Good Morning, Do, Today is Wednesday, February 28 Have FUN! Dearwebby Todays Bonehead Award: Cop injured during traffic stop after hanging out of car for a mile Bonehead ______________________________________________________ Today, February 28 in 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. See More of what happened on this day in history.
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 ______________________________________________________ There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. --- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) ______________________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote!  ______________________________________________________ Manny was almost 29 years old. Most of his friends had already gotten married, and Manny just bounced from one relationship to the next. Finally a friend asked him, "What's the matter, are you looking for the perfect woman? Are you THAT particular? Can't you find anyone who suits you?" "No," Manny replied. "I meet a lot of nice girls, but as soon as I bring them home to meet my parents, my mother doesn't like them. So I keep on looking!" "Listen," his friend suggested, "Why don't you find a girl who's just like your dear ole Mother?" Many weeks past before Manny and his friend got together again. "So Manny. Did you find the perfect girl yet. One that's just like your Mother?" Manny shrugged his shoulders, "Yes I found one just like Mom. My mother loved her, they became great friends." "Excellent!!! So,.... Are you and this girl engaged, yet?" "Nah. My Father can't stand her!" ______________________________________________________ From Cookie It has been scientifically proven that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop! However, we do not run that risk when drinking wine (or scotch, bourbon, vodka, gin, beer or other liquors) because alcohol has to go through a distillation process of boiling, filtering, and fermenting. It is better to drink wine and talk shit ... than to drink water and be full of shit. There is no need to thank me for this valuable information. I am doing it as a public service. Our politicians have survived on this policy for decades now, hell, maybe forever? Cookie _____________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________   Spot-bellied Eagle Owl _____________________________________________________ 
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 _____________________________________________________ Negotiations between union members and their employer were at an impasse. The union denied that their workers were flagrantly abusing their contract's sick-leave provisions. One morning at the bargaining table, the company's chief negotiator held aloft the morning edition of the newspaper, "This man," he announced, "called in SICK yesterday!" There on the sports page, was a photo of the supposedly ill employee, who had just won a local golf tournament with an excellent score. The silence in the room was broken by a union negotiator. "Wow," he said. "Think of what kind of score he could have had if he hadn't been sick!" _____________________________________________________ An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Taj Dickerson, Groton, Connecticut  Cop injured during traffic stop after hanging out of car for a mile  Police confirm one of their own was injured during a traffic stop overnight after a suspect took off with the officer halfway inside the car. The Deputy Chief of Groton police says that just before 4 a.m., Officer Tyler DeAngelo pulled over a car driven by Taj Dickerson. Officer DeAngelo smelled marijuana, and Dickerson admitted to having some on him. A back--up unit arrived, and Dickerson went along with the officer's request to step out of his car. Dickerson informed officers that he had a pit bull inside the car, and officers told him to take the dog out. A further search found crack cocaine, and officers made to arrest Dickerson. While they were putting the dog inside the cruiser, Dickerson ran back to his car. Officer DeAngelo chased after Dickerson, and a fight erupted inside the car. While Officer DeAngelo continued to struggle with Dickerson, Dickerson was able to put the car into drive and sped awa with DeAngelo partially hanging out. The car continued west on Fort Hill Road, and onto Poquonnock Road. DeAngelo tried getting Dickerson to stop as the car reached 50 mph. Officer DeAngleo remained halfway out of the car for around 1 mile. When it seemed that Dickerson was steering the car at a telephone pole, Office DeAngelo grabbed the steering wheel and steered them away. DeAngelo then let go of the car, and fell onto Poquonnock Road, sustaining some non-life threatening injuries. Other officers stopped and helped him while some others chased Dickerson onto I-95 south. Dickerson continued into New London, and with the help of the New London Police Department, was able to be stopped. Dickerson was finally taken into custody without any other issues. It was not reported whether Dickerson managed to toss dope or guns during the escape. He was held on a $500,000 bond, and taken to Superior Court for arraignment.  _________________________________  Tech Support Pits From: Lee Re: Possibly fake online account  Dear Webby, "log into your online account" might be misunderstood by some not aware readers. These emails often have "links" to their account -- fake links. better to delete the email, then go to your normal browser/website. Lee  Dear Lee Right. never go to your online account from a link. Always go from your own bookmark or typing the URL. Usually, once you start typing the name of your bank, the autocomplete will type the rest of it anyway. Have FUN! DearWebby   
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 An American couple was driving in Canada and got lost. Finally, they drove into a city. They saw a gentleman on the sidewalk, so the husband pulled the car up to the curb. His wife rolled down her window and asked, "Excuse me, sir, we're lost. Can you please tell us where we are?" The gentleman on the street replied, "Saskatoon, Saskatchewan." The lady rolled up the window, turned to her husband and said, "We really are lost. They don't even speak English here." 
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 A man follows a woman out of a movie theatre. She has a dog on a leash. He stops her and says, "I'm sorry to bother you, but I couldn't help but notice that your dog was really into the movie. He cried at the right spots, he moved nervously in his seat at the boring parts, but most of all, he laughed like crazy at the funny parts. Did you find that unusual??" "Yes," she replied, "I found it very unusual ...because he hated the book!" ____________________________________________________  Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com Softening Granulated Sugar By Maggie R. Microwave it for 1 minute. That should work. If not, place a piece of bread in the packaging & it'll take a day or so, but it'll loosen it right up.  Tip provided by Thriftyfun.com  ____________________________________________________  Thanks to Bob for this story: My wife and I were watching some TV show the other nite where the wife hired a private detective to follow her husband to see if he were in fact "cheating" on her. I asked my wife if she would ever do that. She said, "Well not so much to find out who the other woman was, but to see if I could find out what she saw in ya."  
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 "So," the woman asked the detective she had hired,"did you trail my husband?" "Yes ma'am. I did. I followed him to a bar, to an out-of-the-way restaurant and then to an apartment." A big smile crossed the womans face, "Aha!! Then I've got him!" she said, boasting. "Is there any doubt what he was doing?" "No ma'am." replied the sleuth, "It's pretty clear that he was following you, .... and taking pictures for his web site!" ___________________________________________________ 
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 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. 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. 1940 The first televised basketball game was shown. The game featured Fordham University and the University of Pittsburgh from Madison Square Gardens in New York. 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. 2018 Do smiled. 
 
 

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