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WITandWISDOM(tm) - September 28, 2001 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: "Don't leave 5 minutes before the miracle." - Alcoholics Anonymous Submitted by Sherri Rimmer ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: BLACK AND WHITE By Steve Vaus You could hardly see for all the snow, Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go Pull a chair up to the TV set, "Good night David, Good night Chet" Dependin' on the channel you tuned You got Rob and Laura or Ward and June It felt so good, felt so right Life looked better in black and white I Love Lucy, The Real McCoys Dennis the Menace, the Cleaver boys Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train Superman, Lois Lane Father Knows Best, Patty Duke Rin Tin Tin and Lassie too Donna Reed on Thursday night Life looked better in black and white I wanna go back to black and white Everything always turned out right Simple people, simple lives Good guys always won the fights Now nothin's the way it seems In living color or on the screen I wanna go back to black and white In God they trusted, in bed they slept A promise made was a promise kept They never cussed or broke their vows They'd never make the network now But if I could I'd rather be, in a TV town in 63 It felt so good, felt so right Life looked better in black and white CHORUS I'd trade all the channels on the satellite, If I could just turn back the clock tonight To when everybody knew wrong from right, life was better in black and white. From the cd Voice Of America by Steve Vaus, http://www.stevevaus.com/lyrics/blackandwhite_vm.html For pictures with this poem visit: http://www.geocities.com/kellyloveselvis444/blacknwhite.html Submitted by :o) Kimberley Broyles ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: 3rd GRADERS REASONS FOR NOT TURNING IN HOMEWORK Part 2 of 2 [Sep 20, 28] I'm a teacher from Fairbanks, Alaska and as an assignment in preparation for April Fool's Day I had my 25 3rd grade students do a writing lesson on reasons for not getting in their homework. - Fred Bongiovanni My cousin ripped it up. My brother spilled paint over it. The dog buried it. I left it at my friend's house. I went out of town. I got grounded. My mom put it in the oven and she cooked it. My dad used it for fishing bait. Two gangsters stopped and took it from me. It was my homework or my life! My brother wrote phone messages on it. My mom didn't know what it was. My dad came home too late to help me. I fell asleep on it. It blew out of the window. My sister used it for a napkin. I got hungry so I ate it. I used it for a paper airplane. My mom used it for wrapping up a present. My dad used it as a newspaper My mom knitted it into a shirt. It fell on the heater so it got burnt I wadded it up into pieces and used it for spit balls. My cat slept on it. I left it in the bathroom and it got all wet. Source: Have a Nice Day ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: Michael, 7, took a phone call for his sister who is planning her wedding. The lady wanted to know when would be a good time to try to call Kate back. Michael said, "When she is here!" -- Cheryl Harvey (aunt of Michael) of Weiser, Idaho Submitted by Kimberley B. :o) ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: DOG SAFETY TIPS FOR KIDS Get permission to pet a dog from its owner. Avoid an unfamiliar dog. If an unfamiliar dog approaches, be still and don't make eye contact. Never approach a dog from the rear. Don't interrupt a dog when it's eating. Never try to remove a toy from a dog's mouth. Never roughhouse, wrestle or antagonize a dog. Don't make contact with a dog that is confined to an automobile or pen. Stay clear of dogs that are fighting. The only one who should be allowed to approach a dogfight is one of the dogs' owners. Stay away from a dog that appears angry or agitated. Make sure your friends also follow these rules. From: American Kennel Club, http://www.akc.org/ Source: LibertyLines, Volume 5, Issue 2, Summer 2001, http://www.libertymutualinsurance.com |