Chuckle 5603

Chuckle 5603 Classic Chuckle 746 (Rick in Surrey BC gets today's chuckle thanks!) ~The Truth Comes Out~ (Plus: Today in history, Word for the day, Today’s horoscope, Aunty Acid and Sign) A college student challenged a senior citizen sitting next to him, saying it was impossible for their generation to understand his. "You grew up in a different world," the student said loud enough for the everyone to hear. "Today we have television, jet planes, space travel, man has walked on the Moon, our spaceships have visited Mars, we even have nuclear energy, electric and hydrogen cars, computers with light-speed processing...and .uh...” Taking advantage of a pause in the student's litany, the geezer said, “You're right. We didn't have those things when we were young; so we invented them, you little twit! What the hell are you doing for the next generation??" ________________________________________________ Let’s build our vocabulary. Word of the Day for Monday July 18, 2005 ersatz \AIR-sahts; UR-sats\, adjective: Being a substitute or imitation, usually an inferior one. Meanwhile, a poor copy was erected in the courtyard; many an unsuspecting traveler paid homage to that ersatz masterpiece. --Edith Pearlman, "Girl and Marble Boy," The Atlantic, December 29, 1999 ___________________________________________________________________ (Today in History Click) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history ________________________________________________________________ (Sharpen your vocabulary by clicking Word for the Day) www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day _________________________________________________________________ (For today's Horoscope click Today's Horoscope) http://www.prokerala.com/astrology/horoscope/ _______________________________________________________________________

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