A SHORT HISTORY OF MEDICINE: "Doctor, I have an ear ache."
2000 B.C. - "Here, eat this root."
1000 B.C. - "That root is heathen, say this prayer."
1850 A.D. - "That prayer is superstition, drink this potion."
1940 A.D. - "That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill."
1985 A.D. - "That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic."
2004 A.D. - "That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root!"
In loving memory of Tom Hogg, 1943–2023
MoFunny for
Tuesday
November 10, 2026
Trivia question....
What is the coldest profession?
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Consider these words of wisdom....
Nobody is ever met at the airport when beginning a new adventure. It's just not done. -- Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, A View of the Nile, 1970
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. -- Plato
Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake. -- Persian Proverb
I bet ya' didn't know....
I Bet Ya Didn't Know: The giant red star Betelgeuse has a diameter larger than that of the Earth's orbit around the sun.
If you and your matrimonial mate are both left-handed, you're more likely than right-handers to have twins.
Things that make you go Hmmm....
Did the early settlers ever go on a camping trip?
Jokes & stories....
A couple had been married for 45 years and had raised a brood of 11 children and were blessed with 22 grandchildren.
When asked the secret for staying together all that time, the wife replies, "Many years ago we made a promise to each other: the first one to pack up and leave has to take all the kids."
If Y2K is going to be such a big problem, why don't we just skip that year? Women do it all the time.
Old man on park bench crying. A concerned pedestrian enquires, "why are you crying?"
Old man: "I just celebrated my 85th birthday, and I got married yesterday to an 18 year old nymphomaniac blonde beauty who is all a man could ask for".
Pedestrian: "why are you crying ?"
Old man: "I don't remember where I live."
Who's The Father?
A lady was in the delivery room starting to deliver her baby. As it made its appearance it was dark and had an afro.
The doctor said, "Ma'am, have you ever slept with a black man?"
She said, "Well, yes, but only once."
"Once is all it takes" he replied.
Then the torso appeared and it was yellow.
"Ma'am, have you ever slept with an Asian man?" the doctor asked.
"Well, yes" she said, "but only once."
"Once is all it takes," he said.
When the legs appeared they were red. The doctor asked her if she had ever slept with an Native American and she said, "only once," and he replied that that was all it took.
Then the doctor held it upside down and slapped its bottom to make it cry.
"Oh, thank God," she exclaimed "at least it doesn't bark!"
You might be a redneck if…
Your baby's favorite teething ring is the garden hose in the front yard.
A jeweler standing behind the counter of his shop after hours was astounded to see a suspicious looking man come hurling headfirst through the window.
"What on earth are you up to? What happened?!" he demanded.
"I'm terribly sorry," said the man, "I forgot to let go of the brick."
A local United Way office realized that it had never received a donation from the town's most successful lawyer. The person in charge of contributions called him to persuade him to contribute.
"Our research shows that out of a yearly income of at least $500,000, you give not a penny to charity. Wouldn't you like to give back to the community in some way?"
The lawyer mulled this over for a moment and replied, "First, did your research also show that my mother is dying after a long illness, and has medical bills that are several times her annual income?"
Embarrassed, the United Way rep mumbled, "Um...no."
"or that my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair?"
The stricken United Way rep began to stammer out an apology but was interrupted,
"or that my sister's husband died in a traffic accident," the lawyer's voice rising in indignation, "leaving her penniless with three children?!"
The humiliated United Way rep, completely beaten, said simply, "I had no idea..."
On a roll, the lawyer cut him off once again: "so if I don't give any money to them, why should I give any to you?"
Trivia answer....
What is the coldest profession?
The Adelie penguin, a species that inhabits Ross Island in Antarctica, ensures the survival of its species in a curious manner. Though scientists claim that this species mates for life, an exception is apparently made where nest building is concerned.
The female Adelie penguin, desperate to obtain the stones she uses to build her nest, visits the nests of bachelor Adelies, goes through the entire courtship routine, mates with him, and waddles off with the prized pebbles she worked for.
The harsh, frigid Antarctic climate makes it necessary for the female Adelie to use unconventional means to obtain the rocks she needs to build a nest for her offspring. Trees and grasses cannot survive in this climate, and the stones that the female penguin does find, are likely to be frozen solid in the ice or in the mud.
So rare are the pebbles the penguin needs that she sometimes even risks her neck by robbing another females' nest of the stones.
This explains why the date and mate method is the one female Adelie penguins prefer. She follows the courtship ritual, which includes repeatedly dipping her head and, if the unattached male expresses interest in her, she lies flat on her back, as an invitation to mate. Once the two have mated, the female collects the stones she came for as a sort of payment, and returns home to her mate for life!
Sometimes, especially cunning female Adelies engage in the courtship ritual, minus the mating part, grab the rocks, and go home. According to Fiona M. Hunter of the University of Cambridge, the males of this species do not bear a grudge, and do not become aggressive when they get nothing for something. This researcher even observed one bold and masterful female make off with 62 stones from one single male in one hour, without engaging in anything but the head-bobbing ritual.