Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza. ...
Dave Barry's Bad Habits
Fisherman! For a lucky strike Show the pike A face They'll like Burma Shave
1936
You really have to experience the feeling of being with the president in the oval office... It's a disease I came to call Ovalitis.
John Dean
ANIMALS Part 22 of 32
The Canary Islands were not named for a bird called a canary. They were named after a breed of large dogs. The Latin name was Canariae insulae - "Island of Dogs."
The cat lover is an ailurophile, while a cat hater is an ailurophobe.
The catgut formerly used as strings in tennis rackets and musical instruments does not come from cats. Catgut actually comes from sheep, hogs, and horses.
The chameleon has several cell layers beneath its transparent skin. These layers are the source of the chameleon's color change. Some of the layers contain pigments, while others just reflect light to create new colors. Several factors contribute to the color change. A popular misconception is that chameleons change color to match their environment. This isn't true. Light, temperature, and emotional state commonly bring about a chameleon's change in color. The chameleon will most often change between green, brown and gray, which coincidently, often matches the background colors of their habitat.
The cheetah is the only cat in the world that can't retract its claws.
A rattlesnake, if cornered will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is - a biting of oneself. We think we are harming others in holding these spites and hates, but the deeper harm is to ourselves.
E. Stanley Jones
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
He was either named after Andrew Jackson, or one of his uncles
As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was it
Be civil Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.
Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.
