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What Would You Make Of This!

February 23rd 2008 23:05
Charlie Chaplin
Here's a situation that could be considered laughable.

Charlie Chaplin once entered a competition and came away the winner of 3rd prize.

But what was the competition?

A Charlie Chaplin Look-a-like Contest!
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If you were around in the early infancy of this blog, you may remember last Christmas this post on the cost of The 12 Days Of Christmas.
Twelve Days Of Christmas


Well PNC have of course updated their figures for the current year with the following results.

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BANANA PEELS - SLIPPERY Little Suckers!!

November 14th 2007 10:09
Banana peels - touted all over the world as being slippery little suckers. Old wives tale or just another cliche?

Up until now, that's pretty much what I had thought and that the most fun you could have with bananas (aside from any dirty-minded thoughts) was throwing old, rotten bananas into ceiling fans. Don't believe me on that one either.......well as it happens, an entire class in my high school was given detention many years ago for that one....

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The LIGHTER Side of SCRABBLE!!!

August 3rd 2007 00:35
* In 1996 a woman was charged with assault when she struck her husband over the head with a Scrabble board.

* A resident in an old people’s home was thrown out when she admitted she didn’t play Scrabble.
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From a 1950's high school home economics textbook, teaching girls how to prepare for married life.

1950 housewife
1. Have dinner ready: Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal on time.
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Texas
In Texas legislature during 1971 a resolution was once passed honouring Albert de Salvo, otherwise known as the Boston Strangler.

The resolution congratulated him on his unconventional but successful techniques in population control.

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