What Goes Around…
One day a man saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was still sputtering when he approached her. Even with the smile on […]
The Amish and the Elevator
An Amish boy and his father were in a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again. The boy asked, ‘What is this Father?’ The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, ‘Son, I have never seen […]
Fun Pictures
Sometimes you just have to be in the right place at the right time (with the right camera).
When America Was (Also) a Free Country…
Bayer’s Heroin A bottle of Bayer’s heroin. Between 1890 and 1910 heroin was sold as a non-addictive substitute for morphine. It was also used to treat children with strong cough. Coca Wine, anyone? Metcalf Coca Wine was one of a huge variety of wines with cocaine on the market. Everybody used to say that it […]
Thought for the Day
Ninety percent of politicians give the other 10 percent a bad reputation. Henry Kissinger
A Poem that Gives You Goosebumps
A drunk man in an Oldsmobile They said had run the light That caused the six-car pileup On 109 that night. When broken bodies lay about And blood was everywhere, ‘The sirens screamed out eulogies, For death was in the air. A mother, trapped inside her car, Was heard above the noise; Her plaintive plea […]
Nooit Opgeven!!
Dit is een verhaal over een hond die op Kerstavond in 2002 geboren is. Hij is geboren met 3 benen – 2 gezonde achterste benen en 1 abnormaal voorbeen dat moest worden geamputeerd. Hij kon niet lopen bij de geboorte. Zelfs zijn moeder wilde hem niet. Hij werd verworpen en werd geminacht. Zijn eerste eigenaar […]
Remember This Time and Date
A little trivia… At five minutes and six seconds after 4 AM on the 8th of July this year, the time and date will be…….. 04:05:06 07/08/09 This will not happen again for a thousand years. You’re welcome for this (apparently useless) information!
