Back in the 1800's the Tate's Watch Company of Massachusetts wanted to produce other products, and since they already made the cases for watches, they used them to produce compasses.
The new compasses were so bad that people often ended up in Canada or Mexico rather than California . This, of course, is the origin of the expression,"He who has a Tate's is lost!" On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > A marine biologist developed a race of genetically engineered dolphins > that could live forever if they were fed a steady diet of seagulls. > > One day, his supply of the birds ran out so he had to go out and trap > some more. On the way back, he spied two lions asleep on the road. > > Afraid to wake them, he gingerly stepped over them. Immediately, he was > arrested and charged with transporting gulls across sedate lions for > immortal porpoises. > > > On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Richard J. Williams > <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> King Ozymandias of Assyria was running low on cash after years of war >> with the Hittites. His last great possession was the Star of the >> Euphrates, >> the most valuable diamond in the ancient world. Desperate, he went to >> Croesus, the pawnbroker, to ask for a loan. >> >> Croesus said, "I'll give you 100,000 dinars for it". >> >> "But I paid a million dinars for it," the King protested. "Don't you know >> who I am? I am the king!" >> >> Croesus replied, "When you wish to pawn a Star, makes no difference >> who you are." >> >> >> On 12/1/2013 3:46 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote: >> >>> Evidence has been found that William Tell and his family were avid >>> bowlers. Unfortunately, all the Swiss league records were destroyed in a >>> fire. And, so we'll never know for whom the Tells bowled. >>> >> >> >
