This was only 102 years ago:
1910 Statistics
Football causes brain damage? There are indications this is the case:
Dear DMC,
Brain damage, unfortunately, comes to mind when I read the Super Bowl hoopla.
Am not referring here to brain damage of people attending and apparently enjoying the razzle-dazzle, although one does wonder about that.
Am referring to brain damage to players — the disturbing fallout from football and similar damgerous sports that has now even reached the litigation stage:http://nflconcussionlitigation.com
In this regard I’d like to pass along evidence of brain damage that has been coming across my desk recently:
1. Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann: “Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.”
2. Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps a color photo of himself above his locker: “That’s so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my clothes.”
3. Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson going to prison: “Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.” [Read more…]
Hope your car’s mechanic is brighter than this one:
When my husband and I arrived at an automobile dealership to pick up our car that had been there for servicing, we were told the keys had been locked in it.
We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver side door. As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was unlocked.
‘Hey,’ I announced to the technician, ‘it’s open!’
His reply: ‘I know. I already got that side.‘
Ads from years gone by —– amusing now, even if no longer suitable
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“The Sound of Aging,” sung by Julie Andrews
1962 vs 2012
Will Rogers
If you have a memory like mine , this is brand new…
Never squat with your spurs on
Will Rogers, who died in a 1935 plane crash, was one of the greatest political sages this country has ever known.
Some of his sayings:
1. Never slap a man who’s chewing tobacco.
2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
3. There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.
4. Never miss a good chance to shut up.
5. Always drink upstream from the herd. [Read more…]