Good Morning, Do! Today is Wednesday, October 23 ____________________________________________________ Today, October 23 in  1989 Hungary became an independent republic, after 33 years of Soviet rule. More of today in history at History ______________________________________________________ 
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 Today's Bonehead Award: Child rapist, 21, who sexually assaulted a seven-year-old girl in a restaurant toilet as she cried for her mother will spend at least 25 years in a brutal gang-run prison in South Africa  _______________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote!  _______________________________________________ We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others. --- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680) Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a question and you're a fool for the rest of your life. --- Chinese Proverb _______________________________________________ "Hello Mrs. Miller," said the bearded guy behind the counter at the bagel shop. My husband and I looked at him but drew complete blanks. "I'm sorry, do we know each other?" I asked. "Yeah, you was my English teacher." Leaning over, my husband whispered, "Good job, Honey, good job." ________________________________________________`   ____________________________________________________ 
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 ___________________________________________________     An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Nicholas Ninow, 21, Kgosi Mampuru Priso, Mampuru South Africa  Child rapist, 21, who sexually assaulted a seven-year-old girl in a restaurant toilet as she cried for her mother will spend at least 25 years in a brutal gang-run prison in South Africa  A paedophile who raped a seven-year-old girl in a Pretoria restaurant toilet while she cried out for her mother has been sentenced to life in prison. Nicholas Ninow, 21, was sentenced to at least 25 years in the Kgosi Mampuru Prison yesterday for snatching a seven-year-old girl from the woman's toilet at a Dros restaurant and brutally raping her. The mother told the court that she could hear her child shouting 'please help me' as Ninow assaulted her. 'And as we pushed harder, the person inside said 'what do you want? You are disturbing me,' she added. The Kgosi Mampuru II prison has a terrifying history as the location for being the main site for hangings during the apartheid era. Prisoners are said to be kept 'on a tight leash' and gangs run the facility The girl's mother, along with other restaurant staff, were trying to get through the door but Ninow was holding it closed. When they breached the door, another witness said the man was completely naked as was the girl. It is reported that Ninow had been seen watching the girl as she played in the children's play area before he stalked her into the woman's bathroom. A mob soon gathered and tried to attack Ninow and restaurant staff had to lock him in the bathroom until the police arrived. The Kgosi Mampuru II prison has a terrifying history as the location for being the main site for hangings during the apartheid era. Prisoners are said to be 'kept on a tight leash,' according to the Sun and they reported that gangs will rape disobedient inmates and infect them with HIV. 
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 During rehearsal, the high school Music Director was beside himself. The cymbal player in the band was constantly coming in at the wrong time with his cymbal clash. The young man maintained that his entry point gave a much better effect and that he wouldn't play it as written. When the Music Director was asked by the Principal why he kicked the young musician out of the band, he replied, "It was a simple case of cymbal disobedience." 
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 Two Venusians are walking down the street. One Venusian finds a little mirror, looks in it, again, and again. Puzzled, she says to the other one, "I just know I've seen this face before!" "Give it to me", says the other Venusian. She looks in the mirror and says, "Of course, you silly! It's me!!" ___________________________________________________  Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com Thriftyfun.com font color="#009990"> Finding Leaks in an Air Mattress Get a thin sheet of tissue paper, the kind you use for wrapping gifts. Make sure the room is relatively quiet and the mattress is full. Lay the tissue paper on the mattress and let it rest. If the hole is under the paper, it will make a very audible hissing noise. If you don't hear any hissing after a few seconds, move the paper to cover another area. By Brian  ____________________________________________________  
  
 
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 ___________________________________________________ The fourth-grade teacher had to leave the room for a few minutes. When she returned, she found the children in perfect order. Everybody was sitting absolutely quiet. She was shocked and stunned and said, "I've never seen anything like it before. This is wonderful. But, please tell me, what came over all of you? Why are you so well behaved and quiet?" Finally, after much urging, Do spoke up and said, "Well, one time you said that if you ever came back and found us quiet, you would drop dead." ___________________________________________________ Two good Catholic boys passed an Episcopalian minister. At the sight of the reversed collar, one of them automatically said, "Hello, Father." The other boy elbowed him in the ribs. "He's no father, you dummy," said the second youth, "He's married and got three kids!" ___________________________________________________ The most remarkable thing about Ernie's mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. __________________________________________________ 
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 Today, October 23 in 1864 During the U.S. Civil War, Union forces led by Gen. Samuel R. Curtis defeated the Confederate forces in Missouri that were under Gen. Stirling Price. 1910 Blanche S. Scott became the first woman to make a public solo airplane flight in the United States. 1915 Approximately 25,000 women demanded the right to vote with a march in New York City, NY. 1929 In the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged starting the stock-market crash that began the Great Depression. 1942 During World War II, the British began a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein, Egypt. 1944 During World War II, the Battle of Leyte Gulf began. 1956 Hungarian citizens began an uprising against Soviet occupation. On November 4, 1956 Soviet forces enter Hungary and eventually suppress the uprising. 1958 Russian poet and novelist Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. He was forced to refuse the honor due to negative Soviet reaction. Pasternak won the award for writing "Dr. Zhivago". 1962 During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. naval "quarantine" of Cuba was approved by the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS). 1962 The U.S. Navy reconnaissance squadron VFP-62 began overflights of Cuba under the code name "Blue Moon." 1971 The U.N. General Assembly voted to expel Taiwan and seat Communist China. 1973 U.S. President Richard M. Nixon agreed to turn over the subpoenaed tapes concerning the Watergate affair. 1978 China and Japan formally ended four decades of hostility when they exchanged treaty ratifications. 1985 U.S. President Reagan arrived in New York to address the U.N. General Assembly. 1989 Hungary became an independent republic, after 33 years of Soviet rule. 1992 Japanese Emperor Akihito became the first Japanese emperor to stand on Chinese soil. 1995 Russian President Boris Yeltsin and U.S. President Bill Clinton agree to a joint peacekeeping effort in the war-torn Bosnia. 1998 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a breakthrough in a land-for-peace West Bank accord. 1998 Japan nationalized its first bank since World War II. 2001 NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft began orbiting Mars. In 2010, it became the longest-operating spacecraft ever sent to Mars. 2019 Do smiled.