Month: October 2005
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Corruption
Republicans are so efficient. It took them only 10 years in power to become as corrupt as the Democrats were after 40 years in control.William C. Stosine, Iowa City, IA; Letters, Time, 31 Oct 2005
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Non-living things have gender
You may not know this but many non-living things have a gender.Ziploc Bags are Male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them.Copiers are Female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up again.A Tire is Male, because it goes bald and it’s often over inflated.A Hot…
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Identity Theft
This is really disturbing…apparently our drivers license info is available on the net…picture and all. Anyways, you can also remove it…just use this link: www.license.shorturl.com.via email from Kirk Nelson, Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:53:43 -0700
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Thanks for being tired
People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I…
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Annus Horribilis
A second flood, a simple famine,Plagues of locusts everywhere,Or a cataclysmic earthquake,I’d accept with some despair.But no, You sent us Congress!Good God, Sir, was that fair?John Adams’ prayer, from the movie “1776”With the prospect of a influenza outbreak of pandemic proportions, major earthquakes, tsunami’s and hurricane’s in the last year; you begin to wonder if…
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GR8 Plate
I have a habit, while driving of making words out of the acronyms on license plates. Yesterday I was out on some errands, and was stuck behind a guy that had the Minnesota plate PRK-050. Which naturally was transformed into, “Prick number fifty.” I know that it was a guy and that it was an…