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What About Southpaws.?
Some left-handed statistics

Why are left handed people called southpaws? It goes back to the earliest days of baseball. A baseball diamond is set up to that the batter always faces east, so in the afternoon, the sun won't be in his or her eyes. If the batter faces east, the pitcher faces west. So, if a batter is left-handed, his hand, or paw is to the south.

Lefthanded people are statistically more likely to be geniuses. Unfortunately lefties are statistically more likely to be insane. Lefthandedness is more common among writers and some kinds of artists. They also tend to be more accident-prone and on average don't live as long.

 Source: The Unbelievable Truth – Jeff Rovin

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

 

Name the Child

Three squaws were each preparing for the birth of their first child. The first squaw placed a large bear hide by a river, the second squaw placed an elk hide by a tree by a river, and the third squaw placed a hippopotamus hide by a path, near the river and the tree so that the three formed a triangle.

It just so happens that all three women gave birth on the same day. The first squaw on the bear hide had a 5-lb son, the second squaw on the elk hide had a 6-lb son, and the third squaw on the hippopotamus hide had an 11-lb son.

To this day, mathematicians credit these three women with the first proof of the Pythagorean Theorem: "The son of the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the two adjacent hides."

From: William H. Rayborn - Bill's Punch Line - By Shirley <pnst@voicenet.com>

 

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Mountain Drive

There was an engineer, manager, and a programmer driving down a steep mountain road.  The brakes failed and the car careened down the road out of control.  Half way down the driver managed to stop the car by running it against the embankment narrowly avoiding careening off the cliff. They all got out, shaken by their narrow escape from death, but otherwise unharmed.

The manager said, "To fix this problem we need to organize a committee, have meetings, and through process of continuous improvement, develop a solution."

The engineer said, "No that would take too long, besides that method never worked before.  I have my trusty pen knife here and will take apart the brake system, isolate the problem and correct it."

The programmer said, "I think your both wrong!  I think we should all push the car back up the hill and see if it happens again." yet.".

(JoelTaylor@OhioEE.com   )

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STOP

A policeman stopped a lady and asked for her license. He said, "Lady, it says here that you should be wearing glasses."

The woman answered, "Well, I have contacts."

The policeman replied, "I don't care who you know! You're still getting a ticket!" 

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Lecture Circuit

A Cardiologist came up with a new operating procedure that would cut down the time that heart surgery would take and would cause less trauma to the patient. He was praised by his peers when he presented it at a convention in Washington D.C. He was also paid $75,000 to present his find. He did a couple more of these presentations and realized that it would be more lucrative to do lectures on his find than to work as a surgeon. So he decided to do the lectures full-time. 

He hired a driver and purchased a limousine. One day, after he'd been doing the lecture circuit for about 6 months, his driver turns to him and says, "You know.... This is completely unfair." 

"What do you mean?" asks the surgeon. 

"Well, you get paid ,$75,000 every time you do this lecture and that's more than I get paid in a year," replies the driver. 

The surgeon explains to him that it is a very complicated procedure and that he is the only person that can give this lecture. 

"That's not true. I can do your lecture blindfolded. I have seen you do your lecture so many times that I know it by heart," says the driver. 

"Well if that's the case, I'll tell you what. You do this lecture and you can keep the $75,000 if you do it right."
replies the surgeon. 

The driver replies, "Ok. You're on." 

So when they arrive at the lecture hall, the surgeon and the driver change coats and the surgeon puts on the driver's hat and sits in the back of the room. The driver nails the presentation. Not only that, he also answers all the questions without any problems. Just when the driver thinks he's done, an audience member, wearing a lab coat and tape covered glasses stands up and asks a complex question that the driver is not able to answer. "You know..." says the driver, "I have done this lecture 287 times and I have never been asked such a stupid question. As a matter of fact, that question is SO stupid that I am going to let my driver answer it." 

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OLD AGE AND FITNESS

Grandpa was celebrating his 100th birthday and everybody complimented him on how athletic and well-preserved he appeared. "Gentlemen, I will tell you the secret of my success," he cackled. "I have been in the open air day after day for some 75 years now."

The celebrants were impressed and asked how he managed to keep up his rigorous fitness regime. "Well, you see my wife and I were married 75 years ago. On our wedding night, we made a solemn pledge. Whenever we had a fight, the one who was proved wrong would go outside and take a walk."

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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

The shortest distance between two points is usually under repair.

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