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12/01/20 Grif.Net – Caution: Words at Play

12/01/20 Grif.Net – Caution: Words at Play

[First-of-the-m=
onth word plays are always fun!]

A fellow I know composes songs =
about sewing machines. He’s a Singer songwriter (or sew it =
seams).

 

After playing =
guitar for years I thought I could learn to play the piano. Found out =
it’s not an easy instrument to pick up.

 

I asked the =
doctor if I could administer my own anesthetic.   He said, =
“Sure, go ahead. Knock yourself =
out.“

 

M=
y son kept chewing on electrical cords so I had to ground him. =
He’s doing better currently and conducting himself =
properly.

 

~~ANSWERS to =
Monday to Remember: 1950’s~~

 

1. 1950 =
– The comic strip “Li’l Folks” was renamed =
PEANUTS

 

2. 1951 =
– 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution to LIMIT =
PRESIDENT TO TWO TERMS was ratified.

 

3. 1952 =
– The US developed and detonated the first HYDROGEN =
BOMB.

 

4. 1953 =
– FROFFLE (FROzen waFFLE) brand frozen waffles were renamed =
“EGGO’S”.

 

5. 1954 =
– Widespread trials of the new POLIO vaccine =
began.

 

6. 1955 =
– Congress passed a bill to include IN GOD WE TRUST on all US =
currency.

 

7. 1956 =
– In Montgomery, Alabama, a BUS BOYCOTT that changed the civil =
rights movement was underway.

 

8. 1957 =
– Sixty-seven nations joined to celebrate scientific research in =
the IGY or INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR.

 

9. 1958 =
– Chuck Berry’s pop tune JOHNNY B GOODE was later selected =
for the Voyager space probe to communicate our culture with =
extraterrestrials.

 

10. 1959 =
– Frank Lloyd Wright’s GUGGENHEIM Museum =
opened

 

~~

Dr Bob Griffin =

[email protected] =
www.grif.net

"Jesus =
Knows Me, This I Love!"