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Greetings, Laff Lovers!!!

The European Commission announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the UK conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would be known as "EuroEnglish":

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c" -- Sertainly this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favor of the "k". This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" wil be replaced with the "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expected to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always been a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the silent "e"'s in the language is disgraceful, and they should go away.

By the 4th yar peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz yar, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters. After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer.

ZE DREM VIL FINALI KUM TRU!!

Funetikly,

me

 Maniacal Media

Being the new guy, it's important to make a good first impression. In fact, Sometimes it's a matter of life or death.

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 Thanks to Katie, Midland, PA

In the men's room at work, the Boss had placed a sign directly above the sink. It had a single word on it -- "Think!"

The next day, when he went to the men's room, he looked at the sign and right below, immediately above the soap dispenser, someone had carefully lettered another sign which read -- "Thoap!"

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 Random Thought
He thought adding some spice to his life as a run-of-the-mill gynecologist was a good idea until he noted the poor reaction to his first paprika smear.
      -Brad Simanek, www.slightlyamusing.com
 Notable Quotables
"Relationships are hard. It's like a full time job, and we should treat it like one. If your boyfriend or girlfriend wants to leave you, they should give you two weeks' notice. There should be severance pay, and before they leave you, they should have to find you a temp."
      ~Bob Ettinger

"John Kerry speaks French, but he tries to avoid it. So, if a reporter asks him questions in French he'll pretend like he doesn't understand. Bush, on the other hand, has the same problem with English."
      ~David Letterman

"You ever take a good look at Ralph Nader? Don't you think he looks like Kerry if you left him in the dryer for couple of days?"
      ~Jay Leno

 Notorious News
DUI Defendant Comes to Court Drunk

UNIONTOWN, Pa. - Something smelled rotten when Michael Hanczyk showed up in court to fight a drunken driving charge. Authorities say it was the booze on his breath.

A judge stopped a hearing Tuesday and ordered the 42-year-old Hanczyk to take a field sobriety test after he and others said they smelled alcohol on Hanczyk's breath.

"Everyone smelled him," said district attorney Nancy Vernon.

A breath test indicated that Hanczyk had a blood alcohol content of 0.296 percent, more than three times the state's legal limit, Vernon said.

Fayette County Judge John Wagner Jr. threatened to put Hanczyk in jail for 30 days for contempt of court, but then said he would wait for a blood test. Hanczyk was taken to a hospital and the hearing was rescheduled.

Hanczyk's attorney, Daniel Hargrove, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment late Tuesday.

Hanczyk was charged with drunken driving after a July 8, 2003, accident in Henry Clay Township, near the West Virginia border.

Police said Hanczyk suddenly stopped his car, setting off a chain-reaction crash with two other vehicles. After two troopers reported smelling alcohol on Hanczyk, he refused to take a field sobriety test but later agreed to take a blood test, which indicated he was drunk, authorities said.

But Hargrove sought to have the charge dismissed, saying police didn't have probable cause to arrest Hanczyk because he was driving safely.

["Order in the court!" "Yeah, I'll have a double scotch, straight up, yer honor."]

 Thanks to Tara, WI

Jack decided to go skiing with his buddy, Bob. So they loaded up Jack's minivan and headed north.

After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard. So they pulled into a nearby farm and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night.

"I realize it's terrible weather out there and I have this huge house all to myself, but I'm recently widowed," she explained. "I'm afraid the neighbors will talk if I let you stay in my house."

"Don't worry," Jack said. "We'll be happy to sleep in the barn. And if the weather breaks, we'll be gone at first light."

The lady agreed, and the two men found their way to the barn and settled in for the night. Come morning, the weather had cleared and they got on their way. They enjoyed a great weekend of skiing.

About nine months later, Jack got an unexpected letter from an attorney. It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally determined that it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he had met on the ski weekend. He dropped in on his friend Bob and asked,

"Bob, do you remember that good-looking widow from the farm we stayed at on our ski holiday up North about 9 months ago?"

"Yes, I do." said Bob

"Did you, er, happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the house and pay her a visit?"

"Well, um, yes," Bob said, a little embarrassed about being found out. "I have to admit that I did."

"And did you happen to use my name instead of telling her your name?"

Bob's face turned beet red and he said, "Yeah, look, I'm sorry, buddy. I'm afraid I did. Why do you ask?"

"She just died and left me everything."

( And you thought the ending would be different, didn't you?)

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 Thanks to Bob, Novi, MI

A blonde goes into a coffee shop and notices there's a "Peel and Win" sticker on her coffee cup. So she's peels it off and starts screaming, "I've won a motor home! I've won a motor home!"

The waitress says, "That's impossible. The biggest prize is a free lunch."

But the blonde keeps screaming, "I've won a motor home! I've won a motor home!"

Finally the manager comes over and says, "Ma'am, I'm sorry, but you're mistaken. You couldn't possibly have won a motor home because we didn't have that as a prize!"

The blonde says, "No it's not a mistake. I've won a motor home!"

She hands the ticket to the manager and he reads...

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 Ludicrous List
The Top 20 Nasty New Computer Viruses

20> Survivor Virus -- Deletes your files one by one over 13 weeks until only the most annoying one remains.

19> Dan Quayle Virus -- Destroys all the files stored on your Etch-a-Sketch.

18> Elian Virus -- You can't decide what to do with it, until finally the Janet Reno Virus kicks in your door and deletes it.

17> Jiminy Cricket Virus -- Changes your Zip disk into a Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah disk.

16> Jennifer Lopez Virus -- Adjusts screen so that you see a lot of words, but not the ones you really want to see.

15> Microsoft Virus -- Renders your computer virtually useless. Also known by the name "Windows 98."

14> Al Gore Virus -- Claims that it IS the internet.

13> Pat Buchanan Virus -- Splits otherwise healthy drive into two meaningless parts. Don't worry -- it affects less than 1% of computers and isn't likely to spread at all.

12> Tiger Woods Virus -- Beats the holy crap out of you in every computer game you play.

11> Wonderbra Virus -- Results in overflow stack.

10> O.J. Virus -- Every time you try to search for a file, it runs "Pro Golf Tour 2004" instead.

9> Salvador Dali Virus -- Replaces motherboard with flaming liquid fur which can only be removed by driving a large carpenter's nail through the casing.

8> Britney Spears Virus -- Your partitions mysteriously quadruple in size overnight.

7> Firestone Virus -- Leaves chunks of its code all over the information highway.

6> Kurt Cobain Virus -- Deletes itself before it has a chance to do anything important.

5> IHATEYOU Virus -- Emits shrill scream from speakers when you refuse to buy the new computer game that "all the other computers at school already have."

4> John Rocker Virus -- Re-categorizes everything on your computer into a few simple folders.

3> Kursk Virus -- Crashes your subroutines, then blocks calls to the Help Desk.

2> George W. Virus -- Causes your CPU to keep executing and executing and executing....

1> Boulder Police Virus -- Can't even find your computer.

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Copyright by Chris White

 Folly Fallout

On Fogie's Folly regarding Fogie, Attorney at Law...

Knox, any time a lawyer is seen and not heard, it's a shame to wake him. -Phil
[On a scale of one to ten - bite me.]

Tell Knox that changing lawyers is like moving to a different deck chair on the Titanic. -Brenda
[I don't know about you, but my sides are splitting. Aren't you glad you got out of bed to say that?]

If you laid all of the lawyers in the world, end to end, on the equator ---- It would be a good idea to just leave them there. -Annie
[That was a pretty good joke, Annie. What are you trying to do, top your parents?]

A lawyer?!? You seem to have more than the average share of intelligence for a man of your background. -Lars, Seattle, WA
[I wish I could return the compliment.]

I need to get a lawyer for what I think will be a good case but I don't know how to go about finding a good one. Can you tell me what to look for? -Julia, NC
[A bad lawyer can let a case drag out for several years. A good lawyer can make it last even longer.]

Are you really a lawyer? I have been needing advice but the lawyers in my town all want too much money to help me. If I give you $500, will you answer two questions for me? -Mark
[Absolutely! What's the second question?]

The trouble with you lawyers is that 98% of you give the rest a bad name. -Mucky
[Why do you harass me? For all you know I'm your father!]

Regarding the news story "Hollywood Calls for Silly String Ban"...

You said, "I'm gonna vote for the guy who puts forth legislation to ban banning." Then what would bored city council members do? -Greg
[They would ban the banning of banning.]

RE: Tom's email -- Tom wrote, "That stuff is EXTREMELY flammable. One cigarette and WHOOSH! Someone goes up in flames. That stuff is dangerous." Tom, have you ever taken a lighter to a potato chip? They're flammable too! What about spray deodorant, hair spray... all THAT stuff is flammable too?!?! Maybe we should give up our vehicles, because they run off flammable stuff! -Gloria, Ashland, KY
[Have I ever taken a lighter to a potato chip? Not in the normal course of a day. But, hey, maybe this is a college thing... Or a Kentucky thing.]

Regarding the news story "Oops, Wrong Car. Sorry."...

Hell Hath no fury like a woman scorned. -Angel, Chattanooga,TN
[Hell hath no fury like a dumb-ass woman with a bad attitude and a hammer.]

She must be a Democrat... Acting before thinking! -Gene, Atlanta
[Yeah, if she was republican she would have stolen the car and given it to a rich guy, and then blown up the neighbor's house.]

If she had gotten the right car in the first place, well I'm just wondering if it is even possible to cause $1,200 in damage to a Ford Fiesta. Hmmm... -Kelly
[Sure! Just scratch the paint. Damn body shop... "What do you mean it needs a new scaduli!?!"]

Another female needing a spanking! I hope he whips her butt good! -Mark
[IF she were MY Wife I'd get a knife and... uh... nooo... uh... yea... I'd send her out jogging. Right. Jogging where she'd... uh... go missing. Yea. Then I would have to buy a new mattress because... I uh... need it for our move to medical school. Yea... that's it....]

What the hell is a "Ford Fiesta"? -Horse
[Like a Ford Festiva only happy and it speaks Spanish.]

General comments...

I suggest that in the future you think before you write and take a break from your self-righteous attitude and "pass" more often. -Gina, Vaughn, NM
[Nothing like that 4th beer in the morning to get you up and going, eh?]

US Olympians headed to Athens are being advised to celebrate their successes with dignity in order not to influence anti-American sentiment. How sad that an event such as an Olympic victory can't be celebrated. -Marcia
[Simple common sense, really, like avoiding phrases such as "Bring 'em on" and "We'll smoke 'em out" punctuated with a moronic grin.]

Fogie, did you see the pic of Jenna Bush sticking her tongue out at the St. Louis airport before meeting the Prez for a campaign appearance? -Jake
[She's a recent graduate of the Dick Cheney School of Communications.]

 Trivial Tidbit
You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.
 Word Whimsy

Flubbergasted

Appalled over how much weight you have gained.

 Pic O’ The Day

Have a very LARGE day, Folliers!!!

me

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