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Laugh Lines! Tips On Love - By Kids What do most people do on a date? •On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date. -- Martin, age 10 What is the right age to get married? •No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married. -- Freddie, age 6 How can a stranger tell if two people are married? •You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids. -- Derrick, age 8 What do you think your Mom and Dad have in common? •Both don’t want any more kids. -- Lori, age 8 What would you do on a first date that was turning sour? •I’d run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns. -- Craig, age 9 When is it OK to kiss someone? •The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn’t want to mess with that. -- Curt, age 7 •The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It’s the right thing to do. -- Howard, age 8 Is it better to be single or married? •It’s better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them. -- Anita, age 9 How would you make a marriage work? •Tell your wife that she looks pretty even if she looks like a truck. -- Ricky, age 10
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he wore a white toga with a border of a wide purple stripe. At his “coming of age” ceremony, usually around age 14 or 15, he donned, for the first time, a plain white toga. This was known as the toga virilis. • • At age 33, J.R.R. Tolkien became a professor in the English Department at the University of Oxford. Always interested in languages, he actually invented several “artificial” languages, two of which, “Quenya” and “Sindarin,” he used in his novels. While serving with the British army during World War I, he was hospitalized with trench fever. During his confinement, he began writing fantasy tales. Years later, he published a novel he had written for his children, entitled “The Hobbit.” His publishers convinced him to write a sequel, and the result was the three-volume work, “The Lord of the Rings,” an effort that required nearly 10 years. It was published in 1954 and 1955. Tolkien continued as professor at Oxford until 1959. • • In the 1800s, totters could be seen strolling the streets of every British hamlet. Most carried a large hand-bell to announce their arrival. Who were they? They were the original recyclers, collecting people’s rags, bones and bottles. • • If you’re a lobster eater, perhaps you’ve noticed that soft green stuff inside its cavity. This substance functions as the creature’s liver and pancreas. Its official name is tomalley. Be careful if you eat it — It can contain dangerous levels of the toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning. • • Toponymy is the study of place names. When something takes its name from a certain place, it’s known as a toponym. Well-known examples include the Oxford shirt taking its name from Oxford, England, and hamburgers being named for their city of origin, Hamburg, Germany. The province of Ontario gets its name from Lake Ontario, not the other way around. Did you know that the tuxedo takes its name from Tuxedo Park, New York? It’s believed that it was there that this formal suit was worn for the first time at the community’s annual Autumn Ball in 1886. • • The goldfish is actually a member of the carp family. There are more than 100 varieties of goldfish, and many are not gold all, but rather, brown, gray, black and white. The fad of goldfish swallowing began in 1939 on the Harvard campus and quickly spread to other colleges. Although an anatomy professor claimed that an average-sized male could safely consume 150 goldfish, the record soon shot up to over 300 fish at one sitting. • • The word “gobbledygook,” which means “unclear bureaucratic jargon,” entered the English language in 1944. As a war plant chairman attempted to read and ...continued on next column
understand a wordy government memo, he decided the gobbling of turkeys was easier to interpret, and he coined the new term. • • If you have an item that is 24-karat gold, then it is considered pure gold. An object that is 18-karat gold is 18 parts pure gold and six parts other metal. • • A goatsucker is actually a small nocturnal bird in the whippoorwill family. It doesn’t suck goats at all, but rather enjoys insects as its chief diet. • • Rubber-cored golf balls have been around since 1898. Prior to that time, leather balls stuffed with feathers were used. • • It’s estimated that the Bible’s Philistine giant named Goliath stood close to 10 feet (3.05 m) tall. He was soundly defeated by the young shepherd boy David with the first stone in his slingshot. • • Write the number “1,” then follow it with 100 zeros, and you will have written a googol. • • Without the help of William Crawford Gorgas, the Panama Canal might never have been built. Gorgas was a physician who ordered the removal of mosquitoes’ breeding areas, thus considerably slowing down the spread of yellow fever and malaria. • • If your diet is deficient in the mineral iodine, it’s possible that you could develop a goiter, which is an enlargement of the thyroid gland. You will be advised to eat more fish and use iodized salt. • • The male gorilla has been known to weigh 450 pounds (204 kg) and stand 6 feet (1.83 meters) tall. Although they appear vicious and threatening, they are in fact shy and friendly and enjoy companionship. The average gorilla can generate about 20 different sounds, from whimpers to roars. Believe it or not, a gorilla shows its anger by sticking out its tongue! • • Nguba is the African word for “peanut.” So THAT’S where we get our word “goober”!
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Week of July 4 ¥ On July 8, 1776, a 2,000-pound copper-and-tin bell now known as the “Liberty Bell” rings out from the tower of the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, summoning citizens to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. As the British advanced toward Philadelphia in the fall of 1777, the bell was removed from the city and hidden in Allentown to save it from being melted down by the British and used to make cannons. ¥ On July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the second and third presidents of the United States, respectively, die. Both men had been central in the drafting of the historic document. ¥ On July 5, 1865, in London, revivalist preacher William Booth and his wife Catherine establish the Christian Mission, later known as the Salvation Army, to wage war against the evils of poverty and religious indifference. ¥ On July 7, 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam begins. Over the next five years, a total of 21,000 men would produce what would be the largest dam of its time. Today, the Hoover Dam generates enough energy each year to serve more than a million people. ¥ On July 9, 1947, in a ceremony held at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower appoints Florence Blanchfield to be a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, making her the first woman in U.S. history to hold permanent military rank. Blanchfield had served as superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. ¥ On July 6, 1957, Liverpool teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time. Lennon was a member of the Quarry Men, scheduled to play at a public event. Two weeks later, Lennon invited McCartney to join the Quarry Men. ¥ On July 10, 1962, the United States Patent Office issues Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin a patent for his three-point automobile safety belt. The traditional two-point belt had been known to cause severe internal abdominal injuries in the event of a high-speed crash. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
Pets Grieve, Too DEAR PAW’S CORNER: We had two dogs for the past six years. We just lost “Sassy” two days ago. Our remaining dog, “Barry,” is so sad. How can we help him? He barely eats, and he just lays around not showing interest in anything. I realize it is soon after losing his best friend, but is this normal? We are sad also, but want to help him if we can. -- Norma in Ohio DEAR NORMA: It’s very normal for a dog to grieve for a lost companion, and Barry is showing all the signs of deep grief: loss of appetite, depression, lack of interest in things that normally stimulate him. In a few days, he may begin pacing around the house, searching for something -- another common behavior, particularly after a dog loses a companion animal like Sassy. Be supportive of Barry over the next few months. Give him lots of love and attention. However, don’t break his training routine or feeding routine, nor allow him to do things he normally wouldn’t be allowed to do, like climb on the furniture. He needs structure as well as support. When Barry searches the house for her, call him over and give him a blanket or toy that Sassy liked to use and that still has her scent. Sometimes an item that reminds a pet of a lost companion is comforting. Other times the pet will reject the item -- don’t scold or force it on him. How long will Barry grieve? Like humans, there’s no set time. Some dogs return to their old selves from two to six weeks after a loss; others take many months. And some always retain some sign that they still miss their old friend, years down the road. Send your question or comment to ask@pawscorner.com, or write to Paw’s Corner, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. For more pet care-related advice and information, visit www. pawscorner.com. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc. “What happened to you?” asked the bystander of the man lying on the sidewalk outside of the beauty parlor. The man shook his head groggily and rubbed his bruised chin. “Well, the last thing I remember was my wife coming out of the beauty salon. I took one look at her and said, ‘Well, Honey, ... at least you tried.’” “I’d like the number for Jennifer Smith in Richmond, Virginia,” the young man said to the 411 operator. “There are multiple listings for Jennifer Smith in Richmond, Virginia,” the operator said. “Do you have a street name?” The young man hesitated a moment, “Well, uh, most people call me Bubba.”
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By Samantha Weaver ¥ It was 19th-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer who made the following sage observation: “There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.” ¥ Those who study such things say that half of all money spent on food in the United States is spent in restaurants. ¥ If, like me, you are constantly finding excess wire hangers in your closets, you probably won’t be surprised to learn that more than 2.7 billion of them were imported in 2010 alone. ¥ You might be surprised to learn that beer brewers in Australia are on the cutting edge of alternative energy production. They have created a “beer battery” -- the world’s first, they claim -- in which electricity is generated by bacteria consuming the waste that is created by the brewing process. ¥ Companies today sometimes seem to go too far in advertising their products, but consider Richard Chesebrough, who invented the petroleum jelly Vaseline in 1872. In order to market his new creation as a salve for cuts and burns, he traveled around New York state demonstrating the efficacy of the product by burning his skin with acid, then applying Vaseline to the injury. A display of his past burns that had been healed with Vaseline would, in theory, convince people to buy the product. ¥ If you’re looking to brighten up your living space with some greenery, you might want to consider getting a bonsai tree. They live longer than any other houseplant. *** Thought for the Day: “Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.” -- Marilyn Monroe (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.
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more than 1,800 recorded songs to their credit as well as appearances in 16 movies. • The Dionne family of Callander, Ontario, already had six children when they welcomed the world’s first living quintuplets in 1934. Five girls — Emilie, Cecile, Yvonne, Annette and Marie — weighed in at a total of 14 pounds (6.35 kg.). When the girls were just a year old, they were removed from their home by the government of Ontario when their father agreed to accept money for their appearance at the Chicago World’s Fair. They were featured in advertisements for everything from dolls to dishwashing liquid to war bonds, creating millions of dollars in revenue for the province of Ontario. The quints’ earnings were placed in a trust fund controlled by the government, which was misappropriated, leaving them in financial straits in their later years. During the 1990s, the three remaining quints were living together on $750 a month and approached the Canadian government for a settlement. In 1998, they were awarded a $4 million tax-free remuneration by Canadian officials. Emilie, who became a nun, died of an epileptic seizure at age 20, while Marie perished in 1970 and Yvonne in 2001. • Amidst gently floating bubbles and between Geritol and Aqua Velva commercials, the four Lennon sisters, Dianne, Janet, Peggy and Kathy crooned syrupy ballads to the audience of “The Lawrence Welk Show.” With their matching chiffon dresses and stiff bouffant hairdos, the California-born sisters appeared with the Champagne Music Makers from 1955 until 1967. The girls got their lucky break when Welk’s son began dating Dianne and informed his father of the girls’ potential.
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