Odd or Funny Facts

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

ABBA got their name by taking the first letter from each of their first names (Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, Anni-frid.)

A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge.

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

The symbol on the "pound" key (#) is called an octothorpe.

Bingo is the name of the dog on the Cracker Jack box.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti.

The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

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You Know You're a Redneck When....

1. You take your dog for a walk and you both use the same tree.

2. You can entertain yourself for more than 15 minutes with a fly swatter.

3. Your boat has not left the driveway in 15 years.

4. You burn your yard rather than mow it.

6. The Salvation Army declines your furniture.

7. You offer to give someone the shirt off your back and they don't want it.

8. You have the local taxidermist on speed dial.

9. You come back from the dump with more than you took.

10. You keep a can of Raid on the kitchen table.

11. Your wife can climb a tree faster than your cat.

12. Your grandmother has 'ammo' on her Christmas list.

13. You keep flea and tick soap in the shower.

14. You've been involved in a custody fight over a hunting dog.

15. You go to the stock car races and don't need a program.

16. You know how many bales of hay your car will hold.

17. You have a rag for a gas cap.

18. Your house doesn't have curtains, but your truck does.

19. You wonder how service stations keep their rest-rooms so clean.

20. You can spit without opening your mouth.

21. You consider your license plate personalized because your father made it.

22. Your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand.

23. You have a complete set of salad bowls and they all say 'Cool Whip' on the side.

24. The biggest city you've ever been to is Wal-Mart.

25. Your working TV sits on top of your non-working TV.

26. You've used your ironing board as a buffet table.

27. A tornado hits your neighborhood and does $100,000 worth of improvements.

28. You've used a toilet brush to scratch your back.

29. You missed your 5th grade graduation because you were on jury duty.

30. You think fast food is hitting a deer at 65 mph.

The Bus Ride

Two bowling teams, one of all Blondes and one of all Brunettes, charter a double-Decker bus for a weekend trip to Bundaberg. The Brunette team rode on the bottom of the bus, and the Blonde team rode on the top level.

Brunette team down below really whooped it up, having a great time, when one of them realized she hadn't heard anything from the Blondes upstairs. She decided to go up and investigate.

When the Brunette reached the top, she found all the Blondes in fear, staring straight ahead at the road, clutching the seats in front of them with white knuckles. the brunette asked, 'What's going on up here? We're having a great time downstairs!'

One of the Blondes looked up at her, swallowed hard and whispered... 'YEAH, BUT YOU'VE GOT A DRIVER!?!'

How Can Life Exist?

This question has bothered me for such a long time. No matter how science tries to explain the origin of life, it does not seem logical to me. There are elements in the scientific explanations which are somewhat rational, but how did the first living thing actually become a living thing?

This reminds me of an illustration that I have used several times in my ministry as a pastor and missionary. It goes like this:

An agnostic kept his opinions very public. He often talked loudly of how he did not believe in God, that everything happened according to scientific laws that nobody actually could explain.

A Christian man was quite tired of hearing this agnostic's views. Finally, the Christian man confronted the agnostic. He invited him to accompany him to his home to see something.

When they got inside, the Christian took the agnostic to the basement and turned on the light. Then, he turned on an electrical switch. The agnostic was really interested and studied the sight which took up much of the space in the basement. What he saw was a working model of the sun, the planets including Earth, and the moons around the various planets. The electric switch made the model move consistently with the movements of our solar system.

"Who made this?" was the agnostic's first question.

The Christian simply said, "Nobody."

The agnostic got the point. Something which is made needs a maker. Just as surely as someone made that model of the Solar System, the real thing also needed a maker. The only intelligent agent to fabricate such a perfect model is God.


I like this story, which is why I have used it several times. Still, I can't understand life. Why am I alive? How can I be alive? When did I start being alive? How long will I be alive? Will my life actually ever end? Will I not go on being who I am, even after this body dies? So many questions!!

An Incredible Story

In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University .

On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully.
He got down on one knee, inspected the elephant's foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.

Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter could not help wondering if this was the same elephant. Peter summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing, and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.

Probably wasn't the same elephant.

This is for all of my friends who send me those heart-warming rubbish stories.

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