Facts, Jokes, More
Joan of Arc conquers New Orleans, gets ready for Mardi Gras. Photo from Google Images:
From 10 Hidden Facts About World War I That’ll Shock You & 10 Common Facts You Should Already Know by Maria Cruz at msm.com, edited by yours truly, whittled to ten:
Children fought, one as young as twelve.
These authors served: Ernest Hemingway, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, E.E. Cummings, A.A. Milne.
Hitler, a dispatch runner, received the Iron Cross — twice. (Having seen the horrors, how did he become the biggest warmonger in history?)
Hugh Lofting created Dr. Dolittle, story and illustrations, in the trenches, done in letters to his children.
Malaria, typhoid, mumps and venereal disease took nearly two million lives.
Soldiers from 30 nations participated.
Flamethrowers, poison and tanks were used for the first time.
The war ended on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Shell Shock became prominent. Now called PTSD.
Scholars agree that the total combined number of military and civilian casualties ranges from 20 to upwards of 30 million.
Okay, after that let’s have some laughs. One-liners culled from quora.com and rd.com:
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
For Sale: Parachute. Only used once, never opened.
I have learned so much from my mistakes that I’m thinking of making more.
What did one DNA say to the other DNA? “Do these genes make me look fat?”
What’s the difference between an outlaw and an in-law? Outlaws are wanted.
Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with a slow Internet connection to see who they really are. (May explain why I’m single)
How many telemarketers does it take to change a lightbulb? Only one, but he has to do it while you are eating dinner.
How many therapists does it take to change a lightbulb? Only one, but the lightbulb has to want to change.
Why couldn’t the lifeguard rescue the hippie? Because he was too far out, man.
I believe that if not for AI, the world would be in dire straits economically. Excerpts from an article by Becca Monaghan at msm.com: “…One man openly confessed to relying on AI for a helping hand, using it to submit 1,000 job applications while he slept… he landed 50 job interviews in just one month.”
Is the devastation of the L.A. fires the result of climate change or environmental restrictions such as not clearing brush or allowing controlled burns? Discuss.
Still too cold and windy for curbside biz. At the risk of jinxing myself, Friday’s forecast is promising. There’s a lot of talk about the Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown. If they ever get around to doing one about me, it would be titled A Complete Idiot.
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