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Tuesday May 25, 2004

Even in death Irish comic genius Spike Milligan managed to have the last laugh. Two years after his death at his home in Sussex, England, the creator of "The Goon Show" has finally got the epitaph he wanted.

A headstone bearing the words "I told you I was ill" has been erected above his grave at St. Thomas's Church in Winchelsea, East Sussex. Sadly for more than two years after his death at the ...

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Each year there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.

Crayola is a French word that means Oily chalk.

Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen.

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Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.

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The 1991 Spring Council Retreat will be hell May 10 and 11.

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At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is Hell?".
Come early and listen to the choir practice.

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Fun Book Titles

Peek-a-Boo!
- by I. C. Hugh

My Years in a Lunatic Asylum
- by I. M. Nutty

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

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Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment but when you transport something by ship it's called cargo?

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

Can you repeat the part after "Listen very carefully"?

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World Firsts

Jean-Bertrand Aristide is sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected President.

Thursday February 7, 1991

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Joe DiMaggio becomes the 1st $100,000 a year baseball player. He plays for the New York Yankees.

Monday February 7, 1949

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The 1st appearance of cholera happens in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Monday February 6, 1832

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Events

The man known as the 'Crocodile Hunter' died after his chest was punctured by a stingray barb while diving off Australia's northeast coast. The 44 year-old colourful personality was filming a documentary about the Great Barrier Reef when tragedy struck.

According to friend and colleague, John Stainton, Steve Irwin swam too close to the ray while he was diving off his boat "Croc One" near Batt Reef, northeast of Port Douglas.

Monday September 4, 2006

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Relatives of a 91-year-old Ohio woman who died this week are giving her the last word with a sassy, occasionally profane obituary that starts with the basics, "I was born. I lived. I died.", and instructs people to "Wait the appropriate amount of time" before trying to claim her stuff.

They wrote it in Jean Oddi's perspective, recapping the people important to her, adventures she had and her favorite activities, including playing cards and teaching her granddaughter "dirty songs".

Thursday February 23, 2017

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A father and son in Alabama were killed when they crashed into each other in a head-on collision. Jeffrey Morris Brasher and his son Austin Blaine Brasher of Bankston, Alabama, died early Saturday morning.

Jeffrey Brasher was driving a 2006 Ford pickup and his son was driving a 2004 Chevrolet truck when they collided on a highway head-on, said Alabama State Trooper Jonathon Appling.

Saturday February 18, 2017

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Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.
- African Proverb

It takes a village to raise a child.
- African Proverb

Where there is no shame, there is no honor.
- African Proverb

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World Firsts

Richard Johnson is the 1st Vice President chosen by the United States Senate. It happened during the Van Buren administration.

Wednesday February 8, 1837

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"Monopoly" the board game goes on sale for the 1st time.

Wednesday February 6, 1935

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The 1st appearance of cholera happens in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Monday February 6, 1832

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Wise Words

When the mouth stumbles, it is worse than the foot.
- African Proverb

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
- African Proverb

Not to know is bad, not to wish to know is worse.
- African Proverb

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Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo. How come nobody will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down?

You know how most packages say "Open here". What is the protocol if the package says, "Open somewhere else"?

If fire fighters fight fire and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?

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