SOME OLD STUFF FROM MY FILES

01. Iran

The government of Iran arrested seven "happy" young people for engaging in "decadent Western behavior," namely dancing.  Shame on them for trying to spread happiness!

(I've read where youthful (teen-age) male Iranians are exposed for a short time to a vacation with "Sweets and Honey," with beautiful companions and concubines.  In this way, they learn what Heaven is like and would be willing to give their lives for their religion. ... I could be wrong about this.)

02. OOPS!

French engineers failed to notice that the track areas in over 1,000 train stations are a few inches too narrow to handle the 371 new trains being fitted.

03. Unequal State Districts

In Reynolds v Sims (1964) The Supreme Court ruled that State legislative districts have to be roughly equal in population. (Ref.: Baker v Carr 1961)

(One State district had 191 people while another had 81,000 people.)

Carroll County Commissioner, Richard Rothschild feels that the Reynolds v Sims ruling damaged the proper functioning of a bicameral legislature because it would increase urban representation while decreasing rural representation.

I don't usually agree with anything that Rothschild says, but in this case I agree with him and with Supreme Justice Harlan, who was the only dissenter on the Court.

04.   Puns

Here are a few winners in an International Pun Contest"

1.  A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons.  The stewardess looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger."

2.  Two fish swim into a concrete wall.  The one turns to the other and says "Dam!"

3.  Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft.  Not surprisingly it sank, proving once again  that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

4.  Two hydrogen atoms meet.  One says "I've lost my electron."  The other says "Are you sure?"

The first replies  "Yes, I'm positive."

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Go, and pun no more.