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TRIVIA:   Presidential Trivia. (Washington and Clinton this week)
George Washington had to borrow money to go to his own inauguration.

 George Washington who commanded the Continental Army as a four-star general was promoted posthumously to the position of six-star "General of the Armies of Congress" by order of Jimmy Carter, who felt America's first President should also be America's highest military official.

 When George Washington was elected President, there was a king in France, a czarina in Russia, an emperor in China, and a shogun in Japan. Only the office of President remains.

 Washington was the first President to appear on a postage stamp.

 Washington was one of two Presidents who signed the U.S. Constitution.

 George Washington was a half first cousin twice removed of James Madison, a second cousin seven times removed of Queen Elizabeth II, a third cousin twice removed of Robert E. Lee, and an eighth cousin six times removed of Winston Churchill.

 Washington was the only president elected unanimously, receiving all 69 of the electoral votes cast.

At his inauguration, Washington had only one tooth. At various times he wore dentures made of human or animal teeth, ivory or lead -- never wood.
 

Clinton was the first president to both be sued for sexual misconduct and forced to give a deposition while in office

Bill Clinton was the first and only president to have been a Rhodes Scholar.

Bill Clinton is the only President ever to be elected twice without ever receiving 50% of the popular vote. He had 43 percent in 1992 and 49 percent in 1996.

Clinton's favorite sandwich is peanut butter and banana and his favorite ice cream flavor is mango.

He had a cat named "Socks."

Bill Clinton plays the tenor and soprano saxophone. He played his saxophone during his campaign at many appearances, namely on "The Arsenio Hall Show."

Clinton was mauled by a sheep when he was about eight years old. Clinton called it "the awfullest beating I ever took."

Bill Clinton is the first left-handed American president to serve two terms.

Bill Clinton was a brother of Alpha Phi Omega, a service fraternity.

President Clinton, having returned from a visit to Romania, sent a note to thank for the presents received, among which was a 'poncho'. Not being aware of having given Mr Clinton a poncho the Romanian government checked the list of presents and found they had given the President a Romanian flag. After having turned over the communist regime the communist signs were cut out of the middle of the Romanian flag by means of protest. Apparently Mr. Clinton mistook this flag for a poncho.

Bill Clinton signed into effect a law specifying Lake Champlain (between New York and Vermont) as the sixth Great Lake.

Clinton's first automobile was a 'Henry J.'

He was born William Jefferson Blythe, 4th, after his late father. He legally changed his last name to that of his stepfather when he was 16.

Clinton is allergic to dust, mold, pollen, cats, certain greenery (Christmas trees), and dairy products.

His biological father, William Jefferson Blythe, 3d, was killed a few months before he was born in a car accident. Blythe wasn't hurt badly in the crash, but was knocked unconscious and landed in a deep puddle of water face down, and drowned.

His wife Hillary is the first "First Lady" to attain an elected office. She was elected a New York senator.

QUOTES:
My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.
--Ed Furgol

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
~Spike Milligan

What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money.
~Henny Youngman

I am opposed to millionaires.......but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.
--Mark Twain

Until I was thirteen,  I thought my name was 'shut up'.
--Joe Namath

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
--Herbert Henry Asquith

I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon.  Then it's time for my nap.
--Bob Hope

We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress.
--Will Rogers

Don't worry about avoiding temptation ... As you grow older, it will avoid you.
--Winston Churchill

Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty.....But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out.
--Phyllis Diller

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.
--Billy Crystal

"There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk."
--Charles Dickens

"Art is anything you can get away with."
--Marshall McLuhan

CHUCKLES & BELLY LAUGHS:

This one passed the censor...

From Joe Marasco.
An elderly Italian man who lived on the outskirts of Monte Casino went to the local church for confession.  When the priest slid open the panel in the confessional, the man said, "Father ... during World War II, a beautiful woman knocked on my door and asked me to hide her from the enemy. So I hid her in my attic."
The priest replied, "That was a wonderful thing you did, my son! And you have no need to confess that."
"It's worse than that, Father.  She started to repay me with many sexual favors."
The priest said, "By doing that, you were both in great danger. However, two people under those circumstances can be  very tempted to act that way.  But if you are truly sorry for your actions, you are indeed forgiven."
"Thank you, Father.  That's a great load off  my mind.  But I do have one more question .. "
"And what is that?" asked the priest.
"Do I have to tell her the war is over?" 
          Conversation between a social worker and a poor southern mother.
George Foreman did this little name trick...well almost the same.    Gary n' Patti sent this one
A woman walks into the downtown welfare  office, trailed by 15 kids... "WOW," the social worker exclaims, "are they  ALL YOURS???"   "Yep they are all mine,"  the flustered momma sighs, having heard that  question a thousand times before.  She says, "Sit  down Leroy."    All  the children rush to find seats. "Well," says the social worker, "then you must be here to sign up. I'll need all your children's names."  "This one's my oldest - he is Leroy." "OK, and who's next?"  "Well, this one he is Leroy, also."  The social worker raises an eyebrow but continues.   One by one, through  the oldest four, all boys, all named Leroy. Then she is introduced to  the eldest girl, named Leighroy!
"All right," says the caseworker. "I'm seeing a pattern here. Are they  ALL named Leroy?" 
Their Momma replied, "Well, yes-it makes it easier. When it is time to  get them out of bed and ready for school, I yell, 'Leroy!' An' when  it's time for dinner, I just yell 'Leroy!'  an' they all comes arunnin.'  An 'if I need to stop the kid who's running into the street, I just yell 'Leroy' and all of them stop. It's the smartest idea I ever  had, namin' them all Leroy." 
The social worker thinks this over for a bit, then wrinkles her forehead and says tentatively, "But what if you just want ONE  kid to come, and not the whole bunch?" 
"I call them by their last names."

       Grandfather...

Gary Clark sent this one.
A 60-year-old man went to the doctor for a check-up. The doctor told him, "You're in terrific shape. There's nothing wrong with you.
Why, you might live forever. You have the body of a 35 year old. By the way, how old was your father when he died?"
The 60 year old responded, "Who said he was dead?"
The doctor was surprised and asked, "How old is he and is he very active?"
The 60 year old responded, "Well, he is 82 years old and he still goes skiing three times a season and surfing three times a week during the summer."
The doctor couldn't believe it. "Well, how old was your grandfather when he died?"
The 60 year old responded again, "Who said he was dead?"
The doctor was astonished. He said, "You mean to tell me you are 60 years old and both your father and your grandfather are alive? Is your grandfather very active?"
The 60 year old said, "He goes skiing at least once a season and surfing once a week during the summer. Not only that," said the patient, "my grandfather is 106 years old, and next week he is getting married again."
The doctor said, "At 106 years old, why on earth would your grandfather want to get married?"
His patient looked up at the doctor and said, "Who said he wanted to?"

       I'll drink to that.

DID YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT VODKA?
1. To remove a bandage painlessly, saturate the bandage with vodka. The solvent dissolves adhesive.
2. To clean the caulking around bathtubs and showers, fill a trigger-spray bottle with vodka, spray the caulking, let set five minutes and wash clean. The alcohol in the vodka kills mold and mildew.
3. To clean your eyeglasses, simply wipe the lenses with a soft, clean cloth dampened with vodka. The alcohol in the vodka cleans the glass and kills germs.
4. Prolong the life of razors by filling a cup with vodka and letting your safety razor blade soak in the alcohol after shaving. The vodka disinfects the blade and prevents rusting.
5. Spray vodka on vomit stains, scrub with a brush, then blot dry.
6 Using a cotton ball, apply vodka to your face as an astringent to cleanse the skin and tighten pores.
7. Add a jigger of vodka to a 12-ounce bottle of shampoo. The alcohol cleanses the scalp, removes toxins from hair, and stimulates the growth of healthy hair.
8 Fill a sixteen-ounce trigger-spray bottle and spray bees or wasps to kill them.
9 Pour one-half cup vodka and one-half cup water in a Ziplock freezer bag and freeze for a slushy, regrettable ice pack for aches, pain or black eyes.
10. Fill a clean, used mayonnaise jar with freshly packed lavender flowers, fill the jar with vodka, seal the lid tightly and set in the sun for three days. Strain liquid through a coffee filter, then apply the tincture to aches and pains.
11. To relieve a fever, use a washcloth to rub vodka on your chest and back as a liniment.
12. To cure foot odor, wash your feet with vodka.
13. Vodka will disinfect and alleviate a jellyfish sting.
14. Pour vodka over an area affected with poison ivy to remove the oil from your skin.
15. Swish a shot of vodka over an aching tooth.  Allow your gums to absorb some of the alcohol to numb the pain.
16. NEVER DRINK THE STUFF - IT'LL KILL YA. 

        This one from Just For Grins.

Glenn and Scott are bungee-jumping one day when Glenn has a brainstorm, "You know, we could make a lot of money running our own bungee-jumping service in Southern California."
Scott agrees that it would be a great idea, so the two pool their money and buy everything they'll need: a tower, an elastic cord, insurance, etc.
They travel south and set up in a vacant lot. As they are constructing the tower, a crowd begins to assemble. Slowly, more and more people gather to watch them at work.
When everything is ready Glenn gives it a test jump. When he bounces at the end of the cord and comes back up, Scott notices that Glenn has a few cuts and scratches. Unfortunately, Scott isn't able catch him, so Glenn falls again, bounces, and then comes back up.
This time, Glenn is bruised and bleeding. Again, Scott misses him. Glenn goes down again and this time, he comes back pretty messed up—he's got a couple of broken bones and is almost unconscious.
On the next attempt, Scott finally catches him and pulls him in. "What happened?" he asks. "Was the cord too long?"
Glenn catches his breath and replies, "No, the cord was fine, but tell me... what the heck is a piñata?"

           Wayne Smith sent this one.  It is part of an "I think" collection attributed to Andy Rooney .   This one is on Prisoners...

You'll see more of them later.
Did you know that it costs forty thousand dollars a year to house each prisoner? Jeez, for forty thousand bucks apiece I'll take a few prisoners into my house. I live in Los Angeles. I already have bars on the windows. I don't think we should give free room and board to criminals. I think they should have to run twelve hours a day on a treadmill and generate electricity. And, if they don't want to run, they can rest in the chair that's hooked up to the generator.

                                                              And Finally...A Maxine  (Sorry Bert)

GROANERS:

     Retirees...  Thanks to Wayne Smith for these words of wisdom on retiring.

Q.  When is a retiree's bedtime?
A.  Three hours after he falls asleep on the couch.

Q.  How many retirees to change a light bulb?
A.  Only one, but it might take all day.

Q.  What's the biggest gripe of retirees?
A.  There is not enough time to get everything done.

Q.  Why don't retirees mind being called Seniors?
A.  The term comes with a 10% percent discount.

Q.  Among retirees what is considered formal attire?
A.  Tied shoes.

Q.  Why do retirees count pennies?
A.  They are the only ones who have the time.

Q.  What is the common term for someone who enjoys work and refuses to retire?
A.  NUTS!

Q.  Why are retirees so slow to clean out the basement, attic or garage?
A.  They know that as soon as they do, one of their adult kids will want to store stuff there.

Q.  What do retirees call a long lunch?
A.  Normal

Q.  What is the best ;way to describe retirement?
A.  The never ending Coffee Break.

Q.  What's the biggest advantage of going back to school as a retiree?
A.  If you cut classes, no one calls your parents.

Q.  Why does a retiree often say he doesn't miss work, but misses the people he used to work with?
A.  He is too polite to tell the whole truth.

Gary n' Patti for this one.

Bubba's pregnant sister is in a serious car accident causing her to fall into a deep coma.  She awakens after nearly six months and sees that she is no longer pregnant.  Frantically she asks the doctor about her baby.  The doctor replies, "Ma'am you had twins - a boy and a girl and your babies are fine.  Your brother came in and named them."
The woman thinks to herself, "Oh no!  Not Bubba; he's an idiot!"  Expecting the worst, she asks the doctor, "Well, what's the girl's name?"  "Denise," the doctor answers.  The new mother thinks, "Wow!  That's a beautiful name!  I guess I was wrong about my brother.  I really like the name Denise."
She then asks the doctor, "What's the boy's name?"  The doctor replies, "Denephew."

Another Gary n' Patti  This is a long set but pretty good.  A rerun but worth the reread.

1.  Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married.  The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.

2.  A jumper cable walks into a bar.  The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but don't start anything."

3.  Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted.

4.  A dyslexic man walks into a bra.

5.  A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says:
"A beer please, and one for the road."

6.  Two cannibals are eating a clown.  One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?"

7.  "Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home.'" "That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome." Is it common?" Well, "It's Not Unusual."

8.  Two cows are standing next to each other in a field.  Daisy says to Polly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," says Polly.  "It's true, no bull!" exclaims Daisy.

9.  An invisible man marries an invisible woman.  The kids were nothing to look at either.

10.  Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.

11 .  I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any.

12 .  A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident.  He shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!"

The doctor replied, "I know you can't - I've cut off your arms!"

13 .  I went to a seafood disco last week...and pulled a mussel.

14 .  What do you call a fish with no eyes?  A fish.

15 .  Two termites walk into a bar.  One asks, "Is the bar tender here?"

BUT WAIT -- THERE'S MORE!!  Here are the 10 first place winners in the International Pun Contest
1.  A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons.  The stewardess looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger."

2.  Two fish swim into a concrete wall.  The one turns to the other and says "Dam!".

3.  Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft.  Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

4.  Two hydrogen atoms meet. 
One says "I've lost my electron," 
The other says, "Are you sure?" 
The first replies "Yes, I'm positive."

5.  Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal?  His goal: transcend dental medication.

6.  A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories.  After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. 
"But why," they asked, as they moved off. 
"Because," he said, "I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer."

7.  A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption.  One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother.  Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal.  Her husband responds, "They're twins!  If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."

8.  These friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds.  Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair.  He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not.  He went back and begged the friars to close.  They ignored him.  So, the rival florist hired Hugh Mac Taggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close.  Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop.  Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that only Hugh can prevent florist friars.

9.  Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet.  He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath.  This made him ..
(Oh, man, this is so bad, it's good).....  A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

10.  And finally, there was the person who sent ten different puns to his friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh.  No pun in ten did.

Another interesting list.  This one from Rosemary Bednarczyk.

For those who thought the hardest part of Physics 101 was the constant conversion from feet and inches to the metric system, here are some other useful conversions:
* Ratio of an igloo's circumference to it's diameter: Eskimo Pi
* 2000 pounds of Chinese soup: Won ton
* 1 millionth of a mouthwash: 1 microscope
* Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement:  1 bananosecond
* Weight an evangelist carries with God: 1 billigram
* Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour:  Knot-furlong
* 65.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer because it's less filling: 1lite year
* 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone: 1 Rod Serling
* Half of a large intestine: 1 semicolon
* 1000 aches: 1 megahurtz
* Basic unit of laryngitis: 1 hoarsepower
* Shortest distance between two jokes: A straight line
* 454 graham crackers: 1 pound cake
* 1 million-million microphones: 1 megaphone
* 1 million bicycles: 2 megacycles
* 2000 mockingbirds: 2 kilomockingbirds
* 10 cards: 1 decacards
* 1 kilogram of falling figs: 1 Fig Newton
* 1000 grams of wet socks: 1 literhosen
* 1 millionth of a fish: 1 microfiche
* 1 trillion pins: 1 terrapin
* 10 rations: 1 decoration
* 100 rations: 1 C-ration
* 2 monograms: 1 diagram
* 8 nickels: 2 paradigms
* 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital: 1 I.V. League

  OPERATIONAL CAR FIXES

 Bob Casselberry sent this one to Bud.
A young blonde female stock broker was bored with driving her BMW. It lacked individuality and besides that, every other girl in the office had one. She fancied something a bit more individual, perhaps a MG convertible.
That week she visited her local car dealer and spied a beautiful Jaguar XK140 convertible. It was wonderfully restored and she fell in love with it's gorgeous red paint job.  An empty check stub later and off she was tearing down the leafy country lanes enjoying her beautiful new car. Her long blonde hair was flowing in the wind, music blaring from the radio, what could possibly go wrong?
At that thought there was a splutter from the engine and the car slowly coasted to a stop. She got out and lifted the bonnet and concluded after a few minutes that she didn't have a bloody clue what was wrong. Luckily she had her mobile phone with her and a quick phone call to the Auto Club and a short wait saw a bright shiny yellow van pull up behind her.
"That's a lovely car," said the mechanic. "What seems to be the matter?" "Well, it just conked out I'm afraid."
"Let me have look." He set to work and ten minutes later the engine was purring like a cat again.
"Thank goodness," she said. "What was the matter?"  "Simple really, just crap in the carburetor," he replied.
Looking shocked she asked, "Oh, OK... How many times a week do I have to do that?"

 
 

       Final Groaner...Gary Clark sent this light haired gem.

A contestant on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" had reached the final plateau.  If she answered the next question correctly, she would win $1,000,000.  If she answered incorrectly, she would pocket only the $32,000 milestone money.  And as she suspected it would be, the million-dollar question was no pushover.  It was, "Which of the following species of birds does not build its own nest, but instead lays its eggs in the nests of other birds?  Is it: A) the condor; B) the buzzard; C) the cuckoo; or D) the vulture?" The woman was on the spot.  She did not know the answer.  And she was doubly on the spot because she had used up her 50/50 Lifeline and her Audience Poll Lifeline.  All that remained was her Phone-a-Friend Lifeline, and the woman had hoped against hope that she would not have to use it, mainly because the only friend that she knew would be home happened to be a blonde.  But the contestant had no alternative.  She called her friend and gave her the question and the four choices. 
The blonde responded unhesitatingly: "That's easy.  The answer is C: The cuckoo." The contestant had to make a decision and make it fast.  She considered employing a reverse strategy and giving any answer except the one that her friend had given her.  And considering that her friend was a blonde, that would seem to be the logical thing to do.  On the other hand, the blonde had responded with such confidence, such certitude, that the contestant could not help but be persuaded. 
"I need an answer," said the host.
Crossing her fingers, the contestant said, "C: The cuckoo." 
"Is that your final answer?" asked the host. 
"Yes, that is my final answer." replied the contestant.
Thirty seconds later, Eddie said, "I regret to inform you, but that answer is...  absolutely correct.  You are now a millionaire!" Three days later, the contestant hosted a party for her family and friends -- including the blonde who had helped her win the million dollars.  "Jenny, I just do not know how to thank you," said the contestant.  "Because of your knowing the answer to that final question, I am now a millionaire.  And do you want to know something?  It was the assuredness with which you answered the question that convinced me to go with your choice.  By the way, how did you happen to know the right answer?" 
"Oh, come on," said the blonde.  "Everybody knows that cuckoos don't build nests.  They live in clocks." 

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