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| Subj:
3% Hydrogen Peroxide (S587)
From: tom on 4/19/2008 Drawing
from Snopes.com...
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Hydrogen peroxide will cure a
variety of ailments.
Click 'HERE'
to read some of them.
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Subj: New
Years Day Trivia (S415)
From: igiggle on 1/1/2005
At: http://www.noahark.com/1/triviaholiday/trivianewyear.htm
New Years Day Trivia History
New Years Day is the oldest of
all holidays. It was first
observed in ancient Babylon
about 4000 years ago.
The Romans continued to observe
the new year in late March,
but their calendar was continually
tampered with by various
emperors so that the calendar
soon became out of synchronization
with the sun.
In order to set the calendar
right, the Roman senate, in
153 BC, declared January 1 to
be the beginning of the new
year. But tampering continued
until Julius Caesar, in 46 BC,
established what has come to
be known as the Julian Calendar.
It again established January
1 as the new year.
Although in the first centuries
AD the Romans continued
celebrating the new year, the
early Catholic Church condemned
the festivities as paganism.
But as Christianity became more
widespread, the early church
began having its own religious
observances concurrently with
many of the pagan celebrations,
and New Year's Day was no different.
During the Middle Ages, the Church
remained opposed to
celebrating New Years. January
1 has been celebrated as a
holiday by Western nations for
only about the past 400 years.
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Subj: Phobia
Trivia... (S302)
From: Joke-Of-The-Day on 11/14/2002
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
is the fear of
long words.
Clinophobia
is the fear of
beds.
Paedophobia
is a fear of children.
Automatonophobia
is a fear of ventriloquist's
dummies, animatronic
creatures, wax
statues or anything that falsly
represents a sentient
being.
The Graveyard Shift
In Victorian times,
there was an intense fear of being
buried alive, so
when someone died, a small hole was
dug from the casket
to the surface, then a string was
tied around the
dead persons finger which was then
attached to a small
but loud bell that was hung on the
surface of the
grave, so then if someone was buried
alive, they could
ring the bell and whomever was on
duty would go and
dig them up. Someone was on the
clock 24 hours
a day- hence the grave yard shift.
Hypnophobia
is a morbid fear
of sleep and falling asleep.
Lyssophobia
is a morbid fear
of insanity.
Phobatrivaphobia
is a fear of trivia about
phobias
Janet Leigh, the actress, has
a fear of showers. This
is the result of
appearing in the film, 'Psycho', in
which her character
met a violent death in the shower.
Dromophobia
is a fear of crossing
the road
Unatractiphobia
is a fear of ugly
people.
Arachibutyrophobia
is a fear of peanut
butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Elizabeth I of England suffered from anthophobia, a fear of roses.
Mondaphobia is the fear that
the weekend will be too short
and Monday's coming
real fast!!! Enjoy the weekend!
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Subj: True/False
Trivia Test From Texas (S186, S445)
From: collins2 on 08/19/2000
and
From: Joke-Of-The-Day-Mail.com on 7/25/2005
Can you guess which of the following are true and which are false?
1. Apples, not caffeine, are
more efficient at waking you
up in the morning.
2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.
3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose
approximately 2 teeth every
10 years.
4. People do not get sick from
cold weather; it's from being
indoors a lot more.
5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!
6. Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties.
7. Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
8. Babies are born without kneecaps.
They don't appear until
they are 2-6 years
old.
9. The average person over 50
will have spent 5 years
waiting in lines.
10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
11. The average housefly lives for one month.
12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
14. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon
than
any other time
of day.
16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
17. The REAL reason ostriches stick
their head in the
sand is to search
for water.
18. The only two animals that can see
behind themselves
without turning
their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.
19. John Travolta turned down the starring
roles in
"An Officer and
a Gentleman" and "Tootsie."
20. Michael Jackson owns the rights
to the
South Carolina
State anthem.
21. In most television commercials
advertising milk,
a mixture of white
paint and a little thinner is
used in place of
the milk.
22. Prince Charles and Prince William
NEVER travel on
the same airplane,
just in case there is a crash.
23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle
built in 1903
used a tomato can
for a carburetor.
24. Most hospitals make money by selling
the umbilical
cords cut from
women who give birth. They are used
in vein transplant
surgery.
25. Humphrey Bogart was related to
Princess Diana.
They were 7th cousins.
26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
Answers below...
They are all TRUE.... Now go back and think about #16!!!
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Subj: American
Trivia (S114)
From: smiles on 4/4/99
(Also see 'Fun Facts to Know and Flaunt' below)
Only 14% of Americans say they've
done this with the
opposite sex. What is
it? ~ Skinny dipping.
What separates "60 Minutes,"
on CBS, from every other
TV show? ~ No theme song/music.
Half of all Americans live within
50 miles of what?
~ Their birthplace. This is
propinquity.
Most boat owners name their boats.
What is the most
popular boat name?? ~
Obsession
More women do this in the bathroom
than men.
~Wash their hands. Women * 80%
- Men - 55%
(GROSS, GUYS)
What do 100% of all lottery winners
do?
~ Gain weight.
In a recent survey, Americans
revealed that this was their
favorite smell. ~ Banana
If you were to spell out numbers,
how far would you have
to go until you would find the
letter "A"? ~ One thousand
What do bullet proof vests, fire
escapes, windshield
wipers and laser printers all
have in common?
~ All invented by women. (GO
GIRLS)
Married men revealed that they
do this twice as often as
single men. ~ Change their underwear.
EEWWWWWW
This stimulates 29 muscles and
chemicals causing relaxation.
Women seem to like it light
and frequent, men like it
more strenuous. ~ A kiss
This is the only food that doesn't
spoil.
~ Honey
There are more collect calls
on this day than any other
day of the year. ~ Father's
Day
What trivia fact about Mel Blanc
(voice of Bugs Bunny) is
most ironic? ~ Mel was allergic
to carrots.
40% of all people who come to
a party in your home do this?
~ Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
3.9% of all women surveyed say
they never do this.
~ Wear underwear. OH MY!!!!!!!
About 1/3 of all Americans say
they do this while sitting?
~Flush the toilet.
What person, not a "Seinfeld"
regular cast member, is
featured on every episode
of "Seinfeld"?
~ Superman, either by name or
pictures on Jerry's refrigerator.
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Subj: Fun
Facts to Know and Flaunt (S114)
From: Tom_Adams on 4/5/99
(Also see 'American Trivia' above)
1. How many verses are
there in the National Anthem
of
Greece?
2. How many ways are
there to make change for a dollar?
3. What is the only fish
able to blink with both eyes?
4. In which state is
2/3rd's of the world's eggplant grown?
5. What is the longest
one-syllable word in the
English
language?
6. What flag is flying
over the Parliament building
on
the Canadian two-dollar bill?
7. All the clocks in
the movie Pulp Fiction are stuck
on
what time?
8. What is the only English
word to end in "mt."
9. How many states are
listed across the top of the
Lincoln
Memorial on the back of the $5 bill?
10. Almonds are members
of which family of fruit?
11. Where was Winston
Churchill born? (bonus question:
during
what event?)
12. The only state whose
name is just one syllable is?
13. How many English words
end in "-dous?"
14. What time is displayed
on most advertisements
with
a watch?
15. What profession was
listed on Al Capone's business card?
16. Who was the only real
person who ended up as a Pez head?
17. Sesame Street characters
Bert and Ernie were named
after
characters in which famous holiday movie?
18. What is the average
life-span of a dragonfly?
19. What is a goldfish
attention span?
20. Which denomination
of US Currency has
an
owl and a spider hidden on it?
21. Who plays the piano
on "Mad About You?"
22. Who was John Lennon's
first girl friend?
23. What is the longest
word typed by only one hand?
The national anthem of Greece
has 158 verses.
There are 293 ways to make change
for a dollar.
A shark is the only fish that
can blink with both eyes.
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant
is grown in New Jersey.
The longest one-syllable word
in the English language
is "screeched."
On a Canadian two dollar bill,
the flag flying
over the Parliament
building is an American flag.
All of the clocks in the movie
"Pulp Fiction" are
stuck on 4:20.
"Dreamt" is the only English
word that ends in the
letters "mt."
All 50 states are listed across
the top of the
Lincoln Memorial
on the back of the $5 bill.
Almonds are a member of the
peach family.
Winston Churchill was born in
a ladies' room during a dance.
Maine is the only state whose
name is just one syllable.
There are only four words in
the English language which
end in "-dous":
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous,
and hazardous.
In most advertisements, including
newspapers,
the time displayed
on a watch is 10:10.
Al Capone's business card said
he was a used-furniture dealer.
The only real person to be a
Pez head was Betsy Ross.
The characters Bert and Ernie
on Sesame Street were named
after Bert the
cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank
Capra's "Its A
Wonderful Life."
A dragonfly has a life span
of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span
of three seconds.
On an American one-dollar bill,
there is an owl in the upper
left-hand corner
of the "1" encased in the "shield" and
a spider hidden
in the front upper right-hand corner.
Who's that playing the piano
on the "Mad About You" theme?
Paul Reiser himself.
John Lennon's first girlfriend
was named Thelma Pickles.
"Stewardesses" is the longest
word that is typed with only
the left hand.
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Subj: How
Lincoln And John F. Kennedy Were Alike: (S158, S360)
From: Scott's Joke Archive 0n 5/31/97
and
From: RFSlick on 02/10/2000
(See 'The Oswald Rock
Band' in MUSIC-SUPP)
| Abraham Lincoln
was elected to
Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected
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Both were particularly concerned
with civil rights.
Both wives lost children while
in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on
a Friday.
Both were shot in the head.
Both were shot in the presence of their wives.
The Secretary of each President
warned them not to go to the
theater and to
Dallas, respectively.
Lincoln's Secretary was named
Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named
Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners.
Both successors were named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded
Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded
Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated
Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated
Kennedy, was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by
their three names.
Both names comprise fifteen
letters.
Booth ran from the theater and
was captured in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from the warehouse
and was captured in a theater.
Lincoln was shot at the theatre
named "Kennedy."
Kennedy was shot in a car called
"Lincoln."
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
To cap it all off,
A week before Lincoln was shot,
he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot,
he was in Marilyn Monroe.
What do you think: Mystery or a statistical co-incidence?
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Subj: Take
A Guess (S86)
From: RFSlick on 98-09-17
What occurs more often in December
than any other month?
Conception.
A survey of 1000 American women
and men revealed this
as their least favorite household
chore. What is it?
Vacuuming the stairs.
It is estimated that 9 out of
10 American women do this
with their feet. Wear
shoes at least 2 sizes too narrow.
In a recent survey, Americans
were asked what
one modern convenience they
could not live without.
The most common answer... Scotch
tape.
What separates "60 Minutes,"
on CBS from every
other TV show? No theme
song.
Half of all Americans live within
50 miles of what?
Their birthplace. This is propinquity.
The average person will spend
approximately one year
out of their lifetime doing
this. What is it?
Searching for lost or misplaced
items.
Most boat owners name their boats.
What is
the most popular boat name requested?
Obsession
Most executives say this automatically
eliminates a
candidate from job consideration
- what is it?
A typo in their resume.
More women do this in the bathroom
than men.
Wash their hands.Women - 80%
Men - 55%
If you're single, there's a 2
in 3 chance you did this
the last time you were with
your significant other.
Lied.
It takes an average person about
7 minutes to do this.
Fall asleep.
What is the most common name
in the world?
Mohammed
What do 100% of all lottery winners
do?
Gain weight.
Surveys reveal that girls do
this for the first time
in their back yard. First
kiss.
A "Bridal Guide" survey reveals
that 77% of all newlywed
couples do this. Sex in
rooms other than the bedroom.
It takes an average woman 14
minutes to do this after
she gets in bed. Turn
off the lights.
If you were to spell out numbers,
how far would you
have to go until you would find
the letter "A"?
One thousand
The odds are 1 in 2 that your
best friend will do this
if you are a married man.
Fantasize about your wife.
Hockey legend Wayne Gretsky does
this for good luck.
Only tucks in the right side
of his jersey.
What do bullet proof vests, fire
escapes, windshield
wipers and laser printers all
have in common?
All invented by women.
Some Men are pee pee shy in public.
Experts agree that
this will help them go.
Multiply numbers in their head.
Married men revealed that they
do this twice as often
as single men. Change
their underwear.
This stimulates 29 muscles and
chemicals causing relaxation.
Women seem to like it light
and frequent, men like it more
strenuous. A kiss
What first went on sale to the
public in pharmacies
on May 9, 1960? Birth
control pills
42% of all women over the age
of 26 who have done this,
never get married. Had
an affair with a married man.
Who is "Lisa Gheradini"?
DaVinci's Mona Lisa
This is the only food that doesn't
spoil.
Honey
There are more collect calls
on this day than any other
day of the year. Father's
Day
The average woman spends 2.7
years of her life where?
In the bathroom.
40% of all people who come to
a party in your home do this?
Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
3.9% of all women surveyed say
they never do this.
Wear underwear.
What common everyday occurrence
is composed of 59% nitrogen,
21% hydrogen and 9% dioxide?
A fart.
About 1/3 of all Americans say
they do this while sitting?
Flush the toilet.
85% of the guys who die while
having sex are doing this.
Cheating on their spouse.
What's unique about the Beatle's
song "Eleanor Rigby"?
The Beatles did not play a single
note in the song.
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Subj: True
Stupidity (S82)
From: humorlist-digest V2 #190 on 98-08-15
These stories are alleged to
be true. If so, they just
prove some people's stupidity.
If they aren't true, they
certainly are funny!
1. Police in Wichita, Kansas,
arrested a 22-year-old man
at an airport hotel
after he tried to pass two
(counterfeit) $16
bills.
2. A man in Johannesburg, South
Africa, shot his 49-year-
old friend in the
face, seriously wounding him, while
the two practiced
shooting beer cans off each other's head.
3. A company trying to continue
its five-year perfect safety
record showed its
workers a film aimed at encouraging the
use of safety goggles
on the job. According to Industrial
Machinery News,
the film's depiction of gory industrial
accidents was so
graphic that twenty-five workers suffered
minor injuries
in their rush to leave the screening room.
Thirteen others
fainted, and one man required seven
stitches after
he cut his head falling off a chair while
watching the film.
4. The Chico, California, City
Council enacted a ban on
nuclear weapons,
setting a $500 fine for anyone detonating
one within city
limits.
5. A bus carrying five passengers
was hit by a car in St.
Louis, but by the
time police arrived on the scene, four-
teen pedestrians
had boarded the bus and had begun to
complain of whiplash
injuries and back pain.
6. A convict broke out of jail
in Washington DC, then a few
days later he accompanied
his girlfriend to her trial for
robbery.
At lunch, he went out for a sandwich. She
needed to see him,
and thus had him paged. Police
officers recognized
his name and arrested him as he
returned to the
courthouse in a car he had stolen over
the lunch hour.
7. Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania,
interrogated a suspect by
placing a metal
colander on his head and connecting it
with wires to a
photocopy machine. The message "He's
lying" was placed
in the copier, and police pressed the
copybutton each
time they thought the suspect wasn't
telling the truth.
Believing the "lie detector" was
working, the suspect
confessed.
8. When two service station
attendants in Ionia, Michigan,
refused to hand
over the cash to an intoxicated robber,
the man threatened
to call the police. They still
refused, so the
robber called the police and was arrested.
9. A Los Angeles man who later
said he was "tired of walking,"
stole a steamroller
and led police on a 5 mph chase until
an officer stepped
aboard and brought the vehicle to a stop.
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Subj: Bondage
Game And Their Dog, Rudy (S68)
From: RFSlick on 98-05-20
BREMERTON, WA - Christopher Coulter
and his wife, Emily,
were engaging in bondage games
when Christopher suggested
spreading peanut butter on his
genitals and letting Rudy,
their Irish Setter, lick them
clean. Sadly, Rudy lost
control and began tearing at
Christopher's penis and
testicles.
Rudy refused to obey commands
and a panicked Emily threw a
half-gallon bottle of perfume
at the dog. The bottle broke,
covering the dog and Christopher
with perfume. Startled,
Rudy leaped back, tearing away
the penis. While trying to
get her unconscious husband
in the car to take him to the
hospital, Emily fell twice,
injuring her wrist and ankle.
Christopher's penis was in a
Styrofoam ice cooler. "Chris
is just plain lucky," said the
surgeon who spent eight
hours reattaching the penis.
"Believe it or not, the
perfume turned out to be very
fortuitous. The high alcohol
content, which must have been
excruciatingly painful, helped
sterilize the wound. Aside
from its being removed, the
damage caused by the dog's teeth
to the penis per se is
minimal. It's really a
very stringy piece of flesh. Mr.
Coulter stands an excellent
chance of regaining the use of
his limb because of this."
Washington Animal Control has no plans to seize Rudy.
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Subj: Isn't
It Ironic (S67, S360b)
From: RFSlick on 98-05-13
and
From: jokes on 12/23/2003
Story #1
The average cost of rehabilitating
a seal after the Exxon
Valdez oil spill in Alaska was
$80,000. At a special
ceremony, two of the most expensively
saved animals were
released back into the wild
amid cheers and applause from
onlookers. A minute later
they were both eaten by a
killer whale.
Story #2
A woman came home to find her
husband in the kitchen,
shaking frantically with what
looked like a wire running
from his waist towards the electric
kettle. Intending to
jolt him away from the deadly
current she whacked him
with a handy plank of wood by
the back door, breaking
his arm in two places.
A shame as he had merely been
listening to his walkman.
Story #3
Two animal rights protesters
were protesting at the
cruelty of sending pigs to a
slaughterhouse in Bonn.
Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand
of them, escaped
through a broken fence and stampeded,
trampling the
two hapless protesters to death.
And the last and best.......
Story #4
and From: darrellvip on 4/19/2008
(S587c)
Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet,
didn't pay enough
postage on a letter bomb. It
came back with "return
to sender" stamped on it.
You guessed it, he opened
it and said a fond farewell
to his face.
This is a good story, but Snopes.com
says it is just an urban
legend at http://www.snopes.com/humor/lists/fakenews.asp
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Subj: Boeing
Employees Go Rafting (S67, S569)
From: Tom_Adams on 98-05-12
Seems that a year ago, some Boeing
employees on the sly
decided to steal a life raft
from one of the 747s. They
were successful in getting it
out of the plant and home.
When they took it for a float
on the Stilliguamish River,
they were quite surprised by
a coast guard helicopter
homing in on the emergency locator
that is activated when
the raft is inflated.
They are no longer employed there.
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Subj: Will
The Real Dummy Please Stand Up? (S64)
From: auntieg on 98-04-16
Will the Real Dummy Please Stand
Up?!
AT?T fired President John Walter
after nine months, saying
he lacked "intellectual leadership".
He received a $26
million severance package.
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...With a Little Help from Our
Friends!
Police in Oakland, California
spent two hours attempting to
subdue a gunman who had barricaded
himself inside his home.
After firing ten tear gas canisters,
officers discovered
that the man was standing beside
them, shouting pleas to
come out and give himself up...
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...And What Was Plan B?
An Illinois man pretending to
have a gun kidnapped a
motorist and forced him to drive
to two different
automated teller machines.
The kidnapper then proceeded
to withdraw money from his own
bank accounts...
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...Some Days, It Just Doesn't
Pay to Gnaw Through the Straps...
Fire investigators on Maui have
determined the cause of a
blaze that destroyed a $127,000
home last month - a short
in the homeowner's newly installed
fire prevention alarm
system. "This is even
worse than last year," said the
distraught homeowner, "when
someone broke in and stole my
new security system..."
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... And for the Main Course...
A man in Taormina, Italy was
hospitalized after swallowing
46 teaspoons, 2 cigarette lighters,
and a pair of salad tongs.
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...The Getaway
A man walked in to a Topeka,
Kansas Kwik Shop, and asked
for all the money in the cash
drawer. Apparently, the take
was too small, so he tied up
the store clerk and worked the
counter himself for three hours
until police showed up and
grabbed him.
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...Do-It-Yourself Brain Surgery?!
In Ohio, an unidentified man
in his late twenties walked
into a police station with a
9-inch wire protruding from
his forehead and calmly asked
officers to give him an X-ray
to help him find his brain,
which he claimed had been
stolen. Police were shocked
to learn that the man had
drilled a 6-inch deep hole in
his skull with a Black and
Decker power drill and had stuck
the wire in to try and
find the missing brain.
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...Have I Got a Deal for You!
More than 600 people in Italy
wanted to ride in a spaceship
badly enough to pay $10,000
a piece for the first tourist
flight to Mars. According
to the Italian police, the would-
be space travelers were told
to spend their "next vacation
on Mars, amid the splendors
of ruined temples and painted
deserts. Ride a Martian
camel from oasis to oasis and
enjoy the incredible Martian
sunsets. Explore mysterious
canals and marvel at the views.
Trips to the moon also
available." Authorities
believe that the con men running
this scam made off with over
six million dollars...
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...Too Well-Educated
In Medford, Oregon, a 27-year-old
jobless man with an
MBA blamed his college degree
for his murder of three
people. "There are too
many business grads out there,"
he said. "If I had chosen another
field, all this may
not have happened..."
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...Did I Say That?!
Police in Los Angeles had good
luck with a robbery suspect
who just couldn't control himself
during a lineup. When
detectives asked each man in
the lineup to repeat the
words, "Give me all your money
or I'll shoot," the man
shouted, "That's not what I
said!"
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...Ouch, That Smarts!
A bank robber in Virginia Beach
got a nasty surprise when
a dye pack designed to mark
stolen money exploded in his
Fruit-of-the-Looms. The
robber apparently stuffed the
loot down the front of his pants
as he was running out
the door. "He was seen
hopping and jumping around," said
police spokesman Mike Carey,
"with an explosion taking
place inside his pants."
Police have the man's charred
trousers in custody...
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...Are We Not Communicating?
A man spoke frantically into
the phone: "My wife is pregnant
and her contractions are only
two minutes apart!" "Is this
her first child?" the doctor
asked. "No, you idiot!" the
man shouted. "This is her husband!"
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...Not the Sharpest Knife in
the Drawer!
In Modesto, CA, Steven Richard
King was arrested for trying
to hold up a Bank of America
branch without a weapon. King
used a thumb and a finger to
simulate a gun, but unfor-
tunately, he failed to keep
his hand in his pocket.
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Subj: Did
You Know? (S144)
From: RFSlick on 98-03-17
and
From: TA989287 on 11/01/1999
The first couple to be shown
in bed together on prime time
television were
Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
Every day more money is printed
for Monopoly than the US
Treasury.
It is possible to lead a cow
upstairs but not downstairs.
Smartest dogs: 1) Scottish border
collie; 2) Poodle;
3) Golden retriever.
Dumbest: Afghan hound.
Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.
Men can read smaller print than
women; women can hear better.
Amount American Airlines saved
in 1987 by eliminating one
olive from each
salad served in first class: $40,000
City with the most Rolls Royce's
per capita: Hong Kong
State with the highest percentage
of people who
walk to work: Alaska
Percentage of Africa that is
wilderness: 28%
Percentage of North America
that is wilderness: 38%
Average number of days a West
German goes without
washing his underwear:
7
Percentage of American men who
say they would marry
the same woman
if they had it to do all over again: 80%
Percentage of American women
who say they'd marry
the same man: 50%
Cost of raising a medium-size
dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
Average number of people airborne
over the US
any given hour:
61,000.
Percentage of Americans who
have visited
Disneyland/Disney
World: 70%
Average life span of a major
league baseball: 7 pitches.
Only President to win a Pulitzer:
John F. Kennedy for
Profiles in Courage
Intelligent people have more
zinc and copper in their hair.
The world's youngest parents
were 8 and 9 and in lived
in China in 1910.
The youngest pope was 11 years
old.
Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola
per capita than any other nation.
First novel ever written on
a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
The San Francisco Cable cars
are the only
mobile National
Monuments
Each king in a deck of playing
cards represents a great king
from history. Spades
- King David, Clubs - Alexander the
Great, Hearts -
Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 =
12,345,678,987,654,321
The name Jeep came from the
abbreviation used in the army
for the "General
Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
How about these.... The nursery
rhyme Ring Around the Rosey
is a rhyme about
the plague. Infected people with the
plague would get
red circular sores ("Ring around the
rosey..."), these
sores would smell very badly so common
folks would put
flowers on their bodies somewhere
(inconspicuously),
so that it would cover the smell of
the sores ("...a
pocket full of poseys ..."), People who
died from the plague
would be burned so as to reduce the
possible spread
of the disease ("...ashes, ashes, we all
fall down!")
From: homeschooling.guide on 99-01-17
A crocodile cannot stick its
tongue out.
The ant can lift 50 times its
own weight, can pull 30
times its own weight
and always falls over on its right
side when intoxicated.
Polar bears are left handed.
The catfish has over 27,000
taste buds, that makes
the catfish rank
#1 for animal having the most taste buds.
The flea can jump 350 times
its body length, that is
like a human jumping
the length of a football field.
A cockroach will live nine days
without it's head,
before it starves
to death.
The male praying mantis cannot
copulate while
its head is attached
to its body. The female
initiates sex by
ripping the male's head off.
Some lions mate over 50 times
a day.
Butterflies taste with their
feet.
Elephants are the only animals
that can't jump. (thankfully)
Starfishes haven't got brains.
From: RFSlick on 99-02-14
Almonds are members of the peach
family.
Ingrown toenails are hereditary.
Steely Dan got their name from
a sexual device
depicted in the
book 'The Naked Lunch'.
It's impossible to sneeze with
your eyes open.
Cranberries are sorted for ripeness
by bouncing them;
a fully ripened
cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.
To "testify" was based on men
in the Roman court swearing
to a statement
made by swearing on their testicles.
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Subj: This
Wacky World
From: Ossama's Laugh on 1/31/98
(Taxes In Italy)
Fruit stall owner Giuseppe Scirrocco,
who stopped paying
taxes two years ago because
he couldn't afford them, has
been landed with a 12-billion
lira (app. US$7 million) tax
bill by officials in Milan,
Italy.
(Divorce From 'I do' At Wedding)
Teacher Jack Fesneau refused
to speak to his wife Christina
for more than two years because
of the way she said "I do"
at their wedding. Christina,
from Quebec, Canada, has been
granted a divorce.
Police have decided not to prosecute
Rashon Jackson, 19,
after he phoned the emergency
services to get directions
to a bus station in New Jersey.
(Divorce Because Of Lottery)
A Judge granted a divorce to
Percy Quentin because his wife
Thelma organized a lottery -
with herself as the prize.
After selling 600 tickets at
US$5 each in Los Angeles, US,
the winner was a 73-year-old
man.
(Anton's Polish Nose)
Anton Wladich's snoring has
become so loud since breaking
his nose, that most of his street's
residents in Warsaw,
Poland, have moved house to
escape the noise.
(Polish Dating Agency)
Furious girls in Lodz, Poland,
are demanding a refund after
paying US$800 to join a dating
agency which had 300 women
- but just seven men.
(Underwear Factory In Russia)
An underwear factory in Volgrad,
Russia, is preventing
redundancies (layoffs) by paying
its staff with 36 pairs
of free knickers a month.
(Russian Truck Driver Drown
In Beer)
Trucker Boris Kalusch drowned
after trying to drink from
the beer tanker he was driving.
Police in Siberia found
his legs sticking from the inspection
cover.
((Robber
Homesick For Prison)
Former prisoner James Knapp
confessed to police that he'd
robbed two stores in Oklahoma,
US, because he missed his
old cell-mates. Police
said they'd see if James could be
reunited with his old friends.
(Love Sick Orangutan)
A zookeeper was pinned to the
ground and had his trousers
torn off - by a lovesick lady
orangutan! Ken Alrand had
cared for Anna ever since she
was rejected by her natural
mother in infancy. But he never
realised that she had
developed a crush on him.
As Alrand was cleaning Anna's
enclosure in Aalborg, Denmark,
she pounced on him and
ripped his pants off.
"She's obviously fallen in love
with me," says Alrand. "So I'll
keep my distance from
now on."
(Six People Injured In Moscow)
Six people taken to hospital
from a reception in Moscow
were injured by flying champagne
corks.
(Scared in Australia)
Scared Charles Hurden locked
himself in his shed for three
days after he thought asteroids
landed in his garden in
Sydney, Australia. They
were luminous balloons from a
party 16 km away.
(Carolina Bank Robber)
Gunman Simon Kingstree failed
to rob a bank in Carolina,
US, because staff kept laughing
at his big ears - even
when he threatened to shoot
a cashier.
(Cigarette Saboteur)
A man dubbed by police in Athens,
Greece as The Cigarette
Saboteur has taken to attacking
people he sees smoking
and forcing them to eat their
remaining cigarettes. The
oddball has claimed seven victims
in six months.
(Pervert On Subway)
A pervert who exposed himself
on the Paris Metro [subway]
in France fled in horror when
his victim - a transvestite
- flashed back.
(Marauding Moose)
Marauding moose have torn up
seven light aircraft in less
than a week at Anchorage Airport
in Alaska.
A burglar charged with raiding
vending machine paid his
bail with US$300 in coins.
(Golf Match Ends)
A golf match in Los Angeles,
US, was abandoned when a cow
wandered onto the fairway, deposited
a cow-pat on the 17th
green and then chased the players.
(Manslaughter)
Raindancer Jose Carquirre has
been charged with manslaughter
after six people died in a flood
in Arcos, Brazil.
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