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BARBECUING - IT'S A "GUY THING"

84% OF AMERICANS OWN SOME KIND OF BARBECUE OR GRILL (CHARCOAL OR GAS) - OF THOSE:

63% OF MEN BARBECUE REGULARLY
39% OF WOMEN DO

IN A SIMILAR STUDY CONDUCTED BY WEBER-STEPHENS, THE LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF OUTDOOR GRILLS, OF COUPLES WHO OWN A BARBECUE:

63% OF THE MEN DO THE BARBECUING
22% OF THE WOMEN DO THE BARBECUING
15% OF COUPLES SHARE THE BARBECUING CHORES BETWEEN THEM

QUOTE OF THE DAY

THE TROUBLE WITH THE FRENCH IS THEY DON'T HAVE A WORD FOR "ENTREPRENEUR".

                                          - GEORGE W. BUSH

THANK GOD HE TOOK THE DROP!

WORST GOLF SHOT IN HISTORY

IN THE 1973 SEA PINES HERITAGE CLASSIC IN HILTON HEAD, SC, A SHOT OFF GOLFER HALE IRWIN'S CLUB LANDED IN A WOMAN'S BRA (!!!)

IRWIN ACTUALLY HAD NO IDEA WHERE THE BALL HAD LANDED, AND WAS SEARCHING FOR IT WHEN THE WOMAN CAME FORWARD WITH THE BALL STILL LODGED IN HER BRA CUP.

THE SURPRISED WOMAN REMOVED THE BALL FROM HER BRA AND DROPPED IT TO THE GROUND IN FRONT OF HER.

THE STARTLED IRWIN TOOK A DROP. IT COST HIM ONE STROKE.

NOT FRENCH WOMEN

WOMEN'S TOP CHOICES FOR REMOVING HAIR FROM THEIR LEGS

1) SHAVING- 50%
2) WAXING- 25%
3) DEPILATORY- 25%

ON ANY ONE GIVEN DAY 50% OF U.S.WOMEN ARE ON A DIET.

THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WOMAN'S BODY WEIGHS 15% MORE THAN THE AVERAGE PLAYBOY CENTERFOLD

QUESTION OF THE DAY

WHO IS TIMMIE JEAN LINDSEY?

QUOTE OF THE DAY

THEY HAVE ATM'S IN JAIL NOW SO CRIMINALS CAN ARRANGE BAIL MONEY.

DO YOU THINK THEY LOOK AROUND WHEN THEY'RE USING THEM, LOOKING FOR SHADY CHARACTERS?

                                           - JAY LENO

BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID...

FAMILY FEUD QUESTION
(ASKED OF 100 MARRIED MEN):

NAME SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T DARE BUY WITHOUT FIRST ASKING YOUR WIFE?.....

1) CAR/MOTORCYCLE - 50
2) CLOTHES/SHOES - 14
3) HOUSE - 13
4) JEWELRY - 7
5) FURNITURE - 6
6) TOOLS - 2
7) DINNER/FOOD - 2

QUESTION OF THE DAY

WHAT MOVIE BEGINS WITH THE M.G.M. LION BELCHING INSTEAD OF ROARING?

HOW ABOUT SOME POOL?

THE ORIGINAL GAME OF POOL EVOLVED FROM A LAWN GAME THAT WAS POPULAR WITH OLD WORLD KINGS IN THE 14TH CENTURY.

100 YEARS LATER, A MAN (WHO WAS PROBABLY FRENCH), CREATED A FLAT TABLE SO HE COULD PLAY INDOORS. THE TABLE WAS GIVEN A GREEN CLOTH COVER TO REPRESENT THE GREEN OF GRASS. THE SIDES OF THE TABLE WERE RAISED AND WERE CALLED "BANKS" BECAUSE THEY RESEMBLED BANKS OF THE RIVER.

THE ORIGINAL OBJECTS USED TO HIT THE BALLS WERE ACTUALLY MACE-LIKE CLUBS. THE MACES WERE HELD BACKWARD AND THE BACK END WAS USED TO HIT THE BALLS. THESE MACE STICKS LATER EVOLVED INTO "CUE STICKS".

THE INVENTOR OF THE LEATHER CUE TIP, CAPTAIN MINGAUD, WAS IMPRISONED DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION FOR POLITICAL REASONS. HE BECAME OBSESSED WITH THE GAME OF POOL AND ACTUALLY MANAGED TO GET A TABLE INSTALLED IN HIS PRISON CELL. MINGAUD PERFECTED HIS INVENTION DURING HIS INCARCERATION AND ACTUALLY ASKED FOR MORE PRISON TIME, SO AS TO COMPLETE HIS STUDIES.

ACCORDING TO BRUNSWICK BILLIARDS, THE FIRST RECORDED INSTANCE OF SOMEONE OWNING A POOL TABLE WAS IN 1470, WHEN A PALACE INVENTORY INCLUDED A TABLE OWNED BY KING LOUIS XI OF FRANCE. THE TABLE INCLUDED A BED OF STONE, A CLOTH COVERING, AND A HOLE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, MARIE ANTOINETTE AND LOUIS XVI DELIGHTED IN THE GAME AND PLAYED ONE ANOTHER ON THE EVE OF THEIR IMPRISONMENT.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE MENTIONED THE GAME IN THE 17TH CENTURY IN A REFERENCE IN ACT II SCENE V OF "ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA". THE SEPARATE HEAD AND BODY OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS WAS ENTOMBED IN THE CLOTH OF HER BELOVED POOL TABLE.

ACCORDING TO BRUNSWICK BILLIARDS, GEORGE WASHINGTON WON A GAME OF POOL IN 1748. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS INSTALLED A POOL TABLE IN HIS PRESIDENTIAL QUARTERS IN 1828. THOMAS JEFFERSON HAD A SECRET BILLIARDS ROOM AT MONTICELLO. ABRAHAM LINCOLN EXTOLLED POOL AS A SCIENTIFIC GAME LENDING RECREATION TO THE OTHERWISE FATIGUED MIND.

ANDREW CARNEGIE AND JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER BOTH ENJOYED THE GAME.

MARK TWAIN WAS AN EXCELLENT BILLIARDS PLAYER.

W.C. FIELDS WAS REPUTEDLY THE GREATEST "TRICK-SHOT ARTIST" OF ALL-TIME.

LEGENDARY POOL HUSTLER MINNESOTA FATS CLAIMED TO HAVE SHOT POOL ONCE WITH ADOLF HITLER.

THE GAME OF POOL ATTRACTS "HUSTLERS" MORE THAN ALMOST ANY SPORT OR GAME BECAUSE A FAIRLY SKILLED PLAYER CAN EASILY FAKE BAD LUCK & CAUSE A SEEMINGLY WELL-HIT BALL TO POP OUT OF THE POCKET.

IT IS REPUTED THAT DURING THE FILMING OF THE WONDERFUL POOL MOVIE "THE HUSTLER" (1961), JACKIE GLEASON, WHO PLAYED MINNESOTA FATS, DID  ALL HIS OWN POOL SHOOTING.

DURING THE FILMING OF THE MOVIE, GLEASON AND CO-STAR, PAUL NEWMAN, PLAYED POOL FOR $100.00 AND GLEASON WON.

NEWMAN REPORTEDLY PAID OFF THE BET IN PENNIES.

MONDO DIABLO!

HI EVERYBODY,

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE FUN TIME I HAD ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

DIABLO CODY HAD A FILM FESTIVAL AT THE NEW BEVERLY CINEMA OF HER ALL-TIME FAVORITE FILMS. THEY CALLED THE FILM FEST MONDO DIABLO.

DIABLO CODY, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, WON THE OSCAR FOR WRITING THE SCREENPLAY OF JUNO EARLIER THIS YEAR. SHE IS SUCH AN AMAZINGLY NICE LADY! (VERY PRETTY TOO!) I INSTANTLY FELL IN LOVE WITH HER!!!!

ANYWAY, SHE HAD AN OLD FILM I WAS IN, MIDNIGHT MADNESS, SCREENED (IT RUNS THROUGH TONIGHT) AND SHE INTRODUCED THE FILM HERSELF. I HADN'T SEEN "MM" IN ALMOST 30 YEARS, WE FILMED IT IN 1979!!! IT WAS A REAL TRIP SEEING IT AGAIN.

I LOOK LIKE A CRAZED DRUG FREAK! I SWEAR, I LOOK LIKE A BAD ACID TRIP IN THOSE DAYS. MAN, I WAS REALLY OFF-KILTER - AND MAN, WAS I EVER SKINNY - I MUST HAVE WEIGHED 120 LBS!

I SAW HOW MUCH I HAVE CHANGED (AT LEAST I HOPE SO!) THE CROWD WENT CRAZY WHEN MICHAEL J. FOX CAME ON SCREEN, THEN "PEE WEE" HERMAN GOT A BIG REACTION ("M.M." WAS THE FIRST FILM FOR EACH OF THEM).

THERE WERE SOME GENUINE GOOD LAUGHS, IT IS A VERY CAMPY, HOKEY FILM. BUT BETTER THAN SOME COMEDIES YOU SEE ON CABLE!

AFTER THE MOVIE, DIABLO CONDUCTED AN AUDIENCE Q & A SESSION, WHICH WAS REALLY FUN. IT WAS ME AND THE FILM'S DIRECTOR, DAVID WECHTER, AND MY OLD PAL, ALAN SOLOMON, WHO WAS IN THE FILM TOO (HE PLAYED LEON). DAVID, ALAN AND I WERE REALLY EXCITED TO MEET DIABLO.

I SAW SEVERAL OTHER OLD PALS THERE TOO. THE PEOPLE I MET COULDN'T HAVE BEEN NICER. I'D SAY, HONESTLY, THE THEATER WAS 80-90% FULL, NOT A FULL HOUSE. BUT IT WAS A LIVELY "CULT FILM" TYPE CROWD.