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I just spent the day at a workshop put on by our consultant, who previously (as of last Friday) worked for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He used a couple I hadn't heard before: "Silo-Busting": This is based on the premise that there are numerous Public Health programs at the nat...

Bob, I think the column you found 8.74 in was the equivalent US $ per US gallon price. So it isn't £8.74 per gallon, it's $8.74 per gallon. Of course, that's still pretty bad--we just topped $4.00/gallon and people here are outraged!

Why did the elephant wear green sneakers?

So he could hide on a pool table!



How do you make an elephant float?

Take one elephant, then add 100 gallons of soda and 50 gallons of ice cream!

OK, you can blame Meirav for starting an elephant joke thread, not me for adding to it! I'll warn you . . . these are REALLY bad: Q. What's the difference between an elephant and a plum? A. Their color! Q. What are the similarities between an elephant and a plum? A. They're both purple, except for t...

Speaking of Miley/Hannah, I just saw an article that she's going to write her memoirs! Wow! I always say, there's nothing like a really good book . . . and this will CERTAINLY be "nothing like a really good book"!

What about "Dial 'M' for Murder"?

Ben Franklin liked Kit Kat bars?

I saw one a few months ago that I liked. To set it up, though, I'll have to fill everyone in on the political climate here in Illinois: Our Governor, Rod Blagojevich (pronounced "bluh-GOY-uh-vitch") has not made many friends, especially among down-staters. He refuses to live in the Executive Mansion...

Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
I'm a schizophrenic,
And so am I.

I had a similar experience on my way to work the other day. I nearly collided with another car that was "only" a mile-and-a-half away from me! I was shaking all day!

Not to mention Feliz Navidad. Hope you have a great holiday season as well, Meirav!

Personally, I prefer the term used by Scott Adams ("Dilbert" creator): cow-orker. It just has a better sound somehow!

One of the Chicago suburbs (I can't remember which one) has a newspaper called the "Beacon-News." One of my former co-workers always called it the "Be-Confused."

Here in Springfield, our paper is The State Journal-Register, although it's sometimes referred to as The State Urinal-Register.

But what exactly are you "sending in formation"? Geese? Military squadrons? Marching bands?