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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Playboy Calendar, 1890 email jksw
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Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 9:10 PM
Subject: PLAYBOY CALENDAR.....1890
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 9:10 PM
Subject: PLAYBOY CALENDAR.....1890
Is Hugh Hefner THAT old?
FROM THE EPOCH OF OUR GREAT-GRANDPARENTS PLAYBOY MAGAZINE ------- YEAR 1890Nice. There’s meat in them thar bones!
PLAYBOY CALENDAR... 1890!
Notice--not one of them is less than a size 12-14!!!!
Guess women looked better with meat on them
World Portrait
The world population has now reached 07 billion people.
This milestone inspired us to conduct research to update our statistics, and the changes over the past 05 years are remarkable.
In 2006, only 01 person out of 100 would have had a college education-- today that number has jumped to 07 thanks in part to advances in higher education in Asia.
The detailed research and source information can be found here and the statistics provided by Donella Meadows in 1990 that originally inspired our project can be viewed here.
If the World were 100 PEOPLE:
50 would be female
50 would be male
26 would be children
There would be:
50 would be male
26 would be children
There would be:
74 adults,
08 of whom would be 65 and older
There would be:
60 Asians
15 Africans
14 people from the Americas
11 Europeans
33 Christians
22 Muslims
14 Hindus
07 Buddhists
12 people who practice other religions
12 people who would not be aligned with a religion
12 would speak Chinese
05 would speak Spanish
05 would speak English
03 would speak Arabic
03 would speak Hindi
03 would speak Bengali
03 would speak Portuguese
02 would speak Russian
02 would speak Japanese
62 would speak other languages
83 would be able to read and write;
08 of whom would be 65 and older
There would be:
60 Asians
15 Africans
14 people from the Americas
11 Europeans
33 Christians
22 Muslims
14 Hindus
07 Buddhists
12 people who practice other religions
12 people who would not be aligned with a religion
12 would speak Chinese
05 would speak Spanish
05 would speak English
03 would speak Arabic
03 would speak Hindi
03 would speak Bengali
03 would speak Portuguese
02 would speak Russian
02 would speak Japanese
62 would speak other languages
83 would be able to read and write;
17 would not.
07 would have a college degree.
22 would own or share a computer.
77 people would have a place to shelter them from the wind and the rain, but
07 would have a college degree.
22 would own or share a computer.
77 people would have a place to shelter them from the wind and the rain, but
23 would not.
01 would be dying of starvation
15 would be undernourished
21 would be overweight
87 would have access to safe drinking water
13 people would have no clean, safe water to drink
01 would be dying of starvation
15 would be undernourished
21 would be overweight
87 would have access to safe drinking water
13 people would have no clean, safe water to drink
Sources: 2012 - Fritz Erickson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Ferris State University (Formerly Dean of Professional and Graduate Studies, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay) and John A. Vonk, University of Northern Colorado, 2006; Returning Peace Corps Volunteers of Madison Wisconsin, Unheard Voices: Celebrating Cultures from the Developing World, 1992; Donella H. Meadows,The Global Citizen, May 31, 1990.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Coconut oil and Alzheimer's disease - email from Sunil Liyanage
We do not see much Alzheimers disease in Sri Lanka. Is Coconut oil the protector? Click on the web-link below:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=ZZOR-Qd3QSg
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=ZZOR-Qd3QSg
Insults with class - email from Sunil Liyanage.
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These glorious insults are from an era before the English language got
boiled down to 4-letter words.
· A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on
the gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
"That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies
or your mistress."
· "He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr
· "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I
admire." - Winston Churchill
· "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with
great pleasure." Clarence Darrow
· "He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader
to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
· "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time
reading it." - Moses Hadas
· "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I
approved of it." - Mark Twain
· "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.." -
Oscar Wilde
· "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play;
bring a friend, if you have one." - George Bernard Shaw to Winston
Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second .... if
there is one." - Winston Churchill, in response.
· "I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you
here." - Stephen Bishop
· "He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright
· "I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing
trivial." - Irvin S. Cobb
· "He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in
others." - Samuel Johnson
· "He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul Keating
· "In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded
easily." - Charles, Count Talleyrand
· "He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest Tucker
· "Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any
address on it?" - Mark Twain
· "His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." - Mae West
· "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they
go." - Oscar Wilde
· "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for
support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
· "He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder
· "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." -
Groucho Marx
The future Physician - email from Gallege De Silva.
This is a real eye-opener trust me, and even better when coupled to NBN for immediate second opinions
Spring-loaded bathing suit - email jksw.
Guess what the above is?
No, it is not an eye patch,
No, it is not a head band,
No, it is not a knee brace,
No, it is not a medical support,
it is from France ...........and it is
a spring loaded Bathing suit!
So what is new?
We are spring loaded too!
REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not recommended for water skiing, surfing or
diving!
GOD
BLESS ENGINEERS
EVERYWHERE!!!
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