After a month of basic training I was in the =
bathroom brushing my teeth when the Drill Sergeant barged in. He was =
holding a toothbrush, which he proceeded to use to scrub underneath the =
rim of a toilet.
“What are you doing?” I =
asked.
“Hazing the new guy,” he said =
with a grin.
“You do know that he could get really =
sick from the bacteria on the toilet.”
His reply was quick and to the point: =
“You didn’t.”
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ANSWERS TO =
YESTERDAY’S QUIZ
1. George =
Washington – dancer (before marriage he never missed parties and =
danced with all the available women)
2. Thomas Jefferson – =
architect (designed buildings in the capital, university and =
home)
3. Andrew Jackson – =
marksman (pistol; fought 100 duels)
4. John Tyler – concert violinist (would often =
feature himself as soloist at State parties)
5. James Garfield – ambidextrous writer (could =
write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other at the same =
time)
6. Chester A. Arthur – =
clothes (had 80 custom-made suits in the White House)
7. Jimmy Carter – speed reading (2500 =
words a minute with nearly total retention)
8. Theodore Roosevelt – stilt walker (every =
member of his family, including the first lady, were adept at =
this)
9. Ronald Reagan – actor =
(sportscaster by trade, he moved from radio to the big screen and became =
a heart-throb)
10. Lyndon Johnson =
– radio station DJ (he used his wife’s inheritance to buy =
KLBJ-FM and oversaw its programming)
11. Bill Clinton – crossword puzzle (did New =
York Times puzzle in ink, often in just a few minutes)
12. Warren Harding – tuba (he would often join =
the Marine Band at rehearsals on the White House lawn)
13. Gerald Ford – fashion model (on the cover of =
Cosmopolitan magazine and married another model)
14. Woodrow Wilson – singer (tenor in University =
of Virginia glee club/quartet)
15. =
Dwight D. Eisenhower – landscape artist (more than 300 paintings =
on display)
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Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] www.grif.net =
"Jesus Knows Me, This I =
Love!"