Today is Monday, the 86th day of 2012, with 280 days left in the year.
Today is ...
Make Up Your Own Holiday Day.
Listen up
A woman was two days away from her 50th birthday. When her husband asked her what she wanted, she sighed and said, "I'd like to be 8 again."
On the morning of her birthday, he arose and made her a big bowl of cocoa crunchies. Then he took her to a nearby theme park, where he put her on every wild ride it offered: the Death Slide, the Wall of Fear, the Screaming Roller Coaster, etc.
Afterward, her head reeling and her stomach upset, he took her to a fast-food restaurant, where he ordered her a kid's meal and insisted she climb all over on the play structure. Then they headed to the latest animated movie, where he bought her popcorn, a soda and a big bag of her favorite candy.
When they finally staggered home, he asked with a loving smile, "Well, what was it like being 8 again?"
She opened her eyes and replied, "I meant my dress size."
The moral of the story: Even when a man is listening, he just may get it wrong.
Riddle me this
ADD IT UP: A triangle has a perimeter of 90 centimeters. The lengths of the three sides are in the ratio 5:12:13. What is the length of the shortest side?
ADD IT UP II: Jane bought 24 pieces of fruit. She purchased three times as many oranges as bananas. On her way home, Jane accidentally dropped twice as many oranges as bananas. She still managed to come home with 15 pieces of fruit. How many oranges were there?
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Define this
KEYSTONE
Definition No. 1 - The first stone laid in any flagstone path.
Definition No. 2 - To double the wholesale price for retail.
Cryptogram
NUM FVO WN EWNG V YPUVFVO SNYEM DE WN CMW NU SDI.
hint: n = o
ANSWERS
THEOTOKOS - Title given to the Virgin Mary as bearer of God.
never soldiers Old do. ones Young die. - Old soldiers never die. Young ones do.
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