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Aragorn, did you study Shakespeare's plays in college?  I took one Shakespeare class which was so worthwhile; I'd take it again if I could get a discount price on it, but thus far I haven't found any good senior discounts on classes.

Shakespeare was a genius in creating methods to address specific issues, or trends. 


ITRR and PolarBear. have either of you read The Flight Girls, by Noelle Salazar?  I've read it-6, perhaps 7, times.   It's set in WWII just before 7 Dec., during the attack and up through the end of WWII. 

There's a fair amount of "pilot talk"; I liked the expression "flat hatting."  I hadn't heard that before.  

It's also a blend of history, war, interpersonal actions, women in WWII, POWs and life after WWII.      I think it's probably the best historical novel blended with personal lives that I've ever read.
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GA, I have not heard of the book The Flight Girls. I’ll check my Amazon Kindle. An audiobook would be great. I also have not heard of the expression ‘flat hating’. and I had to look it up. Dangerous low flying.

The term that always troubles me when flying is ‘dead reckoning’. One that I like ‘the sky is not the limit, the ground is.’ Very true when landing. And for those who like Star Wars ‘May the four forces be with you’ which refers to the four forces that keep the planes in the air.
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GA, no but, I will be ordering. Any book good enough to read a half dozen times is one I want for my library.
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GA, free Shakespeare? https://www.coursera.org/learn/shakespeare-twelfth-night-comedy-community-applied. Just started today.

Coursera is great, many different classes, everything under the sun!
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A local organization used to have "Shakespeare in the Park" outdoor summer plays. Went several times with DD and friends. Sat on lawn with snacks and drinks.
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Llama we have something similar here in summer called Bard on The Beach. I've never been cause I'm not much into live theater. I always tell hubs if we went I'd be "Bored on the beach" ☺
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Back to jokes:
‘Oh shut up Balders. You’d laugh at a Shakespeare comedy’: Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder
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Oxford Union regulation 46: Any member introducing a dog into the premises shall be fined one pound. Any animal leading a blind person shall be deemed to be a cat.
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Unexpected quotes from Queen Victoria, devoted wife and mother of many:

I feel that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.
I don’t dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.
An ugly baby is a very nasty object, and the prettiest is frightful when undressed.
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Not exactly a joke...but my partner and I refer to the mandatory family holiday meals as "the N (orP) family Hallmark holiday pageant".
These events are more like what a script for a holiday event would be if written by Gary Larson (The Far Side) supported by folks who wrote satire for "The Onion."
Helps remind us not to take it all too seriously, that everyone is playing a well earned role and that any slips out of character will be severely dealt with.

We also plan to do our own 'holiday thing' later on. Works for us.
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My kids didn’t believe me when I told them I was older than Google.
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It’s a good thing farting isn’t contagious like yawning.
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Thanksgiving is done, and the Christmas lights are going up everywhere.

Those of you who are placing Christmas lights/decorations in your yards, would you please avoid anything that has Red or Blue flashing lights together? Every time I come around the corner, I think it's the police and I have a panic attack. I have to brake hard, toss my beer out the window, fasten my seat belt, throw my phone on the floor, turn my radio down, and push the gun under the seat. All while trying to drive.
It's just too much drama, even for Christmas. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding this year!
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Just how old is Google, Hallah?
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Send, Google was started in a garage in California September 1998. That makes it 23 years old.
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On the other side of the request, the more flashing red and blue lights the better. The world is freaking nuts!
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Then, there is always the choice of flashing green and red lights only.
People passing by won't know whether to stop by or go away! 🚧🚫🛑✅
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

In other words, I agree the world is freaking nuts! No one knows if they are coming or going.
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Went on a turkey hunt with a shotgun. Scared the heck out of the folks in the frozen food department at Walmart.
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Heard this on the radio.

Black Friday is when we rush out to the stores and trample on each other to buy things after the day we said we were thankful for the things we had.
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Yesterday I bought a Thesaurus, but when I got home I discovered all the pages were blank. I have no words to describe just how angry I am 😠😂
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Items taken from church bulletins:

At the evening service tonight the sermon topic will be “What is Hell?” Come early and listen to our choir practice.

This Sunday being Easter Sunday we will ask Mrs. Lewis to come forward and lay an egg on the alter.

Mrs. Jones will sing “Put Me In My Little Bed” accompanied by the pastor.
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Today we watched my mom drive around her block for 45 minutes.

We are so happy that we got the GPS option on her hearing aids!
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Both male and female reindeer grow antlers, while in most other deer species, only the males have antlers. ... Males drop their antlers in November, leaving them without antlers until the following spring, while females keep their antlers through the winter until their calves are born in May. fact.

So Santa's sleigh is actually pulled by a team of females.
Of course it is.
Even though they have mostly male names.

In modern times, Santa is recognized as having 9 reindeer- Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph.
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Pro tip: Save business cards of people you don't like. If you accidentally hit a parked car, simply write "sorry" on the back and leave it on the windshield.
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Send, just think: If Santa’s reindeer were males, they would get lost and not stop to ask directions. There would be a lot of unhappy kids Christmas morning.

(Yeah, I’m a guy and I’ve been lost before. Did I ask for directions? Uhhh……..).
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Someone online asked for recommendations for a psychic, someone you would use again.
If psychics can tell the future, why would you need to use them again?
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Doctor: "I'm sorry but you suffer from a terminal illness and have only 10 to live."
Patient: "What do you mean, 10? 10 what? Months? Weeks?!"
Doctor: "Nine."
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I saw my dentist this morning. He nicely listened to my brief stress rant as my mother's health has taken a very bad turn and my thieving sister and her husband have decimated my mother's meager savings. When I asked the dentist for laughing gas, he offered a scuba tank full so I could walk around in a blissful haze after leaving. Sorry - not a joke but a bit of levity. We all need that tank of laughing gas!
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Some people think it is a mystery why so many men want a wife

And why some men want two or more is a bigamystery.
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Send, santa’s reindeers are female??? i can’t believe it, we females are just constantly exploited. i wonder what rudolph’s real name is…

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here’s my joke of the day:

sometimes someone unexpected comes into your life out of nowhere, makes your heart race & changes you forever…

we call these people cops.
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