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Laff A Day.
Not as funny as "TZ" the author of Laff a day thinks, but sometimes he has GREAT jokes. I've been receiving these for years now. This is an edited one.
LAFF A DAY - Monday, October 9, 2006
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HOW DOES YOUR STATE RATE?
ALABAMA ... Was the first place to have 9-1-1, started in
1968.
ALASKA ... One out of every 64 people has a pilot's license.
ARIZONA ... Is the only state in the continental U.S. that
doesn't follow Daylight Savings Time.
ARKANSAS ... Has the only active diamond mine in the U.S.
CALIFORNIA ... Its economy is so large that if it were a
country, it would rank seventh in the entire world.
COLORADO ... In 1976 it became the only state to turn down
the Olympics.
CONNECTICUT ... The Frisbee was invented here at Yale
University.
DELAWARE ... Has more scientists and engineers than any
other state.
FLORIDA ... At 759 square miles, Jacksonville is the US's
largest city.
GEORGIA ... It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist John
Pemberton made the first vat of Coca-Cola.
HAWAII ... Hawaiians live, on average, five years longer
than residents in any other state.
IDAHO ... TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922.
ILLINOIS ... The Chicago River is dyed green every St.
Patrick's Day.
INDIANA ... Home to Santa Claus, Indiana, which get a half
million letter to Santa every year.
IOWA ... Winnebagos get their name from Winnebago County.
Also, it is the only state that begins with two vowels.
KANSAS ... Liberal, Kansas, has an exact replica of the
house in The Wizard of Oz.
KENTUCKY ... Has more than $6 billion in gold underneath
Fort Knox.
LOUISIANA ... Has parishes instead of counties because they
were originally Spanish church units.
MAINE ... It's so big, it covers as many square miles as
the other five New England states combined.
MARYLAND ... The Oujia board was created in Baltimore in
1892.
MASSACHUSETTS ... The Fig Newton is named after Newton,
Massachusetts.
MICHIGAN ... Fremont, home to Gerber, is the baby food
capital of the world.
MINNESOTA ... Bloomington's Mall of America is so big, if
you spent 10 minutes in each store, you'd be there nearly
four days.
MISSISSIPPI ... President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot
a bear here. That's how the teddy bear got its name.
MISSOURI ... Is the birthplace of the ice cream cone.
MONTANA .. A sapphire from Montana is the Crown Jewels of
England.
NEBRASKA ... More triplets are born here than in any other
state.
NEVADA ... Has more hotel rooms than any other place in the
world.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ... Birthplace of Tupperware, invented in
1938 by Earl Tupper.
NEW JERSEY ... Has the most shopping malls in one area in
the world.
NEW MEXICO ... Smokey the Bear was rescued from a 1950
forest fire here.
NEW YORK ... Is home to the nation's oldest cattle ranch,
started in 1747 in Montauk.
NORTH CAROLINA ... Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut.
NORTH DAKOTA ... Rigby, North Dakota, is the exact geo-
graphic center of North America.
OHIO ... The hot dog was invented here in 1900.
OKLAHOMA ... The grounds of the state capital are covered
by operating oil wells.
OREGON ... Has the most ghost towns in the country.
PENNSYLVANIA ... The smiley, :) was first used in 1980 by
computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University.
RHODE ISLAND ... The nation's oldest bar, the White Horse
Tavern, opened here in 1673
SOUTH CAROLINA ... Sumter County is home to the world's
largest gingko farm.
SOUTH DAKOTA ... Is the only state that's never had an
earthquake.
TENNESSEE ... Nashville's Grand Ole Opry is the longest
running live radio show in the world.
TEXAS ... Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco back in 1885.
UTAH ... The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant opened
here in 1952.
VERMONT ... Montpelier is the only state capital without a
McDonald's.
VIRGINIA ... Home of the world's largest office building...
the Pentagon.
WASHINGTON ... Seattle has twice as many college graduates
as any other state.
WASHINGTON D.C. ... Was the first planned capital in the
world.
WEST VIRGINIA ... Had the world's first brick paved street,
Summers Street, laid in Charleston in 1870.
WISCONSIN ... The ice cream sundae was invented here in
1881 to get around Blue Laws prohibiting ice cream from
being sold on Sundays.
WYOMING ... Was the first state to allow women to vote.
Visit the Laff A Day Website here:
http://www.laffaday.com
Laff A Day Website
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*** THE WORLD ACCORDING TO TZ ***
It's Available. The Laffaday Book... Check it out, it's
F-R-E-E (you pay s&h). For more info or to order visit:
Laffaday Book
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LAFF A DAY - Monday, October 9, 2006
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HOW DOES YOUR STATE RATE?
ALABAMA ... Was the first place to have 9-1-1, started in
1968.
ALASKA ... One out of every 64 people has a pilot's license.
ARIZONA ... Is the only state in the continental U.S. that
doesn't follow Daylight Savings Time.
ARKANSAS ... Has the only active diamond mine in the U.S.
CALIFORNIA ... Its economy is so large that if it were a
country, it would rank seventh in the entire world.
COLORADO ... In 1976 it became the only state to turn down
the Olympics.
CONNECTICUT ... The Frisbee was invented here at Yale
University.
DELAWARE ... Has more scientists and engineers than any
other state.
FLORIDA ... At 759 square miles, Jacksonville is the US's
largest city.
GEORGIA ... It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist John
Pemberton made the first vat of Coca-Cola.
HAWAII ... Hawaiians live, on average, five years longer
than residents in any other state.
IDAHO ... TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922.
ILLINOIS ... The Chicago River is dyed green every St.
Patrick's Day.
INDIANA ... Home to Santa Claus, Indiana, which get a half
million letter to Santa every year.
IOWA ... Winnebagos get their name from Winnebago County.
Also, it is the only state that begins with two vowels.
KANSAS ... Liberal, Kansas, has an exact replica of the
house in The Wizard of Oz.
KENTUCKY ... Has more than $6 billion in gold underneath
Fort Knox.
LOUISIANA ... Has parishes instead of counties because they
were originally Spanish church units.
MAINE ... It's so big, it covers as many square miles as
the other five New England states combined.
MARYLAND ... The Oujia board was created in Baltimore in
1892.
MASSACHUSETTS ... The Fig Newton is named after Newton,
Massachusetts.
MICHIGAN ... Fremont, home to Gerber, is the baby food
capital of the world.
MINNESOTA ... Bloomington's Mall of America is so big, if
you spent 10 minutes in each store, you'd be there nearly
four days.
MISSISSIPPI ... President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot
a bear here. That's how the teddy bear got its name.
MISSOURI ... Is the birthplace of the ice cream cone.
MONTANA .. A sapphire from Montana is the Crown Jewels of
England.
NEBRASKA ... More triplets are born here than in any other
state.
NEVADA ... Has more hotel rooms than any other place in the
world.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ... Birthplace of Tupperware, invented in
1938 by Earl Tupper.
NEW JERSEY ... Has the most shopping malls in one area in
the world.
NEW MEXICO ... Smokey the Bear was rescued from a 1950
forest fire here.
NEW YORK ... Is home to the nation's oldest cattle ranch,
started in 1747 in Montauk.
NORTH CAROLINA ... Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut.
NORTH DAKOTA ... Rigby, North Dakota, is the exact geo-
graphic center of North America.
OHIO ... The hot dog was invented here in 1900.
OKLAHOMA ... The grounds of the state capital are covered
by operating oil wells.
OREGON ... Has the most ghost towns in the country.
PENNSYLVANIA ... The smiley, :) was first used in 1980 by
computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University.
RHODE ISLAND ... The nation's oldest bar, the White Horse
Tavern, opened here in 1673
SOUTH CAROLINA ... Sumter County is home to the world's
largest gingko farm.
SOUTH DAKOTA ... Is the only state that's never had an
earthquake.
TENNESSEE ... Nashville's Grand Ole Opry is the longest
running live radio show in the world.
TEXAS ... Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco back in 1885.
UTAH ... The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant opened
here in 1952.
VERMONT ... Montpelier is the only state capital without a
McDonald's.
VIRGINIA ... Home of the world's largest office building...
the Pentagon.
WASHINGTON ... Seattle has twice as many college graduates
as any other state.
WASHINGTON D.C. ... Was the first planned capital in the
world.
WEST VIRGINIA ... Had the world's first brick paved street,
Summers Street, laid in Charleston in 1870.
WISCONSIN ... The ice cream sundae was invented here in
1881 to get around Blue Laws prohibiting ice cream from
being sold on Sundays.
WYOMING ... Was the first state to allow women to vote.
Visit the Laff A Day Website here:
http://www.laffaday.com
Laff A Day Website
------------------------------------------------------------
*** THE WORLD ACCORDING TO TZ ***
It's Available. The Laffaday Book... Check it out, it's
F-R-E-E (you pay s&h). For more info or to order visit:
Laffaday Book
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La Isla de Puerto Rico
(The Island of Puerto Rico)
Comments from the photographer:
"The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, also Porto Rico (archaic) and more commonly Puerto Rico, is a United States territory with Commonwealth status located east of the Dominican Republic in the northeastern Caribbean. Puerto Rico, the smallest of the Greater Antilles, includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands and keys, the largest of which are Mona, Vieques, and Culebra."
Comments from the photographer:
"The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, also Porto Rico (archaic) and more commonly Puerto Rico, is a United States territory with Commonwealth status located east of the Dominican Republic in the northeastern Caribbean. Puerto Rico, the smallest of the Greater Antilles, includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands and keys, the largest of which are Mona, Vieques, and Culebra."
Lazy Sunday Morning
My Flickr addiction makes that this blog is slightly eehhh neglected.
I will try to make up by posting my favourite photo's from Flickr!
I will try to make up by posting my favourite photo's from Flickr!
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