In loving memory of Tom Hogg, 1943–2023

MoFunny for

Wednesday

Women's Day · July 7, 2027

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Trivia question....

Do you know the meanings of flowers?

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Consider these words of wisdom....

Love your enemies, it will drive them nuts. --Eleanor Doan

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I'm glad I don't have to explain to a man from Mars why each day I set fire to dozens of little pieces of paper, and then put them in my mouth. | Mignon McLaughlin

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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. - Washington Irving

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I bet ya' didn't know....

Four years after King Edward VIII abdicated the British throne, he became governor of The Bahamas. He retired after serving from 1940 to 1945.

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The fortress of Acre in the Holy Land, after resisting attacks by the Crusaders for 2 years, finally was captured in 1191 by King Richard the Lionhearted, who ordered 100 beehives tossed over its walls. The Saracen defenders surrendered at once.

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Things that make you go Hmmm....

Is a horsefly with no wings called a horsewalk? a horse trot? a horse gallop? a horse run?

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Jokes & stories....

Joke

You might be a farmer if...

1. Your dog rides in your truck more than your wife.

2. You wear specific hats to farm sales, livestock auctions, customer appreciation suppers, and vacations.

3. You have ever had to wash off in the backyard with a garden hose before your wife would let you in the house.

4. You've never thrown away a 5-gallon bucket.

5. You can remember the fertilizer rate, seed population, herbicide rate and yields on a farm you rented 10 years ago, but cannot recall your wife's birthday.

6. You have used a velvet leaf plant as toilet paper.

7. You have driven off the road while examining your neighbors crops.

8. You have borrowed gravel from the county road to fill potholes in your driveway.

9. You have buried a dog and cried like a baby.

10. You've used the same knife to make bull calves into steers, and peel apples.

Joke

Service

At one time in my life, I thought I had a handle on the meaning of the word "service"... the act of doing things for other people.

Then I heard the terms Internal Revenue Service, Postal Service, Civil Service, Service Stations, and I became confused about the word "service." This is not what I thought "service" meant.

Then recently, I overheard two horse breeders talking and one of them mentioned that he was having his stallion service a few of his mares.

SHAZAM!

It all came into perspective. Now I understand what all those "service" agencies are doing to us!

One-liner

At the end of your days, be leaning forward - not falling backwards.

Joke

As an attorney in a major New Mexico law firm, I have many colleagues who work long hours. However, the reputation of one of my partners' workaholic ways even extended beyond the office.
He not only had to leave work early one day because of a medical problem, but he was also told by his doctor to stay home until the end of the week. My colleague grudgingly agrees to comply.
In the middle of the week, our receptionist received a call for him. She announced that the partner was out of the office until Friday. "Good," the caller said. "That's all I wanted to know." It was my partner's doctor.

Joke

Two college seniors had a week of exams coming up. They decided to party instead. Their biggest exam was on Wednesday and they showed up telling the professor that their car had broken down the night before due to a very flat tire and they needed a bit more time to study.

The professor told them that they could have another day to study.

That evening, both of the boys crammed all night until they were sure that they knew just about everything.

Arriving to class the next morning, each boy was told to go to two separate classrooms to take the exam. Each boy just shrugged and went to two different parts of the building.

As each sat down, they read the directions:

"For 5 points, explain the contents of an atom. For 95 points, tell me WHICH tire it was!"

Red Neck

You might be a redneck if…

You dated your daddy's current wife in high school.

Joke

"You say you're petitioning for a legal name change?" the judge asked.

"Yes, your honor."

The judge looked at the petition. "I can, ummm, see why, ummm, Mr. Leon. . . Shitferbrains, is it?"

"Yes, your honor, that's correct."

"And what do you want to change your name to, Mr., ummm, Shitferbrains?"

"Jim, your honor."

Joke

The Lone Ranger is about to be hung by rustlers who caught him spying on their camp. His only hope is Tonto, who managed to escape and go for help.

As the bandits are putting the noose around the Lone Ranger's neck, he sees three horses approaching at a gallop. Sure enough, as they get closer he can see that it is Tonto on the first horse, but he can't make out who the other two riders are.

The Lone Ranger finally sees that Tonto is riding with two beautiful naked women. On is blond, and the other one brunette.

The riders burst into the robbers' camp, and Tonto rides up to the Lone Ranger, saying, "Kemosabe, I have returned with the people you asked me to get."

"Tonto, you idiot," says the Lone Ranger, "I told you to go get posse!"


Trivia answer....

Flowers-both cultivated and those with a native nature-have become associated with sentiments, often with the purpose of conveying amorous thoughts.

In the 1600s in Constantinople (what is now Istanbul), flowers gained meanings which enabled lovers to convey messages to each other without having to write or talk.

This language of flowers was introduced to Europe by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, a celebrated letter-writer and society poet who, in 1716, accompanied her husband to the Turkish Court in Istanbul. During her stay, she sent a Turkish love letter to England which interpreted the meanings of some plants, flowers, and spices.

The wonder of flowers, she proposed, was that words and messages of love - even altercations - could be passed in a refined and subtle manner without 'inking the fingers'.

The passing of messages via the floral code was then taken up by the French, only to return to England during the reign of Queen Victoria.

More than 800 flowers have special meanings associated with them. There are over 30 for roses alone.

The way in which the flowers were worn and presented had a meaning in addition to the sentiments attached to individual flowers. A flower bent towards the right would signify "I", while one extending to the left would signify "you".

Therefore a red rosebud leaning to the left would say: "You are pure and lovely".