Good Morning, Do! Today is Tuesday, Sept 12 Thank you, Rock!!! ___________________________________________________ Q I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. --- E. B. White (1899 - 1985) When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. --- Hunter S. Thompson (1939 - 2005) ____________________________________________________ Bonehead Award Toddlers kidnapped in Florida found safely abandoned in a park in Milwaukee, WI ___________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! ___________________________________________________ History on this day, Sept 12, in 1974, Emperor Haile Selassie was taken out of power by Ethiopia's military after ruling for 58 years. ___________________________________________________ My cousin, Marilyn, a semi-retired teacher, had agreed to fill in for a friend who had to take a few days off for a medical exam. The course was an introductory biology class and the topic for the week was mammals, So my cousin said she was preparing a Power Point slide show with images of various animals to illustrate the huge diversity of the group. Of course the obvious place for her to look for images was on the Internet, and she had great success with searches for "armadillo photos" and "whale photos" and "monkey photos." Then she says, she obviously made some sort of mistake when she did a search for "beaver photo." __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! ___________________________________________________ Thirteen percent of the women interviewed by "Playgirl Magazine" said, "I love you" to get a man to have sex with them. The rest of the women surveyed, said they say it to scare a man and get rid of him ! ___________________________________________________ Tammy and Anni were shopping. When they started to discuss their home lives, Tammy said, "Seems like all Alfred and I do anymore is fight. I've been so upset I've lost 20 pounds." "Why don't you just leave him then ?" asked her Anni. "Oh ! Not yet." Tammy replied, "I'd like to lose at least another ten to fifteen pounds first." __________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Sensitive soldiers News Item: Norwegian military leaders order drill officers to stop addressing recruits with "strong expressions" and "nasty words" after it became known the feelings of some of the recruits were hurt. I wonder if Beetle Bailey is behind all that. ___________________________________________________ An Amish man answered a knock on his door one morning. An electric company worker handed him a piece of paper stating that the electric company would like to run a power line through his pasture. The Amish man said, "No, you can not." "Legally, that paper says we can," replied the line worker. As he turned and left returning to his co-workers in the field, the Amish man went to his barn and let his bulls into the pasture. The ground shook and a cloud of dust rose as the big 2500 pound Black Angus bulls rumbled toward the workers in the field. The Amish man hollered to the linemen: "Don't worry, just show those bulls your paper!" _____________________________________________________ DearWebby's Tech Support Pits From: Karl Re: Crap Cleaner Thank You Webby!!! I just downloaded and ran Crap Cleaner. Wow! It cleaned up files I didn't know were in there. I got back 60 megs. On my little hard drive, that's a lot!!! Karl Dear Karl You will be surprised how much useless stuff accumulates on the hard drives even in just one day. The closer you are to the limit, the more reason to run CrapCleaner frequently. Have FUN! DearWebby ________________________________________________ Little Tommy is at the zoo on a school visit and he spots a deer. Being a city kid he's never seen one before and so he asks his teacher, "What's that, Miss?" Miss decides to play a word game with him and says, "That's what your Mom calls your Dad, Tommy." Tommy thinks for a moment and then says, "I'm not that stupid Miss, I know that is not a 'Dumb-Ass' !" ___________________________________________________ A young woman was having a physical examination and was very embarrassed because of a weight problem. As she removed her last bit of clothing, she blushed. "I'm so ashamed, Doctor," she said, "I guess I let myself go." The physician was checking hers eyes and ears. "Don't feel ashamed, Miss. You don't look that bad." "Do you really think so, Doctor?" she asked. The doctor held a tongue depressor in front of her face and said, "Of course. Now just open your mouth and say moo." ___________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! ___________________________________________________ "Dihydrogen Monoxide" A freshman at Eagle Rock Junior High won first prize at the Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair on April 16. He was attempting to show how conditioned we have become to the alarmists practicing junk science and spreading fear of everything in our environment. In his project he urged people to sign a petition demanding strict control or total elimination of the chemical "dihydrogen monoxide." And for plenty of good reasons, since it can: 1. cause excessive sweating and vomiting 2. it is a major component in acid rain 3. it can cause severe burns in its gaseous state 4. accidental inhalation can kill you 5. it contributes to erosion 6. it decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes 7. it has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients He asked 50 people if they supported a ban of the chemical. Forty-three said yes, six were undecided, and only one knew that the chemical was - Water! The title of his prize winning project was, "How Gullible Are We?" He feels the conclusion is obvious. _______________________________________________ A Bonehead award has been reported by Rock Adalyn Burkett and her boyfriend, Marquan Edwards In jail now Toddlers kidnapped in Florida found safely abandoned in a park in Milwaukee, WI A missing child alert was issued by police for DeKarsen Middleton, 2, and Delyla Middleton, 1, on June 25. According to police, Burkett and Edwards found out about the alert and dropped the children off at a public park in Milwaukee. A 2-year-old and a 1-year-old reported missing out of Florida have been found abandoned but unharmed in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin park. Since the cops had mug shots from precvious arrests, it did not take them long to arrest B7urkett and Edwards. Family members traveled nearly a thousand miles to come to get them. "Ready to see my babies," the children's grandmother Tina Leach said. The frantic family from Florida rushed in through a set of Wisconsin doors Monday afternoon, and came out holding their babies a little tighter after an agonizing weekend. "We've been on the road since 4 o'clock yesterday. We drove 17 hours to get here. We would have walked if we had to," Leach told WISN. Sunday evening, Milwaukee police said they found two children, Dekarsen and Delyla Middleton, abandoned at a park. It turns out they were the same siblings missing out of Florida's panhandle. "Took our babies from Florida and along with my daughter's truck," Leach said. RELATED: Missing kids found after weeks in Amazon survived like 'children of the jungle': Colombian president The Bay County, Florida Sheriff's Office identified two suspects as close family friend Adalyn Burkett and her boyfriend, Marquan Edwards. The sheriff's office said "the mother reported that Burkett was supposed to babysit her two children overnight. The mother also allowed Burkett to use her vehicle for the night with the agreement that Burkett would return the vehicle the morning of June 24th." But they never returned and were instead on their way to Milwaukee. "Her boyfriend had family members up here," Leach said. "And she was in foster care here before she turned 18," the children's aunt Aleia Leach said. Law enforcement said the two suspects are now in custody, as the two little ones are reunited with their family. "I'm excited! I'm happy! I'm ready to get them home to their momma," Tina Leach said. U.S. Marshals tracked down Burkett and Edwards at a home in Milwaukee. They face charges in Florida for allegedly taking the kids and car, and Milwaukee police are investigating them for allegedly abandoning the kids in the park. They said they'll be referring charges to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office. __________________________________________________ History Today Sept 12, in 1609, English explorer Henry Hudson sailed down what is now known as the Hudson River. 1814, During the War of 1812, the Battle of North Point was fought in Maryland. 1866, "The Black Crook" opened in New York City. It was the first American burlesque show. 1873, The first practical typewriter was sold to customers. 1878, Patent litigation involving the Bell Telephone Company against Western Union Telegraph Company and Elisha Gray began. The issues were over various telephone patents. 1914, The first battle of Marne ended when the allied forces stopped the German offensive in France. 1916, Adelina and August Van Buren finished the first successful transcontinental motorcycle tour to be attempted by two women. They started in New York City on July 5, 1916. 1918, During World War I, At the Battle of St. Mihiel, U.S. Army personnel operate tanks for the first time. The tanks were French-built. 1922, The Episcopal Church removed the word "Obey" from the bride's section of wedding vows. 1928, Katharine Hepburn made her stage debut in the play "The Czarina." Four years later she made her film debut in "A Bill of Divorcement." 1938, In a speech, Adolf Hitler demanded self-determination for the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia. 1940, The Lascaux paintings were discovered in France. The cave paintings were 17,000 years old and were some of the best examples of art from the Paleolithic period. 1943, During World War II, Benito Mussolini was taken by German paratroopers from the Italian government that was holding him. 1944, U.S. Army troops entered Germany, near Trier, for the first time during World War II. 1953, U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier. 1953, Nikita Krushchev was elected as the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. 1954, "Lassie" made its television debut on CBS. The last show aired on September 12, 1971. 1963, The last episode of "Leave it to Beaver" was aired. The show had debuted on October 4, 1957. 1966, "Family Affair" premiered on CBS television. 1974, Violence occurred on the opening day of classes in Boston, MA, due opposition to court-ordered school "busing." 1974, Emperor Haile Selassie was taken out of power by Ethiopia's military after ruling for 58 years. 1977, South African anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko died at the age of 30. The student leader died while in police custody which triggered an international outcry. 1983, Arnold Schwarzenegger became a U.S. citizen. He had emigrated from Austria 14 years earlier. 1991, The space shuttle Discovery took off on a mission to deploy an observatory that was to study the Earth's ozone layer. When they realized a dozen years later, that the ozone scare was a hox, the satellite was turned off. 1992, Police in Peru captured Shining Path founder Abimael Guzman. 1992, Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first African-American woman in space. She was the payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Endeavor. Also onboard were Mission Specialist N. Jan Davis and Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Mark C. Lee. They were the first married couple to fly together in space. And, Mamoru Mohri became the first Japanese person to fly into space. 2009, Steve Jobs announced that Apple's iTunes had 88% of the legal U.S. music download market. 2023, Do smiled.
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