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Sunday September 21, 2003

India's version of Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry, the zero tolerance Bombay policeman who dispenses justice from the barrel of a gun, has killed 105 suspects and shows no signs of stopping. While Inspector Pradeep Sharma's methods are questioned by human rights groups, he remains unrepentant.

In fact he insists in language that might have come straight out of a Clint Eastwood movie that he acts ...

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All babies are color blind when they are born.

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

Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.

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Thursday night is Potluck Supper. Prayer and medication to follow.

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Sign seen in a bar: "Those drinking to forget, please pay in advance."

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The Minister unveiled the Church's new donations campaign on Sunday: "I upped my Pledge - Up Yours".

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Fun Book Titles

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

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

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

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

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

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Good Question

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?

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

If love is blind, why is Lingerie so popular?

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World Firsts

Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minnesota became the 1st United States Ski Club.

Tuesday February 8, 1887

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Bruce McCandless of the United States, makes the 1st untethered space walk.

Tuesday February 7, 1984

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Edward of Caernarion, later Edward II, becomes the 1st Prince of Wales.

Monday February 7, 1301

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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

Filed Under: → Deaths

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

Filed Under: → Deaths

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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When elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.
- African Proverb

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

When you have given nothing, ask for nothing.
- Albanian Proverb

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World Firsts

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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Bruce McCandless of the United States, makes the 1st untethered space walk.

Tuesday February 7, 1984

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France recognizes the United States of America and signs a treaty of aid in Paris; it's the 1st U.S. treaty.

Friday February 6, 1778

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Wise Words

Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.
- American Indian Proverb

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

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
- African Proverb

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Good Question

If there are 52 weeks in a year, how many weeks are there in a light year?

Why does an inspiring sight like a sunrise always have to take place at such an inconvenient time?

If love is blind, why is Lingerie so popular?

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