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WITandWISDOM(tm) - September 7, 2001 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: While touring America, The English author, G. K. Chesterton, was taken by several enthusiastic New Yorkers to see Times Square at night. Chesterton, after a moment's silent gazing at the millions of electric lights, turned to his friends and remarked, "How beautiful it would be for someone who could not read." Source: Bits & Pieces, November 12, 1992, Copyright (c) Economic Press, Inc., http://www.epinc.com ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: When You Don't Know What to Say Part 3 of 7 [Aug 17, 27, Sep 7, 17, 27, Oct 8, 18] Following questions and answers were collated from British GCSE exams (16 year olds)! Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes. A: Premature death. Q: How can you delay milk turning sour? A: Keep it in the cow. Q: How are the main parts of the body categorized? (e.g. abdomen.) A: The body is consisted into three parts - the brainium, the borax and the abdominal cavity. The branium contains the brain, the borax contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels, A, E, I, O and U. English Q: Use the word "judicious" in a sentence to show you understand its meaning. A: Hands that judicious can be soft as your face. Q: What does the word "benign" mean? A: Benign is what you will be after you be eight. Technology Q: What is a turbine? A: Something an Arab wears on his head. Source: Clean Hewmor, clean-hewmor-subscribe@welovegod.org ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: In the men's room at work, the Boss had placed a sign directly above the sink. It had a single word on it -- "Think!" The next day, when he went to the men's room, he looked at the sign, and right below, immediately above the soap dispenser, someone had carefully lettered another sign which read -- "Thorp!" Source: Kitty's Daily Mews, Copyright (c) 1997-2001 All rights reserved worldwide, http://www.katscratch.com/ ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: In the men's room at work, the Boss had placed a sign directly above the sink. It had a single word on it -- "Think!" The next day, when he went to the men's room, he looked at the sign, and right below, immediately above the soap dispenser, someone had carefully lettered another sign which read -- "Thorp!" Source: Kitty's Daily Mews, Copyright (c) 1997-2001 All rights reserved worldwide, http://www.katscratch.com/ |