Hello, and happy Pan American Health Day.

HERE ARE THE HOLIDAYS OF DECEMBER 4 - 10

SUN DEC 4:St. Barbara's Day
   Day of the Artistans (Mexico)
MON DEC 5:Muang Thai
   Tinsel Day
   Constitutuion Day (USSR)
TUE DEC 6:St. Nicholas Day
   Suomen Tasavalta (Finland)
   Day of Quito (Ecuador)
   Ivory Coast Independence Day
THR DEC 8:Panama's Mother's Day
SAT DEC10:Wyoming Day
   Human Rights Day
   Thai Constitution Day
   Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola Day
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THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION:
 When George Washington ran for the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1758,
what did he see to that all voters receive on election day.
LAST WEEK'S TRIVIA:
 Twice daily, a panel of five men gets together in a small office in
London to determine an important international statistic.  Which?
 ANS: The price of Gold.
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TOP TEN ADDITIONAL REJECTED DLHS TEAM NICKNAMES:
10)Yaks
9) Scarlet
8) Tapioca
7) Purple Pulsing Plasma
6) Fighting Woodpile
5) Powerful Portables
4) Implosions
3) Fabulous Bananas
2) Minority Whips
1) Spam
A list of all entries is available upon request.
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For next week's issue, I want you to send in the rejected 12 days of christmas.
Examples:
12 jelly donuts
11 herbs & spices
6-pack of Pepsi
5 Banjo strings
3 french horns
and a Partridge Family
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 When Braniff translated a slogan touting its upholstery,"Fly in leather"
it came out in Spanish as "Fly naked"

 The Chevy Nova never sold well in Spanish speaking countries.  "No va"
in Spanish means "it doesn't go."

 When Coca-cola first shipped to China, They named the product something
that when pronounced sound like "Coca-cola".  The only problem was that the
characters used meant "Bite the wax tadpole."  They later changed to a set of
characters that mean "Happiness in the mouth.

 A hair products company, Clairol, introduced the "Mist Stick",
a curling iron, into Germany only to find mist is slang for manure.  Not many
people had use for a manure stick.

 When Gerber first started selling baby food in Africa, they used the
same packaging as in the U.S.- with the cute baby on the label.  Later they
found out in Africa companies routinely put pictures on the label of what's
inside since most people can't read.

      Until next week,
      Brent