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From Carlisle ,Indiana
U.S.A.

Welcome to T
he Funnies
"Friends are God's way of taking care of us."
These  are clean jokes. However,
They are,
PG - Not intended for  younger readers - PG
An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair almost anything.


Welcome New Subscribers
If you don't have a sense of humor, you probably
don't have any sense at all

Anyone without a sense of humor is at the mercy
of the rest of us.
Heaven Help Them

Remember,it is easier to get older
than it is to get wiser


TUESDAY FEBUARY 13,2007


THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Some men think they are gentlemen just because they prefer blondes.


A woman was complaining to the neighbor that her husband always came
home late, no matter how she tried to stop him. "Take my advice,"
said the neighbor, "and do what I did. Once my husband came home at
three o'clock in the morning, and from my bed I called out: "Is that
you, Jim?" And that cured him. "Cured him ," asked the woman, "but how?"
The neighbor said, "You see, his name is Bill."
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"NASA made it official today: They are no longer going to  
recruit their astronauts from eHarmony.com." --Jay Leno   
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"Happy birthday to Burt Reynolds; 71 years old today. There  
were so many candles on Burt's cake, he had to wear a flame-  
retardant toupee." --Dave Letterman   
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"NASA has just announced that it has suspended astronaut  
Lisa Nowak for 30 days. Everyone should rest easy knowing  
that the crazy diaper lady won't be operating spacecraft  
until March 10 at he earliest." --Conan O'Brien
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A park ranger in the Everglades was making his rounds a  
couple of summers ago when a woman came  bolting out of  
the weeds right in front of his truck. She seemed frantic  
and he finally got her calm enough to say that her five-  
year-old son was sitting on the back of an alligator.  

Now the ranger was frantic. Running in the direction she  
was pointing he found the lad astride a twelve foot male  
alligator which was trying to relieve itself of its load  
by twisting and snapping. As the brave ranger moved in he  
tried to console the mother by saying, "I think I can grab  
the boy and move away before the gator moves. Be ready to  
grab your son. I may have to shoot the gator."  

To which the lady replies "Good Heavens, no! Don't shoot  
him. I just wanted you to make him hold still for a minute  
so I could take my son's picture on his back."   
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"This house," said the real estate salesman, "has both its  
good points and its bad points. To show you I'm honest, I'm  
going to tell you about both.  

The disadvantages are that there is a chemical plant one  
block south and a slaughterhouse a block north."  

"What are the advantages?" inquired the prospective buyer.  

"The advantage is that you can always tell which way the  
wind is blowing."  
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"CHOCOLATE"
 
If you've got melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly.
 
Nine out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth person always lies...
 
I could give up chocolate, but I'm not a quitter.
 
Man cannot live on chocolate alone; but woman sure can.
 
Chocolate is cheaper than therapy and you don't need an appointment.
 
In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips.
 
Chocolate is nature's way of making up for Mondays.
 
Stress wouldn't be so hard to take if it were chocolate covered.
 
Chocolate has many preservatives. Preservatives make you look younger.
 
Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today.
That way, at least you'll get one thing done.
 
There are four basic food groups: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate,  and chocolate truffles.
 
If not for chocolate, there would be no need for control top pantyhose.
An entire garment industry would be devastated!
 
If you can't eat all your chocolate, it will keep in the freezer.
But if you can't eat all your chocolate, what's wrong with you?
 
Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit,  so eat all you like.
 
If I eat equal amounts of dark chocolate and white chocolate, is that a balanced diet?
Don't they actually counteract each other?
 
Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands —
And then eat just one of the pieces.
 
If calories are an issue, store your chocolate on top of the fridge.
Calories are afraid of heights,
And they will jump out of the chocolate to protect themselves.
 
T-Shirt Slogan:
EMERGENCY ALERT: If wearer of this shirt is found vacant, listless, or depressed, ADMINISTER CHOCOLATE IMMEDIATELY
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Fifty-one years ago, Herman James, a North Carolina mountain man, was drafted by the Army.  On his first day in basic training, the Army issued him a comb. That afternoon the Army barber sheared off all his hair. 
 
On his second day, the Army issued Herman a toothbrush.  That afternoon the Army dentist yanked seven of his teeth.  
 
On the third day, the Army issued him a jock strap.  The Army has been looking for Herman for 51 years.
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A tourist goes into an American restaurant and is seated.   All the waitresses are beautiful . A particularly gorgeous one wearing a  short skirt and legs that won't quit came to his table and asked if he was ready to order, "What would you like, sir?"
He looks at the menu, takes a long look to the stunning waitress , then answers, "A quickie."
 
The waitress shocked with the answer turns and walks away in disgust.
After she regains her composure she returns and asks again, "What would
you like, sir?"

Again the man thoroughly checks her out and again answers, "A quickie, please."
 
This time her anger takes over, she reaches over and slaps him across the face with a resounding "SMACK!" and storms away.

A man sitting at the next table leans over and whispers, "Um, I think it's pronounced 'QUICHE' ."
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A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.

Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen.  "Careful," he said, "CAREFUL!
Put in some more butter!  Oh my GOD!
You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY!  Turn them!  TURN THEM NOW!  We need more butter.  Oh my GOD!  WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER?  They're going to STICK!
Careful .  CAREFUL!  I said be CAREFUL!  You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking!  Never!  Turn them!  Hurry up!  Are you CRAZY?  Have you LOST your mind?  Don't forget to salt them.  You know you always forget to salt them.  Use the salt. USE THE SALT!  THE SALT!"
 
The wife stared at him.  "What in the world is wrong with you?  You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?"
 
The husband calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving."
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I was invited to dinner at the home of an elderly couple, and I noticed they had a new dishwasher. "Walter has been doing the dishes since the children left home," my hostess informed me. "I thought he needed a break." Smiling, she added: "When I filled out the warranty registration card, there was a space for 'age of previous dishwasher.' I wrote '82 years.'"
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The difference between the short tax form and long tax form is simple: If you use the short form, the government gets your money. If you use the long form, the accountant and the government gets your money...
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An old blacksmith realized he was going to have to quit working so hard.
So, he picked out a strong young man to become his apprentice.

The old fellow was crabby and exacting.

"Don't ask me a lot of questions," he told the young apprentice.  "Just
do whatever I tell you to do."

One day the old blacksmith took an iron out of the forge and laid it on
the anvil.

"Get the hammer over there," he said.  "When I nod my head, hit it real
good and hard."

Nod. . . . . . .
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Jack forced himself to open his eyes.  The first thing he saw was a
couple of aspirins next to a glass of water on the side table. And, next
to them, a single red rose!

Jack then looks over, and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean
and pressed.

He notices that the entire room is in perfect order,
Spotlessly clean. So is the rest of the house.

He takes the aspirin, and cringes when he sees a huge black eye staring
back at him in the bathroom mirror. There's a note on the table:

"Honey, breakfast is on the stove, I left early to go shopping--Love
you!"

He stumbles to the kitchen and sure enough, there is
hot breakfast and the morning newspaper. His son is also at the table,
eating. Jack asks,

"Son...what happened last night?"

"Well, you came home after 3 A.M.., drunk and out of your mind. You
broke some furniture, puked in the hallway, and got that black eye when
you ran into the door."

"So, why is everything in such perfect order, so clean, I have a rose,
and breakfast is on the table waiting for me?"

His son replies, "Oh... THAT!...

Well, mom dragged you to the bedroom, and when she tried to undress you,
you screamed,

        "Leave me alone, lady, I'm married!"

Broken furniture - $85.26
Hot Breakfast - $4.20
Red Rose bud -$3.00
Two Aspirins -$.38

Saying the right thing, at the right time.........Priceless.

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Father to his six-year-old-son: "Words are very important. When you talk to our neighbors, just say your aunt likes to crochet. Don't call her the happy hooker!"
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Being a Southerner, a man in Topeka, Kansas decided to write a book
about churches around the country. He started by flying to San
Francisco
, and started working east from there. Going to a very large
church, he began taking photographs and making notes. He spotted a
golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued with a sign
which read "$10,000 a minute." Seeking out the pastor, he asked about
the phone and the sign. The pastor answered that this golden phone is,
in fact, a direct line to Heaven and if he pays the price he can talk
directly to God. The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way.
As he continued to visit churches in Seattle, Salt Lake, Denver,
Chicago, Milwaukee, and around the United States, he found more phones,
with the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor. Finally, he
arrived in the lovely mountains of North Carolina. Upon entering a
church, behold, he saw the usual golden telephone. But this time, the
sign read "Calls: 25 cents." Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor.
"Reverend, I have been in cities all across the country and in each
church I have found this golden telephone and have been told it is a
direct line to Heaven and that could talk to God, but in the other
churches the cost was $10,000 a minute. Your sign reads 25 cents a call.
Why?"

 (I just love this part)
The pastor, smiling benignly, replied, "Son, you're in the South now,
and it's a local call."
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My aunt had assured her friend that her family of six would all eat spaghetti. While the hostess was out of the room, four-year- old Debbie brought her plate from the children's table and announced that she couldn't eat it. My aunt quickly split it between her husband and herself.

On their way home, Debbie explained why she hadn't eaten the spaghetti:
The dog had been licking it.
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A novice to softball joined our league and was using an old worn out baseball glove. When his neighbor gave him a new one, he asked a veteran how to care for it.

At the next game, the rookie seemed glum and was back using the old glove. When we asked why, he produced what had been his new glove, now shrunken, wizened, destroyed. The veteran who'd told him how to care for it declared, "I can't believe this resulted from my advice to you to oil the glove!"

"Oil it?" echoed the rookie. "I thought you said 'Boil it.'"
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His blonde wife
I had just got my driver's licence. We were going to go for a drive into the country, but first my husband, Henry, wanted to take a shower. To pass the time, I decided to go for a practice spin around the block. I got into the car, released the hand brake and backed down our sloping driveway into the street. There the car stopped, blocking traffic. When I couldn't get it to move, I jumped out in a panic and ran into the house for Henry. Pulling clothes over his dripping body, he dashed outside and moved the car. When he came in, I asked what the matter had been. "It would have been a good idea if you'd started it," he answered.
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I pulled up to the drive-thru of a fast-food restaurant and ordered coffee. I asked the clerk to put some ice cubes into the cup so that I could drink the
cool coffee quickly. At the window, there was a delay.

Finally, a blonde teen-aged girl came to the window looking frustrated. "I'm having a problem," she announced.

"The ice keeps melting."
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The only place in the world,Where our president is known as "George." 

"Today President Bush had a meeting with Russian President  Vladimir Putin. The meeting had two translators, and they  still had a rough time. Mainly trying to figure out the   translation for "okie dokie." --Conan 
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Show and Tell: A kindergarten teacher gave her class a "show and tell" assignment. Each student was instructed to bring in an object to share with
the class that represented their religion. The first student got up in front of the class and said, "My name is Benjamin and I am Jewish and this is a Star of David."

The second student got up in front of the class and said, "My name is Mary.
I'm a Catholic and this is a Rosary."

The third student got in up front of the class and said, "My name is Tommy. I am Methodist, and this is a casserole."
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Life is this beautiful buffet, but you get just one trip through the line, and only one plate. Trust me, there's no room on my plate for tofu, soy burgers or rice cakes. 
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**** HEALTH NEWS ****

ASPIRIN KEY TO PREVENT SECOND STROKE  

A Swiss study finds stroke survivors who stopped taking  
their prescribed daily aspirin tripled their risk of hav-  
ing another stroke within a month. "This is the first  
controlled retrospective study to investigate the poten-  
tial risk of suffering ischemic stroke shortly after  
discontinuing aspirin," said study co-author Dr. Patrik  
Michel, director of the acute stroke unit at Lausanne  
University Hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland. This study  
reinforces the importance of compliance with aspirin  
therapy in patients with symptomatic arteriosclerosis,  
including previous stroke, Michel told the American Stroke  
Association's International Stroke Conference in New  
Orleans.   


     STEROID AS EFFECTIVE AS SURGERY FOR CARPAL TUNNEL  

Carpal tunnel syndrome or CTS affects 3 percent of the U.S.  
population but there is no universally accepted therapy.  
Madrid researchers suggest steroid injection is just as  
effective as surgery for the long-term symptomatic relief  
of carpal tunnel syndrome -- for a year, at least -- and  
actually more effective over the short term. "This is the  
first randomized controlled clinical trial comparing the  
two most common therapies for CTS," writes study author Dr.  
Domingo Ly-Pen in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism. "Our  
findings suggest that both local steroid injections and  
surgical decompression are highly effective in alleviating  
the symptoms of primary CTS at 12 months of follow-up.  
Nevertheless, local injection seems superior to surgery in  
the short term."   



CELL PHONES AFFECT YOUNG DRIVERS  

A University of Utah study finds when young motorists talk  
on cell phones, they drive like elderly people -- with  
slower reaction times. "If you put a 20-year-old driver  
behind the wheel with a cell phone, their reaction times  
are the same as a 70-year-old driver who is not using a  
cell phone," says study author David Strayer. "It's like  
instantly aging a large number of drivers." The study, pub-  
lished in the journal Human Factors, finds drivers young  
or old using hands-free phones were 18 percent slower in  
hitting their brakes than drivers who didn't use cell  
phones. They also had a 12 percent greater following dis-  
tance and took 17 percent longer to regain the speed they  
lost when they braked.
  



*****Fred.....The Ole Fritbear!!!*****

Good Monday Morning to One and All --- Time to take a break and maybe enjoy a few choice chuckles from a new edition of Grins, Giggles and Groaners.ʠGGG is sent to you "just for the fun of it" and we hope you enjoy it.ʠHere we go .. .. .. .. ..

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We beginʠwith a few from "SUDDENLY SENIOR" ....

Franklin D. Roosevelt found the insipid small talk at White House social functions rather tedious and would often amuse himself by greeting guests by remarking, "I murdered my grandmother this morning."

It was Roosevelt's contention that few people paid attention to what was said on such occasions and the remark was indeed usually met with polite nods and smiles. On one occasion, however, the president chanced upon a careful listener: "I murdered my grandmother this morning," Roosevelt remarked - and was greatly amused to receive the reply: "I'm sure she had it coming to her!"

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ʁ reporter goes out to interview a man
who has reached his 100th birthday.
Naturally one of his questions is,
"To what do you credit your long life?"

The man explained,"I don't party, eat
rich foods, smoke, drink nor chase
women and as a result, today I will
celebrate my 100th birthday."

The reporters next question, "How?"

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While driving in the car with my son, I had an үldiesӠradio station on. It played a song that I remembered from the 1960s. ҙou know, Ron, this song was on when I was in bed with a broken leg when I was young.ӓGee, Mom, thatճ too bad,Ӡhe replied. ҙou couldnմ even get up to turn it off.Ӽ/DIV>

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Don was in his usual place, sitting at the table, reading the paper during breakfast.

He came across an article about a beautiful actress who was about to marry a football player who was known primarily for his lack of IQ.

He turned to his wife with a look of bewilderment on his face. "I'll never understand why the biggest jerks get the most attractive wives."

His wife replies, "Why, thank you, dear!""

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One night Jerry brought home a dozen red roses to his wife. "How lovely, dear" she said, "what's the occasion?"

"I want to make love to you," he said simply.

"Not tonight, dear.ʉ have a headache."

The next night Jerry came home with a big box of chocolates and explained that he wanted to make love with her.

"I'm awfully tired, honey,"ʳaid his wife, "not tonight."

Every night for a week Jerry brought home something, but each time his wife's answer was a resounding NO.

Finally, he came home with six black kittens with little red bows around their necks and handed them to his wife. "How adorable, Jerry," she exclaimed. "but what are they for?"

"These are six little pallbearers for your dead pussy."

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Su
si and Sam had been married for more than 60 years. They had shared everything. They had kept no secrets from each other except that Susi had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned Sam never to open or ask her about.

For all of these years, Sam had never thought about the box, but one day Susi got very sick and the doctor said she would not recover. In trying to sort out their affairs, Sam took down the shoe box and took it to his wife's bedside. Susi agreed that it was time that he should know what was in the box.

When he opened it, Sam found two crocheted dolls and a stack of money totaling $95,000. He asked her about the contents. "When we were to be married," Susi said, "my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a doll."

Sam was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two precious dolls were in the box. Susi had only been angry with him two times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with happiness.

"Honey," he said "that explains the doll, but what about all of thisʠmoney? Where did it come from?"

"Oh, that?" Susi said. "That's the money I made from selling theʠdolls."

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Fo
ur-year-old Mitch loved candy almost as much as his mom Ann did. He and Daddy had given her a beautiful heart-shaped box of chocolates for Valentine's Day.

A few days later Mitch was eyeing it, wishing to have a piece of it.

As he reached out to touch one of the big pieces, Ann said to him, "If you touch it, then you have to eat it. Do you understand?"

"Oh, yes," he said, nodding his head. Suddenly his little hand patted the tops of all the pieces of candy. "Now I can eat them all."

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My wonderful girlfriend and I had been dating for over a year, and so we decided to get married.

There was only one little thing bothering me. It was her beautiful younger sister. My prospective sister-in-law was twenty-two, wore very tight mini skirts, and generally was bra-less.

One day "little sister" called and asked me to come over to check the wedding invitations. She was alone when I arrived, and she whispered to me that she had feelings and desires for me that she couldn't overcome. She told me that she wanted to make love to me just once before I got married and committed my life to her sister.

Well, I was in total shock, and couldn't say a word.

She said, "I'm going upstairs to my bedroom, and if you want one last wild fling, just come up and get me." I was stunned and frozen in shock as I watched her go up the stairs. When she reached the top she pulled off her panties and threw them down the stairs at me.

I stood there for a moment, then turned and made a beeline straight to the front door. I opened the door, and quickly headed straight towards my car.

Lo and behold, my entire future family was standing outside, all clapping! With tears in his eyes, my future father-in-law hugged me and said, we are very happy that you have passed our little test... we couldn't ask for a better man for our daughter. Welcome to the family."

And the moral of this story is: Always keep your condoms in your car.

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A census taker in rural West Texas went up to a farmhouse and knocked.

A woman came to the door, and he proceeded to ask her how many children she had, and their ages.

She said, "Well, lez' juz' see now, there's the twins Sally and Billy, they're thirty-two, the twins Seth and Beth, they're twenty-six, and the twins Penny and Jenny, they're twenty-four ... "

"Hold on!" said the census taker, "Did you get twins EVERY time?"

The woman answered, " Why heck no, there were hundreds of times we didn't get nothin!"

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WIN

SINGLE BLACK FEMALE seeks male companionship, ethnicity unimportant. ʉ'm a very good girl who LOVES to play. I love long walks in the woods, riding in your pickup truck, hunting, camping and fishing trips, cozy winter nights lying by the fire. Candlelight dinners will have me eating out of your hand. ʉ'll be at the front door when you get home from work, wearing only what nature gave me.

Call (404) 875-6420 and ask for Daisy, I'll be waiting....



Over 15,000 men found themselves talking to the Atlanta Humane Society about an 8-week-old black Labrador retriever

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LOVE AND MARRIAGE

  • You have two choices in life: You can stay single and be miserable, or get married and wish you were dead.
  • At a cocktail party, one woman said to another, "Aren't you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger?" "Yes, I am. I married the wrong man."
  • A lady inserted an ad in the classifieds: "Husband Wanted." Next day she received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: "You can have mine."
  • When a woman steals your husband, there is no better revenge than to let her keep him.
  • A woman is incomplete until she is married. Then she is finished.
  • A little boy asked his father, "Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?" Father replied, "I don't know, son, I'm still paying."
  • A young son asked, "Is it true, Dad, that in some parts of Africa a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her?" Dad replied, "That happens in every country, Son."
  • Then there was a woman who said, "I never knew what real happiness was until I got married, and by then, it was too late."
  • Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
  • If you want your spouse to listen and pay strict attention to every word you say -- talk in your sleep.
  • Just think, if it wasn't for marriage, men would go through life thinking they had no faults at all.
  • A Woman's Prayer: Dear Lord, I pray for Wisdom, to understand a man, to love and to forgive him, and for Patience, for his moods. Because, Lord, if I pray for strength, I'll just beat him to death.
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(We Have Been told this really happened ... but we don't knowʠwhen!!!)


ʏn a recent weekend in Atlantic City, the woman related, she won a
ʢucketful of quarters at a slot machine.ʊ She took a break from the slots
ʦor dinner with her husband in the hotel dining room.ʠBut first she would
ʳtash the quarters in her room.ʠI'll be right back and we'll go to eat,"
ʳhe told her husband and she carried the coin-laden bucket to the
ʥlevator.

ʠAs she was about to walk into the elevator she noticed two men already
ʡboard. Both were black. One of them was big...ʠVery big... An
ʩntimidating figure.

ʔhe woman froze. Her first thought was: These two are going to rob me.

ʈer next thought was:ʠDon't be a bigot, they look like perfectly
ʮice gentlemen, even if one of them is awfully black.ʠBut racial
ʳtereotypes are powerful, and fear immobilized her.

ʓhe stood and stared at the two men. She felt anxious, flustered,
ʡshamed.ʠShe hoped they didn't read her mind but knew they surely
ʤid; her hesitation about joining them on the elevator was all too
ʯbvious.ʠHer face burned.ʠShe couldn't just stand there, so with a
ʭightyʥffort of will she picked up one foot and stepped forward and followed
ʷithʴhe other foot and was on the elevator.ʊ Avoiding eye contact, she turned
ʡround stiffly and faced the elevator doors as they closed.ʠA second
ʰassed, and then another second, and then another.ʠThe elevator didn't
ʭove.ʠPanic consumed her.ʠMy God, she thought, I'm trapped and about to
ʢe robbed!

ʈer heart plummeted. Perspiration poured from every pore.ʠThen one of the
ʭen said, "Hit the floor."

ʉnstinct told her:ʠDo what they tell you.ʠThe bucket of quarters
ʦlew upwards as she threw out her arms and collapsed on the elevator
ʣarpet.

ʁ shower of coins rained down on her.ʠTake my money and spare me,
ʳhe prayed.ʠMore seconds passed.ʠShe heard one of the men say
ʰolitely, "Ma'am, if you'll just tell us what floor you're going to, we'll
ʰush the button."ʠThe one who said it had a little trouble getting the
ʷords out.ʠHe was trying mightily to hold in a belly laugh.ʠShe lifted
ʨer head and looked up at the two men.

ʔhey reached down to help her up. Confused, she struggled to her
ʦeet.

ʢWhen I told my man here to hit the floor," one of the men, the
ʡverage sized one, told her, "I meant that he should hit the elevator
ʢutton for our floor.ʠI didn't mean for you to hit the floor, ma'am.ʠHe
ʳpoke genially.

ʈe bit his lip.ʠIt was obvious he was having a hard time not
ʬaughing.

ʓhe thought: My God, what a spectacle I've made of myself.ʠShe was too
ʨumiliated to speak. She wanted to blurt out an apology, but words failed her.ʊ
ʈow do you apologize to two perfectly respectable gentlemen for
ʢehavingʠas though they were robbing you? She didn't know.ʠThe 3 of them
ʧathered up the strewn quarters and refilled her bucket.ʠWhen the
ʥlevator
ʡrrived at her floor they insisted on walking her to her room.

ʓhe seemed a little unsteady on her feet, and they were afraid she
ʭight not make it down the corridor.ʊ At her door they bid her good
ʥvening.ʠAs she slipped into her room she could hear them laughing while
ʴhey walked back to the elevator.

ʔhe woman brushed herself off.ʠShe pulled herself together and went
ʤownstairs for dinner with her husband.

ʔhe next morning flowers were delivered to her room ~ a dozen roses.
ʁttached to each rose was a crisp one hundred dollar bill.ʠA card said:
ʢThanks for the best laugh we've had in years."ʠIt was signed,


ʅddie Murphy and Bodyguard.

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ʉrv and Sol, are walking down the street when Sol turns to Irv and says,
"Irv, if you had two of those top-of-the-line Mercedes Benz cars, with
all the gear, electric windows, CD player and all of that, exactly the
same, would you give me one?"

Irv says, "Sol, how long do we go back?ʠThirty years?ʠWe've been best
friends since school, and if I had two of those Mercedes, top-of-the-
line cars with all the trimmings, exactly the same, yeah, I would give
the other one to you."

So, they keep walking.ʠAfter a couple of minutes, Irv turns to Sol and
says, "Sol, if you had two of those luxury, playboy-type yachts, you
know, with all the modern conveniences, and they were exactly the same,
would you give one of them to me?"

Sol says, "Irv, you and me are like brothers, you were best man at my
wedding, you attended my son's Bar Mitzvah, we have gone to the same
shul together for all these years.ʠIf I had two of those luxury playboy
yachts, exactly the same with all the modern conveniences, then yeah
Irv, I really would give the other one to you."

They keep walking.ʠA couple of minutes later, Sol turns to Irv, "Irv,
if you had two chickens..."

"Now hold on there!ʠSol, you KNOW I've got two Chickens!"

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Mary Poppins was travelling home but due to worsening weather, she
Decided to stop at a hotel for the night.ʠShe approached the
receptionist and asked for a room.

"Certainly, madam", he replied courteously.

"Is the restaurant still open?"

"Sorry, no", came the reply, "but room service is available all night.
Would you care to select something from this menu?"

Mary smiled and took the menu and perused it.ʠ"Hmm, I would like some
cauliflower cheese please", said Mary.

"Certainly madam", he replied.

"And can I have breakfast in bed?" asked Mary politely.

The receptionist nodded and smiled.

"In that case, I would love a couple of eggs please...poached", Mary
mused.

After confirming the order, Mary signed in and went up to her room for
the night.ʠNext morning Mary came down early to check out.ʠThe same
guy was still on the desk.

"Morning, madam.ʠSleep well?"

"Yes, thank you", Mary replied.

"Food to your liking?"

"Well, I have to say the cauliflower cheese was exceptional, I don't
think I've had better.ʠShame about the eggs though...they really
weren't that nice at all", Mary replied truthfully.

"Oh...ʠwell, perhaps you could care to contribute these thoughts to our
Guest Comments Book.ʠWe are always looking to improve our service and
would value your opinion", said the receptionist.

"OK, thanks!" replied Mary.ʠShe checked out, paused for a moment,
scribbled a comment into the book, and left.ʠCurious, the receptionist
picked up the book and saw the following:

"Supercauliflowercheesebuteggswerequiteatrocious"

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A woman meant to call a record store but dialedʼ/SPAN>
the wrong number and got a private home instead.ʼ/SPAN>
"Do you have 'Eyes of Blue' and 'A Love Supreme'?" she asked.ʼ/SPAN>
"Well, no," answered the puzzled homeowner.ʼ/SPAN>
But I have a wife and eleven children."ʼ/SPAN>
"Is that a record?" she inquired.ʼ/SPAN>
"I don't think so," replied the man,ʼ/SPAN>
"but it's as close as I want to get."ʼ/SPAN>

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This is it for today's edition of GGG ...ʼFONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#307D00" face="Times" size="4">These jokes come from all over and chances are you might recall seeing them before.ʠWE feel every one can use a few GGG every so often. ??? Feel free to pas these on.

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See below ... it won't cost you anything but a few minutes of your time.ʠThank You - Fred

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THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I found happiness in my own backyard, but my neighbor claims it's on his side of the property line.
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Just 1 Day til Valentine'sʠDay
Remember that Very Special Someone with something Very Special!!

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**** Reader's Submissions ****
Today a Soldier Comes Home
 
   Last Thursday was like any other day for me.  I got up and rushed
around to get ready for work.  I left about sunrise and started up
the
road from my house.  The sight before me left tears in my eyes.
On every fence post, every sign, and on bushes, trees and even weeds
were tied yellow bows, there were hundreds of them.   A half mile
down the road I turned to head for the highway that takes me to
work.  Again, hundreds and hundreds of yellow bows tied against
anything that would support the effort.  I did not know the exact
circumstance of the ribbons, was it for a soldier leaving, one
arriving,
one deceased?
 
    I phoned my wife and told her about the ribbons.  She left for
her
work about two hours later and like me, she was stunned and moved.
She notified the local newspapers and phoned the local TV stations
after finding out a soldier was coming home from Iraq that weekend.
Apparently, the local small church had all it's members out
decorating
the two mile drive from the highway to his house with hundreds if
not thousands of ribbons.
 
     When I arrived home Saturday and the corner of the two main
roads that had the ribbons, I saw two TV trucks and they were
broadcasting live shots from the roads.  My wife was right in telling
the TV stations, we hear enough bad news, let's celebrate some good
news.
 
      I do not know the young man who came home, but he is just a
symbol of all the thousands of  young men who arrive daily across the
country.  Thank you for your time, your sacrifice and your devotion
to
your country.
 
B.J. Cassady

**** ON THIS DAY ****

**** HEADS UP FOLKS ****
These Are My Causes Please Help

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http://www.organdonor.gov/

It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on "donating a mammogram"
for free (pink window in the middle). This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate
sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram
in exchange for advertising.
 
Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know.
 
http://www.thebreastcancersite.com
&
The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to  click on it daily to meet their quota
of getting free food donated  every day to abused and neglected animals. It takes less than a  minute to go
to their site and click on "feed an animal in need"  for free! This doesn't cost you a thing! Their corporate
sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange
for advertising. 
Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know!

 http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com

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**** COUNTRY CALENDAR ****
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ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, founded NYC 1914.

Tennessee Ernie Ford born "Ernest Jennings Ford," in Bristol, TN 1919. Inducted CMHF 1990.

Chickie Williams of "Doc & Chickie Williams," born Bethany, WV 1919.

Boudleaux Bryant, master songwriter, born Shellman, GA 1920.

Jim McReynolds of "Jim & Jesse," born Coeburn, VA 1927.

Charlie Moore, bluegrass singer, born Piedmont, SC 1935.

Janis Lewis Phillips, of "The Lewis Family" born Lincoln, GA 1939.

Rodney Paul Lay, singer/songwriter/guitarist/actor, born Coffeeville,
KS 1940.

Gene Autry recorded "Back In The Saddle Again," 1946.

Hank Williams recorded "Honky Tonkin," 1947.

David McLaughlin of the Johnson Mountain Boys, born Washington D. C. 1958.

The Bill Anderson Show debuted on WSM TV 1965.

Billy Crash Craddock debuted on the charts with "Knock Three Times," 1971.

Tom T. Hall recorded "Give Her My Best/I'm Forty Now" 1976.

The Oak Ridge Boys' "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight," topped the charts 1980.

Buddy Lee, age 65, died 1998.

Sugar Hill released Rodney Crowell's album "The Houston Kid" 2001.

Koch Records released Johnny Dowd's "Temporary Shelter" 2001.

Waylon Jennings, age 64, died in his sleep in Chandler, AZ 2002. CMHF 2001, NSHF 1995. Texas CMHF 1999.

Earl Scruggs honored with a star, on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 2003.



 **** COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS ****

Garth Brooks misses Nashville friends, has eyes on studio

By BEVERLY KEEL


LOS ANGELES — Garth Brooks quietly gathered at a Los Angeles restaurant on Thursday with about 25 of his close friends, including some Nashvillians out for the Grammys, to celebrate his 45th birthday with wife Trisha Yearwood.

What Garth misses the most about Nashville since moving back to Oklahoma are the people. "That is what made me love the place anyway," he says. "Me and the industry always went head to head, but me and the people were always just sweet. Whenever you would release an album, they would be one of the Top 5 around-the-world cities that would respond to it. They always took care of me, and I miss that neighborly thing."

But there's a chance that Garth could become a Nashville studio owner.

"American Idol" champion Underwood wins Grammy
By Sue Zeidler

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "American Idol" champion Carrie Underwood's Grammy victory on Sunday further underscored the growing impact that the smash hit TV talent competition is having on U.S. pop culture.


Underwood, the winner of season four of the Fox network's blockbuster reality series, took home the Grammy for best female country vocal performance, becoming the latest in a growing list of "American Idol" victors to score the music industry's most valued prize.

"This is my first Grammy, hopefully, the first of a few more," said Underwood, also nominated this year for best new artist.

In accepting her Grammy, she thanked God and Simon Fuller, the creator "American Idol," and various others including record mogul Clive Davis.

Underwood's single "Jesus, Take the Wheel" also earned a Grammy for best country song, a songwriter's award that in this case went to Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson.

"The truth of the matter is that at the end of the season, someone great who wouldn't have had a chance otherwise, wins this and gets a shot at a career. So we're really happy about her," Randy Jackson, one of judges on "American Idol," said backstage when asked about Underwood's Grammy win.

Kelly Clarkson, "American Idol's" first champion, took home two Grammys in 2006, while another "Idol" winner, Fantasia Barrino, scored four Grammy nominations last year and fellow "Idol" champ Ruben Studdard received a nomination in 2004.

Even some of the losing contestants on "American Idol" have gone on to bigger things, including Jennifer Hudson, who took home a Golden Globe for her role in the musical film "Dreamgirls" and is up for an Oscar for the same performance.

The Grammy telecast last year lagged in ratings against the popular TV talent show, and this year the awards show is running an "Idol"-like contest to choose a singer to perform a duet with Justin Timberlake during Sunday's Grammy ceremony.

The public trimmed down a list of aspiring singers in the weeks preceding the Grammy broadcast. During the live awards show, they will choose the winner of the "My Grammy Moment" contest.

"We thought we could try a new and fresh element that would speak to the world about the next generation of undiscovered young talent," Neil Portnow, president of the National Academy Recording Arts and Sciences, which hands out the Grammys, told Reuters in a recent interview.

Clarkson created a stir by failing to acknowledge her "American Idol" breakthrough when she picked up her trophies last year for best pop vocal album and best female pop vocal performance. 
 




**** Amy's Kitchen ****  

STRAWBERRY BROWNIE SPLIT  

1 (15.8 ounce) pkg Brownie Mix  
1/4 cup water  
2 tablespoons oil  
1 egg  
  
FILLING  
1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed  
1 to 2 tablespoons Amaretto  
2 pints (4 cups) fresh strawberries, sliced  

DIRECTIONS:  
Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Line 2 9-inch round pans with  
foil; lightly spray foil with nonstick cooking spray.  Mix  
brownie mix according to box.  Divide batter evenly into  
sprayed foil-lined pans; spread evenly. Bake for 18-22  
minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.  
Cool 20 minutes. Remove brownies from pans by lifting foil.  
 Cool completely (about 1 hour) and remove foil. In small bowl,  
combine whipped topping and Amaretto; fold gently to mix.  

To assemble dessert, place one complete brownie layer, top  
side down, on serving plate. Spread with half of filling  
mixture. Arrange half of sliced strawberries in thin layer  
over filling. Top with second brownie, top side up. Spread  
with remaining mixture. Arrange remaining strawberry slices  
over top. Refrigerate until ready to serve.  

YIELD: 8 Servings  


 
"Butter Brickle"
 
1 sleeve of saltine crackers
1 cup of butter (not margarine)
1 cup of brown sugar
1 cup of mini chocolate chips
1 cup of crushed walnuts
 
Line a cookie sheet with foil – lay a single layer of saltines on foil.
Stir butter and brown sugar in small saucepan, over medium heat.
Bring to a boil and stirring constantly, boil for 3 minutes.
Pour and spread over saltines.
Bake at 350 for 4 minutes and remove from oven.
Immediately sprinkle chocolate chips over top and spread until all is melted and covered.
Sprinkle crushed nuts on top. 
Let cool (can put in fridge) Break into pieces and store in airtight tin.


"Boston Cream Pie"

 
4 lg Eggs
4 tb Water
1 c Sugar
1 ts (heaping) baking powder
1 c Cake flour
1 ts Vanilla

Filling:
2 Eggs
3/4 c Sugar
3 tb (heaping) flour
2 c Milk
1 ts Vanilla

CAKE:
Separate eggs & add water to egg yolks.
Beat until fluffy. Gradually add sugar.
Fold in flour & add vanilla.
Beat egg whites & gently fold in.
Bake in two 9-inch cake pans at 350 for 30 minutes. Do not overcook.
When cakes are cool, cut in halves lengthwise & fill between layers with filling.
 
FILLING:
Beat eggs with sugar. Add flour & heated milk.
Stir well & cook over moderate heat, stirring constantly, until thick.

**** TODAY'S USELESS FACT ****

Do identical twins have identical DNA?

Identical twins, formed when one fertilized egg splits, are the only people in the world with identical DNA. Fraternal twins, on the other hand, are formed when two different eggs are fertilized. Genetically speaking, fraternal twins are no closer than normal siblings, sharing only about 50% of their genes.

Although identical twins have the same genotype, or
DNA, they have different phenotypes, meaning that the same DNA is expressed in different ways.

Traits determined by phenotype, such as
fingerprints and physical appearance, are the result of "the interaction of the individual?s genes and the developmental environment in the uterus." Thus, a DNA test can't determine the difference between identical twins, while a simple fingerprint can



****A PARTING THOUGHT ****

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