January 2, 2006

A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the thought; as if we could be satisfied with the dews of the morning or evening without their colors, or the heavens without their azure.
Henry David Thoreau




Take
Your
Time
Not
Your life
Burma-Shave



I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
Arthur Christopher Benson



BANNANA FACTS
part 1 of 6
  • 3 medium size bananas weigh approximately 1 pound.
  • A cluster of bananas is called a hand and consists of 10 to 20 bananas, which are known as fingers.
  • As bananas ripen, the starch in the fruit turns to sugar. Therefore, the riper the banana the sweeter it will taste.
  • Banana plants are the largest plants on earth without a woody stem. They are actually giant herbs of the same family as lilies, orchids and palms.
  • Bananas are a good source of vitamin C, potassium and dietary fiber.


    • The best way to escape from your problem is to solve it.
    Robert Anthony


    "Quiet!" -- 4 year old, when asked what begins with 'M' and sounds good.



    OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
    John TylerI can never consent to being dictated to.
    John Tyler



    Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Now add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?


    I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport employee asked, "Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?" To which I replied, "If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?" He smiled knowingly and nodded, "That's why we ask."


    Crabgrass can grow on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known way to kill it that does not involve nuclear weapons.


    A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.





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