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Lost Springs

LINK quote [Lost Springs is a town in Converse County, Wyoming, United States. As of the 2000 census, one person lived there. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town is one of only four places in the United States to have a population of 1 person. The others are Hibberts [...]

The Game

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The alternative ending to Forrest Gump

Great moments in Physics….(from the archives)

The following concerns a question in a physics degree exam at the University of Copenhagen.
“Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer.”
One student replied:
“You tie a long piece of string to the neck of the barometer, then lower the barometer from the roof of the skyscraper to the [...]

From the archives

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that [...]

Sgt Michael Willets was awarded the George Cross for his bravery…….( from the archives)

Sgt Michael Willets was awarded the George Cross for his bravery . The song by Harvey Andrews tells the story ,Harvey Andrews one of my favourite singers from the seventies..

A riddle

Highlight the space between the asterisks & the Riddle Answer will appear…
When is a child not its father’s son?
* When it’s his daughter *

A riddle

What did Mary have when she went out for dinner?
* Everybody knows that Mary had a little lamb *

‘Disruptive’ Jesus Christ removed from jury

An American woman who changed her name to Jesus Christ has been thrown off a jury because of her ‘disruptive’ behaviour.
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Good Jesus: Ms. Christ’s namesake
Jesus Christ of Birmingham, Alabama (formerly Dorothy Lola Killingworth) was asked to leave by court officials after she reported to Judge Clyde Jones’s courtroom for a criminal [...]

The beatles never broke up

The Beatles
“Everyday Chemistry”
On Sept. 9, 2009 I experienced something that I still am having trouble believing happened to me.
I came into the possession of a cassette tape containing a Beatles album that was never released.
I dont expect you to believe what happened to me, I sure wouldn’t, but thats why I grabbed the tape as [...]

Fleet-footed aliens spotted at crop circle

UFO experts investigate after three aliens sighted in Wiltshire

A Wiltshire crop circle

UFO experts are investigating the sighting of three aliens who were spotted near a freshly made crop circle.
An off-duty police officer, who has not been named, was driving when he made the bizarre discovery near Avebury in Wiltshire.

He got out [...]

$2 bill.

The following is allegedly a true story. It amused the hell out of me while i was reading it. I hope it isn’t one of those “had to be there” things.
Sorry it’s a bit long.
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On my way home from the second job I’ve taken for the extra holiday ca$h I
need, I stopped at Taco Bell [...]

A good story

The Rabbit and the Barman

A rabbit walks into a pub and says to the barman, “Can I have a pint of beer, and a Ham and Cheese Toastie?” The barman is amazed, but gives the rabbit a pint of beer and a ham and cheese toastie. The rabbit drinks the beer and eats the toastie. He then leaves.
The following [...]

Advantages of Mothers Milk

[Students in an advanced biology class were taking a mid term. The last question, worth 70 points or none at all was: Name seven advantages of mothers milk. The student in question had also partied the night before, and was hard put to think of 7 advantages. He wrote…]

1. It is a perfect formula for [...]

At the Airport

While taxiing at London’s Gatwick Airport, the crew of a US Air flight
departing for Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with
a United 727.An irate female ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew,
screaming: “US Air 2771, where the hell are you going? I told you to turn
right onto Charlie [...]

Wrong number

Leola Starling of Ribrock, Tenn., had a serious telephone problem. But unlike most people she did something about it.
The brand-new $10 million Ribrock Plaza Motel opened nearby and had acquired almost the same telephone number as Leola.
From the moment the motel opened, Leola was besieged by calls not for her. Since she had the same [...]

Middle East Airlines

 This new Airbus 340-600, the largest passenger airplane ever built,
sits just outside it’s hangar in Toulouse, France,
without a single hour of airtime on the clock…
 
 
 
Enter the Arab flight crew of Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies
(ADAT) to conduct pre-delivery tests on the ground, such as
engine run-ups prior to delivery to Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi.
The ADAT crew [...]

Ten Very Funny Tales of Weird People: You Couldn’t Make It Up!

Police in Wichita, Kansas, arrested a 22-year-old man at an airport hotel after he tried to pass two [counterfeit] $16 bills.
A man in Johannesburg, South Africa, shot his 49-year-old friend in the face, seriously wounding him, while the two practiced shooting beer cans off each other’s head.
A company trying to continue its five-year perfect safety [...]

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