Warning (golden oldie)

As safety experts and concerned citizens, we applaud the recent trend towards legislation that requires the prominent placing of warnings on products that present hazards to the general public. Yet we must also offer the cautionary thought that such warnings, however well- intentioned, merely scratch the surface of what is really necessary in this important area.

One Product Warning as written by a Quantam Physicist:

WARNING:

This Product Attracts Every Other Piece of Matter in the Universe, Including the Products of Other Manufacturers, with a Force Proportional to the Product of the Masses and Inversely Proportional to the Square of the Distance Between Them.

- Owen K. Loring _Groaners_ Noted as Stolen.http://www.theattic.us (cobweb)

[The real hoot hear is that the goober who sent this out posts from a university lampooned for the (alleged) intellectual limitations of the student body. Yet a joke based on gravitation is said to be from a "Quantam Physicist". Perchance the joke is that quantum is misspelled.

Merry Christmas - a bit late but worth it

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point, counterpoint

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I agree w/most of what JW says. And I think Newt is a great communicator and idea organizer. However I think the Democrats and the Republicans both face the challenge. The former unified for long enough to win an election. But if you poll the officeholders who won election, I don't think there would be a good consistent definition of what a Democrat is, other than a brand that is currently preferred. Conversely I don't think there would be a good consistent definition of what a Republican is, other than a brand that is currently not preferred. Ditto for liberal and conservative.

I have been a Republican for 47 years. It appears to me that the party is at the moment not focused because it is so divided by people who are so passionate for one tree that they ignore the forest. It has not so much lost its way as it forgot it must always be vigilant to check that it is still on any path much less the right path (pun intended).

for the Kat

Windsor Castle, outside of London, is directly in the flight path of Heathrow International Airport. While a group of tourists was standing outside the castle admiring the elegant structure, a plane flew overhead at a relatively low altitude, making a tremendous noise. One particularly annoyed tourist whined, "Why did they build the castle so close to the airport?"

on sacramentals

One Sunday a priest announced he was passing out miniature crosses made of palm leaves. "Put this cross in the room where your family argues most," he advised. "When you look at it, the cross will remind you that God is watching." When the parishioners were leaving church, a woman walked up to the priest, shook his hand, and said, "I'll take five." - Paula Sanning q.gcfl

on weddings

A bride-to-be called to make a change to her wedding registry. It is common, almost expected, that a bride will change something on her registry at least once (dish pattern, color of towels, etc.). The Customer Service Representative told her that J.C. Penney would be happy to make the change. She asked if the bride wanted to change the dishes or the linens. The bride said, "No, keep all that." She just wanted to change the name of the groom. - _JCPeople_ the company newsletter of J.C. Penney Inc 2001Apr V.3 N.4) q.Thomas Ellsworth q.gcfl

spam and other strange art

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