HERE ARE THE HOLIDAYS OF APRIL 23 - 29:
SUN APR 23:William Shakespear Day (UK)
St. George's Day (UK)
Professional Secretaries Day
Children's Day (Turkey)
Peppercorn Day (Bermuda)
National Sovreignty Day (Turkey)
MON APR 24:Vega Day (Sweden)
Fast Day
General Federation of Women's Clubs Day
Victory Day (Togo)
TUE APR 25:Liberation Day (Italy)
Portugese Independence Day
St. Mark
Blessing of the Wheat (Hungary)
Rememberance Day (Papau New Guinea)
WED APR 26:Confederate Memorial Day
ANZAC Day *
Tanzania Independence Day
Audubon Day
Cape Henry Day
World YWCA Day
Sinai Liberation Day (Egypt)
THR APR 27:Togo Independence Day
Suar Revolution Day (Afghanistan)
Sham el Nassim (Sudan)
Slovenian Liberation Front Day (Yugoslavia)
FRI APR 28:Arbor Day
Bird Day
SAT APR 29:Emperor's Birthday (Japan)
THIS WEEK IS:National Victim's Rights Week
Canada-U.S. Goodwill Week
Jewish Heritage Week
National YWCA Week
*NOTE: ANZAC is for Australia, New Zealand and surrounding areas.
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THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION:
What did President Franklin D. Roosevelt have imprinted on White
House
matchbooks?
LAST WEEK'S TRIVIA:
What do the following crayon colors have in common-maize, raw
umber,
lemmon yellow, blue gray, violet blue, green blue, orange red and orange
yellow?
ANS:They were the first colors ever dropped from the Crayola
Crayon
line. They were replaced in 1990 with bolder colors-cerulean,
dandelion, wild
strawberry, vivid tangerine, fuchsia, teal blue, royal purple and
jungle green.
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All of the following stories are true:
Las Vegas, Nevada--The police say a man robbed a bank here
and then
casually doled out $100 bills to stunned bystanders, cheerfully
urging
them to ``have a nice day.''
Officers arrested Ronald M. Chroniak, 46, on Friday shortly
after the
robbery of a Bank of America branch, the authorities said.
When they
found him, he was handing out money, they say.
It all started when a man walked into the bank around
noon and handed
a teller a note demanding money. After receiving an undisclosed
amount, he strolled out and, the police say, began sharing
the booty.
Alexander McNair said he was eating lunch in the bank
courtyard when a
man walked up and handed him a $100 bill.
``Where'd you get the money, man?'' Mr. McNair asked as
he stared at
the slightly crumpled bill. Mr. McNair said the man told
him: ``I just
robbed the bank. Have a nice day.''
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL--A white supremacist wants permission
to wear a Ku
Klux Klan robe and be called ``Hi Hitler'' at his murder
trial. Donald
Leroy Evans is accused of strangling Ira Jean Smith, a
Fort Lauderdale
prostitute, in 1985. In motions filed Friday, Evans asked
to be
allowed to wear the KKK robe, and for his name to be changed
on all
court documents to ``the honorable and respected name
of Hi Hitler.''
According to courthouse employees, Evans thought Adolf
Hitler's
followers said ``Hi Hitler'' rather than ``Heil Hitler.''
Broward
Circuit Court Judge Sheldon Schapiro did not immediately
rule on the
motion. Evans, 38, already has been sentenced to death
for murdering
and raping a 10-year-old homeless girl in Mississippi.
Investigators
are examining his claims that he killed 60 people in 21
states.
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The Oklahoma Supreme Court in December 1990 upheld the
landslide
victory by incumbent Frank Ogden III (91 percent) over
Josh Evans.
Evans had run on a campaign of being an ``able lawyer
and a living
person,'' which he thought gave him an advantage over
Ogden, who had
died three months before the election.
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October 7, 1993--Associated Press:
People who keep guns at home nearly triple their chances
of being
murdered, usually by friends or relatives, but fail to
protect
themselves from intruders... However, Paul Blackman, research
coordinator at the National Rifle Association, criticized
the study...
``These people were highly susceptible to homicide,''
he said. ``We
know that because they were killed.''
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Private Eye--February, 1994:
``I've made some weird arrests in my time, but this even
beats the
woman shoplifting with a rabid donkey for protection last
month,''
Sergeant Paulo Quadros of the Belo Ilorizonte police force
told
reporters.
``This time, it took twelve of us, including eight firemen,
and we had
to take a dozen floor boards into custody as well.''
Sergeant Quadros was answering questions about the arrest
of Sergio De
Sa, on charges of aggravated theft. ``De Sa is a glue
sniffer, who
steals from shops to feed his habit. On Saturday night
he broke into
the Gola Gola glue factory, but he lost control when saw
the really
good stuff and started inhaling directly from the vats.
Of cause, he
was overcome by fumes after one sniff and lost his balance,
upsetting
a vat of glue as he fell. By the time he came round, he
was stuck to
the floor and had to lie there helplessly until the workers
turned up
on Monday morning. They couldn't shift him and in the
end, we had to
get a powersaw and cut round him. The factory owner lost
a days
production and he lost the skin off his back.''
``While we were charging him, he said it was worth it
as Gola Gola
Quickstix was the premier cru [sic] of glue. What is with
these
people? Are they nuts? Last month we arrested another
guy with tubes
stuck right up both nostrils. He died in custody. Someone
called him
Walrus face and he laughed so much he hemorrhaged.''
Here's an added bonus for Mystery Science Theatre fans. I have
2 lists that
I can forward to you. The first is a coplete list and short description
of
each movie that has been featured on the show. The second is
a real long (800
lines) list of quotes that have been used on the show. Please
e-mail me if you
want either or both of these lists
Slama Sidhi Barakas
Brent
P.S. ATTENTION BASEBALL FANS:It's time for my yearly Baseball Predictions
contest. Each participant should send his or her predictions
for the winners
in each of the six divisions and World Series champion. No money
is involved.
Scoring: You get 1 point for each game behind the division champ
each team is.
The six team's scores are added up and 10 points are subtracted from
the total
if you pick the correct World series winner. The participant
with the lowest
score wins. Each entry is due before the start of the regular
season. If you
are unclear on this, please e-mail me.