Good Morning, Do! Today is Monday, February 28 ___________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! ___________________________________________________ Today, February 28, in 1854 The Republican Party was organized in Ripon, WI. About 50 slavery opponents began the new political group. ___________________________________________________ Bonehead Award 2-year-old boy in stroller hit by red-light runner in Phoenix, suspect arrested ___________________________________________________ Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. --- Francois de La Rochefoucauld Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better. --- Socratex ___________________________________________________ It may still be winter where you are, but in South Carolina it's the season of the big spring mosquitos. The other evening, a man walked out into his yard and two mosquitos picked him up. As they lifted him, one says to the other, "Let's take him down by the lake and have a picnic." The other one said, "No way ! If we carry him down there, the big mosquitos will take him away from us." ___________________________________________________ I knew a girl at work once who was truly concerned about her husband's smoking. She told me that she had finally gotten him to agree to limit his smoking at home to only those times when they had finished making love. She had gotten the idea from a classic movie they had both seen on TV. After about a week, I asked her how it was going. "Just great ! Now how do I get him to smoke more ?" ____________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________ A man was reading the paper when an ad caught his eye. It loudly announced, "$500 Porsche! New!" The man thought that it was very unusual to sell a Porsche for $500, and he thought it might be a joke, but he said to himself, 'it's worth a shot.' So he went to the lady's house who was selling the Porsche and she led him into the garage. Sure enough, there was an almost brand new Porsche. "Wow!" the man said, "Can I take it for a test drive?" "Sure," answered the lady. Unlike what he expected, the man found that the car ran perfectly. When he got back to the lady's house, he asked her, "Why are you selling me this great Porsche for only $500?" Then the lady replied with a laugh, "My husband just ran off with his secretary, and he told me, 'You can have the house and the furniture, just sell my Porsche and send me the money. ____________________________________________________ Reported by Rock An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Davorah Jerrice Ross, 21, Phoenix, Arizona, USA  2-year-old boy in stroller hit by red-light runner in Phoenix, suspect arrested  Police say a suspect has been arrested after a 2-year-old boy was hit by a driver who ran a red light Sunday night in Phoenix. According to Phoenix Police, the boy was being pushed in a stroller by a family member, reportedly by his grandfather, in a crosswalk near 19th and Glendale Avenues just before 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 20 when a vehicle ran a red light and hit the child. Firefighters responded to the scene and transported the boy to a hospital. The boy, Jayden, is in stable condition, but he did suffer a head injury, bleeding liver, and a broken pelvis. The boy's grandfather was not hurt. The vehicle did not stay at the scene after the crash. During their investigation, police obtained dash-cam footage of the crash. On Tuesday, police said 21-year-old Davorah Jerrice Ross was arrested in connection to the hit-and-run crash. According to court documents, after the crash, Ross called police early Monday morning to report that her vehicle had been stolen. "After talking to officers she learned the baby was still alive and then admitted to being the driver involved," read a portion of the court documents. Ross was taken to police headquarters and during an interview with detectives, she allegedly admitted to being the driver who hit the boy and said she left the scene after the crash because she was scared. "The defendant [Ross] was able to describe the collision and the events that match what was seen on the dash cam video," court documents read. "The defendant [Ross] was able to describe the collision and the events that match what was seen on the dash cam video," court documents read. After the crash, Ross said she hid her car in an apartment complex near 51st and Northern Avenues. The car has not been found.  ____________________________________________________ If you can help with the cost of the Humor Letter, please donate what you can! ______________________________________________________  From: Dani Re: Adblockers Dear Webby Just wondering if you know anything about this adblocker. Should I download it or not. I don't want a bunch of spyware or junk on my computer. Thanks Dani  Dear Dani I don't know which ad blocker you refer to. I use Adblock Plus, from  Adblock Plus, a free extension for Chrome. It makes little difference which one you use. They all copy each oher. They all are a nuisance becaus many sites detect ad blockers and block their site or hassle you and force you to exclude them from having their ads blocked. Just try different ones and see if your most used sites manage to sneak hrough. Have FUN! DearWebby 
 While waiting for my first appointment in the reception room of a new dentist, I noticed his certificate, which bore his full name. Suddenly, I remembered that a guy with his name had been in my high school class almost 50 years ago. Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. This balding, gray-haired man with the deeply lined face was too old to have been my classmate. After he had examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended the local high school. "Yes," he replied. "Graduated in 1955." "You were in my class!" I exclaimed. He looked at me closely and then asked, "What did you teach?" 
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 _____________________________________________  The story is told of a day when Queen Elizabeth had the Duke Of Edinbourgh over for a cup of tea. The conversation turned equestrian and the Queen was telling the Duke about her new prize horse. After a spell of ranting and raving over this horse the Duke said, "Well, then, let's see this fine animal!" So the Queen and the Duke went over to the stables to admire the horse. At one point the Queen walked around the horse, just as it let out an earth trembling fart, with a smell that brought tears to everybody's eyes and blistered the paint ... let's just say it was awesome.. The Queen turned a bit red and said, "Oh, I am terribly sorry about that!" "Oh, that's quite alright," the Duke replied, "I had thought it was the horse!" ______________________________________________ Little Johnny was sitting in the courtyard turning a bottle of liquid back and forth, watching the bubbles. The Priest walked up and asked him what he was doing? Little Johnny replied, "I'm looking at the most powerful liquid in the world." The Priest said, "But Johnny, Holy Water is the most powerful liquid in the world. Did you know that if you put Holy Water on your forehead every day, bad thoughts will pass away." Little Johnny said, "Big deal! This is TURPENTINE! If you put this on a cat's butt, he'll pass a Harley Davidson!" ______________________________________________ 
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 The Italians have followed the ages old tradition of naming their boats with a three-letter prefix. For example: USA uses USS which means "United States Ship." The British uses HMS which means "Her Majesty's Ship." and now...Italy is using AMB which apparently means "At's-a My Boat!" ___________________________________________________  
 Today, February 28, in 1827 The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad became the first railroad incorporated for commercial transportation of people and freight. 1844 Several people were killed aboard the USS Princeton when a 12-inch gun exploded. 1849 Regular steamboat service to California via Cape Horn arrived in San Francisco for the first time. The SS California had left New York Harbor on October 6, 1848. The trip took 4 months and 21 days. 1854 The Republican Party was organized in Ripon, WI. About 50 slavery opponents began the new political group. 1861 The U.S. territory of Colorado was organized. 1881 Thomas Edison hired Samuel Insull as his private secretary. 1883 The first vaudeville theater opened. 1885 AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph) was incorporated. The company was capitalized on only $100,000 and provided long distance service for American Bell. 1893 Edward G. Acheson showed his patent for Carborundum. 1900 In South Africa, British troops relieved Ladysmith, which had been under siege since November 2, 1899. 1911 Thomas A. Edison, Inc. was organized. 1951 A Senate committee issued a report that stated that there were at least two major crime syndicates in the U.S. 1953 In a Cambridge University laboratory, scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick discovered the double-helix structure of DNA. 1954 In San Francisco "Birth of a Planet" was aired. It was the first American phase-contrast cinemicrography film to be presented on television. 1956 A patent was issued to Forrester for a computer memory core. 1962 The John Glenn for President club was formed by a group of Las Vegas republicans. 1974 The U.S. and Egypt re-established diplomatic relations after a break of seven years. 1979 Mr. Ed, the talking horse from the TV show "Mr. Ed", died. 1983 "M*A*S*H" became the most watched television program in history when the final episode aired. 1986 Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated in Stockholm. 1993 U.S. Federal agents raided the compound of an armed religious cult in Waco, TX. The ATF had planned to arrest the leader of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh, on federal firearms charges. Four agents and six Davidians were killed and a 51-day standoff followed. 1994 NATO made its first military strike when U.S. F-16 fighters shot down four Bosnian Serb warplanes in violation of a no-fly zone over central Bosnia. 1995 The Denver International Airport opened after a 16- month delay. 1998 Serbian police began a campaign to wipe out "terrorist gangs" in the Yugoslav province of Kosovo. 2001 The Northwest region of the U.S., including the state of Washington, was hit by an earthquake that measured 6.9 on the Richter Scale. There were no deaths reported. 2002 In Ahmadabad, India, Hindus set fire to homes in a Muslim neighborhood. At least 55 people were killed in the attack. 2002 Sotheby's auction house announced that it had identified Peter Paul Reubens as the creator of the painting "The Massacre of the Innocents." The painting was previously thought to be by Jan van den Hoecke. 2007 NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made a gravitational slingshot against Jupiter to change the planned trajectory towards Pluto. 2013 Benedict XVI resigned as pope. He was the first pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415 and the first to resign voluntarily since Celestine V in 1294. 2022 Do smiled. 

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