Chuckle 5610

Chuckle 5610 Classic Chuckle 755 (Rick in Surrey BC gets today's chuckle thanks!) ~The American Way~ (Plus: Today in history, Word for the day, Today’s horoscope, Aunty Acid and 6 Diff’s ) A Somali arrives in Minneapolis as a new immigrant to the United States. He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says: "Thank you Mr. American, for letting me in this country!" But the passerby says: "You are mistaken senor, I am Mexican." The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for having such a beautiful country here in America!" The person says: "I no American, I Vietnamese." The new arrival walks further, and the next person he sees he stops, shakes his hand and says: "Thank you for the wonderful America!" That person puts up his hands almost defensively and says: "I am from Middle East, I am not an American!" He finally sees a nice lady and asks suspiciously: "Are you an American?" She says: "No, I am from Russia!" So he is puzzled, and asks her: "Where are all the Americans?" The Russian lady looks at her watch, shrugs and says..."Probably at work." _____________________________________________________ Word of the Day for Wednesday July 27, 2005 volte-face \vawlt-FAHS; vawl-tuh-\, noun: An about-face; a reversal, as in policy or opinion. I was eventually eased out of the organisation, but not before British policy had performed a volte-face on Cyprus, the colony had gained independence, and yesterday's political wisdoms had suddenly been repudiated. --George Urban, Radio Free Europe and the Pursuit of Democracy In a sudden volte-face, he seemed to accept the agreement; then, when the besieged forces came out to embark, he had their barges held in port. --Richard Eder, "Just Wild About Horatio," New York Times, November 7, 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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