A UNC* student was attending
his first wedding. After the service,
his cousin asks him: "How many
women can a man marry?"
"Sixteen!" replies the UNC student.
His cousin laughed and asked how
he knew this.
"Easy," the student said. "All you
have to do is add it up! 4 better,
4 worse, 4 richer, 4 poorer!"
his first wedding. After the service,
his cousin asks him: "How many
women can a man marry?"
"Sixteen!" replies the UNC student.
His cousin laughed and asked how
he knew this.
"Easy," the student said. "All you
have to do is add it up! 4 better,
4 worse, 4 richer, 4 poorer!"
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If you say "it's a dog's life," what you mean might depend on how
ReplyDeleteold you are. In modern western civilization most dogs have it pretty
good. They get plenty to eat, a warm place to sleep, and lots of
love. So a young person who uses this phrase usually means that life
is good.
But in the past dogs were work animals and they often worked very
hard. They were expected to earn their keep doing service as
herders, guards, and many other functions. Most dogs did not have an
easy life and older people who use this phrase usually mean that life
is difficult, a sense that has survived since the phrase's origins in
the sixteenth century. Other expressions that reflect this view
include "it's a dog eat dog world," "dog tired," and "die like a dog."
Dear Prof. Howdy,
ReplyDeletePrayer takes on a whole new meaning when you're in a war.
My commander told me that no one prays more than a soldier
targeted for death. And he's right. We say a lot of prayers over
here. Something happens inside a soldier when he sees his
comrades being sent home in body bags. You realize just how
fragile and precious life is.
Charles S. U.S. Army, Reserve
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& Humor' and its subsidiaries related to the institution
of lower learning hereby known as UNC to another
of your choice from the list below:
1) French university students
2) Harvard or U.C.-Berkeley
3) Any accredited high school or middle school
4) Any Loggerheads & Pundits
5) Any and all persnickety individuals or nincompoops
6) Any Chapel Hill, NC Citizen unless same sends an offspring
to NCSU, JSU, MSU, USC, UGA, or FSU.
7) It is against international law to transmute any jocoseness
found in this newspaper to any school if their mascot is the Wolfpack.
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FBI, CIA, and the KGB and you will be charged with...
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In the 1920s, gramophones (wind-up phonograph players) were all the
ReplyDeleterage. These primitive sound machines used a sharp needle to trace
the undulations of a groove spiraling around a flat disk that rotated
under the needle mechanism. The changing position of the needle was
mechanically amplified to produce audible sound vibrations.
The least expensive gramophone needles were made out of hard steel,
which eventually wore out the records. Because they were inflexible,
the steel needles also reproduced the micro-bumps made by tiny dust
particles, adding undesirable noises called hiss and crackle.
The most expensive needles, which also produced the best sound, were
made out of softer materials like pig bristles or carved bamboo
slivers. These soft needles did not produce as much hiss and crackle
as the steel needles and did not wear out the records. The very best
needles were made out of the spines of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia),
which are not only sharp and flexible but also very durable.