I was listening to the radio earlier today when I heard an interesting fact....In the southwest (possibly southern cali) they add female turkey vulture scent to the gas.  That way if there is a gas leak they can find it faster by just looking for the circling male turkey vultures in the air....

The Purina Diet
>
> I was in Wal-Mart buying a large bag of Purina for my dog Lola and was in line
> to check out. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog........ Duh!
>
> I was feeling a bit crabby so on impulse, I told her no, I was starting
> The Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended
> up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I
> awakened in an intensive care unit with tubes coming out of most of my
> orifices and IV's in both arms. Her eyes about bugged out of her
> head.
>
> I went on and on with the bogus diet story and she was totally buying
> it. I told her that it was an easy, inexpensive diet and that the way
> it works is to load your pockets or purse with Purina nuggets and simply
> eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The package said the food is
> nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.
>
> I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now
> enthralled with my story, particularly a tall guy behind her.
>
> Horrified, she asked if something in the dog food had poisoned me and
> was that why I ended up in the hospital?
>
> I said no.....I'd been sitting in the street licking my butt when a car hit me.
>
> I thought the tall guy was going to have to be carried out the door.

20 Enteraining Things to Do to Keep Your Brain Healthy

1:  At lunch time sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars.  See if they slow down!

2.  Page yourself over the intercom...don't disguise your voice.

3. Whenever anyone asks you for something ask them "Do you want fries with that?"

4. Put your trash can on your desk at work and label it "In Box"

5. Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 week.  Once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addiction switch to expresso.

6.  In the memo field of all your checks write "For Sumggling Drugs"

7.  Finish all your sentences with "In Accordance With Prophecy!"

8.  Don't use any punctuation.

9.  As often as possible, skip rather than walk.

10.  Order a diet water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.

11. Specify that your drive through order is "To Go"

12.  Sing along at the opera.

13.  Go to a poetry recital and ask "Why don't the poems rhyme?"

14.  Put mosquito neetting around your work ara and play tropical sounds all day!  (I like this one a lot!)

15.  Five days in advance tell you friends you can't attend their party because you're not in the mood.

16.  Have you co-workers address you by your wrestling name "Rock Bottom"

17.  When the money comes out of the ATM scream "I WON!! I WON!!"

18.  When leaving the Zoo, start running towards the parking lot yelling "Run for your lives! THEY'RE LOOSE!!" (This might actually get you in trouble....but the thought is very amusing)

19.  Tell your children over dinner "Due to the economy we are going to have to let one of you go."

20. Sign up for a big brother/big sister program and tell them you are going to take them to Disney World.  Then drive up infront of a burned out farm and tell them "Disney World must have burned down!"

On a side note today is International Day of Water as declared by the UN.  In dedication to this day and to the UN I would like to share this photo: