Monday, June 14, 2004
Today in History: Jun 14 1954
At the Lincoln Memorial, President Dwight Eisenhower signs a law inserting the words "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance. Eisenhower declares: "From this day forward, the millions of our schoolchildren will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty."
Twist of Irony: Today: Jun 14, 2004: U.S. Supreme Court dismisses challenge to constitutionality of Pledge of Allegiance, declaring that for the time being the phrase 'under God' can remain in the Pledge.
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Cross Your T's and Dot Your I's: It's the Law
The Michigan senate is currently considering a Rep Edward Gaffney's legibility bill, which recently passed the State House. Ed wants to have it become law that if a doctor's handwriting is deemed to be illegible on a prescription, said doctor will be fined up to $1,000.
I wonder who gets to determine if the writing is clear or not?
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World Record Cocaine Swallowing
A 20-something Nigerian attempted to smuggle 3.5 pounds of cocaine into Norway...by swallowing it. Norwegian customs agents became suspicious of the man as he attempted to enter the country. While he was being held, the guy refused any food or water, which escalated concerns on the part of the customs agents.
When they took him to be x-rayed, 'hospital personnel were stunned' by how many bags of cocaine were in his stomach. He had swallowed 160 bags, which took 3 days to pass.
Luckily for him, none of them burst while inside.
Unluckily for him, Guinness Book of World Records does not have a Most Cocaine Housed in a Stomach While Smuggling category, so all his work was for naught.
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I Confess - D'oh
Toru Tanaka, of Fukuoka Japan, is NOT good at keeping secrets. Toru bobbed a 7-11 store and fled in a freshly rented car. A couple of days later, a rental agency employee noticed the car on the street, and approached Toru. Toru figured it must be a cop, so he quickly blurted out "I committed a robbery (sic)"
Turns out he was just late returning the car. HaHAAAA!
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Haste Makes Waste
Emilio Leal got tired of waiting for wifey to finish up her business at a store in Miami. So instead of honking the horn on the car as MOST people would, he 'accidentally' put the car in gear, hit 5 parked cars and then slammed into the store.
Wifey got to finish her shopping while waiting for the cops, I presume.
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Man outruns horse for first time
Huw Lobb became the first human to outrun a horse in the annual Man vs Horse race in Wales! The 27 year old marathon runner completed the 22 mile course in 2hr5min19sec, 12 minutes ahead of the nearest horse. Whoo Hoo!
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Don't Chew the Mice
The Exchange Hotel, a pub in Brisbane, held a special contest to see who would win a vacation: a Mouse Chewing contest! Contestants gobbled up live mice and then spit out their remains in an attempt to win the trip. Someone from the RSPCA heard of it, got ticked off, and wants to prosecute for animal cruelty with penalties up to $75,000 and 2 years in prison.
No news on who won the trip or how many meeces were chewed and upchucked.
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At the Lincoln Memorial, President Dwight Eisenhower signs a law inserting the words "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance. Eisenhower declares: "From this day forward, the millions of our schoolchildren will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty."
Twist of Irony: Today: Jun 14, 2004: U.S. Supreme Court dismisses challenge to constitutionality of Pledge of Allegiance, declaring that for the time being the phrase 'under God' can remain in the Pledge.
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Cross Your T's and Dot Your I's: It's the Law
The Michigan senate is currently considering a Rep Edward Gaffney's legibility bill, which recently passed the State House. Ed wants to have it become law that if a doctor's handwriting is deemed to be illegible on a prescription, said doctor will be fined up to $1,000.
I wonder who gets to determine if the writing is clear or not?
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World Record Cocaine Swallowing
A 20-something Nigerian attempted to smuggle 3.5 pounds of cocaine into Norway...by swallowing it. Norwegian customs agents became suspicious of the man as he attempted to enter the country. While he was being held, the guy refused any food or water, which escalated concerns on the part of the customs agents.
When they took him to be x-rayed, 'hospital personnel were stunned' by how many bags of cocaine were in his stomach. He had swallowed 160 bags, which took 3 days to pass.
Luckily for him, none of them burst while inside.
Unluckily for him, Guinness Book of World Records does not have a Most Cocaine Housed in a Stomach While Smuggling category, so all his work was for naught.
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I Confess - D'oh
Toru Tanaka, of Fukuoka Japan, is NOT good at keeping secrets. Toru bobbed a 7-11 store and fled in a freshly rented car. A couple of days later, a rental agency employee noticed the car on the street, and approached Toru. Toru figured it must be a cop, so he quickly blurted out "I committed a robbery (sic)"
Turns out he was just late returning the car. HaHAAAA!
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Haste Makes Waste
Emilio Leal got tired of waiting for wifey to finish up her business at a store in Miami. So instead of honking the horn on the car as MOST people would, he 'accidentally' put the car in gear, hit 5 parked cars and then slammed into the store.
Wifey got to finish her shopping while waiting for the cops, I presume.
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Man outruns horse for first time
Huw Lobb became the first human to outrun a horse in the annual Man vs Horse race in Wales! The 27 year old marathon runner completed the 22 mile course in 2hr5min19sec, 12 minutes ahead of the nearest horse. Whoo Hoo!
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Don't Chew the Mice
The Exchange Hotel, a pub in Brisbane, held a special contest to see who would win a vacation: a Mouse Chewing contest! Contestants gobbled up live mice and then spit out their remains in an attempt to win the trip. Someone from the RSPCA heard of it, got ticked off, and wants to prosecute for animal cruelty with penalties up to $75,000 and 2 years in prison.
No news on who won the trip or how many meeces were chewed and upchucked.
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