Quips

Sign seen in a bar: "Those drinking to forget, please pay in advance."

Filed Under: Signs

Sign seen at a Hair Salon: We curl up and dye for you.

Filed Under: Signs

Our next song is: "Angels We Have Heard Get High."

Filed Under: Church Notices

Good Question

• Why does an inspiring sight like a sunrise always have to take place at such an inconvenient time?

• How long will a floating point operation float?

• If buttered toast always lands buttered side down and a cat always lands on its feet, what would happen if you tied a piece of buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped them both?

World Firsts

• John Ames Sherman of Massachusetts, United States, patents the 1st envelope folding and gumming machine.
  

  Tuesday February 8, 1898

Filed Under: → Business & Industry

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• The 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off piloted by Bert Hinkler.
  

  Tuesday February 7, 1928

Filed Under: → Travel Section

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• Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minnesota became the 1st United States Ski Club.
  

  Tuesday February 8, 1887

Filed Under: → Sports

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Events

• The man known as the 'Crocodile Hunter' died after his chest was punctured by a stingray barb while diving off Australia's northeast coast. The 44 year-old colourful personality was filming a documentary about the Great Barrier Reef when tragedy struck.
  
  According to friend and colleague, John Stainton, Steve Irwin swam too close to the ray while he was diving off his boat "Croc One" near Batt Reef, northeast of Port Douglas.
  

  Monday September 4, 2006

Filed Under: → Deaths

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• Relatives of a 91-year-old Ohio woman who died this week are giving her the last word with a sassy, occasionally profane obituary that starts with the basics, "I was born. I lived. I died.", and instructs people to "Wait the appropriate amount of time" before trying to claim her stuff.
  
  They wrote it in Jean Oddi's perspective, recapping the people important to her, adventures she had and her favorite activities, including playing cards and teaching her granddaughter "dirty songs".
  

  Thursday February 23, 2017

Filed Under: → Deaths

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• A father and son in Alabama were killed when they crashed into each other in a head-on collision. Jeffrey Morris Brasher and his son Austin Blaine Brasher of Bankston, Alabama, died early Saturday morning.
  
  Jeffrey Brasher was driving a 2006 Ford pickup and his son was driving a 2004 Chevrolet truck when they collided on a highway head-on, said Alabama State Trooper Jonathon Appling.
  

  Saturday February 18, 2017

Filed Under: → Deaths

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New Used News

• 25,000 Workers Died Building The Panama Canal

  Filed Under: Did you Know → Did you Know

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• The Most Expensive Domain Name

  Filed Under: Did you Know → Did you Know

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• Microsoft Windows 98

  Filed Under: Did you Know → Did you Know

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• Backward Flowing River

  Filed Under: Did you Know → Did you Know

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