July 23, 2006


I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband.
Pat Nixon






Jimmie said a naughty word
Jimmie's mother overheard
Soapsuds? No!
He preferred
Burma Shave
1936


I wanted to make the violence beautiful in order to heighten our revulsion.
Edward Hall




ANIMALS

Part 24 of 32
  • The first house rats recorded in America appeared in Boston in 1775.
  • The giant squid is the largest creature without a backbone. It weighs up to 2.5 tons and grows up to 55 feet long. Each eye is a foot or more in diameter.
  • The harmless Whale Shark, holds the title of largest fish, with the record being a 59 footer captured in Thailand in 1919.
  • The hummingbird is the only bird that can hover and fly straight up, down, or backward!
  • The hummingbird, the loon, the swift, the kingfisher, and the grebe are all birds that cannot walk.



  • How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
    Rutherford B. Hayes Hayes never knew his father, who died a few months before he was born
    Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881



    There are four brothers in this world that were all born together. The first runs and never wearies. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is always thirsty. The fourth sings a song that is never good.

    Who are they?




    Somebody was running a flea circus, but a dog came and stole the show.



    When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice he wants, and I give it to him.



    A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.