Trivia

Sat., Nov. 1, 1997

L.M. Boyd Crown Syndicate

Q. Among amateur painters, which are in the majority - the men or the women?

A. The women - they’re about 65 percent.

Your eyes were about as big as they were ever going to get when you were 6 years old.

There’s not much demand for talk about intestines, but this is noteworthy: Swedish pathologists saw fit routinely to measure the length of cadaver intestines. It soon became clear, intestines in thin bodies were short, in fat bodies long. Worked out the length was in direct proportion to body weight.

Word is your windshield wipers will last longer if you give them a weekly rubdown with vinegar.

What is a “normal” personality? Students of the mind debate it. One definition says “normal” is “the absence of neuroses.” But some scholars contend an individual without a neurosis is like a pizza without pepperoni or a latte without frothed milk. Object is not to get rid of neuroses, but to avoid mismatching. Don’t put the pepperoni in the latte or the milk on the pizza. Got it?

If your car quits on you out in the snowy boondocks, bear in mind a quart of crankcase oil burned in a hubcap will send up a smoke signal visible for many miles.

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