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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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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

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

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

Quips

Don't let worry kill you. Let the Church help.

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

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Fun Book Titles

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

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

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

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Good Question

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

If buttered toast always lands buttered side down and a cat always lands on its feet, what would happen if you tied a piece of buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped them both?

How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

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World Firsts

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

Monday February 6, 1832

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

Thursday February 7, 1991

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The 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off piloted by Bert Hinkler.

Tuesday February 7, 1928

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

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

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World Firsts

"Stars & Stripes Weekly", the United States Armed Forces newspaper is first published.

Friday February 8, 1918

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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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Autherine Lucy, the 1st black student admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled.

Tuesday February 7, 1956

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Wise Words

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

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

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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"?

Do steam rollers really roll steam?

If love is blind, why is Lingerie so popular?

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