Archive for the ‘Humor’ Category

Winners and losers in the game of life.

August 17, 2007

Every year I try to keep up with some of the absurd things that people do in this world that we live in. Well, this year there is something for everyone, from Texas Fred to Chris Smith, to Bear.


I’ve met some of these.
These people prove it is a terminal condition. As always, competition this year has been keen.

The candidates this year are…

Eighth Place
In Detroit, a 41-year-old man got stuck and drowned in two feet of water after squeezing head first through an 18-
inch-wide sewer grate to retrieve his car keys.

Seventh Place
A 49-year-old San Francisco stockbroker, who “totally zoned when he ran,” accidentally jogged off a 100-foot high
cliff on his daily run

Sixth Place
While at the beach, Daniel Jones, 21, dug an 8 foot hole for protection from the wind and had been sitting in a
beach chair at the bottom when it collapsed, burying him beneath 5 feet of sand. People on the beach used their
hands and shovels trying to get him out but could not reach him. It took rescue workers using heavy equipment
almost an hour to free him.
Jones was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Fifth Place
Santiago Alvarado, 24, was killed as he fell through the ceiling of a bicycle shop he was burglarizing. Death was
caused when the long flashlight he had placed in his mouth to keep his hands free rammed into the base of his
skull as he hit the floor.

Fourth Place
Sylvester Briddell, Jr., 26, was killed as he won a bet with friends who said he would not put a revolver loaded
with four bullets into his mouth and pull the trigger.

Third Place
After stepping around a marked police patrol car parked at the front door, a man walked into H&J Leather &Firearms
intent on robbing the store. The shop was full of customers and a uniformed officer was standing at the counter.
Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a hold-up, and fired a few wild shots from a target pistol.
The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, and several customers also drew their guns and fired. The robber
was pronounced dead at the scene by Paramedics. Crime scene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in
the shop. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds. Ballistics identified rounds from 7 different
weapons. No one else was hurt.

HONORABLE MENTION
Paul Stiller, 47, and his wife Bonnie were bored just driving around at 2 A.M. so they lit a quarter stick of
dynamite to toss out the window to see what would happen. Apparently they failed to notice the window was closed.

RUNNER UP
Kerry Bingham had been drinking with several friends when one of them said they knew a person who had bungee-
jumped from a local bridge in the middle of traffic. The conversation grew more heated and at least 10 men trooped
along the walkway of the bridge at 4:30 AM. Upon arrival at the midpoint of the bridge they discovered that no one
had brought a bungee rope. Bingham, who had continued drinking, volunteered and pointed out that a coil of
lineman’s cable lay near by. They secured one end around Bingham’s leg and the tied the other to the bridge. His
fall lasted 40 feet before the cable tightened and tore his foot off at the ankle.
He miraculously survived his fall into the icy water and was rescued by two nearby fishermen. Bingham’s foot was
never located.

AND THE WINNER IS…
Zookeeper Friedrich Riesfe ldt (Paderborn, Germany) fed his constipated elephant 22 doses of animal laxative and
more than a bushel of berries, figs and prunes before the plugged-up pachyderm finally got relief. Investigators
say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the relieved beast
unloaded. The sheer force of the elephant’s unexpected defecation knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground where he
struck his head on a rock as the elephant continued to evacuate 200 pounds of dung on top of him. It seems to be
just one of those freak accidents that proves… “Shit happens”

Since things appear so quiet…

August 15, 2007

flying pigThe blogs appear to be very quiet today so I suppose that something needs to be done to stir things up a bit. The blogosphere thrives on controversy, or at least so it appears. A few well chosen key words might just spice things up! 🙂

  • The Drug War: Making thugs into millionaires!
  • Gun Control: Hitting the intended target each time, every time!
  • Politics: Warfare by another name, and just as deadly in the long run.
  • Education: Never assume that letters following a name have the least bit to do with intelligence. ( Unknown Professor at UCSD circa 1969)
  • The Democrat Party: A Communist plot!

That should get things going today! Enjoy!

Irish Blondes

August 13, 2007

IRISH BLONDE

An attractive blonde from Dublin arrived at the casino
and bet

twenty-thousand pounds on a single roll of the dice.

She said, “I hope you don’t mind, but I feel much
luckier when I’m

completely nude”.

 

With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the
dice and

yelled, “Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes!”

As the dice came to a stop, she jumped up and down
and squealed

“YES, YES, I WON, I WON!”

 

   She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up
her winnings and her clothes and quickly departed.

The dealers stared at each other dumb founded.

 

Finally, one of them asked, “What did she roll?”  The
other

answered, “I don’t know – I thought you were
watching.”

 

 

   MORAL OF THE STORY

 

   Not all Irish are stupid and not all blondes are
dumb, but all men are men.

SOURCE: Mister Christer!

Aging Gracefully?

August 2, 2007

Old Couple:

The Seniors Breakfast Special
**********************************

Even non-seniors will appreciate this!!!!

It often pays to think “outside the box”!

    Recently, my wife and I went to breakfast at

a local restaurant where the “Seniors’ Special”
was two eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast

for $1.99.

“Sounds good,” my wife said. “…..But I don’t

want the eggs, thank you.”

“Then I’ll have to charge you two dollars and

forty-nine cents because you’re ordering the

toast, bacon, and hash browns a la carte,”

the waitress warned her.

“…..You mean I’d have to pay for NOT taking

the eggs?” my wife asked incredulously.

“Yes…” stated the waitress, “…it’s the policy.”

“O.K., I’ll take the Special then.” my wife said.

“….And how do you want your eggs?” the

waitress asked.

“Raw and in the shell,” my wife replied.

        She took the two eggs home.

HEY!! DON’T MESS WITH US SENIORS!!!

We’ve been around the block more than once!!
 

                A TRIP TO WALMART
You are in the middle of some kind of

project around the house.  

Mowing  
the lawn, putting a new fence in, painting the living room, or whatever.     
You are hot and sweaty.  Covered in dirt or paint.  You have your old  
work clothes on.  You know the outfit; shorts with the hole in crotch,  
old t-shirt with a stain from who knows what, and an old pair of tennis

shoes.
    Right in the middle of this great home improvement project you realize   
you need to run to Wal-Mart to get something to help complete the job.   Depending on your age you might do the following:   

In your 20’s:

Stop what you are doing. Shave, take a shower, blow dry your hair, brush

your teeth, floss, and put on clean clothes.  Check yourself in the mirror

and flex.  Add a dab of your favorite cologne because you never know, you

just might meet some hot chick while standing in the checkout lane.  You
went to school with the pretty girl running the register.

In your 30’s:
Stop what you are doing, put on clean shorts and shirt. Change shoes. You

married the hot chick, so no need for much else. Wash your hands and comb

your hair. Check yourself in the mirror. Hey! Still got it. Add a shot of your

favorite cologne to cover the manly smell.  The cute girl running the register

is the kid sister to someone you went to school with.

In your 40’s:
Stop what you are doing.  Put a sweatshirt that is long enough to cover the
hole in the crotch of your shorts.  Put on different shoes and a hat.  Wash
your hands.  Your bottle of Brute Cologne is almost empty so you don’t want

to waste any of it on a trip to Wal-Mart. Check yourself in the mirror and
do more sucking in than flexing.  Now the spicy young thing running the
register is your daughter’s age and you feel weird thinking she is spicy.

In your 50’s:
Stop what you are doing.  Put a hat on, wipe the dirt off your hands onto

your shirt.  Change shoes because you don’t want to get dirt in your new

sports car.  Check yourself in the mirror and you swear not to wear that

shirt anymore because it makes you look fat.  The cutie running the
register smiles when she sees you coming and you think you still have it.  
(…Then you remember the hat you have on is from your buddy’s bait shop

and it says, “I Got Worms”.)

In your 60’s:
Stop what you are doing.  No need for a hat anymore.  Hose the dog

poop off your shoes.  The mirror was shattered when you were in

your 50’s.  You hope you have underwear on so nothing hangs out the

hole in your pants.  The girl running the register may be cute but you

don’t have your glasses on so you are not sure.

In your 70’s:
  
Stop what you are doing.  Wait to go to Wal-Mart until they have your
prescriptions ready too.  Don’t’ even notice the dog poop on your shoes.
The young thing at the register smiles at you because you remind her of

her grandfather.

In your 80’s:
Stop what you are doing.  Start again.  Then stop again.  Now you

remember that you needed to go to Wal-Mart.  You go to Wal-Mart and

then aimlessly wander around trying to think what it is you are looking for.  

Bending over to tie your shoes, you pass gas out loud and you mistakenly

think it was someone calling out your name.  The old lady that greeted you

at the front door went to school with you ….and was three years behind.

 

A senior couple pulls up to a gas station:

Attendant: How may I help you?

Old Man: Please fill it up.


Old Lady: What did he say?


Old Man [yelling]: He asked what we wanted,

 and I told him to fill it up.

Attendant: So, where are you heading?

Old Man: To Chicago to see our grandchildren.


Old Lady: What did he say?


Old Man [yelling]: He asked where we’re going.

I told him we’re going to see the grandkids.

Attendant: It sure is a nice day for a drive.


Old Man: Yes, it’s been quite pleasant.


Old Lady: What did he say?


Old Man: He said its good weather.

Attendant: Where are you coming from?

Old Man: We started our trip from Pittsburgh.


Old Lady: What did he say?


Old Man: He asked where we’re from and I said

Pittsburgh.

Attendant: I dated a girl from Pittsburgh once.

She wouldn’t shut up, was a nag and a lousy cook, 

and was lousy in bed, too.

Old lady: What did he say?


Old Man: ….He says he knows you.

Considering The Circumstances . . .

     A man boards an airliner, takes his seat,
and is surprised to find a large purple parrot
seated in the seat next to him.
     The aircraft takes off and a pretty young
flight attendant walks down the aisle past the
man and his unusual seat mate.
    The man orders a Vodka Martini with ice,
and the attendant smiles and says she will be
right back. But minutes pass with no drink
coming …even after a second order from the
man.
    The next trip the FA makes down the aisle,
the mans seat-mate pipes up.
     “Hey, you stupid broad,” says the parrot,
“….bring me a whiskey and soda, and make
it snappy!”
     The FA looks visibly annoyed, but walks
on.  A minute later, she walks back up the
aisle, and the parrot pipes up again: “….You
dumb blonde lazy floozy, where’s my whiskey? 
Hurry it up! ”
     Visibly VERY flustered, the FA hurries up
the aisle and returns quickly with the parrot’s
drink.
     Impressed with the parrot’s technique, the
man decides to try and get some quick service
for himself.
     “Hey, you moronic excuse for womanhood,”
says the man, “….get me a vodka martini!  And
don’t be dragging your sorry @#%$ – I want it
right now! ”
     The FA says nothing, turns red with anger
and runs to the front of the plane. In a moment
she returns with the First Officer and two burly
male flight attendants. The crewmen seize the
passenger and the parrot, drag them from their
seats, jerk open the emergency door, and hurl
them both out of the airplane at 31,000 feet.
     As the two are hurled out the door, the parrot
says to the man, “…You know, for someone who
can’t fly, you’re pretty danged rude!”

MEDICARE COVERAGE IN A NUTSHELL

The phone rings and the lady of the house answers,
“Hello.”
“Mrs. Ward, please.”
“Speaking.”
“Mrs. Ward, this is Doctor Jones at the Medical Testing Laboratory.

When your doctor sent your husband’s biopsy to the lab yesterday,

a biopsy from another Mr. Ward arrived as well, and we are now

uncertain which one is your husband’s. Frankly the results are either

bad or terrible.”

“What do you mean?” Mrs. Ward asks nervously.
“Well, one of the specimens tested positive for Alzheimer’s, and the

other one tested positive for AIDS. And unfortunately, we can’t tell

which is your husband’s.”

“That’s dreadful! Can’t you do the test again?” questioned Mrs. Ward.
“Normally we can, Ma;am, but your Medicare plan will only pay for

these expensive tests one time.”
“Well, what am I supposed to do now?”
“The people at Medicare recommend that you drop your
husband off

somewhere in the middle of town. Then, if he finds his way home,

don’t sleep with him.”  

Three Hillbillies are sitting on a porch shootin’ the breeze.

1st Hillbilly: “My wife sure is stupid!

    She done bought an air conditioner.”

2nd Hillbilly: “Why’s thet so stupid?”

1st Hillbilly: “We ain’t got no danged ‘lectricity!”

2nd Hillbilly: “Hey! Thet’s nothin’! My wife is so

    dang stupid, she done bought one of
    them new fangled warshin’ machines!”

1st Hillbilly: “An’ why is thet so stupid?”

2nd Hillbilly: “…Cause we ain’t got no plummin’!”

3rd Hillbilly: “Yoall….that ain’t nuthin’! My wife is

    dumber than both yer wifes put together!  I

    was a-goin’ through her purse the other day

    a-lookin’ fer some change, an’ I done found

    six condoms in thar!!”

1st and 2nd Hillbillies (after thinkin’ on it some…):

    “Well heck, man, what’s so dumb about that?”

3rd Hillbilly: “Dude….she ain’t got no danged pecker!”

Wayward paratroopers

July 15, 2007

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19764496/?GT1=10150

RUT ROH!

CANON CITY, Colo. – A unit of 25 military paratroopers landed inside the perimeter of a state prison, but not to quell a riot or attempt some movie-script breakout. They just goofed.

The paratroopers, armed with exercise rifles that shoot rubber bullets, landed in a corn field outside the Fremont Correctional Institute early Thursday, Colorado Department of Corrections spokeswoman Katherine Sanguinetti said.

Guards escorted them off the grounds with no violence, she told the Rocky Mountain News.

Sanguinetti said she did not know which military unit was involved. She said an investigation is under way but it appears guards handled the inadvertent intrusion correctly.

The newspaper said the Army and Air Force denied knowledge of the episode. The Colorado National Guard did not return a call seeking comment.

Abbott and Costello in the computer age

July 15, 2007

You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello, and too old to
REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this.
For those of us who sometimes get flustered by our computers, please read on
.

If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, “Who
s on First?” might have turned out something like this:

COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: Thanks. I’m setting up an office in my den and I’m thinking about
buying a computer.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: No, the name’s Lou.

ABBOTT: Your computer?

COSTELLO: I don’t own a computer. I want to buy one.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: I told you, my name’s Lou.

ABBOTT: What about Windows?

COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?

ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?

COSTELLO: I don’t know. What will I see when I look at the windows?

ABBOTT: Wallpaper.

COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.

ABBOTT: Software for Windows?

COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals
, trac k expenses and run my business. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO:! Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?

ABBOTT: I just did.

COSTELLO: You just did what?

ABBOTT: Recommend something.

COSTELLO: You recommended something?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: For my office?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!

ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.

COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let’s just say I’m
sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal.
          What do I need?

ABBOTT: Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: Word in Office.

COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?

ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue “W”.

COSTELLO: I’m going to cli ck your blue “w” if you don’t start with some
straight answers. What about financial bookkeeping?
          You have anything I can track my money with?

ABBOT T: Money.

COSTELLO: That’s right. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?

ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.

COSTELLO: What’s bundled with my computer?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?

ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.

COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?

ABBOTT: One copy.

COSTELLO: Isn’t it illegal to copy money?

ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.

COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?

ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!

(A few days later)

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?

ABBOTT: Click on “START”………….
 

Retired and playing politics

July 15, 2007

He ignored me and continued writing the ticket.  
I called him a “Nazi.”

He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn tires.
So I called him a “doughnut eating Gestapo.” 
He finished the second ticket and  put it on the windshield with the first.

Then he started writing a third ticket.  
This went on for about 20 minutes. 
The more I abused him, the more tickets he wrote. 

Personally, I didn’t care.   I came downtown on the bus. 
The car that he was putting the tickets on had a bumper sticker that said “Hillary in ’08.”  
I try to have a little fun each day now that I’m retired.  
It’s important to my health.

Order in the Court!

July 7, 2007

These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word
for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these
exchanges were actually taking place.

ATTORNEY:   Are you sexually active?
WITNESS:      No, I just lie there.  
____________________________________________________________________
ATTORNEY:  What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS:      Gucci sweats and Reeboks. 
______________________________________
ATTORNEY:   This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS:        Yes.

ATTORNEY:   And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS:       I forget.

ATTORNEY:   You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
_____________________________________
ATTORNEY:  What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS:    He said, “Where am I, Cathy?”

ATTORNEY:  And why did that upset you?
WITNESS:    My name is Susan!
______________________________________
ATTORNEY:   Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?
WITNESS:     We both do.

ATTORNEY:  Voodoo?
WITNESS:     We do.

ATTORNEY:  You do?
WITNESS:     Yes, voodoo.
______________________________________
ATTORNEY:  Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the next
morning?
WITNESS:    Did you actually pass the bar exam?
____________________________________
ATTORNEY:  The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS:      Uh, he’s twenty-one.
________________________________________
ATTORNEY:  Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS:     Are you shittin’ me?
______________________________________
ATTORNEY:   So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS:      Yes.

ATTORNEY:  And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS:     Uh…. I was getting’ laid!
______________________________________
ATTORNEY:    She had three children, right?
WITNESS:      Yes.

ATTORNEY:    How many were boys?
WITNESS:      None.

ATTORNEY:    Were there any girls?
WITNESS:     Are you shittin’ me? Your Honour, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
______________________________________
ATTORNEY:   How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS:     By death.

ATTORNEY:   And by whose death was it terminated?
WITNESS:  Now whose death do you suppose terminated it?
______________________________________
ATTORNEY:  Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS:     He was about medium height and had a beard.

ATTORNEY:  Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS:     Guess.
_____________________________________
ATTORNEY:   Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS:     No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
______________________________________
ATTORNEY:   Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS:      All my autopsies are performed on dead people. Would you like to rephrase that?
______________________________________
ATTORNEY:   ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS:      Oral.
______________________________________
ATTORNEY:  Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS:      The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.

ATTORNEY:  And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS:      No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!
____________________________________________
ATTORNEY:   Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS:  Huh….are you qualified to ask that question?
______________________________________

And the best for last:

______________________________________
ATTORNEY:   Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS:      No.

ATTORNEY:   Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS:      No.

ATTORNEY:   Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS:      No.

ATTORNEY:  So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS:      No.

ATTORNEY:   How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS:      Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.

ATTORNEY:  I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS:      Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.
 

Yogi Berra addresses the crowd

July 7, 2007

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
  05/27/2007

        May 19, 2007: St. Louis native Yogi Berra addresses the crowd on hand for the Saint LouisUniversity
graduation. (David Carson/P-D)
      

  Deadlines being what they are for this Sunday column, this essayist missed a momentous occasion recently. Yogi
Berra accepted an honorary degree from St. Louis University and delivered the commencement speech for 1,900
graduates and 10,000 in attendance at Scottrade Center.
It’s hard to imagine a more promising lingual event. Berra is to vocal communication what Don Cherry i s to the
fashion industry. Yogi doesn’t so much command the English language as he corkscrews it. It is part of what makes
the baseball Hall of Famer and pride of the Hill one of America’s endearing figures.
  While the oratory went unrecognized in this space last week, I was fortunate enough to secure – wink, wink – a
copy of the discourse and felt compelled to share it with those who did not attend. So here is, in its entirety,
Yogi’s dissertation:

  “Thank you all for being here tonight. I know this is a busy time of year, and if you weren’t here, you could
probably be somewhere else. I especially want to thank the administration at St. Louis University for making this
day necessary. It is an honor to receive this honorary degree.

  It is wonderful to be here in St. Louis and to visit the old neighborhood. I haven’t been back since the last
time I was here. Everything looks the same, only different. Of course, things in the past are never as they used
to be.
  Before I speak, I have something I’d like to say. As you may know, I never went to college, or high school for
that matter. To be honest, I’m not much of a public speaker, so I will try to keep this short as long as I can.

  As I look out upon all of the young people here tonight, there are a number of words of wisdom I might depart.
But I think the most irrelevant piece of advice I can pass along is this: “The most important things in life are
the things that are least important.”

I could have gone a number of directions in my life. Growing up on the Hill, I could have opened a restaurant or
a bakery. But the more time I spent in places like that, the less time I wanted to spend there. I knew that if I
wanted to play baseball, I was going to have to play baseball. My childhood friend, Joe Garagiola, also became a
big-league ballpayer, as did my son, Dale. I think you’ll find the similarities in our careers are quite different.

  You’re probably wondering, how does a kid from the Hill become a New York Yankee and get in the Hall of Fame?
Well, let me tell you something, if it was easy nobody would do it. Nothing is impossible until you make it
possible.

  Of course, times were different. To be honest, I was born at an early age. Things are much more confiscated now.
It seems like a nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore. But let me tell you, if the world was perfect, it wouldn’t be.
Even Napoleon had his Watergate.

  You’ll make some wrong mistakes along the way, but only the wrong survive. Never put off until tomorrow what you
can’t do today. Denial isn’t just a river in Europe .

  Strive for success and remember you won’t get what you want unless you want what you get. Some will choose a
different path. If they don’t want to come along, you can’t stop them. Remember, none are so kind as those who
will not see.

  Keep the faith and follow the Commandments: Do not covet thy neighbor’s wife, unless she has nothing else to
wear. Treat others before you treat yourself. As Franklin Eleanor Roosevelt once said, ‘The only thing you have to
fear is beer itself.’

  Hold on to your integrity, ladies and gentlemen. It’s the one thing you really need to have; if you don’t have
it, that’s why you need it. Work hard to reach your goals, and if you can’t reach them, use a ladder. There may
come a day when you get hurt and have to miss work. Don’t worry, it won’t hurt to miss work.

  Over the years, I have realized that baseball is really just a menopause for life. We all have limitations, but
we also know limitation is the greatest form of flattery. Beauty is in the eyes of Jim Holder.

  Half the lies you hear won’t be true, and half the things you say, you won’t ever say.

  As parents you’ll want to give your children all the things you didn’t have. But don’t buy them an encyclopedia,
make them walk to school like you did. Teach them to have respect for others, especially the police. They are not
here to create disorder, they are here to preserve it.

  Throughout my career, I found good things always came in pairs of three. There will be times when you are an
overwhelming underdog. Give 100 percent to everything you do, and when that’s not enough, give everything you have
left. ‘Winning isn’t everything, but it’s better than rheumatism.’ I think Guy Lombardo said that.

  Finally, dear graduates and friends, cherish this moment; it is a memory you will never forget. You have your
entire future ahead of you.

  “Good luck and Bob’s speed.”

California Blonde’s?

July 5, 2007

Alright folks, I had serious reservations before posting this. First, my oldest daughter is living in San Diego. Not to mention , she is a blond. Received this from a friend so I really cannot verify that it did happen in fact. I can tell you that in more than twenty two years in Emergency Medical Services, I never even once saw anything close to this! 🙂

KILLER BISCUITS WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER
(the actual AP headline)
Lisa Burnett, 23, a resident of San Diego, was visiting her in-laws, and while there went to a nearby supermarket to pick up some groceries. Several people noticed her sitting in the car with the windows rolled up and with her eyes closed, with both hands behind the back of her head.
One customer who had been at the store for a while became concerned and walked over to the car. he noticed that Lisa’s eyes were now open, and she looked very strange. He asked her if she was okay, and Lisa replied that she’d been shot in the back of the head, and had been holding her brains in for over an hour. The man called the paramedics, who broke into the car because the doors were locked and Lisa refused to remove her hands from her head. When they finally got in, they found that Lisa had a wad of bread dough on the back of her head….
A Pillsbury biscuit canister had exploded from the heat, making a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot, and the wad of dough hit her in the back of her head. When she reached back to find out what it was, she felt the dough and thought it was her brains. She initially passed out, but quickly recovered and tried to hold her brains in for over an hour until someone noticed and came to her aid….
By the way, Lisa is a blonde.