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Vol 726 - Sept 03, 2008 - Strange Fallacies
Twice weekly E-letter - StrangeCosmos.com - --------------------- NEW! - MySpace Members - Please NOTE that we have just added a TAB on each Joke Page and Image Page that NOW Makes it Easy for you to add "Strange" Items to your Individual MySpace pages! Just CLICK on the Bottom Right MySpace ICON! It's Quick & Easy! ------------------------ Are you ready to review the Best Humor, Coolest Pix and Political Parody on the Internet? Get ready to jump into something "Strange!" http://www.strangecosmos.com/index.html ================================== Strange "Insults With Class!" "A modest little person, with much to be modest about." -- Winston Churchill "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." -- Clarence Darrow "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." -- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway) "Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?" -- Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner) "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." -- Moses Hadas "He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." -- Abraham Lincoln "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." -- Groucho Marx "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." -- Mark Twain ================================== Today's Featured Humor : -) - Fallacies So much of what we take for granted as being true, upon greater scrutiny, ends up being just plain false. Collected here are some of our favorite punctured myths, misinformation and fallacies. Sauerkraut didnt originate in Germany as many people mistakenly believe. It got its start in China about 1,000 years before it became popular in Germany. Lenin wasnt Lenins real name. It was one of 151 pseudonyms Vladimir Ilyich Ulanov used during his lifetime. Venetian blinds were invented in Japan, not Venice. It might surprise you to find out men are far more likely to be moved to tears by music than women. Most precious gems are actually colorless. Their color comes from impurities in the stone that act as pigmenting agents. Short Line, of Monopoly fame, wasnt actually a railroad. It was a bus company. The London Bridge has never fallen down. Those who do public speaking dont stand behind a podium. They stand behind a lectern. A podium is the platform or stage on which a speaker stands. Smokey the Bear didnt always have that famous name. Originally, he was Hot Foot Teddy. Although people think otherwise, a newborn baby cant shed tears. The Douglas Fir isnt a firits a pine tree. Buttermilk doesnt contain butter. Its widely believed that Orville Wright became the first person to be killed in a plane crash. Actually, on September 17, 1908, U.S. Army Signal Corps lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge became the first when he and Orville fell from the sky in Wright's airplane at Fort Meyer, Virginia. Tennessee Williams wasnt born in Tennessee. He was born in Columbus, Mississippi. Shooting stars arent stars, of course. 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MOUNTAIN CLIMBING DANGERS - http://www.strangesports.com/content/item/142312.html PARASAILING DANGERS - FATSO ISN'T GOING TO MAKE IT! - http://www.strangesports.com/content/item/142313.html SHIP COLLISION - LARGE SHIP HITS SMALLER BROADSIDE! - http://www.strangevehicles.com/content/item/142314.html DANGEROUS FOOT BRIDGE - PARTIALLY COLLAPSED - PEOPLE STILL USING! - http://www.strangepolice.com/content/item/142315.html STRANGE LITTLE CAR - WEIRD DESIGN! - http://www.strangebusiness.com/content/item/142316.html STRANGE OLDE PIX - FAMOUS OUTLAWS - BONNIE PARKER AND CLYDE BARROW! - http://www.strangebusiness.com/content/item/142317.html STRANGE MOBILE "GUN" GRILL! - REVOLVER FULL OF RIBS! - http://www.strangecosmos.com/content/item/142318.html STRANGE NEW STEALTH NAVAL VESSEL - USS INDIANAPOLIS! - http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/142319.html STRANGE MOUNTAIN YAK - COLORFUL SADDLE! - http://www.strangefarmer.com/content/item/142320.html ================================== The Featured Pix Category This Week - SV - BUILDINGS - GAS STATIONS - JUNK YARDS - DEALERSHIPS - PARKING LOTS http://www.strangevehicles.com/content/category/100726_1.html ================================== The Top News Articles & Humor for the Week Strange Divorce Details - http://www.strangecelebrities.com/content/item/142144.html NBC Olympics Sports Announcer Gaffs! - http://www.strangecelebrities.com/content/item/142156.html - Actual Answers on a California Drivers Test - http://www.strangevehicles.com/content/item/23762.html -You Know You're In San Francisco When...... - http://www.strangetravel.com/content/item/24519.html - Application to Live in Northern Wisconsin - http://www.strangefunkidz.com/content/item/24599.html - You Know You're a New Orleans Native if...... - http://www.strangepersons.com/content/item/24863.html ================================== The Featured New Category This Week - Cities - States & Regions of the USA http://www.strangefunkidz.com/content/category/136_1.html ================================== Be Sure to Check Out All of the Recent New Additions at the "Strange" Family Websites Travel - Cruises - Destinations - http://www.strangetravel.com/ Kids - Teens - Moms - Parents - http://www.strangefunkidz.com/ Bad Bosses - Employees - Ads - http://www.strangebusiness.com/ Cops - Police - Criminals - Felons - http://www.strangepolice.com/ Weird and Goofy People - http://www.strangepersons.com/ All Your Favorite Folks- http://www.strangecelebrities.com/ Autos - Trucks - Nasty Accidents http://www.strangevehicles.com/ Hockey - Football - Soccer http://www.strangesports.com/ Troops - Jets - Warships - Tanks http://www.strangemilitary.com/ Pets - Dogs - Cats - Wild Animals http://www.strangezoo.com/ Politicians - Parodies - Liberals - NeoCons http://www.strangepolitics.com/ Hurricanes - Lightning Tsunamis - Dangers - Crashes http://www.strangedangers.com/ ========================== ********** This message printed on recyclable media*********** (Think about it!) 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