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On June 14th, 1777, Congress adopted the flag for the newly min= ted United States in America. We prepare to celebrate another anniversary o= f Old Glory by singing all four stanzas in tribute: O say can you se= e by the dawn’s early light,What so proudly we hailed at…

Did you hear about the veterinarian who prescribes birth-contro= l pills for dogs? It’s part of the ci= ty’s anti-litter campaign. =  = ~~ The topic of the day at Army Airborne School was what you should do if= your parachute malfunctions. We had just gotten to the part about…

Want to know our plan for today’s hike? I’ll summit up nicely.   What’s the best jacket to wea= r on a hike? A trail blazer.   M= ountains aren’t just funny. They are = really hill areas.   Son asked where to go to the bathroom in the woods.=…

I must admit I was a little distraught as I phoned my doctor’s = office. "Is it true," I wanted to know, "that the medication= you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?"   "Yes, I’m af= raid so," the doctor told me. &nbs= p; There…

Ever wonder where some major companies/brands get their names?&= nbsp; Here are the A-B-C’s of companies in just a phrase or two descr= ibing how they arrived at names now common to millions around the world.Your task, it you so desire, is to figure out the name (all beginning =…

[Since June is traditionally the “wedding month”= , here is a reprint of some advice shared on the grif net blog a dozen year= s ago about marriage] Marriage is like a deck of cards. In the begin= ning all you need are two hearts and a diamond.  Ten years…

[We will continue to share encouragement and challenge the firs= t weekend of each month, but this is the last month of “unknown&#8221= ; sources. From now on we will try to post the speaker (or author, song, mo= vie) where it originated.]  = “You don’t have to be perfect…

Why don’t pirates take a shower before they walk the plan= k? They just wash up on shore.   ~~ One of the oddities of Wall Street is that it is the dealer = and not the customer who is called broker.   ~~ NBC’s Moscow correspondent Irvi= ng R.…

[Oneth of the Month puns and in June we’ve reached &#8220= ;T” in our list of Tom Swifty humor]   "I flunked this lousy exam,&quo= t; said Tom testily.   "This dugout is infested with crawling bugs," sai= d Tom trenchantly.   "Don’t sneeze with your mouth full," said the…

[Children may g= ive a wrong answer to questions, but even those bring a smile]   Q: How did God part the Red Sea to allow His peop= le to cross? A: With a seesaw   Q: How can you tell a Dogwood tree from an Oak t= ree? A:…

This is a fun, EASY quiz. 25 famous quotations from the silver = screen and you simply need to recall the first movie where it was said.&nbs= p; Give it a shot. Even if you don’t go to movies, these are all part= of our cultural literacy and well-known to…

[My good buddy Paul Olmstead shared this inspiring, true story = fitting for Memorial Day]   “In September of 2005, on the first day of school= , Martha Cothren, a History teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock,= did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of…

[Anonymous poem at the Grand Army of the Republic’s &#822= 0;Memorial Day, 1919” ceremony. This was nearly 55 years after the ca= rnage or the War Between the States (no war should be called “civil&#= 8221;) and the few living veterans had gathered with a number of vets from =…