<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732</id><updated>2011-11-27T20:16:13.115-05:00</updated><category term='Beatles'/><category term='Pat Crosby'/><category term='WOW'/><category term='friend ipat  crosby laugh laughing joke'/><category term='pat crosby laugh joke laughing'/><category term='guard rail'/><category term='elevator'/><category term='Pat Crosby  Laugh  youTube dog'/><category term='Fire The Grid'/><category term='heaven'/><category term='funny humor'/><category term='punk'/><category term='laugh.'/><category term='cockatoo'/><category term='Chinese'/><category term='nature'/><category term='pope'/><category term='hell'/><category term='photos'/><category term='service'/><category term='inspiration'/><category term='Matisha'/><category term='Photoshop'/><category term='Danny Boy'/><category term='Pat Crosby  Laugh  youTube  otter'/><category term='backyard'/><category term='you got a friend in me'/><category term='Pat Crosby fun'/><category term='smile'/><category term='diet cookies biscuit pat crosby Denmark'/><category term='blessings'/><category term='Laugh of the week contest'/><category term='Pat Crosby  Laugh  youTube  customer'/><category term='teacher'/><category term='License to Pill'/><category term='kiss'/><category term='video'/><category term='grandma&apos;s hands'/><category term='pat  crosby laugh  Tom Rush'/><category term='laughing'/><category term='laugh blog'/><category term='beauty'/><category term='pat crosby humor'/><category term='friend'/><category term='dance'/><category term='student assignment'/><category term='Pat Crosby  Laugh  youTube  COSMONAUTY'/><category term='friends'/><category term='car'/><category term='art form'/><category term='italian'/><category term='dolphin swim'/><category term='me'/><category term='stress'/><category term='laugh joke laughing'/><category term='lol'/><category term='July 17'/><category term='cartoon'/><category term='precision'/><category term='laugh'/><category term='wife'/><category term='Hubble Telescope Photos'/><category term='gratitude'/><category term='joy'/><category term='student'/><category term='lightworks society'/><category term='drinking pat laugh funeral memorial widow'/><category term='algebra'/><category term='national geographic best photos of year.'/><category term='photo'/><category term='diet cookies biscuit pat crosby laugh joke laughing'/><category term='Hospital'/><category term='anger management'/><category term='pat crosby laugh arnie nerz law happy hour chief happiness officer'/><category term='Danish'/><category term='juice'/><category term='pat  crosby laugh laughing joke'/><category term='bow'/><category term='EU'/><category term='husband'/><category term='joke'/><category term='goddess'/><category term='pope john paul'/><category term='laugh with pat yahoo group'/><category term='pat  crosby'/><category term='dancing bird'/><category term='love'/><category term='Europe'/><category term='you tube'/><category term='7-17-07'/><category term='appreciation'/><title type='text'>LAUGH WITH PAT  :))))))))         :)))))))))     FUN &amp; INSPIRATION TO LIGHTEN YOUR DAY</title><subtitle type='html'>ANTIDOTE TO CNN - CONSTANTLY NEGATIVE NEWS!
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LAUGH  LAUGH  LAUGH   ...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>54</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-2024261170582887326</id><published>2009-11-25T15:05:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-25T15:05:23.174-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Global ForGIVEness Mastermind Meditation.  Nov 26, 09 - for 30 days</title><content type='html'>Laughter is easier with forgiveness....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;Dear Hearts,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #993399;"&gt;An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a limb for a limb makes the whole world blind, dumb, and lame.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forgive NOW. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are invited and welcome to join our special &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond,serif;"&gt;Thanksgiving Day ForGIVEness Mastermind Meditation for Global Release and Harmony and Enlightenment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;“No two minds ever come together without thereby creating a third, invisible intangible force, which may be likened to a third mind.” - Napoleon Hill&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the first in a SERIES of planetary masterminds for ForGIVEness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This half hour program will be simultaneously available through a webcast AND through the telephone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It will be ONLINE FOR a 30 DAY GLOBAL MASTERMIND INTENTION and MAGNIFICATION.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;b style="color: #000099; font-family: georgia,serif;"&gt;EVENT:&amp;nbsp; Global ForGIVEness Mastermind&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DATE &amp;amp; TIME: Thursday, November 26th at 1:55pm Eastern&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FORMAT: Simulcast! (Attend via Phone or Webcast -- it's your choice)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TO ATTEND THIS EVENT, CLICK THIS LINK NOW...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://instantteleseminar.com/?eventid=10148889" target="_blank"&gt;http://instantTeleseminar.com/&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;?eventid=10148889&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can also save this link and RE-ENERGIZE your Forgiveness Meditations for the each of 31 days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this way, you will bring the extraordinary and healing power of ForGIVEness into your lives, family, community, and our planet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TO PARTICIPATE:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.&amp;nbsp; CLICK this link - PRINT out the INVITE PAGE with day and time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;b style="color: #000099; font-family: georgia,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://instantteleseminar.com/?eventid=10148889" target="_blank"&gt;http://instantTeleseminar.com/&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;?eventid=10148889&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.&amp;nbsp; WRITE YOUR FORGIVENESS INTENTION you want to ENERGIZE during the Meditation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.&amp;nbsp; FORWARD/POST this invitation - we have 2000 web lines and 250 phone lines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i style="color: #993399;"&gt;ForGIVEness is THE most powerful energy needed on this planet right now.&lt;/i&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i style="color: #993399;"&gt;Invite a Friend, too, who would like to lighten their burden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PROGRAM:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1:45 PM EST&amp;nbsp; US ~&amp;nbsp; Call in and say Hi.&amp;nbsp; Webcast attendees sign in with name and location in Question box on webpage.&amp;nbsp; You can also write in your intention if you like in the Question box.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2:00 PM EST US ~ Mastermind Meditation for ForGiveness.&lt;br /&gt;Recording starts at 2:00 PM EST.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*******&lt;br /&gt;KNOCK! KNOCK! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;Forgiveness opens the door in your heart to love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;1.  Do you self-sabotage?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;2.  Do you have &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;feelings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt; of unworthiness?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;3. Do you drag around old baggage?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;4.  Do you wall yourself up and create hard places that make you sick?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;5. Do you know you can hurt your heart by holding grudges and judgments?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #663366;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000099;"&gt;6.  Do you want to have more love?&lt;br /&gt;7. Do you want to experience unconditional love?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- &lt;br /&gt;Pat Crosby&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;845.434.3829 US voicemail&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get Real! &amp;nbsp;Expect A Miracle!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://iloveforgiveness.com/" target="_blank"&gt;http://ILoveForGIVEness.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-2024261170582887326?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/2024261170582887326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=2024261170582887326' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/2024261170582887326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/2024261170582887326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2009/11/global-forgiveness-mastermind.html' title='Global ForGIVEness Mastermind Meditation.  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text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="post-body entry-content" style="border-style: dotted; border-color: rgb(187, 187, 187) rgb(187, 187, 187) rgb(255, 255, 255); border-width: 0px 1px; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 10px 14px 1px 29px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T0Q3xR4Xrr4/STbGBXZUwvI/AAAAAAAAHQE/q9UF2FScOb4/s1600-h/19.jpg" style="color: rgb(34, 85, 136);"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_T0Q3xR4Xrr4/STbGBXZUwvI/AAAAAAAAHQE/q9UF2FScOb4/s400/19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275621740273517298" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 4px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amazing Gallery of 19 professional photos by&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;National Geographic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T0Q3xR4Xrr4/STbGBBUfCnI/AAAAAAAAHP8/9B5rN-gaYg4/s1600-h/18.jpg" style="color: rgb(34, 85, 136);"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T0Q3xR4Xrr4/STbGBBUfCnI/AAAAAAAAHP8/9B5rN-gaYg4/s400/18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275621734347639410" style="border: 1px solid rgb(187, 187, 187); 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font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the&lt;br /&gt;other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a&lt;br /&gt;space between each name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say&lt;br /&gt;about each of their classmates and write it down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment,&lt;br /&gt;and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student&lt;br /&gt;on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had&lt;br /&gt;said about that individual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long,&lt;br /&gt;the entire class was smiling. 'Really?' she heard whispered. 'I&lt;br /&gt;never knew that I meant anything to anyone!' and, 'I didn't know&lt;br /&gt;others liked me so much,' were most of the comments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never&lt;br /&gt;knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents,&lt;br /&gt;but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose.&lt;br /&gt;The students were happy with themselves and one another.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That group of students moved on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Several years later, one of the students was killed in VietNam&lt;br /&gt;and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student.&lt;br /&gt;She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before.&lt;br /&gt;He looked so handsome, so mature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The church was packed with his friends. One by one those&lt;br /&gt;who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher&lt;br /&gt;was the last one to bless the coffin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pall&lt;br /&gt;bearer came up to her. 'Were you Mark's math teacher?'&lt;br /&gt;he asked. She nodded: 'yes.' Then he said: 'Mark talked&lt;br /&gt;about you a lot.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmates went&lt;br /&gt;together to a luncheon..... Mark's mother and father were&lt;br /&gt;there, obviously waiting to speak with his teacher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'We want to show you something,' his father said, taking&lt;br /&gt;a wallet out of his pocket 'They found this on Mark when&lt;br /&gt;he was killed. We thought you might recognize it.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces&lt;br /&gt;of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded&lt;br /&gt;and refolded many times....... The teacher knew without&lt;br /&gt;looking that the papers were the ones on which she had&lt;br /&gt;listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had&lt;br /&gt;said about him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'Thank you so much for doing that,' Mark's mother said.&lt;br /&gt;'As you can see, Mark treasured it.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around.&lt;br /&gt;Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, 'I still have my&lt;br /&gt;list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chuck's wife said, 'Chuck asked me to put his in our&lt;br /&gt;wedding album..'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'I have mine too,' Marilyn said. 'It's in my diary'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocket&lt;br /&gt;book, took out her wallet and showed her worn and&lt;br /&gt;frazzled list to the group. 'I carry this with me at all&lt;br /&gt;times,' Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she&lt;br /&gt;continued: 'I think we all saved our lists'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She&lt;br /&gt;cried for Mark and for all his friends who would never&lt;br /&gt;see him again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The density of people in society is so thick that we for&lt;br /&gt;get that life will end one day. And we don't know when&lt;br /&gt;that one day will be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So please, tell the people you love and care for, that&lt;br /&gt;they are special and important... Tell them, before it&lt;br /&gt;is too late.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-4495717128684389045?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com' title='The Power of Appreciation'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/4495717128684389045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=4495717128684389045' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/4495717128684389045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/4495717128684389045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2009/07/power-of-appreciation.html' title='The Power of Appreciation'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-3704359194073484511</id><published>2008-12-11T15:57:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T16:04:08.008-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grandma&apos;s hands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pat Crosby fun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funny humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='love'/><title type='text'>Grandma's Hands</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8UZUaw3r-o/SUF--_5EKpI/AAAAAAAAV5Y/jNNPQLPgcJg/s1600-h/Hands+-+Grandma%27s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8UZUaw3r-o/SUF--_5EKpI/AAAAAAAAV5Y/jNNPQLPgcJg/s400/Hands+-+Grandma%27s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278639859022703250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;GRANDMA'S HANDS A must read thru to the end&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:navy;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;Grandma, some ninety plus years, sat feebly on the patio bench. She didn't move, just sat with her head down staring at her hands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;When I sat down beside her she didn't acknowledge my presence and the longer I sat I wondered if she was OK.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;Finally, not really wanting to disturb her but wanting to check on her at the same time, I asked her if she was OK. She raised her head and looked at me and smiled. 'Yes, I'm fine, thank you f or asking,' she said in a clear strong voice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;'I didn't mean to disturb you, grandma, but you were just sitting here staring at your hands and I wanted to make sure you were OK,' I explained to her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;'Have you ever looked at your hands,' she asked. 'I mean real ly looked at your hands?'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;I slowly opened my hands and stared down at them. I turned them over, palms up and then palms down. No, I guess I had never really looked at my hands as I tried to figure out the point she was making.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;Grandma smiled and related this story:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;'Stop and think for a moment about the hands you have, how they have served you well throughout your years. These hands, though wrinkled shriveled and weak have been the tools I have used all my life to reach out and grab and embrace life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;'They braced and caught my fall when as a toddler I crashed upon the floor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;They put food in my mouth and clothes on my back. As a child, my mother taught me to fold them in prayer. They tied my shoes and pulled on my boots. They held my husband and wiped my tears when he went off to war.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;'They have been dirty, scraped and raw , swollen and bent. They were uneasy and clumsy when I tried to hold my newborn son. Decorated with my wedding band they showed the world that I was married and loved someone special.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:85%;color:blue;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:10;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;They wrote my letters to him and trembled and shook when I buried my parents and spouse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;'They have held my children and grandchildren, consoled neighbors, and shook in fists of anger when I didn't understand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;They have covered my face, combed my hair, and washed and cleansed the rest of my body. They have been sticky and wet, bent and broken, dried and raw. And to this day when not much of anything else of me works real well these hands hold me up, lay me down, and again continue to fold in prayer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;'These hands are the mark of where I've been and the ruggedness of life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;But more importantly it will be these hands that God will reach out and take when he leads me home. And with my hands He will lift me to His side and there I will use these hands to touch the face of God.' &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;I will never look at my hands the same again. But I remember God reached out and took my grandma's hands and led her home. When my hands are hurt or sore or when I  stroke the face of my children and husband I think of grandma. I know she has been stroked and caressed and held by the hands of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;I, too, want to touch the face of God and feel His hands upon my face.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;When you receive this, say a prayer for the person who sent it to you, and watch God's answer to prayer work in your life. Let's continue praying for one another.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:18;"  &gt;Passing this on to anyone you consider a friend will bless you both..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Georgia;color:black;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Geo rgia;font-size:180%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:'Geo rgia';font-size:18;"  &gt;Passing this on to one not yet considered a friend is something God would do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;************************************************&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to reader Arlene in Walton NY for this inspiring post :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*****************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHO do you need to forgive?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ANSWERS at&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://iloveforgiveness.com"&gt;ILoveForGIVEness.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-3704359194073484511?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/3704359194073484511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=3704359194073484511' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/3704359194073484511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/3704359194073484511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2008/12/grandmas-hands.html' title='Grandma&apos;s Hands'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8UZUaw3r-o/SUF--_5EKpI/AAAAAAAAV5Y/jNNPQLPgcJg/s72-c/Hands+-+Grandma%27s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-1548031856893754318</id><published>2008-06-25T00:33:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-25T00:36:25.208-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laugh.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Matisha'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dolphin swim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pat crosby humor'/><title type='text'>MATISHA SWIMS WITH DOLPHINS... AAH</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;See Matisha's web site for incredible dolphin pics.  And wonderful uplifting music&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.songofhome.com/"&gt;http://www.songofhome.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ScYPTnrVqEY&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ScYPTnrVqEY&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://LimuResources.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;What ELSE Comes from the sea?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-1548031856893754318?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/1548031856893754318/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=1548031856893754318' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/1548031856893754318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/1548031856893754318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2008/06/matisha-swims-with-dolphins-aah.html' title='MATISHA SWIMS WITH DOLPHINS... AAH'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-4017500679743841973</id><published>2008-06-09T01:24:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-09T01:25:39.257-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Man Reunites with Lions</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"&gt;The men raised this lion when he was a cub, and soon after he reached a size where they could not take care of him they sent him to his homeland. This is footage of their 1 year reunion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MKTf11VO6BQ&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MKTf11VO6BQ&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-4017500679743841973?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/4017500679743841973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=4017500679743841973' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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term='anger management'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kiss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='smile'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:16;"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 7.5pt;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b   style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;font-size:24;"  &gt;Every sixty seconds you spend &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b   style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;font-size:13;"  &gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b   style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-weight: bold;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:24;"  &gt;angry,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b   style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;font-size:24;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b   style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-weight: bold;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:24;"  &gt;upset&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b   style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial;font-size:13;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b   style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-weight: bold;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:24;"  &gt;, or mad, is a full &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b   style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18;"&gt;&lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(0, 0, 128);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:24px;font-weight:bold\"\&gt;minute of happiness you&amp;#39;ll never get back …\u003c/span\&gt;\u003c/span\&gt;\u003c/b\&gt;\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"\&gt;\u003c/span\&gt;\u003c/p\&gt;\u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin-left:.5in\"\&gt;\u003cp align\u003d\"center\" style\u003d\"text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:16px\"\&gt;\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:black;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:16px;text-align:center\"\&gt;\u003cbr style\u003d\"font-family:Times New 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160);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:24px;font-weight:bold;text-align:center\"\&gt;Today&amp;#39;s Message of the Day is:\u003c/span\&gt;\u003c/span\&gt;\u003c/u\&gt;\u003c/b\&gt;\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:18.0pt;font-family:\"\&gt;\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(0, 0, 160);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:24px;text-align:center\"\&gt; \u003c/span\&gt;\u003cbr style\u003d\"color:rgb(0, 0, 160);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:24px;text-align:center\"\&gt;\u003cbr style\u003d\"color:rgb(0, 0, 160);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:24px;text-align:center\"\&gt;\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(0, 0, 160);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:24px;text-align:center\"\&gt;Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile. \u003c/span\&gt;\u003cbr style\u003d\"color:rgb(0, 0, 160);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:24px;text-align:center\"\&gt;\u003cbr style\u003d\"color:rgb(0, 0, 160);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:24px;text-align:center\"\&gt;\u003cspan style\u003d\"color:rgb(0, 0, 160);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:24px;text-align:center\"\&gt;",1] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-weight: bold;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:24;"  &gt;minute of happiness you'll never get back …&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"&gt;&lt;p   style="text-align: center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="text-align: center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:16;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1&amp;amp;attid=0.1.1&amp;amp;disp=emb&amp;amp;view=att&amp;amp;th=1161cf9e2578ea4d" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b   style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;u   style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 160); font-weight: bold; text-align: center;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:24;"  &gt;Today's Message of the Day is:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:18;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 160); text-align: center;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:24;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 160); text-align: center;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:24;"  &gt;Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-7618683672485479089?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/7618683672485479089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=7618683672485479089' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/7618683672485479089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/7618683672485479089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/11/every-sixty-seconds-you-spend-angry.html' title=''/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-2389841472700450091</id><published>2007-11-06T21:44:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-06T21:45:06.047-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='italian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pope john paul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laugh blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funny humor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pope'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diet cookies biscuit pat crosby laugh joke laughing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pat crosby humor'/><title type='text'>LAUGHING POPE VIDEO</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" 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blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diet cookies biscuit pat crosby Denmark'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EU'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diet cookies biscuit pat crosby laugh joke laughing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laugh joke laughing'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;Thanks to Richard Hartzell for this week's winning entry!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ugACgDksAq8&amp;amp;rel=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ugACgDksAq8&amp;amp;rel=1" 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CLICK HERE TO LAUGH</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-6530307750827829190?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://birdloversonly.blogspot.com/2007/09/may-i-have-this-dance.html' title='THIS BIRD LOVES TO DANCE.  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CLICK HERE TO LAUGH'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-2206209788382150000</id><published>2007-08-21T11:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-08-21T11:24:21.725-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pat  crosby laugh laughing joke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='precision'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goddess'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art form'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chinese'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BTKJiP_bdbE"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BTKJiP_bdbE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-2206209788382150000?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/2206209788382150000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=2206209788382150000' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/2206209788382150000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/2206209788382150000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/08/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-7344081388195919049</id><published>2007-08-01T16:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-08-01T16:39:06.926-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='backyard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lightworks society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laugh with pat yahoo group'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beauty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diet cookies biscuit pat crosby laugh joke laughing'/><title type='text'>Beauty Where I AM Planted</title><content type='html'>.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; Sometimes when I feel really... I don't know... I'll say 'funky' for&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; lack of a better word, I just go outside and surround myself with&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; beauty. I sit on my back deck and breath in Mother Nature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A visitor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; to my back yard may sit down, look around and see a small, mostly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; barren yard, a shed, a trash dumpster and a dirt alley. A typical&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; setting in a largely working class area in a Midwestern town. You&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; might be inclined to think that beauty has escaped this place. That&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; couldn't be farther from the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I sit there I see so much&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; beauty that it sometimes takes my breath away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I see the squirrels&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; running from branch to branch in an endless game of tag. I see many&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; types of birds singing light &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;heartedly&lt;/span&gt;, in perfect harmony with&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; nature, without a care. I see the spider that has intricately woven a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; web that glistens in the light, perfect like a snowflake. I see the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; different shapes of the leaves on the trees, and hear how they&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; whisper in the wind. I see the tall, majestic sun flowers, that live&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; near the alley, stretching, reaching for the life giving sun. I see&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; the cat on the fence that walks along the top, gracefully, knowing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; that he can &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;because&lt;/span&gt; no one has ever told him that he can't. I see the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; tree across the way that is living in harmony with a trumpet vine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; The two have created a beautiful mix of a green canopy speckled with&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;intensely&lt;/span&gt; orange blossoms. I see the sky, blue in the day, velvety&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; black in the night, speckled with infinite possibilities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Everywhere&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; I look I see beauty, be it in the fruits of Mother Nature here on our&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; Earth, or in the pure Love, Energy, and sense of being connected to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; All That Is, that I breath in from the Universe that surrounds us. I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; find all of this and more when I sit on my back deck, with a small&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; yard, in a small town on the prairie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; My point is that beauty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; surrounds us wherever we are, no matter the place or time, and can&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; always be tapped into for the relief of any 'funky' feelings we may&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; be having.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know it works for me, and I thought I would share that&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; with you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;From KIM, posted on this yahoo group&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lightworkers_Society/"&gt;http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lightworkers_Society/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-7344081388195919049?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/7344081388195919049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=7344081388195919049' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/7344081388195919049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/7344081388195919049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/08/beauty-where-i-am-planted.html' title='Beauty Where I AM Planted'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-4184480705978678239</id><published>2007-07-23T00:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-23T00:42:39.419-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laughing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laugh of the week contest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Photoshop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diet cookies biscuit pat crosby laugh joke laughing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beatles'/><title type='text'>Proof of Re-Incarnation.  The Beatles in Other Eras</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.worth1000.com/cache/contest/contestcache.asp?contest_id=15836&amp;display=photoshop#entries"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;John! Paul! George! Ringo! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;The world has never known a more popular band. They were "the thing" in the 1960s, but how would they fare in another era? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-4184480705978678239?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/4184480705978678239/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=4184480705978678239' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/4184480705978678239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/4184480705978678239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/07/proof-of-re-incarnation-beatles-in.html' title='Proof of Re-Incarnation.  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LOL  :)))</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;OK, MARGE wins again.  Our LAUGH OF THE WEEK CONTEST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.terrisfunny.com/movies/afriend.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CLICK HERE to see it :)))&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-2936904946458811317?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/2936904946458811317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=2936904946458811317' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/2936904946458811317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/2936904946458811317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/07/you-got-friend-in-me-lol.html' title='YOU GOT A FRIEND IN ME.  LOL  :)))'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-7835724113959311622</id><published>2007-07-19T00:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-19T00:32:56.347-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='you tube'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pat Crosby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diet cookies biscuit pat crosby laugh joke laughing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elevator'/><title type='text'>ELEVATOR MUSIC</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;DOUBLE CLICK on this video to go right to YouTube.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;There are LOTS of Elevator Movies there.... in case you really like this one :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/udwUnwHJYck"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/udwUnwHJYck" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;HAVE A FUNNY DAY :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-7835724113959311622?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/7835724113959311622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=7835724113959311622' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/7835724113959311622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/7835724113959311622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/07/elevator-music.html' title='ELEVATOR MUSIC'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-4214684533374686033</id><published>2007-07-16T23:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-16T23:31:04.208-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='you tube'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='7-17-07'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blessings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pat crosby laugh joke laughing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fire The Grid'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='July 17'/><title type='text'>WORLD BLESSING DAY  7-17-07</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://FireTheGrid.org"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Full details at FireTheGrid.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us in blessing, sending joy, and praying for our beautiful planet.  Anytime :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4KeiuAhHbtk"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4KeiuAhHbtk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-4214684533374686033?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/4214684533374686033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=4214684533374686033' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-770184197764218556?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://picasaweb.google.com/PatCrosby/NightMonkey/photo#5082061828115428834' title='CLICK HERE TO SEE SECRET PHOTO OF PAT BLOGGING LATE AT NIGHT'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/770184197764218556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=770184197764218556' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/770184197764218556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/770184197764218556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/06/click-here-to-see-secret-photo-of-pat.html' title='CLICK HERE TO SEE SECRET PHOTO OF PAT BLOGGING LATE AT NIGHT'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-5049777662587738997</id><published>2007-06-29T00:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-29T00:18:08.700-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='punk'/><title type='text'>DAFT PUNK</title><content type='html'>How do you get this gig?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FMpsnDxNbqQ"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FMpsnDxNbqQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-5049777662587738997?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/5049777662587738997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=5049777662587738997' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/5049777662587738997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/5049777662587738997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/06/daft-punk.html' title='DAFT PUNK'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-9141350542101130785</id><published>2007-06-28T23:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-28T23:57:35.772-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pat Crosby fun'/><title type='text'>JUST FOR FUN</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HWtJ8AF3k-0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HWtJ8AF3k-0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-9141350542101130785?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/9141350542101130785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=9141350542101130785' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/9141350542101130785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/9141350542101130785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/06/just-for-fun.html' title='JUST FOR FUN'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-3609648266200125835</id><published>2007-06-16T23:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-16T23:28:16.032-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Little Angel Sings</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XqVqJ1HLHNo"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XqVqJ1HLHNo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to Marge for submitting this winning entry this week :)&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-3609648266200125835?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/3609648266200125835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=3609648266200125835' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/3609648266200125835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/3609648266200125835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/06/little-angel-sings.html' title='Little Angel Sings'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-6763067826982725631</id><published>2007-06-01T22:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-01T22:06:45.781-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I BELIEVE IN YOU!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;Here is the theme song from our  global networking team.  Enjoy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"&gt;Learn about the networking  lifestyle of play, fun and ease - while paying ALL the bills  at &lt;a href="http://NETWORKwithPAT.blogspot.com"&gt;http://NETWORKwithPAT.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To YOUR Xtreme SUCCESS :)))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h-YXDNydjVk"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h-YXDNydjVk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-6763067826982725631?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/6763067826982725631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=6763067826982725631' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/6763067826982725631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/6763067826982725631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/06/i-believe-in-you.html' title='I BELIEVE IN YOU!'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-2807713418327982404</id><published>2007-05-29T12:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-29T13:04:48.167-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pat  crosby laugh  Tom Rush'/><title type='text'>The REMEMBER Song, Tom Rush.  HA HA HA</title><content type='html'>I've been waiting 45 years to be an overnight sensation, and it's finally happened! A video clip of my performance of &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yN-6PbqAPM" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The REMEMBER SONS   (a/k/a Remember?) has "gone viral." ( I felt terrible at first, thinking I was being accused of being a musical equivalent of Ebola; but my children explained to me that this was a Good Thing.) In the past couple of weeks it's garnered well over 1.4 MILLION PLAYS, and is climbing rapidly. (It has been proposed that this may be because of just one of you who can't remember he's already seen it, but I think that's mean.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9yN-6PbqAPM"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9yN-6PbqAPM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;a href="http://OnlineHealthFoodStore.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Enhance your memory with LimuPlus and other supplements!  Click here!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-2807713418327982404?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/2807713418327982404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=2807713418327982404' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/2807713418327982404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/2807713418327982404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/05/ive-been-waiting-45-years-to-be.html' title='The REMEMBER Song, Tom Rush.  HA HA HA'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-935353235517024314</id><published>2007-05-28T22:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-28T22:33:25.612-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Singing Dog.  Singing with Otto</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6A9tDfvsZC0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6A9tDfvsZC0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-935353235517024314?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/935353235517024314/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=935353235517024314' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/935353235517024314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/935353235517024314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/05/singing-dog-singing-with-otto.html' title='Singing Dog.  Singing with Otto'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-4353664844198716282</id><published>2007-05-18T21:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-18T21:52:10.147-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h3 class="post-title"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                       &lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class="post-title"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3 class="post-title"&gt;&lt;a href="http://kimklaverblogs.blogspot.com/2007/05/lady-in-faded-gingham-dress.html"&gt;             The lady in the faded gingham dress&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;           &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimklaver/503907330/" title="Photo Sharing"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 0px none ; float: left;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/503907330_2a0fccdd15_o.jpg" alt="richpoor" height="107" width="124" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got this story in with a Stanford T-shirt I received in the mail today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"A lady in a faded gingham dress, and her husband dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston and walked timidly into the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Harvard University&lt;/span&gt; President's outer office without an appointment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard, and thought they probably didn't even deserve to be in Cambridge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We want to see the president," the man said softly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"He'll be busy all day," said the secretary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We'll wait," the lady politely replied.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and leave. When they didn't, the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Maybe if you see them for just a few minutes, they will leave," she whispered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He sighed and nodded. He detested gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer office. The president, stern faced and with absolute dignity, strutted toward the couple.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lady spoke to him. "We had a son who attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him somewhere on campus."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The president was not moved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Madam," he said, "We can't put up a satue for every person who attended Harard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Oh no," the lady explained quickly. "We don't want to erect a satutue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The president rolled his eyes. He glaced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a moment the lady was silent.  The president was pleased he had gotten through to her.   Maybe they would leave now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a university?  Why don't we just start our own?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her husband nodded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford then got up and walked away, traveling to Palo alto, CA where they established the university that now bears their name - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Stanford University&lt;/span&gt; - a memorial to their son that &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Harvard&lt;/span&gt; no longer cared about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A true story - by Malcolm Forbes."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-4353664844198716282?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/4353664844198716282/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=4353664844198716282' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/4353664844198716282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/4353664844198716282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/05/lady-in-faded-gingham-dress-got-this.html' title=''/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-8935633732876079241</id><published>2007-05-14T02:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-14T02:09:56.236-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pat Crosby  Laugh  youTube  COSMONAUTY'/><title type='text'>COSMONAUTY DANCE</title><content type='html'>&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;I like playing them both at once... start one, then wait a little and start the other.  KEWL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q_xVXQCrPxQ"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q_xVXQCrPxQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q_xVXQCrPxQ"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q_xVXQCrPxQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-8935633732876079241?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/8935633732876079241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=8935633732876079241' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/8935633732876079241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/8935633732876079241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/05/cosmonauty-dance.html' title='COSMONAUTY DANCE'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-7126862897086629479</id><published>2007-05-13T12:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-05-13T12:24:29.234-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Social Hug Healing is Aussie Land.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Here is a video specially for Mom's day on social healing!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thank you to Cynthia &amp;amp; Bill for submitting this awesome story!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="q"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpzkHhgcZG4" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v&lt;wbr&gt;=PpzkHhgcZG4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpzkHhgcZG4"&gt;  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The story behind this is: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's this guy, Juan Mann, in Australia who decided to &lt;br /&gt;hold a.. "FREE HUGS".. sign in public places to promote &lt;br /&gt;random acts of kindness. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, he was gaining so much publicity that the cops &lt;br /&gt;stepped in and said he could no longer give out free hugs &lt;br /&gt;without a $25 million insurance policy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, he gets 10,000 signatures to petition and wins! Cool. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a video by an Australian band called Sick Puppies. &lt;br /&gt;They had shot a lot of footage of the free hugs guy and when &lt;br /&gt;they heard his grandmother died, compiled the footage, put &lt;br /&gt;it to their music and sent it to him to cheer him up like he &lt;br /&gt;did for so many on a daily basis. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a blessed day! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="q"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:patcrosby@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;patcrosby@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-7126862897086629479?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpzkHhgcZG4' title='Social Hug Healing is Aussie Land.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/7126862897086629479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=7126862897086629479' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/7126862897086629479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/7126862897086629479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/05/social-hug-healing-is-aussie-land.html' title='Social Hug Healing is Aussie Land.'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-3792729865586704667</id><published>2007-04-20T10:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-20T10:06:12.399-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pat Crosby  Laugh  youTube  otter'/><title type='text'>INSPIRING FRENDS</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/epUk3T2Kfno"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/epUk3T2Kfno" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to PAUL, AKA as SIMPLE SIMON for this weeks winning inspiration submission.  Way to GO!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-3792729865586704667?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/3792729865586704667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=3792729865586704667' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/3792729865586704667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/3792729865586704667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/04/inspiring-frends.html' title='INSPIRING FRENDS'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-5524126696718991493</id><published>2007-04-16T18:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T19:30:14.326-05:00</updated><title type='text'>AWESOME HUBBLE SPACE PHOTOS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8UZUaw3r-o/RiQMbzCVGfI/AAAAAAAAAkI/hOjSHI3pcTo/s1600-h/u+r+here.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8UZUaw3r-o/RiQMbzCVGfI/AAAAAAAAAkI/hOjSHI3pcTo/s400/u+r+here.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/VegetarianHealthRecipes/message/52"&gt;SEE MORE HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-5524126696718991493?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/5524126696718991493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=5524126696718991493' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/5524126696718991493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/5524126696718991493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/04/blog-post_16.html' title='AWESOME HUBBLE SPACE PHOTOS'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8UZUaw3r-o/RiQMbzCVGfI/AAAAAAAAAkI/hOjSHI3pcTo/s72-c/u+r+here.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-3578581540415129632</id><published>2007-04-16T17:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-16T17:33:19.088-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laughing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pat  crosby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='algebra'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laugh'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;LOL!  Travel Security Update!  LOL!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div   style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:11pt;"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div   style="border-style: none; padding-left: 10px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); padding-top: 15px; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;font-family:Comic Sans MS;font-size:11pt;" name="Compose message area"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;NEW YORK -- A public school teacher was arrested today at John F. Kennedy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;International Airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, a slide rule and a calculator. At a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;morning press conference, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said he believes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Mr. Gonzales did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;with carrying weapons of math instruction.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;"Al-gebra is a problem for us," Gonzales said. "They desire solutions by&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in search of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;absolute values." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;"They use secret code names like 'x' and 'y' and refer to themselves as&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;'unknowns', but we have determined they belong to a common denominator of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, 'There are 3 sides to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;every triangle'."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;When asked to comment on the arrest, President Bush said, "If God had&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, He would have given &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;us more fingers and toes."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thanks to Linda Miller for this week's WINNING JOKE submission!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://biospecificprograms.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;http://biospecificprograms.com &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-3578581540415129632?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/3578581540415129632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=3578581540415129632' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/3578581540415129632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/3578581540415129632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/04/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-6294722410344664079</id><published>2007-04-08T23:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-08T23:35:16.005-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pat  crosby laugh laughing joke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Danny Boy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diet cookies biscuit pat crosby laugh joke laughing'/><title type='text'>OH!  DANNY BOY</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;. YouTube has some really great renditions of DANNY BOY!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jgma--0WYU&amp;mode=related&amp;amp;search="&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;INSPIRATIONAL&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbuRA_D3KU&amp;mode=related&amp;amp;search="&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;F....U...N..N...Y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVhn_-5GkWs&amp;mode=related&amp;amp;search="&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ELVIS SINGS DANNY BOY... aah.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPFOgsMejrA&amp;mode=related&amp;amp;search="&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BEAUTIFUL ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD VERSION.   Sob Sob....&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;a href="http://697762.LimuPlus.com"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;Try our GREEN IRISH Drink!  (Healthy!  &amp; Legal)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-6294722410344664079?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/6294722410344664079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=6294722410344664079' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/6294722410344664079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/6294722410344664079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/04/oh-danny-boy.html' title='OH!  DANNY BOY'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-6455872752388980073</id><published>2007-03-31T00:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-31T00:34:44.496-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pat crosby laugh arnie nerz law happy hour chief happiness officer'/><title type='text'>CHIEF HAPPINESS OFFICER    - CHO.   LOL</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt; My long time friend &amp; attorney Arnie Herz has a GREAT blog on sanity in the legal profession.  HO!  It's about time!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.legalsanity.com/2007/03/articles/whats-the-problem/negativity-and-positivity-in-the-workplace/index.html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read his enlightening post on HAPPY HOUR  9 - 5&lt;br /&gt;&amp;amp; CHIEF HAPPINESS OFFICER for a refreshing and invigorating slant on the new enlightened legal professionals......&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-6455872752388980073?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.legalsanity.com/2007/03/articles/whats-the-problem/negativity-and-positivity-in-the-workplace/index.html' title='CHIEF HAPPINESS OFFICER    - CHO.   LOL'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/6455872752388980073/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=6455872752388980073' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/6455872752388980073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/6455872752388980073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/03/chief-happiness-officer-cho-lol.html' title='CHIEF HAPPINESS OFFICER    - CHO.   LOL'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-6435842991658718708</id><published>2007-03-19T20:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T19:30:14.553-05:00</updated><title type='text'>RESCUE HUG</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8UZUaw3r-o/Rf80NIC8xpI/AAAAAAAAAh8/oBuOziKl0ic/s1600-h/hugging+twins+rescue.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8UZUaw3r-o/Rf80NIC8xpI/AAAAAAAAAh8/oBuOziKl0ic/s400/hugging+twins+rescue.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to Marge in Virginia for this inspiring story on the power of loving hugs!&lt;div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'&gt;&lt;a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'&gt;&lt;img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-6435842991658718708?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/6435842991658718708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=6435842991658718708' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/6435842991658718708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/6435842991658718708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/03/rescue-hug.html' title='RESCUE HUG'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8UZUaw3r-o/Rf80NIC8xpI/AAAAAAAAAh8/oBuOziKl0ic/s72-c/hugging+twins+rescue.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-853062165387591046</id><published>2007-03-15T09:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-15T09:29:46.678-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pat  crosby laugh laughing joke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='juice'/><title type='text'>HOW TO MARKET HEALTH JUICE.  LUCILLE BALL</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt; ...Our sponsor for this site is our &lt;a href="http://697762.Vitamark.com"&gt;ONLINE HEALTH FOOD STORE.&lt;/a&gt;  Included in the product offerings are &lt;a href="http://697762.LimuPlus.com"&gt;JUICE.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;Here Lucille Ball shows one way to market health juice.  I think we need to adopt some of her techniques!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our juice will make you feel pretty good, too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z0mvmcnqj1c"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z0mvmcnqj1c" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-853062165387591046?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/853062165387591046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=853062165387591046' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/853062165387591046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/853062165387591046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-to-market-health-juice-lucille-ball.html' title='HOW TO MARKET HEALTH JUICE.  LUCILLE BALL'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-5746212501033295700</id><published>2007-03-15T00:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-16T00:31:46.699-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='diet cookies biscuit pat crosby laugh joke laughing'/><title type='text'>KILLER BISCUITS WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;div&gt;   &lt;div style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;color:navy;"   &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10;"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?realattid=0.1&amp;attid=0.1&amp;amp;disp=emb&amp;view=att&amp;amp;th=11154063b1cacdc1" height="480" width="349" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AN EXAMPLE OF FEAR:  FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" href="http://697762.AppetizerDiet.com"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;PSST!  TRY THESE KILLER DIET COOKIES!  YOU WON'T HAVE TO HOLD ONTO YOUR BRAINS.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-5746212501033295700?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/5746212501033295700/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=5746212501033295700' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/5746212501033295700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/5746212501033295700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/03/killer-biscuits-wanted-for-attempted.html' title='KILLER BISCUITS WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-8754584651986552841</id><published>2007-03-07T16:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T20:28:55.736-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pat Crosby  Laugh  youTube dog'/><title type='text'>FAITH - OVERCOMING OBSTACLES</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" &gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Most Amazing Dog You've Ever Seen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm fond of sharing inspirational stories of some of the amazing things from from time to time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I suspect you'll be as moved as I was to watch this short video about Faith, a dog that walks upright on two legs just like you do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faith was rescued by boys trying to clear out a litter of dead puppies. After Faith was cleaned up, her future owners realized she had no front legs, and knew she needed to walk somehow, someway to survive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You'll be surprised, as I was, to learn how Jude Stringfellow and her family trained Faith, the only known bi-pedal two-legged dog, to do just that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qLXHvBFG-CI"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qLXHvBFG-CI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Story submitted by:  Lachman,  New York.  THANK YOU, LACHMAN!&lt;br /&gt;Please submit your jokes and inspirational stories for publishing on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/"&gt;LAUGHwithPAT.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;  to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;patcrosby@gmail.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+++&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-8754584651986552841?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLXHvBFG-CI&amp;eurl=' title='FAITH - OVERCOMING OBSTACLES'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/8754584651986552841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=8754584651986552841' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/8754584651986552841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/8754584651986552841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/03/faith-overcoming-obstacles.html' title='FAITH - OVERCOMING OBSTACLES'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-6899073403307141022</id><published>2007-03-05T15:08:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T20:30:04.182-05:00</updated><title type='text'>CLICK HERE TO SEE  WHY PEOPLE MOVE SOUTH</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-6899073403307141022?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://laughwithpatphotos.blogspot.com' title='CLICK HERE TO SEE  WHY PEOPLE MOVE SOUTH'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/6899073403307141022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=6899073403307141022' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/6899073403307141022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/6899073403307141022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/03/click-here-to-see-why-people-move-south.html' title='CLICK HERE TO SEE  WHY PEOPLE MOVE SOUTH'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-3007443624232474586</id><published>2007-03-04T23:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T20:33:48.019-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="q" id="q_1112040c3e672be2_0"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;  PS:  Feel free to forward this post!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; The world&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt; NEEDS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; chocolate chip diet veggies!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;What Can I Eat?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;Can't eat beef, mad cow... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;Can't eat chicken, bird flu... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;   Can't eat eggs, Salmonella... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;Can't eat pork, fears that bird flu will infect piggies...  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;Can't eat fish, heavy metals in the &lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","&lt;/span&gt;\n\n\n&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;waters has poisoned their meat... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n\n\n&lt;span&gt;Can&amp;#39;t eat fruits and veggies, insecticides and herbicides... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n\n\n&lt;span&gt;Hmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;M&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n\n\n&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;M&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n\n\n&lt;span&gt;M&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;\n\n\nM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;M&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;\n\n\nMM &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;MM &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;\n\n\nMM &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;I believe that leaves Chocolate!!!!!!!!  :)))))))))))\n&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;",1] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;waters has poisoned their meat... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;Can't eat fruits and veggies, insecticides and herbicides... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;Hmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;M&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;M&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;M&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;   M&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;M&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;   MM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;MM MMM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;   MM MMMMMMMM...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;I believe that leaves &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Chocolate!!!!!!!!  :)))))))))))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","Chocolate is a Vegetable &lt;br /&gt;\n\n\n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;\n\n\nChocolate is derived from cocoa beans.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;\n\n\nBean \u003d vegetable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n\n\n&lt;span&gt;Sugar is derived from either sugar cane or sugar BEETS.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n\n\n&lt;span&gt;**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;\n\n\nBoth of them are plants, in the vegetable category.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Thus, chocolate is a vegetable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n\n\n&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n\n\n&lt;span&gt;**&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To go one step further,\n chocolate candy bars also contain milk,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;which is dairy. So candy bars are a health food.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;",1] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;Chocolate is a Vegetable&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;   Chocolate is derived from cocoa beans.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;   Bean = vegetable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;Sugar is derived from either sugar cane or sugar BEETS.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;   Both of them are plants, in the vegetable category.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;Thus, chocolate is a vegetable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;**&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To go one step further,  chocolate candy bars also contain milk,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;which is dairy. So candy bars are a health food.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","\n\n\n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;",1] ); D(["mb","&lt;span&gt;\n\n\nChocolate-covered raisins, cherries, orange slices, strawberries &amp; chocolate chip cookies all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;",1] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt; Chocolate-covered raisins, cherries, orange slices, strawberries &amp; chocolate chip cookies all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="q"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;Remember - - -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;"STRESSED" spelled backward is "DESSERTS" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;   Send this to four people and you will lose 2 pounds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;Send this to everyone you know (or ever knew), and you will lose 10 pounds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;(If you delete this message, you will gain 10 pounds immediately.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"&gt;&lt;span class="q"&gt;"That's why I had to pass this on - - - - - I didn't want to risk it."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LOL !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="q"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://appetizerdiet.com/697762"&gt;&lt;span class="q"&gt;GET &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;YOUR&lt;/span&gt; CHOCOLATE STRESS RELIEF VEGETABLES HERE!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://LAUGHwithPATPHOTOS.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://LAUGHwithPATPHOTOS.blogspot.com" target="ext"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 32px;"&gt;Of course, anyone knows that it is impossible to play a symphonic work with just three strings. I know that, and you know that, but that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://LAUGHwithPATPHOTOS.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+++&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://LAUGHwithPATPHOTOS.blogspot.com"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;\n&lt;br /&gt;\n\n&lt;span&gt;Remember - - -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;quot;STRESSED&amp;quot; spelled backward is &amp;quot;DESSERTS&amp;quot;\n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;\n\n\nSend this to four people and you will lose 2 pounds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n\n\n&lt;span&gt;Send this to everyone you know (or ever knew), and you will lose 10 pounds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n\n\n&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;(If you delete this message, you will gain 10 pounds immediately.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n\n\n&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;",1] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","&lt;span&gt;",1] ); D(["mb","&lt;span&gt;&amp;quot;That&amp;#39;s why I had to pass this on - - - - - I didn&amp;#39;t want to risk it.&amp;quot;\n&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;",1] ); D(["mb","&lt;span&gt;",1] ); D(["mb","&lt;span&gt;GET your CHOCOLATE STRESS RELIEF VEGETABLES HERE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;",1] ); D(["mb","&lt;a&gt;HTTP://697762.AppetizerDiet.com\n&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;",1] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;- Show quoted text -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;MORE HUMOR to lighten your day at&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n\n&lt;span&gt;&lt;a&gt;http://LAUGHwithPAT.blogspot&lt;wbr&gt;.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n\n&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;-- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n\n\n&lt;span&gt;Pat Crosby   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;email  &lt;a&gt;\n\n\npatcrosby@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;Voicemail   1.845.434.3829\n\n\n  US&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;SKYPE      UniversalPat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n\n&lt;span&gt; &lt;a&gt;http://patcrosby.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;\n&lt;/span&gt;\n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;",0] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="e" id="q_1112040c3e672be2_8"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-3007443624232474586?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/3007443624232474586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=3007443624232474586' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/3007443624232474586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/3007443624232474586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/03/ps-feel-free-to-forward-this-post-world.html' title=''/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-6765913726396285008</id><published>2007-03-02T02:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-01T22:34:46.271-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pat Crosby  Laugh  youTube  customer'/><title type='text'>BEHIND CUSTOMER CARE</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" &gt; Customer service call&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;table style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;This has got to be one of the funniest things I've heard of in a Long time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think this guy should have been promoted, not fired. This is a True phone call from the Word Perfect Help line which was transcribed from a Recording monitoring the customer care department. Needless to say the HelpDesk employee was fired; however, he/she is currently suing the WordPerfect organization for "Termination without Cause." This is actual Dialogue of a former WordPerfect Customer Support employee. Now I know why they record these conversations!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Ridge Hall computer assistance; may I help you?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"What sort of trouble?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Went away?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"They disappeared."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Nothing."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Nothing?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It's blank, it won't accept anything when I type."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"How do I tell?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb"," &amp;quot;What&amp;#39;s a sea-prompt?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Never mind, can you move your cursor around the screen?&amp;quot;\n  &amp;quot;There isn&amp;#39;t any cursor: I told you, it won&amp;#39;t accept anything I type.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Does your monitor have a power indicator?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;What&amp;#39;s a monitor?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. Does it have a little light that tells you when it&amp;#39;s on?&amp;quot;\n  &amp;quot;I don&amp;#39;t know.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where the power cord goes into it. Can you see that?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Yes, I think so.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Great. Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it&amp;#39;s plugged into the wall.&amp;quot;\n  &amp;quot;Yes, it is.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;No.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find the other cable.&amp;quot;\n  &amp;quot;Okay, here it is.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Follow it for me, and tell me if it&amp;#39;s plugged securely into the back of your computer.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;I can&amp;#39;t reach.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?&amp;quot;\n  &amp;quot;No.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Oh, it&amp;#39;s not because I don&amp;#39;t have the right angle -- it&amp;#39;s because it&amp;#39;s dark.&amp;quot; \n &amp;quot;Dark?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Yes, the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from the window.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Well, turn on the office light then.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;I can&amp;#39;t.&amp;quot;  \n&amp;quot;No? Why not?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Because there&amp;#39;s a power failure.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;A power... A power failure? Aha, Okay, we&amp;#39;ve got it licked now. Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff your computer came in?&amp;quot;\n  &amp;quot;Well, yes, I keep them in the closet.&amp;quot;  ",1] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"What's a sea-prompt?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Never mind, can you move your cursor around the screen?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"There isn't any cursor: I told you, it won't accept anything I type."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Does your monitor have a power indicator?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"What's a monitor?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. Does it have a little light that tells you when it's on?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I don't know."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where the power cord goes into it. Can you see that?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Yes, I think so."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Great. Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's plugged into the wall."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Yes, it is."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"No."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find the other cable."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Okay, here it is."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into the back of your computer."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I can't reach."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"No."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle -- it's because it's dark."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Dark?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Yes, the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from the window."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Well, turn on the office light then."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I can't."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"No? Why not?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Because there's a power failure."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"A power... A power failure? Aha, Okay, we've got it licked now. Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff your computer came in?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","&amp;quot;Good. Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up just like it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store you bought it from.&amp;quot; \n &amp;quot;Really? Is it that bad?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Yes, I&amp;#39;m afraid it is.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Tell them you&amp;#39;re too stupid to own a computer.&amp;quot;\n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;\n&lt;hr /&gt;\n&lt;a&gt;Sucker-punch spam&lt;/a&gt; with award-winning protection.\n&lt;br /&gt;Try the &lt;a&gt;free Yahoo! Mail Beta.&lt;/a&gt; \n&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;",1] ); D(["mb","&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;Check out this. It&amp;#39;s free&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a&gt;http://www.wealthtoolbox.com/&lt;wbr&gt;?ref\u003dhealer111@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact me to learn how you can build a significant business working from home. \n&lt;/span&gt;",0] ); D(["ce"]);  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;"Good. Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up just like it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store you bought it from."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Really? Is it that bad?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Yes, I'm afraid it is."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;***********************************************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;th&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zCtDShoGzpw"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zCtDShoGzpw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://limuplus.com/697762"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"&gt;CLICK HERE for CALL CENTER  STRESS RELIEF :)))&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;LOL  LOL  LOL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt; &lt;td style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-6765913726396285008?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/6765913726396285008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=6765913726396285008' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/6765913726396285008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/6765913726396285008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/03/behind-customer-care.html' title='BEHIND CUSTOMER CARE'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-3446667192031703024</id><published>2007-03-02T00:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-02T01:01:35.545-05:00</updated><title type='text'>COOPERATION &amp; CREATIVITY</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt;When people cooperate, amazing,  great, and fascinating things can be created.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNLdx4FXYjQ"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt;See this COOL BANK COMMERCIAL from Turkey.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI69GM3Hd7k"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;See HOW this amazing video was made!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://appetizerdiet.com/697762"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"&gt;                         AMAZING!  EAT COOKIES - LOSE WEIGHT :)))  LOL!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-3446667192031703024?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/3446667192031703024/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=3446667192031703024' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/3446667192031703024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/3446667192031703024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/03/cooperation-creativity.html' title='COOPERATION &amp; CREATIVITY'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-501335402340102705</id><published>2007-03-02T00:26:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-02T00:32:36.932-05:00</updated><title type='text'>FRIENDS.  The POWER of FRIENDSHIP</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;One day, when I was a freshman in high school,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;His name was Kyle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;It looked like he was carrying all of his books.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday?  "He must really be a nerd."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him and as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;As I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks. "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;They really should get lives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;" He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;There was a big smile on his face.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;He said he had gone to private school before now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;I would have never hung out with a private school kid before.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;We talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;He turned out to be a pretty cool kid.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;I asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;He said yes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him, and my friends thought the same of him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Monday morning came! , and there was Kyle with the huge stack o f books again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;I stopped him and said, "Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;" He just laughed and handed me half the books.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;When we were seniors, we began to think&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;about college.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kyle decided on Georgetown, and I was going to Duke.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;He was going to be a doctor, and I was going for business on a football scholarship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kyle was valedictorian of our class.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;I teased him all the time about being a nerd.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;He had to prepare a speech for graduation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;I was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Graduation day, I saw Kyle.   He looked great.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;He filled out and actually looked good in glasses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;          He had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;          Boy, sometimes I was jealous!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;          Today was one of those days.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;            I could see that he was nervous about his speech.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;          So, I smacked him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;          you'll be great!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;"Thanks," he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;"Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but mostly your friends...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;I am here to tell all of you that being a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;friend to someone is the best gift you can give them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;I am going to tell you a story."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;He had planned to kill himself over the weekend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;"Thankfully, I was saved.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Not until that moment did I realize it's depth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Never underestimate the power of your actions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;With one small gesture you can change a person's life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;For better or for worse.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;God puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Look for God in others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;You now have two choices, you can:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;1) Pass this on to your friends or&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;2) Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;As you can see, I took choice number 1.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;There is no beginning or end.. Yesterday is history.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tomorrow is mystery.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Today is a gift.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-501335402340102705?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/501335402340102705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=501335402340102705' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/501335402340102705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/501335402340102705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/03/one-day-when-i-was-freshman-in-high.html' title='FRIENDS.  The POWER of FRIENDSHIP'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-2370995988926715573</id><published>2007-03-01T22:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-01T22:42:25.741-05:00</updated><title type='text'>WATER LEAK PROBLEM</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:130%;"  &gt;Read first, then  watch the video on You Tube&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;blockquote type="cite"&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;This is too funny!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;A couple&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;kept getting huge water    bills.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;They knew beyond a doubt the bills weren't&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;representative of their actual usage, and no&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;matter how they tried to conserve, the high    bills&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;continued. Although they could see nothing    wrong,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;first the water meter, then outdoor pipes,    indoor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;pipes, underground pipes, faucets, toilets,    washer,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ice maker, etc. -- all to no avail. &lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;One day Jim was sick&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;and stayed home in bed. &lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;He kept hearing water&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;running downstairs. &lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;He finally got out of bed to investigate&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;and stumbled on the culprit. &lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Apparently this was happening&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;all day long when they were not    home. &lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Knowing no one&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;would believe him, he    taped a segment of the 'problem'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;   &lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;CLICK HERE to see the video on&lt;a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=NIVsZRPx_Dw"&gt; You Tube!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://Vitamark.com/697762"&gt;                                       Need health products online now?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-2370995988926715573?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/2370995988926715573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=2370995988926715573' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/2370995988926715573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/2370995988926715573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/03/water-leak-problem.html' title='WATER LEAK PROBLEM'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-6219851820370815411</id><published>2007-03-01T00:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-01T00:59:06.649-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drinking pat laugh funeral memorial widow'/><title type='text'>THE FUNERAL</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;"  &gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div   style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; padding-top: 10pt;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Morris died. His will  provided $50,000 for an elaborate funeral.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the last attendees left,  Morris's wife Rose turned to her oldest friend Sadie and said, "Well, I'm sure  Morr is's would be pleased."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I'm sure you're right," replied Sadie, who  leaned in close and lowered her voice to a whisper. "Tell me, how much did it  really cost?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"All of it," said Rose. "Fifty thousand."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"No!"  Sadie exclaimed. "I mean, it was very nice, but really... $50,000?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rose  nodded.;"The funeral was $6,500. I donated $500 to the shul for the Rabbi's  services. The shiva food and drinks were another $500. The rest went for the  memorial stone."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sadie computed quickly. "$42,500 for a memorial stone?  Oy vey, how big is it?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Five and a half  carats.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://697762.appetizerdiet.com/"&gt;CLICK HERE to see how people are losing weight while drinking.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-6219851820370815411?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/6219851820370815411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=6219851820370815411' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/6219851820370815411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/6219851820370815411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/03/funeral.html' title='THE FUNERAL'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-5259649626410869815</id><published>2007-02-18T01:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-01T01:51:38.725-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='student'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pat Crosby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laugh'/><title type='text'>Is Hell endo or exothermic?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Is Hell endo or exothermic?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;heat)?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;One student, however, wrote the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;to Hell, it will never leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;Religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;to expand proportionately as souls are added.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;This gives two possibilities:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;Hell breaks loose.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the rate at which souls enter &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;So which is it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa, (Cheerleader Captain and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;Class Valedictorian) during my Freshman year that, "it will be a cold day &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;in Hell before I sleep with you", and take into account the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;fact that I slept with her last night and again this morning, then number 2 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;frozen over.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...leaving &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;only Heaven, and thereby proving the existence of a divine being, which &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;explains why Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God!!!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt; &gt;THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LOL LOL LOL LOL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://Pat.SuccessIn10Steps.com"&gt;CLICK HERE&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;  to read what is NOT so funny about home-based businesses  :(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey!  Did you have much winter where you live?  No snow for you Hawaiians?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/PatCrosby/ViewOfValentineSDaySnowStormAsSeenFromInsideOurIgloo"&gt;VIEW slideshow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/PatCrosby/ViewOfValentineSDaySnowStormAsSeenFromInsideOurIgloo"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;of our snowy wonderland in the Catskill Mountains of New York state on VALENTINE'S DAY.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;**********&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-5259649626410869815?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/5259649626410869815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=5259649626410869815' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/5259649626410869815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/5259649626410869815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/02/is-hell-endo-or-exothermic.html' title='Is Hell endo or exothermic?'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-8355730041633567180</id><published>2007-02-17T22:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-01T01:55:28.464-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lol'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='husband'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='joke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pat Crosby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wife'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laugh'/><title type='text'>Celebrating!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;       &lt;div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;A man and his wife are        dining at a table in a plush restaurant,&lt;br /&gt;and the husband keeps staring        at a drunken lady swigging her&lt;br /&gt;drink as she sits alone at a nearby        table.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The wife asks, "Do you know her?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes," sighs the        husband, "she's my ex-girlfriend. I understand she&lt;br /&gt;took to drinking        right after we split up seven years ago, and I hear&lt;br /&gt;she hasn't been        sober since."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"My God!" says the wife. "Who would think a person        could go on&lt;br /&gt;celebrating that        long?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://697762.LimuPlus.com"&gt;    *******************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;CLICK HERE to find out how Russian herbs from Sibera mixed with seaweed from Tonga can help YOU relieve  STRESS!  This is not funny!  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-8355730041633567180?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/8355730041633567180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=8355730041633567180' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/8355730041633567180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/8355730041633567180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/02/celebrating.html' title='Celebrating!'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-6317950736551274888</id><published>2007-02-15T00:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-02T04:35:28.999-05:00</updated><title type='text'>God is like.....  reports from school children</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;table style="width: 100%; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="cbln"&gt;&lt;div class="mb"&gt;&lt;div id="mb_0"&gt;&lt;div style="direction: ltr;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://networkmarketingcentral.com/resources/audio/ThisLittleLight.mp3"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;A fifth grade teacher in a Christian school asked her class to look at&lt;br /&gt;TV commercials and see if they could use them in some way to&lt;br /&gt;communicate ideas about God.&lt;br /&gt;Here are some of the results: scroll down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is like..&lt;br /&gt;BAYER ASPIRIN&lt;br /&gt;He works miracles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is like...&lt;br /&gt;a FORD&lt;br /&gt;He's got a better idea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is like...&lt;br /&gt;COKE&lt;br /&gt;He's the real thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(This is great)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is like...&lt;br /&gt;HALLMARK CARDS&lt;br /&gt;He cares enough to send His very best.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is like..&lt;br /&gt;TIDE&lt;br /&gt;He gets the stains out that others leave behind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is like...&lt;br /&gt;GENERAL ELECTRIC&lt;br /&gt;He brings good things to life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is like...&lt;br /&gt;SEARS&lt;br /&gt;He has everything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is like..&lt;br /&gt;ALKA-SELTZER&lt;br /&gt;Try him, you'll like Him&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is like..&lt;br /&gt;SCOTCH TAPE&lt;br /&gt;You can't see him, but you know He's there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is like...&lt;br /&gt;DELTA&lt;br /&gt;He's ready when you are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is like...&lt;br /&gt;ALLSTATE&lt;br /&gt;you're in good hands with Him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is like...&lt;br /&gt;VO-5 Hair Spray&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He holds through all kinds of weather.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is like...&lt;br /&gt;DIAL SOAP&lt;br /&gt;Aren't you glad you have Him?  Don't you wish everybody did?&lt;br /&gt;(that one is my favorite)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is like....&lt;br /&gt;the U.S POST OFFICE&lt;br /&gt;Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor ice will keep Him from His&lt;br /&gt;appointed destination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forward this blessing to people so that they can know what God is like......&lt;br /&gt;BLESSINGS FROM MY HOUSE TO YOUR HOUSE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;CLICK HERE TO HEAR&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;CHILDREN SINGING  'THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="direction: ltr;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://networkmarketingcentral.com/resources/audio/ThisLittleLight.mp3"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span class="sg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-6317950736551274888?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/6317950736551274888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=6317950736551274888' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/6317950736551274888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/6317950736551274888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/02/god-is-like-reports-from-school.html' title='God is like.....  reports from school children'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-7894172930938763662</id><published>2007-02-12T00:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-12T01:14:45.538-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lol'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pat Crosby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laugh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hubble Telescope Photos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WOW'/><title type='text'>WOW. BE IN AWE. HUBBLE TELESCOPE PHOTO'S</title><content type='html'>From the Awesome Desk of&lt;a href="http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby"&gt; Pat Crosby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://base.google.com/base/a/1506627/D10766668703068714571"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt; WOW. BE IN AWE. HUBBLE TELESCOPE PHOTO'S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;In Sibera, early last century, a CRATER hig planet earth - smashing, scorching, devastaing everything.  Miraculously, the plants grew back bigger and stronger than ever.  Scientists, studying these awesome new plants, called them ADAPTOGENS - as they adapted so powerfully and readily to these xtreme conditions.  Pub Med has many many studies on these biological agents.  You can now obtain them in a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://limuplus.com/697762"&gt; liquid juice formulation &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;for better health, energy, and overall healing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-7894172930938763662?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://base.google.com/base/a/1506627/D10766668703068714571' title='WOW. BE IN AWE. HUBBLE TELESCOPE PHOTO&apos;S'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/7894172930938763662/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=7894172930938763662' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/7894172930938763662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/7894172930938763662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/02/wow-be-in-awe-hubble-telescope-photos.html' title='WOW. BE IN AWE. HUBBLE TELESCOPE PHOTO&apos;S'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-3240760370275771406</id><published>2007-02-12T00:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-12T00:26:45.113-05:00</updated><title type='text'>LAUGH!  LOL!  2  TRUE STORIES.  ISN'T KARMA FUNNY!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;From the Office of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" href="http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby"&gt;Pat Crosby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;"  &gt; Two Great True  Stories&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;TWO Stories - BOTH  TRUE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;STORY NUMBER ONE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many years ago, Al   Capone  virtually owned &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Chicago&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;.   Capone  wasn't famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy  city in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to  murder.  &lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Capone had a lawyer nicknamed "Easy  Eddie." He was his lawyer for a good reason. Eddie was very good! In fact,  Eddie's skill at legal maneuvering kept Big Al out of jail for a long time. To  show his appreciation, Capone paid him very well. Not only was the money  big, but also, Eddie got special dividends. For instance, he and his family  occupied a fenced-in mansion with live-in help and all of the conveniences of  the day.   The estate was so large that it filled an entire  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Chicago&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;City&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt; block. Eddie  lived the high life of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Chicago&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt; mob and gave little  consideration to the atrocity that went on around him. &lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Eddie did have one soft spot, however. \nHe had a son that he loved dearly. Eddie saw to it that his young son had \nclothes, cars, and a good education. Nothing was withheld. Price was no object. \nAnd, despite his involvement with organized crime, Eddie even tried to teach him \nright from wrong. Eddie wanted his son to be a better man than he was. Yet, with \nall his wealth and influence, there were two things he couldn&amp;#39;t give his son; he \ncouldn&amp;#39;t pass on a good name or a good example. &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;One day, Easy Eddie reached a difficult \ndecision. Easy Eddie wanted to rectify wrongs he had done. He decided he would \ngo to the authorities and tell the truth about Al &amp;quot;Scarface&amp;quot; Capone, clean up \nhis tarnished name, and offer his son some semblance of integrity. To do this, \nhe would have to testify against The Mob, and he knew that the cost would be \ngreat. So, he testified. &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Within the year, Easy Eddie&amp;#39;s life \nended in a blaze of gunfire on a lonely &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Chicago \nStreet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;. But in his eyes, he had given his son \nthe greatest gift he had to offer, at the greatest price he could ever pay. \nPolice removed from his pockets a rosary, a crucifix, a religious medallion, and \na poem clipped from a magazine. The poem read: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The clock of life is \nwound but once,",1] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Eddie did have one soft spot, however.  He had a son that he loved dearly. Eddie saw to it that his young son had  clothes, cars, and a good education. Nothing was withheld. Price was no object.  And, despite his involvement with organized crime, Eddie even tried to teach him  right from wrong. Eddie wanted his son to be a better man than he was. Yet, with  all his wealth and influence, there were two things he couldn't give his son; he  couldn't pass on a good name or a good example. &lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;One day, Easy Eddie reached a difficult  decision. Easy Eddie wanted to rectify wrongs he had done. He decided he would  go to the authorities and tell the truth about Al "Scarface" Capone, clean up  his tarnished name, and offer his son some semblance of integrity. To do this,  he would have to testify against The Mob, and he knew that the cost would be  great. So, he testified. &lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Within the year, Easy Eddie's life  ended in a blaze of gunfire on a lonely &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Chicago  Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;. But in his eyes, he had given his son  the greatest gift he had to offer, at the greatest price he could ever pay.  Police removed from his pockets a rosary, a crucifix, a religious medallion, and  a poem clipped from a magazine. The poem read: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;The clock of life is  wound but once,&lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;And no man has the \npower &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;To tell just when the \nhands will stop &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;At late or early \nhour.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Now is the only time \nyou own.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Live, love, toil with \na will.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Place no faith in \ntime.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;For the clock may soon \nbe still.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;STORY NUMBER \nTWO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;World War II produced many heroes. One such man was \nLieutenant Commander Butch O&amp;#39;Hare. He was a fighter pilot assigned to the \naircraft carrier &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Lexington&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; in the South \nPacific. One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was \nairborne, he looked at his fuel gauge and realized that someone had forgotten to \ntop off his fuel tank. He would not have enough fuel to complete his mission and \nget back to his ship. His flight leader told him to return to the carrier. \nReluctantly, he dropped out of formation and headed back to the \nfleet.  ",1] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" align="center"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;And no man has the  power &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" align="center"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;To tell just when the  hands will stop &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" align="center"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;At late or early  hour.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" align="center"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Now is the only time  you own.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" align="center"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Live, love, toil with  a will.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" align="center"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Place no faith in  time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;For the clock may soon  be still.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;STORY NUMBER  TWO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;World War II produced many heroes. One such man was  Lieutenant Commander Butch O'Hare. He was a fighter pilot assigned to the  aircraft carrier &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Lexington&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt; in the South  Pacific. One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was  airborne, he looked at his fuel gauge and realized that someone had forgotten to  top off his fuel tank. He would not have enough fuel to complete his mission and  get back to his ship. His flight leader told him to return to the carrier.  Reluctantly, he dropped out of formation and headed back to the  fleet.  &lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;As he was returning to the mother ship \nhe saw something that turned his blood cold:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;a squadron \nof Japanese aircraft were speeding their way toward the American fleet. The \nAmerican fighters were gone on a sortie, and the fleet was all but defenseless. \nHe couldn&amp;#39;t reach his squadron and bring them back in time to save the fleet. \nNor could he warn the fleet of the approaching danger. There was only one thing \nto do. He must somehow divert them from the fleet. &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Laying aside all thoughts \nof personal safety, he dove into the formation of Japanese planes. \nWing-mounted 50 caliber&amp;#39;s blazed as he charged in, attacking one surprised \nenemy plane and then another. Butch wove in and out of the now broken formation \nand fired at as many planes as possible until all his ammunition was finally \nspent. Undaunted, he continued the assault. He dove at the planes, trying to \nclip a wing or tail in hopes of damaging as many enemy planes \nas  possible and rendering them unfit to fly. Finally, the exasperated \nJapanese squadron took off in another direction. &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Deeply relieved,&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Butch O&amp;#39;Hare and his \ntattered fighter limped back to the carrier. Upon arrival, he reported in \nand related the event surrounding his return. The film from the gun-camera \nmounted on his plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch&amp;#39;s daring \nattempt to protect his fleet. He had, in fact, destroyed five enemy \naircraft.",1] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;As he was returning to the mother ship  he saw something that turned his blood cold:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;a squadron  of Japanese aircraft were speeding their way toward the American fleet. The  American fighters were gone on a sortie, and the fleet was all but defenseless.  He couldn't reach his squadron and bring them back in time to save the fleet.  Nor could he warn the fleet of the approaching danger. There was only one thing  to do. He must somehow divert them from the fleet. &lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Laying aside all thoughts  of personal safety, he dove into the formation of Japanese planes.  Wing-mounted 50 caliber's blazed as he charged in, attacking one surprised  enemy plane and then another. Butch wove in and out of the now broken formation  and fired at as many planes as possible until all his ammunition was finally  spent. Undaunted, he continued the assault. He dove at the planes, trying to  clip a wing or tail in hopes of damaging as many enemy planes  as  possible and rendering them unfit to fly. Finally, the exasperated  Japanese squadron took off in another direction. &lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Deeply relieved,&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Butch O'Hare and his  tattered fighter limped back to the carrier. Upon arrival, he reported in  and related the event surrounding his return. The film from the gun-camera  mounted on his plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch's daring  attempt to protect his fleet. He had, in fact, destroyed five enemy  aircraft.&lt;script&gt;&lt;!-- D(["mb","&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;This took place on \n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;February 20, 1942&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, and for \nthat action Butch became the Navy&amp;#39;s first Ace of W.W.II, and the first Naval \nAviator to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. A year later Butch was \nkilled in aerial combat at the age of 29. &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;His home town would not allow the \nmemory of this WW II hero to fade, and today, O&amp;#39;Hare Airport in \n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Chicago&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; is named in tribute \nto the courage of this great man.  So, the next time you find \nyourself at O&amp;#39;Hare International, give some thought to visiting Butch&amp;#39;s \nmemorial displaying his statue and his Medal of Honor. It&amp;#39;s located between \nTerminals 1 and 2.   &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;SO WHAT DO THESE \nTWO STORIES HAVE TO DO WITH EACH OTHER?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Butch O&amp;#39;Hare was &amp;quot;Easy \nEddie&amp;#39;s&amp;quot; son.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;div&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;",1] );  //--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;This took place on  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;February 20, 1942&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;, and for  that action Butch became the Navy's first Ace of W.W.II, and the first Naval  Aviator to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. A year later Butch was  killed in aerial combat at the age of 29. &lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;His home town would not allow the  memory of this WW II hero to fade, and today, O'Hare Airport in  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Chicago&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt; is named in tribute  to the courage of this great man.  So, the next time you find  yourself at O'Hare International, give some thought to visiting Butch's  memorial displaying his statue and his Medal of Honor. It's located between  Terminals 1 and 2.   &lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;SO WHAT DO THESE  TWO STORIES HAVE TO DO WITH EACH OTHER?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;Butch O'Hare was "Easy  Eddie's" son.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;********&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://LimuPlus.com/697762"&gt;Live better &amp; sleep better with LimuPlus ocean treasure nectar.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-3240760370275771406?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/3240760370275771406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=3240760370275771406' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/3240760370275771406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/3240760370275771406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/02/laugh-lol-2-true-stories-isnt-karma.html' title='LAUGH!  LOL!  2  TRUE STORIES.  ISN&apos;T KARMA FUNNY!'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-1818204265056062378</id><published>2007-02-12T00:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-12T00:16:58.793-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lol'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pat Crosby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laugh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hospital'/><title type='text'>LAUGH!  LOL!  2 in a Hospital</title><content type='html'>From:  &lt;a href="http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby"&gt;Pat Crosby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 in a Hospitl&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       Two little kids are in a hospital lying on stretchers next to each&lt;br /&gt;other&lt;br /&gt;       outside the operating room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       The first kid leans over and asks, "What are you in here for?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       The second kid says, "I'm in here to get my tonsils out and I'm a&lt;br /&gt;little   nervous."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       The first kid says, "You've got nothing to worry about. I had that&lt;br /&gt;done  when I was four. They put you to sleep, and when you wake up they&lt;br /&gt;give you   lots of jello and ice cream. It's a breeze."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       The second kid then asks, "What are you here for?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       The first kid says, "A circumcision."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       "Whoa!" the second kid replies, "Good luck buddy, I had that done&lt;br /&gt;when I  was born. Couldn't walk for a year."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VegetarianHealthRecipes"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Need better nutrition?  Recipes and facts for better eating.  Less money, faster, top nutrition&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-1818204265056062378?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/1818204265056062378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=1818204265056062378' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/1818204265056062378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/1818204265056062378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/02/laugh-lol-2-in-hospital.html' title='LAUGH!  LOL!  2 in a Hospital'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-8952631414856028457</id><published>2007-02-12T00:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-11T23:47:04.324-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lol'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='License to Pill'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cartoon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pat Crosby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laugh'/><title type='text'>LAUGH! LOL! LICENSE TO PILL! Anti-drug video cartoon</title><content type='html'>From:  &lt;a href="http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby"&gt;Pat Crosby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; LAUGH! LOL! LICENSE TO PILL! Anti-drug video cartoon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; From:  The Office of  Pat Crosby&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cafeoflifepikespeak.com/Videos/Licensed%20To%20Pill.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Licensed to Pill video.  Lots of fun :)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cafeoflifepikespeak.com/Videos/Licensed%20To%20Pill.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.cafeoflifepikespeak.com/Videos/Licensed%20To%20Pill.swf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://Vitamark.com/697762"&gt;Online Health Food Store. Get ALL your essentials. Low prices. Hi quality for YOU. Home delivery. 40+ countries.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://LimuPlus.com/697762"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Immune boosting green drink from the treasury of the ocean.  With ADAPTOGEN HERBS from Russia.  Boost your energy.  Boost your immune system.  Feel better now.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-8952631414856028457?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby' title='LAUGH! LOL! LICENSE TO PILL! 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Anti-drug video cartoon'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-44259431321763835</id><published>2007-02-11T23:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-01T00:31:50.897-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lol'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guard rail'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='car'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pat Crosby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laugh'/><title type='text'>MAN HITS GUARD RAIL AND FLIPS END OVER END OVER THAT CULVERT!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-44259431321763835?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/culvert.asp' title='MAN HITS GUARD RAIL AND FLIPS END OVER END OVER THAT CULVERT!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/44259431321763835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=44259431321763835' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/44259431321763835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/44259431321763835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/02/man-hits-guard-rail-and-flips-end-over.html' title='MAN HITS GUARD RAIL AND FLIPS END OVER END OVER THAT CULVERT!'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-7811017497711549782</id><published>2007-02-11T23:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-11T23:26:06.564-05:00</updated><title type='text'>THIS LAST YEAR'S  DARWIN AWARDS</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From;  Pat Crosby&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;THIS LAST YEAR'S  DARWIN AWARDS&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;#1 award is facinating.....&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;It's that time again... The Darwin Awards are finally out, the annual&lt;br /&gt;honor given to the persons who did the gene pool the biggest service&lt;br /&gt;by killing themselves in the most extraordinarily stupid way. Last year's&lt;br /&gt;winner was the fellow who was killed by a Coke machine which toppled&lt;br /&gt;over on top of him as he was attempting to tip a free soda out. This year's&lt;br /&gt;winner was a real rocket scientist... HONEST! Read on...And&lt;br /&gt;remember that each and every one of these is a TRUE STORY.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the nominees were:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Semifinalist #1*&lt;br /&gt;A young Canadian man, searching for a way of getting drunk cheaply,&lt;br /&gt;because he had no money with which to buy alcohol, mixed gasoline with&lt;br /&gt;milk. Not surprisingly, this concoction made him ill, and he vomited&lt;br /&gt;into the fireplace in his house. This resulting explosion and fire&lt;br /&gt;burned his house down, killing both him and his sister.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Semifinalist #2*&lt;br /&gt;Three Brazilian men were flying in a light aircraft at low altitude&lt;br /&gt;when another plane approached. It appears that they decided to moon&lt;br /&gt;the occupants of the other plane, but lost control of their own&lt;br /&gt;aircraft and crashed. They were all found dead in the wreckage with&lt;br /&gt;their pants around their ankles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Semifinalist #3*&lt;br /&gt;A 22-year-old Reston, VA, man was found dead after he tried to use&lt;br /&gt;octopus straps to bungee jump off a 70-foot rail road trestle. Fairfax&lt;br /&gt;County police said Eric Barcia, a fast food worker, taped a bunch of&lt;br /&gt;these straps together, w rapped an end around one foot, anchored the&lt;br /&gt;other end to the trestle at Lake Accotink Park, jumped and hit the&lt;br /&gt;pavement. Warren Carmichael, a police spokesman, said investigators&lt;br /&gt;think Barcia was alone because his car was found nearby. "The length&lt;br /&gt;of the cord that he had assembled was greater than the distance&lt;br /&gt;between the trestle and the ground, "Carmichael said. Police say&lt;br /&gt;the apparent cause of death was "Major trauma." [not to mention ?Major Stupidity?]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Semifinalist #4&lt;br /&gt;*A man in Alabama died from rattlesnake bites.  It seems that he and a&lt;br /&gt;friend were playing a game of catch, using the rattlesnake as a ball.&lt;br /&gt;The friend - no doubt a future Darwin Awards candidate - was&lt;br /&gt;hospitalized.  [for once I'm on the snake's side!]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Semifinalist #5&lt;br /&gt;*Employees in a medium-sized warehouse in west Texas noticed the smell&lt;br /&gt;of a gas leak.  Sensibly, management evacuated the building&lt;br /&gt;extinguishing all potential sources of ignition; lights, power, etc.&lt;br /&gt;After the building had been evacuated, two technicians from the gas&lt;br /&gt;company were dispatched.  Upon entering the building, they found they&lt;br /&gt;had difficulty navigating in the dark. To their frustration, none of&lt;br /&gt;the lights worked.  Witnesses later described the sight of one of the technicians reaching into his pocket and retrieving an object that resembled a cigarette lighter. Upon operation of the lighter-like object, the gas in the warehouse exploded, sending pieces of it up to three miles away. Nothing was found of the technicians, but the lighter was virtually untouched by the&lt;br /&gt;explosion. The technician suspected of causing the blast had never been thought of as ''bright'' by his peers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Now ladies and gentleman*, the winner of this year's Darwin Award&lt;br /&gt;(awarded, as always, posthumously):&lt;br /&gt;The Arizona Highway Patrol came upon a pile of smoldering metal&lt;br /&gt;embedded in the side of a cliff rising above the road at the apex of a&lt;br /&gt;curve. The wreckage resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it&lt;br /&gt;was a car. The type of car was unidentifiable at the scene. Police&lt;br /&gt;investigators finally pieced together the mystery. An amateur rocket&lt;br /&gt;scientist... had somehow gotten hold of a JATO unit (Jet Assisted Take  &lt;br /&gt;Off, actually a solid fuel rocket) that is used to give heavy military  transport planes an extra "push" for taking off from short airfields.&lt;br /&gt;He had driven his Chevy Impala out into the desert and found a long,&lt;br /&gt;straight stretch of road. He attached the JATO unit to the car,&lt;br /&gt;jumped in, got up some speed and fired off the JATO!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The facts as best as could be determined are that the operator of the&lt;br /&gt;1967 Impala hit the JATO ignition at a distance of approximately 3.0&lt;br /&gt;miles from the crash site. This was established by the scorched and&lt;br /&gt;melted asphalt at that location.&lt;br /&gt;The JATO, if operating properly, would have reached maximum thrust&lt;br /&gt;within 5 seconds, causing the Chevy to reach speeds well in excess of&lt;br /&gt;350 mph and continuing at full power for an additional 20-25 seconds.&lt;br /&gt;The driver, and soon to be pilot, would have experienced G-forces&lt;br /&gt;usually reserved for dog fighting F-14 jocks under full afterburners, causing  him to become irrelevant for the remainder of the event. However, the automobile remained on the straight highway for about 2.5 miles (15-20&lt;br /&gt;seconds) before the driver applied and completely melted the brakes,&lt;br /&gt;blowing the tires and leaving thick rubber marks on the road surface,&lt;br /&gt;then becoming airborne for an additional 1.4 miles and impacting the&lt;br /&gt;cliff face at a height of 125 feet leaving a blackened crater 3 feet&lt;br /&gt;deep in the rock. Most of the driver's remains were not recoverable.&lt;br /&gt;However, small fragments of bone, teeth and hair were extracted from&lt;br /&gt;the crater, and fingernail and bone shards were removed from a piece of&lt;br /&gt;debris believed to be a portion of the steering wheel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Epilogue: It has been calculated that this moron attained a ground&lt;br /&gt;speed of approximately 420-mph, though much of his voyage was not&lt;br /&gt;actually on the ground.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You couldn't make this stuff up, could you?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-7811017497711549782?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby' title='THIS LAST YEAR&apos;S  DARWIN AWARDS'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/feeds/7811017497711549782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2191349285844308732&amp;postID=7811017497711549782' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/7811017497711549782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2191349285844308732/posts/default/7811017497711549782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://laughwithpat.blogspot.com/2007/02/this-last-years-darwin-awards.html' title='THIS LAST YEAR&apos;S  DARWIN AWARDS'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-7681601866275201669</id><published>2007-02-11T23:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-12T01:17:40.858-05:00</updated><title type='text'>LAUGH. LOL. INSPIRATION.  12 YEAR OLD SPIRITUAL PAINTER</title><content type='html'>From:  Pat Crosby&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You might have seen this on TV.  We saw her on the View this past week.  This girl will amaze  you with her beautiful paintings.  Fantastic!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/yxewot"&gt;Must see video from CNN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This is so awesome...takes 2 minutes to watch...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tinyurl.com/yxewot"&gt; http://tinyurl.com/yxewot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;http://patcrosby.googlepages.com/patcrosby&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2191349285844308732-7681601866275201669?l=laughwithpat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://tinyurl.com/yxewot' title='LAUGH. LOL. 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INSPIRATION.  12 YEAR OLD SPIRITUAL PAINTER'/><author><name>Pat Crosby</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eykishP-NZE/TnjJBVycvII/AAAAAAAAer0/oFSJndw17oM/s220/Pat%2BCrosby%2BHi%2BRes%2B11.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2191349285844308732.post-2574581859203022155</id><published>2007-02-11T22:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-11T22:17:02.553-05:00</updated><title type='text'>LAUGH. LOL. DOGGY WISDOM. Cute Doggie Photos with Philosophy Quotes.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/base/a/1506627/D9785250982975152067"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; LAUGH. LOL. DOGGY WISDOM. 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