The (Other) End of the Internet

I got this in an email from my younger sister the other day.
It came with the caption”Who brought the nearsighted kid to the pool??”
All I’m going to say is, “sis, I love you dearly, but this is just WRONG!”

* A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
I’m actually kind of glad to know that. With a memory that short the little guy doesn’t know how small his fishbowl is. He’s like:

“Hey, that’s neat! Let’s see what’s over here. Hey, wow. Look at that. Ooh, what’s that over there?”

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My daughter recently sent me an email showing the results of putting a hidden camera in The Luvre museum in France. It’s surprising what that Mona Lisa does when she thinks nobody’s watching…

Today is the 29th of June and that means that my older brother is now my much older brother.
In all seriousness, I just thought I’d stick in a quick post to say Happy Birthday and I hope the car problems get ironed out quickly and without too much excessive expense. (Who am I […]

* A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
Wow. I’d have guessed maybe five or six.
NOTE: No cats were harmed during the creation of this post.

There’s a new search engine in town and it’s name is masterseek. Masterseek does more than just spit out a list of sixty million web pages for you to visit. This search engine can return a list of companies that make a particular product, such as laptop computers, and will provide company profiles and contact […]

This is from a SPAM email I got today:
Have you had an MRI/MRA in the past 5 years?
In a pivotal study in 2006 conducted by Dr. T. Grobner it was noted that 5 of their 9 patients diagnosed with NSF had received a MRI involving use of Omniscan Contrast Dye,

If you received an MRI using […]

* A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
I don’t remember where I picked up that little factoid, but ot dawns on me that this isn’t strictly correct. Technically, a shark is not a fish. And you can count that as a freebie. Normally I maintain a policy that says it […]

I’ve heard a lot of talk about what a rotten thing HBO did when they ended The Sopranos, but if ABC had not found it necessary to run a clip on the national news, I wouldn’t have a clue what anyone was talking about.
We haven’t advanced to Cable TV or Satelite TV at this end […]

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
I haven’t done anything to verify this one yet. I may have to try it. This seems just backwards. Rubber should, in my opinion, become brittle in the refrigerator.
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