Subject:                          Daily Dose - 050321 - nursing sisters, BIZARRE NEWS, Performance Appraisals, DDL, Rotten News

 

A couple of nuns who were nursing sisters had gone out to the country to minister to an outpatient. On the way back they were a few miles from home when they ran out of gas. They were standing beside their car on the shoulder when a truck approached.

 

Seeing ladies of the cloth in distress, the driver stopped to offer his help. The nuns explained they needed some gas. The driver of the truck said he would gladly drain some from his tank, but he didn't have a bucket or can.

 

One of the nuns dug out a clean bedpan and asked the driver if he could use it. He said yes, and proceeded to drain a couple of quarts of gas into the pan. He waved goodbye to the nuns and left.

 

The nuns were carefully pouring the precious fluid into their gas tank when the highway patrol came by.

 

The trooper stopped and watched for a while, then he said: "Sisters, I don't think it will work, but I sure do admire your faith!"

 

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BIZARRE NEWS.....

 

Bizarre Classified Ads

 

Lost: small apricot poodle. Reward. Neutered. Like one of the family.

 

A superb and inexpensive restaurant. Fine food expertly served by waitresses in appetizing forms.

 

Dinner special - Turkey $2.35; Chicken or Beef, $2.25; Children, $2.00.

 

Now is your chance to have your ears pierced and get an extra pair to take home, too.

 

Wanted: 50 girls for stripping machine operators in factory.

 

Wanted: Unmarried girls to pick fresh fruit and produce at night.

 

For Sale. Three canaries of undermined sex.

 

For Sale -- eight puppies from a German Shepard and an Alaskan Hussy.

 

Tired of cleaning yourself? Let me do it.

 

Get rid of aunts: Zap does the job in 24 hours.

 

Sheer stockings. Designed for fancy dress, but so serviceable that lots of women wear nothing else.

 

Stock up and save. Limit one.

 

For rent: 6-room hated apartment.

 

Christmas-tag sale. Handmade gifts for the hard-to-find person.

 

Wanted. Man to take care of cow that does not smoke or drink.

 

We will oil your sewing machine and adjust tension in your home for $1.00.

 

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The Sherry's To Die For

 

LAKE JACKSON, Texas - A 58-year-old man died after his wife gave him a sherry enema that caused his blood-alcohol level to rise to 47 percent.

 

"That's extremely high," Detective Lt. Robert Turner said. "You're either going to be in the hospital or the funeral home with that much alcohol."

 

Michael Warner's wife Tammy was indicted last week. Turner said that Warner was an alcoholic who couldn't swallow liquor because of ulcers and heartburn.

 

"We are going to prove that she gave him the sherry and that she knew that he wasn't supposed to have any and that it could be detrimental to his health, and that she gave it to him anyway," he said.

 

Tammy Warner was released on $30,000 bail.

 

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This Guy Has A Lot to Learn

 

LAS VEGAS - I should have tried this during my college days! Bob Whitney refuses to accept a B-minus grade and is suing the University of Nevada, Las Vegas after losing an appeal over the grade.

 

Whitney claims that a history professor discriminated against him because of his conservative values, and seeks at least $10,000 for emotional duress, tuition, books and living expenses.

 

The B-minus he received in Eugene Moehring's class hurt his grade-point average and made him ineligible for student loans. Apparently, Moehring's fast-paced lectures made it too hard for Whitney to take complete notes.

 

I think someone should introduce Mr. Whitney to the beauty of shorthand. It saved me quite a few headaches in college!

 

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Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come For You?

 

MONROE, La. - A sheriff's deputy attempted to pull over Jerry Wayne Till for speeding on Wednesday evening. Till suddenly sped away at more than 100 mph before he abandoned his vehicle and headed off into a wooded area.

 

Police were in pursuit with search dogs, but were unable to locate the elusive Till. That was until he called the sheriff's office from his cell phone asking for assistance because he was lost.

 

Still unable to find him, authorities received another call from a nearby resident that overheard Till's cries for help. He was arrested a quarter mile from the home of the deputy that pulled him over.

 

Till faces charges of driving with an expired license and aggravated flight. After his arrest, he told police that he didn't pull over because he wasn't think straight.

 

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That's Insane!

 

OSLO, Norway - A Norwegian doctor was called up to perform military service, but he had other ideas. The doctor pretended to be insane to illustrate he wasn't mentally fit for duty.

 

He went as far as rubbing sour cream in his hair, smoking 40 cigarettes simultaneously in a closet and spilling beer on his clothes.  His act was so convincing that the military rejected him, but the national health authorities became aware of his mental state.

 

The doctor will likely face charges from both the military and the medical board.

 

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Performance Appraisals Revisited  

 

GREAT PRESENTATION SKILLS ......= Able to bullshit  
GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS ......= Spends lots of time on phone  
AVERAGE EMPLOYEE ...............= Not too bright  
EXCEPTIONALLY WELL QUALIFIED ...= Made no major blunders yet  
WORK IS FIRST PRIORITY .........= Too ugly to get a date  
ACTIVE SOCIALLY ................= Drinks a lot  
FAMILY IS ACTIVE SOCIALLY ......= Spouse drinks, too  
INDEPENDENT WORKER .............= Nobody knows what he/she does  
QUICK THINKING .................= Offers plausible excuses  
CAREFUL THINKER ................= Won't make a decision  
AGGRESSIVE .....................= Obnoxious  
USES LOGIC ON DIFFICULT JOBS ...= Gets someone else to do it  
EXPRESSES THEMSELVES WELL ......= Speaks English  
METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL .= A nit picker  
HAS LEADERSHIP QUALITIES ......= Is tall or has a loud voice  
EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD JUDGEMENT ...= Lucky  
KEEN SENSE OF HUMOUR ...........= Knows a lot of dirty jokes  
CAREER MINDED ..................= Back Stabber  
LOYAL ..........................= Can't get a job anywhere else

 

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DDL

 

There was a young girl from Taipei
Who was voted the Queen of the May.
But the pole she went 'round
Wasn't stuck in the ground,
But attached to a young man named Wei.

 

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"A week has no basis in nature, as do days, months and years. So birds don't understand weeks or weekdays. They do know enough to come back to the sidewalk cafe every day for crumbs. But suppose the cafe is in the business district and closed on weekends? What do the birds think of that? I'll bet they're really glad when Monday rolls around. Unlike the rest of us."
--George Carlin

 

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"Why is New Jersey called the Garden State? Cause it's too hard to fit 'Oil and Petro-Refinery State' on a license plate."
--Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality

 

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"Someone has said that there are only two kinds of people in the world---- There are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good Morning, Lord," and there are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good Lord, it's morning."
--Unknown

 

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Q: In a game of poker, what hand is the favorite with Jermaine, Jackie, Michael, Marlon and Tito?

 

A: Jacks and Fives.

 

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Ten Commandments

 

The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse is because you cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians ...

 

....it creates a hostile work environment.

 

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Rotten News...  (true)

 

Mon, Jan 24, 2005

 

2 many txt msgs bad 4 U

 

ROME (Reuters) - Excessive text messaging may be bad for you, or at least for your fingers.

 

That's what some Italian doctors believe. They are telling people, particularly the young, that furious typing on mobile phones could lead to acute tendonitis.

 

Italian newspapers La Repubblica and Il Messaggero dedicated about half a page each to the problem on Monday.

 

A 13-year-old girl in the northern Italian city of Savona needed treatment from an orthopaedic specialist after typing at least 100 short message services (SMSs) a day.

 

She was prescribed anti-inflammatory medicine and ordered to rest her hands.

 

According to a recent study conducted for children's rights group Telefono Azzurro, some 37 percent of Italian children are "cell phone addicts". Irritability and mood swings were other symptoms linked to very frequent cell phone use among the young.

 

The message is clear: MayB U shd stop B4 its 2 L8.

 

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Man survives 35 days lost in mushroom cave

 

Sun Jan 23, 5:47 AM ET 

 

PARIS (Reuters) - A Frenchman lost in a labyrinth of disused mushroom caves said he had survived 35 days by eating rotten wood and clay, after being rescued only thanks to a teachers' strike.

 

Jean-Luc Josuat-Verges, 48, told French newspapers he had gone to the deserted caves at Madiran in the Pyrenees in December seeking isolation during a spell of depression which had left him considering suicide.

 

While wandering through the cave network the father-of-two's torch stopped working, and he was unable to find his way out.

 

His abandoned car was found 35 days later by three children who were not at school because their teachers were on strike. The children alerted police who rescued Josuat-Verges from the caves. French media said he had lost 18 kg (40 lb) and was "weak"

 

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Toothbrush cut from stomach after two decades

 

January 18 2005 at 05:07PM 
 
Riyadh - A Saudi Arabian medical team removed Tuesday a toothbrush that had been in a man's stomach for 22 years, a medical official at the King Abdel Aziz Hospital in Taef west of the Saudi kingdom said.

 

The 70-year-old unidentified man, had swallowed the toothbrush 22 years ago without realising it, as he had not experienced any pain until a few days.

 

A hospital official Abdel Rahman al-Zahrani said the surgery to remove the toothbrush was successful. - Sapa-dpa