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TIPS OF A LIFETIME

1--Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips.

2--Use a meat baster to "squeeze" your pancake batter onto the hot griddle- perfect shaped pancakes every time.

3---To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.

4---To prevent egg shells from cracking, add a pinch of salt to the water before hard-boiling.

5---Run your hands under cold water before pressing Rice Krispies treats in the pan-the marshmallow won't stick to your fingers.

6---To get the most juice out of fresh lemons, bring them to room temperature and roll them under your palm against the kitchen counter before squeezing.

7---To easily remove burnt on food from your skillet, simply add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover bottom of pan, and bring to a boil on stove-top-skillet will be much easier to clean now.

8---Spray your Tupperware with nonstick cooking spray before pouring in tomato-based sauces-no more stains.

9---When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead- no white mess on the outside of the cake.

10---If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a peeled potato- it absorbs the excess salt for an instant "fix me up".

11---Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator-it will keep for weeks.

12---Brush beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful glossy finish.

13---Place a slice of apple in hardened brown sugar to soften it back up.

14---When boiling corn on the cob, add a pinch of sugar to help bring out the corns natural sweetness.

15---To determine whether an egg is fresh, immerse it in a pan of cool, salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh- if it rises to the surface, throw it away.

16---Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.

17---Don't throw out all that leftover wine: Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.

18---If you have a problem opening jars: Try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.

19---Potatoes will take food stains off your fingers. Just slice and rub raw potato on the stains and rinse with water.

20---To get rid of itch from mosquito bite, try applying soap on the area. Instant relief.

21---Ants, ants, ants everywhere ... Well, they are said to never cross a chalk line. So get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march. See for yourself.

22---Use air-freshener to clean mirrors. It does a good job and better still, leaves a lovely smell to the shine.

23---When you get a splinter, reach for the scotch tape before resorting to tweezers or a needle. Simply put the scotch tape over the splinter, then pull it off. Scotch tape removes most splinters painlessly and easily.

Now look what you can do with Alka Seltzer. Clean a toilet. Drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets, wait twenty minutes, brush, and flush.The citric acid and effervescent action clean vitreous china. Clean a vase. To remove a stain from the bottom of a glass vase or cruet, fill with water and drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets. Polish jewelry. Drop two Alka-Seltzer tablets into a glass of water and immerse the jewelry for two minutes. Clean a thermos bottle. Fill the bottle with water, drop in four Alka-Seltzer tablets, and let soak for an hour (or longer, if necessary). Unclog a drain. Clear the sink drain by dropping three Alka-Seltzer tablets down the drain followed by a cup of Heinz White Vinegar Wait a few minutes, then run the hot water.

If your VCR has a year setting on it, which most do, you will not be able to use the programmed recording feature after 12/31/99. Don't throw it away. Instead set it for the year 1972 as the days are the same as the year 2000. The manufacturers won't tell you. They want you to buy a newY2k VCR.

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If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produce enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it!)

If you pass air consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.(Hmm.....)

Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.

You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. (Moral: Always be willing to pay extra for good champagne.Cheap champagne is not worth the risk)

In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. (How did they do that?)

The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds, that makes the catfish rank #1 for animal having the most taste buds.(Are our palates just not sophisticated enough to appreciate the complex taste of pond scum?)

The flea can jump 350 times its body length, It's like a human jumping the length of a football field.

A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.(Creepy!)

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off. (Honey, I'm home ..what the...)

Some lions mate over 50 times a day. (Yeah, baby!)

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

Starfishes haven't got brains.

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The incidence of coincidence is so prevalent, that it can not be considered coincidence.

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both their wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both were shot in the head.

Both were shot in the presence of their wives.

The Secretary of each President warned them not to go to the theater and to Dallas, respectively.

Lincoln&'s Secretary was named Kennedy. Kennedy&'s Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners.

Both successors were named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson,who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names. Both names have 15 letters.

Booth ran from the theater and was captured in a warehouse. Oswald ran from the warehouse and was captured in a theater.

To cap it all off, Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trial.

??Is this INCIDENCE or COINCIDENCE?

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The price of progress is trouble. If you are afraid of trouble,you can forget about progress. By: Smokey Yunick.

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A Deck of Cards!!

This is a story about a soldier in the North Africa Campaign in World War II. After heaving fighting, the man returned to camp. The next day being Sunday, the Chaplain had set up church service. The men were asked to take out their Bibles or Prayer Books. The Chaplain noticed one soldier looking at a deck of cards. After the service, he was taken by the Chaplain to see the Major. The Chaplain explained to the Major what he had seen. The Major told the young soldier he would have to be punished if he could not explain himself. The young soldier told the Major that during the battle, he had neither a Bible or a Prayer Book, so he would use his deck of cards and explained: "You see, Sir, when I look at the ACE, it tells me that there is one GOD and no other. When I see the "2", it reminds me that there are two parts of the Bible, the Old Testament & the New Testament. The "3" tells me of the Trinity of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The "4" reminds me of the Four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. When I see the "5", it tells me of the five unwise virgins who were lost and that five were saved. The "6" makes me mindful that God created the earth in just six days, and God said that it was good. When I see the "7", it reminds me that God rested on the seventh day. As I look at the "8", it reminds me that God destroyed all life with water except for eight people, Noah, his wife, their three sons, and their three son's wives. When I see the "9", I think of the Nine Lepers that God healed. There were ten lepers in all, but only one stopped to thank him. The "10" reminds me of the Ten Commandments carved in stone by the hand of GOD. The "Jack" makes me remember the Prince of Darkness. Like a roaring lion, he devours those that he can. When I look at the "Queen", I see the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus. As I look at the last card, "The King", it reminds me that Jesus is Lord of Lords and King of Kings! There are 365 spots on a deck of cards, and that is the number of days in each year. There are 52 cards to a deck and that is the number of weeks in a year. There are 12 picture cards and that is the number of months in a year. There are 4 different suits in a deck and that is the number of months in a quarter of a year..." And so, the young soldier then said to the Major, "You see, Sir, that my intentions were honorable. My deck of cards serves as my Bible, my Prayer Book and my Almanac." A deck of cards should most importantly reminds us that we need Jesus 365 days, 52 weeks, and 12 months a year & that we should always pray "4" others. MAY YOU NEVER LOOK AT A DECK OF CARDS THE SAME WAY.

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Don't cheat, this is a pretty good quiz:

1.There's one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contestants. What is it?

2.What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

3.Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?

4.At noon and midnight the hour and minute hands are exactly coincident with each other. How many other times between noon and midnight do the hour and minute hands cross?

5.What is the only sport in which the ball is always in the possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball?

6.What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

7.In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy,with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?

8.Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw". They are all common. Name two of them.

9.There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name half of them?

10.Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles Lakers"?

11.There are seven ways a baseball player can legally reach first base without getting a hit. Taking a base on balls - a walk - is one way. Name the other six.

12.It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it?

13.How is it possible for a pitcher to make four or more strikeouts in one inning?

14.Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet, that begin with the letter "s".

ANSWERS:

1.Boxing.

2.Niagara Falls. The rim is worn down about 2 and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.

3.Asparagus and rhubarb.

4.Ten times (not eleven, as most people seem to think).

5.Baseball.

6.Strawberry.

7.The pear grew inside the bottle. The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the whole growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.

8.Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle.

9.Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen,apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.

10.In Minnesota. The team was originally known as the Minneapolis Lakers, and kept the name when they moved west.

11.Batter hit by a pitch; passed ball; catcher interference; catcher drops third strike; fielder's choice; and being designated as a pinch runner.

12.Lettuce.

13.If the catcher drops a called third strike, and doesn't throw the batter out at first base, the runner is safe.

14.Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, snowshoes, stockings, and so on.

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