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Thursday, 22 January 2009

One Story....Two Views.....

Islam film Dutch MP to be charged.

ARTHUR'S MAN OF THE MONTH: Geert Wilders!


H/T Thomas Harris

NFL Fantasy Files: The Best Players




H/T Old Dude

Question for the Day....

Is dissent still patriotic?


H/T Peter Gunn

The Youngest Pool Shark...Landon Shuffet



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Super....

Coming Up.....







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Accidental Advert Placing or Deliberate?



H/T Casasquirrels

History Exam...

NO Cheating - don't look at the answers until you take the test!!!!

The answers can be found in the comments section.

Everyone over 40 should have a pretty easy time at this exam. If you are under 40 you can claim a handicap.

This is a History Exam for those who don't mind seeing how much they really remember about what went on in their life.

1. In the 1940s where were automobile headlight dimmer switches located?
a. On the floor shift knob.
b. On the floor board to the left of the clutch.
c. Next to the horn.

2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it. For what was it used?
a. Capture lightning bugs.
b. To sprinkle clothes before ironing.
c. Large salt shaker.

3. Why was having milk delivered a problem i n northern winters?
a. Cows got cold and wouldn't produce milk.
b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled.
c. Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk would freeze expanding and pushing up the cardboard bottle top.

4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?
a. Blackjack
b. Gin
c. Craps

5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings when none were available due to rationing during WW II.
a. Suntan
b. Leg painting
c. Wearing slacks

6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn't tell whether it was coming or going?
a. Studebaker
b. Nash Metro
c. Tucker

7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?
a . Strips of dried peanut butter.
b. Chocolate licorice bars.
c. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside.

8. How was Butch wax used?
a. To stiffen a flat-top haircut so it stood up.
b. To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing.
c. On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust.

9. Before inline skates how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes?
a. With clamps tightened by a skate key.
b. Woven straps that crossed the foot.
c. Long pieces of twine.

10. As a kid what was considered the best way to reach a decision?
a. Consider all the facts.
b. Ask Mom.
c. Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.

11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940s and 1950s?
a. Smallpox
b. AIDS
c. Polio

12. "I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey"
a. SUV
b. Taxi
c. Streetcar

13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pony?
a. Old Blue
b. Paint
c. Macaroni

14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?
a . Part of the game of hide and seek.
b. What you did when your Mom called you in to do chores.
c. Hiding under your desk and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.

15. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody show?
a. Princess Summerfallwinterspring
b. Princess Sacajawea
c. Princess Moonshadow

16. What did all the really savvy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school?
a. Immediately sniffed the purple ink as this was believed to get you high.
b. Made paper airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window.
c. Wrote another pupil's name on the top to avoid their failure.

17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases?
a. To keep you out of mischief by licking the backs which tasted like bubble gum.
b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items.
c. They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos.

18. Praise the Lord & pass the _________?
a. Meatballs
b. Dames
c. Ammunition

19. What was the name of the singing group that made the song "Cabdriver" a hit?
a. The Ink Spots
b. The Supremes
c. The Esquires

20. Who left his heart in San Francisco ?
a. Tony Bennett
b. Xavier Cugat
c. George Gershwin
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H/T Shelly who got 19 right.

Store of the Day......




Their site is
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Did they really open on April 1?

New York Skyline 1913.....



Lots more
Here

IDF Totty.....

News....

Opium, muck and bullets: The Mail joins the Gurkhas on patrol in Afghanistan. Great piece.

Harare diary: 'Hope has died'. What are the odds on Obama doing anything to end the suffering in Zimbabwe? Brown hasn't the balls.

Expect fireworks when details of MPs’ expenses are made public. Lynch mobs at the ready.

Sniper rifle software launched for iPod touch. Finally. A use for the iPod.

Government forced to bail out major Olympic projects. How do I get a Government Bailout? Everyone else seems to be getting one.

Around 2,500 jobs are lost every day, 1.92m are out of work and the future looks bleak. We are in meltdown.

Fifty years for 'urban terrorists': Animals rights fanatics jailed for campaign of intimidation. Hang the scum.

Binmen warned to wear earmuffs by Heath and Safety Executive. The HSE are bad for your sanity.

The handy little laptop: But the price isn't so tiny... a basic model will cost £849! Perfect for a busy blogger.

Sketch: Gordon Brown could be one of the new unemployed. Not soon enough.

President Barack Obama vows to clean up American politics. Fat chance. There is nothing more corrupt that a socialist.

Pakistan arrests al-Qaeda suspect 'with links to 2005 London bombings'' Now try him over there where he can be executed.

Gaza's smuggling tunnels open again. Egypt must be forced to shut them down on their side.

France targets Coca-Cola in escalating 'cheese wars'. Countries have gone to war over less.

Doh! President Obama retakes his oath. So technically everything he did yesterday didn't count.

Travellers Lose Eviction Ruling. Boot the bastards out and then go after all the other illegal travellers camps. Hell get the IDF to move them

Thursday Totty....




Daddy's been watching 'Ice Road Truckers'.....

Caption time....


H/T Mark Scott

And then the fight started..

A woman was standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror.

She was not happy with what she saw and said to her husband, ‘I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you to pay me a compliment.’

The husband replies, ‘Your eyesight’s damn near perfect.’

And then the fight started…..

H/T DML