I had hoped that you would change your mind and stay with us. I hate to see anyone leave a list because the posts weren't always to their liking. I did quit a list several months ago, but not because of the posts. There is still a "lurker" on that list who loves to disagree rather viciously off-list with anyone. Several have quit that list because of her. Anyway, I'm glad you stayed with us. I too, have been lax about posting a funny story or poem. I have a lot of them and should share some with the list. Time has been in rather short supply lately, though. Mary P. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [GENHUMOR] hey, what's funny (Char) > Well, I must apologize...I had not taken the time to unsubscribe because I have been busy...I didn't know so many of you would (again) fill this space with non-jokes/comments on my comment...But as I sent to Jan when she personally emailed me that I did not contribute jokes: I used to send jokes years past when my screen names were on msm and yahoo. I also sent?Jan 4-5 jokes. > > I have enjoyed this list through these past 5 years. After thinking it over and taking advice from readers who emailed? me, I will continue to be a member AND contribute jokes again...Thanks for your support and advice. > > I have been involved with genealogy for about 10 years now - since I retired as a public school and college UT teacher, and many many people have helped me in my search. I have had much support. I have indeed enjoyed this list, and will continue to do so. I had no clue who the admin was; it seems you write that it is Edna. She seems to be the one who contributes most of the jokes also...without starting another issue, how about if ALL of?us?sending?in a joke or two - to help her out! and I also thank YOU, Edna, for making us laugh. > Char DuBay - real name :) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Well, I must apologize...I had not taken the time to unsubscribe because I have been busy...I didn't know so many of you would (again) fill this space with non-jokes/comments on my comment...But as I sent to Jan when she personally emailed me that I did not contribute jokes: I used to send jokes years past when my screen names were on msm and yahoo. I also sent?Jan 4-5 jokes. I have enjoyed this list through these past 5 years. After thinking it over and taking advice from readers who emailed? me, I will continue to be a member AND contribute jokes again...Thanks for your support and advice. I have been involved with genealogy for about 10 years now - since I retired as a public school and college UT teacher, and many many people have helped me in my search. I have had much support. I have indeed enjoyed this list, and will continue to do so. I had no clue who the admin was; it seems you write that it is Edna. She seems to be the one who contributes most of the jokes also...without starting another issue, how about if ALL of?us?sending?in a joke or two - to help her out! and I also thank YOU, Edna, for making us laugh. Char DuBay - real name :)

Best Foot Forward Today when I took my Mother in Law to the Doctor, a nice young man came in and he had only one leg, but he had a titanium leg with a shoe on it for the other one. He was looking around for a magazine to read, so I promptly picked one up and handed it to him and said, "Here's a magazine for you", as I handed it to him, I saw that on the front of the cover was a double leg amputee sitting in a wheel chair. I could have crawled under the chair. My son said he did the same thing. He had seen this guy the night before at a little league game and noticed he was on crutches. He had hurt his leg in a motorcycle accident a few months back. They next night my son sees him at a cub scout meeting, the man was sitting at the table. So Rick goes over and says, "How's the leg doing?" Just then he looks down and the guy has no leg.... the trouser part of his pants was pinned up. Rick's says, "what happened, I saw you yesterday and you had a leg?" "I had on my titanium leg yesterday", the guy says. Rick then says to the guy, "geez, do I know how to put my foot in my mouth or what" Rick said he then thought maybe he shouldn't have said that either.. The more he said the worse it got. Our whole family has the foot in mouth disease.

Banning the Cell Phone They have banned cell phone use in the car here in California. They say it's too much of a distraction. The lawmakers, having nothing else to worry about, are going to stop people from talking on the phone while they drive. If they want to ban something that is a distraction while you drive, they should ban all kids from cars while their parents are driving,. If they wanted to pull someone over for a distraction from driving, they could pull over my daughter's mini van, and my daughter in law's car, whenever they hit the road. Between handing water cups back to kids, picking them up off the floor and handing them back again, taking the pickles off the hamburger, wiping up a spilled drink with whatever is handy on the floor, taking the power ranger sword from Max to keep him from dissecting his sister, looking at whatever it is that is on the end of his finger, looking at what she did at school, then putting music on for them, etc. Kids are the worst distraction than anything. But I bet you will never see a ban on them in cars. If we had to pull over for every distraction of theirs, we would never spend any time on the road. Heck I have a harder time eating my taco and drinking a milkshake while driving , than I do using the cell phone.

I certainly do agree with you, Sally. I, too, forward a lot to my family and friends. Those that I send go to Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, Kansas, and Texas, so the Gen-Humor posts do get around! You're right! After the last year and a half of concerns, worries and several sessions of grief, this site is a breath of fresh air! Mary P. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dutton Family" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 4:03 AM Subject: [GENHUMOR] funnies > Hi- I love this site and anything I don't care for I just delete.... but most of the funny things I forward to my friends, and am very thankful the site is available, it is a breath of fresh air in a stinky world..... thanks, sally > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I decided to dig through the archives for this and couldn't find it. Luckily someone lifted it and I found it in "The Outhouse" on rootsweb but it is really our magnum opus. They dressed it up and removed all the contributors names which are some of ya'll old timers like me. I almost didn't recognize it. We had a lot of fun compiling this list. Might be fun to make it "101 uses for a Casket". If you want to send me your additions privately I will compile them and post the completed list. It all started when someone posted the ad below and it took root in our furtile, skewed minds. Enjoy! --Debbie M, Texas _____ Buy a casket for up to 75%less than the price charged by funeral homes, with delivery anywhere at any time and a choice of 40 styles. The deal offered by Direct Casket started after the Federal Trade Commission told America's 23,000 funeral homes several years ago that they had to accept caskets purchased elsewhere and couldn't charge a handling fee for doing so. Caskets sold directly to Consumers. 1-800-73-CASKET HOW ABOUT THAT! HAS ANYONE DONE THIS YET. The following uses for your pre-need coffin/caskets have been suggested!! * I'd love to order mine now at a bargain price but where would I store it? Maybe use it as a coffee table? Or coffin table? * Great idea..... I need a new quilt chest!! * Or maybe put it in the guest room as an extra bed? Would put a lid on overnighters, right? :) Personally I plan to use an ashtray. A nice one, mind you. * Another casket plan: store rakes and shovels in it. Then when you need the casket, you get out the shovels and...well, you get the idea. * Well, lets see..... It's probably bigger than my mobile home, so maybe I could live in it!! Or I bet it's nicer than my car... I know!! I'll put wheels on it and a new motor in it and drive the darn thing... can get dual usage outta it!! * There is a business "Budget Casket" here in the city I live in! They have a huge billboard advertising their product with the line, "People are dying over our prices." A little much for me.... * Sounds like a great gift for the person who has everything..... and if your in their will... they will know just how much you care!! * I think that was sorta the idea but no one stepped forward until you. I am sure that generations of coffinheads and funeral directors will be eternally (notice how certain words take on a whole new meaning when you're discussing coffins?) in your debt. Which is better than us being eternally in THEIR debt for a coffin, right? * With a pad and pillow, in the guest room with a drape over it, for those un(invited/wanted) guests...If they don't object, might want to tape an oaken stake on the cover....? * A spare pantry * What better place to put your collection of dead relatives......a coffin. I guess you could install a 2x4 as a divider for the hanging folders. Are they fireproof?? ....... answer.....They are if you get copper! * A copper casket has a certain ring to it. Yes it does. * I would have to use mine to store candy in at Halloween. Make the little kids reach in to get the goodies. * Make it into a large music box * Bomb shelter * Store your collections in it. You could stand it up and put glass shelves in it to display (Teddy Bears?) <G> My hubby collects coffee mugs so I could put a large mug rack in it. * Make a shadow box or how about use it for a buffet and keep your china and silver in it. * Before we "close the casket" (pardon) - I wanted to mention my casket story: Several years ago, in an antique shop near Prescott, Wis. I saw a beautiful little white children's casket with a glass window to view the child. I was told these were used when the child died of a contagious disease which was common in those days, so the parents might see their beloved child one last time. I have often thought about this little casket with it's carved flowers and wonder if anyone else has ever seen one...........at the time they had several of them that had been found in a storage area of a funeral home that was being torn down. Also, back in the 50's I remembered visiting my Great-Aunts home which was filled with framed photos of family members. When I asked about the photos that were on a table half-hidden behind the door, I was told that that was for the "dead" ones. Perhaps a beautiful casket in place of a table would have been a proper display surface. Thankx..........Dory * One could "ski" behind a boat in it. * Use it for a bass boat and but a Mercury engine on it * The most unusual will I read was Grandma Wade's back in 17.... whatever.... She left provisions for the coffin maker. 1 gallon of rum. Half to be received when the coffin was delivered and half after the funeral. I've also hear the old folks talking about storing the coffin under the bed filling it with straw and storing potatoes and turnips during the winter. * Of course, your bed has to be three or four feet off the floor for the coffin to fit under there, and then of course you have to have an access pulley system to slide it in and out so you can put those taters and turnips in there and get them out, but other than that it should work pretty good. * A subtitle for a list of 101 Things You Can Do With A Coffin......Coffin Drops: A Grave Study of a Deep Subject ? * We're really digging this coffin thing, aren't we? Is anyone keeping a "box score"? (Think about it.....let it sink in......) * Dirt cheap coffins, can you dig it? ....... * Now I don't know that I'm ready to think about buying a pre-used coffin, but putting genealogy files in one's standby coffin would certainly seem appropriate--to one with a truly warped sense of the appropriate like me. * Another way to use a coffin, until it's needed: as a coffee table in the living room or family room. Store emergency supplies in it, so everything will be in one place. Like: radio, batteries, flashlights, extra blankets, canned food, bottled water, paper plates, plastic forks and spoons, first aid kits, etc. * Hmmmmm, sounds like an "earthquake" kit to me! LOL! * Sounds like a "tornado" kit to me. 8-) * I wonder if they appreciate or depreciate in value as time goes on? Maybe depends on if they are precious metal or not eh? * Set it up surrounded by candles- and store all the family valuables in it. No thief would want to look there. Especially if you stick a sign on top........" Dear Sis, Dad doesn't look quite as good as last week- but we did spray for the maggots as requested." * But where does one store the box the coffin came in? Just in case you have to return it for maintenance or sumpin'. * The box my Mother-in-Law's casket came in makes a great storage box for power tools in my shop. Some may think it morbid, but I wasn't going to waste a good box. * Depending on how big a coffin box (a coffin coffin? heh heh! You heard it hear first!) is, you could put several together and make a cardboard high-rise out of it--maybe a vacation home? In Florida? Lake Havasu? The Coast of Maine? Nevada's high desert? Do the coffin coffins come in colors or just vanilla? * A whole new area of pre-need: not only order your casket in advance but fill it with plastic flowers and leaves with instructions on exactly how you want things laid out when you're laid out. And you could also keep your Hallowe'en candies in there, together with Easter eggs and have the kiddies hunting for a haunting experience...... * Keep laughing! You will live longer and delay any need for your coffin table. * If you purchase one for each your kids when they are born you wouldn't need a bassinet, or a playpen. And by the time they get to the age to really need it, it might be a valuable antique. Sell it for a bundle and get a newer model and have enough left to cover funeral expenses. If they get raptured first and don't need it those behind could use it for a number of things. * Put wheels on it and have a Go Kart! * A bit of trivia to think about: Coffins are no longer built for the dead! The person who winds up using the coffin was alive when it was built! * Take a coffin sledding. If you hit a tree, close the lid ; :) * He who buys it, doesn't use it ...... he who uses it, doesn't know it. * Who says.... "You can't take it with you!"..... I'm keeping my genealogy in a coffin and using it as a vertical file cabinet. When I die, I have left instructions for them to dig twice as deep..... my files on bottom...me on top!! For the first time in my life (errrrr) I'll really be on top of (my) things!! * Perhaps that coffin could become part of the seasonal decor...Halloween is almost too easy, of course. The purchase of a manikin would add a lot. Then at Christmas the coffin could be vertical and covered in "brick" crepe paper while the manikin in a Santa suit could be shown filling a sock. * In the midwest, you can use it as an "ARK". Supplies and all. * I collect key chains of all kinds. I have them from several foreign countries and all but seven states. I have about 2500 and they are in groups on bulletin boards all over the house. When my grown children all come home they argue about who has to inherit the key chains. <G> But they all have their favorites and know which ones they want. When I`m gone the kids could put them in my pre need coffin, but they will have to rent a crane to lift the chains and me. * My daughter, of the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle generation, at first thought that the coffin could be used as an extra refrigerator or chest freezer...but then had a better idea..........Let's use old refrigerators and freezers as coffins...what a good recycling plan! * Now that is a cold hearted idea if I ever heard one! * Cool is the word, real chilled out! If you could supply them with electricity, you could save 'em for future generations to thaw out and try to revive. Oh, sorry, someone's already doing that. And just when I thought the pre-need coffin use ideas were all buried....

I love this site also, and I know how to delete. When ever I send anything, I get flamed, so I am used to being deleted. Dianne ----- Original Message ----- From: Dutton Family To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 4:03 AM Subject: [GENHUMOR] funnies Hi- I love this site and anything I don't care for I just delete.... but most of the funny things I forward to my friends, and am very thankful the site is available, it is a breath of fresh air in a stinky world..... thanks, sally ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1663 - Release Date: 9/9/2008 7:04 PM

Hi- I love this site and anything I don't care for I just delete.... but most of the funny things I forward to my friends, and am very thankful the site is available, it is a breath of fresh air in a stinky world..... thanks, sally

It¹s about time we get back to humor ... I don¹t know who wrote this, but my elderly father emailed it to me, which makes it genealogy for me. :) And timely, since I am buying a new home on Monday! Yay!!! Enjoy! Bonnie My husband had run to the store with our daughters, Sarah (four) and Hannah (two) and on the way home he drove through a neighborhood looking for houses for sale. After a bit Sarah asked, "Daddy, what are we doing?" My husband said he was looking at the houses that were for sale. Sarah asked "Are you gonna buy a new house?" Dad replied "Maybe." Then Sarah said with much concern, "But Dad, how will we get it HOME?!"

You are so right Mary P. Edna is a lifesaver. My husband is a long, long distance truck driver. He's home 6 times a year and we both look forward to me reading him Edna's latest laugh. My favorite is still the one about cleaning the toilet(with the cat). Thank you Edna, Sue in the Blue Ridge Mtns of Virginia

That was one of my favoirites, too. I have many files of jokes, funny stories, poems and quotes. When something happens to me, my heirs will have to hire one of those big shredders on a truck they use at banks and run the entire mess through the shredder. But I don't plan on "kicking the bucket" yet...I'm having too much fun all by myself. Mary P. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Prideaux" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [GENHUMOR] hey, what's funny > You are so right Mary P. > Edna is a lifesaver. > My husband is a long, long distance truck driver. He's home 6 times a year and we both look forward to me reading him Edna's latest laugh. > My favorite is still the one about cleaning the toilet(with the cat). > Thank you Edna, > Sue in the Blue Ridge Mtns of Virginia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I must have missed the item. It must have been a doozy. Send it to me!! ----- Original Message ----- From: Jan To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [GENHUMOR] hey, what's funny The item was sent by mistake and apologies have been made. What else do you think should be done? I have not seen anything else that you have contributed to this list. Perhaps you have a joke you could allow us to see? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:00 AM Subject: [GENHUMOR] hey, what's funny > Hey, our genhumor list has changed. It is NOT funny anymore. > > I wrote to the administrator and asked her/him if a list "reminder" to > everyone would stop this thread...and others like it. I wrote to the > person who continued the thread and asked that a message be sent to the > administrator instead - who would surely stop this thread. > > Obviously, the list administrator either does not read his/her mail, or > she/he just doesn't care. After 4 or 5 years on this list - and getting > some laughs - this is NOT funny anymore, and I am not going to stay a > member > > I did what I could to stop this kind of nonsense. Good luck to you all and > God bless...I will find my good humor on a better site. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1663 - Release Date: 9/9/2008 7:04 PM

What thread are you referring to? I realize I'm pretty broad-minded when it comes to jokes/stories/poems, but my delete key still works really well. Have you tried using yours? I have enjoyed this site very much and think Edna does a tremendous job as administrator. Mary P. in Washington ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 8:00 AM Subject: [GENHUMOR] hey, what's funny > Hey, our genhumor list has changed. It is NOT funny anymore. > > I wrote to the administrator and asked her/him if a list "reminder" to everyone would stop this thread...and others like it. I wrote to the person who continued the thread and asked that a message be sent to the administrator instead - who would surely stop this thread. > > Obviously, the list administrator either does not read his/her mail, or she/he just doesn't care. After 4 or 5 years on this list - and getting some laughs - this is NOT funny anymore, and I am not going to stay a member > > I did what I could to stop this kind of nonsense. Good luck to you all and God bless...I will find my good humor on a better site. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

The item was sent by mistake and apologies have been made. What else do you think should be done? I have not seen anything else that you have contributed to this list. Perhaps you have a joke you could allow us to see? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:00 AM Subject: [GENHUMOR] hey, what's funny > Hey, our genhumor list has changed. It is NOT funny anymore. > > I wrote to the administrator and asked her/him if a list "reminder" to > everyone would stop this thread...and others like it. I wrote to the > person who continued the thread and asked that a message be sent to the > administrator instead - who would surely stop this thread. > > Obviously, the list administrator either does not read his/her mail, or > she/he just doesn't care. After 4 or 5 years on this list - and getting > some laughs - this is NOT funny anymore, and I am not going to stay a > member > > I did what I could to stop this kind of nonsense. Good luck to you all and > God bless...I will find my good humor on a better site. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hey, our genhumor list has changed. It is NOT funny anymore. I wrote to the administrator and asked her/him if a list "reminder" to everyone would stop this thread...and others like it. I wrote to the person who continued the thread and asked that a message be sent to the administrator instead - who would surely stop this thread. Obviously, the list administrator either does not read his/her mail, or she/he just doesn't care. After 4 or 5 years on this list - and getting some laughs - this is NOT funny anymore, and I am not going to stay a member I did what I could to stop this kind of nonsense. Good luck to you all and God bless...I will find my good humor on a better site.

Soooo, why are you bringing the Barack Hussein Obama story up again? An apology was made saying it was sent to this group by mistake. Message: 1 Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 06:11:27 -0700 From: Sheila Burks <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [GENHUMOR] GENHUMOR Digest, Vol 3, Issue 167 - Obama story is false To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" This forum is supposed to be about genealogy humor not political. Please keep your opinions to yourself.> From: [email protected]> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 22:08:29 -0700> To: [email protected]> Subject: [GENHUMOR] GENHUMOR Digest, Vol 3, Issue 167 - Obama story is false> > You are correct that Snopes.com says it is a false story and quotes > Maureen Dowd, who explains that she didn't write the story.> > However, I think there's an extra ... in the URL you gave. Try this > one:> http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/donations.asp> (http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/donations.asp)> > Diane Hettrick> [email protected]> > > On Sep 3, 2008, at 8:09 PM, [email protected] wrote:> > > False per Snopes: _http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/donations.asp_> > (http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/donations.asp)> >> >> > In a message dated 9/3/2008 8:22:18 P.M. Central Daylight Time,> > [email protected] writes:> >> > Today's Topics:> >> > 1. Fw: Obama's mone! y (Edna Wakeham)> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> >> > Message: 1> > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 17:37:55 -0500> > From: "Edna Wakeham" <[email protected]>> > Subject: [GENHUMOR] Fw: Obama's money> > To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>> > Cc: GenHumor <[email protected]>> > Message-ID: <[email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"> >> >> > ----- Original Message -----> > Carey,> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -> >> > Obama's money> >> > Maureen Dowd, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished> > commentary, became a columnist on The New York Times Op-Ed page in > > 1995 after having served as a correspondent in the paper's Washington > > bureau since 1986. She has covered four presidential campaigns and > > served as White House correspondent.> > She also wrote a column, 'On Washington,' for The New York Times > > Magazine.> ! >> > Ms. Dowd joined The New York Times as a metropolitan reporter in > > 1983. She> > began her career in 1974 as an editorial assistant for The Washington > > Star,> > where she later became a sports columnist, metropolitan reporter and > > feature wr> > iter. When the Star closed in 1981, she went to Time magazine.> >> > Born in Washington D.C., Ms. Dowd received a B.A. degree in English> > literature from Catholic University (Washington, D.C.) in 1973.> >> >> > WHERE DID OBAMA'S MONEY COME FROM???????> >> > New York Times Editorial> >> > By MAUREEN DOWD> >> > Published: June 29, 2008> >> > OBAMA'S TROUBLING INTERNET FUND RAISING> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)

This forum is supposed to be about genealogy humor not political. Please keep your opinions to yourself.> From: [email protected]> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 22:08:29 -0700> To: [email protected]> Subject: [GENHUMOR] GENHUMOR Digest, Vol 3, Issue 167 - Obama story is false> > You are correct that Snopes.com says it is a false story and quotes > Maureen Dowd, who explains that she didn't write the story.> > However, I think there's an extra ... in the URL you gave. Try this > one:> http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/donations.asp> (http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/donations.asp)> > Diane Hettrick> [email protected]> > > On Sep 3, 2008, at 8:09 PM, [email protected] wrote:> > > False per Snopes: _http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/donations.asp_> > (http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/donations.asp)> >> >> > In a message dated 9/3/2008 8:22:18 P.M. Central Daylight Time,> > [email protected] writes:> >> > Today's Topics:> >> > 1. Fw: Obama's money (Edna Wakeham)> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> >> > Message: 1> > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 17:37:55 -0500> > From: "Edna Wakeham" <[email protected]>> > Subject: [GENHUMOR] Fw: Obama's money> > To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>> > Cc: GenHumor <[email protected]>> > Message-ID: <[email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"> >> >> > ----- Original Message -----> > Carey,> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -> >> > Obama's money> >> > Maureen Dowd, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished> > commentary, became a columnist on The New York Times Op-Ed page in > > 1995 after having served as a correspondent in the paper's Washington > > bureau since 1986. She has covered four presidential campaigns and > > served as White House correspondent.> > She also wrote a column, 'On Washington,' for The New York Times > > Magazine.> >> > Ms. Dowd joined The New York Times as a metropolitan reporter in > > 1983. She> > began her career in 1974 as an editorial assistant for The Washington > > Star,> > where she later became a sports columnist, metropolitan reporter and > > feature wr> > iter. When the Star closed in 1981, she went to Time magazine.> >> > Born in Washington D.C., Ms. Dowd received a B.A. degree in English> > literature from Catholic University (Washington, D.C.) in 1973.> >> >> > WHERE DID OBAMA'S MONEY COME FROM???????> >> > New York Times Editorial> >> > By MAUREEN DOWD> >> > Published: June 29, 2008> >> > OBAMA'S TROUBLING INTERNET FUND RAISING> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn “10 hidden secrets” from Jamie. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008

"Equal" is not always synonymous with "the same." Men and women are created equal, but boys and girls are not born the same. 1. You throw a little girl a ball, and it will hit her in the nose. You throw a little boy a ball, and he will try to catch it. Then it will hit him in the nose. 2. You dress your little girl in her Easter Sunday best, and she'll look just as pretty when you finally make it to church an hour later. You dress a boy in his Easter Sunday best, and he'll somehow find every mud puddle from your home to the church, even if you are driving there. 3. Boys' rooms are always messy. Girls' rooms are usually messy, except it's a good smelling mess. 4. A baby girl will pick up a stick and look in wonderment at what nature has made. Then she will hit a boy with it. A baby boy will pick up a stick and start drumming. 5. Boys couldn't care less if their hair is unruly. If their bangs got cut a quarter inch too short, girls would rather lock themselves in their room for two weeks than be seen in public. 6. If girl accidentally burps, she will be embarrassed. If a boy accidentally burps, he will follow it with a dozen fake belches. 7. Girls are attracted to boys, even at an early age. At an early age, boys are attracted to dirt. 8. Most baby girls talk before boys do. Before boys talk, they learn how to make sounds like a truck. 9. Girls will cry if someone dies in a movie. Boys will cry if you turn off the TV during a movie they have already seen. 10. Girls turn into women. Boys turn into bigger boys. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. SPAMfighter has removed 1590 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len

Retired, with a job.... I've often been asked, 'What do you old folks do now that you're retired?' Well...I'm fortunate to have a few friends who have chemical engineering backgrounds, and one of the things we enjoy most is turning beer, wine, bourbon, and martinis into urine. And, we're pretty doggoned good at it too!!' -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. SPAMfighter has removed 1590 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len

When you have a 'I Hate My Job' day, [even if retired you have those sometimes] try this: On your way home from work, stop at your pharmacy and go to the thermometer section and purchase a rectal thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson Be very sure you get this brand. When you get home, lock your doors, draw the curtains and disconnect the phone so you will not be disturbed. Change into very comfortable clothing and sit in your favorite chair Open the package and remove the thermometer. Now, carefully place it on a table or a surface so that it will not become chipped or broken. Now the fun part begins. Take out the literature from the box and read it carefully. You will notice that in small print there is a statement: 'Every Rectal Thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson is personally tested and then sanitized. ' Now, close your eyes and repeat out loud five times,'I am so glad I do not work in the thermometer quality control department at Johnson & Johnson.' HAVE A NICE DAY AND REMEMBER, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE WITH A JOB THAT IS MORE OF A PAIN IN THE BUTT THAN YOURS! -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for home users. SPAMfighter has removed 1590 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len