Keep This Warning Tag Away From Appliance

This warning tag was on an electric heater we’ve had for many years.  It originally was close to the plug end of the cord.  Over time, it had loosened and found its way closer to the heater.

Well, guess what happened.  Yeah, it had worked its way into the heating element and started a small fire.  In spite of the statement, “Do not remove this tag,” I decided to remove it anyway.

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More Balls

We have an event at our elementary school called Fun Run. Donors promise a certain amount of money for each lap their kid can complete. The kids usually run around our track about 15-16 laps.

Some teachers use the event as a “teachable moment.” In advance of the Fun Run, the kids are told the money can be used for such things as a drinking fountain at the playground, more soccer balls, etc.

This class was asked to complete the sentence “I am running in the fun run because …”

This is what one first grader drew:

Bitchcraft

Bitchcraft  [bich-kraft]

noun

A series of practices where a group of people, most often women, plot and execute evil actions against others, also typically women.

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Cell Phone vs Talking to Passenger

Q: What's the difference between hands-free talking on a cell phone in a car versus talking to a passenger in the car?


A: The person with whom you're talking hands-free is much less likely to shout, "Watch out!!"

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Effective immediately, all employees from 2^nd level management down will be taking a 10% pay cut.  This amounts to about $5000 a year per employee.  

To show that there is indeed sympathy from Upper Management, I myself hereby volunteer to take a $5000 pay cut as well.

School Bus Ads

New Jersey's Republican Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation in January making his state the sixth to allow advertising on school buses.

Really.  What IS the world coming to?
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Smile Pretty for the Camera

Here's a shocking story out of Pennsylvania. It seems a certain school district has been discreetly photographing students in their homes via the built in web cam of their school-supplied laptops in the name of theft recovery. After some recovered laptops were returned to the school, the district's IT team "forgot" to turn the web spying software off.

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Blackberry Overload

The F word

I heard a Kindergarten teacher say the F word to her class yesterday.

I'm serious!

She was teaching the letter F, and she said, "Now class, let's see if we can find the 'F' word in this sentence."

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Do Not Eat

Thank God I read the warning. I was just about to fire up the grill.


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