Good Morning, Do! Today is Saturday, Nov 4 __________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ History: Today, Nov 4, in 1979, Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 63 Americans hostage (90 total hostages). The militants, mostly students, demanded that the U.S. send the former shah back to Iran to stand trial. Many hostages were later released, but 52 were held for the next 14 months, until Reagan became presient. __________________________________________________ Q Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain. --- Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805) Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love. --- Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000) ___________________________________________________ If You Can Spare A Coin, Please Hit Paypal With It! ___________________________________________________ BONEHEAD AWARD Arizona bonehead arrested for making terrorist threats _______________________________________________________ The summer band class was just getting under way when a large insect flew into the room. The sixth-graders, eager to play their shiny new instruments, tried to ignore the buzzing intruder, but eventually one student could stand it no more. He rolled up his music book and swatted the insect, then he stomped on it to ensure its fate. "Is it a bee?" another student asked. "Nope," he replied. "It's a bee flat." ___________________________________________________ "Hey, Mom," asked Little Johnny "can you give me twenty dollars?" "Certainly not." "If you do," he went on, "I'll tell you what dad said to the maid when you were at the beauty shop." His mother's ears perked up and, grabbing her purse, she handed over the money. "Well? What did he say?" "He said, 'Hey, Marie, make sure you remind me on Saturday, that it is mom's birthday.' ___________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ If You Can Spare A Coin, Please Hit Paypal With It! ___________________________________________________ Ode To Spell Checker ----------------------- Eye halve a spelling checker It came with my pea sea It plainly marks four my revue Miss steaks eye kin knot sea. Eye strike a key and type a word and weight four it two say Weather eye am wrong oar write It shows me strait a weigh. As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore two long And eye can put the error rite Its rare lea ever wrong. Eye have run this poem threw it I am shore your pleased two no Its letter perfect awl the weigh My checker tolled me sew. ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ A couple of young boys were fishing at their special pond off the beaten track. All of a sudden, the Game Warden jumped out of the bushes. Immediately, one of the boys threw his rod down and started running through the woods. The Game Warden was hot on his heels. After about a half mile, the young man stopped and stooped over with his hands on his thighs to catch his breath, so the Game Warden finally caught up to him. "Let's see yer fishin' license, Boy!" the Warden gasped. With that, the boy pulled out his wallet and gave the Game Warden a valid fishing license. "Well, son," said the Game Warden, "you must be about as dumb as a box of rocks! You don't have to run from me if you have a valid license!" "Yes, sir," replied the kid, "but my friend back there, he doesnt have one." ___________________________________________________ DearWebby's Tech Support Pits From: Jana Re: Email Aliases Dear Webby, I need half a dozen different email addresses, all funneling to my main address. Can that be done? Jana Dear Jana Yes, sure. No problem at all if you have your own domain name. Domain names are still very affordable, most are $12 - $30 per year, depending on what you want after the dot. I recommend .com, because most people still type in .com on absentminded auto-pilot, and get annoyed when the browser goes to your competitor, who has snagged the .com. Some people insist on getting a .ca or .us, even though those are more expensive. Whatever domain name you select, you can use for your emails. Then you can have, for example [email protected], and alias or funnel [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], and so on, to the main address. That way you only have to check one address, and can sort the mail into different folders, if you want. The cost is negligible, and if you run any kind of business or social venture, you need a domain anyway. Unlike FaceBook, with your own domain nobody can block you. Have FUN! DearWebby _______________________________________________________ Dr. Seuss' lost tongue twister See if you can do this: Read each line aloud This is this cat This is is cat This is how cat This is to cat This is keep cat This is a cat This is dumbass cat This is busy cat This is for cat This is forty cat This is seconds cat Now go back and read the THIRD word in each line from the top Betcha you can't resist passing it on. _________________________________________________ Short skirts have a tendency to make men polite. Have you ever seen a man get on a bus ahead of one? ___________________________________________________ If You Can Spare A Coin, Please Hit Paypal With It! ___________________________________________________ Anni's car was in for service so her son picked Anni up from work one evening, and she seemed a bit irritated. Anni complained that the day hadn't gone well, and on top of everything else, a young customer had addressed her as "Ma'am." "I'm not that old! !!" Anni insisted. " I deserve more respect." Anni continued to vent the whole way home while hitting the scan button on the radio. Finally her son asked, " Mom what are you looking for?" Anni replied, "The oldies station." ____________________________________________ A Bonehead Award Has Been Reported By Rock Amir Safavi Farokhi, 28, Tucson, Arizona, USA Arizona man arrested for making terrorist threats Deputies in Pima County, along with Federal agents, have arrested a Tucson man for allegedly making terror threats against a hospital. In a statement released on Oct. 31, officials with the Pima County Sheriff's Department identified the suspect as 28-year- old Amir Safavi Farokhi. Farokhi was accused of calling the Northwest Hospital in Tucson on Oct. 22 and 23. Officials said during the calls, Farokhi made "several statements indicating he was on his way to the hospital and would shoot patients and staff members." The calls, officials said, caused the hospital to initiate security lockdown procedures. Following an investigation, officials allege that Farokhi also made several calls to Indiana. In those calls, officials allege that Farokhi "indicated the placement of pipe bombs on school buses, and stated he would shoot responding officers." In their statement, officials with the PCSD termed Farokhi's arrest a "terrorist threat arrest." _________________________________________________ History On November 4, in 1842, Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, IL. 1846, A patent for an artificial leg was granted to Benjamin Palmer. 1847, Scottish obstetrician James Young Simpson discovered the anethestic qualities of chloroform. 1880, James and John Ritty patented the first cash register. 1922, In Egypt, Howard Carter discovered the entry of the lost tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamen. 1924, Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming was elected America's first woman governor so she could serve out the remaining term of her late husband, William B. Ross. 1939, During World War II, the U.S. modified its neutrality stance with the Neutrality Act of 1939. The new policy allowed cash-and-carry purchases of arms by belligerents. 1939, At the 40th National Automobile Show the first air- conditioned car was put on display. 1942, During World War II, Axis forces retreated from El Alamein in North Africa. It was a major victory for the British. 1952, In the United States, the National Security Agency (NSA) was established. 1956, Soviet forces enter Hungary in order to suppress the uprising that had begun on October 23, 1956. 1965, Lee Ann Roberts Breedlove became the first woman to exceed 300 mph when she went 308.5 mph. 1970, Former King Peter II of Yugoslavia died in Denver, CO. He was the first European king or queen to die and to be buried in the U.S. 1979, Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 63 Americans hostage (90 total hostages). The militants, mostly students, demanded that the U.S. send the former shah back to Iran to stand trial. Many hostages were later released, but 52 were held for the next 14 months, until Reagan became presient. 1981, The second scheduled flight of the space shuttle Columbia was canceled with only 31 seconds left in the countdown. 1984, Nicaragua held its first free elections in 56 years. 1985, Soviet defector Vitaly Yurchenko announced he was returning to the Soviet Union. He charged that he had been kidnapped by the CIA. 1989, About a million East Germans filled the streets of East Berlin in a pro-democracy rally. 1990, Iraq issued a statement saying it was prepared to fight a "dangerous war" rather than give up Kuwait. 1991, Ronald Reagan opened his presidential library in Simi Valley, CA. The dedication ceremony was attended by President Bush and former U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford and Richard M. Nixon. It was the 1st gathering of 5 U.S. chief executives. 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 73 years old, was assassinated by right-wing Israeli Yigal Amir after attending a peace rally. 1999, The United Nations imposed economic sanctions against the Taliban that controlled most of Afghanistan. The sanctions were imposed because the Taliban had refused to turn over Osama bin Laden, who had been charged with masterminding the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. 2001, The movie "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" had its world premiere in London. 2001, Hurrican Michelle hit Cuba destroying crops and thousands of homes. The United States made the gesture of sending humanitarian aid. On December 16, 2001, Cuba received the first commercial food shipment from the U.S. in nearly 40 years. 2010, Microsoft's Kinect was launched worldwide. 2023, Do! Smiled. Have Fun Dearwebby
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