A thief broke into the local police station and stole all the toilets and urinals, leaving no clues. A spokesperson was quoted as saying, "We have absolutely nothing to go on."
On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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. >>>> >>> >>> >> >