Chuckle 1040

Chuckle 1040
(Nadine W of Carpinteria CA gets today's chuckle thanks!)

~Pantyhose Quiz~
(Plus: Today in History and Word for the Day)

Q: How many animals can you fit into a pair of pantyhose?

Now, think about it......

Ready? ARE YOU SURE???

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Answer:
10 little piggies
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2 calves,
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1 ass,
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and an unknown number of hares.
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Now I bet you didn't know that! ***
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• Today in history

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Word of the Day for Friday May 12, 2006

virtu \vuhr-TOO; vir-\, noun:1. love of or taste for fine objects of art.2. Productions of art (especially fine antiques).3. Artistic quality.

The Italian humanist Giovanni Pontano described these objects as "statues, pictures, tapestries, divans, chairs of ivory, cloth interwoven with gems, many-coloured boxes and coffers in the Arabian style, crystal vases and other things of this kind . . . [whose] sight . . . is pleasing and brings prestige to the owner of the house." They all spoke to the wealth, taste and virtu of their owner.-- John Brewer, The Pleasures of the Imagination

Divans, Persian rugs, easy chairs, books, statuary, articles of virtu and bric-a-brac are on every side, and the whole has the appearance of a place where one could dream his life away.-- "Mark Twain's Summer Home", The New York Times, September 10, 1882
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