Trivia

Thu., July 11, 1996

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

Add noteworthy country-western song titles: “I’m Just a Bug on the Windshield of Life.”

Five percent of the people buy 95 percent of the novels.

China’s earliest empire knew nothing of rice. Sorghum, wheat and millet were the staples. But rice slowly made its way up from the south. It turned into a status food. Those who ate rice were thought to be civilized; those who didn’t weren’t.

Dogs bite more than 22,000 Americans a year, and I don’t blame them.

Q. If panicked, what would a mother rabbit do to her young: 1. Abandon them? 2. Ignore them? Or 3. Eat them?

A. Any of the above.

Client asks, “What sport is never out of season?” Could that be tennis? It has been reported in print that there’s a tennis tournament somewhere every week of the year.

Any keyboarder who moves the fingers 20 miles a day is putting in a pretty fair shift at the computer.

If the leaves of your plants turn yellow and droop, could be they need iron. Push several rusty nails into the soil near their roots. Or so advised yesteryear’s gardeners.

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