After Quasimodo’s death, the bishop of the cathedral of Notre Dame sent word through the streets of Paris that a new bell ringer was needed. The bishop decided that he would conduct the interviews personally and went up into the belfry to begin the screening process.
After observing while several applicants demonstrated their skills, he decided to call it a day. Just then a lone, armless man approached him and announced that he was there to apply for the bell ringer’s job.
The bishop was incredulous. “You have no arms!”
“No matter,” said the man, “observe!” He then began striking the bells with his face, producing a beautiful melody on the carillon.
The bishop listened in astonishment, convinced that he had finally found a suitable replacement for Quasimodo. Suddenly, while rushing forward to strike a bell, the armless man tripped and plunged headlong out of the belfry window to his death in the street below.
The stunned bishop immediately rushed down the stairways. When he reached the street, a crowd had gathered around the fallen figure, drawn by the beautiful music they had heard only moments before. As they silently parted to let the bishop through, one of them asked, “Bishop, who was this man?”
“I don’t know his name,” the bishop sadly replied, “But his face sure rings a bell.”
The heaviest element known to science is Managerium.
This element has no protons or electrons, but has a nucleus made up of 1 neutron, 2 vice-neutrons, 5 junior vice-neutrons, 25 assistant vice-neutrons, and 125 junior assistant vice- neutrons all going round in circles.
Managerium has a half-life of three years, at which time it does not decay but institutes a series of reviews leading to reorganization.
Its molecules are held together by means of the exchange of tiny particles known as morons.
Update : it passed 74-25 so back to the house we go!
Well, the senate's vote on the Bailout Plan should be about 8:30p.m. Tonight!
Nearly two decades ago, a classic economic study found that of the 50 largest single-day price movements (stock market) since World War II, most happened on days when there was no significant news.
My wife was in labor with our first child. Things were going pretty well when suddenly she began to shout, "Shouldn't, couldn't, wouldn't, didn't, can't!"
The teacher says to her new class, "For our first lesson, each of you will stand up, tell us your name, what your father does, spell what your father does, and then explain it to us. All right, Billy. You go first."
Billy stands up and says, "My name's Billy. My father's a lawyer, l-a-w-y-e-r, and he defends people in court."
The teacher says, "Very good. All right, Benjamin."
Tyrone stands up and says, "My name's Benjamin. My father's a pharmacist, f-a-m... f-a-r-n... f-n..."
The teacher says, "Benjamin, you go home tonight and learn how to spell pharmacist. All right, Angelo."
Angelo stands up and says, "My name's Angelo. My old man's a bookie, b-o-o-k-i-e, and if he was here, he'd give you nine-to-five odds Benjamin ain't spellin' pharmacist by tomorrow."
"The federal government... announced a plan to spend, like, a trillion of taxpayer dollars to buy out bad mortgages and debt. Wall Street was surprisingly enthusiastic about the plan to save their (butts) with other peoples' money. It was either that, or Sarah Palin's idea to sell it all on eBay." --Bill Maher
"Financial experts are saying we are entering a new chapter in the American economy. I believe it's Chapter 11." --Jay Leno
"The group MoveOn.org has called on John McCain to release all of his medical records. In response, McCain told them, 'Why don't you just come down to the warehouse and look around for yourself? Bring a forklift, it'll take time.'" --Conan O'Brien
"So now our attention turns to which candidate can best guide us out of this mess. But even more important than that is deciding which candidate we'd most like to eat nachos with. According to a new survey from the Associated Press today, more Americans would rather watch football game with Barack Obama than with John McCain, by a margin of 50 to 47%. Mostly because McCain has to get up every ten minutes to go to the bathroom." --Jimmy Kimmel
"Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Lawrence Ellison topped the Forbes list of the top ten richest people in the U.S., having a combined wealth, as of Friday, of nearly $8,000" --Seth Meyers
"Hey, guess what? Turns out the free market? Not so free. Wall Street was hit hard Monday when Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, Merrill Lynch was sold to Bank of America, and insurance giant AIG neared a collapse of its own. Basically, if your commercials air during golf tournaments, you're done." --Amy Poehler
"The other financial genius, John McCain, said the fundamentals of our economy are strong, and then yesterday he wanted to fire the head of the SEC -- except you can't as president fire the SEC chairman, it's a non-governmental job. Sarah Palin said today one more gaffe from McCain, and she's going to drop him from the ticket." --Bill Maher
"To give you an idea how bad the American economy is, Mexico is now calling for a fence along the border. Stay on your side!" --Jay Leno
On a visit to Boston, I noticed a parking meter with a paper sack over it upon which was written: "Broken."
A skeptical parking officer removed the bag, inserted a quarter in the meter and turned the dial. It worked perfectly. As the officer began to write a parking ticket, the car's owner rushed out of a nearby building.
"What are you doing?" he yelled after a quick glance at the meter, "There's plenty of time left!"
What can I say about a legend with fantastic blue eyes & so sexy, but more than that, a really good human being! I went to the Chicago Tribune website to vote for favorite movie and of
course mine was "Butch and the Sundance Kid". However, it was running slightly behind
"Cool Hand Luke" or too many to pick just one! He will be missed by so many including me
who never even got to meet him. Maybe in my next life I will have such good luck.
I do not know how you feel about the Bailout Meetings etc. but this is my view.
1st after hearing how many votes Mc Cain and Obama has missed, I would like to see that changed! This is a computer world, why oh why, can the candidates not vote via computer while away from Washington. Perhaps not all senators etc. - but certainly Presidential Candidates and those who are ill (Kennedy)or something of a similiar nature.
2nd neither of these parties are financial specialists. If one of the candidates is more likely to be involved here it is the next President - I see this as Obama. Mc Cain votes 90per cent of the time like Bush - who is overseeing this debate! (Political Grandstanding!!)
3rd I would like to think that the Country could function without either Obama, Mc Cain or any President in Washington to oversee the political world. What happens if our President is on vacation ,hurt in (9-11),at a Global Conference, etc. when something this big comes up. Do we really go into this kind of Failure? Perhaps the Failure was before the Bailout was needed?
4th I feel both candidates owe our country the right to several one-on-one debates before our final vote. Here is where I disagree with Mc Cain again. If they wanted to exchange their debate with the Vice-Presidential Debate - then fine - but Mc Cain calls a stop to all progress in order to attend to Washington - does he trust Sarah Palin! If he doesn't, how can we?
5th Please do not get me started on the actual Bailout - we would be here all day!!!
A man went on a ski trip, and was knocked unconscious by the chair lift. He called his insurance company from the hospital, but it refused to cover his injury.
"Why is the injury not covered?" he asked.
"You got hit in the head by a chair lift," the insurance rep said. "That makes you an idiot, and we consider that a pre- existing condition."
CODY LINLEY and Julianne Hough ROCCO DISPIRITO and Karina Smirnoff Karina sprained her ankle early. TONI BRAXTON and Alec Mazo MAURICE GREENE and Cheryl Burke Man, it looks like Maurice is having fun, doesn't it?
BROOKE BURKE and Derek Hough TED MCGINLEY and Inna Brayer
Out the 2nd night - sort of an upset!
I think most people thought Cloris Leachman would go-or Kim Kardshian! LANCE BASS and Lacey Schwimmer
I really liked their opening number! CLORIS LEACHMAN and Corky Ballas JEFFREY ROSS and Edyta Sliwinska He gets a 12 the 1st night. Left on Tuesday night. KIM KARDASHIAN and Mark Ballas SUSAN LUCCI and Tony Dovolani MISTY MAY-TREANOR and Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Boy, does she have the muscles in her arms ?- Can dance though! WARREN SAPP and Kym Johnson