NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DAYS THIS WEEK
July 19 National Get Out of the Doghouse Day (U.S.)
July 20 World Cheese Day
July 21 Belgian National Day (Investiture of King Leopold I)
July 23 Egypt National Day (Revolution Day)
July 24 National Day of the Cowboy (U.S.)
July 25 World Drowning Prevention Day
NOTABLE HISTORICAL EVENTS THIS WEEK
July 19 (1848) 1st U.S. Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York organised by Elizabeth Cady
July 20 (1954) Armistice for Vietnam and partition (North & South)
July 21 (1925) John Scopes of Tennesee found guilty of teaching evolution and fined $100.
July 22 (1942) Over 300,000 Jews in Warsaw Ghetto sent to Treblinka Extermination Camp.
July 23 (1829) William Burt patents first typographer (typewriter).
July 24 (1911) Hiram Bingham discovers Machu Pichu, lost city of the Incas.
July 25 (1997) Scientists announce that 1st human stem cells were cultured in a laboratory.
GENUINE ANSWERS ( from 16 year olds )
Q. Name the four seasons.
A. Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.
Q. How is dew formed ?
A. The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.
Q. What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on ?
A. If you are buying a house they will insist that you are well endowed.
Q. In a democratic society, how important are elections ?
A. Very important. Sex can only happen when a male gets an election.
Q. What are steroids ?
A. Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.
Q.What happens to your body as you age ?
A. When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.
Q. What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty ?
A. He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery.
Q. Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.
A. Premature death.
Q. What is artificial insemination ?
A. When the farmer does it to bull instead of the cow.
Q. How can you delay milk turning sour ?
A. Keep it in the cow.
Q. What is the most common form of birth control ?
A. Most people prevent contraception by wearing a condominium.
Q. Give the meaning of the term " Caesarean section "
A. The caesarean section is a district in Rome.
Q What is a terminal illness ?
A. When you are sick at the airport.
Q. What does the word ' benign mean ?
A Benign is what you will be after you are eight.
SOON THEY WILL VOTE !
Eric Carmody.
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