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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/14/2008 12:48:16 PM

J1937

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Richard,
You´ve given me a good chuckle with 15!

Thank you!
Jude and Marie,
No, I do not own a cat now, but I share pretty LILI with my neighbors (they live in the same house). Lili feels as much at home with me as with them, coming regularly for a little snack when they are at work or traveling. We used to have a whole dynasty of (male) cats - Dudu the first, then Dudu the second... up to Dudu the fifth, one after the other. (I am aware that this name raises funny associations with English-speaking people. It is of African origin, though). The remarkable thing about our Dudus was the remarks schoolchildren used to make when they saw one of them sleeping on a chair, "Oh, I´d like to be a cat!" - meaning "I would not have to worry about school and grades then..." This has kept me wondering what is wrong with our (Austrian) school system.

Here comes number 16 of the strict rules:

16) Members of the Gratitude Family will try to release as many tied up cats as possible, whether they are personal or public ones.

Juliana
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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/14/2008 2:27:12 PM

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Juliana, I like number 16 which continues the thought of number 15. Now what do we do with the released cats? They need some care but the important thing is not to become attached to them (again?)!

Edda

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/14/2008 5:07:01 PM

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Marie, thank you for a good chuckle over "Ghost Driver" and the "knock Knocks". The sunrise invites one to just walk off into it and spend quiet "being" time there. The wild horses video is very special and will be forwarded on to my husband who loves horses. It is a reminder of a drive thru park near us where the buffalo, elk, deer and wild turkeys let drivers know that this is their home and cars can get thru when the animals decide to move off the road and allow them through.

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/14/2008 5:39:08 PM

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Do released cats go to an old cats home??

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/14/2008 5:40:39 PM

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Or, do they just fade away?

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/15/2008 12:44:02 PM

J1937

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Edda and Richard,

Those are good questions of yours! I hadt thought of that. Well, I think that the cats after having been tied up for such a long time will only be too glad to be released. They will appreciate their new-found freedom and live in the wilderness for some time. Of course there´s the danger that they will seek a new home with someone else! I will not take mine in any more, though!

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/15/2008 12:48:01 PM

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Start The Day with Faith.

Love

Show Kindness With

Those We Meet.

Remember To Help

Someone Today.

Do Something Good

For Yourself.

At The End of The Day, Pray

For Those That Are In Need Of Your Prayers.

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/15/2008 1:29:52 PM

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B.O.O.K

ANNOUNCING THE LATEST IN TECHNOLOGY:
BUILT-IN ORDERLY ORGANIZED KNOWLEDGE (BOOK)

The BOOK is a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no wires, no electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected to or switched on. It's so easy to use even a child can operate it. Just lift its cover! Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere (even sitting in an armchair by the fire) yet it is powerful enough to hold as much information as a CD-ROM disc. Here's how it works...

Each BOOK is constructed of sequentially numbered sheets of paper capable of holding thousands of bits of information. These pages are locked together with a custom-fit process called binding, which keeps the sheets in their correct sequence. Opaque Paper Technology (OPT) allows manufacturers to use both sides of the sheet, doubling the information density and cutting costs in half.

Experts are divided concerning the prospects for further increases in information density; for now BOOKs with more information simply use more pages. This makes them thick and hard to carry - a criticism from the mobile computing crowd.

Each sheet is scanned optically, registering information directly into your brain. A flick of the finger takes you to the next sheet. The BOOK may be taken up at any time and used by merely opening it. The BOOK never crashes and never needs rebooting, though like other display devices it can become unusable if dropped overboard. The "browse" feature allows you to move instantly to any sheet, and move forward or backward as you wish.

Many come with an "index" feature, which pinpoints the exact location of any selected information for instant retrieval. An optional "BOOKmark" accessory allows you to open the BOOK to the exact place you left it in a previous session - even if the BOOK has been closed. BOOKmarks fit universal design standards; thus a single BOOKmark can be used in BOOKs by various manufacturers. Conversely, numerous BOOKmarkers can be used in a single BOOK if the user wants to store numerous views at once. The number is limited only by the number of pages in the BOOK.

You can also make personal notes next to BOOK text entries with an optional programming tool, the Portable Erasable Nib Cryptic Inter- communication Language Stylus (PENCILS).

Portable, durable, and affordable, the BOOK is being hailed as the entertainment wave of the future. The BOOK's appeal seems so certain that thousands of content creators have committed to the platform.

Look for a flood of new titles soon.

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/15/2008 1:38:23 PM

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Exhausted

The businessman dragged himself home and barely made it to his chair before he dropped, exhausted.

His sympathetic wife was right there with a tall cool drink and a comforting word. "My, you look tired," she said. "You must have had a hard day today. What happened to make you so exhausted?"

"It was terrible," her husband said. "The computer broke down and we all had to do our own thinking."

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/15/2008 1:51:09 PM

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Helpdesk

A woman called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer. The tech asked her if she was "running it under Windows." The woman then responded, "No, my desk is next to the door. But that is a good point. The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is under a window, and his is working fine."

*********************************************

Tech Support: "How much free space do you have on your hard drive?"
Customer: "Well, my wife likes to get up there on that Internet, and she downloaded ten hours of free space. Is that enough?"

**********************************************

Tech Support: "Ok Bob, let's press the control and escape keys at the same time. That brings up a task list in the middle of the screen. Now type the letter 'P' to bring up the Program Manager."
Customer: "I don't have a 'P'."
Tech Support: "On your keyboard, Bob."
Customer: "What do you mean?"
Tech Support: "'P' on your keyboard, Bob."
Customer: "I'm not going to do that!"

******************************************************

Overheard in a computer shop:
Customer: "I'd like a mouse mat, please."
Salesperson: "Certainly sir, we've got a large variety."
Customer: "But will they be compatible with my computer?"

**************************************************************

I once received a fax with a note on the bottom to fax the document back to the sender when I was finished with it, because he needed to keep it.

***************************************************************

Customer: "Can you copy the Internet for me on this diskette?"

***************************************************************

I work for a local ISP. Frequently we receive phone calls that go something like this:
Customer: "Hi. Is this the Internet?"

***************************************************************

Some people pay for their online services with checks made payable to "The Internet."

******************************************************************

Customer: "So that'll get me connected to the Internet, right?"
Tech Support: "Yeah."
Customer: "And that's the latest version of the Internet, right?"
Tech Support: "Uhh...uh...uh...yeah."

************************************************************

Tech Support: "All right...now double-click on the File Manager icon."
Customer: "That's why I hate this Windows -- because of the icons -- I'm a Believer, and I don't believe in icons."
Tech Support: "Well, that's just an industry term sir. I don't believe it was meant to --"
Customer: "I don't care about any 'Industry Terms'. I don't believe in icons."
Tech Support: "Well...why don't you click on the 'little picture' of a file cabinet...is 'little picture' ok?"
Customer: [click]

*********************************************

Customer: "My computer crashed!"
Tech Support: "It crashed?"
Customer: "Yeah, it won't let me play my game."
Tech Support: "All right, hit Control-Alt-Delete to reboot."
Customer: "No, it didn't crash -- it crashed."
Tech Support: "Huh?"
Customer: "I crashed my game. That's what I said before. Now it doesn't work."
Turned out, the user was playing Lunar Lander and crashed his spaceship.
Tech Support: "Click on 'File,' then 'New Game.'"
Customer: [pause] "Wow! How'd you learn how to do that?"

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/15/2008 1:52:13 PM

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/15/2008 11:24:44 PM

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Marie,
I loved your piece about the book - it sounds like something I'd like to check out - maybe at a library. The pencil thing was a nice smile as well.

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/17/2008 12:19:58 AM

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Do not touch
the red x's!

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/17/2008 12:32:59 AM

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In every walk with nature
one receives far more than he seeks.

~John Muir

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/17/2008 12:40:50 AM

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Attention Everyone, I Have Something To Say...

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/17/2008 1:14:49 AM

Marie M.

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Now that is a switch!

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/17/2008 1:24:10 AM

Marie M.

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No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those
who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.

~Robert Southey

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/17/2008 1:33:58 AM

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The recipe of friendship:

1 cup of sharing
2 cups of caring
3 cups of 4giveness
mix all of these 2gether to make friends 4ever

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/17/2008 1:40:46 AM

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Friendship video

http://photobucket.com/video/friendship/tepooh/Friendship.flv?o=20

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RE: Laughter and the Positive Effects - 4/17/2008 2:05:36 AM

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Idling

Mr. Swiller was known far and wide as a hard-nosed boss who watched his employees like a hawk. He was making one of his regular tours of the factory when he spotted a young man leaning against a pile of boxes just outside the foreman's office. Since George, the foreman, wasn't around, Swiller stood off to the side and watched to see just how long the young man would stand around doing nothing.

The young man yawned, scratched his head, looked at his watch, and sat on the floor. He took out a nail file and began cleaning his nails. Then he stretched, yawned again, and leaned back on the pile of boxes.

Swiller stepped from his hiding place and walked up to the young man. "You!" he boomed. "How much do you make a week?"

The young man looked up indifferently. "Two hundred and fifty dollars," he said.

Swiller swooped into the cashier's office, took $250 from the cash box, and returned. "Take it," he said, "and get out! Don't let me see you around here again!"

The young man took the cash, put it in his pocket, and left.

Swiller snorted at his lack of remorse, embarrassment, or any other feeling. Then he went looking for George. When he found him, Swiller was red with anger."That idler in front of your office," Swiller said. "I just gave him a week's pay and fired him. What's the matter with you, letting him stand around as though he had nothing to do?"

"You mean the kid in the red shirt?" George asked.

"Yes! The kid in the red shirt!"

"He was waiting for the twenty dollars we owe him for lunch," George said. "He works for the coffee shop around the corner."

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