Hooked On Facts:

The name Joshua is Hebrew for ‘Jesus’.

Walt Disney, the creator of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice.

9 out of 10 lightning strike victims survive!

A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day.

Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.

The WD in WD-40 stands for Water Displacer.

More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

Austria was the first country to use postcards.

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Just Joking:

Any Last Requests?

A murderer was secured to the electric chair, about to be executed.

The chaplain approached him and asked, “Do you have any last requests?”

“Yes,” replied the murderer. “Would you hold my hand?”

What Are People Thinking?

Case # 1
I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in toxicology at the poison control center. Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down, and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter into the Emergency room right away.

Case # 2
Seems that some time ago, some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home. When they took it for a float on the river, a Coast Guard helicopter coming towards them surprised them. It turned out that the chopper was going in on the emergency locator beacon which activated when the raft was inflated.

They are no longer employed at Boeing.

Dinner Guests:

During a dinner party, the hosts’ two small children entered the dining room naked and proceeded to parade slowly around the table.

Embarrassed, the parents pretended nothing was happening and continued to converse with their guests. The guests co-operated and also carried on as if nothing out of the ordinary was happening.

After they finished walking all around the room, the children left.

As the children disappeared from sight, there was a moment of silence at the table, during which one child was heard to say, “See, I told you, it IS vanishing cream!”

The Lost Coin:

My husband and I had just finished tucking our five young ones into bed one evening when we heard sobbing coming from three-year-old Billy’s room.

Rushing to his side, we found him crying hysterically. He had accidentally swallowed a penny and was sure he was going to die - no amount of talking could change his mind.

Desperate to calm him, my husband palmed a penny that he happened to have in his pocket and pretended to pull it from Billy’s ear. Billy was delighted.

In a flash, he snatched it from my husband’s hand, swallowed it, and demanded cheerfully, “Do it again, Dad!”