USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 16 July 2003

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Pancakes on Wednesdays  

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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays.

Wednesday July 16, 2003

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Here is an amalgamation of trivial facts and seemingly usesless data.

Do not forget to hit the hyperlinks.

We have links, lots of them.

Two entries found for trivia.

Main Entry: triv·ia
Pronunciation: 'tri-vE-&
Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
Etymology: (assumed) New Latin, back-formation from Latin trivialis
Date: 1920
: unimportant matters : trivial facts or details; also singular in construction : a quizzing game involving obscure facts

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Wednesdays

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Happy Birthday

Orville Redenbacher 1907

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Ginger Rogers 1911

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Tom's Pancakes and the Lake of Fire Sale

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Jimmy Johnson (NFL) 1943

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Mickey Rourke 1953

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About a hundred dollars

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Barry Sanders 1968

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"Shoeless Joe Jackson black sox player born (Say it ain't so, Joe).

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Todays Wednesday field trip is to the Hot Dog Stand.

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1439 Kissing is banned in England.

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The very first K-mart was built on 1439 Oak Street

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Whole Wheat Pancake Mix

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1935 1st automatic parking meter in US installed, Oklahoma City, Ok

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1945 1st atomic bomb detonated, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico     Potential Iraq parking lot site

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1969 - The Who's "I'm Free" was released.

Beans on Saturdays, Pancakes on Wednesdays!

No burkas on Fridays!

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1790 - The District of Columbia, or Washington, DC, was established as the permanent seat of the United States Government

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1951 - J.D. Salinger's novel, "The Catcher in the Rye," was first published.

Holden Caulfield

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1969 - Apollo 11 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, FL, and began the first manned mission to land on the moon.

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1979 - Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq after forcing Hasan al-Bakr to resign.

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1999 - The plane of John F. Kennedy Jr. crashed off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, MA. His wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, were also on board the plane. The body of John Kennedy was found on July 21, 1999.

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Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely

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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Good Evening!

[LaDivaLoca]

ROTFLMAO!!! I'm keeping this list - never know when I'm going to need these excuses at work.

[LaDivaLoca]

I was always fascinated and intrigued about the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. With all the tv shows/documentary done on it, there are just more questions.

[LaDivaLoca]

Thanks for the reminder, E.G.C. My computer is acting a little strange today. Maybe just needs to be cleaned up. Hopefully no gremlins sneaking around.

[LaDivaLoca]

Letter from College

Dear Dad,

$chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can`t think of anything I need, $o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you.

Love,
Your $on.


And The Reply

Dear Son,

I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh.

Love,
Dad

[Kathy in Alaska]

Women's lingerie maker Triumph International Ltd's promotions model Tomomi Kudo shows off the Hanshin Tigers Bra, made in honor of the western Japanese baseball team The Hanshin Tigers, at an unveiling in Tokyo, July 16, 2003. Developed with passionate female Tigers' fans in mind, the bra has the Tigers' mascot Truckee as its main design motif, and comes with shorts and a detachable 'tiger's tail,' and will go on sale in a 500 set limited-edition from August 15 for 10,000 yen (about $85). The Hanshin Tigers, the current Central League leader, are hoping to capture their first pennant in 18 years. REUTERS/Eriko Sugita

[Soaring Feather]

Fantastic Diva!!! I love it!!

[LaDivaLoca]

I've been to the Grand Canyons a few times and every single time, I continued to be awed by its beauty. At every point, you see a different angle and view of the canyons. However, next time I will not bring one of my older brothers who told us the last time that they all look the same - they are all rocks. This is the same brother who told us, while entering Sedona, that it took the Indians thousands of years to paint the rocks in red.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Cyclists ride on a bridge in Sisteron during the 10th stage of the 90th Tour de France cycling race between Gap and Marseille.(AFP/Franck Fife)

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! I love the letter from college. How imaginative Dad is.

[LaDivaLoca]

Funny Facts

1. Five of the top 15 selling cookies are Girl Scout Cookies!

2. Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.

3. Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of the blue whale.

4. In 1976 a Los Angeles secretary named Jannene Swift officially married a 50-pound rock. The ceremony was witnessed by more than 20 people.

5. At any given time, there are 1,800 thunderstorms in progress over the earth's atmosphere.

6. During a severe windstorm or rainstorm the Empire State Building may sway several feet to either side.

7. It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!

8. If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.

9. During the time of Peter the Great, any Russian man who wore a beard was required to pay a special tax.

10. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

11. Months that begins with a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

12. Pollsters say that 40 percent of dog and cat owners carry pictures of the pets in their wallets.

13. The first baseball game to be televised was not in the United States. It was in Tokyo, Japan.

14. A poll taken shows that between 74 and 94 percent of workers in the United States and Canada take 5 to 15 minutes daily for a morning coffee break. The coffee break in the workplace did not become common until the early 1940s.

[Kathy in Alaska]

US soldiers guard atop of their armored vehicle while former Iraqi Army soldiers wait for their first back wages from the coalition interim government Wednesday, July 16, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Mikhail Metzel)

[LaDivaLoca]

Extending to you a warm and hearty

[LaDivaLoca]

The Birthday Present

It was the second grade teacher's birthday. So every child in the class was giving her a special gift.

Anna's mother owned a flower shop, so Anna gave the teacher some beautiful flowers.

Robert's parents owned a candy shop. Robert gave the teacher a wonderful box of assorted candies.

Then it was little Johnny's turn. Johnny's
dad owned a liquor store! So Johnny brought a big box for his teacher.

When little Johnny handed the box to his teacher, she noticed that the bottom of the box was wet. So she put her finger on it and tasted.

"Is it wine?" the teacher asked.

"No, it's not wine!" Johnny replied.

She tasted it again. "Hmmmmmm. Is it some sort of liquor?"

"Nope, it's not liquor!" said Johnny.

She tasted it again and was puzzled. "Well, Johnny, I give up. What is it?"

Johnny was excited. "It's a puppy!" he said.

[Kathy in Alaska]

US soldiers check former Iraqi Army officers prior to getting his back pay in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Wednesday July 16, 2003. Former Iraqi soldiers began receiving their $US100 back wages as promised by the US administraion in Iraq. (AP Mikhail Metzel)

Former Iraqi Army Col. Shakir Hlayel, 43, counts his US dollar bank notes after collecting it in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites) Wednesday July 16, 2003. Former Iraqi soldiers began receiving their back wages in US dollars as promised by the US Administraion in Iraq. Col. Hlayel got $100 for four months. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

[SevenofNine]

Breaking news off Kydto news wire report that SOUTH AND NORTH Korea exchange gunfire between borders

OH OH NOT COOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Kiowa reconnaissance helicopter flies over a US soldier searching the area where one US soldier was killed, and two others wounded, when a bomb exploded near an army convoy on a highway just west of Baghdad.(AFP/Stan Honda)

US soldiers care for a soldier from the Third Armoured Division who was wounded when an improvised device exploded near a bank in the upper-class Mansour district of Baghdad(AFP/Karim Sahib)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Yoshimi Ogawa, president of Index Corp., shows off her company's surprise hit 'Bowlingual,' with her pet dog Meru at her office Friday, Mar. 14, 2003. Bowlingual, a gadget that the company developed with toy-maker Takara Co., deciphers the barks, growls and eomotions of a dog. Takara Co. is planning a similar gadget for cats called Meowlingual. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Soldiers belonging to the U.S. Army First Armoured Division take up positions as they seach the homes located near the site of an attack on a road near the town of Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, on Wednesday, July 16, 2003. One soldier was killed and two were injured in the attack. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

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