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February
11th Joke and Trivia
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The efficiency expert concluded
his lecture with a note of caution. "You don't want to
try these techniques at home."
"Why not?" asked someone from the back of the audience.
"I watched my wife's routine at breakfast for years,"
the expert explained. "She made lots of trips to the
refrigerator, stove, table and cabinets, often carrying just
a single item at a time. 'Hon,' I suggested, 'Why don't you
try carrying several things at once?'"
The voice from the back asked, "Did it save time?"
The expert replied, "Actually, yes. It used to take her
20 minutes to get breakfast ready. Now I do it in seven."
- Copy from one,
it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research.
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Wilson Mizner
(1876-1933)
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Facts and Events:
1752- The first hospital in the United States, Pennsylvania Hospital,
opened
In 1808, as an experiment, anthracite coal was burned as a fuel
Vice President Dick Cheney accidently shot Harry Whittington in
2006 while the two were hunting together
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