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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..