HERE ARE THE HOLIDAYS OF OCTOBER 1 - 7:
SUN OCT 1:Cyprus Independence Day
Nigeria National Holiday
Tuvalu Day
Agricultural Fair Day
MON OCT 2:Mahatma Ghandi's Birthday
Child Health Day
TUE OCT 3:Leyden Day (Holland)
Fransisco Morazan's Birthday
National Foundation Day (South Korea)
WED OCT 4:Lesotho Independence Day
San Fransisco's Day (Peru)
Liberation of Xanthi (Greece)
THR OCT 5:Nottingham Goose Fair (UK)
Founding of the Portugese Republic Day
Vanuatu Constitution Day
FRI OCT 6:St. Faith's Day
Anniversary of the Execution af All the Martyrs of the
Hungarian
Revolution
Universal Children's Day
Armed Forces Day (Egypt)
Public Holiday (Syria)
SAT OCT 7:USSR Constitution Day
Evacuation Day (Libya)
THIS WEEK IS:Fire Prevention Week
National Employ the Handicapped Week
Christian Education Week
Get Organized Week
Mental Illness Awareness Week
THIS MONTH IS:Purple Spring Month (Peru)
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
National Disability Employment Awareness
Month
Pizza Festival Time
Since so many people got this trivia question right, this week, I will
put
down all of their names for Winner.
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THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION:
Under U.S. government regulations, what percentage of peanut
butter
has to be peanuts?
LAST WEEK'S TRIVIA:
What is a military contractor referring to when talking about
a
"manually powered fastener-driving impact device"?
ANS:A hammer.
Winners: Eric Choate, Phil Sanders, Scott Faber, Matthew McInteer,
Justin Scott, Sid Millson and Jackie McGee
Worst Answer:a parachute, Yancey Sullivan
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Introductory Chemistry at Duke has been taught for about
a zillion
years by Professor Bonk (really), and his course is
semi-affectionately known as "Bonkistry." He has been
around forever,
so I wouldn't put it past him to come up with something
like this.
Anyway, one year there were these two guys who were taking
Chemistry
and who did pretty well on all of the quizzes and the
midterms and
labs, etc., such that going into the final they had a
solid A.
These two friends were so confident going into the final
that the
weekend before finals week (even though the Chem final
was on Monday),
they decided to go up to UVirginia and party with some
friends up
there. So they did this and had a great time. However,
with their
hangovers and everything, they overslept all day Sunday
and didn't
make it back to Duke until early monday morning. Rather
than taking
the final then, what they did was to find Professor Bonk
after the
final and explain to him why they missed the final. They
told him that
they went up to UVa for the weekend, and had planned to
come back in
time to study, but that they had a flat tire on the way
back and
didn't have a spare and couldn't get help for a long time
and so were
late getting back to campus. Bonk thought this over and
then agreed
that they could make up the final on the following day.
The two guys
were elated and relieved.
So, they studied that night and went in the next day at
the time that
Bonk had told them. He placed them in separate rooms and
handed each
of them a test booklet and told them to begin. They looked
at the
first problem, which was something simple about molarity
and solutions
and was worth 5 points. "Cool" they thought, "this is
going to be
easy." They did that problem and then turned the page.
They were
unprepared, however, for what they saw on the next page.
It said:
(95 points) Which tire?
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When they ship styrofoam, what do they pack it in?
A man walked into a burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 7:50 am,
flashed a gun and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because
he
said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When
the
man ordered onion rigns, the clerk said they weren't available for
breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away.
In Mirage, Montana it's illegal to wear sneakers on Sunday, unless
on
horseback.
In Wilbur, Washington it's illegal to ride an ugly horse.
In Sacramento it's illegal to kick the heads of snakes that stick
their heads up through the sidewalk.
No one is permitted to carry an ice cream cone in their pocket in
Lexington, Kentucky.
This Weeks Obscure Word: INTERLOCUTOR
A man in the middle of the line at a minstrel show who questions the
end men.
James Campbell, a chemist at Virginia Tech, was caught in 1991 making
methamphetamines - speed - in a university laboratory. He told police
in Christiansburg, Virginia, that he needed the money to pay off
debts. While watching TV's 48 Hours, he saw Dan Rather explain how
to
make speed, and decided to try it. Using a "Dan made him do it
defense," Campbell merely received probation.
The Ottawa Citizen newspaper recently printed a recipe for Chanterelle
Lemon Pasta in its food section, calling for one cup of Chanterelle
mushrooms. They even provided a helpful photograph so amateur mushroom
hounds could find their own growing in the wild. Unfortunately, the
photograph instead showed Destroying Angels, which are deadly when
eaten.
This will be the final reminder I will have to have your birthday mentioned
in the message of that week. To have it placed there, just email
me with
your birthday.
In 1989, Spy Magazine did a special report on the special physical properties
of the Twinkie. Included with this message is a copy of that
report. Enjoy!
Slama Sidhi Barakas,
Brent