FUN: Leadership lesson; make sure you get EVERYONE’S requirements

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

A clergyman walking down a country lane and sees a young farmer struggling to load hay back onto a cart after it had fallen off.

“You look hot, my son,” said the cleric. “why don’t you rest a moment, and I’ll give you a hand.”

“No thanks,” said the young man.

“My father wouldn’t like it.”

“Don’t be silly,” the minister said.

“Everyone is entitled to a break. Come and have a drink of water.”

Again the young man protested that his father would be upset. Losing his patience, the clergyman said, “Your father must be a real slave driver. Tell me where I can find him and I’ll give him a piece of my mind!”

“Well,” replied the young farmer, “he’s under the load of hay.”

ROFL. (Well, I found it funny!)

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FUN: by their limping

Sunday, March 28, 2010

http://www.irishcentral.com/saint_patricks_day/Irish-sayings-proverbs-and-prayers-for-Saint-Patricks-Day-88201577.html

May those who love us, love us.
And those that don’t love us,
May God turn their hearts.
And if He doesn’t turn their hearts,
May he turn their ankles,
So we’ll know them by their limping.

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FUN: I’ve always wanted to

Saturday, March 27, 2010

FROM MY FAVORITE LUDDITE WHO’S “OLD”

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Have You Ever Danced?

An old prospector shuffled into the town of El Indio , Texas leading an old tired mule. The old man headed straight for the only saloon in town, to clear his parched throat. He walked up to the saloon and tied his old mule to the hitch rail. As he stood there, brushing some of the dust from his face and clothes, a young gunslinger stepped out of the saloon with a gun in one hand and a bottle of whiskey in the other.

The young gunslinger looked at the old man and laughed, saying, “Hey old man, have you ever danced?” The old man looked up at the gunslinger and said, “No, I never did dance… never really wanted to.”

A crowd had gathered as the gunslinger grinned and said, “Well, you old fool, you’re gonna’ dance now,” and started shooting at the old man’s feet. The old prospector, not wanting to get a toe blown off, started hopping around like a flea on a hot skillet. Everybody was laughing, fit to be tied.

When his last bullet had been fired, the young gunslinger, still laughing, holstered his gun and turned around to go back into the saloon. The old man turned to his pack mule, pulled out a double-barreled shotgun, and cocked both hammers. The loud clicks carried clearly through the desert air.

The crowd stopped laughing immediately. The young gunslinger heard the sounds too, and he turned around very slowly. The silence was almost deafening. The crowd watched as the young gunman stared at the old timer and the large gaping holes of those twin barrels.

The barrels of the shotgun never wavered in the old man’s hands, as he quietly said, “Son, have you ever kissed a mule’s ass?”

The gunslinger swallowed hard and said, “No sir….. but… I’ve always wanted to.”

There are a few lessons for us all here:

* Never be arrogant.

* Don’t waste ammunition.

* Whiskey makes you think you’re smarter than you are.

* Always, always make sure you know who has the power.

* Don’t mess with old men, they didn’t get old by being stupid.

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I just love a story with a happy ending, don’t you?

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Yes, I do!

LOL

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FUN: CLEAN YOUR KIDNEYS FOR LESS THAN $1.00…

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

CLEAN YOUR KIDNEYS FOR LESS THAN $1.00…

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Interesting if true.

From: POLLY S ZALDIVAR
Date: March 9, 2010 9:18:07 PM EST
To: undisclosed recipients: ;
Subject: CLEAN YOUR KIDNEYS FOR LESS THAN $1.00…

CLEAN YOUR KIDNEYS FOR LESS THAN $1.00

Years pass by and our kidneys continue filtering the blood by removing salt, poison and

any unwanted stuff entering our body.

With time, the salt accumulates and this needs to undergo cleaning treatments and how are we going to overcome this?

It is very easy, first take a bunch of parsley (PEREJIL) and wash it clean

Then cut it into small pieces, place in a pot and pour clean water and boil it for ten minutes.

Let it cool down and then filter it. Pour into a clean bottle and place in refrigerator to cool.

Drink one glass daily and you will notice all salt and other accumulated poison coming out of your kidneys by urination.

Also you will be able to notice the difference that you never felt before.

Parsley is known as the best cleaning treatment for kidneys and it is all natural!

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TO WHICH I FOUND IN GOOGLE

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http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=100

Individual Concerns

Parsley and Oxalates

Parsley is among a small number of foods that contain measurable amounts of oxalates, naturally-occurring substances found in plants, animals, and human beings. When oxalates become too concentrated in body fluids, they can crystallize and cause health problems. For this reason, individuals with already existing and untreated kidney or gallbladder problems may want to avoid eating parsley. Laboratory studies have shown that oxalates may also interfere with absorption of calcium from the body. Yet, in every peer-reviewed research study we’ve seen, the ability of oxalates to lower calcium absorption is relatively small and definitely does not outweigh the ability of oxalate-containing foods to contribute calcium to the meal plan. If your digestive tract is healthy, and you do a good job of chewing and relaxing while you enjoy your meals, you will get significant benefits – including absorption of calcium – from calcium-rich foods plant foods that also contain oxalic acid. Ordinarily, a healthcare practitioner would not discourage a person focused on ensuring that they are meeting their calcium requirements from eating these nutrient-rich foods because of their oxalate content. For more on this subject, please see “Can you tell me what oxalates are and in which foods they can be found?”

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley

Health risks

   * Parsley should not be consumed as a drug or supplement by pregnant women. Parsley as an oil, root, leaf, or seed could lead to uterine stimulation and preterm labor.[6]

   * Parsley is high (1.70% by mass, [1]) in oxalic acid, a compound involved in the formation of kidney stones and nutrient deficiencies.

   * Parsley oil contains furanocoumarins and psoralens which leads to extreme photosensitivity if used orally.[7]

   * Parsley seeds contain a high level of oil and are a diuretic.

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SEEMS LIKE A SNOPES CANDIDATE?

DO I get a Snopes Merit badge for my blog? (Although I still think there something fishy about Obama’s Birth Certificate. Why not release it and all his other documentation?)

Argh! Here’s 12 minutes of my life that I’ll never get back.

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FUN: dogmatic

Saturday, February 20, 2010

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dogmatic

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FUN: MARTINET

Friday, February 19, 2010

http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2003/09/22.html

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FUN: You and me; and, you’re there sitting … …

Thursday, February 18, 2010

FROM LUDDITE FORWARDING AN INET CHAIN LETTER. (FUNNY AND A GRAIN OF TRUTH!)

Subject: FW: We are in trouble…

We are in trouble…

The population of this country is 300 million.

160 million are retired.

That leaves 140 million to do the work.

There are 85 million in school.

Which leaves 55 million to do the work.

Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government.

Leaving 20 million to do the work.

2.8 million are in the armed forces preoccupied with killing Osama Bin-Laden.

Which leaves 17.2 million to do the work.

Take from that total the 15.8 million people who work for state and city Governments.

And that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.

At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals.

Leaving 1,212,000 to do the work.

Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons.

That leaves just two people to do the work.

You and me.

And there you are,

Sitting on your ass,

At your computer, reading jokes…

Nice. Real nice.

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FUN: pedestrian

Thursday, February 18, 2010

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedestrian

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FUN: persnickety

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/persnickety

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FUN: Lobo gets asked an interesting question

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Last night on ESPN, the crew was razing Rebeca Lobo about Tina Charles creeping up on her records at Conneticutt. She said she was cut down to size when earlier a little boy asked her if she was Tina Charles.

Frau, I, and the ESPN crew had a good laugh about that one.

(Lobo is taller than Charles. Among other things.)

I think this is funny. (Funny ha ha! Not funny peculiar.)

p.s., Lobo is getting too thin.

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FUN: Okoge!

Monday, February 15, 2010

The unwanted crust left stuck to the bottom of the rice cooker is called okoge — the same word used as slang for a single woman who spends a lot of time with gay men.

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FUN: popinjay

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/popinjay

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FUN: meretricious

Friday, February 5, 2010

http://www.merriam-webster.com/netdict/meretricious

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FUN: sophist

Friday, February 5, 2010

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Sophists

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FUN: nebbish

Thursday, February 4, 2010

http://www.answers.com/topic/nebbish

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FUN: callow

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/callow

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FUN: nugatory

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nugatory

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FUN: codswallop

Saturday, January 30, 2010

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/codswallop

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FUN: fabulist

Friday, January 29, 2010

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Fabulist

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FUN: Witling

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

1. One who aspires to wittiness. 2. One who has little wit.

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FUN: pecksniffian

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

pecksniffian

hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.

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FUN: nimiety

Friday, January 22, 2010

dictionary.reference.com/browse/nimiety

:-)

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FUN: Score one for the placebo

Sunday, December 20, 2009

http://www.impactlab.com/2009/12/16/weird-and-wacky-medical-findings-of-2009/

December 16th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Weird and Wacky Medical Findings of 2009

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– A testosterone patch designed to pep up a woman’s sex drive received the thumbs down in a study published in the UK’s Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin. The side effects included acne, excess hair, breast pain, weight gain, insomnia, voice deepening and migraine. “Significant numbers” of women placed on a placebo patch reported an increase in sex drive.

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Hmmm, maybe we could do a “sham wow” type tv campaign selling women the placebo?

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FUN: Christmas display

Monday, November 30, 2009

http://vimeo.com/440842

Amazing Christmas display with 176 channels and 45,000 lights! The show is so popular that it requires a crew of 3 people to manage the traffic.

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FUN: SnL hit home!

Monday, November 30, 2009

Obama has sex with China – chinese president bends over for Obama!

NOT SAFE FOR WORK

But absolutely funny!

The fact that it is right on target makes it sadly funny.

Sound track is LOUD.

And, SnL does mistate the size of the Chinese Debt with is easily 5T$.

Enjoy. I found it to be a hoot.


FUN: Leno-ism about make beleive jobs

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

“The White House and Senate Democrats are working on a new jobs bill. The White House says this new jobs bill could create twice as many non-existent fake new jobs as the last one.” — Jay Leno 23 Nov 09

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