From: PG A clothesline was a news forecast To neighbors passing by. There were no secrets you could keep When clothes were hung to dry.
It also was a friendly link, For neighbors always knew If company had stopped on by To spend a night or two.
For then you'd see the fancy sheets And towels upon the line; You'd see the company tablecloths With intricate design. The line announced a baby's birth To folks who lived inside, As brand new infant clothes were hung So carefully with pride.
The ages of the children could So readily be known By watching how the sizes changed, You'd know how much they'd grown. It also told when illness struck, As extra sheets were hung;
Then nightclothes, and a bathrobe, too, Haphazardly were strung. It said, "Gone on vacation now," When lines hung limp and bare
It told, "We're back!" when full lines sagged, With not an inch to spare, But clotheslines now are of the past, For dryers make work less,
Now what goes on inside a home Is anybody's guess. I really miss that way of life. It was a friendly sign,
When neighbors knew each other best, By what hung on the line!
Have a Great Day Neighbor John 3:16 For God so loved the world.
The EPA has approved nano silver as a surface cleaner, because it is safe, effectiveand non toxic......now they want to call it a pesticide? Hellooooo See the hypocrisy here????
Please write this guy asking him not to now call it a pesticide!!! (.gov) johnson.stephen@epa.gov
'Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even 1 yr. old and I'm pregnant again. I don't want kids so close together.' The doctor said: 'Ok, and what do you want me to do?' She replied: 'I want you to end my pregnancy, and I'm counting on your help with this.'
The doctor thought for a bit, and after some silence he said to the woman: 'I think I have a better solution for your problem. It's less dangerous for you too.'
She smiled, thinking that the doctor was going to accept her request.
Then he continued: 'You see, in order for you not to have to take care of 2 babies at the same time, let's kill the one in your arms. This way, you could rest some before the other one is born. If we're going to kill one of them, it doesn't matter which one it is. There would be no risk for your body if you chose the one in your arms.'
The woman was horrified and said: 'No way! How terrible! It's a crime to kill a child!' 'I agree', the doctor replied. 'But you seemed to be ok with it, so I thought maybe that was the best solution.'
He showed the mom that there is no difference in killing a child that's already been born and one that's still in the womb. The crime is the same.
You are on the bus when you suddenly realize ... you need to fart. The music is really loud, so you time your farts with the beat. After a couple of songs, you start to feel better as you approach your stop. As you are leaving the bus, people are really staring you down, and that's when you remember: you've been listening to your ipod.
1.. WILL THE REAL DUMMY PLEASE STAND UP?? AT&T fired President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked intellectual leadership. He received a $26 million severance package. Perhaps it's not Walter who's lacking intelligence.
2. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS.? Police in Oakland , CA spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside his home. After firing ten tear gas canisters, officers discovered that the man was standing beside them in the police line, shouting, 'Please come out and give yourself up.'
3. WHAT WAS PLAN B???? An Illinois man, pretending to have a gun, kidnapped a motorist and forced him to drive to two different automated teller machines, wherein the kidnapper proceeded to withdraw money from his own bank accounts
4. THE GETAWAY!? A man walked into a Topeka , Kansas Kwik Stop and asked for all the money in the cash drawer. Apparently, the take was too small, so he tied up the store clerk and worked the counter himself for three hours until police showed up and grabbed him.
5. DID I SAY THAT???? Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect who just couldn't control himself during a lineup. When detectives asked each man in the lineup to repeat the words: 'Give me all your money or I'll shoot', the man shouted, 'that's not what I said!'
6. ARE WE COMMUNICATING???? A man spoke frantically into the phone: 'My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart'. 'Is this her first child?' the doctor asked. 'No!' the man shouted, 'This is her husband!'
7. NOT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED! In Modesto , CA , Steven Richard King was arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon. King used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun. Unfortunately, he failed to keep his hand in his pocket. (hellooooooo)!
8. THE GRAND FINALE!!!? Last summer, down on Lake Isabella, located in the high desert, an hour east of Bakersfield, CA, some folks, new to boating, were having a problem. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't get their brand new 22 foot boat, going. It was very sluggish in almost every maneuver, no matter how much power they applied. After about an hour of trying to make it go, they putted into a nearby marina, thinking someone there may be able to tell them what was wrong. A thorough topside check revealed everything in perfect working condition The engine ran fine, the out-drive went up and down, and the propeller was the correct size and pitch. So, one of the marina guys jumped in the water to check underneath. He came up choking on water, he was laughing so hard. NOW REMEMBER... THIS IS TRUE. (I have my doubts...the straps go from the trailer over the top side of the boat...to hold the boat in place, plus the winch at the front would be unmistakable!!!!) Under the boat, still strapped securely in place, was the trailer
Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
BELIEVE it or not, These are Nashville , TN 's REAL 911 Calls!
Dispatcher :9-1-1 What is your emergency? Caller:I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the brown house on the corner. Dispatcher:Do you havean address? Caller: No, I have on a blouse and slacks, why?
Dispatcher:9-1-1 What is your emergency? Caller :Someone broke into my house and took a bite out of my ham and cheese sandwich. Dispatcher :Excuse me? Caller :I made a ham and cheese sandwich and left it on the kitchen table and when I came back from the bathroom, someone had taken a bite out of it. Dispatcher :Was anything else taken? Caller :No, but this has happened to me before and I'm sick and tired of it!
Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is the nature of your emergency? Caller: I' m trying to reach nine eleven but my phone doesn't have an eleven on it. Dispatcher:This is nine eleven. Caller: I thought you just said it was nine-one-one Dispatcher:Yes, ma'am nine-one-one and nine-eleven are the same thing. Caller: Honey, I may be old, but I'm not stupid. My Personal Favorite!!! Dispatcher:9-1-1 What's the nature of your emergency? Caller:My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart Dispatcher:Is this her first child? Caller:No, you idiot! This is her husband! And the winner is..........
Di spatcher:9-1-1 Caller:Yeah, I'm having trouble breathing. I'm all out of breath. Darn...I think I'm going to pass out. Dispatcher:Sir, where are you calling from? Caller:I'm at a pay phone. North and Foster. Dispatcher: !Sir, an ambulance is on the way. Are you an asthmatic? Caller:N o Dispatcher:What were you doing before you started having trouble breathing? Caller:Running from the Police.
Everything is difficult before it becomes easy, A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
Katie Couric, Charlie Gibson, Brian Williams and a tough old U. S. Marine Sergeant were captured by terrorists in Iraq ... & nbsp; &n bsp; &nb sp; The leader of the terrorists told them he'd grant each of them one last request before they were beheaded and dragged naked through the streets. Katie Couric said, 'Well, I'm a Southerner, so I'd like one last plate of fried chicken.' The leader nodded to an underling who left and returned with the chicken. Couric ate it all and said, 'Now I can die content.'
Charlie Gibson said, 'I'm living in ' New York , so I'd like to hear the song 'The Moon and Me one last time.' The terrorist's leader nodded to another terrorist who had studied the Western world and knew the music. He returned with some rag-tag musicians and played the song. Gibson was satisfied.
Brian Williams said, 'I'm a reporter to the end. I want to take out my tape recorder and describe the scene here and what's about to happen. Maybe, someday, someone will hear it and know that I was on the job till the end.'
The leader directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder and Williams dictated his comments. He then said, 'Now I can die happy.'
The leader turned and said, 'And now, Mr. US Marine, what is your final wish?'
'Kick me in the ass,' said the Marine.
'What?' asked the leader, 'Will you mock us in your last hour?'
'No, I'm NOT kidding. I want you to kick me in the ass,' insisted the Marine.
So the leader shoved him into the yard and kicked him in the ass. The Marine went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9 mm pistol from inside his cammies and shot the leader dead. In the resulting confusion, he emptied his sidearm on six terrorists, with his knife he slashed the throat of one with an AK-47, which he took, and sprayed the rest of the terrorists killing another 11!
In a flash, all of them were either dead or fleeing for their lives.
As the Marine was untying Couric, Gibson and Williams, they asked him, ' Why didn't you just shoot them all in the first place? Why did you ask him to kick you in the ass?'
'What!?!' replied the Marine, 'and have you three assholes report that I was the aggressor....?
While the technology covered by 60 Minutes is still very basic, I wasn't aware that the field had already developed as much as it had. Additionally, there are more complex programs already underway.
The U.S. Army recently awarded a five-year, $4-million contract to a coalition of scientists from the University of California at Irvine, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Maryland to develop "thought helmets."
The helmets would ultimately be used to capture soldiers' brainwaves and then translate them into radio waves that could be heard by other troops. The idea is to have a silent form of communication that could be used among soldiers on the battlefield, and TIME magazine reported that the Army hopes the project will "lead to direct mental control of military systems by thought alone."
Delving even deeper into the fairly new world of neuroscience reveals a far more disturbing new trend: neuromarketing.
Should Marketers Have Access to Your Brain?
Marketing agencies have already sprung up all over the world that offer corporations something that was unheard of just a few decades ago: a glimpse into consumers' minds. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and other techniques marketers are trying to figure out why consumers choose to buy certain products, and what area of the brain is involved when they do.
They claim to be able to help companies develop brands and marketing materials that will appeal to people's deeper emotions, bypassing your brain's "filters" that normally censor what you see and hear -- and help you decide what is important and worthy of your time and attention.
Experts are predicting that neuromarketing will soon be a part of just about every corporation's marketing plans. And although companies have already tried novel approaches to get your business -- such as controlling your mind through your sense of smell -- something about delving into your brain seems even more obtrusive and eerie.
The good news is that neuromarketing is still in its very beginning stages, and technology is still a long way off from being able to sway your decisions, or even understand all of their complexities.
At least for now, your private thoughts are still your own.
Marriage changes passion. Suddenly you're in bed with a relative.
I saw a woman wearing a sweat shirt with 'Guess' on it. So I said 'Implants?' She hit me.
How come we choose from justtwo people to run forpresident and over fifty for MissAmerica? Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my own pants.
I signed up for an exercise class and was told to wear loose fitting clothing. If I HAD any loose fitting clothing, I wouldn't have signed up in the first place!
When I was young we used to go 'skinny dipping,' now I just 'chunky dunk.'
Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.
Wouldn't it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press 'Ctrl Alt Delete' and start all over? AMEN, AMEN !!
Why is it that our children can't read a Bible in school, but they can in prison?
Wouldn't you know it.... Brain cells come and brain cells go, but FAT cells live forever.
Why do I have to swear on the Bible in court when the Ten Commandments cannot be displayed outside?
Bumper sticker of the year: 'If you can read this, thank a teacher -and, since it's in English, thank a soldier'
And remember: life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
& nbsp; Proverb 3:29 Plot no evil against your neighbor
Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in thefamily business. When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sicklyfather died, he decided he needed a wife with which to share hisfortune. One evening at an investment meeting he spotted the most beautifulwoman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away. 'I may look like just anordinary man,' he said to her, but in just a few years, my father willdie, and I'll inherit $65 million.' Impressed, the woman obtained his business card and three days later, she became his stepmother.
Women are so much better at financial planning than men.
Luke 6:41 Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?
(NaturalNews) FDA scientists have become so fed up with the criminal behavior of their own administration that they've filed a strongly-worded complaint with President-elect Obama, alleging the FDA has been deeply "corrupted and distorted."
FDA managers, the letter explains, are "placing the American people at risk" by using tactics of intimidation to censor scientific debate within the FDA. This scientific censorship agenda, of course, mirrors the exact same tactics used by the FDA outside the agency against makers of nutritional supplements or herbal products. Intimidation and censorship, it seems, are part of the very fabric of the FDA.
The letter explains that FDA managers "have ignored serious safety and effectiveness concerns of FDA experts." It then goes on to explain:
"Managers have ordered, intimidated and coerced FDA experts to modify scientific evaluations, conclusions and recommendations in violation of the laws, rules and regulations, and to accept clinical and technical data that is not scientifically valid."
In other words, the FDA is being run like a criminal mob operation with a complete disregard for actual science.
If you are 30 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!!
When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every morning.. ... Uphill...BOTH ways....Yadda, yadda, yadda And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it! But now that... I'm over the ripe old age of Thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia! And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it! I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, We had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue or in an encyclopedia, not on Wikipedia!!
There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter, with a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!
There were no MP3's or Napster! If you wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up!
We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it! And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your Bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!
We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like 'Space Invaders' and 'Asteroids'. Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever! And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE! Sure, we had cable television, but back then it was only channels 2 thru 13, and sometimes if you were lucky, you got a few channels between 14 and 63. There was no on screen menu and no remote control! You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the channel. There was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you Hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rats!
And we didn't have microwaves, if we wanted to heat something up we had to use the stove ... Imagine that! If we wanted Popcorn, we had to use that stupid Jiffy Pop thing and shake it over the stove forever like an idiot. That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids Today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted Five minutes back in 1980! Regards, The over 30 Crowd
THE COUNTRY of TEXAS. Please note that Texas is the only state with a legal right to secede from the Union. (Reference the Texas-American Annexation Treaty of 1848.)
We Texans love y'all, but we'll probably have to take action since Obama won the election. We'll miss you too.
Here is what can happen:
1: Obama becomes President of the United States; Texas immediately secedes from the Union.
2: We have Many Republicans and we'll choose one who will become President of the Republic of Texas.
So what does Texas have to do to survive as a Republic?
1. NASA is just south of Houston, Texas. We will control the space industry.
2. We refine over 85% of the gasoline in the United States.
3. Defense Industry--we have over 65% of it. The term "Don't mess with Texas," will take on a whole new meaning.
4. Oil - we can supply all the oil that the Republic of Texas will need for the next 300 years. Sorry about that.
5. Natural Gas - again we have all we need and it's too bad about those Northern States. Obama and Biden will have to figure out a way to keep them warm....
6. Computer Industry - we currently lead the nation in producing computer chips and communications--small companies like Texas Instruments, Dell Computer, ED Raytheon, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Intel, AMD, Atmel, Applied Materials, Ball Miconductor, Dallas Semiconductor,Delphi, Nortel, Alcatel, etc, etc. The list goes on and on.
7. Medical Care - We have the largest research centers for cancer research, the best burn centers and the top trauma units in the world, as well as other large health centers. Dallas has some of the best hospitals in the United States.
8. We have enough colleges to keep us going: University of Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Rice, SMU, University of Houston, Baylor, UNTO (University of North Texas), Texas Women's University, UTEP, etc. Ivy grows better in the South anyway.
9. We have a ready supply of workers. We could just open the border when we need some more.
10. We have essential control of the paper industry, plastics, insurance, etc.
11. In case of a foreign invasion, we have the Texas National Guard and the Texas Air National Guard. We don't have an Army, but since everybody down here has at least six rifles and a pile of ammo, we can raise an Army in 24 hours if we need one. If the situation really gets bad, we can always call the Department of Public Safety and ask them to send over Chuck Norris and a couple of Texas Rangers.
12. We are totally self-sufficient in beef, poultry, hogs, and several types of grain, fruit and vegetables, and let's not forget seafood from the Gulf. Also, everybody down here knows how to cook them so that they taste good. Don't need any food.This just names a few of the items that will keep the Republic of Texas in good shape. There isn't a thing out there that we need and don't have.
Now to the rest of the United States under President Obama: Since you won't have the refineries to get gas for your cars and Obama, Pelosi, Biden, and Harry Reid won't let anyone drill, only President Obama will be able to drive around in his big 9 MPG SUV. The rest of the United States will have to walk or ride bikes. You won't have any TV as the Space Center in Houston will cut off satellilite communications.You won't have any natural gas to heat your homes, but since Mr. Obama has predicted global warming, you will not need the gas as long as you survive the 2000 years it will take to get enough heat from Global Warming.
Signed, The People of Texas.
P.S. This is not a threatening letter - just a note to give you something to think about.
SLEEP WELL TONIGHT. THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE UPON YOU!
1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
Black Red Gray
2. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?
4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?
5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!
& nbsp; &n bsp; &nb sp; THE ANSWERS TO & nbsp; &n bsp; &nb sp; THE FIVE RIDDLES
> COFFEE FILTERS>> Not just for making Coffee anymore....>>
1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make> excellent covers.>>
2. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave> windows sparkling.>>
3. Protect China . Separate your good dishes by putting a coffee filter between> each dish.>>
4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine> bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.>>
5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb> moisture and prevent rust.>>
6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter..>>
7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a> coffee filter.>>
8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a> kitchen scale.>>
9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.>
> 10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a> coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.>
> 11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a> coffee filter.>>
12. Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows?? Use strips of> coffee filters.>>
13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken> fingers, etc on them. Soaks out all the grease.>>
14. Keep in the bathroom.They make Great Razor Nick fixers >
Exodus 22:26 If he cries out to me, I will hear him; for I am compassionate.
Number 9 Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
Number 8 Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.
Number 7 Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day, teach a person to use the internet and they won't bother you for weeks.
Number 6 Some people are like a Slinky .. Not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.
Number 5 Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
Number 4 All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to Criticism.
Number 3 Why does a slight tax increase cost you $200.00 and a substantial tax cut saves you $30.00?
Number 2 In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is Weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
And The Number 1 Thought For 2009 : We know exactly where one cow with Mad-cow-disease is located among millions and millions of cows in America but we haven't got a clue as to where millions of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of Immigration?
" Life is like a jar of Jalapeno peppers What you do today, might Burn Your Ass Tomorrow"   ;
Normally, when I write about giving credit where credit is due, I'm referring to some typically mainstream publication or media outlet that mentions natural medicine or alternative therapies in a positive way. But this time, I'd like to give credit to a different group: The 70 percent of Americans who didn't get a flu shot this season.
Of course public health officials are up in arms about the drastic drop-off. But they shouldn't be surprised: Year after year, reports emerge that flu shots just aren't very effective. In 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a study that concluded that "the 2003-2004 influenza vaccine was not effective or had very low effectiveness against 'influenza-like illness.'" And the situation hasn't changed much -- if at all -- since then.
(When even most health care practitioners won't take it..that's a good sign something is wrong!!!)
Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house, Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse.
The cookies I'd nibbled, the chocolate I'd taste At the holiday parties had gone to my waist.
When I got on the scales there arose such a number! When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber),
I'd remember the marvellous meals I'd prepared; The gravies and sauces and beef nicely rared, The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese And the way I'd never said, "No thank you, please."
As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt And prepared once again to do battle with dirt... I said to myself, as I only can, "You can't spend a winter, disguised as a man!"
So, away with the last of the sour cream dip. Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip. Every last bit of food that I like must be banished Till all the additional ounces have vanished.
I won't have a cookie, not even a lick. I'll want only to chew on a long celery stick. I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie. I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry.
I'm hungry, I'm lonesome, and life is a bore... But isn't that what January is for? Unable to giggle, no longer a riot. Happy New Year to all, and to all a good diet.
It's that time again... The Darwin Awards are finally out, the annual honour given to the persons who did the gene pool the biggest service by killing themselves in the most extraordinarily stupid way.
Last year's winner was the fellow who was killed by a Coke machine which toppled over on top of him as he was attempting to tip a free soda out.
This year's winner was a real rocket scientist.... HONEST!
Read on...And remember that each and every one of these is a TRUE STORY.
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And the nominees were:
Semifinalist #1
A young Canadian man, searching for a way of getting drunk cheaply, because he had no money with which to buy alcohol, mixed gasoline with milk. Not surprisingly, this concoction made him ill, and he vomited into the fireplace in his house. This resulting explosion and fire burned his house down, killing both him and his sister.
Semifinalist #2
Three Brazilian men were flying in a light aircraft at low altitude when another plane approached. It appears that they decided to moon the occupants of the other plane,but lost control of their own aircraft and crashed. They were al l found dead in the wreckage with their pants around their ankles.
Semifinalist #3
A 22-year-old Reston ,VA, man was found dead after he tried to use octopus straps to bungee jump off a 70-foot rail road trestle. Fairfax County police said Eric Barcia, a fast food worker, taped a bunch of these straps together, wrapped an end around one foot, anchored the other end to the trestle at Lake Accotink Park, jumped and hit the pavement. Warren Carmichael, a police spokesman, said investigators think Barcia was alone because his car was found nearby. 'The length of the cord that he h ad assembled was greater than the distance between the trestle and the ground,' Carmichael said. Police say the apparent cause of death was 'Major trauma.'
Semifinalist #4
A man in Alabama died from rattlesnake bites. It seems that he and a friend were playing a game of catch, using the rattlesnake as a ball. The friend -- no doubt a future Darwin Awards candidate -- was hospitalized.
Semifinalist #5
Employees in a medium-sized warehouse in west Texas noticed the smell of a gas leak. Sensibly, management evacuated the buildin g extinguishing all potential sources of ignition; lights, power, etc.
After the building had been evacuated, two technicians from the gas company were dispatched. Upon entering the building, they found they had difficulty navigating in the dark. To their frustration, none of the lights worked. Witnesses later described the sight of one of the technicians reaching into his pocket and retrieving an object that resembled a cigarette lighter.
Upon operation of the lighter-like object, the gas in the warehouse exploded, sending pieces of it up to three miles away. Nothing was found of the technicians, but the lighter was virtually untouched by the explosion. The technician suspected of causing the blast had never been thought of as ''bright'' by his peers.
Now, the Winner of this year's Darwin Award I am not publishing it...because it's not true...Nice story maybe...but FALSE!!!
I knew things were bad, but I didn't know they were THIS bad: According to an article I read recently, 1 billion people worldwide are deficient in vitamin D. If that's not proof positive that the current recommendations for this nutrient are dismally low, I don't know what is. And now, scientists and other leading academic experts from across the globe are finally seeing the light that Dr. Wright has been shining on this problem for years.
In fact, 18 researchers from the University of California are leading a "call to action," urging health authorities to raise the current daily recommendation from a measly 200- 400 IU per day to 2,000 IU per day.
Leading this movement is University of California scientist Anthony Norman, who commented that "The amount of research that is currently available provides us enough information to release such a consensus at this time." And he went on to say that "while more research on this topic is highly desirable, it should not delay recommending a 2,000 IU daily intake of vitamin D for most people."
Here is a Calico Buck that a hunter killed in WI. He sent these pictures to a bunch of people to see what he could get and the owner of Cabela's paid him $13,000 for the head and hide. A calico buck like the one below is rarer then an albino.
As I came out of the supermarket that sunny day, pushing my cart of groceries towards my car, I saw an old man with the hood of his car up and a lady sitting inside the car, with the door open.
The old man was looking at the engine. I put my groceries away in my car and continued to watch the old gentleman from about twenty five feet away.
I saw a young man in his early twenties with a grocery bag in his arm, walking towards the old man. The old gentleman saw him coming, too, and took a few steps towards him. I saw the old gentleman point to his open hood and say something.
The young man put his grocery bag into what looked like a brand new Cadillac Escalade and then turn back to the old man and I heard him yell at the old gentleman saying, "You shouldn't even be allowed to drive a car at your age." And then with a wave of his hand, he got in his car and peeled rubber out of the parking lot.
I saw the old gentleman pull out his handkerchief and mop his brow as he went back to his car and again looked at the engine. He then went to his wife and spoke with her and appeared to tell her it would be okay. I had seen enough and I approached the old man. He saw me coming an stood straight and as I got near him I said, "Looks like you're having a problem."
He smiled sheepishly and quietly nodded his head. I looked under the hood myself and knew that whatever the problem was, it was beyond me. Looking around I saw a gas station up the road and told the old man that I would be right back. I drove to the station and went inside and saw three attendants working on cars. I approached one of them and related the problem the old man had with his car and offered to pay them if they could follow me back down and help him.
The old man had pushed the heavy car under the shade of a tree and appeared to be comforting his wife. When he saw us he straightened up and thanked me for my help. As the mechanics diagnosed the problem (overheated engine) I spoke with the old gentleman.
When I shook hands with him earlier he had noticed my Marine Corps ring and had commented about it, telling me that he had been a Marine too. I nodded and asked the usual question,
"What outfit did you serve with?"
He had mentioned that he served with the first Marine Division at Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal . He had hit all the big ones and retired from the Corps after the war was over As we talked we heard the car engine come on and saw the mechanics lower the hood. They came over to us as the old man reached for his wallet, but was stopped by me and I told him I would just put the bill on my AAA card.
He still reached for the wallet and handed me a card that I assumed had his name and address on it and I stuck it in my pocket. We all shook hands all round again and I said my goodbye's to his wife.
I then told the two mechanics that I would follow them back up to the station. Once at the station I told them that they had interrupted their own jobs to come along with me and help the old man. I said I wanted to pay for the help, but they refused to charge me. One of them pulled out a card from his pocket looking exactly like the card the old man had given to me. Both of the men told me then, that they were Marine Corps Reserves. Once again we shook hands all around and as I was leaving, one of them told me I should look at the card the old man had given to me.
I said I would and drove off.
For some reason I had gone about two blocks when I pulled over and took the card out of my pocket and looked at it for a long, long time. The name of the old gentleman was on the card in golden leaf and under his name........ "Congressional Medal of Honor Society."
I sat there motionless looking at the card and reading it over and over. I looked up from the card and smiled to no one but myself and marveled that on this day, four Marines had all come together, because one of us needed help. He was an old man all right, but it felt good to have stood next to greatness and courage and an honor to have been in his presence.
" Remember, old men and today's young men, like him, gave us all the FREEDOM we enjoy in America "
America is not at war.
The U.S. Military is at war.
Americans are safe at home or at the Mall. If you don't stand behind our troops,
A trucker came into a truck stop cafe and placed his order. He said, "I want three flat tires, a pair of headlights and a pair of running boards."
The brand new blonde waitress, not wanting to appear stupid, went to the kitchen and said to the cook, "This trucker out there just ordered three flat tires, a pair of headlights and a pair of running Boards."
"What good ‘ol boy think... that this place is, an auto parts store?"
"No," the cook said. "Three flat tires mean three pancakes, a pair of headlights is two eggs sunny side up, and running boards are 2 slices of crisp bacon."
"Oh, OK!" said the new blonde waitress. She thought about it for a moment and then spooned up a bowl of beans and gave it to the customer.
The trucker asked, "What are the beans for Blondie?"
I LOVE THIS PART..........
She replied, "I thought while you were waiting for the flat tires, headlights and running boards, you might as well gas up!" & nbsp; &n bsp; &nb sp; &nbs p;   ; (ewwwwwwww) & nbsp; &n bsp; &nb sp; &nbs p;   ; & nbsp; &n bsp; &nb sp; &nbs p;   ; & nbsp; &n bsp; &nb sp; &nbs p;   ; & nbsp;
FOR ONCE THE SMARTER FEMALE GETS EVEN !
& nbsp; &n bsp; Psalm 17:8 Hide me in the shadow of your wings.