I heard on NPR the other day a story about a guy who divorced his wife and married his girlfriend. The guy took his parrot with him when he moved in with his girlfriend but found out that his wife had taught the parrot some rather rude and risqué names for the girlfriend! Then Vladimir […]
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Returning from a short visit to the east coast, I had a lot of time on planes and in the airport to read. In some newspaper, a full page ad touted Hyaluronic acid, made from rooster combs, injected into the knee for osteoarthritis. According to the National Institutes of Health which I trust for health
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We use bird names or references everyday in our lives. Here are a few lists I have come up with. Can you add to them? Birdy Sayings, Proverbs, and Descriptions A little bird told me. That’s for the birds. A bird’s-eye view. A lame-duck politician. Scarcer than hen’s teeth. Madder than a wet hen. The
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Last summer I met a Wyoming rancher who was convinced that aliens from outer space mutilated the dead cows he would occasionally find on his ranch. Now I’m not a rancher, but if I found a dead cow, obviously worked on by something, why would aliens come to mind as the cause? I could come up
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