Chuckles for July 2009



July 02
What weighs six tons and wears glass slippers?
Cinder-elephant! (kids.yahoo.com/jokes)

July 06
What do you call a hippopotamus with chicken pox?
A hippospottymus! (kids.yahoo.com/jokes)

July 09
What do you call a hippopotamus with chicken pox?
Because he got in treble! (kids.yahoo.com/jokes)

July 13
Why was the cookie crying?
Because it's mother had been a wafer so long! (kids.yahoo.com/jokes)

July 16
Why are dalmations bad at playing hide-and-seek?
Because they've already been spotted! (kids.yahoo.com/jokes)

July 20
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. (jokesandhumor.com/}

July 23
A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer. (jokesandhumor.com/}

July 27
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. (jokesandhumor.com/}

July 30
A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries. (jokesandhumor.com/}

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  Today is Saturday, May 25, the 145th day of 2013. There are 220 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The annual review of the fire department of this city took placeyesterday and made a fine showing with machines and hose carts in tip-top order.
1888 -- 125 years ago: Last night's prayer meeting at Central Presbyterian Church wascalled off due to water in the basement, residue of last week's flood.
1913 -- 100 years ago: The junior class of Rock Island High School will hold a riverexcursion on the steamer St. Paul next Tuesday.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The 75th Anniversary of the Rock Island Arsenal today finds thenation's largest ordinance manufacturing plant filling many important orders for the army.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Miss Patrice Daly, Rock Island, a senior at Rock Island HighSchool, won second place in the recent state public speaking contest held in Peoria underthe auspices of the Knights of Pythias.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Hampton's sesquicentennial committee and the Hampton HistoricalSociety have scheduled a full slate of activities, which will be held throughout the year, to celebrate the village's 150th birthday. The first celebration will be the Memorial Dayprogram at 10 a.m. May 30, at the Brettun and Black Store Museum on River Road. Therewill be a sesquicentennial display.




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