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Thanks Desi! ======================================================= >-->From TheFunnyBone: ___ .-""-. / '''---...-'.' `\\ jgs \___...---"""-._-.__// Fixin To Make The Fixins... '---' If I where a maniac, I would drive a Cadillac. But at least I would not be a hypochondriac, even if I was on prozac. If I was fixing to make the biscuits I would first get the biscuit mixes. Then I would make the biscuit fixins I was fixin to get the biscuit mixes. But I seen two stixes so I used the stixes to mix the mixes together to make the biscuit fixins. But then suddenly Mr Nicks started to help me with the biscuit fixins. Then I asked Mr Nicks if we needed more mix in the biscuit mix to make more fixins? Mr nicks said no I don't think we need more mix in this biscuit mix because we are ( fixin to really start mixing the mix ) ) because you know when you are fixin to _.(--"("""--.._ mix the mix. You need to mix the mix /, _..-----).._,\ real fast so when you mix the mix fast | `'''-----'''` | the mix gets bigger so you can make \ / more fixins. But at this point we are '. .' only just fixin to make the fixins. jgs '--.....--' _ _ (_'-----------------------------------------------'_) (_.===============================================._) CHILDREN AS PETS-THE CAT YEARS I just realized that while children are dogs -- loyal and affectionate -- teenagers are cats. It's so easy to be a dog owner. You feed it, train it, boss it around. It puts its head on your knee and gazes at you as if you were a Rembrandt painting. It bounds indoors with enthusiasm when you call it. Then around age 13, your adoring little puppy turns into a big old cat. When you tell it to come inside, it looks amazed, as if wondering who died and made you emperor. Instead of dogging your doorsteps, it disappears. You won't see it again until it gets hungry -- then it pauses on its sprint through the kitchen long enough to turn its nose up at whatever you're serving. When you reach out to ruffle its head, in that old affectionate gesture, it twists away from you, then gives you a blank stare, as if trying to remember where it has seen you before. You, not realizing that the dog is now a cat, think something must be desperately wrong with it. It seems so antisocial, so distant, sort of depressed. It won't go on family outings. Since you're the one who raised it, taught it to fetch and stay and sit on command, you assume that you did something wrong. Flooded with guilt and fear, you redouble your efforts to make your pet behave. Only now you're dealing with a cat, so everything that worked before now produces the opposite of the desired result. Call it, and it runs away. Tell it to sit, and it jumps on the counter. The more you go toward it, wringing your hands, the more it moves away. Instead of continuing to act like a dog owner, you can learn to behave like a cat owner. Put a dish of food near the door, and let it come to you. But remember that a cat needs your help and your affection too. Sit still, and it will come, seeking that warm, comforting lap it has not entirely forgotten. Be there to open the door for it. One day your grown-up child will walk into the kitchen, give you a big kiss and say, "You've been on your feet all day. Let me get those dishes for you." Then you'll realize your cat is a dog again. ======================================================= +------------ BIZARRE HOLIDAYS ------------+ April 27 is National Prime Rib Day and Tell a Story Day April 28 is International Astronomy Day and Great Poetry Reading Day April 29 is Greenery Day and National Shrimp Scampi Day April 30 is Hairstyle Appreciation Day and National Honesty Day May 1 is May Day, Loyalty Day, Mother Goose Day and Space Day May 2 is Baby Day and Brothers and Sisters Day May 3 is Lumpy Rug Day and World Press Freedom Day ======================================================= >-->From GoodCleanFun: \_/ '-0-' --0-- .-0-. \_/ '-0-' --0-- .-0-. \_/ '-0-' --0-- jgs .-0-. >Ants As my husband and I moved some patio stones in the backyard, we unearthed a nest of ants. Our youngest son was fascinated with the thousands of ants scurrying madly around. After watching for a few minutes, he glanced up. "It looks just like recess." -<>- >Body Pick-up At the hospital where I work, it was the first time I had experienced a patient death and I was dutifully attending to the details, which included making the arrangements with a funeral home (with which I wasn't familiar). I called directory assistance and was promptly connected to someone who was clearly confused by my request for a body pick-up. She quickly transferred me to her manager, who seemed equally perplexed. By now I was more than a little annoyed, so I snapped, "What kind of business do you run there, anyway?" To my horror, the voice on the phone responded politely, "Sir, we make hamburgers here." -<>- >Department of Lowered Expectations Directory assistance hadn't connected me to McDonald's Chapel of the Flowers, but rather to the famous fast food restaurant instead. To this day, whenever I have to call a funeral home, my amused coworkers remind me not to forget the fries. During a road trip I stopped in a small town to grab a bite to eat. I walked into a local pizza place and the first thing I noticed was a sign on the wall advising: "Price. Quality. Service. Pick Any Two." -<>- >Getting Old Amy and Jamie are old friends. They have both been married to their husbands for a long time. One day Amy was upset because she thought her husband didn't find her attractive anymore. "As I get older he doesn't bother to look at me!" Amy cried. "I'm so sorry for you, as I get older my husband says I get more beautiful every day." replied Jamie. "Yes," answered Amy, "but your husband's an antique dealer!" -<>- >Routine Physical A woman goes to a doctor for a physical checkup. The nurse starts with certain basic items. "How much do you weigh?" she asks. "One-fifty." she says. The nurse puts her on the scale. It turns out that her weight is 173. The nurse asks, "Your height?" "Five-ten." she says. The nurse checks and sees that she's only 5' 7 1/2". She then takes her blood pressure, and it's very high. The woman explains, "Of course it's high. When I came in here, I was tall and wiry. Now, I'm short and fat!" ========================================================= >-->To Honor 'Story Day" - Tell Me A story - Tell Me A Story! >OK, OK! Here are two from one of my favorite authors - just for you... .__=\__ .__==__, jf' ~~=\, _=/~' `\, ._jZ' `\q, /=~ `\__ j5(/ `\./ V\\, Unknown .Z))' _____ | .____, \)/\ j5(K=~~ ~~~~\=_, | _/=~~~~' `~~+K\\, .Z)\/ `~=L | _=/~ t\ZL j5(_/.__/===========\__ ~q |j/ .__============___/\J(N, 4L#XXXL_________________XGm, \P .mXL_________________JXXXW8L ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~YKWmmWmmW@~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Ice Fishing By W.B.Cameron My dad asks me if I'd like to go ice fishing in his shanty with him. "Why don't we both just crawl into the freezer? It's bigger, warmer, and there are more fish in there," I suggest. "Very funny," he says to me. This is what my father has said to me after every joke I have ever told him. His lips say it; his face never does. An ice-fishing shanty is basically a tin outhouse out on a frozen lake, except that in an outhouse the hole has a purpose. In ice fishing, the hole is what you stare at for hours, hoping that at some point you'll break the monotony by falling in. Outside, the wind whipping the snow around, it feels a hundred degrees below zero. Inside the ice shanty, protected from the elements, it's much colder. People who love to ice fish usually say the same thing all day long: "Pass the vodka." If they don't like to ice fish, they usually sit around and tell jokes to my father. At least, that's my experience. Anyway, my father lives in the part of the United States where they consider Canadians to be warmer and more stylish. The lake has already frozen over and is thick enough to support us as we wander out onto what looks like winter in Kansas without cows — at least, we hope it is thick enough to support us. If it's not, instead of feeding on fish we'll be doing the opposite. My father has placed his shanty in a very secret fishing spot on the ice — so secret the fish have never heard of it. "I have a new auger," he says to me. "That augers well," I say gamely. His look says I'll have to improve the level of my jokes if I expect to win the coveted "very funny" award. The augur is basically a huge drill bit with a wicked point on one end and a retired gynecologist at the other. My father's new toy also has a small engine: He starts it with a few pulls, so that now our ears can be as miserable as the rest of us. "Wouldn't it be quieter if you just held the auger steady and I spun the lake?" I shout at him. "What?" he shouts back, meaning "yes." He braces himself, holding on to what looks like bicycle handles on either side of the motor, and hits the throttle. With a roar, the point of the drill bit bites down into the ice and immediately begins spinning my father in circles. It turns out to be impossible to help a whirling gynecologist when you are laughing so hard you fall down. I lie helpless on the ice as he eventually decides to get off the merry-go-round and kills the motor. Dizzy, he staggers against the metal walls of the shanty and then he, too, is lying on the ice. Most men have to spend several hours ice fishing and drinking their favorite beverage before they fall down, but my father has deployed new technology. "Works pretty well," I finally tell him. "Very funny," he says. We then discuss the merits of our individual plans of attack. My father thinks we should both grab the auger. I think we should both buy some fish. Once we've fired that baby up and are holding onto it and are being vibrated by what sounds like a rocket launch inside a steel drum, we grimly brace ourselves on the ice, which gives us very little purchase because — guess what? — it's ice. Chunks of the stuff come out of the steadily deepening hole as my father and I, gripping each other, circle like sumo wrestlers. The deeper we go, the faster we seem to be circling. Finally, with a gush, we hit black water — or rather, the water hits us, bathing our legs. My father hits the kill switch, and we stand, panting, our feet soaking and our bodies vibrating. I'm pretty sure I could throw up if I wanted and maybe even if I didn't. "You think any fish heard that racket?" my dad asks. To which I reply, of course: "Very funny." To write Bruce Cameron, visit his website at www.wbrucecameron.com. To find out more about Bruce Cameron and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com. -<>- ,-------------------. ( Tried it, loved it! ) munch `-v-----------------' ,---'. --------' C.^o^| munch (_,-_) ,--`|-. |\ ]\__n_ ||` '---E/ Ojo98 >A Sad Day for Overeating by B.Cameron Of all the major-league sports that I follow, probably the one that asks the most of its elite athletes is competitive eating. That is why I was stunned and saddened to hear that one of the top face-stuffers in the world, Takeru Kobayashi, was arrested at this year's international hot-dog-eating contest on Coney Island. Takeru reportedly "went berserk" during the contest, reminding all of us of the time that Mike Tyson became so worked up in a boxing match he bit both of Evander Holyfield's ears — except, of course, in this case it's hot dogs, not ears. Plus Evander wasn't wearing buns. Naturally, most of you are well acquainted with the food-overeating celebrities and their fascinating stories, but for those of you who do not regularly search the Internet for up-to-date gossip on these magnificent sports stars, let me take a moment here to fill you in (or maybe, given the subject, the proper expression would be "fill you up"). When the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE) was formed in 1997, the record for forcing hot dogs into one's stomach stood at 25 in 12 minutes. This wasn't exciting enough to attract many fans, though my Labrador always watched attentively. Then, in 2001, Takeru Kobayashi managed to cram down 50 hot dogs in the same length of time, thrilling and inspiring people all over the world. There was joy in the streets, people dancing, hugging and bingeing. Major-league eating had arrived, and nothing would ever be the same for humanity. Sure, there are competitors. Major League Smoking, as an example, seems to be catching on, and NASCAR is rumored to be contemplating a national drunk-driving competition. There were high hopes for the National Pot-Toking Contest, but nobody was motivated to show up. Still, nothing has quite captured the world's imagination quite as much as Major- league eating. On its Website, the IFOCE claims that major-league eating generates more than a billion consumer "impressions" a year, and I'm one of them — it's my "impression" that these people are all idiots. Read The Full Story Here: http://tinyurl.com/nqz3o6a Check out the new winner - Molly Schuyler Vs. Sayler's 72 oz Steak Record - New World Record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuqPL6X-aCc -<>- __..._ _...__ _..-" `Y` "-._ \ Once upon | / \\ a time..| // \\\ | /// \\\ _..---.|.---.._ /// jgs \\`_..---.Y.---.._`// '` `' >-->Ever Wonder About My 'Tell Me A Story' rantings? My neighbor used to have an old stand alone record player with lots of old 78 RPM vinyl records in albums to go with it. One of the songs in it was 'Tell Me A Story'. I was just a young teen but I remember it well. My sister and I got a big kick out of. So it is with that song in mind that I rant to you on these special 'story' times. I finally found it and used it in one of my pages. You can listen to the funny song here... For All Mothers And Fathers http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/mum.html ======================================================= >-->In The Worldly News: >From AFA: Urgent Call To Prayer http://www.afa.net/the-stand/bible/its-time-to-pray/ -<>- >From the Tea Party News: Why We Love Clint Eastwood http://stopthisinsanity.cmail1.com/t/d-l-yukhkhd-yutikdiyu-y/ Bruce Jenner Admits He’s a Republican; Tolerant Left Goes Nuts http://stopthisinsanity.cmail2.com/t/d-l-yukuxk-yutikdiyu-y/ VIDEO: Big Oops! — Chinese Army Hand Grenade Fail! http://stopthisinsanity.cmail2.com/t/d-l-yukuxk-yutikdiyu-i/ VIDEO: What This Muslim Law Student Wore that Caused Her to Fail the Bar Exam http://tinyurl.com/oxspqjk -<>- >From BizarreNews: We covered a story last month about a baby in China who was born with an undeveloped twin inside its body. Can you imagine what it would be like if you grew up like that? Never knowing you had a twin INSIDE of you? This woman can. Los Angeles surgeons working to remove a tumor from an Indiana woman's brain said the growth turned out to be the patient's embryonic twin. Yamini Karanam, 26, a Ph.D. student at Indiana University, said she underwent surgery at the Skull Base Institute after problems she started having with reading and listening comprehension were determined to be the result of a tumor in her brain. Karanam said she was shocked when she woke up after the surgery and Dr. Hrayr Shahinian's team revealed the tumor to be an embryonic twin with bone, hair and teeth. Shahinian said such a tumor, or "teratoma," is rare to find in modern medicine. "This is my second one, and I've probably taken out 7,000 or 8,000 brain tumors," Shahinian said. Shahinian removed the tumor using fully endoscopic resection, a minimally invasive brain surgery. Karanam said she now refers to the tumor as an "evil twin sister who's been torturing me for the past 26 years." Shahinian said the tumor was not cancerous and Karanam is expected to make a full recovery. *-- Pregnant Popeye's worker says she was fired for not replacing stolen cash --* CHANNELVIEW, Texas (UPI) - A pregnant Texas woman said she was fired from a Popeye's eatery for refusing to repay about $400 stolen when she was robbed at gunpoint. Marissa Holcomb, a former shift manager at the Channelview eatery, said about $400 was taken in the March 31 armed robbery, which was recorded by security cameras, and the manager of the Popeye's location told her she would be fired if she didn't replace the stolen money. "I told them I'm not paying nothing," Holcomb told KHOU-TV. "I just had a gun to me. I'm not paying the money." Holcomb, who is pregnant with her fourth child, said she was fired less than 36 hours after the robbery. "I don't think it's right because now I'm struggling for my family because what I had to do to keep my life," she said. A representative from the human resources department of franchise owner Z&H Foods Inc., the third-largest franchisee in the Popeye's chain, said Holcomb was fired for violating company policy by leaving too much money in the register. The representative said the incident wasn't Holcomb's first offense. The representative said the company was not aware of Holcomb being offered the chance to keep her job by repaying the money. Holcomb said the money hadn't been deposited into the store's safe because an offer for a $1.19 2-piece chicken meal had the store busier than usual. "They got what they got because that's what we made within one hour," she said. Holcomb said she is worried she won't be able to find another job. "I mean who's gonna call me? I'm 5 months pregnant," she said. "The fact that I got robbed at gunpoint and it's like nobody cares." *-- Florida man hospitalized after attempt to kiss venomous snake --* WIMAUMA, Fla. (UPI) - A Florida man is recovering from a cottonmouth snake bite to his lip after he allegedly tried to smooch the serpent on the mouth. Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said Austin Hatfield, 18, captured the 4-foot cottonmouth, also known as a water moccasin, while swimming last week and kept it in a pillowcase at his girlfriend's house, where he was bitten on the lip. Friends told investigators Hatfield was trying to kiss the snake when it struck him. Hatfield was initially hospitalized in critical condition, but his status was upgraded to good condition and officials said he is expected to make a full recovery. Investigators said Hatfield did not possess the proper permits required by the state to catch and keep cottonmouth snakes. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said it is investigating the incident. --- ...I think his girlfriend should run, not walk to the nearest exit from her relationship with this man! *-- Woman eats 13.5 pounds of steak -- plus sides -- in under 20 minutes --* AMARILLO, Texas (UPI) - A California woman broke her own world record by eating three steak dinners -- 13.5 pounds of steak plus sides -- in less than 20 minutes at a Texas event. Competitive eater Molly Schuyler, a 124-pound mother of four, downed three 72-ounce steak dinners, which each came with a baked potato, a shrimp cocktail and a side salad, to take the top spot Sunday at the The Big Texan Steak Ranch's Big Texas Steak Challenge in Amarillo. Schuyler downed two of the meals in less than 15 minutes last year, so the restaurant gathered four teams of two people to face off against Schuyler, who ate solo. Schuyler came in first, with a finish of less than 20 minutes. "They would have had to eat their half in like four minutes," Schuyler told the Amarillo Globe-News of her competitors. "If you're not used to doing this, four minutes is hard." The eatery said Schuyler set a world record last year when she finished her first steak dinner in 4 minutes, 58 seconds, and she broke her own record Sunday by finishing off her first meal in 4 minutes, 18 seconds. "I come in thinking I'm going to fail, but you know if I win it's a lovely parting gift and that's cool. I also get free steak so I don't really lose," she told KFDA-TV. Organizers of the competition said Schuyler's feat will be submitted to Guinness World Records. *-- Earthworms rain down on Norway, scientists puzzled --* BERGEN, Norway (UPI) - Cats and dogs have nothing on this one. Thousands of earthworms rained down on parts of Norway, leaving scientist baffled by the appearance of the slimy invertebrates on snow-covered grounds. Biology teacher Karstein Erstad made the discovery as he was skiing in the mountains outside the coastal city of Bergen. At first he thought they crawled atop the snow from the ground beneath, but then realized the snow was too deep. "When I found them on the snow they seemed to be dead, but when I put them in my hand I found that they were alive," he said. "In many places, the snow thickness was between half a meter and a meter (1 1/2 feet to 3 feet) and I think they would have problems crawling through the cold snow." Erstad took a sample to Trond Haraldsen, an environmental expert at the Bioforsk research institute in Norway. "This is a phenomenon we know from the literature, but it is the first time in my time as a scientist that I have got the message that it has happened on the snow, "Haralsen told the Bergens Tidende. Since the incident, reports have come in from other areas of the country as far away as the Swedish border. Experts suggest the worms may have been lifted into the air by a weather system and blown miles from their original location. --- ...Reminds me of our page here... Weird Rainy Days! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/rainyday.html ========================================================= >-->From Our Friend LouiseA :) ..::''''::.. .:::. .;'' ``;. .... ::::: :: :: :: :: ,;' .;: () ..: `:::' :: :: :: :: ::. ..:,:;.,:;. . :: .::::. `:' :: .:' :: :: `:. :: '''::, :: :: :: `:: :: ;: .:: : :: : : :: ,:'; ::; :: :: :: :: :: ::,::''. . :: `:. .:' :: `:,,,,;;' ,;; ,;;, ;;, ,;;, ,;;, `:,,,,:' :;: `;..``::::''..;' ``::,,,,::'' >Smiles A little girl and a little boy were at day care one day. The girl approaches the boy and says, " Hey Tommy, wanna play house?" He says, "Sure! What do you want me to do?" The girl replies, "I want you to communicate," and he says to her, "that word is too big. I have no idea what it means." The little girl smirks and says, "Perfect. You can be the husband." -------- It's a sunny morning in the Big Forest and the Bear family is just waking up. Baby Bear goes downstairs and sits in his small chair at the table. He looks into his small bowl. It is empty! "Who's been eating my porridge?" he squeaks. Daddy Bear arrives at the table and sits in his big chair. He looks into his big bowl. It is also empty! "Who's been eating my porridge?" he roars. Mommy Bear puts her head through the serving hatch from the kitchen and screams, "For Pete's sake, how many times do we have to go through this? I haven't made the porridge yet!!" -------- When my youngest daughter was three, she begged to be allowed to attend a concert with her older sister and brother. She assured me she was a big girl and would behave herself. As we took our seats in the orchestra hall, I handed programs to the kids. Following the lead of her older siblings, my three-year-old opened her program, and in her most grown-up voice said, "Mommy, I'll have the chicken, please." -------- A very drunken man gets on a city bus late one night, staggers up the aisle, and sits next to an elderly woman. She looks the man up and down and says, "I've got news for you - You're going straight to hell!" The man jumps up out of his seat and shouts, "Good heavens, I'm on the wrong bus!" --- ...Oh My! LOL! Thanks LouiseA! ============================================================= >-->From Our Friend Melody :) _*_ ....iiooiioo __/_|_\__ [(o)_R_(o)] fe A rookie police officer was out for his first ride in a cruiser with an experienced partner. A call came in telling them to disperse some people who were loitering. The officers drove to the street and observed a small crowd standing on a corner. The rookie rolled down his window and said, "Let's get off the corner, people." A few glances, but no one moved, so he barked again, "Let's get off that corner...NOW!" Intimidated, the group of people began to leave, casting puzzled stares in his direction. Proud of his first official act, the young policeman turned to his partner and asked, "Well, how did I do?" "Pretty good," chuckled the veteran policemen, "especially since this is a bus stop!" --- ...LOL! Thanks Melody! ===================================================== >-->From Our Friend PatDeE :) ___ _____ .'/,-Y" "~-. l.Y ^. /\ _\_ "Doh!" i ___/" "\ | /" "\ o ! l ] o !__./ \ _ _ \.___./ "~\ X \/ \ ___./ ( \ ___. _..--~~" ~`-. ` Z,-- / \ \__. ( / ______) \ l /-----~~" / Y \ / | "x______.^ | \ -Row j Y ->Homer<- >Blonde Men! A blonde man is in the bathroom and his wife shouts: "Did you find the shampoo?" He answers, "Yes, but I'm not sure what to do... it's for dry hair, and I've just wet mine." *------------------------------* A blonde man goes to the vet with his goldfish. "I think it's got epilepsy," he tells the vet. The vet takes a look and says, "It seems calm enough to me." The blonde man says, "Wait, I haven't taken it out of the bowl yet." *-------------------------------* A blonde man spies a letter lying on his doormat. It says on the envelope "DO NOT BEND ". He spends the next 2 hours trying to figure out how to pick it up. *-------------------------------* A blonde man shouts frantically into the phone, My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!" "Is this her first child?" asks the Doctor. "No!" he shouts, "this is her husband!" *-------------------------------* A blonde man was driving home, drunk as a skunk. Suddenly he has to swerve to avoid a tree, then another, then another. A cop car pulls him over, so he tells the cop about all the trees in the road. The cop says, "That's your air freshener swinging about!" *-------------------------------* A blonde man's dog goes missing and he is frantic. His wife says "Why don't you put an ad in the paper?"* He does, but two weeks later the dog is still missing. "What did you put in the paper?" his wife asks. "Here boy!" he replies.* *-------------------------------* A blonde man is in jail. The guard looks in his cell and sees him hanging by his feet. Just WHAT are you doing?" he asks. "Hanging myself," the blonde replies. "The rope should be around your neck" says the guard. "I tried that," he replies, "but then I couldn't breathe." *-------------------------------* (This one actually makes sense.) An Italian tourist asks a blonde man: "Why do scuba divers always fall backwards off their boats?" *To which the blonde man replies: "If they fell forward, they'd still be in the boat." *-------------------------------* *A friend told the blonde man: "Christmas is on a Friday this year." *The blonde man then said, "Let's hope it's not the 13th." *--------------------------------* Two blonde men find three grenades, and they decide to take them to a police station. One asked: "What if one explodes before we get there?" The other says: "We'll lie and say we only found two." *---------------------------------* A woman phoned her blonde neighbor man and said: "Close your curtains the next time you and your wife are having s^x. The whole street was watching and laughing at you yesterday." To which the blonde man replied: "Well the joke's on all of you because I wasn't even at home yesterday ." --- ...LOL! Good ones! Thanks PatDeE! ===================================================== >-->From CleanLaffs: ,--. ,--. ( O ) ( O ) `--' \ `--' \ _ >-. / /| `-.__.' Krogg When our second child was on the way, my wife and I attended a pre-birth class aimed at couples who had already had at least one child. The instructor raised the issue of breaking the news to the older child. It went like this: "Some parents," she said, "tell the older child, 'We love you so much we decided to bring another child into this family.' But think about that. Ladies, what if your husband came home one day and said, 'Honey, I love you so much I decided to bring home another wife.'" One of the women spoke up immediately. "Does she cook?" -<>- While the soldiers stood at attention during a parade, a private waved to someone in the audience. "Jones, never do that again!" the drill instructor whispered. But a few minutes later, the soldier waved a second time. Back in the barracks after the parade, the DI stormed in and barked for Jones to come front and center. "Son, you knew I was going to see you," he screamed. "You knew it was wrong. Aren't you afraid of me?" "Yes, sergeant!" said Jones. "But you don't know my mother!" -<>- A young couple planned a romantic trip to Bermuda to cele- brate their fifth anniversary. When asked by her mother if she was excited about her forthcoming anniversary, the wife answered, "But Mom, it's our fifth coming!" -<>- We were listening to a lecture on psychic phenomena in our Comparative Religions course. Our instructor told us about a woman who contacted police working on a missing-persons case. "She gave eerily detailed instructions on where to find the body," the teacher said. "In fact, the detectives did find the body just as she had described. Now what would you call that kind of person?" While the rest of us pondered the question, a sheriff's officer taking the course raised his hand and replied, "A suspect." -<>- One Sunday morning, while stationed at Osan Air Base in South Korea, I was in line for breakfast and noticed that the cook behind the counter looked kind of harassed. After I gave him my order, he asked me how I wanted my eggs. Not wanting to burden him further, I said cheerfully, "Oh, whatever is easiest for you." With that, he took two eggs, cracked them open onto my plate and handed it back to me. -<>- "What's the use of having a train schedule if the trains are always late?" complained an irate passenger to the railroad engineer. "How would we know the trains were late, if we didn't have a schedule?" replied the engineer. -<>- Unexpected cold snaps had destroyed the buds on my father's young peach tree for two years in a row. This spring Dad was ready. He replanted the sapling in a large box, mounted it on wheels, and put the tree in the garage whenever the temperature dropped. One warm April day Dad was wheeling the tree out into the yard, and stopped to give our dog a drink from the garden hose. A neighbor watched the scene with amusement. "Frank," he finally commented, "you're the only man I know who walks his tree and waters his dog!" ======================================================= _____ / \/_ //\__(\_\ |\ ^ ^ | .//_O \O_ \ \_ (_) / \ \_/ / __/\ /\__ / \ \ / / \ / \/\/\/ \ / | . | \ / | . | \ JRO >-->Notes To A Sick Wife: (Notes pinned to the pillow of a mother who has the flu by a well meaning husband who has inherited the house and kids.) Monday A.M. Dearest: Sleep late. Everything under control. Lunches packed. Kids off to school. Menu for dinner planned. Your lunch is on a tray in refrigerator: fruit cup, finger- sandwiches. Thermos of hot tea by bedside. See you around six. Tuesday A.M. Honey: Sorry about the egg rack in the frig. Hope you got back to sleep. Did the kids tell you about the Coke I put in the Thermoses? The school might call you about this. Dinner may be a little late. I'm doing your door-to- door canvas for liver research. Your lunch is in refrigerator. Hope you like leftover chili. Wednesday A.M. Dear Doris: Why in the name of all that is sane would you put soap powder in the flour canister! If you have time, could you please come up with a likely spot for Chris's missing shoes? We've checked the clothes hamper, garage, back seat of the car and wood box. Did you know the school has a ruling on bedroom slippers? There's some cold pizza for you on a napkin in the oven drawer. Will be late tonight. Driving eight Girl Scouts to tour meatpacking house. Thursday A.M. Doris: Don't panic over water in hallway. It crested last night at 9 P.M. Will finish laundry tonight. Please pencil in answers to following: 1. How do you turn on the garbage disposal? 2. How do you turn off the milkman? 3. Why would that rotten kid leave his shoes in his boots? 4. How do you remove a Confederate flag inked on the palm of a small boy's hand? 5. What do you do with leftovers when they begin to snap at you when you open the door? I don't know what you're having for lunch! Surprise me! Friday A.M. Hey: Don't drink from pitcher by the sink. Am trying to restore pink dress shirt to original white. Take heart. Tonight, the ironing will be folded, the house cleaned and the dinner on time. I called your mother. have a great day. ========================================================= >-->FUN Places To Net Visit :) Jellyfish Lake!- http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/jellyfish.html Hiking In China!- http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/trail.html Mountain Biking!- http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/mountainbiking.html Oregon Aquarium!- http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/oregon.html Real Fantasy Trees!- http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/trees.html Peek-A-Boo Panda!- http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/panda.html Crop Circle Mystery!- http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/mystery.html Undersea Restaurant!- http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/undersea.html Koalas In A Heatwave! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/koalas.html Chinese Olympic Cuisine!- http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/olympic.html -<>- >From Our Friend LouiseA :) Almost every discussion of foreign policy has something to do with what's happening in the Middle East right now. But I'm always surprised by how little some people know about what's actually going on. This video does a great job at breaking down the situation in simple language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQMpcSQIvOk&feature=player_embedded Some of these (like the bacon one) I've known about forever. But a few were new to me! How many of these cool microwave tricks have you heard of before? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTGfXhSwvMk&feature=player_embedded This baby isn't even old enough to crawl, but he's old enough to cut a rug! I must have watched this video 20 times at least. It's that cute! Check out the newest dancing baby sensation to take over the Internet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ctchcuX60s&feature=player_embedded --- ...Cool! Thanks LouiseA! -<>- >From Our Friend PatDeE :) Hard to believe! Just think that this was the way it was..... WW II Facts and Aircraft We’ve all seen these stats before but a refresher is always in order. I thought that you would like these interesting pictures and statistics Horrific stat: US lost average of 170 aircraft a day!! http://pippaettore.com/Horrific_WWII_Statistics.html --- ...Amazing! Thanks PatDeE! -<>- >From Our Friend Fran :) GoPro: Hovercraft Deer Rescue - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/embed/cgnceHH_p_I#aid=P9VMVUJKfvA --- ...Love it! Thanks Fran! ======================================================= >-->Quotes & Thunkers: "There probably aren't many Jewish girls dancing at Radio City Music Hall, but it doesn't take a Rockette Zionist to figure that one out." --Gary Hallock "A gossip is one who talks to you about others, a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conver- sationalist is one who talks to you about yourself." --Lisa Kirk "I wish there was a knob on the TV so you could turn up the intelligence. 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