Trivia

Thu., Jan. 2, 1997

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

More than one lawyer has requested that some juror be given a psychiatric examination to test sanity, and more than one judge has denied the request, saying, there’s no statutory requirement that a juror be sane.

Nothing is offered by the medicos to explain why the mother of three or more children tends to live longer - statistically - than the mother of an only child.

Q. What did General Motors offer in the 1920s that let them overtake Ford?

A. Colors and options.

That aquatic bird called the grebe eats feathers.

The psychologist Carl Jung claimed, “The most surprising element to make a happy marriage is tension….” A man and woman, he said, are extremely different, mentally, morally and physically, so they find their opposites in each other. Interaction of opposites creates tension. It keeps marriage vital. Our Love and War man is taking notes.

A speech therapist says he’s found some Northerners have overcome stuttering by affecting a Southern drawl.

Martha Washington’s bathing suit looked much like a nightgown with elbow-length sleeves and lead weights sewn into the hem at the ankles.

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