Rambler 41

A new, humorous, book on Halloween has been published by Greg Letterman: Boo Jest.

In about a day, the pharmaceutical ads will seem like messages from heaven after the year plus of campaign ads.

Geneticists, in their efforts to breed a new amphibian, said they are at a cross toads.

I cannot go swimming in either ocean. I have a beach impediment.

After the Bejing Olympics our teams noticed that small microphones had been placed in their boats. Scull buggery is suspected.

The George Washington Bridge, spanning the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York, is an example of forward thinking (lacking in today’s construction planning). It was completed in1931. In 1959, the lower deck (8 more lanes of traffic) was installed. The bridge designer had built it with expansion in mind.

The Bush’s Bean Company is the sponsor of this year’s Blue Gas Music Festival in Depue, IL.

Why do they call it the Big Ten Conference when there are 11 schools (since Penn State was added) in the conference? And these are institutions of higher learning? I wouldn’t recommend majoring in math at any of their universities.

Before they started traveling through all of the states, John and Jane Doe were originally from Deerfield, IL, according to genealogists.

We outspent the USSR on military initiatives to drive them into bankruptcy and to end the Cold War. Now we’re doing it to ourselves.

A question on manners: Do I wear a lei to a luau?

A local spammer is being tried on 2 counts of artificial dissemination.

To defend the surgeon in the malpractice suit, the defense attorney said that exploratory perjury may be required.

Antique German Clocks give one the appreciation of the skills required to build them. The gears and shafts were hand made. Mathematical skills were required for the gearing. And woodworking skills were required to build the attractive cases. Adjusting the pendulum can result in accuracy within 1 minute a week.

Hair specialists in a Wisconsin salon became so adept at trimming eyebrows that they became known as the Milwaukee Browers. (An attempt at high brow humor)

Westclox, because of complaints about its noisy alarm bells, has come out with a new line of clocks that hums various opera tunes. The new line will be “The Humdinger.” The clock will soon be available in your aria.

After eating food from a local fast food chain, I experienced a Sonic boom.

The outgoing poet specialized in extroverse.