From Dad's Files

My dad has been cleaning out his file cabinets...a task I ought to attend to instead of blogging... and he sent some silly stuff to me instead of tossing it; a brief historical note...Dad was known throughout the region at church for his speaking ability....he was funny and would quote poetry and scripture from memory and write his own poetry (he was also an artist...his favorite class in school....I don't think he really liked academics for some reason...he was plenty bright but I think that the formality of education caused him feelings of inferiority...he may have had some type of dys----something-a) He was sought after as a speaker and had opportunity to hone his skill with his fairly non stop years of church leadership and service....his like-a-bility was enhanced by his reputation as a problem solver and a tireless servant...he was forever running little old ladies catalog orders out to them so that they wouldn't have to come to town...then he would hang the little curtains they ordered or weed the garden on his way out or scrape their walks....he has ever been a historian at heart; hence his love of antiques. He would go through the VERNAL EXPRESS on Thursday afternoon and cut out articles that involved people near and far and drop them in the mail with a note congratulating them or commenting on their event or expressing appreciation for their effort and then he would cut out articles that would have something to do with our family or close friends which he would then paste in a scrapbook...so from dad's files:

Think you Know Everything?

A snail can sleep for three years
A dime has 118 ridges around it
A crocodile cannot stick out it's tongue
An ostrich's eyes are bigger than it's brain
Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age
Cats have over 100 vocal sounds. Dogs about 10.
Our eyes are always the same size at birth but our nose and our ears never stop growing.
The Bible does not say there were three wise men, only three gifts.
The cruise liner QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur
and.............there is no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewable Vitamins!

I posted a POLL at the bottom of my blog page just for fun. It is a silly poll but I think I will have fun with a few polls in the near future! So weigh in!