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    Bureaucracy is the wonderful process that enables ten men to do the work of one.:shiner:

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    Re: Re: Lefties Beware

    Sean said:
    Eeek! Maybe i'll take heed the next time i use one of those right handed products.:D

    How many products are expressly for lefties that you can think of.

    I can think of only two:

    Spiral notebooks (the spiral is on the other side)
    Scissors

    So, now we must picture how the deaths occurred with spiral notebooks and scissors!
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    Cindy: More products for lefties.

    1) All surgical tools.
    2) Fishing reels
    3) Golf Clubs
    4) Guns
    5) Most automotive tools are not dexter or sinister selective.

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    leftie-ist

    i wonder if it is possible for us lefties to gang together and get the lawmakers to make it illegal to make something leftie-ist, or for failing to make a leftie friendly equivalent to right-handed products

    Yahya "lets sue them" Vali

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    Cindy,
    How about guitars and baseball gloves.

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    The first US Super Bowl game between the Packers and Chiefs wasn't even sold out.

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    Re: Re: Re: Lefties Beware

    Cindy Hamlin said:
    How many products are expressly for lefties that you can think of.

    I can think of only two:

    Spiral notebooks (the spiral is on the other side)
    Scissors

    So, now we must picture how the deaths occurred with spiral notebooks and scissors!

    I stand corrected! I am sure the gun one is a BIG part of it! And the auto tools could be dicey, too.
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    Bart Simpson's voice on THE SIMPSONS isn't that of a little boy. It's actually a 42-year-old woman named Nancy Cartwright. DOH!

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    There is no specified number of dimples on a golf ball;they range in number from 300 to 500.

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    Both Tom Selleck and Nick Nolte were originally picked to play Indiana Jones in the movie RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.

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    The first English colony in the US,began in 1587 with 117 settlers.But it was lost with hardly a trace by 1590.

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    The first English colony in the US,began in 1587 with 117 settlers.But it was lost with hardly a trace by 1590.
    Is that the colony that left one mysterious word (I want to say it was "Roanoke," but that's a city in Virginia- it sounded something like that, though) carved on a tree?
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    American baseball pitching great Sandy Koufax went to college on a basketball scholarship.

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    Vice-President Charles Dawes (under Coolidge) wrote the music for IT'S ALL IN THE GAME,recorded by THE FOUR TOPS and others...............

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    Captain Kangaroo turned 75 recently, which is odd, because he's
    never looked a day under 75. (Birthday 6/27/27) It reminded me of the following story. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
    Some people have been a bit offended that Lee Marvin is buried in a grave alongside 3 and 4 star generals at Arlington National Cemetery.
    His marker gives his name, rank (PVT) and service (USMC). Nothing else.
    Here's a guy who was only a famous movie star who served his time,.
    Why the heck does he rate burial with these guys?Well, following is the amazing answer:
    I always liked Lee Marvin, but did not know the extent of his Corps experiences. In a time when many Hollywood stars served their country in the Armed forces, often in rear-echelon posts where they were carefully protected, only to be trotted out to perform for the cameras in war bond promotions, Lee Marvin was a genuine hero. He won the Navy Cross, at Iwo Jima.
    There is only one higher Naval award... the Medal Of Honor.
    If that is a surprising comment on the true character of the man,
    he credits his sergeant with an even greater show of bravery.
    Dialog From The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson: His guest was Lee Marvin.
    Johnny said, "Lee, I'll bet a lot of people are unaware that you
    were a Marine in the initial landing at Iwo Jima...and that during the course of that action you earned the Navy Cross and were severely wounded."
    "Yeah, yeah... I got shot square in the *** and they gave me the
    Cross for securing a hot spot about halfway up Suribachi... bad thing about getting shot up on a mountain is guys gettin' shot hauling you down.
    But Johnny, at Iwo I served under the bravest man I ever knew... We both got the Cross the same day, but what he did for his Cross made mine look cheap in comparison. The dumb ******* actually stood up on Red Beach and directed his troops to move forward and get the hell off the beach.

    That Sergeant and I have been lifelong friends. When they brought me off Suribachi we passed the Sergeant and he lit a smoke and passed it to me lying on my belly on the litter and said, 'Where'd they get you Lee?'

    "Well Bob... if you make it home before me, tell Mom to sell the outhouse!"

    "Johnny, I'm not lying... Sergeant Keeshan was the bravest man I ever knew..... Bob Keeshan... You and the world know him as CaptainKangaroo."

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    Thumbs up Great Story Chip!

    It definitely change my view of the Captain.Who would of guessed...............

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    007

    Ian Fleming named his character James Bond after the author of a book on West Indian birds.

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    Snapping turtle eggs will bounce........;)

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    The top of Seattle's Space Needle is actually a rotating restaurant.It makes one complete revolution in an hour.

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    Sean: It used to turn faster and they had to slow it down because people were becoming nausious.

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    Question Chip

    chip anderson said:
    Sean: It used to turn faster and they had to slow it down because people were becoming nausious.
    Do you know how fast it used to spin?? It must have really been moving to give people motion sickness.

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    Oak trees do not have acorns until they are fifty years old or older.
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