Dave was bragging to his boss one day, "You know, I know everyone there is to know. Just name someone, anyone, and I know them."

Tired of his boasting, his boss called his bluff, "OK, Dave, how about Tom Cruise?"

"No dramas boss, Tom and I are old friends, and I can prove it." So Dave and his boss fly out to Hollywood and knock on Tom Cruise's door, and Tom Cruise shouts,

"Dave! What's happening? Great to see you! Come on in for a beer!"

Although impressed, Dave's boss is still skeptical. After they leave Cruise's house, he tells Dave that he thinks him knowing Cruise was just lucky.

"No, no, just name anyone else," Dave says.

"President Obama," his boss quickly retorts.

"Yup," Dave says, "Old buddies, let's fly out to Washington," and off they go.

At the White House, Obama spots Dave on the tour and motions him and his boss over, saying, "Dave, what a surprise, I was just on my way to a meeting, but you and your friend come on in and let's have a beer first and catch up."

Well, the boss is very shaken by now but still not totally convinced. After they leave the White House grounds he expresses his doubts to Dave, who again implores him to name anyone else.

"Pope Francis," his boss replies.

"Sure!" says Dave. "I've known the Pope for years." So off they fly to Rome.

Dave and his boss are assembled with the masses at the Vatican's St. Peter's Square when Dave says, "This will never work. I can't catch the Pope's eye among all these people. Tell you what, I know all the guards so let me just go upstairs and I'll come out on the balcony with the Pope." He disappears into the crowd headed towards the Vatican.

Sure enough, half an hour later Dave emerges with the Pope on the balcony, but by the time Dave returns, he finds that his boss has had a heart attack and is surrounded by paramedics.

Making his way to his boss' side, Dave asks him, "What happened?"

His boss looks up and says, "It was the final straw... you and the Pope came out on to the balcony and the man next to me said, 'Who the  is that on the balcony with Dave?'

On 11/29/2023 at 6:54 PM, Cygnia said:

Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100

There was a plumbing emergency so I had to step up and help but afterward I got in trouble because I had a plumbing licence but hadn't been plumbing and the plumbers professional association hadn't assigned another plumber to my area because their records showed that there was already someone with a plumber's licence there.   They were going to hit me with a hefty fine for not doing my plumbing responsibilities.  

 They’re thinking about their jobs, their romantic hopes, their irritations, what’s on TV, whatever. Their lives do not revolve around Superman even though he could kill them all by snapping his fingers. They think about Superman like we think about the Sun. Vastly powerful, necessary for our survival, but taken for granted as something that’s just there. Usually we have more immediate concerns than the presence of the Sun, because the Sun is always there whether we think about it or not.

Yes, those are apes in the biplanes.  

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When i was growing up, people said “the government isnt reading your emails or wire tapping your phone, thats illegal

Virus Isolation from the First Patient with SARS-CoV-2 in Korea - PMC (nih.gov)

For Adriana Aquarius, whose voice has gone hoarse from protesting every day since Saturday throughout central Oregon, demonstrating means showing up in areas where black people and people of color are often in the minority and don’t feel supported. After organizing a protest in Bend on Saturday, Aquarius, 21, was moved the next day to bring people to the nearby town of Prineville—a more conservative area of the state—where a local organizer was trying to put together a small protest despite receiving multiple death threats.

 

Just because a song claimed it wouldn’t happen in small towns because the friendly and peaceful inhabitants of those towns would kill them, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. Sure, there aren’t any now that I know of, but they’ve pretty much stopped in the big cities too.

Twin Peaks is an American chain of sports bars and restaurants based in Lewisville, Texas,^[2] which has been described as an "ultimate sports lodge"^[3] and breastaurant along with similar chains.^[4] The chain is known for having its waitresses, primarily young women and typically referred to as "Twin Peaks Girls", dress in revealing uniforms that consist of cleavage- and midriff-revealing red plaid tops, as well as khaki shorts or denim short shorts.^[5] At other times, waitresses wear revealing seasonal or themed outfits