The Answer

1 . Money isn’t made out of paper, it’s made out of cotton.

2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

3. The dot over the letter i is called a “tittle”.

4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

6. 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

7. 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

8. The ‘spot’ on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino.

9. On average,12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.

10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.

11. Chocolate affects a dog’s heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.

12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

13. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn’t wear pants.

15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830′s as medicine.

16. Upper and lower case letters are named ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the ‘upper case’ letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, ‘lower case’ letters.

17. Leonardo DA Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time … hence, multi-tasking was invented.

18. Because metal was scarce, Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before.

21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver.

22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa’s lips.

23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original “Halloween” was a Captain Kirk’s mask painted white.

25. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar (good to know.)

26. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can’t sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.)

27. The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law,which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

28. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

29. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It’s the same with apples.

30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!

31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

32. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

33. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it.

Quote of the Day

George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart . “Boy, I feel a lot safer now that she’s behind bars. O.J. Simpson and Kobe Bryant are still walking around; Osama Bin Laden too, but they take the ONE woman in America willing to cook, clean, and work in the yard, and haul her ass off to jail.”

1. The Red Sox World Series win was, and will always be, one of the greatest moments in your life.

2. The guy driving in front of you is going 70 mph and you’re swearing at him for going too slow.

3. When ordering a tonic, you mean a Coke.

4. You went to Canobie Lake Park or Water Country as a kid.

5. You actually enjoy driving around rotaries.

6. You do not recognize the letter ‘R’ as a part of the English language.

7. Your social security number starts with a zero.

8. You can actually find your way around the streets of Boston.

9. You know what a ‘regular’ coffee is.

10. You keep an ice scraper in your car year-round.

11. You can tell the difference between a Revere accent and a Dorchester accent.

12. Springfield is located ‘way out west.’

13. You almost feel disappointed if someone doesn’t flip you the bird when you cut them off or steal their parking space.

14. You know how to pronounce the names of towns like Worcester, Billerica, Gloucester, Peabody and Haverhill.

15. Anyone you don’t know is a potential idiot until proven otherwise.

16. Paranoia sets in if you can’t see a Dunkin Donuts or CVS Pharmacy within eyeshot at all times.

17. You have driven to New Hampshire on a Sunday just to buy alcohol.

18. You know how to pronounce Yastrzemski.

19. You know there’s a trophy at the end of the Bean Pot.

20. You order iced coffee in January.

21. You know that the Purple Line will take you anywhere.

22. You love scorpion bowls.

23. You know what they sell at a Packie.

24. Sorry Manny, but number 24 means DEWEY EVANS.

25. You know what First Night is.

26. You know at least one guy named Sean, Pat, Whitey, Red, Bud or Seamus. Bonus: You know how to pronounce Seamus.

27. McLobster=McCrap

28. You know at least 2 cops in your town because they were your high school drinking buddies.

29. You know there are 6 New England states, but that Connecticut really doesn’t count.

30. You give incomprehensible directions to tourists, feel bad when they drive off, but then say to yourself ,’Ah, screw them.’

31. You know at least one bar where you can get something to drink after last call.

32. You hate the Kennedys, but you vote for them anyway.

33. You know holding onto the railing when riding the Green Line is not optional.

34. The numbers ’78 and ’86 make you cringe.

35. You’ve been to Goodtimes

36. You think the rest of the country owes you for Thanksgiving and Independence Day. (…and they DO).

37. You have never actually been to ‘Cheers.’

38. The words ‘ WICKED’ and ‘GOOD’ go together.

39. You’ve been to Fenway Park.

40. You’ve gone to at least one party at U Mass.

41. You own a ‘Yankees Suck’ shirt or hat.

42. You know what a Frappe is.

43. You’ve been to Hempfest.

44. You know who Frank Averuch is.

45. ADVANCED: You know Frank Averuch was once Bozo the Clown

46. You can complete the following: ‘Lynn, Lynn ……’

47. You get pissed off when a restaurant serves clam chowder, and it turns out to be friggin’ Snows.

48. You actually know how to merge from six lanes of traffic down to one.

49. The TV weatherman is damn good if he’s right 25% of the time.

50. You never go to Cape Cod,’ you go ‘down the Cape ‘.

51. You think that Roger Clemens and Johnny Damon are more evil than Whitey Bulger.

52. You know who Whitey Bulger is.

53. You went to the Swan Boats, House of Seven Gables, or Plymouth Plantation on a field trip in elementary school.

54. Bobby Orr is loved as much as Larry Bird, Tom Brady, and Ted Williams.

55. You remember Major Mudd.

56. You know what candlepin bowling is.

57. You can drive from the mountains to the ocean all in one day.

58. You know Scollay Square once stood where Government Center is.

59. When you were a kid, Rex Trailer was the coolest guy around. Speaking of which…. You can still hum the song from the end of Boom Town

61. Calling Carrabba’s an ‘Italian’ restaurant is sacrilege.

62. You still have your old Flexible Flyer somewhere in your parents’ attic.

63. You know that the Mass Pike is some sort of strange weather dividing line.

64. The only time you’ve been on the Freedom Trail is when relatives are in town.

65. The Big Dig tunnel disaster wasn’t a surprise.

66. You call guys you’ve just met ‘Chief’ or ‘Boss.’

67. 4:15pm and pitch black out means only 3 more shopping days until Christmas.

68. You know more than one person with the last name Murphy.

69. You refer to Savin Hill as ‘Stab ‘n Kill.’

70. You’ve never eaten at Durgin Park, but recommend it to tourists.

71. You can’t look at the zip code 02134 without singing it.

72. You voted for a Republican Mormon as Governor just to screw with the rest of the country.

73 . 11 pm? Drunk? It means one thing: Kowloons!

74. 2 am? Drunk? It means one thing: Kelly’s Roast Beef! The one on Revere Beach not the one on Route 1.

75. 5 am? Drunk? It means one thing: You wish you had a blanket in your back seat.

76. You know that P-Town isn’t the name of a new rap group.

77. People you don’t like are all ‘Bastids.’

78. You took off school or work for the Patriots first Super Bowl Win Parade.

79. You’ve called something ‘wicked pissa.’

80. You’ll always get razzed for Dukakis.

81. Saturday afternoons meant Creature Double Feature with Dale Dorman.

82. Sunday mornings meant the Three Stooges on Channel 38.

83. You’ve slammed on your brakes to deter a tailgater.

84. No, you don’t trust the Gorton’s Fisherman.

85. You know that Papa Gino’s usually has a jukebox.

86. You think Aerosmith is the greatest rock band of all time.

87. Your town has at least 6 pizza and roast beef shops.

88. You know at least three Tony’s, one Vinnie and a Frankie.

89. 20 degrees is downright balmy as long as there’s no wind – then it gets wicked cold.

90. You were very sad when saying goodbye to the Boston Garden.

91. Thanksgiving means family, turkey, High School football, and the long version of Alice’s Restaurant.

92. You know the guy who founded the Boston Pops was named Athah Feedlah.

93. You know what the Combat Zone is.

94. You actually drive 45 minutes to New Hampshire to save $5 in sales tax.

95. You’ve pulled out of a side street and used your car to block oncoming traffic so you can make a left.

96. You’ve bragged about the money you’ve saved at The Christmas Tree Shop.

97. You’ve been to Hampton Beach on a Saturday night.

98. Playing street hockey was a daily after school ritual.

99. Hearing an old lady shout ‘Numbah 96 for Sioux City!’ means it’s time for steak.

100. You remember Jordan Marsh, Filene’s, Grants, Bradlees, Caldor, Zayres, or Ann & Hope.

101. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Massachusetts.

I put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat down in my assigned seat. It was going to be a long flight. ‘I’m glad I have a good book to read. Perhaps I will get a short nap,’ I thought.

Just before take-off, a line of soldiers came down the aisle and filled all the vacant seats, totally surrounding me. I decided to start a conversation.

‘Where are you headed?’ I asked the soldier seated nearest to me.
‘Petawawa. We’ll be there for two weeks for special training, and then we’re being deployed to Afghanistan

After flying for about an hour, an announcement was made that sack lunches were available for five dollars. It would be several hours before we reached the east, and I quickly decided a lunch would help pass the time…

As I reached for my wallet, I overheard a soldier ask his buddy if he planned to buy lunch. ‘No, that seems like a lot of money for just a sack lunch. Probably wouldn’t be worth five bucks. I’ll wait till we get to base.’

His friend agreed.

I looked around at the other soldiers. None were buying lunch. I walked to the back of the plane and handed the flight attendant a fifty dollar bill. ‘Take a lunch to all those soldiers.’ She grabbed my arms and squeezed tightly. Her eyes wet with tears, she thanked me. ‘My son was a soldier in Iraq ; it’s almost like you are doing it for him.’

Picking up ten sacks, she headed up the aisle to where the soldiers were seated. She stopped at my seat and asked, ‘Which do you like best – beef or chicken?’
‘Chicken,’ I replied, wondering why she asked. She turned and went to the front of plane, returning a minute later with a dinner plate from first class.

‘This is your thanks..’

After we finished eating, I went again to the back of the plane, heading for the rest room.
A man stopped me. ‘I saw what you did. I want to be part of it. Here, take this.’ He handed me twenty-five dollars.

Soon after I returned to my seat, I saw the Flight Captain coming down the aisle, looking at the aisle numbers as he walked, I hoped he was not looking for me, but noticed he was looking at the numbers only on my side of the plane. When he got to my row he stopped, smiled, held out his hand and said, ‘I want to shake your hand.’ Quickly unfastening my seatbelt I stood and took the Captain’s hand. With a booming voice he said, ‘I was a soldier and I was a military pilot. Once, someone bought me a lunch. It was an act of kindness I never forgot.’ I was embarrassed when applause was heard from all of the passengers.

Later I walked to the front of the plane so I could stretch my legs. A man who was seated about six rows in front of me reached out his hand, wanting to shake mine. He left another twenty-five dollars in my palm.

When we landed I gathered my belongings and started to deplane. Waiting just inside the airplane door was a man who stopped me, put something in my shirt pocket, turned, and walked away without saying a word. Another twenty-five dollars!

Upon entering the terminal, I saw the soldiers gathering for their trip to the base.
I walked over to them and handed them seventy-five dollars. ‘It will take you some time to reach the base.. It will be about time for a sandwich.
God Bless You.’

Ten young men left that flight feeling the love and respect of their fellow travelers.

As I walked briskly to my car, I whispered a prayer for their safe return. These soldiers were giving their all for our country.. I could only give them a couple of meals. It seemed so little…

A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to ‘The United States of America ‘ for an amount of ‘up to and including my life.’

That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.’

May God give you the strength and courage to pass this along to everyone on your email buddy list….

I JUST DID

Let us pray…

Prayer chain for our Military… Don’t break it!

Please send this on after a short prayer.. Prayer for our soldiers Don’t break it!

Prayer:

‘Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen.’

Prayer Request: When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our troops around the world.

There is nothing attached. Just send this to people in your address book. Do not let it stop with you. Of all the gifts you could give a Marine, Soldier, Sailor, Airman, & others deployed in harm’s way, prayer is the very best one.

GOD BLESS YOU FOR PASSING IT ON!

To those of us who have children in our lives,
whether they are our own,
grandchildren,
nieces,
nephews,
or students…
here is something to make you chuckle.

Whenever your children are out of control,
you can take comfort from the thought that
even God’s omnipotence did not extend
to His own children.

After creating heaven and earth,
God created Adam and Eve.

And the first thing he said was
‘ DON’T !’

‘Don ‘t what ? ‘
Adam replied.

‘Don’t eat the forbidden fruit.’
God said.

‘Forbidden fruit ?
We have forbidden fruit ?
Hey Eve…we have forbidden fruit ! ‘

‘ No Way ! ‘
‘Yes way ! ‘

‘Do NOT eat the fruit ! ‘
said God.

‘Why ? ‘

‘Because I am your Father and I said so ! ‘
God replied,
wondering why He hadn’t stopped
creation after making the elephants

A few minutes later,
God saw His children having an apple break
and He was ticked !
‘Didn’t I tell you not to eat the fruit ? ‘
God asked.

‘Uh huh,’
Adam replied.

‘Then why did you ? ‘
said the Father.

‘I don’t know,’
said Eve.
‘She started it! ‘
Adam said.

‘Did not ! ‘
‘Did too ! ‘
‘DID NOT ! ‘

Having had it with the two of them,
God’s punishment was that Adam and Eve
should have children of their own.
Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.

If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven’t taken it,
don’t be hard on yourself.

If God had trouble raising children,
what makes you think it would be
a piece of cake for you ?

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT !

1. You spend the first two years of their life
teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend
the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.

2. Grandchildren are God’s reward
for not killing your own children.

3. Mothers of teens now know why
some animals eat their young.

4. Children seldom misquote you.
In fact,
they usually repeat word for word
what you shouldn’t have said

5. The main purpose of holding children’s parties
is to remind yourself that there are children
more awful than your own

6. We childproofed our homes,
but they are still getting in.

ADVICE FOR THE DAY:

Be nice to your kids.
They will choose your
nursing home one day

AND FINALLY:

IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION
AND YOU GET A HEADACHE,
DO WHAT IT SAYS
ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:

‘TAKE TWO ASPIRIN’
AND ‘KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN’!!!!!

Quick,
send this on to ten people
within the next five minutes.
Nothing will happen if you don’t,
but if you do,
ten people will be laughing

1. Go to a secondhand store and buy a pair of
men’s used size 14-16 work boots.

2. Place them on your front porch, along with a copy of Guns & Ammo Magazine.

3. Put a few giant dog dishes next to the boots and magazines.

4. Leave a note on your door that reads:

“Bubba,

Bertha, Duke, Slim, & I went for more ammo and beer. Be back in an hour. Don’t mess with the pit bulls; they attacked the mailman this morning and messed him up bad. I don’t think Killer took part, but it was hard to tell from all the blood. Anyway, I locked all four of ‘em in the house.

Better wait outside. Be right back.

Cooter”

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors,
and tortured before they died.

Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.
Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army;
another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or
hardships of the Revolutionary War.

They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes,
and their sacred honor.

What kind of men were they?

Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists.
Eleven were merchants,
nine were farmers and large plantation owners;
men of means, well educated,
but they signed the Declaration of Independence
knowing full well that the penalty would be death if
they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and
trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the
British Navy. He sold his home and properties to
pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British
that he was forced to move his family almost constantly.
He served in the Congress without pay, and his family
was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him,
and poverty was his reward.

Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer,
Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown , Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that
the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson
home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General
George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed,
and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed.
The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.

John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying.
Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill
were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests
and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his
children vanished.

So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and
silently thank these patriots. It’s not much to ask for the price they paid.

Remember: freedom is never free!

I hope you will show your support by sending this to as many
people as you can, please. It’s time we get the word out that patriotism
is NOT a sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer,
picnics and baseball games.

I bought this domain and built this website back in December of 2009 and I’ve been wrestling with what to do with it since I got it. Originally it was supposed to be an encyclopedia to rival Wikipedia, but I think I may have been having some slight delusions of grandeur when I cooked that one up. For those of you who know, I’m sure that’s hard to believe.

Now, I’ve decided to have some fun. I re-wrote the Ask-o-Pedia page and then hid all of the rest of the pages on this site from public view. You can still access all of them, but you need to put a keyword in the search box to do it. If you’re looking for something specific you might find it, or you might not.

What am I going to do now? I’m going to add as much random material as I can possibly find. I’ll throw links in for all of my own websites of course and I’ll start writing short paragraphs every time I do some writing for myself or for a client. All of it will be placed on this website and all of it will be accessible by search only. It will not be visible to public view, but its here.

Perhaps you’re wondering at this point what my purpose is. It’s simple. As a writer, I’m always looking for inspiration for my next article or blog post. Sometimes I’ll get an assignment from a client and stare at a blank screen for half an hour before I can come up with that first word. This site can help me get through that moment. It’s designed for writers, but anyone who wants to get out of their own head and into better space can use it. There are jokes here, funny stories, and I might even include some of that adult material I wrote when I first started out.

Anyway, I’m going to have some fun with this, use it as a release for when I don’t feel like working. You can join me if you like. I added a contact page if you want to submit your own content. I’ll be happy to do it. Just please understand that no one will see it, unless they happen to be looking for it.

The Answer to Your Question isn’t just a directory and encyclopedia of information. It’s a resource that you as a business owner or an aspiring writer can use to get the word out about your products or services. We’re in the beginning stages of this project but we are already getting significant traffic and we’d like to share it with you.

We need content. You need traffic and back links. Provide us with the former and we’ll give you the latter in return. It’s that simple. We’re searching for folks who want to post information about their business, publish some of their writing, or those who just want to share a bit of knowledge with the rest of the world. You submit the content, we give you a back link.

There are two ways to do it. The first is to use the Link Exchange page and enter your content and site link into the message box. We’re looking for definitions. For instance, if you run a pet supply store, don’t send us promotional content for a product, send us a definition of a certain type of dog or a history of breeding practices. We also have a How To section if you want to send instructions of some kind. Keep it short, about 200 words, and we’ll post it with your link as a source for more information.

The second way to exchange links with us is to submit the definition described in the last paragraph and then write an article about that
same topic and submit it to Ezine Articles. Here’s an example of what we mean:

Original Description: Mesothelioma

Ezine Article: Mesothelioma and Modern Day Asbestos Hazards

You’ll notice that in the last paragraph of the Ezine article the word “Mesothelioma” is in blue and underlined. That is a link back to this site known as anchor text. There is also an additional link in the resource box at the bottom of the article.

The Benefit to You

Every day in 2010 we’ll be posting definitions and the writers at Content and Article Writing will be producing supporting articles for different topics. We’ll be building the services and shopping sections and doing SEO work to drive traffic to the site. This week alone we’re being submitted to over 1200 directories and 500 social bookmarking sites. If you’re not sure what that means, it means that a lot of traffic will be coming here very soon.

Our PPC campaign has already begun. Keep your eyes on Google Adwords ads in your sidebar this year and you’ll see “The Answer” advertised regularly. We’ve also set up Facebook, Twitter and MySpace accounts with software that is building those networks automatically, recommended to us by our friends at Affiliate Resource Guide.

The benefit of all of this to you is Traffic. That is the point of this website. By pooling our efforts we can all get that most elusive of commodities that we need to be successful. Traffic is essential whether you run an ecommerce website or a blog where you express your thoughts and ideas. Someone needs to see it or what’s the point? We’ll bring you the audience. You tell us what you want them to see when they get here.

We recently added a new section called Health and Wellness and chose Mesothelioma as the first topic to write about. In the course of doing research for the articles we’re posting we found that asbestos, the cause of Mesothelioma, though not used in construction anymore, is still an everyday danger in the United States and throughout the world.

In two events of the past decade that received global attention, the 911 attacks on the World Trade Center and the dismantling of the SS Norway, thousands of people have been exposed to the dust kicked up by asbestos. In the case of the 911 attack, cases of Mesothelioma are expected to be seen for years to come.

On a more positive note, the Health and Wellness section of the answer is designed to help you find answers to your health questions, not just on this website but also using the valuable links and search box to the right of our information page. It will take us a long time to build this site to where we want it to be but you can expect to see new valuable information every day.

Keep checking in and please, if you have anything you’d like to add yourself, submit it with our contact form. We’ll be more than happy to publish a link to your website in return for the free content. Also, don’t forget to read our latest jokes and riddles to keep yourself positive. Laughter and smiles are a big part of what makes life worth living.

For those of you who thought this was just going to be another self serving link farm of services and shopping sites, think again. This site is about creativity and free expression. The answers to the questions we’re going to ask in our new “mystery” and “fun” sections aren’t something you’ll find in any other encyclopedia or question and answer directory. That’s because we are going to ask you to answer the questions.

Who killed Kennedy? Was there really a family curse involved? Were the monuments at Stonehedge and the Pyramids in Egypt built by aliens? Is there real scientific evidence anywhere that we are not alone in the universe? These are all questions that have been asked for decades and sometimes centuries without any clear answer being declared. Do you have an opinion about them?

Want to have a little fun? Go to our “Fun” section and read the question of the day. It could be a joke, a riddle, or a question that doesn’t have one specific answer. Once again, we’re asking you to answer. We’ll tell you the solution to riddles in a day or so but stimulating brain freeze questions will be your realm to wander into. All responses not containing vulgarity or ignorance will be published.

As far as the services and shopping links are concerned, those are here too. If you’re wondering where to find good bargains or contract that service you need to build your business, this is the place to do it. If we don’t have what you need listed here, check the Google Adwords box at the top right of every page. Use the search box and you’ll find what you’re looking for.