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  • I’d Kill For A Nobel Peace Prize

    Samhain                                                                          Thanksgiving Moon

    I’ve seen some of these before. But many, not.

    The Quotes of Steven Wright:
    1 – I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.
    2 – Borrow money from pessimists — they don’t expect it back.
    3 – Half the people you know are below average.
    4 – 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
    5 – 82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
    6 – A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
    7 – A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
    8 – If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain.
    9 – All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand.
    10 – The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
    11 – I almost had a psychic girlfriend, ….. But she left me before we met.
    12 – OK, so what’s the speed of dark?
    13 – How do you tell when you’re out of invisible ink?
    14 – If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
    15 – Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
    16 – When everything is coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
    17 – Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.
    18 – Hard work pays off in the future; laziness pays off now.
    19 – I intend to live forever … So far, so good.
    20 – If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
    21 – Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.
    22 – What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
    23 – My mechanic told me, “I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.”
    24 – Why do psychics have to ask you for your name
    25 – If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
    26 – A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
    27 – Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.
    28 – The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.
    29 – To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
    30 – The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.
    31 – The sooner you fall behind, the more time you’ll have to catch up.
    32 – The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it.
    33 – Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don’t have film.
    34 – If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.
    35 – If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?


  • Peeved

    Samhain                                                                              New Thanksgiving Moon

    Docent friend Tom Byfield passed this along. Since I know many of you who read this share his affection for John Cleese and the Monty Python gang, I thought I’d post it.

    Thanks, Tom.

    ALERTS TO THREATS IN 2015 EUROPE
    From JOHN CLEESE

    The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Syria and have therefore raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” The English have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorised from “Tiresome” to “A Bloody Nuisance.” The last time the British issued a “Bloody Nuisance” warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.

    The Scots have raised their threat level from “Pissed Off” to “Let’s get the Bastards.” They don’t have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years.

    The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from “Run” to “Hide.” The only two higher levels in France are “Collaborate” and “Surrender.” The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France ‘s white flag factory, effectively paralysing the country’s military capability.

    Italy has increased the alert level from “Shout Loudly and Excitedly” to “Elaborate Military Posturing.” Two more levels remain: “Ineffective Combat Operations” and “Change Sides.”

    The Germans have increased their alert state from “Disdainful Arrogance” to “Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs.” They also have two higher levels: “Invade a Neighbour” and “Lose.”

    Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual; the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels ..

    The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.

    Australia, meanwhile, has raised its security level from “No worries” to “She’ll be right, Mate.” Two more escalation levels remain: “Crikey! I think we’ll need to cancel the barbie this weekend!” and “The barbie is cancelled.” So far no situation has ever warranted use of the last final escalation level.

    Regards,
    John Cleese ,
    British writer, actor and tall person

    And as a final thought – Greece is collapsing, the Iranians are getting aggressive, and Rome is in disarray. Welcome back to 430 BC.

    Life is too short…

     


  • On A Lighter Note

    Lughnasa                                                    Elk Rut Moon

    Corpus Christi couple were treated for minor injuries at the Doctors Center on Saratoga after their Smart Car hit a squirrel on Chapman Ranch Road. (Note. I think this is a Texas myth of what happens if you go small. But, you never know.)

     


  • Asking the Big Questions

    Lughnasa                                                                          Labor Day Moon

     

    So why did the chicken cross the road?

    SARAH PALIN: The chicken crossed the road because, gosh-darn it, he’s a maverick!

    BARACK OBAMA: Let me be perfectly clear, if the chickens like their eggs they can keep their eggs. No chicken will be required to cross the road to surrender her eggs. Period.

    JOHN McCAIN: My friends, the chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

    HILLARY CLINTON: What difference at this point does it make why the chicken crossed the road?

    GEORGE W. BUSH: We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or against us. There is no middle ground here.

    DICK CHENEY: Where’s my gun?

    BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken.

    AL GORE: I invented the chicken.

    JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken’s intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

    AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white?

    DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he is acting by not taking on his current problems before adding any new problems.

    OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross the road so badly. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

    ANDERSON COOPER: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

    NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he’s guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

    PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

    MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way the chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer’s Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

    DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I’ve not been told.

    ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.

    GRANDPA: In my day we didn’t ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough for us.

    BARBARA WALTERS: Isn’t that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heartwarming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.

    ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

    BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2014, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2014. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.

    ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

    COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?


  • Ban Torture Reports

    Samain                                                                            Moving Moon

    Found this on facebook. It’s from this article in the New Yorker.

     

    WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Former Vice-President Dick Cheney on Tuesday called upon the nations of the world to “once and for all ban the despicable and heinous practice of publishing torture reports.”

    “Like many Americans, I was shocked and disgusted by the Senate Intelligence Committee’s publication of a torture report today,” Cheney said in a prepared statement. “The transparency and honesty found in this report represent a gross violation of our nation’s values.”


  • Thoughtfulness

    Samain                                                                              Moving Moon

    A little top of the right curve on the U humor from the Onion:

    Elderly Woman Begins Freezing Meals Husband Can Eat While She’s Passed Away


  • For the Doctor in the House

    Samain                                                                            Closing Moon

    I checked these with Snopes which says most of them seem likely though it’s impossible to verify. A few seem unlikely. But, they’re all funny. My personal favorite? #8

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