Chuckle 1058

Chuckle 1058
(Bev L of Florence OR gets today's chuckle thanks!)


~Three Quick Chuckles~
(Plus: Today in History, Word for the Day and 6 Differences.)


1. There are 3 kinds of men - ones that learn by reading - a few who learn by observing - but the rest of them have to pee on the electric fence to find out for themselves.

2. After eating an entire bull, the mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral of the story is 'when you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut'.

And last but not least:

3. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.

Courtesy of Will Rogers. ***

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• Today in history

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Word of the Day for Wednesday May 31, 2006
pleonasm \PLEE-uh-naz-uhm\, noun:1. The use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; as, "I saw it with my own eyes."2. An instance or example of pleonasm.3. A superfluous word or expression.

Dougan uses many words where few would do, as if pleonasm were a way of wringing every possibility out of the material he has, and stretching sentences a form of spreading the word.-- Paula Cocozza, "Book review: How Dynamo Kiev beat the Luftwaffe", Independent, March 2, 2001

Such a phrase from President Nixon's era, much favored by politicians, is "at this moment in time." Presumably these five words mean "now." That pleonasm probably does little harm except, perhaps, to the reputation of the speaker.-- Eoin McKiernan, "Last Word: Special Relationships", Irish America, August 31, 1994

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