A pony walk into a bar and the bar tender says "what can I get for you".
The pony says "Could I just get some water?"
"I'm a little hoarse."
In loving memory of Tom Hogg, 1943–2023
MoFunny for
Tuesday
April 6, 2027
Trivia question....
Who invented the first official basketball?
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Consider these words of wisdom....
Courage is saying, ""Maybe what I'm doing isn't working; maybe I should try something else."" -- Anna Lappe, O Magazine, June 2003
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied. -- Pearl Buck
In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true. -- John Lilly
I bet ya' didn't know....
Vladimir de Pachmann (1848-1933), celebrated Russian pianist, was convinced that the ghost of Chopin was always beside him, and he consulted with the ghost while playing concerts. He also asked the ghost's advice before signing any contract.
Groucho Marx was the first guest on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson".
Things that make you go Hmmm....
Why don't motorcycles have air bags?
Jokes & stories....
Doctor: "I see you're over a month late for your appointment. Don't you know that nervous disorders require prompt and regular attention? What's your excuse?"
Patient: "I was just following your orders, Doc."
Doctor: "Following my orders? What are you talking about? I gave you no such order."
Patient: "You told me to avoid people who irritate me."
September 28 is... Ask A Stupid Question Day
With the help of a fertility specialist, a 65 year old woman has a baby. All her relatives come to visit and meet the newest member of their family.
When they ask to see the baby, the 65 year old mother says, "Not yet!"
A little later they ask to see the baby again. Again the mother says, "Not yet!"
Finally they ask, "When can we see the baby?"
And the mother says, "When the baby cries!"
"Why do we have to wait until the baby cries?"
The 65 year old mother says, "Because I forgot where I put it!"
A man who worked for the fire department came home from work one day and told his wife, "You know, we have a wonderful system at the fire station. "'Bell 1' rings and we all put on our jackets.
"'Bell 2' rings and we all slide down the pole.
"'Bell 3' rings and we're on the fire truck ready to go.
"From now on, we are going to run this house the same way. When I say 'Bell 1' I want you to strip naked.
"When I say 'Bell 2' I want you to jump in bed.
"When I say 'Bell 3' we are going to make love all night.
The next night he came home from work and yelled, "Bell 1." The wife took off all her clothes.
He shouted "Bell 2," and the wife jumped in bed.
"Bell 3," he yelled, and they began making love.
After 2 minutes the wife yelled, "Bell 4!"
"What the hell is 'Bell 4'?" asked her husband.
"I need more hose!" she replied. "You're no where near the fire!"
You might be a redneck if…
You have a Hefty bag for a convertible top.
The teacher was telling the class about plants that have the word "dog" in front of them: dogrose, dogwood, dog violet.
She asked the class if they could name another flower with the prefix "dog."
Steven raised his hand and said, "Sure, Miss Jones, a ' collie' flower!"
One night at McChord Air Force Base, I was dispatched to check out the security fence where an alarm had gone off. The fence was at the end of the base runway. When I got to the scene, I found a raccoon was the culprit, so I ran around and flapped my arms to scare the animal away.
Suddenly an air-traffic controller came over the public-address system and announced loudly,
"Attention to the airman at the end of the runway. You are now cleared for takeoff."
Trivia answer....
Who invented the first official basketball?
In 1894, A. G. Spalding & Bros. in Chicopee, Massachusetts invented the first official basketball. The first balls were made of panels of leather that were stitched together over a rubber bladder.
Basket Ball (the original name of the game) was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a teacher at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. At Hoophall.com, the official site of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, we learned that, "The game of basketball was the result of a challenge from a teacher to his student to pique the interest of an incorrigible class during the usually dull winter months."
Apparently, the class was tired of calisthenics and Naismith's instructor assigned him the duty of inventing a new indoor sport. Taking to the task at hand, Naismith rounded up two peach baskets (the janitor didn't have any boxes handy) and a soccer ball. Next, he developed 13 rules for the new game.
He divided his class of 18 into 2 teams of 9 players each (the team today would be the equivalent of 3 guards, 3 centers, and 3 forwards) and set about to teach them the basics of b-ball.
The object of the game was to throw the soccer ball into the peach baskets nailed to the lower railing of the gym balcony. Every time a point was scored, the game was halted so the janitor could lug out a ladder and retrieve the ball. Of course, that didn't happen too often -- the score of the very first basketball game ever played was an amazingly low 1-0.
A lot has happened since the introduction of the game and basketball has undergone many changes, both in equipment and rules.