Hey Janis, I loved the first one really well before I knew it I was LOL and had to read it to my husband. Thanks. Elsie At 05:44 PM 5/26/01 -0400, you wrote: >Back in the 1800s the Tates Watch Company of Massachusetts wanted to >produce other products and, sincethey already made the cases for pocket >watches, decided to market compasses for the pioneerstraveling west. It >turned out that although their watches were of finest quality, >theircompasses were so bad that people often ended up in Canada or >Mexico rather than California. This,of course, is the origin of the >expression, "He who has a Tates is lost!" > > >A skeptical anthropologist was cataloging South American folk remedies >with the assistance of a tribalbrujo who indicated that the leaves of a >particular fern were a sure cure for any case ofconstipation. When the >anthropologist expressed his doubts, the witch doctor looked him in the >eyeand said, "Let me tell you, with fronds like these, who needs >enemas?"