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Posted on 02/06/2015 4:26:13 AM PST by Lucky9teen

Lame Duck Day

When : Always February 6th

Hey, today is everything it's quacked up to be. Lame Duck Day is set aside to give recognition to people whose tenure in a position is running out.

Okay, so you are probably thinking that a "lame duck" is a duck with some sort of injury. If only that were the reason for toady! Rather, a "Lame Duck" by human, definition is a person who is in a position of some kind, and will soon be "shown the door". The best example is an incumbent politician who lost in the November elections. They usually remain in office until the beginning of January. It also applies to leaders, managers, etc, who are retiring or whose term of office is up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the interim period, a Lame Duck is usually far less effective, and frequently ineffective. After all, loyalties will soon shift. It's impossible to rally the troops to one more cause or project.

 

 

 

On Lame Duck Day... 

If you are a Lame Duck: Enjoy those final days. Reflect upon your successes, and the joys and rewards the position provided to you. Kick back a little and have some fun today, and in the remaining days.

 If you know a Lame Duck: Supporters should provide recognition and support. Non-supporters can cut the Lame Duck a little slack today. They will soon be gone.

If you are a duck and you are lame, seek medical attention.


Origin of Lame Duck Day:

On February 6, 1933, the 20th amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect. This amendment addressed presidential succession. Now there's a lame duck issue.

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KEYWORDS: lameduck; ofst; silliness
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To: Lucky9teen

TOP....something...


21 posted on 02/06/2015 6:17:15 AM PST by Monkey Face (People should seriously stop expecting me to be normal We all know that's not gonna happen.)
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To: tomkow6

My favorite show on TV is old Gunsmoke episodes.

What do you call a man who goes up against Matt Dillon?

A Gunsmuck.


22 posted on 02/06/2015 6:33:56 AM PST by fredhead (Join the Navy and see the world.....77% of which is covered in water.)
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To: Lucky9teen

Thanks those are funny


23 posted on 02/06/2015 6:37:48 AM PST by xp38
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To: Lucky9teen
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24 posted on 02/06/2015 6:37:51 AM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: Lucky9teen

An atheist was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and he turned
to her and said, “Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike
up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”

The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total

stranger, “What would you want to talk about?”

“Oh, I don’t know,” said the atheist. “How about why there is no God,
or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death?” as he smiled smugly.

“Okay,” she said. “Those could be interesting topics but let me ask
you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same
stuff - grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns
out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?”

The atheist, visibly surprised by the little girl’s intelligence,
thinks about it and says, “Hmmm, I have no idea.” To which
the little girl replies, “Do you really feel qualified to discuss
God, Heaven and Hell, or life after death, when you don’t know shit?”

And then she went back to reading her book.


25 posted on 02/06/2015 6:38:31 AM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: Lucky9teen

26 posted on 02/06/2015 6:38:58 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: ShadowAce

In before the last post ... I hope


27 posted on 02/06/2015 6:42:29 AM PST by zeugma (The act of observing disturbs the observed.)
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To: gorush

Thank you for the new screen savers.


28 posted on 02/06/2015 6:46:21 AM PST by PfromHoGro (Don't audit me bro!!!)
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To: Lucky9teen

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29 posted on 02/06/2015 6:58:12 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: PfromHoGro

My pleasure.


30 posted on 02/06/2015 7:02:46 AM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: Lucky9teen

I’ve accidentally swallowed some Scrabble tiles.
My next crap could spell disaster.


31 posted on 02/06/2015 7:07:29 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: gorush

Here’s something kind of silly (and kind of not)...

It is time for you to vote for who you think will be the best candidate for the GOP in 2016. READ THIS BEFORE YOU DO.

As we were talking about the candidates, I realized that there were so many possibilities, you could build a college football style GOP Top 25 list out of all of them. So, that’s what we’re doing.

Here’s what you need to do:
- Vote in the linked poll.
-IMPORTANT: Don’t vote based on what you THINK will happen. Vote on what you WANT to happen. We’re not looking for you to predict who might win, just who you think would be the best person to be the GOP nominee based on whatever is important to you.
- You will be asked to assign a letter grade to each candidate. Rate as many candidates as possible.
- If you don’t have a grade because you don’t know who they are or have enough information, just skip that person.
-The order of candidates is random, so you may need to look around for someone specific.
- Your grades will be entered into a point system that will give us the GOP Top 25 candidates.
- Voting closes Sunday at midnight. Results will be posted here Monday.
- Yes, this is more involved than your typical survey. That’s because I heard on the streets that you’re smarter than the typical person.

Good luck. Godspeed. Other well wishes. STU BURGUIERE

VOTE HERE: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/65H7YCY


32 posted on 02/06/2015 7:13:09 AM PST by Lucky9teen (Justice will not be served until those who r unaffected r as outraged as those who r. B Franklin)
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To: tomkow6
Have you heard of Tempura House, the shelter for lightly battered women?
33 posted on 02/06/2015 7:20:38 AM PST by T-Bone Texan (The time is now to form up into leaderless cells of 5 men or less.)
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To: Lucky9teen


34 posted on 02/06/2015 7:27:38 AM PST by Heartlander (Prediction: Increasingly, logic will be seen as a covert form of theism. - Denyse OÂ’Leary)
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To: N. Theknow

That was funny!

35 posted on 02/06/2015 7:30:46 AM PST by MarineBrat (Better dead than red!)
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To: N. Theknow

How coincidental that you posted that scene. Michael Oher was just cut by the Titans.


36 posted on 02/06/2015 7:31:57 AM PST by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: gorush

Those are brilliant! And I read them in their voices too. :^P

The funny thing is that Lucy is a self-proclaimed feminist, and WOULD actually say those things.


37 posted on 02/06/2015 7:37:21 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: MarineBrat

Wrong end of the rainbow!


38 posted on 02/06/2015 7:39:21 AM PST by fredhead (Join the Navy and see the world.....77% of which is covered in water.)
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To: Lucky9teen

Some of those are actually pretty good. #6 is my favorite.


39 posted on 02/06/2015 7:40:42 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: N. Theknow

As silly as that idea was, the idea that running with a back who was 1 for 5 in those situations, and had just been stopped for a loss, forcing a punt, on the previous good drive to make the score is just as silly.


40 posted on 02/06/2015 7:41:31 AM PST by Ingtar (Is this the Ebola and rumors of Ebola mentioned in the Bible?)
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