Good Morning, Do! Today is Tuesday, November 20 Have FUN! Dearwebby Today's Bonehead Award:  Elderly Florida woman takes meth to her doctor for testing  ______________________________________________________ Today, November 20 in 1980 On Jefferson Island, Louisiana, an oil rig in Lake Pigneur pierced the top of the salt dome beneath the island. The freshwater lake completely drained within a few hours. The Delcambre Canal reversed flow and two days later the previous freshwater lake was a 1,300-foot-deep saltwater lake. More of today in history at History ______________________________________________________ 
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 How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese? --- Charles De Gaulle (1890 - 1970) Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. --- Arthur Schopenhauer ______________________________________________________ The teen-aged beauty was telling a friend that she was really worried about her mother. The friend inquired as to the reason for her worrying. She informed her friend that her mom was always fatigued from staying up all night long. Her friend asked, "What's she doing staying up all night? At her age, that's not good at all!" The beauty replied, "Waiting for me to come home." ________________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote!  ______________________________________________________ An elderly woman and her little grandson, whose face was sprinkled with bright freckles, spent the day at the zoo. Lots of children were waiting in line to get their cheeks painted by a local artist who was decorating them with tiger paws. "You've got so many freckles, there's no place to paint!" a girl in the line sneered to the little fella. Embarrassed, the little boy dropped his head. His grandmother knelt down next to him. "I love your freckles. When I was a little girl I always wanted freckles," she said, while tracing her finger across the child's cheek. "Freckles are beautiful." The boy looked up, "Really?" "Of course," said the grandmother. "Why just name me one thing that's prettier than freckles." The little boy thought for a moment, peered intensely into his grandma's face, and softly whispered, "Wrinkles." _____________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________ After spending most of a day shopping with her grandson, purchasing gift after gift, the final stop on her checklist was to take the boy to see Santa in the mall's center court area. At the end of their visit, Santa gave the tyke a small gift. When he said nothing, grandma prodded him, "What do you say to Santa?" "Charge it," the boy replied, confidently. ______________________________________________________   _____________________________________________________ 
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 ___________________________________________________   An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Barbara Lee Ray, 73, Miami, Florida  Elderly Florida woman takes meth to her doctor for testing  Barbara Lee Ray is being charged on two counts of possession of methamphetamine together with two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia after an encounter with her doctor. The 73-year-old was in possession of meth and took it to her doctor to get tested, according to police reports. She was concerned about the effect the drug would have on her. She also worried the drug would harm her, according to The Miami Herald. Authorities were called to the hospital, and when they spoke to her, she said she had been using the drug for a month, according to police reports. She also showed police a "small clear plastic baggie containing a white crystal-like substance," the report says. Ray also had an empty prescription bottle with her name written on the prescription label. Contents that were inside the baggie and the container tested positive for meth, the police report says. Ray was sent to the hospital for treatment before being taken into custody by police. She didn't overdose on the drug but appeared to be under the influence of it, according to the police report. Ray would eventually be released from jail two days after her doctor's visit. The Miami Herald reports it is unknown why Ray was smoking meth or where she received the drugs. 
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 Judi's car wasn't the most reliable in the world and she called John whenever it broke down and she needed a ride. One day John got such a call. "What happened this time?" he asked. "My brakes went out. Can you come and get me?" "Sure. Where are you?" "I'm in the drugstore?" "Where's the car?" "Over in the toothpaste isle." 
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 Thanks to Sandie for this story: Jill complained to Nina, "Rosey told me that you told her the secret I told you not to tell her." "Well," replied Nina in a hurt tone, "I told her not to tell you I told her." "Oh dear!" sighed Jill. "Well, don't tell her I told you that she told me that you told her." ___________________________________________________  Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com Thriftyfun.com Refurbished Computers  Companies like Dell and Apple sell refurbished computers and discontinued models with warranties at a 15% to 40% discount over buying the computer new. They come with a much longer warranty than you will get from an online auction, if you get any at all.  Tip provided by Thriftyfun.com  ____________________________________________________   
 
 
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 ___________________________________________________ A parent decreed one Christmas that she was no longer going to remind her children of their thank-you note duties. As a result their grandmother never received acknowledgments of the generous checks she had given. The next year things were different, however. "The children came over in person to thank me," the grandparent told a friend triumphantly. "How wonderful!" the friend exclaimed. "What do you think caused the change in behavior?" "Oh, that's easy," the grandmother replied. "This year I didn't sign the checks." ___________________________________________________ >from Linda Overheard on an elevator: Today, my girlfriend asked me if I could love anything more than her, and if so, what. I guess "bacon" was the wrong answer. ___________________________________________________ 
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 A man walked into a gift shop that sold religious items. Near the cash register he saw a display of caps with "WWJD" printed on all of them. He was puzzled over what the letters could mean, but couldn't figure it out, so he asked the clerk. The clerk replied that the letters stood for "What Would Jesus Do", and was meant to inspire people to not make rash decisions, but rather to imagine what Jesus would do in the same situation. The man thought a moment and then replied, "Well, I'm pretty sure Jesus wouldn't pay $17.95 for one of these $3 caps."  
 Today November 20 in 1818 Simon Bolivar formally declared Venezuela independent of Spain. 1873 Budapest was formed when the rival cities of Buda and Pest were united to form the capital of Hungary. 1910 Francisco I. Madero led a revolution that broke out in Mexico. 1943 During World War II, U.S. Marines began their landing on Tarawa and Makin atolls in the Gilbert Islands. 1945 24 Nazi leaders went before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. 1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh in Westminster Abbey. 1959 Britain, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and Sweden met to create the European Free Trade Association. 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis ended. The Soviet Union removed its missiles and bombers from Cuba and the U.S. ended its blockade of the island. 1967 The Census Clock at the Department of Commerce in Washington, DC, went past 200 million. 1969 The Nixon administration announced a halt to residential use of the pesticide DDT as part of a total phase out of the substance. 1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to address Israel's parliament. 1980 On Jefferson Island, Louisiana, an oil rig in Lake Pigneur pierced the top of the salt dome beneath the island. The freshwater lake completely drained within a few hours. The Delcambre Canal reversed flow and two days later the previous freshwater lake was a 1,300-foot-deep saltwater lake. 1983 An estimated 100 million people watched the controversial ABC-TV movie "The Day After." The movie depicted the outbreak of nuclear war. 1986 The one billionth Little Golden Book was printed. The title was The Poky Little Puppy. 1987 Police investigating the fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station, said that arson was unlikely to be the cause of the event that took 31 lives. 1988 Egypt and China announced that they would recognize the Palestinian state proclaimed by the Palestine National Council. 1989 Over 200,000 people rallied peacefully in Prague, Czechoslovakia, demanding democratic reforms. 1990 Saddam Hussein ordered another 250,000 Iraqi troops into the country of Kuwait. 1990 The space shuttle Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral, FL, after completing a secret military mission. 1992 A fire seriously damaged the northwest side of Windsor Castle in England. 1993 The U.S. Senate passed the Brady Bill and legislation implementing NAFTA. 1994 The Angolan government and rebels signed a treaty in Zambia to end 19 years of war. 1995 Princess Diana admitted being unfaithful to Prince Charles in an interview that was broadcast on BBC Television. 1998 Afghanistan's Taliban militia offered Osama bin Laden safe haven. Osama bin Laden had been accused of orchestrating two U.S. embassy bombings in Africa and later terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon. 1998 Forty-six states agreed to a $206 billion settlement of health claims against the tobacco industry. The industry also agreed to give up billboard advertising of cigarettes. 2018 Do smiled. 
 

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