Year: 2006
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A touching animal story
A man was on holiday in Kenya. While he was walking through the bush, he came across an elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed so the man approached it very carefully.He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant’s foot. There was a large thorn deeply embedded…
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Suburbia
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.Bill Vaughan
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Tide Detergent
Dear Makers of Tide Detergent:I am writing to say what an excellent product you have! I’ve used it all of my married life, as my mom always told me it was the best. Now that I am in my fifties I find it even better!About a month ago, I spilled some red wine on my…
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Back from Vacation
The doctor is refreshed after getting away from the Twin-Cities up to the Great North Woods for a few days. Keep those cards and letters coming…
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Judgement
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.Albert Einstein
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Ebonics
A zebra dies and arrives at the Pearly Gates. As he enters, he asks St. Peter, “I have a question that haunted me all of my days on earth… Am I a white horse with black stripes, or a black horse with white stripes?”St Peter said, “That’s a question only God can answer.”So the zebra…
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Apparently someone agrees with me
We’re in the early stages of what I would describe as the Third World War, and, frankly…we don’t have the right attitude.Newt Gingrich, on NBC’s Meet the Press, July 16, 2006