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Skriven 2006-03-18 04:06:06 av Greg Sears (3:633/104)
     Kommentar till en text av George Pope
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     George Pope was saying F unny stuff to  ALL  

 GP> Here's a toughie:
   > Do bats have 6 legs like it says in the Bible, or 4 legs like other
   > mammals?

Well some say they have no-legs, but do have modified legs,arms,wings! ')

> OBStorys: for our Moderator and all-round friend/servant


         William S. Gilbert

  The actress Henrietta Hodson had a long-running feud with Gilbert,
whose dictatorial methods in the theater she strongly resented.  At a
rehearsal for a Gilbert comedy she missed the chair and sat down heavily
on the stage.  Gilbert applauded from the stalls, "I always thought you
would make an impression on the stage someday," he said.

  At rehearsals one day, Gilbert was anxious to speak to a particular
actress and asked a stagehand where she might be found.  "She's round
behind," replied the stagehand.
  "Yes I know that," said Gilbert, "but where is she?"

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          Winston Churchill

  As a young subaltern Churchill sported a mustache.  At a smart dinner
he fell into argument with a grand dowager who, thinking to quell him,
snapped, "young man, I care for neither your politics nor your
mustache."
  "Madam," responded Churchill, "You are unlikely to come in contact
with either."
  Once when Churchill was visiting the White House, President Roosevelt
wheeled himself along to the British Prime Minister's bedroom and open
the door unexpectedly.  Churchill was standing in the middle of the room
stark naked and unembarrassed.  "You see, Mr.  President," he said, we
British have nothing to hide."

  George Bernard Shaw sent Churchill a note inviting him to the
first-night performance of "Saint Joan." He enclosed two tickets, "One
for you and one for a friend - if you have one." Expressing his regret
at being unable to attend, Churchill replied, asking if it would be
possible to have tickets for the second night - "if there is one."

  Entering the men's room in the House of Commons one day, Churchill
found Clement Attlee already standing at the urinal.  Churchill took up
his stance at the opposite end of the urinal.  "Feeling standoffish
today, are we Winston?" asked Attlee.  "that's right," replied
churchill.  "Every time you see something big, you want to nationalize
it."

  Of the Greek prime minister Plasteras, Churchill once remarked,
 "Well, I hope he doesn't have feet of clay, too."

---------------------------------------ALSO

       Thomas Coleman Du Pont

  On arrival at a hotel, Du Pont found that a lady who had previously
occupied his room had left behind a frilly nightgown.  He summoned the
manager, handed him the garment, and instructed, "Fill it, and bring it
back."

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       Clarence Darrow

  A female client whose legal problems Darrow had solved burbled, "How
can I ever show my appreciation, Mr.  Darrow?"
  "Ever since the Phoenicians invented money," replied darrow, "there
has been only one answer to that question."

  Darrow was being interviewed for a magazine article on the reasons
given by prominent men for their success.  "Most of the men I've spoken
to so far attribute their success to hard work," said the interviewer.
  "I guess that applies to me, too," said darrow.  "I was brought up on
farm.  One very hot day I was distributing and packing down the hay
which a stacker was constantly dumping on top of me.  By noon I was
completely exhausted.  that afternoon I left the farm, never to return,
and I haven't done a day of hard work since."

---------------------------------------FINALLY

        Jack Dempsey

  J.  Paul Getty was one of the most wealthy men who frequently came to
watch Dempsey train.  Himself a keen amateur boxer, he asked to be
allowed to spar for a round with the champion.  getty put up quite a
credible performance until he made the mistake of saying, "Hit me a
little harder, Jack." Dempsey knocked him out.



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