Hello, and happy Punky Week!

HERE ARE THE HOLIDAYS OF OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 5

SUN OCT 30:King Charles I Day (UK)
    Daylight Savings time ends
MON OCT 31:Reformation Day
    Halloween
    Nevada Day
    Youth Honor Day
    U.N.I.C.E.F Day
    Nutcrack Night (UK)
TUE NOV 1: Day of the Dead (Mexico)
    All Saints Day, or All Hallows Day
    Libya Independence Day
    Day of the Awakeners (Bulgaria)
WED NOV 2: Daniel Boone Day
    All Souls Day
    Old Man's Day (UK)
    Balfour Declaration Day (Israel)
THR NOV 3: Panama Independence Day
    St. Hubert of Leige's Day (Belgium)
    Meiji Tenno Day (Japan)
FRI NOV 4: Will Rogers Day
    Mischeif Night (UK)
SAT NOV 5: Guy Fawkes Day (UK)

NOTE: Guy Fawkes tried to burn down the English Parliament building, and
therefore got a holiday named after him.
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THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION:
 What are the 5 most frequently consumed fruits in the United States?

LAST WEEK'S TRIVIA:
 What did the Wrigley Company do to promote its chewing gum nationwide
in 1914?
 ANS:It mailed Doublemint gum to everyone listed in the U.S. phone books
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The results are in!Here we go.
TOP TEN REASONS WHY MATTHEW McINTEER SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WEAR SOCKS:
10)Jesus didn't wear socks.
9)He's looking for a cheerleader to put them on for him.
8)He enjoys that squeeky sound of sweaty feet and leather when he walks.
7)He is wearing socks.  They are McInteer's new socks.  They are made from a
 special material invisible to anyone unworthy of his job.
6a)He has no clean socks.
6b)He has no matching socks.
5)To keep people from noticing he doesn't button his sleeves.
4)Jennifer Helton borrowed and lost them.
3)Socks add weight, and he might not make weight for wrestling.
2)Senior superlative: best feet
1)He doesn't have any!
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 "get it strait once and for all.  The policeman isn't here to create
disorder, he's here to preserve disorder"
      -Richard Daley

 "Don't let it end like this.  Tell them I said something!"
      -last words of Pancho Villa

 "I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw that my bath toys were a
toaster and a radio."
      -Joan Rivers

Earl Warren: I'm pleased to see such a dense crowd here tonight.
Heckler: Don't be too pleased, Governor, we ain't all dense.

 The gazelle and the llama never drink water.

 Mr. 5/8 Smith lives in Homerville, Georgia.  His father gave him a
fraction for a name to distinguish him from all the other Smiths.

 King Tigranes II of armenia used 24 kings as his personal servants!

 Adrienne Cuyot of Bruges,Belgium was engaged 652 times and married 53
times.  For 23 years she changed her mind on an average af once every 12 days!

 It has been interesting how many different names colleges have called
me: Bret Moore, Brent Noore, Bert Moore.  Even my ACT admissions ticket said
Brent Boore.  But, the worst came this week when Hiwassee college called me
Brat Moore!

The Arizona Republic, 9/28/84:
 The jumble puzzle, which appeared on page D1 of thursday's edition,
actually was the puzzle scheduled to appear today.  The Jumble originally
scheduled to appear Thursday as well as the answers to Wednesday's puzzle are
on page E1 today.  The answers to the puzzle published today appeared
Thursday, and the answers to the puzzle published Thursday will appear
Saturday.

 Jean Gai of Bordeaux never had any children of his own.  He married
16 times and each of his wives brought a number of her own progeny into the
marriage.  When he added up the number of acquired children, he discovered
that he was the step-father of 121, none of which bore his name.

 There is no English word that rhymes with "oblige."

       Until next week,
      Brent

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