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LITTLE KNOWN TIDBIT OF NAVAL HISTORY... Featured
The U. S. S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat vessel, carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (i.e. fresh water ...
Deadly at Scrabble - WordPlay
This has got to be one of the cleverest creations. Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble. (wait until you see the last one) DORMITORY When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM PRESBYTERIAN When you rearrang ...
Stumping Dear Abby
LETTERS DEAR ABBY ADMITTED SHE WAS AT A LOSS TO ANSWER. Dear Abby - A couple of women moved in across the hall from me. One is a middle-aged gym teacher and the other is a social worker in her mid twenties. These two women go everywhere together and I'v ...
The 2005 Stella Awards - frivolous, ridiculous, success...
The 2005 Stella Awards - frivolous, ridiculous, successful lawsuits The Stella Awards are named after 81 year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald's (in NM). That case inspired the Stella awards for the mos ...
Ways To Annoy Bathroom Friends
1.Stick your palm open under the stall wall and ask your neighbor, ''May I borrow a highlighter?'' 2. ''Uh-oh, I knew I shouldn't put my lips on that.'' 3. Cheer and clap loudly every time somebody breaks the silence with a bodily function noise. 4. ...
Toilet Traffic Signs - Bathroom Graffiti
•What are you looking up on the wall for? The joke is in your hands. - Men's room, Lynagh's Bar. Lexington, KY •No matter how good she looks, some other guy is sick and tired of putting up with her shit. - Men's room, Linda's Bar and Grill, Chapel H ...
Romans & Railroads
How Specs Live Forever The US Standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that's the way they built them in England, and the US railroads were built by E ...
That's Bizarre!...and True
Two neighbors in Tampa, Florida, decided to share the cost of a lawnmower and purchased a brand new Black & Decker gas-powered model. In the spirit of further cooperation, the men decided to trim the hedge between their two yards. Standing one on either ...
Free Cookie Recipe...A $250 value!
Cookie Time! This is a true story…You will have to read it to believe it... My daughter and I had just finished a salad at Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas & decided to have a small dessert. Because both of us are such cookie lovers, we decided to try th ...
How Smart Are You?
HOW SMART ARE YOU? READ this sentence: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS. Now count aloud the F's in that sentence. Count them ONLY ONCE; do not go back and count them again. See below... ...
The MOST Amazing Thing.. cool math trick
FOLLOW THE RULES!!!! FOLLOW THE RULES AND SCROLL DOWN REALLY SLOWLY AND DON'T CHEAT! SCROLL DOWN SLOWLY !!!!!!!!!! SCROLL DOWN SLOWLY !!!!!!!!!! SCROLL DOWN SLOWLY !!!!!!!!!! ******************************************************************* Try ...
Weird News
TORONTO -- Police said a lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a downtown Toronto skyscraper crashed through a pane with his shoulder and plunged 24 floors to his death. A police spokesman said Garry Hoy, 39, fell into the courtyard of the Toront ...
Interesting Facts I Bet You Didn't Know
The Sanskrit word for ""war"" means ""desire for more cows."" The phrase ""rule of thumb"" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. T ...
Not So Well Known Facts
Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the deaths of their cats. A bowling pin need tilt only 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The right side of a boat was called the starboard side because astro-navigators used to stand on the plank (on ...
Texans have humor Good, Better, Best
This is an item from the news . . In Richardson, Texas State Trooper was running radar. He had a perfect spot to watch for speeders, but wasn't getting any. Then he discovered the problem. A 12 year old boy was standing up the road with a hand painte ...
The Rambo Granny of Melbourne, Australia
Gun-toting granny Ava Estelle, 81, was so ticked-off when two thugs raped her 18-year-old granddaughter that she tracked the unsuspecting ex-cons down - -! And shot off their testicles. The old lady spent a week hunting those men down -- and when she fo ...
All in a day's flying.....!
These are ALLEGED exchanges between pilots and control towers that actually happened. Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!" Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!" Tower: "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn rig ...
Identity Theft Alert: HOTEL KEYS
You know how when you check out of a hotel that uses The credit-card-type room key, the clerk often will ask if you have your key(s) to turn in...or there is a box or slot on the Reception counter in which to put them? It's good for the hotel because they ...
Mayonnaise, Mexicans & history
Most people don't know that back in 1912, Hellmann's mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for deliver in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great sh ...
The Census Taker Riddle
A census taker reads an address on his list and knocks on the door of the house at that address. A father opens the door. The census taker asks the father how many children he has. The father tells the census taker that he has three children and the sum o ...