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vol 4-51.pages
You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk." -Amir, age 9 "Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts." -Kellie, age 11 ! ! Jan 20, 2014 vol 4 - 51 "If you want a kitten, start out by asking for a horse." -Naomi, age 15 "Felt-tip markers are not good to use as lipstick." -Lauren, age 9 RANDOM TIDBITS The kid on the Cracker Jack box is named Robert. The seven Gummi Bears are named Gruffi, Cubbi, Tummi, Zummi, Sunni, Gusto, and Grammi. The double Popsicle stick was introduced during the Depression. It was designed so two people could share it. Five Jell-O flavors that flopped: celery, coffee, cola, apple, and chocolate. "Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.” -Charlie Chaplin. A Saudi Prince went to Germany to study. A month later, he sends a letter to his dad saying:"Berlin is wonderful, people are nice and I really like it here,but I'm a bit ashamed to arrive to school with my gold Mercedes when all my teachers travel by train." Sometime later he gets a letter from his dad with a hundred million dollar check saying:"Stop embarrassing us, go and get yourself a train too”! The earliest known types of knitting by nomadic people in the desert places of North Africa actually used circular or narrow, oblong wooden frames. One of the earliest known examples of knitting (formed on two sticks by pulling loops through loops) were a pair of cotton socks found in Egypt from the first millennium A.D. ! The knitting machine was invented in 1589 (during the reign of Queen Elizabeth) by William Lee, a clergyman. After the invention of the knitting machine, knitting was gradually taken over by guildorganized cottage industries in the 17th and 18th centuries Two blonde prostitutes were riding around town with a sign on top of their car which said: Two Prostitutes -- $50.00 A policeman, seeing the sign, stopped them and told them they'd either have to remove the sign or go to jail. ! ! ! ! ! Just at that time, another car passed with a sign saying: Events - 2014! Jan 27-30 - HS exams! Jan 30 - garbage day! Jan 31 - no school! Feb 3- School bonspiel! Feb 14 - Valentines Day! Feb 17-21 School Winter Break! Mar 9 - Daylight savings time! Apr 18 - Good Friday! Apr 20 - Easter Sunday ! Apr 22 - Earth Day! May 11 - Mother’s Day! Showing his friend around his home, Fred started to point out all of the collectibles he and his wife had acquired over their long years of marriage. ! "The day before I die, I'd like to sell every piece we've got just to see how much it's all worth." ! Jesus Saves One of the blondes asks the officer, "How come you don't stop them?!" "But you couldn't possibly know the day before you were going to die, so how could you sell it." "Well, that's a little different," the officer smiled. "Their sign pertains to religion." "Simple... If I sell it, my wife would kill me!" ! So the two ladies of the night frowned as they took their sign down and drove off. The following day found the same police officer in the area when he noticed the same two blonde ladies driving around with a large sign on their car again. ! ! Figuring he had an easy arrest, he began to catch up with them when he noticed the new sign which now read: Two Fallen Angels Seeking Peter -- $50.00 ! ill age, I st y m t a n my Eve alling in f r i a h e hav now my 's t i , y l d eyes. Sa s! eyebrow An Israeli soldier who just enlisted asked the Commanding Officer for a 3day pass. Saskatchewan 3-Kick Rule A big-city California lawyer went duck hunting in rural Saskatchewan He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing. The attorney responded, "I shot a duck and it fell in this field, and now I'm going in to retrieve it." The CO says "Are you crazy? You just join the Israeli army, and you already want a 3-day pass? You must do something spectacular for that recognition!" So the soldier comes back a day later in an Arab tank! The CO was so impressed, he asked "How did you do it?" "Well, I jumped in a tank, and went toward the border with the Arabs. I approached the border, and saw an Arab tank. I put my white flag up, the Arab tank put his white flag up. I said to the Arab soldier, "Do you want to get a three-day pass? So we exchanged tanks!" The old farmer replied, "This is my property, and you are not coming over here. " The indignant lawyer said, "I am one of the best trial attorneys in the U. S. ; and, if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you and take everything you own. " Women shouldn't have children after 35 ...because that many children is more than enough! The old farmer smiled and said, "Apparently, you don't know how we do things in Saskatchewan. We settle small disagreements like this with the Saskatchewan “Three-Kick Rule.” The lawyer asked, "What is this three-kick Rule? " The farmer replied, "Well, first I kick you three times and then you kick me three times, and so on, back and forth, until someone gives up. " The attorney quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old codger. He agreed to abide by the local custom. The speed of light is approximately 186,000 miles per second through a vacuum. Going through ordinary window glass, light travels at only 120,000 miles per second. 62,860 trees must be cut to provide paper pulp for just one Sunday edition of the New York Times. The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the city feller. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy work boot into the lawyer's groin and dropped him to his knees. His second kick nearly wiped the man's nose off his face. The barrister was flat on his belly when the farmer's third kick to a kidney nearly caused him to give up. The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and managed to get to his feet and said, "Okay, you old coot, now it's my turn. " The old farmer smiled and said, "Naw, I give up. You can have the duck. Once at the beach, a guy swimming in the ocean yelled, "Help! Shark! Help!" I just laughed. That shark wasn't going to help him! About two-thirds of shark attacks on humans have taken place in water less than six feet deep. Most shark attacks occur less than 100 feet from the shore. Shark attacks happen all over the world, but mainly around popular beaches in North America (especially Florida and Hawaii), Australia, and South Africa. ! For every human killed by a shark, humans kill two million sharks. Bonus Fact: Approximately 100 million sharks are killed every year. Shark teeth are used to make necklaces; cartilage is used to make fertilizers; skin is used to make leather; liver is used to make face cream, sap, and fuel; and fins are used to make soup. The mass killing of sharks creates a negative, cascading effect in the global environment. The term bachelor in "bachelor's degree" most likely is from the Medieval Latin term baccalaureate, which is a play on the Latin words bacca lauri or laurel berries. The word is also a re-Latinization of the French word bachelor, which means a "youthful knight" or a "novice in arms." I wish my computer keyboard had a removable crumb tray like my toaster! “Never be afraid to laugh at yourself. After all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.” ~ Dame Edna Everage ! Did you hear about the two guys who decided to try duck hunting? They bought new outfits & equipment, and went out to a place in the woods where they heard the hunting was really good. But after several hours of thrashing through the woods, one fellow said, "I don't know about this. We've been out here all day and haven't caught a single duck. Do you think we're doing something wrong?" ! "I don't know," replied the other. "Maybe we're not throwing the dog high enough." Announcing to daughter Lori that her aunt just had a baby and it looked like her uncle, she said, "You mean he has a moustache?" My friend asked our grandson when he would turn 6. He replied, "When I'm tired of being 5." Seeing he age 3, e r first hailstorm xclaime , Mary S d raining dumplin , "Mommy, it's ue, gs!"