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Perfect Answer To Shopping In Peace

Used News Marriage

Tuesday October 7, 2003

A German bar has come up with the perfect answer for women who like to shop in peace without the stress of moaning partners - a kindergarten for men. For a mere $11.80 a woman can dump her husband at the Noxbar in downtown Hamburg, while she can get on with her shopping.

The woman can shop till she drops in the city's attractive boutiques, while her man is kept fully occupied and amused at the ...

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Did You Know

  • A person infected with the SARS virus has a 95% - 98% chance of recovery.

  • Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.

  • Crayola is a French word that means Oily chalk.

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Latest Posts

Sunday September 21, 2003

Famous for his magical illusions and stunts in America, but not all Londoners are impressed by David Blaine's bid to spend 40 days without food in a glass box suspended from a crane in the centre of the English capital. Shortly after the American began his stunt he was pelted with eggs, taunted with the smell of fish and chips and woken up by a man banging on a drum. ...

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Thursday February 28, 2008

Visitors to the UK's Metropolitan Police recruitment website saw a cuddly monster on the weekend, after a hacker broke into the site.

The cheeky hackers broke into London's Metropolitan Police recruitment website, and posted a picture of a cuddly toy on its front page. Beneath the picture of the green stripy animal they added taunting comments. ...

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  • During World War II, Uncle Bens was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.

  • Crayola is a French word that means Oily chalk.

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

Quips

Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and the deterioration of some of the older ones.

Filed Under: Church Notices


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

Filed Under: Church Notices


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

Filed Under: Church Notices


Fun Book Titles

  • Neck Exercises
    - by G. Rarff

  • How to Feed Elephants
    - by P. Nutts

  • School Meals
    - by R. E. Volting

  • The Barber of Seville
    - by Aaron Floor

  • Apologizing Made Simple
    - by Thayer Thorry

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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"?

  • Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

  • Why are cigarettes sold at gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?

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World Firsts

  • 1st meeting of the Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America.

    Wednesday February 6, 1861

  • Filed Under: → Politics


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

    Saturday February 7, 1818

  • Filed Under: → Education


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

    Monday February 7, 1301

  • Filed Under: → Miscellaneous


Events

  • 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

  • Filed Under: → Deaths


  • 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


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

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

  • Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
    - African Proverb

World Firsts

  • 1st meeting of the Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America.

    Wednesday February 6, 1861

  • Filed Under: → Politics


  • 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

  • Filed Under: → War


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

    Monday February 7, 1301

  • Filed Under: → Miscellaneous


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Wise Words

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

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

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

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Good Question

  • Does killing time damage eternity?

  • How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

  • Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

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