Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had a marvelous sense of humor, was obliged to attend many social functions where he was introduced to a multitude of strangers. He noticed that hardly anyone every paid any attention to the small talk exchanged. He decided to test this observation by muttering “I murdered my grandmother this morning.” His theory was proving infallible until he shook hands with a Wall Street Republican who muttered back “She certainly had it coming.”
Category: Omnibit
William W. Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 7-14-17
Q – Who was William Baffin?
A- Billy Baffin was an English navigator who explored Greenland and Baffin Bay in 1616. He was seeking a northwest passage to Asia.
William W. Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 7-14-17
William W. Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 7-13-17
Emilio Marco Palma arrived in this world on Jan. 7, 1978 at an Argentine military base in Antarctica. Now we can can say a child has been born on all earth’s seven continents.
William W. Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 7-13-17
William W. Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 7-12-17
No, Robert James, Robert Burns did not write “Annie Laurie.” William Douglas created that great classic.
William W. Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 7-12-17
William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 7-11-17
Eating a raw lima bean can be lethal. So can eating a raw kidney bean. And a raw fava bean.
The raw beans contain the toxin phytohaemagglutinin.
Don’t eat raw beans.
William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 7-11-17
William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 7-10-17
The sower Arepo holds with effort the wheels. That phrase was a bit of intellecutal wit in Ancient Rome. In Latin it is Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas. It is a palindrome.
William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 7-10-17
William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 7-8-17
Bronze is harder than iron– wrought iron anyway.
William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 7-8-17
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 7-10-17
The last words of Clarence Walker Barron, publisher and financial editor, were: “What’s the news?”
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 7-10-17
William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 7-7-17
Rex Stout, the creator of Nero Wolfe, was not only a terrific writer, he also had a flair for numbers. He used to give shows where he would take a casual glance at a column of figures and immediately give the total.
— William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 7-7-17
William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 7-6-17
Rubies and sapphires are the same mineral. It’s called corundum.