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What was the first item to be barcoded? How many flowers does a bee have to tap to make one pound of honey? What word in the dictionary has the longest definition?

Easter is early this year. Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar.Based on the...

Written by: Laurinda Morris, DVM Danville Veterinary Clinic Danville , Ohio This week I had the first case in history of raisin toxicity ever seen at MedVet. My patient was a 56-pound, 5 yr old male neutered lab mix that ate half a canister of raisins sometime between 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM on...

Thirty-two years ago tomorrow, April Fool's Day, I met a guy who would become my mate for life. It was early evening in Little Itly, a neighborhood in Wood River, IL. Little Itly had three markets, three taverns, a park, a gas station, a dry cleaner(?) and about 400 residents. My best friend...

A little humor on the job....

They Walk Among Us ! Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: "Free. You want it, you take it." For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided...

A cop stops a car for traveling faster than the posted speed limit. So he asks the man his name. "Fred," he replies. "Fred what?" the officer asks." Just Fred," the man responds. The officer is in a good mood and thinks he might just give the fellow a break and write him out a warning instead...

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares why did they write a song about it?:+

At the 1994 annual awards dinner given for Forensic Science, AAFS President Dr. Don Harper Mills astounded his audience with the legal complications of a bizarre death. Here is the story: On March 23, 1 994, the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus, and concluded that he died from a...

The Deadhead Miles Reward Card Available Now! SILVER Deadhead miles accumulate mile for mile and you choose your reward 50,000 miles-----*Deluxe notepad 75,000 miles-----*Twist top pen 100,000 miles----*Super deluxe polyfaboulas keychain GOLD Deadhead miles accumulate mile for mile PLUS...

The new Supermarket near our house has an automatic water mister to keep the produce fresh. Just before it goes on, you hear the sound of distant thunder and the smell of fresh rain. When you approach the milk cases, you hear cows mooing and witness the scent of fresh hay. When you...

In the Fall of 2004 we took our first run west. Being new to expediting we thought this was a great run. And it was if you wanted to stay there! Our run was from Boston to Phoenix. I had traveled out west with my family as a child on two separate occasions and was excited for my husband to...

Why we split up: She told me we couldn't afford beer anymore and I'd have to quit drinking. Then I caught her spending $65 on make-up, $150 for a cut & color, $30 for a manicure, $40 for a pedicure, $50 on vitamins, $300 on clothes and $600 for a gym membership. I asked how come I had to give...

Compare with Gasoline...... Think a gallon of gas is expensive? This makes one think, and also puts things in perspective. Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 ...... $10.32 per gallon Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 ............$9.52 per gallon Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 ..... $10.17 per gallon Ocean...

Our travels have brought us down from Canada into upper state New York. We are traveling from Buffalo to Pittsburg. This part of New York is such a contrast from the New York City area we have all heard about. Our route is taking us through many small quaint towns, the “blue highways†we...

Sometimes on those long runs we tend to forget about the current issues and get off on rambling conversations. You know the drill, one is driving and the other can’t sleep. There is no traffic and it’s just dark. Then you suddenly remember something in your past and there it goes…..the...