Month: March 2009
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Lars
Lars, a Norwegian from Cook County in northern Minnesota, was an older, single gentleman who was born and raised a Lutheran. Each Friday night after work, he would fire up his grill and cook a venison steak. Now, all of Lars’ neighbors were Catholic. Since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on…
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Perspective
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.Herman Melville
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I Love Mustard
(This is a true story.) If you have children you will probably relate to this father…As ham sandwiches go, it was perfection. A thick slab of ham, a fresh bun, crisp lettuce and plenty of expensive, light brown, gourmet mustard. The corners of my jaw aching in anticipation, I carried it to the table in…
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Liberty
Liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.William Penn
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Satanic Barney Proof
Given: Barney is a CUTE PURPLE DINOSAURProve: Barney is satanicThe Romans had no letter ‘U’, and used ‘V’ instead for printing, meaning the Roman representation would for Barney would be: CVTE PVRPLE DINOSAVRCVTE PVRPLE DINOSAVRExtracting the Roman numerals, we have:CV V L DI VAnd their decimal equivalents are:100 5 5 50 500 1 5Adding those…