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« on: January 14, 2010, 07:45:40 AM »
Given that Al Gore has no job, he decided to take a sightseeing vacation to Europe. While visiting Europe, he is invited to tea with the Queen. He asks her what her leadership philosophy is. She says that it is to surround herself with intelligent people. He asks how she knows if they're intelligent. "I do so by asking them the right questions," says the Queen. "Allow me to demonstrate."
She phones Toni Blair and says, "Mr. Prime Minister, please answer this question: Your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or sister. Who is it? Tony Blair responds, "It's me, ma'am."
"Correct. Thank you and goodbye, sir," says the Queen. She hangs up and says, "Did you get that, Mr. Gore?"
"Yes ma'am. Thanks a lot. I'll definitely be using that!"
Upon returning home, he decides he'd better put some of his old friends to the test. He calls Bill Clinton and says, "Hi, Bill, I wonder if you can answer a question for me."
"Why, of course, Al. What's on your mind?"
"Uhh, your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or sister. Who is it?" Clinton hems and haws and finally asks, "Can I think about it and get back to you?" Gore agrees and Clinton hangs up.
Clinton immediately calls members of his old staff, and they puzzle over the question for several hours, but nobody can come up with an answer.
Finally, in desperation, Clinton calls Colin Powell at the State Department and explains his problem. "Now look here, your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or sister. Who is it?" Powell answers immediately, "It's me, of course, you idiot."
Much relieved, Clinton rushes back to call Gore and exclaims. "I know the answer Al! I know who it is! It's Colin Powell!!
And Gore replies in disgust, "Wrong, it's Tony Blair
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« on: January 14, 2010, 07:42:11 AM »
If you send this message off to 20 people within the next 4 days, and each of them send it off to 20 other people within 4 days...
In 40 days, approximately 10 trillion of these messages will cross the Internet.
From day 40 to day 44, an additional 200 trillion of these messages will cross the Internet, at an average of 50 trillion messages per day.
From day 44 to 48, an additional 4,000 trillion of these messages will cross the Internet, at an average of 1,000 trillion messages a day, 41.7 trillion messages per hour, 694 billion messages per minute, or 11.6 billion messages per second.
Of course, the Internet will have ground to a complete halt way before then, and a good thing too, because by day 44 (assuming each man, woman and child in the world is tied to the Internet) you would have to respond to about 2 chain email letters per second, sending off 20 responses each second, giving you 5/100 of a second to send each message. If you drop the ball, you will break about 1,800,000 chain letters per day, bringing almost two million times the bad luck upon yourself than if you broke the first chain letter to begin with.
The logical conclusion? It is better to break the initial chain letter and receive one dose of bad luck than to continue the chain letter, and by day 44, receive 1,800,000 doses of bad luck.
I knew one poor fellow who ended up in such a circumstance. He ended up having 287,345 heart attacks, losing 5,137 wives, got fired from at least 100,000 jobs, and was run over by a truck. His Visa card was also revoked. Nobody liked him anymore. He finally ended up committing suicide 459 times, but he was so unlucky, he was never successful. Finally, he resigned to the idea of not dying, and was immediately hit by a meteorite and vaporized. But his cells went on to experience even more bad luck...
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« on: January 13, 2010, 09:16:51 PM »
A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him towards the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air. Socrates asked, 'What did you want the most when you were there?" The boy replied, "Air." Socrates said, "That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it." There is no other secret.
Moral of the Story
A burning desire is the starting point of all accomplishment. Just like a small fire cannot give much heat, a weak desire cannot produce great results. The motivation to succeed comes from the burning desire to achieve a purpose.
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« on: January 13, 2010, 08:55:48 PM »
PLZ GUYS IF YOU GOT A WEAK HEART DON'T WATCH THESE PICS. A kid while swimming was swallowed by a Croc. Villagers caught the Croc and recovered body of,now dead, kid
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« on: January 13, 2010, 08:20:07 PM »
SWALLOWS (This is truly amazing & very touching. Millions of people cried after watching this picture in
America and Europe and even in Asia . It is said that the
photographer sold these pictures for a nominal fee to the
most famous newspaper in France . All copies of that
newspaper were sold out on the day these pictures were published.
And many people think animals don't have a brain or feelings?????) Here his wife is injured and the condition is fatal.
She was hit by a car as she swooped low across the road.
Here he brought her food and attended to her with love and compassion.
He brought her food again but was shocked to find her dead.
He tried to move her....a rarely-seen effort for swallows!
Aware that his sweetheart is dead and will never come back to him again,
he cries with adoring love.
He stood beside her, saddened of her death. Finally aware that she would never return to him, he
stood beside her body with sadness and sorrow.
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« on: January 12, 2010, 10:39:30 PM »
May 10, 2009
Lullaby
Sleep the deep sleep, now at midnight,
drink the deepest drink.
Rest your brightly shining lights,
in night, the blackest ink.
Even as you drowse,
the glory of your white light,
echoes in the darkness,
awaiting your awakening,
to rekindle it's joy.
Dream the kindest dream tonight,
of fairies in their circle,
weaving a dance of flowers,
twisting their magic about.
The tiniest of chimes,
twinkle at your whim,
and crystal prisms reflect,
your presence by your light.
respond with dancing rainbows,
treat yourself to dream castles,
high in cotton candy clouds,
full of maidens fair, and nobles mighty,
a kingdom of kindness.
Sweet lute and lyric to lull
the dream to sleep,
on feather pillows.
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« on: January 12, 2010, 09:30:33 PM »
Grenade Oil Lamp These clever refillable hand grenade oil lamps are made from actual US army surplus grenades. When filled with oil, the candle burns for about 24 continuous hours. Grenade Soap
Cool soap cast from an actual demilled WWII steel hand grenade
Grenade Jewelry Case
The “Estuche” is the work of Cuban artists Los Carpinteros.
Creative computer mouse mod – a hand grenade, don’t pull the pin Grenade Perfume Blast! perfume by Mauro Perucchetti Grenade Joystick This Terminator grenade joystick was released for the Atari computer game system back in the 1980s Grenade USB Flash Drive Hand grenade flash drive comes in white, black, orange and blue Grenade Computer Mouse Creative computer mouse mod – a hand grenade, don’t pull the pin Grenade Lamp Scare your guests by having this grenade shaped lamp in your house. Grenade MP3 Player
Grenade Energy Drink Bomba – hand grenade inspired 250ml energy drink with a pull tab.
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« on: January 12, 2010, 08:58:49 PM »
PLEASE WAIT TILL PICTURES ARE FULLY LOADED & BECOME FUNCTIONALSumo Wrestlers Meeting at Gate Budhist Ornament Dealer Geisha washing their hands in the garden Chujenji Road, Nikko Geisha playing music Firewood Dealers Great Budha of Kamakura Torii gates of Inari Shrine, Kyoto Geisha girls with flowers and cat Clam diggers having lunch Geisha in a tearoom Kitano temple, Kyoto Geisha drinking beer in the park Budhist priests in full dress
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« on: January 12, 2010, 07:48:00 PM »
Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland Frederiksborg castle, Denmark Gripsholm Castle, Sweden Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic Malbork Castle, Poland Melk Abbey, Austria
Moritzburg, Germany Muiderslot, Netherlands Castle of Oberhofen, Switzerland Rothenburg, Germany Le Mont-Saint-Michel, France Warwick Castle, England The Monastery of Tatev, Armenia Trakai Island Castle, Lithuania
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« on: January 12, 2010, 10:32:26 AM »
Gazelle Boy [/color] In 1960, Basque anthropologist Jean-Claude Auger received a tip from nomads in the Sahara that a child was running free in the desert. He went to investigate, and sure enough, he spotted a boy galloping with the gazelles. Auger watched as the kid sniffed and licked to communicate and ate roots, lizards, and worms just like the rest of the herd. Auger returned two years later with a Spanish army captain to capture the child. But when they tried to chase him down, he outran their Jeep. In 1966, Auger made one last attempt to nab the child with a helicopter and a net, but even an aerial attack was no match for Gazelle Boy. John of the Monkeys [/color] In 1988, a 4-year-old boy named John Ssebunya watched his father shoot and kill his mother. Fearing for his life, John ran into the Ugandan forest and joined a pack of green vervet monkeys, one of the few mammals that accepts other species into their fold. When John was found more than a year later, he had thick hair covering his body, he walked on his knees and knuckles, and he couldn't tolerate cooked food. But after a Christian orphanage in the town of Masaka adopted him, he slowly acquired more human traits. Now age 24, John has learned to speak and walk upright. He even sings and plays guitar. And in 1999, he traveled to Europe with the famed Pearl of Africa children's choir. Doggy Day Care [/color] In 1996, 4-year-old Ivan Mishukov ran away from his abusive parents to become one of the 2 million homeless children living on the streets in Russia. After begging for food and rifling through garbage bins for leftovers, he'd share his scraps with a pack of stray dogs. In turn, the dogs offered Ivan protection and warmth on Moscow's bitterly cold nights and made him their leader. Two years later, police captured the boy by luring him into the back of a restaurant kitchen. Snarling and biting, he was taken ito a children's home, where he quickly began to adjust to the human world and started school. Now, Ivan lives a fairly normal life, although he still dreams of dogs. The Feral Poster Child of the Enlightenment [/color] When 12-year-old Victor emerged from the woods of Aveyron in France, he couldn't speak, ate raw meat, and had scars all over his body. It was 1799, the height of the Enlightenment, and Victor soon found himself at the center of a philosophical debate surrounding the nature of man. Is man born good, only to be corrupted by society? Or is he born selfish and cruel, in need of society? A doctor named Jean Itard devoted himself to Victor, believing that if he could teach the boy to speak and show compassion, it would prove that education can temper the beast in all of us. Unfortunately for Itard, Victor never made much progress. Crying Wolf: Feral Children Who Faked It [/color] In 1997, a woman named Monique "Misha" Defonesca published her memoirs about surviving the Holocaust. According to the book, the Nazis killed her parents in Brussels when she was just 7 years old. Completely alone, Misha set out on foot to cross war-torn Europe. She eventually ended up in Ukraine, thanks to a pair of trusty wolves who traveled with her for months, possibly years. The story would have been an amazing tale of survival had it not been totally fabricated. A Belgian newspaper investigated the details and discovered that Misha's real name was Monique De Waal. Although her parents did die in the war, she was actually raised by her grandfather. Misha later came clean and explained to the Belgian press that the story was her "reality" and her "way of surviving."
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« on: January 11, 2010, 09:45:21 PM »
February must be a good month for crime. In February 2006, three years after the Antwerp diamond heist, a Securitas money depot in England was robbed by a band of thieves who coordinated simultaneous kidnappings. They made off with a jaw-dropping $92.5 Million (US) in cash - most of it unmarked. Today, it's considered the largest cash robbery in British history. (Photo: PA, via Telegraph)  By sonnenkinder at 2010-01-11 HOW THEY DID IT: Picture this: You're driving along a road in Stockbury, England, when the whirring sirens of an unmarked police car startle you from your evening commute. You roll down your window and chipper police officer tells you he needs to speak with you - in his vehicle. Oops, you've just been kidnapped. That's how Colin Dixon was unwittingly reeled into one of the biggest heists of the century. The crooks handcuffed Dixon - a manager at the Securitas cash collection and money transport company - and told him his family would be killed if he didn't comply. Meanwhile, fellow gang members abducted Dixon's wife and son, posing once again as police offices with a fake story about “an accident involving your husband”. The manager led the thieves to the Securitas depot in Tonbridge, where the criminals- wielding guns and cloaked in knit caps - accosted another 14 employees and made off with a giant trick full of loot. While the event was certainly traumatic for all the victims, fortunately, no one was injured. HOW THEY GOT CAUGHT: Good old-fashioned police work. Apparently, it takes a lot of accomplices to stage multiple kidnappings. In total, investigators have arrested about 30 people in connection with the crime, including drivers, face police, a car dealer, a salesman, a roofer, and a hairdresser named Kim Shackleton. Guess where she's headed?
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« on: January 11, 2010, 08:08:31 PM »
Excerpted from an article which appeared in the Dublin Times about a bank robbery on March 2, 2009
Once inside the bank shortly after midnight, their efforts at disabling the security system got underway immediately. The robbers, who expected to find one or two large safes filled with cash & valuables, were to see hundreds of smaller safes throughout the bank. The robbers cracked the first safe's combination, and inside they found only a small bowl of vanilla pudding. As recorded on the bank's audio tape system, one robber said, "At least we'll have a bit to eat."
The robbers opened up a second safe, and it also contained nothing but vanilla pudding. The process continued until all safes were opened.
They did not find one pound sterling, a diamond, or an ounce of gold. Instead, all the safes contained covered bowls of pudding. Disappointed, the robbers made a quiet exit, each leaving with nothing more than a queasy, uncomfortably full stomach.
The newspaper headline read:
IRELAND'S LARGEST SPERM BANK ROBBED EARLY THIS MORNING
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« on: January 11, 2010, 08:02:32 PM »
One of Microsoft's finest tech's was drafted and sent to boot camp. At the rifle range, he was given some instruction, a rifle, and bullets. He fired several shots at the target. The report came from the target area that all attempts had completely missed the target.
The Microsoft tech looked at his rifle and then at the target again. He looked at the rifle again, and then at the target again. He put his finger over the end of the rifle barrel and squeezed the trigger with his other hand. The end of his finger was blown off, whereupon he yelled toward the target area: "It's leaving here just fine. The trouble must be at your end!"
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« on: January 11, 2010, 05:50:27 PM »
This is a detailed illustration explaining how does a woman's brain work  By sonnenkinder at 2010-01-11
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« on: January 10, 2010, 10:00:52 PM »
My Mother Taught me LOGIC..."If you fall off that swing and break your neck, you can't go to the store with me"
My Mother taught me MEDICINE..."If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they're going to freeze that way."
My Mother taught me about the WISDOM OF AGE..."When you get to be my age, you will understand."
My Mother taught me to THINK AHEAD..."If you don't pass your spelling test, you'll never get a good job!"
My Mother taught me ESP..."Put your sweater on; don't you think that I know when you're cold?"
My Mother taught me TO MEET A CHALLENGE..."What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you...Don't talk back to me!"
My Mother taught me HUMOR..."When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."
My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT..."If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."
My Mother taught me about GENETICS..."You are just like your father?"
My Mother taught me about my ROOTS..."Do you think you were born in a barn?"
My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION..."Just wait until your father gets home."
My Mother taught me about RECEIVING..."You are going to get it when we get home."
And the all time favorite thing---JUSTICE "One day you will have kids, and I hope they turn out just like YOU..then you'll see what it's like!"
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« on: January 10, 2010, 09:22:43 PM »
One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people can be. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad." "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Oh Yeah" said the son. "So what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.
The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.
We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."
With this the boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, "Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are."
Too many times we forget what we have and concentrate on what we don't have. What is one person's worthless object is another's prize possession. It is all based on one's perspective. Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for all the bounty we have, instead of worrying about wanting more. Take joy in all you have, especially your friends.
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« on: January 10, 2010, 09:04:21 PM »
 The Monkey Test! 1. Say MONKEY before each word: Monkeys About Talking Idiot Stupid This Got I Long How Look 2. Say MONKEY after each word: Monkeys About Talking Idiot Stupid This Got I Long How Look 3. Say MONKEY before and after each word: Monkeys About Talking Idiot Stupid This Got I Long How Look 4. Stat at the bottom and read the words upwards. Monkeys About Talking Idiot Stupid This Got I Long How Look :hehe:
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« on: January 10, 2010, 08:23:38 PM »
Read the sentence below: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE- SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF- IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS. Now count the F's in that sentence. Count them only once. Now when you are done... scroll down for the answer! ANSWER: There are six F's in the sentence. A person of average intelligence finds three of them. If you spotted four, you're above average. If you got five, you can turn your nose at most anybody. If you caught six, you are a genius. There is no catch. Many people forget the "OF"'s. The human brain tends to see them as V's and not F's.
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« on: January 10, 2010, 08:03:10 PM »
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.
Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.
Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.
Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.
They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
What kind of men were they?
Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists.
Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well-educated.
But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.
Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr, noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart.
Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.
Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution.
These were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."
They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot about what happened in the Revolutionary War.
We didn't fight just the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government!
Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn't.
So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid.
Remember: freedom is never free!
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« on: January 10, 2010, 07:48:28 PM »
A new medical study has finally revealed the truth after all those conflicting studies through the years...
The Japanese eat very little fat, and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The French eat a lot of fat, and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The Japanese drink very little red wine, and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The Italians drink large amounts of red wine, and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The Germans drink a lot of beer, and eat lots of sausages and fatty foods, and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
CONCLUSION:
Eat and drink whatever the hell you like...
Speaking English is what kills you!
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