Good Morning, Do! Today is Sunday, January 23 ___________________________________________________ If you can spare a coin, PLEASE hit PayPal with it! ___________________________________________________ Today, January 23, in 1971 In Prospect Creek Camp, AK, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was reported as minus 80 degrees. ___________________________________________________ One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. --- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) "How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it." --- Marcus Aurelius "To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so. " --- Robert Orben ___________________________________________________ A husband and wife were at a party chatting with some friends when the subject of marriage counseling came up. "Oh, we'll never need that. My husband and I have a great relationship," the wife explained. "He was a communications major in college and I majored in theater arts. He communicates real well and I just act like I'm listening." ___________________________________________________ Bonehead Award Buckeye man accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting neighbor ____________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________ Somebody needs a Bonehead Award: A road sign outside a Rockton, Illinois cemetery, on a dead end road, reading "Dead End", that had been up for 25 years without anyone thinking twice about it, to prevent people from driving inadvertently into the river, has now been taken down because some people complained that it might hurt somebody's feelings having it so close to a cemetery. ____________________________________________________ Reported by Rock An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Phillip Backstrom, 48, BUCKEYE, Arizona, USA  Buckeye man accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting neighbor  A Buckeye man has been arrested and accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting his neighbor, court documents say. Police were called on Jan. 10 after a man reported that his friend was possibly being held hostage against her will at the home of 48-year-old Phillip Backstrom. Officers, who located Backstrom's home through police records, saw a woman in the home who was "very disoriented and speaking with slurred speech." The victim later told police that she had been drinking with Backstrom while they were having a conversation in his backyard and that she started to feel disoriented soon after. "Backstrom then told the victim to go inside of his house or he would kill her," court documents said. A Buckeye man has been arrested and accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting his neighbor, court documents say. Police were called on Jan. 10 after a man reported that his friend was possibly being held hostage against her will at the home of 48-year-old Phillip Backstrom. Officers, who located Backstrom's home through police records, saw a woman in the home who was "very disoriented and speaking with slurred speech." The victim later told police that she had been drinking with Backstrom while they were having a conversation in his backyard and that she started to feel disoriented soon after. "Backstrom then told the victim to go inside of his house or he would kill her," court documents said. The suspect then allegedly assaulted her and forced her to drink more alcohol that tasted "funny." She passed out and woke up with her pants down, and was able to call and text her friend for help, according to court documents. A sexual assault exam was conducted on the victim, which revealed multiple injuries to her genital area. Backstrom, who was taken into custody, told police he did not have any sex with the woman and that they had only smoked marijuana together, claiming he could not get an erection "due to medication he took several years prior." Backstrom faces sexual assault and kidnapping charges. He was arrested yesterday and his bond is $150K.  ____________________________________________________ If you can help with the cost of the Humor Letter, please donate what you can! ______________________________________________________  From: Kathy Re: Argon Dear Webby, I keep geeting these ads about Argon pollution. isn't argon one of the "Noble Gases", that don't do anything and don't react with anything, like Neon? Is that all just BS? Kathy  Dear Kathy You are right. Total BS. Obviously you paid attention during your Chemistry classes. You would need temperatures and pressures like in a nuclear explosion for Argon to do anything. Until such time, Argon is detectable but totally harmless. It is not going to mess wih your laundry or anything else. Have FUN! DearWebby 
 Getting away from their high-stress jobs, a couple spends relaxing weekends in their motor home. When they found their peace and quiet disturbed by well-meaning, but unwelcome, visits from other campers, they devised a plan to assure themselves some privacy. Now, when they set up camp, they place this sign on the door of their RV: "Insurance agent. Ask about our term-life package." 
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 _____________________________________________  Do was waiting on a London street corner. An attractive English girl was passing by when a gust of wind blew her dress above her waist. Do comment was: "A bit airy...." Hearing this, the girl replied indignantly, " 'ell yes! What did you expect ..... feathers?!" ______________________________________________ One day, a foreign family arrived in New York City. This was the first time out of their native village, and it didn't take long before the wife got lost. The husband asked a passerby for help and was told to go to the police and report it. When he got there, a police officer asked him for the wife's description. "What's that?" asked the man. "Well, you see a description is telling what something looks like. For example, my wife is 25-years-old, 5'11", 140 lbs, 38-25-36 measurements. Now, what can you tell me about your wife?" "Maria can wait, lets go look for yours!" ______________________________________________ 
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 Joe's daughter's eighth grade history class planned a visit to the US capital. Unfortunately, she was not greatly enthusiastic about a trip that she considered too "educational" to be fun. However, on their return, Joe was pleased to hear how she and her classmates had been filled with awe and emotion as they gazed at the Washington Monument. "To think, dad," she marveled. "We were standing right where Forrest Gump stood." ___________________________________________________  
 Today, January 23, in 1556 An earthquake in Shanxi Province, China, was thought to have killed about 830,000 people. 1571 The Royal Exchange in London, founded by financier Thomas Gresham, was opened by Queen Elizabeth I. 1849 English-born Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in America to receive medical degree. It was from the Medical Institution of Geneva, NY. 1907 Charles Curtis, of Kansas, began serving in the United States Senate. He was the first American Indian to become a U.S. Senator. He resigned in March of 1929 to become U.S. President Herbert Hoovers Vice President. 1920 The Dutch government refused the demands from the Allies to hand over the ex-kaiser of Germany. 1937 In Moscow, seventeen people went on trial during Josef Stalin's "Great Purge." 1943 Duke Ellington and the band played for a black-tie crowd at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time. 1943 The British captured Tripoli from the Germans. 1950 The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. 1960 The U.S. Navy bathyscaphe Trieste descended to a record depth of 35,820 feet (10,750 meters) in the Pacific Ocean. 1968 North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, charging it had intruded into the nation's territorial waters on a spying mission. The crew was released 11 months later. 1971 In Prospect Creek Camp, AK, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was reported as minus 80 degrees. 1973 U.S. President Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War. 1974 Mike Oldfields "Tubular Bells" opened the credits of the movie, "The Exorcist". 1978 Sweden banned aerosol sprays because of damage to environment. They were the first country to do so. 1989 Surrealist artist Salvador Dali died in Spain at age 84. 1997 A judge in Fairfax, VA, sentenced Mir Aimal Kasi to death for an assault rifle attack outside the CIA headquarters in 1993 that killed two men and wounded three other people. 1997 A British woman received a record 186,000 damages for Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). 2001 A van used by the remaining two fugitives of the "Texas 7" was recovered in Colorado Springs, CO. A few hours later police surrounded a hotel where the convicts were hiding. Patrick Murphy Jr. and Donald Newbury were taken into custody the next morning without incident. 2002 John Walker Lindh returned to the U.S. under FBI custody. Lindh was charged with conspiring to kill U.S. citizens, providing support to terrorists and engaging in prohibited transactions with the Taliban while a member of the al-Quaida terrorist organization in Afghanistan. 2003 North Korea announced that it would consider sanctions an act of war for North Korea's reinstatement of its nuclear program. 2017 In Bel air, Los Angeles, the most expensive house, known as the "Billionaire," in the United States went on the market at $250 million. It eventually sold for $94 million. 2021 Do smiled. 

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