Category Archives: quotes

Portland Pee-Pee

April 21, 2014 – 10:47 am

Last week a teenager jumped the fence encircling a city reservoir in Portland, Oregon. CCTV caught the young man in the act of urination and the police arrested the perpetrator and his two friends for trespassing. The city water administrator decided that the city residents didn’t want their water tainted with urine and emptied the […]

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On Writing – Patrick Dennis

November 24, 2013 – 11:38 am

“I always start writing with a clean piece of paper and a dirty mind.” – Patrick Dennis, author of AUNTIE MAME.

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Sort Of Justice For the Scottsboro Boys

November 24, 2013 – 11:02 am

On March 25, 1931 a fight broke out a freight train traveling the Southern Railway line between Chattanooga and Memphis. Nine black hoboes battled a few whites and two women. According to Wikipedia the whites were kicked off the freight car and a posse stopped the train at Paint Rock, Alabama and arrested seven teenage […]

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Hiding in Scandal

November 16, 2013 – 11:12 pm

You find out who your real friends are when you’re involved in a scandal. Elizabeth Taylor Check out the man hiding his face. He couldn’t be more guilty. And the woman is free as the wind.

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A River To My People

October 10, 2013 – 9:57 pm

After taking Aqaba in the epic film LAWRENCE OF ARABIA TE Lawrence confronts Anthony Quinn’s character Auda abu Tayi about payments from their Turkish enemy. Auda Abu Tayi tells Peter O’Toole the truth in front of hundreds of tribesmen extras. Auda abu Tayi: I am Auda abu Tayi! Does Auda serve? Howeitat tribesmen: NO! Auda […]

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