Dr Wingnut

Year: 2006

  • Petty tyranny

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    No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.Edward Abbey

  • Caution

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    We’ve got to be careful, the light at the end of the tunnel might be an oncoming train.Lou Holtz, College Football Coach

  • Proud mothers

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    Four Catholic ladies were having coffee.  The first woman tells her friends, “My son is a priest.  When he walks into a room, everyone calls him ‘Father’.”The second woman chirps, “My son is a bishop.  Whenever he walks into a room, people call him ‘Your Grace’.”The third crone says, “My son is a cardinal.  Whenever…

  • Awakenings

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    Over and over, we begin again.Banana Yoshimoto

  • Chain Letter

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    Dear Friends,This chain letter was started in hopes of bringing relief to other tired and discouraged women.  Unlike most chain letters this one does not cost anything.  Just send a copy of this letter to five of your friends who are equally tired and discontented.  Then bundle up the man in your life, send him…

  • Three tortoises

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    Three tortoises, Mick, Alan and Les, decide to go on a picnic.  So Mick packs the picnic basket with beer and sandwiches.  The trouble is the picnic site is ten miles away so it takes them ten days to get there.When they get there Mick unpacks the food and beer.  “OK Les, give me the…

  • The Street Where You Live

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    The book, “The Street Where You Live: A Guide to the Place Names of St. Paul,” a listing of Saint Paul, Minnesota street names and the history behind them by Donald L. Empson is being reissued and updated with names of parks and other things.  In the Pioneer Press today they profiled the street where…