Forrest Gump Goes to Heaven

>>Forrest Gump Goes to Heaven
>>>
>>> The day finally arrives: Forrest Gump dies and goes
>>> to heaven. He is met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter
>>> himself. The gates are closed, however, and Forrest
>>> approaches the gatekeeper. St. Peter says, "Well,
>>> Forrest, it's certainly good to see you. We have heard
>>> a lot about you. I must inform you that the place is
>>> filling up fast, and we've been administrating an
>>> entrance examination for everyone. The tests are fairly
>>> short, but you need to pass before you can get into Heaven.
>>>
>>> Forrest responds "It shore is good to be here St. Peter.
>>> I was looking forward to this. Nobody told me about any
>>> entrance exam. Sure hope the test ain't too hard; life was
>>> a big enough test as it was." St. Peter goes on, "Yes, I know
>>> Forrest but the test I have for you is only three questions.
>>> Here is the first: What days of the week begin with the
>>> letter "T"?
>>> Second: How many seconds are there in a year?
>>> Third: What is God's first name?"
>>>
>>> Forrest goes away to think the questions over. He returns
>>> the next day and goes up to St. Peter to try to answer the
>>> exam questions. St. Peter waves him up and say, "Now
>>> that you have had a chance to think the questions over,
>>> tell me your answers." Forrest says, "Well, the first one
>>> 'how many days of the week begin with the letter "T"?
>>> Shucks, that one's easy. That'd be Today and Tomorrow.
>>> The Saint's eyes open wide and exclaims, "Forrest! That's
>>> not what I was thinking, but.....you dohave a point though,
>>> and I guess that I didn't specify, so I give you credit for
>>> that for that answer. How about the next one ?" asks St.
>>> Peter. "How many seconds in a year?" "Now that one's
>>> harder," says Forrest, "But I thunk and thunk about that
>>> and I guess the only answer can be twelve."
>>>
>>> Astounded, St. Peter says, "Twelve! Twelve! Forrest,
>>> how in Heaven's name could you have come up with twelve
>>> seconds in a year?" Forrest says, "Shucks, there gotta be
>>> twelve: January second, February second, March second....."
>>> "Hold it," interrupts St. Peter. "I see where you're going
>>> with this. And I guess I see your point, though that wasn't
>>> quite what I had in mind, but I'll give you credit for that
>>> one, too. Let's go on with the next and final question.
>>>
>>> Can you tell me God's first name?" Forrest replied, "Andy."
>>> "OK, OK," said a frustrated St. Peter, "I guess I can
>>> understand how you came up with your answers to my
>>> first two questions, but just how in the world did you come
>>> up with the name Andy as the first name of God?" "That
>>> was the easiest one of all," Forrest replied. "I learned it
>>> from the song......................
>>> "ANDY WALKS WITH ME, ANDY TALKS WITH ME,
>>> ANDY TELLS ME I AM HIS OWN..."
>>>


*Thanks to shirley for contributing another brilliant satire story. ^_^

Mothers Are People

Mothers Are People

Mothers are people who cook things
Like breakfast of lunch or a snack;
Dextrous people who hook things
Which button of zip up the back.
Mothers are people who blow things,
Balloons and kisses and noses;
Green-thumbish people who grow things
Like ivy and puppies and roses.
Mothers are people who send things
Like letters and strawberry tarts.
Magical people who mend things
Like blue jeans and elbows and hearts.
Mothers are people who find things
Like mittens and homework and germs;
Fuss-budget people who mind things
Like cuss words and snowballs and worms.
Mothers are people who sweep things
Like porches and cobwebs and rugs;
Soft-hearted people who keep things
Like artwork, report cards and hugs.
Mothers are people who nurse things,
A boy or a girl or a spouse.
And, all in all, there are worse things
Then MOTHERS to have in your house.

...Author unknown


* Contributed by the amazing Shirley

"Secrets for a Happy Marriage" - Rated PG

* Here I present another wonderful contribution from my dear friend Shirley whom I dearly love. ^_^ Thank you for the advise.

"Secrets for a Happy Marriage" -Rated PG

My wife and I have the secret to making a marriage last.

1. Two times a week, we go to a nice restaurant, we have a little wine, some good food and companionship. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.
2. We also sleep in separate beds. Hers is in Florida and mine is in New York.
3. I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back.
4. I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary. "Somewhere I haven't been for a long time!" So I suggested the kitchen.
5. We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.
6. She has an electric blender, electric toaster, and electric bread maker. Then, she said, "There are too many gadgets, and no place to sit down!" So I bought her an electric chair.
7. My wife told me the car wasn't running well because there was water in the carburetor. I asked where the car was, she told me, "In the lake."
8. My wife is on a new diet. Coconuts and bananas. She hasn't lost weight, but boy can she climb a tree now!
9. She got a mudpack and looked great for two whole days. Then the mud fell off.
10. She ran after the garbage truck, yelling, "Am I too late for the garbage?" The driver said, "No, jump in!"

--Unknown Author

Midnight Phone Call

Midnight Phone Call



Midnight Phone Call Stirs A Mothers's Heart

We all know what it's like to get that phone call in the middle
of the night. This night was no different. Jerking up to the
ringing summons, I focused on the red, illuminated numbers
of my clock. Midnight. Panicky thoughts filled my sleep-dazed
mind as I grabbed the reciever.

"Hello?" My heart pounded, I gripped the phone tighter and
eyed my husband, who was now turning to face my side of
the bed.

"Mama?" The voice answered. I could hardly hear the whisper
over the static. But my thoughts immediately went to my
daughter.

When the desperate sound of a young crying voice became
clear on the line, I grabbed for my husband and squeezed
his wrist.

"Mama, I know it's late. But don't...don't say anything until
I finish. And before you ask, yes I've been drinking. I nearly
ran of the roada few miles back and..." I drew in a sharp,
shallow breath, released my husband and pressed my hand
against my forehead. Sleep still fogged my mind, and I
attempted to fight back the panic. Something wasn't right.

"And I got so scared. All I could think of was how it would
hurt you if a policeman came to your door and said I'd been
killed. I want...to come home. I know running away from
home was wrong. I know you've been worried sick. I should
have called you days ago, but I was afraid...Afraid..."

Staying on the line.

Sobs of deep-felt emotion flowed from the reciever and poured
into my heart. Imediately I pictured my daughter's face in my
mind, and my fogged senses seemed to clear, "I think---"

"No! Please let ne finish! Please!" She pleaded, not so much in
anger, but in desperation. I paused and tried to think what to
say. Before I could go on, she continued. "I'm pregnant, Mama.
I know I shouldn't be drinking now... especially now, but I'm
scared, Mama. So scared!"

The voice broke again, and I bit into my lip, feeling my own
eyes fill with moisture. I looked up at my husband, who sat
silently mouthing, "Who is it?"

I shook my head and when I didn't answer, he jumped up
and left the room, returning seconds later with a portable
phone held to his ear. She must have heard the click in the
line because she asked, "Are you still there? Please don't
hang up on me! I need you. I feel so alone."

I clutched the phone and stared at my husband, seeking
guidance. "I'm here, I won't hang up," I said.

"I should have told you, Mama. I know I should have told you.
But, when we talk you just keep telling me what I should do.
You read all those pamphlets on how to talk about sex and all,
but all you do is talk. You don't listen to me. You never let me
tell you how I feel. It is as if my feelings aren't iimportant.
Because you're my mother you think you have all the answers.
But sometimes I don't need answers. I just want someone to
listen."

When to talk I swallowed the the lump in my throat and stared
at the how-to-talk-to-your- kids pamphlets scattered on my
night stand. "I'm listening," I whispered.

"You know, back there on the road after I got the car under
control, I started thinking about the baby and taking care of
it. Then I saw this phone booth and it was as if I could hear
you preaching to me about how people shouldn't drink and
drive. So I called a taxi. I want to come home."

"That's good honey," I said, relief filling my chest. My husband
came closer, sat down beside me and laced his fingers through
mine.

"But you know, I think I can drive now."

"No!" I snapped. My muscles stiffened and I tightened the
clasp on my husband's hand. "Please, wait for the taxi. Don't
hang up on me until the taxi gets there."

"I just want to come home, Mama."

"I know. But do this for your mama. Wait for the taxi, please."

Learning to listen

I listened to the silence fearing. When I didn't hear her answer,
I bit into my lip and closed my eyes. Somehow I had to stop her
from driving.

"There's the taxi, now."

Only when I heard someone in the background asking about
a yellow cab did I feel my tension easing.

"I'm coming home, Mama." There was click, and the phone
went silent. Moving from the bed tears forming in my eyes,
I walked out into the hall and went to stand in my 16-year-
old daughter's room. My husband came from behind,
wrapped his arms around me and rested his chin on top of
my head.

I wiped the tears from my cheeks. "We have to learn to
listen," I said to him. He studied me for a second, then asked,
"Do you think she'll ever know she dialed the wrong number."

"Mom, Dad, what are you doing?" The muffled voice came
from under the covers. I walked over to my daughter, who
now sat up staring into the darkness.

"We're practicing," I answered.

"Practicing what?" she mumbled and laid back down on the
mattress, but her eyes already closed in slumber.

"Listening," I whispered and brushed a hand over her cheek.


________________________________________
*contributed by my dear friend Shirley

THE BUSY BEE

THE BUSY BEE
This is the story of the busy bee
Whose sex is very hard to see.
You cannot tell the he from the she
But she can tell and so can he.
The little bee is never still
She has no time to take the pill.
And that is why in times like these
There are so many sons of bees.


*contributed by my dear friend Shirley

MY JOB

MY JOB

It's not my place to run the train,
The whistle I can't blow,
It's not my place to see how far
The train's allowed to go.
It's not my place to shoot off steam,
Not even clang the bell.
But let the damn thing jump the track
and see who catches hell.


* contributed my dear friend Shirley at Teaching Hands

For Those Who Think They Knew Everything- the Sequel

So, you think you know everything, huh?

Well............You Don't!...not yet, at least............

Here is a continuation of some weird facts that
will blow your mind out, did you know.....

1. More than 50% of the people in the world has never recieved, or made a phone call.
2. All butterflies' tastebuds are on their feet.
3. No actual word from the english language rhymes with the word "purple"
4. Shakespeare is one of the 4 people in history who ever died on their birthdates
5. It is inpossible to sneeze with your eyes open, try it.
6. A human heart never stops beating until the human is dead.
7. Starfish can regenerate their organs.
8. Over 10,000 birds die every year from smashing into windows!
9. The number 13 is actually the most luckiest number in the world
10. Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
11. Earth is the only planet not named after a god.
12. Women blink nearly twice as men.
13. There is at least 1 city named Rome in every continent.
14. On average, 12 new borns will be given to the wrong parent(s) daily
15. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a celery than it has to begin with.
16. Playing cards in India are round.
17. Badminton was invented in India
18. Bill Gates is autistic.
19. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
20. Coco-Cola would be green if no coloring was added to it
21. Diet Coke and Mentos are reactive.
22. lightning bolts generate energy 5 times hotter than the sun at it's surface.
23. The world's termites out weigh the world's humans 10 to 1!
24. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny!
25. Penguins can jump as high as 6 feet
26. Venice, Italy is slowly sinking
27. The average person speaks 5,000 words a day!
28. Ernest Vincent Wright once wrote a book with more than 50,000 words, and none of them contained the letter "E".
29. An average American eats 89 hot dogs every year!
30. If no flys are killed, they will cover the Earth in 1 year, in a layer of 2 cm!
31. A Blue Earth, Minnesota law declares that no child under the age of twelve may talk over the phone unless monitored by a parent.
32. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.
33. Coca-cola would be green of colouring weren't added to it.
34. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. (I know some people like that too.)
35. There is a city called Rome on every continent.
36. On February 24, 1987, about 10^13 neutrons passed through your body from the from the supernova 1987A!
37. A cockroach can live several weeks with it's head cut off! The only reason it dies is that it has no way of eating and receiving any nutrients to continue living.
38. Your heart veats oner 1oo,ooo times a day!
39. The elephant is the only mammel that can't jump!
40. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
41. A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water
42. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
43. A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it has been decapitated.
44. The truck company Elvis Presley worked at as a young man was owned by Frank Sinatra.
45. King Henry VIII slept with a gigantic axe.
46. Never hold your nose and cover your mouth when sneezing, as it can blow out your eyeballs
47. A man and woman in Mexico city were engaged for 67 years and finally married at the age of 82 yrs.
48. A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years
49. 174,000 cigaretts are smoked every second
50. Dolphins sleep with one eye open
51. Adolf Hitler was nominated for a Nobel Peace Price in 1938.
52. If you have a birthday, you share it with at least 9 million other people around the world.
53. On average each woman spends about 2 years of their life in front of a mirror.
54. Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
55. The Moon is moving away from Earth: 3.8 centimeters per year.
56. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants
57. 66% of people around the world have never seen snow
58. 11% of people are left handed
59. An average person will spend 25 years asleep
60. The most common mental illnesses are anxiety and depression. According to the World Health Organization, by 2020, depression will be the second major cause of disability.
61. Kangaroos can't walk forwards or backwards.
62. For every human there are 200 million insects.
63. Around 450 animal species paricipate in homosexual relationships
64. Half of crimes are committed by people under the age of 18.
65. 'Fan' is short for 'fanatic'.
66. Diamonds are the hardest substance known to man.
67. The motto on the US dollar bill translates as "God flavours our undertakings, a new order of the ages."
68. In 2002, Saparamura Niyazov, president of Turkmenistan, renamed bread after his Mother.
69. Peperami are 49% fat.
70. The USA dropped more bombs in Vietnam than they did in World War II, 4.9 tons for every square kilometer of Vietemese land.
71. The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA
72. The Holocaust killed a third of all Jews.
73. Diet Coke contains 34% more caffeine than Coca Cola Classic.
74. The first concentration camps were operated by the British.
75. If you gave a single E. Coli bacterium [and the offspring it then produces] a sufficient supply of food for three days... the resulting colony of bacteria would be ten thousand times the size of the Earth.
76. Over 64,000 people were forcibly sterilized under eugenic legislation in the United States between 1907 and 1963.
77. The Shaman's song Egeneezer Goode (E's are good! E's are good!) was number one in the UK during the BBC's drug awareness week.
78. Eight US citizens committed suicide by self-immolation (setting fire to themselves) in protest of the Vietnam conflict.
79. The most common last name in the world is Chang.
80. Brian Harvey [East 17] ran over himself after eating to many baked potatoes.
81. The CIA spent over $3 billion recruiting and training Al-Qaida
82. 1 in every 5 people live in China
83. The military fund films that portray them positively, such as Top Gun and Pearl Harbor.
84. Captain Fumio Nakahira, of the Japanese Imperial Army, was found still fighting the Second World War in 1974.
85. George Bush and JOhn Kerry were both members of the Skull and Bones secret society at Yale.
86. More money is spent on pornography than on charity and foreign aid.
87. The national flag of Italy was designed by Napolean Bonaparte.
88. Today there are 27 million slaves in the world, which is the largest number that ever in world history.
89. Almost 30 million Africans are HIV-postitive. By 2050 the disease may claim as many as 280 million lives.
90. The world's oil could be exhausted by 2040.
91. Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.
92. One six of all people that die are under the age of 5.
93. One third of the world's population is at war.
94. China could over take USA and become the next top superpower before 2030.
95. Almonds are a member of the peach family.
96. Babies are born without knee caps.
97. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds.
98. Dreamt is the only English word ending with 'mt.'
99. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
100. Leonardo DiVinci invented the scissors.
101. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
102. Rubber bands can last longer when refridgerated.
103. In 1932, Niagra Falls froze completely solid.
104. There are 293 ways to make chage for a dollar.
105. There are more chickens than people in the world.
106. Tigers have striped shin, not just striped fur.
107. A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened int o a sheet the size of a tennis court!
108. The average person will spend two and a half years of their life on the phone and over twelve years watching television.
109. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
110. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thoma Crapper.
111. The wings pan of Boeing 747 jet is longer than the Wright Brother's first flight.
112. The house where Hefferson wrote the Ceclaration of Independence was replaced with a hamburger stand.
113. Top six true reasons people are late for work: *Traffic, *Over sleeping, *Procrastination, *Chores, *Car Trouble, *Having Sex
114. The three best-known western names in China are: *Jesus Christ, *Richard Nixon, *Elvis Presley
115. The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old!
116. A car traveling 100 mph would take more than 29 million years to reach the nearest star.
117. The average American consumes enough caffeine in one year to kill a horse.
118. The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung used by ancient Egyptians in 2000 BC.
119. Plastic lawn flamingos out number real glamingos in the USA.
120. The lake with the longest name? It is lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagunganaugg.
121. Lee Harvey Oswald's Cadaver tag sold at an auction for $6,600 in 1992.
122. Men can breast feed babies.
123. The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
124. There is a Law suit filed every 30 seconds in the USA.
125. There are more collect calls on Father's Day than on any other day ot the year.
126. Mexico City sinks 18 inches every year.
127. Panophobia is the fear of everything.
128. The word 'stewardesses' is the longest English word you can spell using only the left handed letters of a QWERTY keyboard
129. And "lollipop" is the longest word typed with your right hand. (Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)
130. The tongue is the strongest muscle in the juman body.
131. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightening than women.
132. The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
133. Everything weighs 1% less at the equator.
134. Emus and kangaroos can't walk backwards.
135. A human hair is about 1,000,000 carbon atoms wideA single piece of ToblerOne is known as an "Alp"
136. It would take 3,200,000 average-sized milkshakes to fill an Olympic swimming pool.
137. The average person will laugh or giggle at least 15 times a day.
138. Jeans are named after the first city to produce denim fabric --Genoa, Italy
139. One quarter of bottled water is actually bottled tap water.
140. The swan is the only bird with a penis.
141. Moon soil is called regolith.
142. In Iceland, it is an insult to tip the waitress
143. The average British bingo caller calls 23 numbers per minute.
144. Walruses are able to run as fast as humans
145. A bottle of chapagne has approximately 50 million bubbles
146. The longest word in the English language that is spelled by displaying all of its letters in alphabetical order is "almost."
147. Around 3% of pet owners give Valentine's Day gifts to their pets.
148. "Video killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles was the first clip to be played on MTV.
149. Humans produce 1.7 litres of saliva every day.
150. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
151. People fear spiders more than they do death.
152. 35% of the people you use a personal ads for dating are already married
153. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
154. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
155. Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
156. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
157. Cephalacaudal recapitulation is the reason our extremities develop faster than the rest of us.
158. The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start.
159. Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.
160. According to the Internal Revenue Service... If you steal property, you must report its fair market value in your income in the year you steal it unless in the same year, you return it to its rightful owner.
161. Mister Rogers was an ordained minister.
162. Robert E. Lee wore size 4 1/2 shoe.
163. "Tug of War" was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
164. Half of all Americans live withing 50 miles of their birthplace.
165. Half of all Americans live farther than 50 miles of their birthplace
166. Wearing headphones for just one hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
167. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
168. 1 of every 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met online.
169. In Alaska, it is illegal to whisper in someone's ear whike they are moose hunting.
170. Bees kill more people a year than sharks do.
171. A hippo can open its mouth open wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.
172. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
173. According to a study of 304 tornadoes in the US between 1950 & 1991... tornadoes are more likely to strike on May 16 than any other day of the year.
174. It is estimated that a week's worth of New York times... contains less information tan a person was likely to care about in a lifetime in the 18th century.
175. During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.
176. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
177. 85% of the people killed by lightning are male.
178. A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100 of a second.
179. The Main Library at the Indianna University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
180. Brazil nuts are radioactive.
181. Approximately 16 Canadians have their appendix removed, when not required, every day.
182. Hippotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
183. The house fly hums an F in the middle octave.
184. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
185. North Dakota has never had an earthquake.
186. Hawaii is moving towards Japan 4 inches every year.
187. Sports Illustrated magazine allows subscribers to opt out of receiving the famous swimsuit issue each year. Fewer than 1% choose this option.
188. The Simpsons are named after Matt Groening's family.
189. There are more molecules in a teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the ocean.
190. Humpty Dumpty was a canon.
191. Arnold Schwarzeneggar has had 2 motorcycles accidents in the USA and doesn't have a license.
192. The Alaskan wood frog completely freeze for 2-3 months every winter.
193. We are more closely related to mushrooms than mushrooms are to plants.
194. Saddam Hussein was given a key to the city of Detroit in1980.
195. 'Come Alive with the Pepsi Generation' was mistranslated into Mandrin as 'Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the dead'.
196. One pencil can draw a line 35 miles long.
197. Vesna Vulovic survived a falll of 33,000 feet in the tail section of an exploded airplane.
198. The United States have been at war every year since World War II.
199. It costs 30 pence [50 cents] a day to protect someone from Malaria which kills someone every 25 seconds.
200. The average life expectancy in Mozambique is 32 years old.
201. The average American consumes over 28 gallons of oil each day.
202. 8% of the world's oil is in Iraq.
203. The USA PATRIOT ACT is an acronym of... "Uniting and Strengthing America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism" Act.
204. 11% of the World's land is land is in Russia.
205. 4 babies are born every second.
206. In the time it takes for England to lose a game of football over 2,000 children have died of preventable diseases.
207. The USA pays over $5 million every day to the Israeli military.
208. In the US presidential elections, a Wyomingite's vote is over three times more effective than a Californian's.
209. Over 3% of the UK's House of Lords are bishops of the Church of England.
210. South Africa is the only country to build nuclear weapons and then voluntarily dismantle its entire nuclear weapons programme.
211. The British Royal family changed their surname to Windsor from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha because of its German origin.
212. J.K. Rowling is richer than the Queen of England.
213. There are no words in the English language that rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
214. Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears continue to grow through our life.
215. The following sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet. (Now, you know you're going to try this out for accuracy, right?)
216. The words racecar, kayak, and level are called palindromes which are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.
217. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
218. There are tow known words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
219. Typewriter is the longest word in the English language that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test this out)
220. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
221. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (Some days that's about what my memory span is.)
222. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
223. A snail can sleep for three years.
224. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
225. February 1865 is the only month in recorded history no to have a full moon.
226. In the last 4,ooo years, no new aninmals have been domesticated. (I know some people like that.)
227. If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
228. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
229. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket... (Good thing he did that, huh?)
230. The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
231. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' bathroom during a dance.
232. Bonus!!! All the ants in Africa weigh more than All the elephants!

Now you know (a little) bit more than you did before!

Remember: "Knowledge is power."

*If anyone would like to contribute additional trivia facts to share with the world, I'm open to any comments that you'd post.

Lessons from Geese

1. As each goose flaps its wings, it creates an “uplift” for the

birds that follow. By flying in a “V” formation, the whole flock

has a 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew alone.

Lesson: People who share a common direction and sense of

community can get where they are going quicker and easier,

because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.

2. When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the

drag and resistance of flying alone. It quickly moves back

into formation to take advantage of the “lifting power” of

the bird immediately in front of it.

Lesson: If we have as much sense as a goose, we stay in

formation with those headed where we want to go. We are

willing to accept their help and give our help to others.

3. When the lead bird tires, it rotates back into the

formation to take the advantage of the lifting power of the

bird immediately in front of it.

Lesson: It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and

sharing leadership. As with geese, people people are

interdependent on each others’ skills, capabilities, and

unique argument of gifts, talents, or resources.

4. The geese flying in formation honk to encourage those

up front to keep up their speed.

Lesson: We need to make sure our honking from behind

is encouraging and not something else.

5. When a goose gets sick, wounded, or shot down, two

geese drop out of formation and follow it down to help

and protect it. They stay with it until dies or is able to

fly again. Then, they launch out with another formation

to catch up with the flock.

Lesson: If we live as geese, we too will stand by each

other in difficult times as well as when we are strong.

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*contribution by my grandfather