthday party Principal Allison Foster had planned for her daughter. Damage to the park totaled more than $2,300, including grills and tables that had to be replaced. Carpenter, 42, was charged with damaging property and criminal mischief. Carpenter is pleading not guilty, according to court documents. *--- It's Not Easy to Hypnotise Wild Elephants ---* A Sri Lankan man apparently read too many Tarzan books when he was a kid because he tried to hypnotise a wild elephant. He wasn't successful. Video footage shows the unnamed man walking up to a wild male elephant grazing in a forest clearing. He then gestures to get the huge animal's attention, after which it begins charging at him. In what is said to have been an attempt to 'hypnotise' the elephant and stop it in its tracks, the man does not run away. The elephant knocks the man to the ground and tramples him to death on the spot. Human interaction with wild elephants is not uncommon in the area as expansion of infrastructure and homes has destroyed the animals natural habitat. *--- Or... Aliens ---* A bright fireball that was caught on video breaking into pieces in the sky over New Zealand may have been a Russian satellite, experts said. The fireball, which started as one bright light before breaking into smaller pieces, was recorded by multiple social media users in the sky over Tauranga about 9 p.m. Saturday. Experts including physics professor Richard Easther and Ian Griffin, director of Otago Museum, said evidence indicates the object may have been a Russian satellite. The Kosmos 2430 satellite, which was launched in 2007 to detect missile launches, was expected to reenter the atmosphere around the same time as the fireball was spotted. *--- Lunch 'Change' Goes Up For Auction ---* A rare Lincoln-head penny a Massachusetts teenager received in change for his school lunch is up for auction with a starting bid of $100,000. Heritage Auctions said the 1943 penny, one of only about 20 to be pressed using bronze instead of the steel amid World War II shortages, came into the possession of 16-year-old coin collector Don Lutes, Jr., when he received it in change for his school lunch in 1947. Lutes, who had the coin authenticated in 1958 by expert Walter Breen during a New England Numismatic Association convention in Worcester, died in September of last year and the coin was given to Heritage to auction off. "While a number of other examples have surfaced over the years, no other specimen has been celebrated and written about as much as this remarkable coin," Heritage Auctions said. "This piece inspires a special pride of ownership not equaled by any other example. This lot represents a true 'once in a lifetime' opportunity." The auction began with an opening bid of $100,000. A similar 1943 bronze penny sold for $1.7 million in 2010. *--- The Robot Wars Begin ---* A Russian robotics company said one of its autonomous Promobots was taken out by a self-driving Tesla on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Promobot shared a video recorded outside of the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino showing one of its namesake machines at the side of a driveway at the facility. Multiple cars easily pass by the autonomous robot, but a self-driving Tesla Model S collided with the robot and drove away. The Promobot, which is knocked off its wheels, was destroyed, the company said. The collision took place about half a mile from CES, the technology trade show. ========================================================= >-->From TheGroaner: | --====|====-- | .-"""""-. .'_________'. /_/_|__|__|_\_\ ;'-._ _.-'; ,--------------------| `-. .-' |--------------------, ``""--..__ ___ ; ' ; ___ __..--""`` jgs `"-// \\.._\ /_..// \\-"` \\_// '._ _.' \\_// `"` ``---`` `"` >Guess Who? A young and foolish pilot wanted to sound cool and show who was boss on the aviation frequencies. So, this was his first time approaching a field during the nighttime. Instead of making any official requests to the tower, he said: "Guess who?" The controller switched the field lights off and replied: "Guess where! -<>- >Isn't He Hideous? Two women were talking at a party, and one said, "Look at that awful-looking man over there... isn't he hideous? I think he must be the most unattractive man I've ever seen in my life!" "That happens to be my husband!" said the second icily. "Oh dear," said the first, covered in confusion, "I'm so sorry." To which the unfortunate wife replied, "YOU'RE sorry?" -<>- >Is That A Record? A woman meant to call a record store but dialed the wrong number and got a private home instead. "Do you have 'Eyes of Blue' and 'A Love Supreme'?" she asked. "Well, no," answered the puzzled homeowner. "But I have a wife and eleven children." "Is that a record?" she inquired. "I don't think so," replied the man, "but it's as close as I want to get." -<>- >An Eater and A Reader A hungry African lion came across two men. One was sitting under a tree and reading a book; the other was typing away on his typewriter. The lion pounced on the man reading the book and devoured him. Even the king of the jungle knows that readers digest and writers cramp. -<>- >Q and A Quickies Q: Why did the banker quit his job? A: He lost interest! Q: Do you know how to make ice water? A: Take an onion and a knife, cut the onion and your ice water! \WWW/ / \ /wwwww\ _| o_o |_ \WWWWWWW/ (_ / \ _) _.'` o_o `'._ | \_/ | (_ (_) _) : ~~~~~ : '.'-...-'.' \_____/ (`'---'`) [ ] jgs `"""""` `"""""` Q: What did Ernie say to Burt when asked if he wanted ice cream? A: Sure-Burt! Q: Why did the toilet paper roll down the hill? A: Because it wanted to reach the bottom. Q: What do you get from a pampered cow? A: Spoiled milk! `>.___ o-.--.-o ___,<' / `. / ,, \ .' \ { `.; ,__, ;.' } `._ }`.__.'{ _.' `,=."' `".=,' .' /`-.____.-'_ `, \_.';`-.______.-':`._/ `+-.______.-'' `-.____.-' / || \ ; ;; ; `-./ \.-' fsc Q: What kind of bees make milk? A: BOO-BEES! ========================================================= >-->From CleanLaffs: \(") \ / \/___\ \ / O> \_\_ \_ / _/|\ `- \ __| \ \ O_ ./ \ \ `. _/\ \ \ /\ _ _ `. ` __ _) ' \ `. < <(") `-..'_.'_ VK `. `. `.>\|_\ ` ` `.____) `./ `._. . ` `--.__ `- `---- On our way to the ski hill, my friend's children decided to "find me a man" by the end of the day. The kids did their best to let it be known I was unmarried and to introduce me to anyone who was skiing alone and therefore, in their minds, single. To my great relief they finally got bored with their mission and charged off on their own. I then made my way to the chair lift. As I moved near the front of the line, a gentleman close to my age said "Excuse me, but are you single?" Groaning inwardly, I said, "Yes, but despite what you may have heard, I'm really not looking to get married." He looked at me oddly. "All I want is someone to share the chair lift with." -<>- Since spaghetti is now 'pasta' and a TV set is a 'home entertainment system,' the manager of my grocery store did his best to jazz up the lowly egg. He still has some work to do. A sign he put up in the dairy section advertised "Boneless Chicken." -<>- When I go to casinos, the most ridiculous sign I see is the one that says..."If you have a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER." So, I call them and say, "I have an ace and a six. The dealer has a seven. What do I do?" -<>- Before I could enroll in my company's medical insurance plan, I needed to fill out a questionnaire. As expected, the form was very thorough, leaving nothing to chance. One question asked, "Do you think you may need to go to the emergency room within the next three months?" -<>- Once upon a time in their marriage, my Dad did something really stupid. My Mom chewed him out for it. He apologized, they made up. However, from time to time, my mom mentions what he had done. "Honey," my Dad finally said one day, "why do you keep bringing that up? I thought your policy was 'forgive and forget.'" "It is," she said. "I just don't want you to forget that I've forgiven and forgotten." -<>- Students at school were asked to write about the harmful environmental effects of oil on fish. One 11-year old wrote, "When my mom opened a tin of sardines last night it was full of oil and all the sardines were dead." -<>- .:::. .:::. /:::::\ /:':':\ | _ | | _ | | (_` | | |_) | | ,_) | | | | | | jgs | | /`'---'`\ /`'---'`\ `'-----'` `'-----'` >Conflicting Proverbs Actions speak louder than words. The pen is mightier than the sword. Look before you leap. He who hesitates is lost. Many hands make light work. Too many cooks spoil the broth. A silent man is a wise one. A man without words is a man without thoughts. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Clothes make the man. Don't judge a book by its cover. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Better safe than sorry. The bigger, the better. The best things come in small packages. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Out of sight, out of mind. What will be, will be. Life is what you make it. Cross your bridges when you come to them. Forewarned is forearmed. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. One man's meat is another man's poison. With age comes wisdom. Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings come all wise sayings. The more, the merrier. Two's company; three's a crowd It's no wonder we're all confused. -<>- Four years ago I asked out the girl of my dreams for the first time. Today I asked her to marry me. She said 'no' both times. -<>- Marriage is mostly about knowing which hand towels you can use and which ones are for the better people who visit your wife's home. -<>- If I could become invisible, I would go to Paris, find a performing street mime and beat the crap out of him. The round of applause he would get would be amazing. -<>- The elevator in our building malfunctioned one day, leaving several of us stranded. Seeing a sign that listed two emergency phone numbers, I dialed the first and explained our situation. After what seemed to be a very long silence, the voice on the other end said, "I don't know what you expect me to do for you; I'm a psychologist." "A psychologist?" I replied. "Your phone is listed here as an emergency number. Can't you help us?" "Well," he finally responded in a measured tone. "How do you feel about being stuck in an elevator?" -<>- I'm not the easiest guy in the world to get along with. So when our anniversary rolled around, I wanted my wife to know how much I appreciated her tolerating me for the past 20 years. I ordered flowers and told the florist to enclose a card that read, 'Thanks for putting up with me so long.' When my wife got the delivery, she called me at work. "Just where do you think you going?" she asked. "What do you mean?" I said. She read the card aloud as the florist had written it: "Thanks for putting up with me. So long." ========================================================= >-->From TheMouth: __. /-7 k .-' o.-'/ / .; \ ( [ ) \ [.---. ;/ \ ) \ (/ ) | AsH / \ ( [_' \_~ >The Top Signs You're Out of Shape 1. You've ever torn something just trying to turn off the alarm clock. 2. People at work only refer to you by saying, "Hey fatso!" 3. You've thrown your back out by carrying a bag of groceries. 4. Random strangers come up, poke you in the stomach and expect you to giggle. 5. Your record is 34 Pushups and you could have done more if the Ice Cream Man would have taken plastic. 6. You get the Christmas gift of Jigglin' To The Oldies. 7. You cramp up while watching the New York City Marathon. 8. Watching Rocky 5 is your idea of a workout video. -<>- _____ ________ ,--' | `--. .--'578.3 kg`--. |mb`-._,-'fh| |mb`-.____,-'fh| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | `._________,' `.____________.' >How To Lie To The Bathroom Scale 1. Weigh yourself with clothes on, after dinner...as well as in the morning, without clothes, before breakfast, because it's nice to see how much weight you've lost overnight. 2. Never weigh yourself with wet hair. 3. When weighing, remove everything, including glasses. In this case, blurred vision is an asset. Don't forget the earrings, these things can weigh at least a pound. 4. Use cheap scales only, never the medical kind, because they are always five pounds off...to your advantage. 5. Always go to the bathroom first. 6. Stand with arms raised, making pressure on the scale lighter. 7. Don't eat or drink in the morning until AFTER you've weighed in, completely naked, of course. 8. Weigh yourself after a haircut, this is good for at least half a pound of hair (hopefully). 9. Exhale with all your might BEFORE stepping onto the scale (air has to weigh something, right?). 10. Start out with just one foot on the scale, then holding onto the towel rack in front of you, slowly edge your other foot on and slowly let off of the rack. Admittedly, this takes time, but it's worth it. 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Thanks LouiseAu! -<>- >From Our Friend Melody :) Children of the Tundra (RT Documentary) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQeNOiYL3AQ --- ...Most Interesting! Thanks Melody! ======================================================= >-->Quotes & Thunkers: "A man in Vietnam was hospitalized after doctors realized that he had a pair of scissors in his digestive system that had been left there by a previous surgery that he had 18 years ago. I mean this guy is so lucky. Come on, free scissors! The sad part is after they sewed him up the second time the doctor was like, 'Wait, where's my watch?'" -James Corden "A new study says we should change how we feed cows so they don't produce so much of the greenhouse gas methane. First up, they recommend eliminating taco night." -Conan O'Brien "A new study found that running for two minutes is just as good for you as working out for 90 minutes. 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