Friday, November 30, 2018

News for Week Ending Friday, Nov 23, 2018


1.   The Statue of Liberty’s original copper and gold torch, which was replaced in 1984, has just been placed in a museum on Liberty Island.  ***  There was an alternate proposal from the White House, but with the caravan so close there just wasn’t time to melt it down and make barbed wire.

2.   A Canadian curling team was kicked out of the Red Deer Curling Tournament because of “unacceptable behavior,” which included getting drunk, breaking brooms and swearing.   ***   Sounds like me when I have to do the housework.

3.   A recent article on the Allure website tells how to get rid of pimples on your butt.   ***  Actually, I thought we took care of them with the mid-term elections.

4.   In criticizing China’s trade agreement proposal, President Trump said, “We can’t have trade that’s meant for stupid people.”  ***    Hey, I didn’t even know we were trading stupid people; do we just exchange ours for theirs?

5.   Irv Gordon has just died at the age of 77, after attaining fame for driving his 1966 Volvo over 3.2 million miles, ***   According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the only vehicle with more miles on it is President Trump’s golf cart.

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