Year: 2006
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Pluck yew
History of the middle fingerBefore the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in! the future.This…
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Free speech
There is a restaurant in North Versailles, PA, Casa D’Ice who’s owner likes to pontificate on his sign. Check out more of his work:via email from Bob Rosen, Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:10:19 -0700
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Your job: Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable
I was parked in front of the mall wiping off my car. I had just come from the car wash and was waiting for my wife to get out of work. Coming my way from across the parking lot was what society would consider a bum. From the looks of him, he had no car,…
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It’s for you
Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.Fran Lebowitz
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What’s a 710?
Yesterday I was having some work done at the car dealer. A blonde woman came in and asked for a seven-hundred-ten.They all looked at each other, and the mechanic asked, “What is a seven-hundred-ten?”She replied, “You know, the little piece in the middle of the engine. I lost it and need a new one. It…
