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| The good ol days
The 1912 Olympics was the last time that gold medals were solid gold.
| Sports Facts |
| Bob Hope Quote
I'm so old they've cancelled my blood type.
| Humor |
| For the sake of ten
Genesis 18:29-33
| Bible |
| It takes a lot of balls...
About 42,000 tennis balls are used in the plus-minus 650 matches in the Wimbledon championship.
| Sports Facts |
| A Love Story
I shall seek and find you.
I shall take you to bed and control you.
I will make you ache, shake and sweat until you grunt and groan.
I will make you beg for mercy.
I will exhaust you to the point that you will be relieved when I leave you.
And ...
| Humor |
| Abraham continues to plead
Genesis 18:26-27
| Bible |
| Life Is
Life is a song - sing it.
Life is a game - play it.
Life is a challenge - meet it.
Life is a dream - realize it.
Life is a sacrifice - offer it.
Life is love - enjoy it.
-- Sai Baba
| Philosophy |
| Lefties unite!
Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
| Sports Facts |
| Proud Father
A Texan bought a round of drinks for all in the bar and said that his wife had just produced
"a typical Texas baby" weighing twenty pounds.
Two weeks later he returned to the bar. The bartender recognized him and asked, "Aren't you
the father of the typical ...
| Humor |
| Abraham pleads for the righteous
Genesis 18:22-25
| Bible |
| Mom and Dad
If you vote for government to be your mommy and daddy, don't be surprised when it monitors your Facebook activity.
-- David Burge (@iowahawkblog)
| Philosophy |
| Who's on first
The practice of identifying baseball players by number (corresponding to a player's position in the batting order) was started by the Yankees in 1929.
| Sports Facts |
| The Doctor is NOT in
There's a bunch of doctors gathered together at a doctor's convention one night. A male doctor notices a female doctor from across the room. The female doctor notices also and the next thing you know, they're sitting next to each other by the end of dinner.
After ...
| Humor |
| The Lord see for Himself
Genesis 18:20,21
| Bible |
| Technology and Hearts
We often use technology to save time, but increasingly, it either takes the saved time along with it, or makes the saved time less present, intimate and rich. I worry that the closer the world gets to our fingertips, the further it gets from our hearts.
-- ...
| Philosophy |
| Not the fav
At horse race tracks, the favorite wins about 30 (or less) percent of the time.
| Sports Facts |
| Bar Crawl
An Irishman drinks at the pub until they close.
He stands up to leave and falls flat on his face. He tries to stand one more time and falls again. He figures he'll crawl outside and get some fresh air and maybe that will sober him up.
Outside, he tries ...
| Humor |
| Should Abrham be told?
Genesis 18:16-21
| Bible |
| Value of Attention
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
-- Simone Weil
| Philosophy |
| Can't fly yet...
No high jumper has ever been able to stay off the ground for more than one second.
| Sports Facts |
| Blind, Blonde, & Ballsy
A blind man walks into a bar, taps the man next him, and says, "Hey, wanna hear a blonde joke?"
The man says back to the blind man, "Look buddy, I'm blonde. The man behind me is a 400-pound professional wrestler and he is blonde. The bouncer is blonde. ...
| Humor |
| Peter and John not punished
Acts 4:21-22
| Bible |
| No Virtue in Government Charity
There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to ...
| Philosophy |
| A man's sport
Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
| Sports Facts |
| Beautiful?
There was a lawyer and he was just waking up from anesthesia after surgery, and his wife was sitting by his side. His eyes fluttered open and he said, “You're beautiful!” and then he fell asleep again. His wife had never heard him say that so she stayed by ...
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