Homonyms Vs Heteronyms ... :) Shangy! >Here are the details on our Yahoo ShangyFunList: To Subscribe send a blank email to ShangyFunList-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To UnSubscribe send a blank email to ShangyFunList-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Group home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ShangyFunList Through no fault of my own we suddenly became an adult club in the love and romance directory so you will have to confirm that you are an adult when you go here. I still have no idea how to change this back as it sends me around in a circle when I try! or Web Site: http://www.ShangralaFamilyFun.com/ShangyFunList.html Group email address: ShangyFunList@yahoogroups.com or email me here: bcrsystems@earthlink.net ================ *~* A REMINDER: For Facebook Users: Please Friend Me / Like Me here... http://tinyurl.com/cma6all ^~^ May God SUPER BLESS You As You Do! 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It has so many neat home decorating ideas, you won't want to miss it! Give it time to load and check it out here... ,--..._ .' .-. `""--. _./`-. `-' __/| F `"--i_ `. \|========/`"\ `-. `"--.__.'`|J / /SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssss.._ _/ _ () | ! {._ / YS !__./ \ | / /.-.\SSSss...__ __.=P / `""--.__!' :| |:`"""""^^SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSP^^"" \ :`""""-----------..........!!_!!______ \ ! `"""""""""--------....._____: `"""""""""""----------........._________ | `"""""""------......______! fsc Thoughts Into Action 5! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/action5.html --- ...Fun design ideas! Thanks Linda and PatDeE! -<>- >AN UPDATED PAGE From Our Friend LouiseA :) She gave our story a moral so this page has been updated with it here... _ (\\ _ ___ .-"`"(\\ _.""` `"-. / ` `-._ _.-" `\__ 6 6) `-.__.-' `", / `;-` / , | () / /` | `---`"~``\ | \ | \ \ / / /`, , | | / / "-.| | | /' / / | /,__ | /`\ jgs / /' | / `"'\ ( \ __/ /' | | `\ \ \ \ / | | `\ \ \ `-,/ / | / |-"` `"""^^^ `^^""""` Bear Rescue http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/bearrescue.html --- ...TeeHee! So True! Thanks LouiseA! ======================================================= >-->From TheFunnyBone: Unusual Job Applicant Behavior We've all been interviewed for jobs. And, we've all spent most of those interviews thinking about what not to do. Don't bite your nails. Don't fidget. Don't interrupt. Don't belch. If we did any of the don'ts, we knew we'd disqualify ourselves instantly. But some job applicants go light years beyond this. We surveyed top personnel executives of 100 major American corporations and asked for stories of unusual behavior by job applicants. The low lights: 1. "... stretched out on the floor to fill out the job application." 2. "She wore a Walkman and said she could listen to me and the music at the same time." 3. "A balding candidate abruptly excused himself. Returned to office a few minutes later, wearing a hairpiece." 4. "... asked to see interviewer's resume to see if the personnel executive was qualified to judge the candidate." 5. "... announced she hadn't had lunch and proceeded to eat a hamburger and french fries in the interviewer's office - wiping the ketchup on her sleeve." .-----. 6. "Stated that, if he were hired, / '. ' .\ he would demonstrate his loyalty |_.__'_.|} by having the corporate logo (=(_)^(_)=) tattooed on his forearm." ;, > ,; ;;;~~~;;; 7. "Interrupted to phone his therapist ___.';;;;;'.__ for advice on answering specific /'`\ `\ /` /`'\ interview questions." / | | | | \ jgs( | |\_/| | @~ ) 8. "When I asked him about his | | | | | | hobbies, he stood up and | /| | | |\ | started tap dancing around \ || | | || / my office." ( || | | || ) | || |___| || | 9. "At the end of the interview, \ ||___|[_]|___O| / while I stood there dumb struck, | | / \O| | went through my purse, took out a brush, brushed his hair, and left." 10. "... pulled out a Polaroid camera and snapped a flash picture of me. Said he collected photos of everyone who interviewed him." 11. "Said he wasn't interested because the position paid too much." 12. "While I was on a long-distance phone call, the applicant took out a copy of Penthouse, and looked through the photos only, stopping longest at the centerfold." 13. "During the interview, an alarm clock went off from the candidate's brief case. He took it out, shut it off, apologized and said he had to leave for another interview." 14. "A telephone call came in for the job applicant. It was from his wife. His side of the conversation went like this: "Which company? When do I start? What's the salary?" I said, "I assume you're not interested in conducting the interview any further." He promptly responded, "I am as long as you'll pay me more. "I didn't hire him, but later found out there was no other job offer. It was a scam to get a higher offer." 15. "His attache [case] opened when he picked it up and the contents spilled, revealing ladies' undergarments and assorted makeup and perfume." 16. "Candidate said he really didn't want to get a job, but the unemployment office needed proof that he was looking for one." 17. "... asked who the lovely babe was, pointing to the picture on my desk. When I said it was my wife, he asked if she was home now and wanted my phone number. I called security." ( 18. "Pointing to a black case he __________ )\ carried into my office, he said / /\______{,} that if he was not hired, the jgs \_________\/ bomb would go off. Disbelieving, I began to state why he would never be hired and that I was going to call the police. He then reached down to the case, flipped a switch and ran. No one was injured, but I did need to get a new desk." ======================================================= _,-""`""-~`) (`~_,=========\ |---,___.-.__,\ | o \ ___ _,,,,_ _.--. \ `^` /`_.-"~ `~-;` \ \_ _ .' `, | |`- \'__/ / ,_ \ `'-. / .-""~~--. `"-, ;_ / | \ \ | `""` \__.--'`"-. /_ |' `"` `~~~---.., | jgs \ _.-'`-. \ \ '. / `"~"` +------------ BIZARRE HOLIDAYS ------------+ September 9 is Teddy Bear Day September 10 is Swap Ideas Day September 11 is No News Is Good News Day September 12 is National Pet Memorial Day and National Chocolate Milkshake Day September 13 is Defy Superstition Day September 14 is National Cream-filled Donut Day September 15 is Felt Hat Day ======================================================= >-->From GoodCleanFun: \\\/// \(..)/ ( _> ) _/'--/_ /^ _ _ `\ .' / \ ) | \' '// ,, < < | | \ ,, ||, `. \\ . /, \ ,|| =|||===(((==========)))===|||= ||^ /`:----/\ `|| `` ( \ / \ `` | /`^\ | | | | | | / \ | / `| |^ \ | / \ | | | | | / \ | \ gnv .oooO LOoo >Exercise I'm not into exercising. Yesterday my wife said, "Let's walk around the block." I said, "Why? We're already here." -<>- >Not at Work When I phoned my employee to find out why she hadn't come to the office, I expected to hear a sob story about how sick she was, blah, blah, blah. Instead, her excuse was pretty plausible. "When I was driving to work, I took a wrong turn," she explained. "And then I just decided to keep going." -<>- >New Car The husband, a computer-systems troubleshooter by profession, rode with his wife in her new car one afternoon. He had been working on a customer's computer all morning and was still tense from the session. When she stopped for a traffic light, she made sure to leave a safe distance from the stop line to keep oncoming drivers from hitting the car. She couldn't help but laugh when he impatiently waved at her to move the car forward while saying, "Scroll up, honey." -<>- >Nice Try My husband's uncle thought he had conquered his problem of trying to remember his wife's birthday and, also, their anniversary. He opened an account with a florist, provided that florist with the dates and instructions to send flowers to his wife on these dates along with an appropriate note signed, "Your loving husband." His wife was thrilled by this new display of attention and all went well until one day when he came home he saw a bouquet, kissed his wife and said offhandedly, "Nice flowers, honey. Where'd you get them?" -<>- >Supermarket Cart A young man noticed an elderly lady slowly pushing a cart through the supermarket parking lot. Trying to be courteous, he insisted on pushing it for her as she struggled alongside, doing her best to keep up. At the store entrance, he said, "Here you go, Ma'am," and gave her the cart. Catching her breath, she said, "Thank you, but I was using it to lean on." ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend LouiseA :) This can be spookily accurate!! \ \ \\ \\ >\/7 _.-(6' \ (=___._/` \ ) \ | / / | / > / j < _\ _.-' : ``. \ r=._\ `. <`\\_ \ .`-. \ r-7 `-. ._ ' . `\ \`, `-.`7 7) ) \/ \| \' / `-._ || .' cjr \\ ( 10mar02 >\ > ,.-' >.' <.'_.'' <' >Feng shui horoscope This is a Chinese Feng Shui horoscope. If you are honest this tells the truth. Write your answers on paper. To find your Feng Shui horoscope scroll down. 1. Which is your favorite color: Red, Black, Blue, Green or Yellow? 2. Your first initial? 3. Your month of birth? 4. Which color do you like more, Black or White? 5. The name of a person that is the same gender as you? 6. Your favorite number? 7. Do you like California or Florida more? 8. Do you like a Lake or the Ocean more? 9. Write down a Wish (a realistic one) When you are done, scroll down. Don't cheat! . . . . . . . . . Answers: 1. If you choose: Red: You are alert and your life is full of love. Black: You are conservative and aggressive. Green: Your soul is relaxed and you are laid back. Blue: You are spontaneous and love affection. Yellow: You are a very happy person & give good advice to those who are down. 2. If your initial is between: A-K: You have a lot of love and friendships in your life. L-R: You try to live your life to the max & your love life is soon to bloom. S-Z: You like to help others and your future looks very bright. 3. If you were born in: Jan-Mar: The year will go very well for you and you will discover that you fall in love with someone totally unexpected. Apr-Jun: You will have a strong love relationship that will last forever. Jul-Sep: You will have a great year and will experience a major life changing experience for the good. Oct-Dec: Your life will be great; you will find your soul mate. 4. If you choose: Black: Your life is about to get better. You are more than ready for the change. White: You have a friend who completely confides in you and would do anything for you, but you may not realize it. 5 This person should be your Best Friend. 6. This is how many close friends you will have in your life time. 7. If you choose: California : You like adventure. Florida : You are a laid back person. 8. If you choose: Lake : You are loyal to your friends and your lover. You are very reserved. Ocean: You are spontaneous and like to please people. 9. This wish will come true if you send this to 1 person in one hour. Send this to ten people and it will come true before your next birthday. --- ...Not happening - TeeHee! But, This was a fun one! Thanks LouiseA! ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend Geniann :) \_/ '-0-' --0-- .-0-. \_/ '-0-' --0-- .-0-. \_/ '-0-' --0-- jgs .-0-. >Ant Killer Tip What's so cool about this is, it took them 2 minutes to find it and 5 minutes to fill up like the pic ! W...ow 1 empty water bottle (Cut it down to about 2" tall) 5 Tbsp of baking soda 5 Tbsp of sugar 3 Tbsp of water. (dry works buy I used real sugar.) The very best way of eliminating ants is truly simple: Take a small amount of powdered sugar (also called icing sugar) and mix it with an equal amount of baking soda (formally called sodium bicarbonate) Powdered sugar is essential. You cannot use the larger grains of sugar for this.. Mix the two powders together and then place small amounts against the walls or other areas where you would not normally walk but where you would normally see the ants. The ants will be attracted to the sugar and will eat some of it and collect more to take home to feed others, so all of them will get their share. The sugar and baking soda powders are similar in size and, once mixed together, the ants cannot separate the two items, so, as they eat the sugar, they will also ingest the baking soda, which they would otherwise never touch. This is the reason for using powdered sugar. Once the ants eat the baking soda it will react with the formic acid in their stomachs and cause gas. The bodies of ants are unlike humans and they cannot eliminate gas so it will build up inside them and cause them to literally explode. SHARE SHARE SHARE SHARE SHARE --- ...Great Tip! Thanks Geniann! -<>- .-. | | |=| |=| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |=| jgs |=| |_| .=/I\=. ////V\\\\ |#######| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| An unemployed man is desperate to support his family of a wife and three kids. He applies for a janitor's job at a large firm and easily passes an aptitude test. The human resources manager tells him, "You will be hired at minimum wage of $6.35 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address so that we can get you in the loop. Our system will automatically e-mail you all the forms and advise you when to start and where to report on your first day." Taken back, the man protests that he is poor and has neither a computer nor an e-mail address. To this the manager replies, "You must understand that to a company like ours that means that you virtually do not exist. Without an e-mail address you can hardly expect to be employed by a high-tech firm. Good day." Stunned, the man leaves. Not knowing where to turn and having $10 in his wallet, he walks past a farmers' market and sees a stand selling 25 lb. crates of beautiful red tomatoes. He buys a crate, carries it to a busy corner and displays the tomatoes. In less than 2 hours he sells all the tomatoes and makes 100% profit. Repeating the process several times more that day, he ends up with almost $100 and arrives home that night with several bags of groceries for his family. During the night he decides to repeat the tomato business the next day. By the end of the week he is getting up early every day and working into the night. He multiplies his profits quickly. Early in the second week he acquires a cart to transport several boxes of tomatoes at a time, but before a month is up he sells the cart to buy a broken-down pickup truck. At the end of a year, he owns three old trucks. His two sons have left their neighborhood gangs to help him with the tomato business, his wife is buying the tomatoes, and his daughter is taking night courses at the community college so she can keep books for him. By the end of the second year he has a dozen very nice used trucks and employs fifteen previously unemployed people, all selling tomatoes. He continues to work hard. Time passes and at the end of the fifth year he owns a fleet of nice trucks and a warehouse that his wife supervises, plus two tomato farms that the boys manage. The tomato company's payroll has put hundreds of homeless and jobless people to work. His daughter reports that the business grossed over one million dollars. Planning for the future, he decides to buy some life insurance. Consulting with an insurance adviser, he picks an insurance plan to fit his new circumstances. Then the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order to send the final documents electronically. When the man replies that he doesn't have time to mess with a computer and has no e-mail address, the insurance man is stunned, "What, you don't have e-mail? No computer? No Internet? Just think where you would be today if you'd had all of that five years ago!" "Ha!" snorts the man. "If I'd had e-mail five years ago I would be sweeping floors at Microsoft and making $6.35 an hour." Which brings us to the moral of the story: Since you got this story by e-mail, you're probably closer to being a janitor than a millionaire. Sadly, I received it also. ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend GloriaB :) ,-~***~-._.-~***~-. / \ / .--~~~--..--~~~--. \ ,' /._,/\._,/\._,/\._,\ `. ~-. \.-~ .-~ // ,-~ \/ ,* / ,* // / the R O L L I N G S T O N E S / ,**' / ,*'// / /,***' / ,**'// / /,***' / ,**'// / / ***' / ,***'// / : ~** ` ,***'/.-~ | **' / \ .' ~-.. ..-~ -Artist Unknown ~~~~~ >Homonyms vs Heteronyms For you wordsmiths… Homonyms are words of like spelling but with more than one meaning. A homonym that is also pronounced differently is a heteronym: You think English is easy?? I think a retired English teacher was bored...THIS IS GREAT! Read all the way to the end................. This took a lot of work to put together! 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4) We must polish the Polish furniture.. 5) He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.. 7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present. 8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum. 9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. 10) I did not object to the object. 11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid. 12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row. 13) They were too close to the door to close it. 14) The buck does funny things when the does are present. 15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line. 16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. 17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail. 18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.. 19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. 20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend? Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groceand hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on. English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. PS. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick'? You lovers of the English language might enjoy this. There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP.' It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warmUPthe leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special. A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP. When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so.......it is time to shut UP! Now it's entirely UP to you what you do with this email --- ...LOL! Love This! Thanks GloriaB! ====================================================== >-->In The Worldly News: >From BizarreNews: I have heard of some extreme ways and some extreme things people have smuggled into jails. And I'm not talking about the old "file baked into a cake" either. I saw a video of a woman passing a baggie full of drugs to an inmate via an open mouth kiss during a visit. But that is child's play compared to what this gentleman pulled off. A loaded gun was found inside an inmate's rectum after he allegedly bragged to other inmates about his feat. Authorities say Mark Gregory Valadez somehow managed to avoid a metal detector because of a high volume of bookings at the jail over the weekend. He instead got a pat-down, which obviously was not enough. "A pat-down will not reveal a Derringer firearm that is secreted in a body cavity," Sheriff John Whetsel said. When asked how Valadez could get a gun in his rectum, Oklahoma County Sheriff John Whetsel said: "'Keistering' is what they call it; they take whatever it is and up the hole she goes." After bragging to inmates, Valadez was searched and the firearm was found. I'm not sure I would brag about something like that. He now is facing felony count of possession of contraband in a penal institution. *-- Mummy found in German attic may be 2,000 years old --* VERDEN, Germany - Authorities in Germany said a 10-year-old boy rummaging in an attic discovered a mummy estimated to be 2,000 years old. Lutz Gaebel, spokesman for the public prosecutor in Verden, said Lutz Wolfgang Kettler called police after his 10-year-old son found the mummy in an old chest that belonged to his grandfather, The Local.de reported Thursday. Kettler said the chest has been in the family's attic for decades, since his own father had it shipped home while he was traveling in North Africa in the 1950s. "Initial forensic medical examinations suggest it could be around 2,000 years old," Gaebel said of the mummy. "It will be at least another six weeks before we are sure. But should this estimate be confirmed, it will certainly lead to the end of any investigation we conduct into the death." *-- Rhode Island man sues churches over bell ringing --* NARRAGANSETT, R.I. - A Rhode Island man's lawsuit against two churches near his home alleges their bell ringing disrupts his life and contributed to the breakdown of his marriage. John Devaney, 64, of Narragansett, filed a U.S. District Court lawsuit against the St. Thomas More Catholic Parish and St. Peters by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, alleging bells ringing at the churches have violated his rights and denied him the "peaceful enjoyment of his property," The Providence (R.I.) Journal reported Thursday. Devaney, who is acting as his own attorney, alleges the ringing bells have left him irritable and led to arguments that contributed to the ending of his marriage. The lawsuit names Attorney General Peter Kilmartin, Diocese of Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, Pope Francis and St. Peters by-the-Sea administrator Linda O'Neill as defendants. ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend KarenF :) Since most of the ones receiving this e-mail are all members of this GREAT BRIGADE, I think you will like this one! Read & pass along if you agree, please! ___ (___) /` `\ / /"\ \ \_/o o\_/ ( _ ) `\ /` /\\V//\ / /_ _\ \ \ \___/ / \/===\/ || || || || ||___|| |_____| jgs ||| / Y \ `"`"` >Gray-Haired Brigade They like to refer to us as senior citizens, old fogies, geezers, and in some cases dinosaurs. Some of us are "Baby Boomers" getting ready to retire. Others have been retired for some time. We walk a little slower these days and our eyes and hearing are not what they once were. We have worked hard, raised our children, worshipped our God and grown old together. Yes, we are the ones some refer to as being over the hill, and that is probably true. But before writing us off completely, there are a few things that need to be taken into consideration. In school we studied English, history, math, and science which enabled us to lead America into the technological age. Most of us remember what outhouses were, many of us with firsthand experience. We remember the days of telephone party-lines, 25 cent gasoline, and milk and ice being delivered to our homes. For those of you who don't know what an icebox is, today they are electric and referred to as refrigerators. A few even remember when cars were started with a crank. Yes, we lived those days. We are probably considered old fashioned and out-dated by many. But there are a few things you need to remember before completely writing us off. We won World War II, fought in Korea and Viet Nam . We can quote The Pledge of Allegiance, and know where to place our hand while doing so. We wore the uniform of our country with pride and lost many friends on the battlefield. We didn't fight for the Socialist States of America ; we fought for the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave." We wore different uniforms but carried the same flag. We know the words to the Star Spangled Banner, America,and America the Beautiful by heart, and you may even see some tears running down our cheeks as we sing. We have lived what many of you have only read in history books and we feel no obligation to apologize to anyone for America. Yes, we are old and slow these days but rest assured, we have at least one good fight left in us. We have loved this country, fought for it, and died for it, and now we are going to save it. It is our country and nobody is going to take it away from us. We took oaths to defend America against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that is an oath we plan to keep. There are those who want to destroy this land we love but, like our founders, there is no way we are going to remain silent. It was mostly the young people of this nation who elected Obama and the Democratic Congress. You fell for the "Hope and Change" which in reality was nothing but "Hype and Lies." You have tasted socialism and seen evil face to face, and have found you don't like it after all. You make a lot of noise, but most are all too interested in their careers or "Climbing the Social Ladder" to be involved in such mundane things as patriotism and voting. Many of those who fell for the "Great Lie" in 2008 are now having buyer's remorse. With all the education we gave you, you didn't have sense enough to see through the lies and instead drank the 'Kool-Aid.' Now you're paying the price and complaining about it. No jobs, lost mortgages, higher taxes, and less freedom. This is what you voted for and this is what you got. We entrusted you with the Torch of Liberty and you traded it for a paycheck and a fancy house. Well, don't worry youngsters, the Gray-Haired Brigade is here, and in 2012 we are going to take back our nation. We may drive a little slower than you would like but we get where we're going, and November 6th we're going to the polls by the millions. This land does not belong to the man in the White House nor to the likes of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. It belongs to We the People" and "We the People" plan to reclaim our land and our freedom. We hope this time you will do a better job of preserving it and passing it along to our grandchildren. So the next time you have the chance to say the Pledge of Allegiance, Stand up, put your hand over your heart, honor our country, and thank God for the old geezers of the "Gray-Haired Brigade." Author, Anon. Gray-Haired Brigade Member --- ...Really Great! Thanks KarenF! =============================================================== >-->From CleanLaffs: My husband was once employed in the printing division of a large manufacturing firm. One morning, word came from the top that some visiting VIPs would be touring the plant in just a few minutes. All production was immediately shut down as employees scrambled to quickly tidy up the work place. When the appointed lookout yelled, "Here they come!" fifty fingers that were poised over fifty machine start-up buttons pressed down in unison and blew every fuse in the building. -<>- _________ _________ _,.,-----''''---.. _,--' '-.. __ ___________ _,' '-."+_ .-"""+.-' .- ___.' \ L )-.__ _/---"""""' .-'\`\ __ `-..-' """"---------""(____ ___.-'\ \\ \ \ / .:----'\___\ \_\ |/_/ _.---. 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The Friday-Afternoon-Start-The-Weekend-Early Sudden Unbearable Stomach Pains. 4. The I'm Looking for a New Job and I Don't Know How Long It's Going to Take, but I Want To Stay On The Payroll Until Then Mysterious Infection. 5. The My Boyfriend's Got the Week Off So Suddenly I'm Too Contagious To Come In To The Office Disease. 6. The I Need a Hair Cut and My Stylist Doesn't Make Evening Appointments Bout of Influenza. 7. The There's No Federal Holidays for Two Months and I Want a Day Off Sickness. 8. The It's Spring Break and I Want To Pretend I'm a Teenager Again General Ailment. 9. The I've Messed Up Royally and I Won't Come In To Face the Music Terminal Illness. 10. 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No sentence fragments. No comma splices, run-ons are bad too. 11. Contractions aren't helpful and shouldn't be used. 12. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos. 13. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous. 14. One should never generalize. 15. Comparisons are as bad as cliches. 16. Don't use no double negatives. 17. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc. 18. One-word sentences? Eliminate. 19. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake. 20. The passive voice is to be ignored. 21. Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary. Parenthetical words however should be enclosed in commas. 22. Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice. 23. Kill all exclamation points!!!! 24. Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them. 25. Understatement is probably not the best way to propose earth shattering ideas. 26. Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed. 27. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." 28. If you've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: resist hyperbole; not one writer in a million can use it correctly. 29. Puns are for children, not groan readers. 30. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms. 31. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed. 32. Who needs rhetorical questions? 33. Exaggeration is a million times worse than understatement. 34. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out. -<>- .-. \ / ( ( | - * - '-` -+- / \ \ o _|_ \ )) }^{ /___\ )) .-#-----. /|\ .---'-'---. .-#-----. ___ /_________\ //|\\ /___________\ /_________\ /___\ |[] _ []| //|\\ | A /^\ A | |[] _ []| _.O,_ ....|"#"|.| |*| |...///|\\\...| |"| |....| |*| |..(^).... ldb "Here In Static Equilibrium" (sung to "Winter Wonderland") All my movements have cancelled, Sum of forces is equal, I'm fully inert, and doing no work, Here in static equilibrium. 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