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Moishe Margolies, who weighed all of 105 pounds and stood an even five feet
in his socks, was taking his first airplane trip. He took a seat next to a
hulking bruiser of a man who happened to be the heavyweight champion of
the world. Little Moishe was uneasy enough before he even entered the plane,
but now the roar of the engines and the great height absolutely terrified him.
So frightened did he become that his stomach turned over and he threw up all
over the muscular giant siting beside him. Fortunately, at least for Moishe,
the man was sound asleep. But now the little man had another problem. How in
the world would he ever explain the situation to the burly brute when he
awakened? The sudden voice of the stewardess on the plane's intercom, finally
woke the bruiser, and Moishe, his heart in his mouth, rose to the occasion.
"Feeling better now?" he asked solicitously.
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Monterey... is decidedly the pleasantest and most civilized-looking place
in California ... [it] is also a great place for cock-fighting, gambling
of all sorts, fandangos, and various kinds of amusements and knavery.
-- Richard Henry Dama, "Two Years Before the Mast", 1840
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Most Texans think Hanukkah is some sort of duck call.
-- Richard Lewis
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| Linux Ethnic: 80 of 161 |
My godda bless, never I see sucha people.
-- Signor Piozzi, quoted by Cecilia Thrale
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| Linux Ethnic: 81 of 161 |
New York is real. The rest is done with mirrors.
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| Linux Ethnic: 82 of 161 |
New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around
whom you shouldn't make a sudden move.
-- David Letterman
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| Linux Ethnic: 83 of 161 |
No matter what other nations may say about the United States,
immigration is still the sincerest form of flattery.
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| Linux Ethnic: 84 of 161 |
"Now the Lord God planted a garden East of Whittier in a place called
Yorba Linda, and out of the ground he made to grow orange trees that
were good for food and the fruits thereof he labeled SUNKIST ..."
-- "The Begatting of a President"
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| Linux Ethnic: 85 of 161 |
On the night before her family moved from Kansas to California, the little
girl knelt by her bed to say her prayers. "God bless Mommy and Daddy and
Keith and Kim," she said. As she began to get up, she quickly added, "Oh,
and God, this is goodbye. We're moving to Hollywood."
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On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia.
-- W.C. Fields' epitaph
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