July 13, 2006


The only reason I would take up jogging is so I could hear heavy breathing again.
--Erma Bombeck






Your razor
Floats thru
The hair
With the
Greatest of ease
Burma Shave
1936


It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm.
Florence Nightingale




ANIMALS

Part 14 of 32
  • It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound.
  • It takes forty minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg.
  • Korea's poshintang - dog meat soup - is a popular item on summertime menus, despite outcry from other nations. The soup is believed to cure summer heat ailments, improve male virility, and improve women's complexions.
  • Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.
  • Lassie was played by several male dogs, despite the female name, because male collies were thought to look better on camera. The main "actor" was named Pal.



  • Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.
    Lady Bird Johnson



    OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
    Washington
    Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
    George Washington



    What tree is most warmly clad?



    They stayed away in droves.



    There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.



    "It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.