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The Butterfly

Where did we get that name. We are generally told that it is a transposition of sounds: flutter-by. This type of transposition in a word is called metathesis. A check of records of the written word in English shows that the word always appears as butterfly, never as flutter-by. Some have speculated that the name came from the common butterfly having yellow wings, thus butter fly. It seems from recent evidence that the name was coined from a rather unromantic source. It was named for the butter yellow color of its excrement. The old Dutch word is boterschijte. There is the source for the name for this beautiful winged creature.

Butterflies can taste not only with their mouths, but also with their feet. There ability to detect small traces of edible material is nothing short of a miracle. Humans can detect sweetness in a solution of one part sugar to 200 part water. This is the extreme limit of human taste and few can detect this minute amount. Some butterflies and moths can detect the microscopic amount of one part sugar in 300,000 part of water.

Taste is not the only sense that moths and butterflies excel in. They are also very able to detect smells. Some male moths are able to catch the scent of a female moth of the same species nine miles down wind. The world of the butterflies and moths must be one of unimaginably vivid scents and tastes.

Major Source:More Misinformation, Tom Burnam | Our Amazing World of Nature - Reader's Digest

A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 (NIV)

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."

Joseph Addison

 

 

A principal of a small middle school had a problem with a few of the older girls starting to use lipstick. When applying it in the bathroom they would then press their lips to the mirror and leave lip prints. Before it got out of hand he thought of a way to stop it. He gathered all the girls together that wore lipstick and told them he wanted to meet with them in the ladies room at 2pm. They gathered at 2pm and found the principal and the school custodian waiting for them.

The principal explained that it was becoming a problem for the custodian to clean the mirror every night. He said he felt the ladies
did not fully understand just how much of a problem it was and he wanted them to witness just how hard it was to clean. The custodian then demonstrated. He took a long brush on a handle out of a box. He then dipped the brush in the nearest toilet, moved to the mirror and proceeded to remove the lipstick.

That was the last day the girls pressed their lips on the mirror!

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A sloth was walking through the jungle one day when he was set upon by a gang of vicious snails. The snails left him bleeding and confused at the bottom of a tree where several hours later he summoned the strength to go to the police station and report the assault. He was asked by the desk sergeant to describe his attackers. He replied, "I don't know what they looked like, it all happened so fast."

From: David A. Rinke II -- Funny Pages Mailing List

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SIGNS OF FINE AGE

* Everything hurts and what doesn't hurt doesn't work.
       
* The gleam in your eyes is from the sun hitting your bi-focals.

* You keep repeating yourself.
  
* Your little black book contains only names that end in M.D.

* Your children begin to look middle aged.

* You finally reach the top of the ladder and find it leaning against the wrong wall.

* Your mind makes contracts your body can't meet.

* You look forward to a dull evening.

* Your favorite part of the newspaper is "20 Years Ago Today."

* You turn out the lights for economic rather than romantic reasons.

* You sit in a rocking chair and can't get it going.

* Your knees buckle, and your belt won't.

* You're 17 around the neck, 42 around the waist, and 95 around the golf course.

* Your back goes out more than you do.

* You sink your teeth into a steak, and they stay there.

* You have too much room in the house and not enough in the medicine cabinet.

* You know all the answers, but nobody asks you the uestions.

* You keep repeating yourself.

* You would rather go to work than stay home sick.

* You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.

* You make an appointment to see the dentist.

* You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.

* People call at 9 p.m. and ask, "Did I wake you?"

* You answer a question with, "Because I said so."

* You wear black socks with sandals.

* You can't remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch TV.

* You got cable for the Weather Channel.

* You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.

* You keep repeating yourself.

* You take a metal detector to the beach.

* You buy a compass for the dash of your car.

* You keep repeating yourself.

* You discover bifocals are stylish!

* When you do the "Hokey Pokey" you put your left hip out...and it stays out.

* You discover the words, "whippersnapper", "scalawag" and "by-cracky" creeping into your vocabulary.

* You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.

* Most women you know under 40 put you in the "Friend of my Father" class.

* You get into a heated argument about pension plans.

* The end of your tie doesn't come anywhere near the top of your pants.

* You have more hair in your ears and nose than on your head.

* You keep repeating yourself.

* You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.

* Relatives smile benignly rather than interrupt you as you retell the same story for the zillionth time.

* You run out of breath walking DOWN a flight of stairs.

* You send money to PBS.

* You sing along with the elevator music.

* Neighbors borrow your tools.

* You're on a TV game show and you decide to risk it all and go for the rocker.

* You are proud of your lawn mower.

* Lawn care has become a big highlight of your life.

* Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.

* Your classmates at your reunion think you're one of their former teachers.

* Conversations with people your own age often turn into dueling ailments."

* You keep repeating yourself.

* Your relatives longingly refer to your things as your estate".

* People don't harass you any more when you take an  afternoon nap.

- Compiled by laughalot-owner@graceweb.org

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The Gift

Knowing that the minister was very fond of cherry brandy, one of the church elders offered to present him with a bottle on one consideration - that the pastor acknowledge receipt of the gift in the church paper.

"Gladly," responded the good man.

When the church magazine came out a few days later, the elder turned at once to the "appreciation" column. There he read: "The minister extends his thanks to Elder Brown for his gift of fruit and for the spirit in which it was given."

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"Finest Fish Recipe" Competition

In Boston, two chefs were competing for the title of producing Boston's "Finest Fish Recipe." Their talents were about equal and their dishes excellent, so it was a close race until, at the last minute, one of the chefs glazed his entry and won the title.

"Alas!" said the other with a sigh. "There but for the glaze of cod go I."

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TRUE FACT ...

Humans begin laughing at two to three months of age. Six year olds laugh about 300 times per day, while adults laugh from 15 to 100 times per day.

SOURCE: NYT, Dr. William F. Fry, Stanford University

Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.

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