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MAY GOD BLESS ALL OUR ANGELS MOST ABUNDANTLY! ================ >-->Hot Off The 'Shangy' Press :) My stove was cooking white hot this weekend - playing catchup! We have this super cute one from our friend PatDeE for all you animal lovers out there... .-.-. ( ) .-.\ : /.-. ( .`:`. ) ( /|\ ) jgs `"` | `"` Look Who's Talking 5! http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/talking5.html --- ...So darling! Thanks PatDeE! Next we have one from our friend Linda that should tickle the fancy of you artists and mystery lovers combined... .-.-. ( ) .-.\ : /.-. ( .`:`. ) ( /|\ ) jgs `"` | `"` Mystery Art http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/mart.html --- ...I loved this! It even brought my poet out - Thanks Linda! We also have one from our friend Johanna for those who like positive, motivational, inspirational stories and are horse lovers too... .-.-. ( ) .-.\ : /.-. ( .`:`. ) ( /|\ ) jgs `"` | `"` Attitude Is Everything 5 http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/attitude5.html --- ...Always amazing what positive attitudes can do! Thanks Johanna! And we have a very graphic one from our friend Del just for you hunters or those of you who can take the amazing extremes of nature... .-.-. ( ) .-.\ : /.-. ( .`:`. ) ( /|\ ) jgs `"` | `"` Deer Hunter Story - graphic http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/deerhunter.html --- ...A Shocking One! So bizarre and unique! Thanks Del! And finally this one from last week from our friend Linda. So lovely I couldn't resist doing it up right away. Check it out here... .-.-. ( ) .-.\ : /.-. ( .`:`. ) ( /|\ ) jgs `"` | `"` Jesus Clinic http://www.shangralafamilyfun.com/clinic.html --- ...Very beautiful! Thank You Linda! ============================================================== *~* HAVE A SAFE, HAPPY AND VERY BLESSED St.Patrick's DAY! *~* __, ,__) __,__) ,__) ____, __, ,__) .--. (--|__| _ (--| ,_ ' , |_ (--/_| ,_ _ (--\ | _ } __| |(_)(_|_) __|__ | |/_)| | / | | (/_ \_|(_)(_| .-' ( ( |_, / (___| | . .-.-. ( : ) ~|~|_~(_~~|~ \|/~\| ||~) ~|~ /~\ ( IRISH .-.\ ' /.-. | |_ ,_) | |\_/\_/|~\ _|_.\_X. QUOTIENT ) (_.. 'Y' .._) ( /|\ ) jgs '-' | '-' .-. (_" \ 1. Why did St. Patrick drive all the snakes out of Ireland? / `\ \ ^ ) ) 2. Why do people wear shamrocks on St. Patrick's Day? ( ( .:. ) ) 3. _oOoOo Where does ( ( [_||||| green beer \ \ ||||| come from? `\| ~~~~~ 4. How can you tell if an Irishman is having a good time? 5. Why can't you borrow money from a leprechaun? 6. What's Irish and stays out all night? _oOoOoOo_ (oOoOoOoOo) 7. How did the Irish jig get started? )`"""""`( / \ 8. Why do leprechauns have pots o' gold? | G O L D | \ / 9. What's an Irish windbreaker? `=========` 10. On St. Patrick's Day, while people are searching for tiny, little leprechauns, what are leprechauns searching for? @@ .##@@::;%%&&00' @><@ .###@@::;%%&&00' ________) .###@@::;%%&&00' | | .###@@::;%%&&00' _ _|===LI===|_ .###@@::;%%&&00' / \_(____________) .###@@::;%%&&00' \ / (88 6 6 88) .###@@::;%%&&00' \/\ 88: 7 :88` .###@@::;%%&&00' \/\ 888'=='888' .###@@::;%%&&00' \ \_'888888'_________.###@@::;%%&&00' \___<\""/>_____/_/_-'##@Oo@o%&&00' / >< \ .##oO@Oo@O@o&00' /__/--\__\ (oO@OoO@@o@oO@@o) '-.______.-' /`"""""""""""""`\ jgs _|_||_|_ | Happy | ___LI)||(LI___ | St. Patrick's | ( ~~ || ~~ ) \ Day! / `-----''-----` '.___________.' The ANSWERS: 1. He couldn't afford plane fare. 2. Real rocks would look funny. 3. Who cares? As long as it keeps coming! 4. He's Dublin over with laughter. 5. They're always a little short. 6. Pati O'Furniture! 7. Lots of beer and too few restrooms! 8. They like to "go" first class. 9. Someone who's had too much corned beef and cabbage! 10. Tiny, little women! -= Give yourself a point for each right answer, and put an "O" in front of your name! =- ================================================================ >-->From the FunnyBone: Dear Diary, It's been a while since I've made an entry, but I've been rather busy. Between work, family and my never ending search for the perfect Hooters waitress, I just haven't had the time. But tonight something special happened. During the celebration of my youngest daughter's first birthday, we discovered that she is a genius. * With cameras rolling we put her _....#...._ first piece of birthday cake in .-'` # `'-. front of her. One taste and she |`-.............-'| was off to the races. Cake | Happy Birthday! | everywhere. The table, the \ _ .-. _ / floor, the chair and a four inch ,-|'-' '-' '-' '-'`|-, radius around her mouth, pretty /` \._ _./ `\ much her entire face. She did '._ `"""""""""""` _.' manage to get a goodly amount `''--...........--''` into her mouth by herself, but ) ( that's not what makes her a genius. .--' '--. jgs / \ When she had finished and realized that `'---------'` she wasn't going to get another piece, she picked up the paper plate and began to lick the frosting off of it! I didn't learn that trick until I was almost 20 years-old! .===. "Honey! Honey! Do you see that? / ,,, \ She's a genius," I said as fatherly ( /6.6\ ) pride began to seep in. )( _ )( (_/;---;\_) "She picked up the plate and licked / "=" \ it. She's a genius!" ( (_.@._) ) /'._\|/_.'\ My wife thought so, too. She said, /. . . . . .\ "Yeah. She gets that from your side `"`"|"|"|"`"` of the family." jgs _|_|_|_ (___|___) ================================================================= +----------- Even More Bizarre March Holidays ------------+ March 23 is National Organize Your Home Office Day and National Chip and Dip Day March 24 is National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day March 25 is Pecan Day and Waffle Day March 26 is Make Up Your Own Holiday Day and Spinach Festival Day March 27 is National "Joe" Day March 28 is Something On A Stick Day March 29 is Festival Of Smoke and Mirrors Day March 30 is I Am In Control Day March 31 is Bunsen Burner Day and National Clams On The Half Shell Day =========================================================== >-->From ArcaMax Jokee: ,-'~~~~-. .-~~~~`-. .' \ / `. ,-'` \ / `-. / , `\/ .' \ ( `\ || /~ ) ~. `\ || /` .~ `~~._____ `\ || /` ____.~~` ___!!!GOOD>Jury Duty A man was chosen for jury duty who very much wanted to be dismissed from serving. He tried every excuse he could think of but none of them worked. On the day of the trial he decided to give it one more shot. As the trial was about to begin he asked if he could approach the bench. "Your Honor," he said, "I must be excused from this trial because I am prejudiced against the defendant. I took one look at the man in the blue suit with those beady eyes and that dishonest face and I said, 'He's a crook! He's guilty, guilty, guilty.' So your Honor, I could not possibly stay on this jury!" With a tired annoyance the judge replied, "Get back in the jury box. That man is his lawyer." -<>- >Transplant Patient The patient demanded, "Doc, I just must have a liver transplant, a kidney transplant, a cornea transplant, a lung transplant, and a heart transplant." "WHAT?" yelled the doctor. "Tell me, exactly why you think you need all these transplants." "Well," explained the patient, "my boss told me that I needed to get reorganized." -<>- >Three Guys and a Deer Three guys, a physicist, a mathematician, and an engineer were out in the woods on a scouting expedition. When all of a sudden, something quickly began to run through the brush. The physicist observed that it behaved in a deer-like manner, so it must be a deer. The mathematician asked the physicist what it was, thereby reducing it to a previously solved problem. The engineer was in the woods to hunt deer. Therefore, it was a deer. -<>- >Travel Agent A travel agent looked up from his desk and saw an older lady and an older gentleman peering into the shop window, where there were posters of glamorous destinations around the world. The agent had had a good week, and the dejected couple looking in the window gave him a rare feeling of generosity. He called them into his shop. "I know that on your pension you could never hope to have a holiday, so I am sending you to a fabulous resort at my expense, and I won't take no for an answer." He took them inside and asked his secretary to write two flight tickets and book a room in a five-star hotel. The older lady and gentleman, as could be expected, gladly accepted and were off! About a month later, the little lady came in to the travel agency. "And how did you like your holiday?" the agent asked eagerly. "The flight was exciting, and the room was lovely," she said. "I've come to thank you. But, one thing puzzled me. Who was that old guy I had to share the room with?" ================================================================== >-->From Our Friend Johanna :) _ _ (_(_) (_)\ .-----) |= | _|____ |_ (_________) 8" "8 (8 6 6 8) 8 7 8 jgs 88-=-88 "888" >These are reported to be actual epitaphs on tombstones: Here lies Johnny Yeast Pardon me For not rising. (Ruidoso, New Mexico) Here lays Butch, We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger, But slow on the draw. (Silver City, Nevada) Anna Wallace The children of Israel wanted bread And the Lord sent them manna, Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna. (Ribbesford, England) Margaret Daniels She always said her feet were killing her but nobody believed her. (Richmond, Virginia) Anna Hopewell Here lies the body of our Anna Done to death by a banana It wasn't the fruit that laid her low But the skin of the thing that made her go. (Enosburg Falls, Vermont) Harry Edsel Smith Born 1903--Died 1942 Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was. (Albany, New York) An anonymous tombstone: I was somebody. Who, is no business Of yours. (Stowe, Vermont) In Memory of Beza Wood Departed this life Nov. 2, 1837 Aged 45 yrs. Here lies one Wood Enclosed in wood One Wood Within another. The outer wood Is very good: We cannot praise The other. (Winslow, Maine) --- ...Good ones! Thanks Johanna! -<>- .-"""""-. \ / |.-----.| __|_______|___ '--;-'```'-;--' / / 6_6 \ \ ( ( _) ) ) ( ( .__. ) ) ( `._`-'_.' ) /`'-._`"`_.-'`\ | /___```___\ | \ |___|L|___| / \/ `"` \/ /..,_______,..\ / /\ \ | ,-' `-, | \ `\ ,-'` / jgs __LI`--`\|`.__/ ( /\ LI\ `.___,-'` \ | '.__/ >The year is 1947 Some of you will recall that on July 8, 1947, a little over 60 years ago, witnesses claim that an unidentified flying object (UFO) with five aliens aboard crashed onto a sheep and mule ranch just outside Roswell , New Mexico . This is a well known incident that many say has long been covered up by the U.S. Air Force and other federal agencies and organizations. However, what you may NOT know is that in the month of April 1948, nine months after that historic day, the following people were born: Albert A. Gore, Jr. Hillary Rodham John F. Kerry William J. Clinton Howard Dean Nancy Pelosi Dianne Feinstein Charles E. Schumer Barbara Boxer See what happens when aliens breed with sheep and jackasses? I certainly hope this bit of information clears up a lot of things for you. It did for me. No wonder they support the bill to help illegal aliens. --- ...FUNNY! LOL! Thanks Johanna! Who ever thought of this is amazingly out there! Nobody that was listed even has a birthday in April of 1948! HaHa! This one is truly and completely - just a joke. -<>- @@ .##@@::;%%&&00' @><@ .###@@::;%%&&00' ________) .###@@::;%%&&00' | | .###@@::;%%&&00' _ _|===LI===|_ .###@@::;%%&&00' / \_(____________) .###@@::;%%&&00' \ / (88 o o 88) .###@@::;%%&&00' \/\ 88: 7 :88` .###@@::;%%&&00' \/\ '88'=='88' .###@@::;%%&&00' \ \__'8888'__________.###@@::;%%&&00' \___<\""/>_____/_/_-'##@@::;%%&&00' / >< \ .###@@::;%%&&00' /__/--\__\ (oO@OoO@@o@oO@@o) '-.______.-' /`"""""""""""""`\ jgs _|_||_|_ | | ___LI)||(LI___ | | ( ~~ || ~~ ) \ / `-----''-----` '.___________.' >Check the Box - buy AMERICA (FOR ONE MONTH) Did you all see that Diane Sawyer has a special report coming up this week on this very subject. They removed ALL items from a typical, middleclass family's home, that were not made in the USA. There was hardly anything left besides the kitchen sink. Literally. During the special they are going to show truckloads of items – USA made – being brought in to replace everything. And will be talking about how to find these items and the difference in price etc. It was interesting that Diane said that if every American spent just $64 (more than normal) on USA made items this year, it would create something like 200,000 new jobs. Made ME think! Check the Can I WAS BUYING FOOD THE OTHER DAY AT WALMART. ON THE LABEL OF SOME PRODUCTS IT SAID 'FROM CHINA'. FOR EXAMPLE THE "OUR FAMILY" BRAND OF THE MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT ON THE CAN 'FROM CHINA'. I WAS SHOCKED!! SO FOR A FEW MORE CENTS I BOUGHT THE LIBERTY GOLD BRAND OR THE DOLE SINCE IT'S FROM CALIF. TAKES FOREVER JUST TO BUY FOOD AND DO LABEL READING ! ! Are we Americans as dumb as we appear --- or --- is it that we just do not think? While the Chinese, knowingly and intentionally, export inferior and even toxic products and dangerous toys and goods to be sold in American markets. Yet 70% of Americans believe that the trading privileges afforded to the Chinese should be suspended. Well, duh..why do you need the government to suspend trading privileges? SIMPLY DO IT YOURSELF, AMERICA!! Simply look on the bottom of every product you buy, and if it says 'Made in China ' or 'PRC' (and that now includes Hong Kong), simply choose another product, or none at all. You will be amazed at how dependent you are on Chinese products, and you will be equally amazed at what you can do without. Who needs plastic eggs to celebrate Easter? If you must have eggs, use real ones and benefit some American farmer. Easter is just an example, the point is do not wait for the government to act. Just go ahead and assume control on your own. THINK ABOUT THIS: If 200 million Americans refuse to buy just $20 each of Chinese goods, that's a billion dollar trade imbalance resolved in our favor...fast!! The downside? Some American businesses will feel a temporary pinch from having foreign stockpiles of inventory. Wahhhhhhhhhhhh!!! The solution? Let's give them fair warning and send our own message. Most of the people who have been reading about this matter are planning on implementing this on March. 4th and continue it until April. 4th That is only one month of trading losses, but it will hit the Chinese for 1/12th of the total, or 8%, of their American exports. Then they will at least have to ask themselves if the benefits of their arrogance and lawlessness were worth it. Remember, March 14th to April 14th START NOW. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Send this to everybody you know. Let's show them that we are Americans and NOBODY can take us for granted. If we can't live without cheap Chinese goods for one month out of our lives, WE DESERVE WHAT WE GET! Pass it on, America. BUY AMERICAN --- ...Thanks Johanna! What goes around comes around. We need to invest in AMERICA for a change/ ========================================================== >-->In The Worldly News: [POLITICS] >From Our Friend PatDeE: Waivers For Everyone Exploring the Health Care Waiver Fairness Act. http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=42226 John Hayward http://tinyurl.com/4usmsf9 John Hayward is a staff writer for HUMAN EVENTS, and author of the recently published Doctor Zero: Year One. Follow him on Twitter: Doc_0. Contact him by email at jhayward@eaglepub.com. --- ...Interesting reading! Thanks PatDeE! -<>- >From BizarreNews: Did your mother ever say to you, "If your friends dared you to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge, would you do it?" Apparently that lesson was never learned by one California high school student who did just that! The 17-year-old's class was visiting the historic bridge earlier this week on a field trip. Before any teacher or adult knew anything about it, the boy had climbed over a railing and jumped. It is 220 feet to the chilly waters below. At that point he would have been traveling close to 100 miles per hour, but miraculously the boy survived. Not only survived, but he didn't even break any bones! He was rescued by a surfer who paddled over and took him ashore. The Golden Gate Bridge is very popular for suicides. Some- one leaps off the iconic bridge an average of once every two weeks. Last year, 32 jumpers died. About 98 percent of those plunges end up being fatal and authorities rule most of those deaths suicides. This time, however, school superintendent Bill McDermott said he didn't think the teen was trying to commit suicide, but instead jumped after other students urged him on. So according to the numbers, the teen had a two percent chance of surviving the fall. He gets zero points for smarts, but with luck like that I guess you don't really need any! -- Suspect arrested during 'smoke break' --------- SOUTH GREENSBURG, Pa. - Police in Pennsylvania said a suspected car thief spent about 2 1/2 hours hiding in the ceiling of a building before they caught a whiff of his cigarette smoke. South Greensburg police Chief Scott Fanchalsky said he went to a BP gas station Wednesday on a report of a man who had no money to pay for his gasoline and the suspect fled when Fanchalsky ran the vehicle's registration and discovered it was reported stolen, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Thursday. The suspect, who lost his shirt during a brief struggle with Fanchalsky, fled to the nearby Wellington Square professional building, where authorities soon instituted a lock-down. Fanchalsky said the building was on lock-down for about 2 1/2 hours before pieces of broken ceiling tile were noticed on a fourth-story bathroom floor and the telltale odor of cigarette smoke was noticed coming from the ceiling crawl- space. Fanchalsky said he crawled into the ceiling and found the suspect, who agreed to surrender at about 1:40 p.m. The suspect's name was not released but police said charges are pending. -- Georgia woman, 114, named world's oldest ------- MONROE, Ga. - A 114-year-old Georgia woman has been named the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records during a ceremony at her nursing home. Besse Cooper, who is 114 years and 6 months old, officially received the title Thursday at her Monroe nursing home following the death of previous record holder Eunice Sanborn of Texas last month, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. Cooper's son, Sid, 75, attributed his mother's longevity to good genetics and an active childhood in Tennessee. He said his mother lived alone in her home until the age of 105. Cooper, who has four children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, has recently experienced problems with her vision and hearing, Sid Cooper said. "I mind my business and I don't eat junk food," Cooper told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on her 113th birthday. -<>- >From Archived 11/07 CoffeeBreak: Fat pig leads to police investigation Police in Winona, Minn., are probing whether a potbellied pig packing on 100 pounds while in the care of one of its owner's co-workers amounts to abuse. The police investigation began after Winona resident Michelle Schmitz found that her pig -- Alaina Templeton -- had grown from 50 pounds to 150 during its nine months away from her, The Winona Daily News reported Wednesday. The 22-year-old woman, who even has a tattoo of her pig's name, alleged the co-worker she left Alaina with had abused the animal by overfeeding it. Schmitz said she cried for days due to her pet's shocking weight gain. "That pig is my life," she said. "Everyone in Winona knows I have this pig." Schmidt told the Daily News that after enduring a nearly five-hour-long procedure to remove its collar, her prized pig is no longer the same lovable animal. "She's different now," Schmitz said. "She's scared." Man learns guns aren't for work place A 47-year-old Texas man learned the hard way recently that you probably shouldn't take a concealed gun with you to work. Lake Worth Police Chief Brett McGuire said an employee of a local insurance firm who thought it was a good idea to tote a gun to work was shot in both legs when his weapon accidentally discharged, KXAS-TV in Fort Worth reported Tuesday. The police chief said Tuesday's accident at Al Boenker Insurance was likely not the result of a planned attack by the self-wounded employee. "He was not under any sort of disciplinary problems at Al Boenker. There was nothing that was coming down from management or anything that would indicate he was facing any disciplinary charges, and he got along well with his co-workers," McGuire said. "We have no indication that there was anything other than a negligent discharge on his part." KXAS-TV said that in addition to suffering the self-inflicted wounds, the unidentified employee now faces charges for unlawfully carrying a weapon. Poll: Office gossip sign of bad co-worker A recent U.S. poll conducted by the staffing firm Randstad USA has found that the most annoying workplace behavior was office gossip. The San Francisco Chronicle said Wednesday that when given seven problematic workplace behaviors, 60 percent of respondents to the survey said co-workers who gossip were the most annoying. "Take gossip," Eric Buntin, a managing director with Randstad, said. "If you're sitting in an office alone all day, you're not going to be bothered by it. But if you're working in a team of three, or if you're in an open work environment, you're probably going to hear more of it and be more annoyed by it." In a relatively close second were poor time-management skills by co-workers, with 54 percent of respondents tabbing the inattentive behavior as thoroughly annoying. An inconsiderate and messy co-worker would also be out of place among the poll's respondents as 45 percent said messiness in common areas was an unforgivable workplace sin. The Chronicle said other notables on the survey included wearing too much perfume or cologne, abundant use of cell phones and misusing e-mails. ========================================================== >-->From Our Friend Del :) __...._ .-"` `\ / | | | \ | \ __...--'| \.-' |_..-, __\___...---'`_..-' (_______....--'\ / `\ (o \__ | | __) _ _ \ /`\ \ | (_Y_) _ '-.\_,| | T-._/ (_A_) _../`'T T-'` | | \__ _| .' | | | | \___ | /_\`\ / | | | | \ `/-`\ --| | \ | | | | /`----' |--' \ `\ \_; |`-.......-` .-.-'. \_LI ; / / /`-._ |`-\ \ jgs _/_/ / | \ \ ( ( ;.__ / \__,\__ `"`""` `""""` `.__._`; >Woman and a Fork There was a young woman who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and had been given three months to live. So as she was getting her things 'in order,' she contacted her Pastor and had him come to her house to discuss certain aspects of her final wishes. She told him which songs she wanted sung at the service, what scriptures she would like read, and what outfit she wanted to be buried in. Everything was in order and the Pastor was preparing to leave when the young woman suddenly remembered something very important to her. 'There's one more thing,' she said excitedly.. 'What's that?' came the Pastor's reply. 'This is very important,' the young woman continued. 'I want to be buried with a fork in my right hand.' The Pastor stood looking at the young woman, not knowing quite what to say. That surprises you, doesn't it?' the young woman asked. 'Well, to be honest, I'm puzzled by the request,' said the Pastor. The young woman explained. 'My grandmother once told me this story, and from that time on I have always tried to pass along its message to those I love and those who are in need of encouragement. In all my years of attending socials and dinners, I always remember that when the dishes of the main course were being cleared, someone would inevitably lean over and say, 'Keep your fork.' It was my favorite part because I knew that something better was coming...like velvety chocolate cake or deep-dish apple pie. Something wonderful, and with substance!' So, I just want people to see me there in that casket with a fork in my hand and I want them to wonder 'What's with the fork?' Then I want you to tell them: 'Keep your fork ..the best is yet to come.' The Pastor's eyes welled up with tears of joy as he hugged the young woman good-bye. He knew this would be one of the last times he would see her before her death. But he also knew that the young woman had a better grasp of heaven than he did. She had a better grasp of what heaven would be like than many people twice her age, with twice as much experience and knowledge. She KNEW that something better was coming. At the funeral people were walking by the young woman's casket and they saw the cloak she was wearing and the fork placed in her right hand.. Over and over, the Pastor heard the question, 'What's with the fork?' And over and over he smiled. During his message, the Pastor told the people of the conversation he had with the young woman shortly before she died. He also told them about the fork and about what it symbolized to her. He told the people how he could not stop thinking about the fork and told them that they probably would not be able to stop thinking about it either. He was right. So the next time you reach down for your fork let it remind you, ever so gently, that the best is yet to come. Friends are a very rare jewel , indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed Cherish the time you have, and the memories you share .... being friends with someone is not an opportunity, but a sweet responsibility. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND... and I'll bet this will be an email they do remember, every time they pick up a fork.! And just remember...keep your fork! --- ...A classic! Thanks Del! ============================================================== >-->From CleanLaffs: .-------. |(~\o/~)| _.||\/X\/||._ ,-" || \ / || "-, ,' () ||o X o|| () ', / () ,-|| / \ ||-, () \ : o ,' ||/\X/\|| ', o ; .----------._)~ ~(_.----------. |\/)~~(\/\ (~\ /~) /\/)~~(\/| |(X () X) >o >-X-< o< (X () X)| |/\)__(/\/ _(_/|\_)_ \/\)__(/\| '----------' ) ( '----------' ; o ', ||\/~\/|| ,' o ; \ () '-|| \o/ ||-' () / ', () |(~\X/~)| () ,' '-._ ||\/ \/|| _.-' '|| \_/ ||' || X || ||\(/\/|| ||=)O(=|| ||/\/)\|| || X || || / \ || ||/\X/\|| jgs |(_/o\_)| '._____.' The wise old Mother Superior was dying. The nuns gathered around her bed, trying to make her comfortable. They gave her some warm milk to drink, but she refused it. Then one nun took the glass back to the kitchen. Remembering a bottle of whiskey received as a gift the previous Christmas, she opened it and poured a generous amount into the warm milk. Back at Mother Superior's bed, she held the glass to her lips. Mother drank a little, then a little more, then before they knew it, she had drunk the whole glass down to the last drop. Mother, Mother" the nuns cried, "Give us some wisdom before you die!" She raised herself up in bed with a pious look on her face and pointing out the window, she said, "Don't sell that cow!" -<>- As the plane was flying low over some hills near Athens, a lady asked the stewardess: "What's that stuff all over those hills?" "Just snow," replied the stewardess. "That's what I thought," said the lady, "but this fellow in front of me said it was Greece." -<>- Recently, a magazine ran a contest. They were looking for people to submit quotes from their real-life managers. Here are some of the submissions: As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday and employees will receive their cards in two weeks. (This was the winning quote from Fred Dales at Microsoft Corp in Redmond, WA.) What I need is a list of specific unknown problems we will encounter. (Lykes Lines Shipping) E-mail is not to be used to pass on information or data. It should be used only for company business (Accounting manager, Electric Boat Company) This project is so important, we can't let things that are more important interfere with it. (Advertising/Marketing manager, United Parcel Service) Doing it right is no excuse for not meeting the schedule. No one will believe you solved this problem in one day! We've been working on it for months. Now, go act busy for a few weeks and I'll let you know when it's time to tell them. (R&D supervisor, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing/3M Corp.) Quote from the Boss: "Teamwork is a lot of people doing what I say." (Marketing executive, Citrix Corporation) We recently received a memo from senior management saying: "This is to inform you that a memo will be issued today regarding the subject mentioned above." (Microsoft, Legal Affairs Division) One day my Boss asked for a status report concerning a project I was working on. I asked him if tomorrow would be soon enough. He said "If I wanted it tomorrow, I would have waited until tomorrow to ask for it!" (New business manager, Hallmark Greeting Cards.) -<>- Q: What do you get when you cross a rooster and a dog? A: A cocka-poodle-doo! Q. Why can't you play hide-and-seek with poultry in a Chinese restaurant? A. Because of the Peking Duck. -<>- Mensa is an organization whose members have an IQ of 140 or higher. A few years ago, there was a Mensa Convention in San Francisco, and several members lunched at a local cafe. While dining, they discovered that their saltshaker con- tained pepper and their pepper shaker was full of salt. How could they swap the contents of the bottles without spilling, and using only the implements at hand? Clearly this was a job for Mensa! The group debated and presented ideas, and finally came up with a brilliant solution in- volving a napkin, a straw, and an empty saucer. They called the waitress over to dazzle her with their solution. "Ma'am," they said, "we couldn't help but notice that the pepper shaker contains salt and the salt shaker..." "Oh," the waitress interrupted. "Sorry about that." She unscrewed the caps of both bottles and switched them. -<>- A doctor said to his patient: "You have a slight heart condition, but I wouldn't worry about it." "Really, Doc?" the patient replied. "Well, if you had a slight heart condition I wouldn't worry about it either." ========================================================== >-->From Our Friend Becky :) .-"^`\ /`^"-. .' ___\ /___ `. / /.---. O .---.\ \ | // '-. _o/0\o_ .-' \\ | | ;| \ (0\|W|/0) / |; | \ || |\_) \~_~_~/ (_/| || / \ | \ . \ ; .-.^.-. ; / . / | / '\_\ \\ \ \ \ / ' \ / / / // /_/' \\ \ \ \ \ / / / / // jgs `'-\_\_\ \ / /_/_/-'` ` '. .' ` ` >Now this is the Living Bible: His name is Tim. He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it, jeans, and no shoes. This was literally his wardrobe for his entire four years of college. He is brilliant. Kind of profound and very, very bright. He became a Christian while attending college. Across the street from the campus is a well-dressed, very conservative church. They want to develop a ministry to the students but are not sure how to go about it.. One day Tim decides to go there. He walks in with no shoes, jeans, his T-shirt, and wild hair. The service has already started and so Tim starts down the aisle looking for a seat. The church is completely packed and he can't find a seat. By now, people are really looking a bit uncomfortable, but no one says anything. Tim gets closer and closer and closer to the pulpit, and when he realizes there are no seats, he just squats down right on the carpet. By now the people are really uptight, and the tension in the air is thick. About this time, the minister realizes that from way at the back of the church, a deacon is slowly making his way toward Tim. Now the deacon is in his eighties, has silver-gray hair, and a three-piece suit. A godly man, very elegant, very dignified, very courtly. He walks with a cane and, as he starts walking toward this boy, everyone is saying to themselves that you can't blame him for what he's going to do. How can you expect a man of his age and of his background to understand some college kid on the floor? It takes a long time for the man to reach the boy. The church is utterly silent except for the clicking of the man's cane. All eyes are focused on him. You can't even hear anyone breathing. The minister can't even preach the sermon until the deacon does what he has to do. And now they see this elderly man drop his cane on the floor. With great difficulty, he lowers himself and sits down next to Tim and worships with him so he won't be alone. Everyone chokes up with emotion... When the minister gains control, he says, 'What I'm about to preach, you will never remember. What you have just seen, you will never forget.' 'Be careful how you live. You may be the only Bible some people will ever read!' +*+ .--. /.''.\ || \_) /^\ '.'--, .'_|_'. `() < | > || \_____/ || {/a a\} || {/-.^.-\} (_| .'{ ` }'-._/|;\ Saint Patrick / { } /; || | /`'-{ }-'; || | ; `'=|{ }|=' _/|| | | \| |~| | |/ || | |\ \ | | | ; || | | \ ||=| |=<\ || | | /\_/\| | | \`-||_/ '-| `;'| | | | || jgs | | | | | | || | |+| |+| | || | """ """ | || |_ _ _ _ _ _| || |,;,;,;,;,;,| || `|||||||||||` || ||||||||||| || `"""""""""` "" I asked the Lord to bless you As I prayed for you today. To guide you and protect you As you go along your way.... His love is always with you, His promises are true, And when we give Him all our cares, You know He will see us through. Only if you feel led to, pass this to people you want God to Bless... ....I DID! --- ...Sweet Classic One! Thanks Becky! =========================================================== >-->From JokeCentral: _ _ (_(_) /(_) (-----. |= | _|=____|_ (_________) 8" "8 (8 6 6 8) 8 7 8 88-=###, _ jgs "888"`##,|#| `###' >Whose Toy Is It? Tom had won a toy at a raffle. He called his kids together to ask which one should have the present. "Who is the most obedient?" he asked. "Who never talks back to mother? Who does everything she says?" Five small voices answered in unison: "Okay, Dad, you get the toy." -<>- .-.-. ( ) .-.\ : /.-. ( .`:`. ) ( /|\ ) jgs `"` | `"` My friend, the manager of a grocery store, nabbed a shoplifter in the act. He was escorting the suspect to the office in the front, near the cash registers, when the shoplifter broke from his grip and tried to run away. After a scuffle, my friend pinned him against the wall and looked up to see a number of surprised customers staring at him. "Everything's fine, Folks," he reassured them. "This guy just tried to go through the express line with more than nine items." -<>- .-.-. ( ) .-.\ : /.-. ( .`:`. ) ( /|\ ) jgs `"` | `"` >Amazing-but-True Facts! * In the weightlessness of space a frozen pea will explode if it comes in contact with Pepsi. * The increased electricity used by modern appliances is causing a shift in the Earth's magnetic field. By the year 2327, the North Pole will be located in mid-Kansas, while the South Pole will be just off the coast of East Africa. * The idea for "tribbles" in "Star Trek" came from gerbils, since some gerbils are actually born pregnant. * Johnny Plessey batted .331 for the Cleveland Spiders in 1891, even though he spent the entire season batting with a rolled-up, lacquered copy of the Toledo Post-Dispatch. * The Boeing 747 is capable of flying upside-down if it weren't for the fact that the wings would shear off when trying to roll it over. * The trucking company Elvis Presley worked at as a young man was owned by Frank Sinatra. * The only golf course on the island of Tonga has 15 holes, and there's no penalty if a monkey steals your golf ball. * Legislation passed during WWI making it illegal to say "gesundheit" to a sneezer was never repealed. * Manatees possess vocal chords which give them the ability to speak like humans, but they don't do so because they have no ears with which to hear the sound. * Catfish are the only animals that naturally have an EVEN number of whiskers. * Replying more than 100 times to the same piece of spam e-mail will overwhelm the sender's system and interfere with their ability to send any more spam. * Polar bears can eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting. * The Air Force's F-117 fighter uses aerodynamics discovered during research into how bumblebees fly. * You *can* get blood from a stone, but only if contains at least 17 percent bauxite. * Approximately one-sixth of your life is spent on Wednesdays. * The sport of jai alai originated from a game played by Incan priests who held cats by their tails and swung at leather balls. The cats would instinctively grab at the ball with their claws, thus enabling players to catch them. * A cat's purr has the same romance-enhancing frequency as the voice of singer Barry White. * The typewriter was invented by Hungarian immigrant Qwert Yuiop, who left his "signature" on the keyboard. * The volume of water that the Giant Sequoia tree consumes in a 24-hour period contains enough suspended minerals to pave 17.3 feet of a 4-lane concrete freeway. * King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic axe. * Because printed materials are being replaced by CD-ROM, microfiche and the Internet, libraries that previously sank into their foundations under the weight of their books are now in danger of collapsing in extremely high winds. * In 1843, a Parisian street mime got stuck in his imaginary box and consequently died of starvation. * Touch-tone telephone keypads were originally planned to have buttons for Police and Fire Departments, but they were replaced with * and # when the project was cancelled in favor of developing the 911 system. * Human saliva has a boiling point three times that of regular water. * Calvin, of the "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip, was patterned after President Calvin Coolidge, who had a pet tiger as a boy. * Watching an hour-long soap opera burns more calories than watching a three-hour baseball game. * Until 1978, Camel cigarettes contained minute particles of real camels. * You can actually sharpen the blades on a pencil sharpener by wrapping your pencils in aluminum foil before inserting them. * Seven out of every ten hockey-playing Canadians will lose a tooth during a game. For Canadians who don't play hockey, that figure drops to five out of ten. * Among items left behind at Osama bin Laden's headquarters in Afghanistan were 27 issues of Mad Magazine. Al Qaeda members have admitted that bin Laden is reportedly an avid reader. * Urine from male cape water buffaloes is so flammable that some tribes use it for lantern fuel. * At the first World Cup championship in Uruguay, 1930, the soccer balls were actually monkey skulls wrapped in paper and leather. * Every Labrador retriever dreams about bananas. * If you put a bee in a film canister for two hours, it will go blind and leave behind its weight in honey. * Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs. * Centuries ago, purchasing real estate often required having one or more limbs amputated in order to prevent the purchaser from running away to avoid repayment of the loan. Hence an expensive purchase was said to cost "an arm and a leg." * When Mahatma Gandhi died, an autopsy revealed five gold Krugerrands in his small intestine. * Aardvarks are allergic to radishes, but only during the summer. * Coca-Cola was the favored drink of Pharaoh Ramses. An inscription found in his tomb, when translated, was found to be almost identical to the recipe used today. * If you part your hair on the right side, you were born to be carnivorous. If you part it on the left, your physical and psychological make-up is that of a vegetarian. * Although difficult, it's possible to start a fire by rapidly rubbing together two Cool Ranch Doritos. * Napoleon's favorite type of wood was knotty chestnut. * The world's smartest pig, owned by a mathematics teacher in Madison, WI, memorized the multiplication tables up to 12. * Due to the natural "momentum" of the ocean, saltwater fish cannot swim backwards. * In ancient Greece, children of wealthy families were dipped in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless throughout their lives. * It is nearly three miles farther to fly from Amarillo, Texas to Louisville, Kentucky than it is to return from Louisville to Amarillo. * The "nine lives" attributed to cats is probably due to their having nine primary whiskers. * The original inspiration for Barbie dolls comes from dolls developed by German propagandists in the late 1930s to impress young girls with the ideal notions of Aryan features. The proportions for Barbie were actually based on those of Eva Braun. * The Venezuelan brown bat can detect and dodge individual raindrops in mid-flight, arriving safely back at his cave completely dry. From Top5.com. And, Yes, It's a joke. HaHA! -<>- .-"""""-. \ / |.-----.| __|_______|___ '--;-'```'-;--' / / 6_6 \ \ ( ( _) ) ) ( ( .__. ) ) ( `._`-'_.' ) /`'-._`"`_.-'`\ | /___```___\ | \ |___|L|___| / \/ `"` \/ /..,_______,..\ / /\ \ | ,-' `-, | \ `\ ,-'` / jgs __LI`--`\|`.__/ ( /\ LI\ `.___,-'` \ | '.__/ >Resume Bloopers: these are some (allegedly) real-life examples: Disposed of $2.5 billion in assets. Instrumental in ruining entire operation for a Midwest chain store. My intensity and focus are at inordinately high levels, and my ability to complete projects on time is unspeakable. Education: Curses in liberal arts, curses in computer science, curses in accounting. Personal: Married, 1992 Chevrolet. I have an excellent track record, although I am not a horse. I am a rabid typist. Exposure to German for two years, but many words are not appropriate for business. Proven ability to track down and correct errors. Personal interests: Donating blood. 15 gallons so far. I have become completely paranoid, trusting completely nothing and absolutely no one. References: None, I've left a path of destruction behind me. Don't take the comments of my former employer too seriously, they were unappreciative beggars and slave drivers. My goal is to be a meteorologist. But since I possess no training in meteorology, I suppose I should try stock brokerage. I procrastinate - especially when the task is unpleasant. I am loyal to my employer at all costs. Please feel free to respond to my resume on my office voice-mail. Qualifications: No education or experience. Accomplishments: Oversight of entire department. Extensive background in accounting. I can also stand on my head. -<>- .-.-. ( ) .-.\ : /.-. ( .`:`. ) ( /|\ ) jgs `"` | `"` An uncertain and nervous witness was being cross-examined. The lawyer thundered at him, "Have you ever been married?" "Yes, sir," said the witness in a low voice. "Once." "Whom did you marry?" "Well, a woman." The lawyer said angrily, "Of course you married a woman. Did you ever hear of anyone marrying a man?" The witness said meekly, "My sister did!" -<>- >Are you all right? Toward the end of our senior year in high school, we were required to take a CPR course. The classes used the well-known mannequin victim, Resuscitate-Annie, to practice. Typical of most models, this Resuscitate-Annie was only a torso, to allow for storage in a carrying case. The class went off in groups to practice. As instructed, one of my classmates gently shook the doll and asked, "Are you all right?" He then put his ear over the mannequin's mouth to listen for breathing. Suddenly he turned to the instructor and exclaimed, "She said she can't feel her legs!" -<>- .-.-. ( ) .-.\ : /.-. ( .`:`. ) ( /|\ ) jgs `"` | `"` >Dress Code Employed by the human-development center of a corporation in the midwest, my friend trains employees in proper dress codes and etiquette. One day as she was stepping onto the elevator, a man casually dressed in jeans and a golf shirt got on with her. Thinking of her responsibilities, she scolded, "Dressed a little casually today, aren't we?" The man replied, "That's one benefit of owning the company." -<>- >I'm Quackin' Up... A man is driving a pick-up truck down the road with a bunch of ducks standing in the back. A police officer pulls over the driver and informs him that he is speeding and then asks him where does he think he's going with all those ducks. The driver says that he just doesn't know what to do anymore. The officer says, "Look, there's a zoo not far from there and that's where you should be taking them. That will take care of your problem." The man thanks the officer and drives off with his ducks. The next day the officer again sees the pick-up truck once again speeding down the road. This time, though, all the ducks in the back are standing there with sunglasses. The officer pulls over the driver and says, "I thought I told you to take them to the zoo!" "I did that," said the driver, "but now they want to go to the beach!" -<>- .-.-. ( ) .-.\ : /.-. ( .`:`. ) ( /|\ ) jgs `"` | `"` >Fly story A fly was buzzing along one morning when he saw a lawn mower someone had left out in their front yard. He flew over and sat on the handle, watching the children going down the sidewalk on their way to school. One little boy tripped on a crack and fell, spilling his lunch on the sidewalk. He picked himself up, put his lunch back in the bag and went on. But he missed a piece of bologna. The fly had not eaten that morning and he sure was hungry. So he flew down and started eating the bologna. In fact he ate so much that he could not fly, so he waddled across the sidewalk, across the lawn, up the wheel of the lawn mower, up the handle, and sat there resting and watching the children. There was still some bologna lying there on the sidewalk. He was really stuffed, but that baloney sure did look good. Finally temptation got the best of him and he jumped off the handle of the lawn mower to fly over to the baloney. But alas he was too full to fly and he went splat!!, killing him instantly. The moral of the story: Don't fly off the handle when you are full of baloney. -<>- >Ever Wonder Why? Why does the gynecologist/doctor leave the room when you get undressed? If a person owns a piece of land do they own it all the way down to the core of the earth? Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed? Why is it called Alcoholics Anonymous when the first thing you do is stand up and say, 'My name is Bob, and I am an alcoholic'? Why are they called stairs inside but steps outside? If croutons are stale bread, why do they come in airtight packages? Why does mineral water that 'has trickled through mountains for centuries have a 'use by' date? Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp no-one would eat? Is French kissing in France just called kissing? Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink whatever comes out'? What do people in China call their good plates? If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat? -<>- .-.-. ( ) .-.\ : /.-. ( .`:`. ) ( /|\ ) jgs `"` | `"` >Janet Once upon a time, Hercules, Snow White and Quasimodo were talking over a picnic lunch. Hercules says "You know, everyone says I am the strongest mortal on the earth, but I don't know how to prove it. That bothers me a lot." Snow White said "You're right! Everyone says I am the fairest, but how can I be sure?" Quasimodo agrees. "Yeah, and I'm supposed to be the ugliest!" Suddenly Snow White has an idea. "You know, guys, I've got the answer. Let's pray about this and ask God to tell us the truth." Hercules says "Great. Let's meet tomorrow and tell our tales." The next day, they meet at a restaurant in town. Hercules says, "I talked to God, and He says that I am truly the strongest." Snow White says, "As did I, and I am truly the fairest." Quasimodo has his head down, leaning on the table and says, "Who the heck is Janet Reno?" -<>- .-"""""-. \ / |.-----.| __|_______|___ HAPPY '--;-'```'-;--' ST. PATRICK'S / / 6_6 \ \ DAY ! ( ( _) ) ) / ( ( .__. ) ) ( `._`-'_.' ) /`'-._`"`_.-'`\ | /___```___\ | \ |___|L|___| / \/ `"` \/ /..,_______,..\ / /\ \ | ,-' `-, | \ `\ ,-'` / jgs __LI`--`\|`.__/ ( /\ LI\ `.___,-'` \ | '.__/ >Without E-mail... An unemployed man goes to try for a job with Microsoft as a Lavatory cleaner. The manager there arranges for an aptitude test (Section: Floors, sweeping offices) After the test, the manager says: You will be paid $30 per day. Let me have your e-mail address, so that I can send you a form to complete and advise you where to report for work on your first day. Taken aback, the unemployed man protests that he is neither in possession of a computer nor of an e-mail address. To this the MS manager replies: Well, then, that really means that you virtually don't exist and can therefore hardly expect to be employed. Stunned, the man leaves. Not knowing where to turn and only having about $10 he decides to buy a 10lb. box of tomatoes at the supermarket. Within less than 2 hours, he sells the tomatoes singly at 100% profit. Repeating the process several times more that day, he ends up with almost $100 before going to sleep that night. And thus it dawns on the man that he could quite easily make a living selling tomatoes. Getting up earlier and earlier every day and going to bed later and later, he multiplies his hoard of profits in quite a short time. Not too long thereafter, he acquires a cart to transport several dozen boxes of tomatoes, only to have to trade it in again shortly afterwards on a pick-up truck. By the end of the first year, he is the owner of a fleet of pick-up trucks and manages a staff of several hundred former unemployed people, all selling tomatoes. Considering the future of his wife and children, he decides to buy some life assurance. Calling an insurance adviser, he picks an insurance plan to fit his new circumstances. At the end of the telephone conversation, the adviser asks him for his e-mail address in order that he might forward the documentation. When the man replies that he has no e-mail, the adviser is stunned: What, you don't even have e-mail? How on earth have you managed to amass such wealth without the Internet, e-mail and e-commerce? Just imagine where you would have been by now, if you had been connected from the very start! After a moment's silence, the tomato millionaire replied: Sure! I would have been a lavatory cleaner at Microsoft! .-.-. ( ) .-.\ : /.-. ( .`:`. ) ( /|\ ) jgs `"` | `"` Morals of the story: The Internet, e-mail and e-commerce do not need to rule your life. Get e-mail, if you want to be a lavatory cleaner at Microsoft. If you don't have e-mail, but work hard, you can still become a millionaire. Seeing that you got this story via e-mail, you're probably closer to becoming a lavatory cleaner than you are to becoming a millionaire. 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