July 1, 2007


I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale.

William J. Clinton

Cautious rider
To her
Reckless dear
Let's have less bull
And lots more steer
Burma Shave 1951


Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

Theodore Roosevelt

FIRDAUSI
c.934 - 1020
Persian Poet

Firdausi was born Abu Ol-Qasem Mansur in Tus, Iran. He wrote the greatest national epic in world literature, the 'Book of Kings' or 'Shah-nameh' (60 000 couplets). The poem was presented to the Sultan, who rewarded Firdausi with a pitiful amount of money. Disappointed the poet gave the money to a bath attendant and left for Afghanistan. HyperHistory On Line


The force of character is cumulative.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
He was named after his father.

Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929

Tom went to town with $50 , but returned at night with $150. He bought a hat at a clothing store and some apples at the market. Then he had his eyes tested. He gets paid every Thursday by check. The banks are only open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The eye doctor is closed on Saturday. The market stays closed on Thursday and Friday. On what day did the man go to town?

Recently a guy in Paris nearly got away with stealing several paintings from the Louvre. However, after planning the crime, getting in and out past security, he was captured only 2 blocks away when his Econoline ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied: "I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh."


A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

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