THIS WEEK'S DEAR JOHN LETTER!
Dear John,
My family will be getting together next month for a big Christmas party. It's customary for everyone to buy a gift for someone else. We draw names in about a week. My youngest sister recently lost her job. I want to call her to let her know I will cover her gift for this year. My wife said that was rude to assume anything and it may hurt her feelings. Does that seem like something that would be rude? I just want to make sure she is able to join the rest of the family next month and not have any reason to avoid the get together. I also don't want her to feel obligated to spend money on someone else right now when she is between jobs. Should I call her anyway, even though my wife said I should leave her alone?
Thank you,
Loving Brother
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All the blinking you do in one day equates to having your eyes closed for 30 minutes.
The first computer mouse was created from wood in 1964.
The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish and Portuguese.
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The US National Park Service is pleading with nature-goers to stop licking toads in an attempt at getting high off their gland-secreted psychedelic substance. But toad licking — once spoofed on “Family Guy” — particularly from the Colorado River toad, comes with serious health risks, the NPS warned in a Facebook post. The agency warns that “Licking or swallowing can lead to numbness of the mouth and throat as well as severe and life-threatening effects on the heart (including cardiac arrest) as a result of the digoxin-like compounds.” To drive home the point, the NPS went on: “As we say with most things you come across in a national park, whether it be a banana slug, unfamiliar mushroom, or a large toad with glowing eyes in the dead of night, please refrain from licking…not only is this illegal (5-MEO-DMT is a DEA schedule I drug), it’s also quite dangerous.” The Colorado River toad, found in parts of California, Arizona and New Mexico, is one of North America’s tallest, at 7 inches.
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• Whyzit cartoon characters wear the same outfit in every single episode?
• Whyzit we feel it necessary to look in the mirror after puking or crying?
• Whyzit we call it a ‘pair of pants’ when it’s just one?
• Whyzit the numbers on a phone go one way and the numbers on a calculator go the other?
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