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Message from: RomeJanuary 18, 1 BC Dear Cassius, Are you still working on the Y zero K problem? This change from BC to AD is giving us a lot of headaches and we haven't much time left. I don't know ... read more..

Suppose someone built a car with everything as it should be, but instead of the usual tyres, they filled the inner tubes with concrete, or left out the steering wheel. The car would still go, but it w... read more..

In a country home that seldom had guests, the young son was eager to help his mother after his father appeared with two dinner guests from the office.When the dinner was nearly over, the boy went to t... read more..

According to pollster George Gallup Jr., "Americans revere the Bible, but...by and large, they don't read it." As a result, many don't know what it says.It's easy for Christians to forget how baffling... read more..

Y-to-K Date Change Project Status: Our staff has completed the 18 months of work on time and on budget. We have gone through every line of code in every program in every system.  We have analyze... read more..

A biker is riding a new motorcycle on the highway. While passing a car, he knocks on the window. The driver of the car opens the window, "Yes?""Ever driven a Honda motorcycle?""No I haven't"The biker ... read more..

On July 25, 2000, Air France Concorde flight 4590 on July 25, 2000, which crashed on take off in Paris. One hundred passengers, nine crew, and four people on the ground were killed when the Concorde b... read more..

The computer company my wife works for distributed a corporate clothing catalogue that included a pair of cuff links. One was inscribed Ctrl (control) and the other Esc (escape), just as they look on ... read more..

Once again, it's that time of the year when we have turned our clocks back one hour. It is ?fall back? and 'spring forward,? although I never seem to get ahead. Daylight-saving time was designed to ad... read more..

"If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise" -Unknown "In dog years, I'm dead." - Unknown "No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unlessabsolutely certain that he can read more..

FOR SALE BY OWNER Complete set of Encyclopaedia Britannica.Excellent Condition.$1200 or best offer. No longer needed. Got married last weekend.Wife knows everything .....?... read more..

Proud and pleased as she could be, the new, young bride, Mrs. Stanford Strothers, strode briskly up to the teller's cage at the bank to cash her husband's pay check for the first time.When the teller ... read more..

If you are reading this, you are intelligent. You can also be assured that the writer of this item was not a machine. Not many years ago, many of the pioneers of artificial intelligence would have bee... read more..

During my surgical residency I was called out of a sound sleep to the emergency room. Unshaven and with tousled hair, I showed up with an equally unpresentable medical student. In the ER we encountere... read more..

"Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant." - Unknown "Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies."- Gene Hill "Outside of a dog, a book is probably man's best friend; i read more..

I once had to walk through a swamp with a heavy pack on my back. I stumbled at almost every step because of the muskeg, my legs chilled to the bone by ice-cold water that lurked beneath the hummocks w... read more..

An elderly man was standing in front of the ticket office in Grand Central Station. A picture of utter helplessness, it was clear something was horribly wrong with him. He stood with his elbows presse... read more..

A rich man went to his vicar and said, "I want you and your wife to take a three month trip to the Holy Land at my expense.  When you come back, I'll have a surprise for you".  The vicar acc... read more..

One of the things we do here is talk about speculative issues. We've talked about the nature of time and whether God is in time. It's sometimes fun to sit back and reflect on things. Some of you like ... read more..

A man goes into a pet shop and tells the owner that he wants to buy a pet that can do everything.  The shop owner suggests a faithful dog. The man replies, "Come on, a dog?" The owner says, "Ho... read more..

A new widow requested the epitaph "Rest in Peace" for her husband's tombstone. When she later found he had left his fortune to his mistress, she attempted to get the engraver to change the carving. Th... read more..

During a dinner party, the hosts' two little children entered the dining room totally nude and walked slowly around the table.  The parents were so embarrassed that they pretended nothing was hap... read more..

A man pacing back and forth glanced at his watch and yelled upstairs to his wife, "Honey, are you ready yet? We're going to be late for the costume party."Shouting back, the woman replies, "For crying... read more..

Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered.  They discussed the gifts they were able to give their elderly mother. The first said: "I built a big house for our mother." The secon... read more..

In 2004, if you had sharp eyes, you might have seen Venus passing across the fiery disc of the sun. This was called a transit, and it comes as a double, with a second transit eight years after the fir... read more..

Heard by the computer help desk:A customer couldn't get on the Internet:Helpdesk: "Are you sure you used the right password?"Customer: "Yes I'm sure. I saw my colleague do it."Helpdesk: "Can you tell ... read more..

In the last 12 months, our television, radios, and newspapers have blazed, beamed and borne story after story of natural disaster. The South Eastern Asia earthquake and tsunami, hurricane Katrina, hur... read more..

Philadelphia's Highway Patrol officers hear all kinds of creative excuses that drivers give for speeding. Here are some of the officers' favorites. By the way, none of them worked.A man told the off... read more..

Donald Drusky of Syracuse New York took God to court. The one-time employee of USX Corporation blamed God for failing to rectify the wrong done to him when he was fired in 1968. Drusky waged a 30-year... read more..

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