January 5, 2006


Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.
Winston Churchill








The draftee
Tried a tube
And purred
Well whaddya know
I've been defurred
Burma-Shave



Your prison is walking through this world all alone
D. Henley/G. Frey




BANNANA FACTS
part 4 of 6
  • In Eastern Africa you can buy banana beer. This beer is brewed from bananas.
  • In some lands bananas were considered the principal food. Early travelers and settlers would carry the roots of the plant as they migrated to the Middle East and Africa. From there Portuguese traders carried banana roots to the Canary Islands, where bananas are still grown commercially.
  • In South East Asia, the banana leaf is used to wrap food (in the place of plastic bags and cling wraps), providing a unique flavor and aroma to nasi lemak and the Indian banana leaf rice.
  • India is by far the largest world producer of bananas, growing 16.5 million tonnes in 2002, followed by Brazil which produced 6.5 million tonnes of bananas in 2002. To the Indians, the flower from the banana tree is sacred. During religious and important ceremonies such as weddings, banana flowers are tied around the head, for they believe this will bring good luck.
  • Over 96% of American households purchase bananas at least once each month.



    • The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
    Cicero



    "How will that help?" -- Kindergarten student, when the class was instructed to hold up two fingers if any of them had to go to the bathroom




    OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
    Jefferson Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
    Thomas Jefferson



    I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?



    "I never said most of the things I said."
    Yogi Berra



    Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, onlyless filling.


    Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.