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Wednesday February 19, 2003

Handel's world famous Messiah, recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, has been given an X rating by an online music store. Apple Computer's online iTunes Music Store marked the baroque composer's masterpiece with the red warning that indicates the content might not be appropriate for young children or others with sensitive tastes. ...

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

Canada is an Indian word meaning Big Village.

About twenty-five percent of the population will sneeze when they are exposed to light.

Quips

The Vicar is on vacation. Massages can be given to the Church Secretary.

Filed Under: Church Notices

Sign seen at a Hair Salon: We curl up and dye for you.

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For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

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Fun Book Titles

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

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

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

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Good Question

What will fall on the lawn first? An autumn leaf or a Christmas catalogue?

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

How come wrong numbers are never busy?

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World Firsts

The United States swears in its 1st female Secretary of Transportation, namely Elizabeth Dole.

Monday February 7, 1983

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New Jersey issues its 1st U.S. railroad charter. The proprietors included the famous inventor John Stevens.

Monday February 6, 1815

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The 1st successful United States educational magazine "Academician", starts publishing in New York City.

Saturday February 7, 1818

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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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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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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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Indecision is like a stepchild. If he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.
- African Proverb

If you refuse to be made straight when you are wet, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
- African Proverb

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

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World Firsts

Astronomical Society of Pacific holds its 1st meeting in San Francisco.

Thursday February 7, 1889

Filed Under: → Science

The United States swears in its 1st female Secretary of Transportation, namely Elizabeth Dole.

Monday February 7, 1983

Filed Under: → Travel Section

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

Monday February 7, 1949

Filed Under: → Sports

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Wise Words

Indecision is like a stepchild. If he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.
- African Proverb

If you refuse to be made straight when you are wet, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
- African Proverb

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

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Good Question

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

If CON is the opposite of PRO, is congress the opposite of progress?

How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?

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