Thought of the Day
"The man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away."
-Hugh Murr
Page of the Day the Jones Soda Photo
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Thought of the Day
"May you live all the days of your life."
-
Jonathan Swift
Thought of the Day
"If we learn how to give ourselves, to forgive others, and to live with thanksgiving, we need not seek happiness. It will seek us."
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Owen Feltham
Joke of the Day
Boudreaux found Thibodeaux walking down the levee, looking really down in
the dumps. Naturally, he asked Thibodeaux what the problem was. Thibodeaux
told Boudreaux, "Well, me and Clothile done had our first fight last
night."
Boudreaux says, "Aw, dat's too bad. What y'all had a fight about?"
Thibodeaux tells him, "Mais, I told her a joke about de Pope."
Boudreaux says, "Mais, Thib, why did you do that? You knows dat Clothile
is Catholic."
Thibodeaux replies, "Yah, I knew dat, but I didn't know de Pope was too."
Internet factoid of the day --someone on the internet said it so it MUST be true :-)
[In olden times in]England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they thought they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer."
Thought of the Day
"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. "
-Mark Twain
Thought of the Day
"Don't wait for a crisis to discover what is important in your life."
-William Hazlitt
Joke of the Day
You may be a Cajun If...
1. You start an angel food cake with a roux.
2. You sit down to eat boiled crawfish and your host says "Don't eat the dead ones" and you know what he means.
3. You gave up Tabasco for Lent.
4. You refer to Louisiana winters as "gumbo weather."
5. You can look at a rice field and tell how much gravy it will take to cover the rice.
6. You think the head of the United Nations is Boudreaux-Boudreaux-Guillory.
7. Watching Wild Kingdom inspires you to write a cookbook.
8. You think boudin, hog-head cheese and a Budweiser is a bland diet.
9. You think Ground Hog's day and Boucherie Day are the same holiday.
10. You take a bite of 5-alarm Texas chili and reach for the Tabasco.
11. Fred's Lounge in Mamou means more to you than the Grand Ole Opry.
12. You have an "envie" for something instead of a craving.
13. You use two or more pirogues to cover your newly planted tomatoes to protect them from a late frost.
14. The horsepower of your outboard motor is greater than the motor in your car.
15. You pass up a trip abroad to go to the Crawfish Festival in Breaux Bridge.
16. Your children's favorite bedtime story begins with "First you make a roux..."
17.Your school teacher teaches the 4 basic food groups as: Boiled seafood, Broiled seafood, Fried seafood, and Beer.
18. You're asked to name the 4 seasons and reply "Onions, celery, bell pepper, and Tony's."
19. You let your black coffee cool and find it has gelled.
20. You describe a 7 course meal as a 6-pack and a pound of boudin!
21. You describe a yard of boudin and cracklings as "breakfast."
22. Your mom/spouse announces each morning, "Well, I've got the rice cooking, what will we have for dinner?"
23. None of your potential vacation destinations are North of the old Mississippi River bridge ***(A bridge in Baton Rouge on Hwy 190)**
24. You think of gravy as a beverage.
25. You learned bourre' the hard way - holding yourself upright in your crib.
26. You consider the 4 seasons as: winter, spring, summer, and hunting!!
27. Your high school band's rendition of the National Anthem begins with, "Jambalaya, crawfish pie, fillet gumbo..."
28. You stand up when they play "Jolie Blonde."
29. Any of your dessert recipes call for jalapenos.
30. You consider Breaux Bridge the capital of the state, and Lafayette the capital of the nation.
31. You think the Mason-Dixon line is at Bunkie.
Thought of the Day
"You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing."
-Michael Pritchard
Internet factoid of the day --someone on the internet said it so it MUST be true :-)
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight."
Joke of the Day
TIME OFF WORK
Two factory workers were talking. "I think I'll take some time off from
work." Said the man.
"How do you think you'll do that?" asked the blonde.
He proceeded to show her....by climbing up to the rafters, and hanging
upside down.
The boss walked in, saw the worker hanging from the ceiling, and asked him
what on earth he was doing.
"I'm a light bulb" answered the guy.
"I think you need some time off," said the boss.
So, the man jumped down and walked out of the factory.
The blonde began walking out too.
The boss asked her...where do you think you are going?
The blonde answered,
"Home. I can't work in the dark".
Thought of the Day
"Life is more fun when you don't keep score."
-Auerbach
