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  • Nasreddin Hodja (Turkish Jester)

    08/06/2025 12:06:05 PM PDT · by Brian Griffin
    University of Pittsburgh ^ | May 16, 2009 | D. L. Ashliman
    The Contrary Mother-in-Law A neighbor came running to Nasreddin's house with the news that the Hodja's mother-in-law had been washing her laundry in the river when she fell into the water and drowned. "And we cannot find her body," he continued. "We searched everywhere downstream for her, but all to no avail." "You should have searched upstream," replied the Hodja. "My mother-in-law is so contrary that she would never go with the flow."
  • Freeper Canteen, Camp Run-A-Muck American Folk Heroes 08 Oct 2004

    10/07/2004 7:46:42 PM PDT · by Diva Betsy Ross · 495 replies · 3,327+ views
    Divas:Spotsy ,Mojo2001 and the Canteen All Stars
    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! CAMP RUN-A-MUCK Diva Betsy Ross Camp Run-A-Muck Originator - Tomkow6 Come sit down by the fire and hear some tales of our early American folk heroes. Please share your favorite tales with us. Davy Crockett This famous frontiersman, congressman, and Alamo "martyr" has left behind quite a legacy. The legend makes Davy Crockett out to be a bear wrestling, gun slinging, coon-skin hat wearing, Indian attacker, politics extraordinaire. In real...