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The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

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L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

Claim is that approximately 40 million payrollees nationwide make their living in cubicles.

Can you confirm the claim that newborn babies can see red and green but not blue?

Q. In a race between a jackrabbit and a roadrunner, which wins?

A. The rabbit at 45 mph tops. The roadrunner at its usual 15 mph.

There was a time in Iceland when a killing was regarded as murder only if done at night.

“Chow Mein with noodles” is redundant. In Chinese, I’m told, ch’ao-mein is noodles, fried.

A woman wants to be loved. A man wants to be admired. Primarily. So say some psychiatrists who contend this is one of the essential differences in the mental makeups of the sexes. Do you buy it? Our Love and War man does not. He thinks the desire to be both loved and admired is a unisex fundamental.

Average birth weight of a gorilla is 4 pounds 14 ounces.

Just because Albert Einstein named his cat “Tiger” doesn’t mean he didn’t have any imagination.

George Washington owned a brewery.

Q. What sort of beasts in the wild eat the most meat?

A. Vultures.

Earliest roller skates each had 10 wheels.