"I tried to catch some fog. I mist."
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Richard Williams <[email protected]>wrote: > A skeptical anthropologist was cataloging South American folk remedies > with the assistance of a tribal Brujo who indicated that the leaves of a > particular fern were a sure cure for any case of constipation. > > When the anthropologist expressed his doubts, the Brujo looked him in > the eye and said, > > "Let me tell you, with fronds like these, you don't need enemas." > > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 7:29 AM, Richard Williams <[email protected]>wrote: > >> There were three Indian squaws. >> >> One slept on a deer skin, one slept on an elk skin, and the third slept >> on a hippopotamus skin. All three became pregnant. The first two >> each had a baby boy. The one who slept on the hippopotamus skin >> had twin boys. >> >> This just goes to prove that...the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal >> to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides. >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Richard Williams <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> A famous Viking explorer returned home from a voyage and found his name >>> missing from the town register. His wife insisted on complaining to the >>> local civic official who apologized profusely saying, "I must have >>> taken Leif >>> off my census." >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Share Long <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Richard, imho these are very good for preventing dementia and or >>>> Alzheimers (-: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 12:25 PM, Richard Williams < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> An Indian chief was feeling very sick, so he summoned the medicine >>>> man. >>>> >>>> After a brief examination, the medicine man took out a long, thin strip >>>> of >>>> elk rawhide and gave it to the chief, telling him to bite off, chew,and >>>> swallow one inch of the leather every day. >>>> >>>> After a month, the medicine man returned to see how the chief was >>>> feeling. >>>> >>>> The chief shrugged and said, "The thong is ended, but the malady >>>> lingers on." >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Richard Williams >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>> A thief broke into the local police station and stole all the toilets >>>> and urinals, leaving no clues. A spokesperson was quoted as >>>> saying, "We have absolutely nothing to go on." >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Richard Williams <[email protected] >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>> Back in the 1800's the Tate's Watch Company of Massachusetts wanted to >>>> produce other products, and since they already made the cases for >>>> watches, >>>> they used them to produce compasses. >>>> >>>> The new compasses were so bad that people often ended up in Canada or >>>> Mexico rather than California . >>>> >>>> This, of course, is the origin of the expression,"He who has a Tate's >>>> is lost!" >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Richard Williams >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>> A marine biologist developed a race of genetically engineered dolphins >>>> that could live forever if they were fed a steady diet of seagulls. >>>> >>>> One day, his supply of the birds ran out so he had to go out and trap >>>> some more. On the way back, he spied two lions asleep on the road. >>>> >>>> Afraid to wake them, he gingerly stepped over them. Immediately, he was >>>> arrested and charged with transporting gulls across sedate lions for >>>> immortal porpoises. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Richard J. Williams < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> King Ozymandias of Assyria was running low on cash after years of war >>>> with the Hittites. His last great possession was the Star of the >>>> Euphrates, >>>> the most valuable diamond in the ancient world. Desperate, he went to >>>> Croesus, the pawnbroker, to ask for a loan. >>>> >>>> Croesus said, "I'll give you 100,000 dinars for it". >>>> >>>> "But I paid a million dinars for it," the King protested. "Don't you >>>> know >>>> who I am? I am the king!" >>>> >>>> Croesus replied, "When you wish to pawn a Star, makes no difference >>>> who you are." >>>> >>>> >>>> On 12/1/2013 3:46 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: >>>> >>>> Evidence has been found that William Tell and his family were avid >>>> bowlers. Unfortunately, all the Swiss league records were destroyed in >>>> a >>>> fire. And, so we'll never know for whom the Tells bowled. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >
