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John was called for his question session. "Property holder?" "Yes, I am, your honor, for many years." "Married or single?" "Married for years, your honor." "Formed or expressed an opinion?" "Not in many years, your honor." -<>- >Murphy's Dictums 1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. 2. He who laughs lasts, thinks slowest. 3. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. 4. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. 5. The 50-50-90 Rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong. 6. If you lined up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them, five or six at a time, on a hill, in the fog. 7. If the shoe fits, get another one just like it. 8. The things that come to those who wait, will be the things left by those who got there first. 9. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer. 10. The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room. 11. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. 12. When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people, who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty. ======================================================= +------------ BIZARRE HOLIDAYS ------------+ May 2 is Baby Day and Brothers and Sisters Day May 3 is National Teachers Day and World Press Freedom Day May 4 is Bird Day, Renewal Day and Star Wars Day May 5 is Cinco de Mayo, National Hoagie Day and Oyster Day May 6 is Military Spouses Day, National Tourist Appreciation Day, National Nurses Day, No Diet Day and Space Day. May 7 is Birth Mother's Day and National Tourism Day May 8 is Mother's Day, No Socks Day, V-E Day and World Red Cross Day ======================================================= >-->From GoodCleanFun: _ _ / )%.===.%( \ | // ,,, \\ | \/ \/6.6\/ \/ .===. /\ ( _ ) /\ / ,,, \ ^^ /()-()\ ^^ ( /6.6\ ) / /o o\ \ )( _ )( (._\ Y /_.) (_/;---;\_) (O_`&`_O) / `"*"` \ / / \ \ ( (_.@._) ) / ()/^\() \ /'._\|/_.'\ /. . . . . . .\ /. . . . . .\ `"`"`|`|`|`"`"` `"`"|"|"|"`"` jgs _|_|_|_ _|_|_|_ (___|___) (___|___) >Second Child The birth of our second child, a daughter, came after a long and difficult labor. But it was definitely worth it when our beautiful little girl emerged, perfect in every way. Later, in my room, my husband looked at her tenderly, with tears in his eyes. Then as he glanced up at me, I expected him to utter something truly poetic. Instead he asked, "What's her name again?" -<>- >Funeral Details During the last days of my mother's life, we discussed many things. One day I raised the topic of her funeral and memorial service. "Oh, honey," she responded, "I really don't care about the details." Later she woke from a nap and grasped my hand, clearly wanting to share something with me. As I leaned forward, she said urgently: "Just don't bury me in plaid." -<>- >Father's Name? It was the little girl's first day at school and the teacher was making out her registration card. "What is your father's name? "Daddy," replied the child. "Yes, I know, but what does your mother call him?" "Oh, she doesn't call him anything. She likes him!" -<>- >Helmsman A young man wanted to see the world so he signed on to a tramp steamer to be trained as a helmsman. He mastered the classroom instruction and then started his practical training at the helm of the vessel. In his first lesson, the first mate gave him a heading and he held to it. Then the mate ordered, "Come starboard." He left the helm and walked over to his instructor. With an incredulous look on his face as the helm swung freely, the mate said politely, "Could you bring the ship with you?" -<>- >Rustic Dining Hall As a trail guide in a national park, Danny ate with the rest of the seasonal staff in a rustic dining hall, where the food left something to be desired. When they were finished with their meals, they scraped the remains into a garbage pail and stacked the plates for the dishwasher. One worker, apparently not too happy after his first week on the job, was ahead of Danny in line. As he slopped an uneaten plate of food into the garbage, Danny heard him mutter, "Now stay there this time." ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend LouiseA :) ,-`"-=') =/////// ,== _,_(((((-`6\ ==.| /,,...\\\C _| .--. ((((\\\\\` _, /;_| )9 )))))./ `. / } _\,_ ,-'))) \ / /=-. ,-./ \/ '))) . /\_/ / \ (,-.%\ / /-' ') \/\ / ( \ (/ \ ' /( ' `-/ \( \ ,- / ( `-' \ . / / \ \ &_) /\ \ | ( /--.- \ \----,------=;% | _/ _); `. ` `-. .`\ ) +++/ \ ,," %&-. ; \\| `-` `-=.;_,.__.__\_,/ )_/___+_/_________\,"(_//_(__)______:-._) gpyy >SMILES A teenager who had just received her learner's permit offered to drive her parents to church. After a hair-raising ride, they finally reached their destination. The mother got out of the car and said, "Thank you!" "Anytime," her daughter replied. As the woman slammed the door, she said, "I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to God." -------- A fellow was walking along a country road when he came upon a farmer working in his field. The man called out to the farmer, "How long will it take me to get to the next town?" The farmer didn't answer. The guy waited a bit and then started walking again. After the man had gone about a hundred yards, the farmer yelled out, "About 20 minutes." "Thank you. But why didn't you tell me that when I asked you?" "Didn't know how fast you could walk." -------- Mary goes to her first show at an art gallery and is looking at the paintings. One is a huge canvas that has black with yellow blobs of paint splattered all over it. The next painting is a murky gray color that has drips of purple paint streaked across it. Mary walks over to the artist and says, "I don't understand your paintings." "I paint what I feel inside me," explains the artist. "Have you ever tried Alka-Seltzer?" -------- A kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She walked around to look at the artwork. As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, "I'm drawing God." The teacher paused and said, "but no one knows what God looks like. Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing the girl replied, "They will in a minute." -------- During court one busy day, the judge quietly passed the clerk a note reading: "Blind on right side, may be falling. Please call someone." Understandably alarmed, the clerk called for help before whispering to the judge that paramedics were on their way. Puzzled, the judge pointed to a sagging Venetian blind on the right side of the room and explained, "I was thinking maybe someone from maintenance!" --------- An old man was a witness in a burglary case in Miami. The defense lawyer asks Sam, "Did you see my client commit this burglary?" "Yes," said Sam, "I saw him plainly take the goods." The lawyer asks Sam again, "Sam, this happened at night. Are you sure you saw my client commit this crime?" "Yes" says Sam, "I saw him do it." Then the lawyer asks Sam, "Sam listen, you are 80 years old and your eye sight probably is bad. Just how far can you see at night?" He quickly replied, "I can see the moon, how far is that?" -------- There once was a blind man who decided to visit Texas. When he arrived on the plane, he felt the seats and said, "Wow, these seats are big!" The person next to him answered, "Everything is big in Texas." When he finally arrived in Texas, he decided to visit a restaurant. Upon arriving, he ordered a drink and got a mug placed between his hands. He exclaimed, "Wow these mugs are big!" The bartender replied, "Everything is big in Texas." After a couple of drinks, the blind man asked the bartender where the bathroom was located. The bartender replied, "Second door to the right." The blind man headed for the bathroom, but accidentally tripped over and skipped the second door. Instead, he entered the third door, which lead to the swimming pool, and he fell into the pool by accident. Scared to death, the blind man started shouting, "Don't flush, don't flush!" -------- Michelle bought Obama a parrot for his birthday. She told Biden, "The bird is so smart, Obama has already taught him to pronounce over 200 words!" "Wow, that's pretty impressive," Biden replied, "But, you do realize that he just says the words, he doesn't really understand what they mean." "That's OK," Michelle replied, "Neither does the parrot." -------- Adolf Hitler was conducting a General Staff meeting, when somebody sneezed. "Who vas zat!?" shouted Hitler, whirling around from a wall map of Europe. Nobody said anything. "I see," he said, "I vill haff 10 of you shot. Und maybe zen you vill tell me who schneezed, ja?" A Gestapo agent took 10 people out of the room. Shots were heard, then silence. "I vill ask again," yelled Hitler, "who schneezed?" Again, nobody said anything. "Very vell," he said, "I vill haff anosser 10 of you shot!" The Gestapo agent escorted 10 more people out of the room and executed them. "For ze very last time," screamed Hitler, "who schneezed?" Finally the guilty officer could stand no more. He stood up and said, "It vas me, my Furhrer. I am ze vun who schneezed." Hitler slowly approached the shaking officer and said, "Gesundheit! ------- A woman begins to pray, "God, please help me. I've lost my business and if I don't get some money, I'm going to lose my house as well. Please let me win the lottery." Lottery night comes and somebody else wins. She again prays, "God, please let me win the lottery! I've lost my business, my house and I'm going to lose my car as well." Lottery night comes and she still has no luck. So, once again, she prays, "My God, why have you forsaken me? I've lost my business, my house and my car. My children are starving. I don't often ask You for help and I've always been a good servant to You. Please let me win the lottery just this one time, so I can get my life back in order." Suddenly, there is a blinding flash of light as the Heavens open. She is overwhelmed by the voice of God, Himself. He says, "My dear child, work with Me on this. Buy a ticket." --- ...LOL! Thanks LouiseAu! -<>- __ __ ,-' `' \ _---``-- / _ _ ; __ `. / / `' \; /`----- ) / .-/ ,( ), \-. ; | \( \ / )/; | - _5 `7 -; / ( ___-' `-____ | ( ___`-_ \ ____| \ / `,/ \ _(\__ / \ \ ; \ .' /' `i. / | | \ _-'( _\__-/ `- | | ` ,` `_ | BP >My Friend My friend we've talked together For so many happy days You've given me such joy in life In so many different ways. I can count on you to cheer me When I'm feeling kind of blue You bring a smile and laughter With the thoughtful things you do. Today's the day I tell you How much you mean to me You have a place within my heart And true friends we'll always be. --- ...Beautiful! Thanks LouiseAu! ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend Linda :) ____ .---[[__]]----. ;-------------.| ____ | || .--[[__]]---. | || ;-----------.| | || | || jgs |_____________|/ | || |___________|/ >Thoughts - The Suitcase... A man died, when he realized it, he saw God coming closer with a suitcase in his hand. - God said: Alright son its time to go. - surprised the man responded: Now? So soon? I had a lot of plans... - I'm sorry but its time to go. - What do you have in that suitcase? the man asked. - God answered: Your belongings. - My belongings? you mean my things, my clothes, my money? - God answered: Those things were not yours they belonged to the earth. - Is it my memories? the man asked. -God answered: those never belonged to you they belonged to Time - Is it my talents? - God answered: those were never yours they belonged to the circumstances. - Is it my friends and family? - God answered: I'm sorry they were never yours they belonged to the path. - Is it my wife and son? - God answered: They were never yours they belonged to your heart. - Is it my body? - God answered: that was never yours it belonged to the dust. - Is it my soul? - God answered: No that is mine. Full of fear, the man took the suitcase from god and opened it just to find out the suitcase was empty. - With a tear coming down his cheek the man said: I never had anything??? - God answered: that is correct, every moment you lived were only yours. Life is just a moment. a moment that belongs to you. For this reason enjoy this time while you have it. Don't let anything that you think you own stop you from doing so. -Live Now -Live your life for Me - that's all that matters. -Don't forget to be happy. -Material things and everything else that you fought for stay here. -YOU CAN'T TAKE ANYTHING Share this reflection with anyone you love or appreciate. Enjoy every second you live. --- ...So true! Thanks Linda! ======================================================= >-->In The Worldly News: >From BizarreNews: It's official, Australian's will drink anything if it has got alcohol in it. An Australian brewery is mixing up a unique malted beverage for an upcoming festival: a beer brewed using yeast from belly button lint. The 7 Cent Brewery in Victoria announced that the 2016 Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular next month in Melbourne and Sydney will see the debut of Belly Button Beer, which is brewed using belly button fluff from brewers. The most flavorful kind of belly button fluff. "Perhaps the first beer in the world fermented from yeast captured from the brewer's belly button fluff; there will be a little bit of 7 Cent in every glass," the brewery said in a blog post. "Some say why? We say why not?" The brewery said the team created several trial batches using yeast collected from different brewers until they found the one with "the best character." "It's perfectly safe. Yeast is yeast -- this beer is no different to any other beer out there," said Doug Bremner, co-founder of 7 Cent. Bremner said the "completely unique yeast strain" gave the beer a unique flavor, which the brewery said "exhibits qualities of Belgian beer with the key characteristics being spiciness, clove and light banana esters." The team said they were inspired by an Oregon brewery that created a beer using yeast collected from a brewer's beard. -<>- This story turned out pretty much the way everyone expected. The U.S. Coast Guard retrieved an endurance runner after he ended his aquatic voyage from South Florida to the Bermuda Triangle in his "hydro pod" early Sunday. It was the second failed attempt for Reza Baluchi, an Iranian-born man who lives in Pompano Beach. The Coast had warned Baluchi, 44, that he was "not authorized to depart" on his journey because his vessel and water conditions were unsafe. The penalty was seven years confinement and a $40,000 fine. The bubble has 36 buoyancy balls on each side and Baluchi was equipped with a life vest containing a water filter, a GPS tracking device, and shark repellent. "I don't know what to do. I don't want to fight with the Coast Guard. I want peace. I'm a lover, not a fighter," he said Friday to the South Florida Sun Sentinel. "I want to find a lawyer to help me." Bermuda is 965 miles north of St. Thomas, 1,015 miles northeast of Pompano Beach. According to his website, Baluchi planned to follow the 3,500-mile Bermuda triangle, which would also take him to Puerto Rico. Needless to say, he didn't make it that far. *-- Florida Man Clings to Hood of Speeding Car --* KENDALL, Fla. - I'm starting to get used to these stories. An apparent case of road rage in Florida led to a man clinging to the hood of a white car as it sped away from the scene of the argument. Witnesses said the driver of a black sedan argued with the driver of a white Volkswagen and ended up jumping on the car's hood in an apparent attempt to prevent the vehicle from driving away. The white car's driver had other plans, however, and left the scene at a high speed with the other motorist clinging to the hood of the car. It was unclear how far the car traveled with the man on the hood, but portions of the incident were recorded on video by witnesses and business security cameras. "The guy is lucky. I mean, he was still on top of the car when the driver made a U-turn," Sebastian Roldan, whose business security cameras captured footage of the incident, told local news. "That's super dangerous. You could fall off. It's crazy he was actually able to stay on the car." The white car eventually came to a stop and the man got off the hood, apparently uninjured. Police said they are investigating the incident. *--- Woman Caught Walking Dog While Driving ---* STOCKTON, Calif. -- A California woman captured video of another motorist walking her dog by holding its leash out of the car while driving down a Stockton road. Amanda Brajkovich captured video showing part of her confrontation with a motorist she encountered on a Stockton street holding onto her dog's leash while the canine was walking next to the car. The video shows Brajkovich ask the woman why she's using the unusual dog walking method, and the driver defends the practice, saying the dog wasn't being dragged. Brajkovich's video shows the motorist speed up, forcing the dog to run along beside the car to avoid being dragged. Phillip Zimmerman, director of Stockton's animal services department, said he found the video distressing. "We have a lack of humane education not only for adults obviously in this case but as children as well." The Stockton Police Department said officers reviewed the video and did not believe there was evidence of animal cruelty, but officials said the motorist would have been charged with distracted driving if she had been seen by an officer. *-- Fishermen Find 60-year-old Six-Pack --* A trio of friends fishing in a Wisconsin river made perhaps the most Wisconsin-appropriate catch of all time -- a 60- year-old six pack of beer. Adam Graves and Christian Burzynski said they were fishing during the weekend on the Wolf River in Fremont when their friend Andy dredged up the six pack of Budweiser cans. "They were empty unfortunately, I don't know how good they would've tasted anyways," Burzynski said. "They would've been cold still, I'm guessing." The fishermen said they sent pictures of their catch to Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch, which estimated the cans to be about 60 years old. "We're just really surprised," Graves said. "It's not every day you find something like that out on your line. It's just something to tell family and tell friends." The friends said finding beer in the river is appropriate for Wisconsin, but Budweiser isn't necessary the correct brand. "Being from Milwaukee, it's usually Miller for us," Graves said. "But I guess whenever you can grab a cold one, you do." A group of divers investigating a 200-year-old shipwreck in the Baltic Sea in 2010 discovered several sealed bottles believed to contain the world's oldest drinkable beer. 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"You know," said Melba, "today, in most marriage ceremonies, they don't use the word 'obey' anymore." "Too bad, isn't it?" retorted Ken. "It used to lend a little humor to the occasion." -<>- In my sociology class, we were instructed to write down answers to some questions the teacher was asking. "Next question," announced the instructor. "How would you like to be seen by the opposite sex?" I was thinking about my answer when the young woman next to me turned and asked, "How do you spell 'intellectual?'" -<>- My husband and I often spell words so that our small children won't understand what we're saying. I didn't realize what a habit this had become until one day when my husband and I were in the grocery store at the soup aisle. An aggressive young woman banged into our cart, then nudged me over, blocking my access to the soup. Annoyed, I looked at my husband and said, "Boy is she r-u-d-e!" "Yeah," he replied, "but I'll bet she can s-p-e-l-l." -<>- As I drove into a parking lot, I noticed that a pickup truck with a dog sitting behind the wheel was rolling toward a female pedestrian. She seemed oblivious, so I hit my horn to get her attention. She looked up just in time to jump out of the way of the truck's path, and the vehicle bumped harmlessly into the curb and stopped. I rushed to the woman's side to see if she was all right. "I'm fine," she assured me, "but if that dog hadn't honked..." -<>- A supposedly true story out of San Francisco (but who knows): A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the branch & wrote "this iz a stikkup. Put all your muny in this bag." While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller's window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to Wells Fargo. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and surmising from his spelling errors that he wasn't the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking somewhat defeated, the man said, "OK" and left. He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America. -<>- A young man applied for a job at a new factory being built in a nearby town. He entered the main office, where the receptionist directed him down the hall to an office where he was to be interviewed by the Personnel Officer. After several minutes of describing and explaining all about the new factory, the Personnel Officer told the young man, "We need individuals who are totally responsible." The young man grinned and responded: "Well, I sure qualify. Everywhere I've worked, when something went wrong, I was always responsible!" ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend Geniann :) At the gas utility where I work, written orders are issued to change meters when they are older malfunctioning. On the order sheet is a "remarks" section, where the service representative notes any problems that prevented the job from being completed. The most succinct explanation to ever come back was: |\ \`-. _.._| \ |_,' __`. \ (.\ _/.| _ | ,' __ \ | ,' __/||\ | (Y8P ,/|||||/ | `-'_---- / /`-._.-'/ `-.__.-' jg "DOG DOES NOT WANT METER TO BE CHANGED." ------- Two rednecks were struggling with a huge table in a doorway. They pushed and pulled and upped it and downed it until both were exhausted. Between gasps for air, one managed to say, “We better give up cause we’ll never get this table into the house.” “Into the house?” screamed the other. “I thought we were moving it out of the house!” ------- A blonde walks into the police department looking for a job. The captain says they can't just turn her away, and orders to desk officer to ask her a few questions as if doing an interview. Not having any idea what to ask her to disqualify her application, the officer asks, "What's 2+2?" "Ummm... 4!" the blonde says. Dang, the officer thinks, so tries a harder one: "What's the square root of 100?" "Ummm... 10!" the blonde says. "Good!" the officer says, deciding to switch from math to history. "OK, who killed Abraham Lincoln?" "Ummm... I don't know," she admits. "Well, you can go home and think about it," he says, "and come back later and tell me what you've figured out." He figures that's the last he'll see of her. The blonde goes home and calls up one of her friends, who asks her if she got the job. "Not only did I get the job," the blonde says, "but I've already been assigned to a murder case!" ------- If Trump wins the election it'll be the first time in history that a billionaire moved into public housing vacated by a black family! -<>- .----. | \./''\ \. |\ \\===-_____..'\ /.--. \ | \ .--. | | _ \|/ )| `.__`-----._0/.' (__ . . __) ) ------ ( (_.------._) dlK | | >The Fix... From a senior citizen around 80 yrs. of age. We aren't useless yet. There recently was an article in the St. Petersburg, Fl. Times. The Business Section asked readers for ideas on: "How Would You Fix the Economy?" I think this guy nailed it! Dear Mr. President, Please find below my suggestion for fixing America 's economy. Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the "Patriotic Retirement Plan": There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them $1 million a piece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations: 1) They MUST retire. Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed. 2) They MUST buy a new AMERICAN Car. Forty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed. 3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed. It can't get any easier than that!! P.S. If more money is needed, have all members in Congress pay their taxes. Mr. President, while you're at it, make Congress retire on only Social Security and Medicare. I'll bet both programs would be fixed pronto! -<>- | | / / \ / \__ ____ / / \ / \ | /| / | \ \ / |____________/ / | |_____________///////// < |____________| | |(______________ () \ | / () | () | | \\\\\\\\\ \| | __|__ | | _|___/___ \___ | | __---- ----__\---\_ / __ | ______________________ \____-------------______/ \ / \ / / / / _/ ---| it theemth | / \ / / / | i thlighly | / $ / / | mithtook | / / / | your meaning there, | | | / | buthtah !!! | \______________// \______________________/ \________/ unknown >Groaners... A blonde assistant to a CEO was asked to plan her boss' meetings during his East Coast trip. She didn't know what time to book his meetings on the day of his arrival in New York because she couldn't figure out what time he would be there. 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The Asian countries are sending labor to assist in rebuilding the infrastructure. Canada is sending medical teams and supplies. GREAT BRITAIN, not to be outdone, is sending two million replacement Muslims. God Bless GREAT BRITAIN - dang those Brits are smart!! --- ...Teehee! 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