Happy Labor Day ... :) Shangy! >-->WELCOME To ALL Our NEW SHANGY FUN LIST Yahoo Group Members! >Here are the details on our Yahoo ShangyFunList: To Subscribe send a blank email to ShangyFunList-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ShangyFunList or Web Site: http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/ShangyFunList.html Group email address: ShangyFunList@yahoogroups.com or email me here: bcrsystems@earthlink.net ================================================================= >-->In The Shangy News :) >HOT Off The 'Shangy' Press... This one comes to us from our friend Del. He sent us these wonderful pictures which I couldn't resist turning into a page for all of us to enjoy: ;, .,, ,,;, ,, '||: :||||;;;::; ,,, ;|; ,||,;;, || || '||| ||' ;|||;||;;'' ||||||;|| ,|| ,||' ,,,|||, '''|||;,, ||'' || ||',, ,|'||||' ,|||' ,|;||'|;; ||||||;|| ,||||| ' || '' ;;':|| '';||'' || ,,|||'|| ||' || .'' :|; :|||||;;;' '|'' |,,|' , || '||, , .'' .,, '''.,, ,|||, || || '||| || |; ';|;, '||;, ,|||, :||; || '||| ;|| '|; ';;: '|;;; ,||'' |||'||' || || :|| '|;, ., '' '' '' ' ,,,|| '' '|;;:,,,,,,,,||, '||| ''::::::::'' ''' Hiking In China: http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/trail.html -<,,>- >What a great month of August we've had! Lots of caring and sharing from our group friends made all these FUN Picture pages available: Here's Your Frog! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/frog.html Volvo Lego Car! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/legocar.html Taking A Catnap: http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/catnap.html Tigerfish! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/tigerfish.html Great White Shark! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/greatwhite.html Between Day And Night: http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/dayandnight.html Be Sure To Visit All These Pages and Share them With All Your Friends And Relatives! ~*~ Many Thanks To Becky, Lee, Buffalo, Steve and Del! ~*~ ==================================================================== >-->From The FunnyBone: Who's The Best? __.__ .-' `-. :` . . . `: :.` `.` `.` `.: The Italian and the Polish parachutists \ \ / / were arguing about who was best at `\ \ / /' folding a parachute. Unable to resolve `\ Y /' their dispute on the ground, they decided `|' to go up in the plane and judge by the () mid-air performance of their chutes. --[]-- // jgs The Pole jumped first, pulled the cord, \\ and started floating toward the earth. `` The Italian jumped, pulled the cord - and nothing happened. He pulled the safety cord - nothing. In a matter of seconds he whizzed past the Pole, plummeting like a stone. "Oh," shouted the Pole, yanking off his harness, "so ya wanna race!" +------------------ Bizarre Space Trivia ------------------+ . . + : . : _ . ! ' (_) ,|.' - -- ---(-O-`--- -- - ,`|'`. , ! . : : " . --+-- .: . ! O!o Seven U.S. Delta rockets and a French observation satellite have exploded in space. In 1961, Cuban premier Fidel Castro charged that a chunk of a U.S. spacecraft had fallen on Cuba and killed a cow. In 1962, a 21-lb. fragment of Soviet Sputnik IV landed at the intersection of Park and North 8th Streets in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Over 7,000 objects floating in space are being tracked from earth; only five percent are satellites. Dodging space junk is a dangerous occupation. A 0.5 milli- meter metal chip could puncture a space suit and kill an astronaut walking in space. In 1978, a Soviet satellite came crashing back to Earth, contaminating hundreds of square miles of Canadian territory with radiation. --- ..Speaking of which - You may also want to see this page: Earth In Perspective: http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/earth.html ==================================================================== >-->From Our Friend Tony in Australia :) ,--. ) , .) (-'_,; ____ ;`.-' ,',_-_) / | ( | -\ : | | `:._.-; ,' _) _.' \'|--( ; / ,:: `-.`':`.\' / ,'`::. \. \;' /,' | \:. ::. : / ,'`. \::. |::.| ( \ /:\ `,--'`--| `.`.`.::: :. | /;`. \:|_\::.___; /' |`, `; , \ /; ;:`.: .`. ,': ,'; /::::| _, | /; :::'.'; ;`. | /, ;'.. :. : .|' | ,'; /'. . ;`--|. |`-'| ,';' _,'. :. | (|: | /:' ,' ; /|`-. ; ||:._| ::' ,' / ,' | ;. ;:' | :: /_/:. /:./:.-|. :-./ : : `.( `-.:.-'' |-'| |`-; _.:;_ ;:..::) _\ .:::/- (::::::`.,-`. `'`--''' ''''`--' SSt Just for you ladies who think I agree with those men who think they should 'rule the roost' ( tongue in cheek of course!) >Men strike back! How many men does it take to open a beer? None. It should be opened when she brings it. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Why is a Laundromat a really bad place to pick up a woman? Because a woman who can't even afford a washing machine will probably never be able to support you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Why do women have smaller feet than men? It's one of those "evolutionary things" that allows Them to stand closer to the kitchen sink. -------------------------------------------------------------------- How do you know when a woman is about to say something smart? When she starts a sentence with "A man once told me..." -------------------------------------------------------------------- How do you fix a woman's watch? You don't. There is a clock on the oven. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Why do men pass gas more than women? Because women can't shut up long enough to Build up the required pressure. -------------------------------------------------------------------- If your dog is barking at the back door and your wife is yelling at the front door, who do you let in first? The dog, of course. He'll shut up once you let him in. -------------------------------------------------------------------- What's worse than a Male Chauvinist Pig? A woman who won't do what she's told -------------------------------------------------------------------- I married a Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always. ------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Scientists have discovered a food that diminishes a woman's sex drive by 90%. It's called a Wedding Cake. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Why do men die before their wives? They want to. ------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy. -------------------------------------------------------------------- In the beginning, God created the earth and rested. Then God created Man and rested. Then God created Woman. Since then, neither God nor Man has rested. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Send this to a few good men who need a laugh and to the select few women who like to laugh ---- ...Boy are you BAD! - "Giggles" - Thanks Tony! ===================================================================== >--->From Our Friend Becky :) >Read only if you have time for God Let me tell you, make sure you read all the way to the bottom. I almost deleted this email but I was blessed when I got to the end When I received this e-mail, I thought... I don't have time for this... And, this is really inappropriate during work. Then, I realized that this kind of thinking is.... Exactly, what has caused lot of the problems in our world today. ,---. ( ,_ _) .--. )} _/ / \'/_-' 7 \ )===( . ( \ \_/_)--\\ . : \ \__..--' )) : ! | ) )\\|||// ! |-'(. `-----. |-' `.______ | o!0 -' We try to keep God in church on Sunday morning... Maybe, Sunday night... And, the unlikely event of a midweek service. We do like to have Him around during sickness... And, of course, at funerals. However, we don't have time, or room, for Him during work or play... Because.. That's the part of our lives we think... We can, and should, handle on our own. May God forgive me for ever thinking... That... there is a time or place where.. HE is not to be FIRST in my life. We should always have time to remember all HE has done for us. If, You aren't ashamed to do this... Please follow the directions. Jesus said, 'If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father.' Not ashamed? Pass this on ONLY IF YOU MEAN IT!! Yes, I do Love God. HE is my source of existence and Savior. He keeps me functioning each and every day. Without Him, I will be nothing. But, with Christ, HE strengthens me. (Phil 4:13) This is the simplest test. If You Love God... .---. .---. ,';' `.';' `.. f :Bo. ` d88: `\ /d88P' `\ ; /d888P' `. ',d8&8P' : ;d8&7' | :8: | qx And, are not ashamed of all the marvelous things HE has done for you... Send this to ten people and the person who sent it to you! Now do you have the time to pass it on? Make sure that you scroll through to the end. Easy vs. Hard Why is it so hard to tell the truth but Yet so easy to tell a lie? Why are we so sleepy in church but Right when the sermon is over we suddenly wake up? Why is it so easy to delete a Godly e-mail, but yet we forward all of the nasty ones? Of all the free gifts we may receive, !|| !|||| ,/|||| !|'''| `\ | )\ \ ejm / \ \ \ Prayer is the very best one.... There are no costs, but wonderful rewards... GOD BLESS! Notes: Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Isn't it funny how someone can say 'I believe in God' but still follow Satan (who, by the way, also 'believes' in God). Isn't it funny how you can send a thousand jokes through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing? Isn't it funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it to them. Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than what God thinks of me. I pray, for everyone who sends this to their entire address book, they will be blessed by God in a way special for them. ---- ...Thanks for the sweet reminders Becky! ====================================================================== >-->From Our Friend Maxy's Pal :) +--------------------------------------------------------(PS)- :". / / / :.-". / / : _.-". / :" _.-". :-"" ". : : ^.-.^ '^\+/^` '/`"'\` POETRY BY GINNY ~ THE EENCY, WEENCY SPIDER http://poetrybyginny.com/EENCYWEENCYSPIDER.htm "Nothing is so strong as gentleness ~ and nothing is so gentle....as real strength." ~*~ Author ~ St. Francis de Sales ---- ...This was Fun - Thanks Maxy's Pal! ===================================================================== >-->From Our Friends Del, Casey, & MrWu :) || || _.-.|| /'_. || (/? &\|| < (//) (_// \) .((-~~~')\ /~ . \ ( | | ) |~-/' |~|' | ) | ) | .' __.'.' | :`~~~ )) (w) _/' | ~i~ | | | | ( | ( | | | Ts97 | |-.' )~-.'_) / /'' `-' >An Et-Ahem -(Politics): Body Count? Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 10:43:45 -0500 If Hillary takes the White House in 2008, any bets on what that body count will be? Food for Thought--------- Just a quick refresher course lest we forget what has happened to many "friends" of the Clinton's. 1-James McDougal - Clinton's convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr's investigation. 2-Mary Mahoney - A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown. The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House. 3-Vince Foster - Former White House councilor, and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock's Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a suicide. 4-Ron Brown - Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown's skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors. The rest of the people on the plane also died. A few days later the air Traffic controller committed suicide. 5-C. Victor Raiser II- Raiser, a major player in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992. 6-Paul Tulley - Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock, September 1992. Described by Clinton as a "Dear friend and trusted advisor." 7-Ed Willey - Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events. 8-Jerry Parks -Head of Clinton's gubernatorial security team in Little Rock. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock. Park's son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house. 9-James Bunch - Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a "Black Book" of people which contained names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas. 10-James Wilson - Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. He was reported to have ties to Whitewater. 11-Kathy Ferguson-Ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a codefendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones. 12-Bill Shelton - Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy Ferguson. Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his fiancee. 13-Gandy Baugh - Attorney for Clinton's friend Dan Lassater, died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client was a convicted drug distributor. 14-Florence Martin - Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case. He died of three gunshot wounds. 15-Suzanne Coleman - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death. 16-Paula Grober - Clinton's speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident. 17-Danny Casolaro - Investigative reporter. Investigating Mena Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparently, in the middle of his investigation. 18- Paul Wilcher - Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 "October Surprise" was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993 in his Washington DC apartment. Had delivered a report to Janet Reno 3 weeks before his death. 19-Jon Parnell Walker - Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington, Virginia apartment balcony August 15, 1993. He was investigating the Morgan Guaranty scandal. 20-Barbara Wise - Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown. Died November 29, 1996. Her bruised, nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce. 21-Charles Meissner -Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash. 22-Dr. Stanley Heard - Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton's advisory council, personally treated Clinton's mother, stepfather and brother. 23-Barry Seal -Drug running pilot out of Mena Arkansas, death was no accident. 24-Johnny Lawhorn Jr. - Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop. He was found dead after his car had hit a utility pole. 25-Stanley Huggins - Investigated Madison Guaranty. His death was a purported suicide and his report was never released. 26- Hershell Friday - Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1, 1994 when his plane exploded. 27-Kevin Ives &Don Henry - Known as "The boys on the track" case. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. A controversial case, the initial report of death said, due to falling asleep on railroad tracks. Later reports claim the 2 boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury. THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE: 28-Keith Coney - Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck, 7/88. 29-Keith McMaskle - Died stabbed 113 times, Nov, 1988. 30-Gregory Collins - Died from a gunshot wound January 1989. 31-Jeff Rhodes - He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989. 33-James Milan - Found decapitated. However, the Coroner ruled his death was due to "natural causes." 34-Jordan Kettleson - Was found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck in June 1990. 35-Richard Winters - A suspect in the Ives / Henry deaths. He was killed in a setup robbery July 1989. THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE DEAD: 36 -Major William S. Barkley Jr. 37-Captain Scott J . Reynolds 38-Sgt. Brian Hanley 39-Sgt. Tim Sabel 40-Major General William Robertson 41-Col. William Densberger 42-Col. Robert Kelly 43-Spec. Gary Rhodes 44-Steve Willis 45-Robert Williams 46-Conway LeBleu 47-Todd McKeehan Quite an impressive list! Pass this on. Let the public become aware of what happens to friends of the Clinton's! HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT? - - SURELY YOU JEST !! ---- ...It just goes to prove - guilty by association - A lot of mental people associate with the Clintons! THEIR Friends commit suicide way too often! I don't think I'd want to be hanging with them! After all, How many of YOUR friends committed suicide? See? *giggles* AND For an EVEN MORE COMPLETE List - Visit Here: http://www.etherzone.com/body.html ** BUT IF YOU WANT THE "REAL" SCOOP - VISIT HERE: http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/bodycount.asp ======================================================================= >-->In The Worldly News: .-------------'```'----....,,__ _, | `'`'`'`'-.,.__ .'( | `'--._.' ) | `'-.< \ .-'`'-. -. `\ \ -.o_. _ _,-'`\ | ``````''--.._.-=-._ .' \ _,,--'` `-._( (^^^^^^^^`___ '-. | \ __,,..--' ` ````````` `'--..___\ |` jgs `-.,' >From BizarreeNews: This is what I call bad timing. The Japanese Mainichi Daily News online reported that a group of eco-tourists on a whale- watching vessel, looking forward to observing the mighty creatures in their natural habitat, were instead greeted by the sight of a harpooned whale being dragged in by a Japanese whaling vessel. A whale was spotted spraying water from its blowhole near a whaling boat, about 2 miles away from the whale-watching vessel off the coast of Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula. But when the vessel approached, the passengers on board found that the whalers had harpooned the Baird's beaked whale, and it was hauled in by the whaling boat about 20 minutes later. About 20 passengers on the whale-watching vessel looked on, voicing their pity as the whale was captured. A French woman who was on the vessel with her husband reportedly said the experience made her feel ill. The captains of the two ships immediately started attacking each other. The 46-year-old captain of the passenger vessel was disappointed by the incident. "It's my job to show people whales and it's the whalers' job to catch them, but I wonder how this can be avoided," he said. One of the two whaling companies operating the whaling ship, meanwhile, filed a protest against the whale watching vessel with the Rausu town government. "The passenger boat approached us, which was extremely dangerous. We think this could be considered dangerous sailing, and we want you to issue a warning," the protest said. Bizarrely, Lewis --- ...Yes, this is bizarre indeed. I don't think people know what to do with whales. Some people kill them for a living, others watch them for a living and for pleasure, while still others set out to Rescue them. Check out this page... Whale Rescue: http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/whalerescue.html -<>- __ __ |--| |--| .._ o' o' (()))) _ o' o' //\\\ | __ )) _ _)) ,' ; | __ ((-.-\) o' |--| ,;::::;. (C ) / /^ o' |--| _))'='(\-. o' o' ,:;;;;;::. )\ -'( / / o' o' ( \ :' o o `:: ,-)() /_.')/ | | .)(. |\ \ ( (_ ) / ( `' /\_) | | _ _| \ \ :| ,==. |: / , _ / 1 \ \ \/ '-' (__\_\____::\`--'/:: / / / \/ /|\ \ \__\\[][]____(_\_|::,`--',:: / / /__/ <( \ \ :\o*.-.( '-,': _ :`.| L----' _)/ ))-..__) : [ \ | |=| ' |\_____|,/.' //. : | \ \ | | |_| | | || :: (( : : | \ \ ; | | | | \ \_::_)) | :( | / )) / /| | | | | [ | MJP: | / / / / | | | | | Y |CJR : | / / _/ / \ |lf | | CJ|mk | | -- Band sickened by laxatives in cookies --------- CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. - Members of a Pennsylvania high school band who ate laxative-loaded cookies gave the song "Band on the Run" fresh meaning. An undisclosed number of Connellsville Area High School Band members were sickened Thursday after eating cookies received from former band members, who now face criminal charges, said Superintendent James Duncan. "We know who did it," Duncan said. "It's in the hands of the school security department now, and the people responsible will be charged when all is said and done." While the incident abruptly ended band practice Thursday, Duncan said he was not aware of any students sick enough to require medical treatment, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Monday. -- Baby boa abandoned in booze bag ----------- BOSTON - An abandoned baby boa constrictor in a purple velvet Crown Royal bag has joined the scaly troupe of performers in Boston's Rainforest Reptile Show. The 30-inch long Colombian red-tail snake was in a pouch given to a police officer at Boston's St. Anthony's Fest celebration, the Boston Herald reported Monday. The black- tongued baby boa will be about 12-feet when mature, police dispatcher and herpetologist Christina Pagliuca told the newspaper. "He's only a few months old," Pagliuca said. "He's very nice -- a very calm animal." The snake dubbed "Velvet" will live out his years as part of the Reptile Rainforest Show, which will use him as part of their education program. -- Peat bog race takes place in Wales --------- LLANWRTYD WELLS, Wales - One of the most bizarre yearly competitions has taken place in the Waen Rhydd Peat bog in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, the smallest town in Britain. Entrants raced to complete two lengths of a 60-yard trench while wearing snorkels and flippers, The Daily Mail reported Monday. The competition has taken place ever year since 1985 on August Bank Holiday Monday and some people even dress up. This year, 11-year-old Ellie Jones dressed up as octopus for the race, and another entrant braved the peat in a Borat costume. Proceeds from the bizarre sporting event go to a local charity. -<>- >From CoffeeBreak: Free rides not enough for some commuters The San Francisco Bay Area regional transit system offered free mass transit rides Wednesday, but apparently didn't get a lot of takers. Spot checks conducted by the San Francisco Chronicle Wednesday showed the free ride offer -- intended to curb smog -- failed to move many new commuters to buses, trains or ferries. "It was great because it was free," AC Transit bus rider Stuart Lee -- who commutes from Piedmont to Oakland -- told the newspaper, but he said his bus was no more crowded than usual. Wednesday was the first of four planned "Spare the Air" days for 2007 offering free public transit on Muni, AC Transit, SamTrans and other regional transit systems to get people out of their cars. Some commuters complained about an increase in rowdy teenagers jumping on and off public transit. Employee fired for catching alleged thief A 24-year-old Home Depot employee in Murfreesboro, Tenn., is unemployed this week after catching a man who allegedly took cash from an on-site soda machine. Former department manager Dustin Chester said that he simply acted on instinct when he saw the alleged thief, but later found out that his employer's policy was to simply allow such offenders to escape, The Nashville Tennessean reported Wednesday. "The district manager told me that we are supposed to let thieves walk away; it blew my mind," the former employee-of-the-year said. "He had a crowbar, and what if he had come inside and gone after customers or the employees working at the registers?" Chester said of Monday's suspect. "I'd rather have him coming at me than going after any of the customers." A Home Depot spokesman said that the decision to fire Chester and his general manager was simply based on company policy, which is oriented toward ensuring safety on-site. _,__ .: Darwin <* / | \ .-./ |. : :, / '-._/ \_ / ' \ .' *: Brisbane .-' ; | | \ / | / Perth \* __.--._ / \ _.' \:. | >__,-' \_/*_.-' Melbourne snd :--, '/ Aussie rugby team's art lost An Aboriginal painting an Australian rugby team intended to present to a French museum has gone missing at London's Heathrow Airport. The Wallabies had been given the painting of a wallaby reaching for the sky by Aboriginal elders from Amhem Land four years ago and hung it in their dressing room before each match of the last World Cup, The Sydney Herald Sun reported Thursday. The team had intended to present it to French rugby official Bernard Lapasset for eventual display in an indigenous art gallery in Paris. The team arrived in Paris after changing planes in London but the painting, packed in a special box, never did. Wallabies' halfback George Gregan called the loss "extremely disappointing." "We had a special trip up to Arnhem Land where the elders basically produced that piece of art specifically for that particular team and it means a lot emotionally and spiritually to the group," he said. "So to have that lost at Heathrow Airport, yeah it's a big loss." It's thought the piece got lost at Heathrow, the world's busiest international airport, which has been plagued by lost luggage problems this summer. ================================================================ >-->From Our Friend Steve :) >Greed personified: Greed personified: .---. .---. : : o : me want cookie! _..-: o : :-.._ / .-'' ' `---' `---' " ``-. .' " ' " . " . ' " `. : '.---.,,.,...,.,.,.,..---. ' ; `. " `. .' " .' `. '`. .' ' .' `. `-._ _.-' " .' .----. `. " '"--...--"' . ' .' .' o `. .'`-._' " . " _.-'`. : o : jgs .' ```--.....--''' ' `:_ o : .' " ' " " ; `.;";";";' ; ' " ' . ; .' ; ; ; ; ' ' ' " .' .-' ' " " ' " " _.-' Please Take A Number. -<,,>- An unscheduled visit from a little friend. )" . / \ (\-./ / | _/ o. \ | | .-" y)- | |/ _/ \ \ /j _".\(@) \ ( | `.'' ) [nabis] \ _`- | / " `-._ <_ ( `-.,),) It's been recorded at http://grantsemporium.blogspot.com/ Hope you enjoy, Steve ---- ...You Betcha Steve - Excellent Pictures - Thanks! ================================================================== >-->From TheJokester: / \ _(I)(I)_ ( _ .. _ ) `.`--'.' ) ( ,-./ \,-. ( _( || || )_ ) __\ \\||--||'/ /__ hjw `-._//||\/||\\_.-' `--'`--' A guy walks into a bar with a frog on his forehead and says "Bartender give me a scotch on the rocks." The bartender returns with the drink, and being kind of curious about the pair, asks: "If you don't mind my asking, how'd you end up with that thing on you?" Immediately the frog replies, "I don't know, it started out as a wart on my butt!" -<>- Lawyer Story ,----------------------------------------------------------------------. |V"|OOOOOOOO> U N I T E D S T A T E S OF A M E R I C A O N E D O L L A R - Post Accident Intervention After an accident, a woman stepped forward and prepared to help the victim. She was asked to step aside by a man who announced, "Step back please! I've had a course in first aid and I'm trained in CPR." The woman watched his procedures for a few moments, then tapped him on the shoulder. "When you get to the part about calling a doctor," she said, "I'm already here!" -<>- Music Appreciation _____ | | \ | | \ | | \___ | | \ | | \ ~~O __|_|___________| /\/ /____|____________) . / \_|___O /____________| O |/__ | /_oo-#= __ )( __ /| | |\\ :| .| \/ /_/ )( \_\ / |. ||__ |, |, __|| ejm 97 | |\\ /|\ /|\ //| | The world's worst orchestra director was preparing his new group for their first concert. Halfway through the first movement, as he conducted with wild abandon, his baton flew out of his hand and impaled itself in the eye of a flute player, killing her instantly. The police investigated, but ruled her death an accident. At the next rehearsal, he got caught up in the music again, lost his baton again, and this time struck the bassoon player in the eye, killing him instantly. The police investigated, but again ruled the death an accident. At the third rehearsal, the same thing happened, this time to a violist. The police could not believe that such an odd thing could happen three times in a row accidentally, so they arrested the conductor. He was tried for triple homicide and sentenced to death. After all his appeals proved fruitless, the warden strapped him in the electric chair and the officer in charge threw the giant electrical switch. But nothing happened. He turned it off and then back on again, but still nothing. The exasperated warden yelled at the officer, "What are you doing wrong?" The officer retorted, "Hey, don't blame me. Everyone knows he's a poor conductor!" -<>- Kicked A cowboy went to an insurance agency to buy a policy. The agent asked, "Have you ever had an accident?" "Nope," replied the cowboy. "Last summer, a bronc kicked in two of my ribs, and a couple of years ago, a rattlesnake bit me on the ankle." "Wouldn't you call those accidents?" quizzed the puzzled agent. "Naw," the cowboy replied. "They did it on purpose!" ==================================================================== >-->From CleanLaffs: _.--._ _.--._ ,-=.-":;:;:;\':;:;:;"-._ \\\:;:;:;:;:;\:;:;:;:;:;\ \\\:;:;:;:;:;\:;:;:;:;:;\ \\\:;:;:;:;:;\:;:;:;:;:;\ \\\:;:;:;:;:;\:;::;:;:;:\ \\\;:;::;:;:;\:;:;:;::;:\ \\\;;:;:_:--:\:_:--:_;:;\ -shimrod \\\_.-" : "-._\ \`_..--""--.;.--""--.._=> " Parents can be very upset when their children don't get into the college of their choice. As an admissions counselor for a state university, I took a call from an irate mother who was demanding to know why her daughter had been turned down. Avoiding any mention of the transcript full of D's, I explained that her daughter just wasn't as "competitive" as the admitted class. "Why doesn't she try anther school for a year and then transfer?" I suggested. "Another school!" exclaimed the Mother. "Have you seen her grades?" -<>- I was expecting my Oriental friend Chu to arrive at the airport and want to be picked up at the same time that I had a pressing commitment elsewhere. I simply couldn't be in two places at once, but I couldn't get out of my pre- vious commitment. What to do? Then I remembered that my friend Stuart had offered several times to help me if he ever could in any way. Maybe he could solve my problem. So I called him up, explained my dilemma to him, and asked him, "Please, Stu, meet Chu." -<>- At our local funeral home families are given the chance to chose the music they would like to enter the service to. One family asked to enter to Elvis Presley's hit, "Love me Tender." The day of the funeral arrived and the music was started ready for the family to walk in to the service. Unfortunately the wrong track number was entered into the CD player, and the family found themselves walking in to, "Return to Sender." -<>- The road by my house was in bad condition. Every day I dodged potholes on the way to work, so I was relieved to see a construction crew working on the road one morning. Later, on my way home, I noticed the men were gone and no improvement in the road. But where the crew had been working stood a new, bright-yellow sign with the words "Rough Road." =========================================================== >-->From ScreamOfTheCrop: Happy Labor Day Weekend to us all ! ' ' ' .|(} - - - - - - / ||¯¯¯¯\ ' ' ' .-------'--||-----`------, _ | __ | 4x4 | __ |- - - - - - '. `. (-'| \______________/ |`-B) ` ` @. . /¯¯¯\ - .- . . /¯¯¯\ \ ` . .. `.( (¯) )' . .. ``( (¯) ) \ '` .- ` --_.\.-./_.-AnubiS-._. \.-./__@-...- '`~@.¯`-.-'¯_..' ^._.-'¯`-. `-'-_.-'.` -=NUTTIN'LIKE A GOOL 'OL FASHIONED MUDBATH=- >Redneck Church? 1. You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ... the finance committee refuses to provide funds for the purchase of a chandelier because none of the members knows how to play one. 2. You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ... people ask, when they learn that Jesus fed the 5000, whether the two fish were bass or catfish, and what bait was used to catch 'em. 3. You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ... when the pastor says, "I'd like to ask Bubba to help take up the offering," five guys and two women stand up. 4. You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ... opening day of deer season is recognized as an official church holiday. 5. You Know You're in a Redneck Church if... a member of the church requests to be buried in his 4-wheel-drive truck because "It ain't never been in a hole it couldn't get out of" (Love it!) 6. You Know You're in a Redneck Church if .. the choir is known as the "OK Chorale". 7. You Know You're in a Redneck Church if . in a congregation of 500 members, there are only seven last names in the church directory. 8. You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ... people think "rapture" is what you get when you lift something too heavy. 9. You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ... the baptismal pool is a #2 galvanized "Wheeling" washtub. 10. You Know You're in a Redneck Church if . the choir robes were donated by (and embroidered with the logo from) Billy Bob's Barbecue. 11. You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ... the collection plates are really hubcaps from a'56 Chevy 12. You Know You're in a Redneck Church if .. instead of a bell you are called to service by a duck call. 13. You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ... the minister and his wife drive matching pickup trucks. 14. You Know You're in a Redneck Church if ... the communion wine is Boone's Farm "Tickled Pink". 15. You Know You're in a Redneck Church if... "Thou shall not covet" applies to huntin' dogs, too. 16. You know You're in a Redneck Church if ... the final words of the benediction are, "Y'all come back now, Ya hear." -<>- Q. Why was Benjamin Franklin baptized on the same day he was born? A. In Puritan times, to be born on a Sunday was interpreted as a sign of great sin. Benjamin Franklin was born on Sunday, January 6, 1706 so his father Josiah had him quickly baptized that same day. Q. Does water really drain in opposite directions in the northern and southern hemisphere? A. No. The Coriolis effect is too small to affect the flow of water down the drain. The rotation of the earth is very small, just one rotation per day. The water in a sink might make a rotation in a second or two and so has a rotation rate ten thousand times higher than that of the earth. -<>- >Tommy Cooper jokes for you: I was reading this book today, 'The History Of Glue,' and I couldn't put it down. I fancied a game of darts with my mate. He said, "Nearest the bull goes first." He went "Baah" and I went "Moo." He said "You're closest." I phoned the local ramblers club today and this bloke just went on and on and on .. I said to this man, you invented Tipp Ex, correct me if I'm wrong. I phoned the local gym and I asked if they could teach me how to do the splits. He said, "How flexible are you?" I said, "I can't make Tuesdays or Thursdays." I'm so lazy I've got a smoke alarm with a snooze button. I bought some Armageddon cheese today, and it said on the packet 'Best Before End' So I went to buy a watch, and the man in the shop said "Analogue ?" I said "No, just a watch." To subscribe, send a blank mailto:scream_of_the_crop-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ================================================================== >-->From SermondFodder: >The Bar Vs. the Church _|_ ____|____ #%@@ /~~~~.~~~~\ @@%# @%%#%%, /~~~~/ \~~~~\ ,%%#%%@ %%@@%%@%/~~~~/ : \~~~~\%@%%@@%% `@%%%@#@/____/ (X) \____\@%%%@#@` @@\@%%@`|.`.| ___ |.`.|`@%%@/@@ `#%/@ |:x:|| .||:x:| @\%#` || |:x:|| ||:x:| || -_|| _-|:x:||~ .||:x:|-_ ||_- !-!-!-!-!-|___||___||___|-!-!-!-!-!lc In a small conservative town, a bar/tavern owner started to build a new bar to open up for business. A local church started a campaign to block the bar from opening with petitions and prayers. Work progressed, however, right up till the week before opening, when a lightning strike hit the bar and it burned to the ground. The church folks were rather smug in their outlook after that, until the bar owner sued the church on the grounds that the church was ultimately responsible for the demise of his building, either through direct or indirect actions or means. The church vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection to the building's demise in its reply to the court. As the case made it's way through the legal system, the judge looked over the paperwork at the hearing and observed, "I don't know how I'm going to decide this, but as it appears from the paperwork, we have a bar owner that believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church congregation that doesn't!" ====================================================================== >-->Fun Places To Net Visit: >From Linky&Dinky: NEW MAC OSX "LEOPARD" BREAKS OUT NEXT MONTH Here's 61 colorful sneak peeks! http://www.thinksecret.com/archives/leopard9a527/ iCar? http://tinyurl.com/37msb7 YOU ARE EXACTLY HERE http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/universe.html SMART-ALECKY SCIENTISTS DeBUNK EVERYTHING Even Angel Therapy! http://skepdic.com/contents.html HOW SAFE is YOUR RIDE? Experts vote on how likely you are to die while driving. http://www.safercar.gov/ DAINTY DESIGNER SUGAR CUBES This is why I get out of bed in the morning. http://www.sugarcubes.ca/sugarcubes.htm PHOTOG DISPLAYS HIS WARES iPHONICALLY I wonder where he got this idea? http://fazed.net/out/?id=14365 -<>- >From LynnLynn's Links: IT IS NO SECRET by Marlene http://summerhoosier.250free.com/Html/ItIsNoSecret.html John w/ Great Balls Of Fire "Jerry Lee Lewis" http://heavens-gates.com/50s/greatballsoffire/ Presidential Labor day Message http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/08/20070831-10.html The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon Official Site http://www.mdausa.org/telethon/ Annie's "Labor Day" http://www.annieshomepage.com/laborday.html Labor Day 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_day DOL History Of Labor Day http://www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/laborday.htm AFL-CIO Labor Day Page http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/laborday/ Mackinac Bridge Walk http://www.mackinacbridge.org/index.php?action=news USA Index http://mysti.bravepages.com/usa/uindex.html If You haven't joined LynnLynn's mailing List yet, send a blank e-mail to LynnLynns-links-subscribe@Yahoogroups.com ====================================================================== >-->Quotes & Thunkers: "Leona Helmsley passed away a couple of weeks ago and left $12 million to her dog. Big deal. Trump is leaving $50 million to that thing on his head." -Dave Letterman "Hotel billionaire Leona Helmsley passed away earlier this month after, I think, a girl in red slippers dumped a pail of water on her head." -Jimmy Kimmel "There are more important things in life than money - but they won't go out with you if you're broke." --Unknown "It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to- day basis." --Margaret Bonnano "No problem is so formidable that you can't walk away from it." --Charles M. Schulz There’s a great prayer: Lord, help me to spend my life seeking the truth, but spare me the company of those who have found it. — Norman Lear Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience. — Victoria Holt If you don't run your own life, someone else will. -- John Atkinson "Scientists in China say they have found a dolphin they previously thought was extinct. 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