February 15, 2006


Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out.
Hilaire Belloc






For painting cowshed,
Barn or fence,
Shaving brush
Is just immense.
Burma Shave



There is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes or makes it the official duty of a president to have anything to do with criminal activities.
Sam Ervin




GEOGRAPHY

part 1 of 19
  • A hamlet is a village without a church and a town is not a city until it has a cathedral.
  • About one-tenth of the earth's surface is permanently covered with ice.
  • According to National Geographic, Mt. Everest grows about 4 millimeters a year: the two tectonic plates of Asia and India, which collided millions of years ago to form the Himalayas, continue to press against each other, causing the Himalyan peaks to grow slightly each year



  • I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.
    John Locke



    OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
    Benjamin Franklin God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.
    Benjamin Franklin




    A girl is twice as old as her brother and half as old as her father. In 22 years, her brother will be half as old as his father. How old is the daughter now?



  • Sarcasm is just one more service we offer.  If I throw a stick, will you leave?
  • I'm trying to imagine you with a personality.
  • Macho Law prohibits me from admitting I'm wrong.
  • Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?
  • I can teach my cat any trick he wants to do!



  • The members took turns lighting sparklers and signing their John Hancocks to the Declaration, with one prankster even going so far as to actually write John Hancock



    Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.