Κυριακή 23 Ιουνίου 2013

Harmony Begins-The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

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Harmony Begins

by Sabiha Vorajee
ISBN / ASIN: 1609117697
Prologue
It was said all who came to Harmony came seeking that which its name promised. From far and wide they travelled, hoping the town of Harmony was indeed the place of tranquillity and peace that they longed for.
Nestled between the warm turquoise-blue Pacific Ocean and majestic ice-cool Harmony Lake, the picturesque town had grown from the desire of the convict colony of Botany Bay & Sydney Harbour to find an oasis from Australia’s burgeoning criminal classes. It had created its own history since the late nineteenth century, with its fair share of happiness and tragedy. Even now, Harmony could not always stick to its name.
In a cove of the lake, her hair trailed in the water. Long, dark silk tresses, like serpents winding in and out of the silver shimmering lake coiled in perfect loops ready to unwind and be free. The wind lifted the edges of her locks, daring to liberate them from their watery grave, but the rippling waves reflecting blue-grey, brown and indigo were far too powerful for the paltry breeze. Instead, they danced with the mane of glossy chocolate-brown and drew it in closer, wrapping it in an embrace from which there ...
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

by Erik Larson
ISBN / ASIN: 0375725601
The Black City
How easy it was to disappear:
A thousand trains a day entered or left Chicago. Many of these trains brought single young women who had never even seen a city but now hoped to make one of the biggest and toughest their home. Jane Addams, the urban reformer who founded Chicago's Hull House, wrote, "Never before in civilization have such numbers of young girls been suddenly released from the protection of the home and permitted to walk unattended upon the city streets and to work under alien roofs." The women sought work as typewriters, stenographers, seamstresses, and weavers. The men who hired them were for the most part moral ...
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Σάββατο 22 Ιουνίου 2013

Ανέκδοτα, 22/06/2013

Reputation

Dear Abby,

I am a crack dealer in Beaumont, Texas who has recently been diagnosed as a carrier of the HIV virus. My parents live in Fort Worth. One of my sisters lives in Pflugerville and is married to a transvestite.

My father and mother have recently been arrested for growing and selling marijuana. They are financially dependent on my other two sisters who are prostitutes in Dallas.

I have two brothers, one is currently serving a non-parole life sentence for the murder of a teenage boy in 1994. My other brother is currently in jail awaiting charges of sexual misconduct with his three children.

I have recently become engaged to marry a former prostitute who lives in Plano. She is a part time "working girl".

All things considered, my problem is this. I love my fiance and look forward to bringing her into the family. I certainly want to be totally open and honest with her. Should I tell her about my cousin in Longview who is a (political party affiliation which reader hates)?

Signed: Worried about my reputation.

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Engine Failure

An airliner is flying accross country, when the pilot comes on the PA to announce, "We have some bad news. One of the engines just failed and as a result, we will be delayed by 30 minutes."

A bit later, the pilot returns, "We have some more bad news. Another engine just failed, and we will be delayed an additional hour."

Another bit later, "Sorry folks, more bad news. A third engine just failed, and so, since we will be running only on the one remaining engine, the flight will be delayed by another two hours."

At this point, a disgruntled passenger turns to his neighbor and says, "I sure hope that last engine keeps working or else we'll be up here all night!"

Paternity

A guy goes to the supermarket and notices an attractive woman waving at him.

She says hello. He's rather taken back because he can't place where he knows her from.

So he says, "Do you know me?"

To which she replies, "I think you're the father of one of my kids."

Now his mind travels back to the only time he has ever been unfaithful to his wife and says, "My gosh, are you the stripper from my bachelor party that I made whoopee with on the pool table with all my buddies watching while your partner whipped my behind with wet celery?"

She looks into his eyes and says calmly, "No, I'm your son's teacher."

An Italian Boy's Confession

"Bless me Father, for I have sinned. I have been with a loose girl."

The priest asks, "Is that you, little Joey Pagano?"

"'Yes, Father, it is."

"And who was the girl you were with?"

"I can't tell you, Father. I don't want to ruin her reputation."

"Well, Joey, I'm sure to find out her name sooner or later so you may as well tell me now. Was it Tina Minetti?"

"I cannot say."

"Was it Teresa Mazzarelli?"

"I'll never tell."

"Was it Nina Capelli?"

"I'm sorry, but I cannot name her."

"Was it Cathy Piriano?"

"My lips are sealed."

"Was it Rosa DiAngelo, then?"

"Please, Father, I cannot tell you."

The priest sighs in frustration. "You're very tight lipped, and I admire that. But you've sinned and have to atone. You cannot be an altar boy now for 4 months. Now you go and behave yourself."

Joey walks back to his pew, and his friend Franco slides over and whispers, "What'd you get?"

"Four months vacation and five good leads!"

Θησέας ο Πιτυοκάμπτης

in response to mixos:
Ήταν ένα υπέροχο ταξίδι που κάναμε μαζί τα είκοσι τελευταία χρόνια στην ΕΡΤ3 από την εκπομπή «Ανιχνεύσεις».  Νομίζω κάτι άφησε σ’ όλους μας, ακόμη και σε εκείνους που δεν μας συμπαθούσαν: Την εμπειρία της χαράς, του τραγικού, του απρόοπτου. Την προσπάθεια αναζήτησης του νέου, ερμηνείας των γεγονότων, ανακάλυψης καινούριων  δρόμων. Ένα ταξίδι που, προσωπικά με […]
Παιδιά σας έχω καλλιτεχνικά νέα, κυρίως για τους σινεφίλ.
Η εταιρεία “Τελεία & Παύλα Productions Group Ltd” παρουσίασε την υπερπαραγωγή (2013):
« Ήμουν (και είμαι ακόμα) κι εγώ εκεί, με τους Ούνους του Κυρίλλου».
Πρόκειται για μιαν αριστουργηματική μεταφορά της υπόθεσης της Υπατίας, που αποκαλύπτει σκοτεινές και άγνωστες μέχρι τώρα πτυχές του δράματος που παίχτηκε στην Αλεξάνδρεια, το 416 μ.χ.
Πρωταγωνιστικό ρόλο στα φρικιαστικά γεγονότα έπαιξε ένας άρχοντας της Αλεξἀνδρειας ονόματι Εξαρχίδας.
Σε συντομία και όσο πιο παραστατικά (και λυρικά) μπορώ, σας μεταφέρω την πλοκή του έργου.
Πάντως, πρέπει να ομολογήσω πως τα λόγια ωχριούν μπροστά στο μεγαλείο αυτού του σατανικού ανθρώπου, πόσο μάλλον όταν η παρουσίασή του γίνεται με τα φτωχά εκφραστικά μέσα της αφεντιάς μου.
Γλυκοχάραζε που λέτε, πάνω από το λιμάνι της Αλεξάνδρειας. Ξαπλωμένος στο ανάκλιντρό του ο Εξαρχίδας, απολάμβανε την αμφιθεατρική θέα του ανακτόρου του στον κόλπο και ρουφούσε το γλυκό σερμπέτι του. Τριγύρω του, εξασκημένοι δούλοι τον δρόσιζαν φυσώντας πάνω του, γιατί ο Εξαρχίδας απεχθανόταν τα μηχανικά πράγματα όπως βεντάλιες και τα τοιαύτα.
Μπροστά του γονατισμένος ο Εφαψίας του χάιδευε τοοοο (ξέρετε ποιο) … του, εις μάτιν βέβαια, αφού όλοι ήξεραν πως είχε χρόνια που δεν του σηκωνόταν. Ίσως γι αυτό και τα είχε δώσει όλα στη ίντριγκα, τα βασανιστήρια και τους διωγμούς. Κάποτε κάποτε μάλιστα, δόξαζε τους θεούς που στερώντας του μιαν απόλαυση, του είχαν δώσει μιαν άλλη πολύ ισχυρότερη, όπως έλεγε.
Μέσα του όμως κάτι τον έτρωγε και του χάλαγε την ειδυλλιακή ατμόσφαιρα. Πως μπορούσε στ’ αλήθεια ν’ απολαύσει τα αγαθά του όταν στην πόλη υπήρχε αυτή η..η.. η τιποτένια, το βρωμοθήλυκο η Υπατία; Στη σκέψη της τα χαρακτηριστικά του σκλήρυναν κι ένας μορφασμός μίσους αυλάκωσε το πρόσωπό του. Άρπαξε το πρώτο πράγμα που βρήκε μπροστά του και που δεν ήταν άλλο από τα μαλλιά του Εφαψία, και με μιαν αποφασιστική κίνηση ξερίζωσε όσα περισσότερα μπορούσε: «αυτό για να μάθεις τσουλί» σφύριξε μέσα από τα δόντια του.
Γιατί ο Εξαρχίδας, αν και ήταν γέρος, πούστης και άσχημος, είχε εν τούτοις μιαν απύθμενη όρεξη για λατρείες και δοξολογίες προς το άτομό του. Η όρεξη αυτή δεν μπορούσε να κορεστεί γιατί όσο επιζητούσε κι απολάμβανε τις κολακείες άλλο τόσο αυτές τον εξόργιζαν την ίδια στιγμή, καθώς καταλάβαινε την προφανή υποκρισία. Εκείνο που τον τρέλαινε πάντως κυριολεκτικά, ήταν το να μην του δίνει κάποιος καθόλου σημασία. Σπάνιο όσο κι αν ήταν κάτι τέτοιο, εμφανιζόντουσαν ωστόσο περιπτώσεις εδώ κι εκεί, που έκαναν το λάθος αυτό. Και έπειτα, έπαυαν να κάνουν αυτό ή οποιοδήποτε άλλο λάθος καθώς ο Εξαρχίδας – με φρικτό πάντοτε τρόπο – (για να θυμούνται οι παλαιοί και να διδάσκονται οι νεώτεροι, έλεγε) τους έστελνε να συλλογιστούν βαθειά και να μετανοήσουν στην Αχερουσία.
Και η Υπατία ήταν όμορφη σκέφθηκε ο Εξαρχίδας κι αμέσως λύσσαξε με τον εαυτό του και ήρθε στα ίσα του.
Μαθηματικός !! … φιλόσοφος !! … και υπάρχουν ζώα που την ακολουθούν και μαθητεύουν κοντά της, φρύαξε ο Εξαρχίδας.
Και τι να της προσάψεις; αυτή φαίνεται και είναι άμεμπτη…
Έξαφνα, μια αλληλουχία έπεσε βαριά σαν σίδερο στο μυαλό του:
Είναι ειδωλολάτρισσα … Ο δεσπότης της Αλεξάνδρειας ο Κύριλλος, την μισεί …. το τέλειο έγκλημα διαπράττεται πάντα από ένα όχλο … και ο όχλος μια μόνο τιμωρία επιβάλλει … έναν όχλο μπορείς πολύ εύκολα να τον δημιουργήσεις και … λεφτά υπάρχουν!
Αυτό ήταν: η έμπνευση τον χτύπησε σαν κεραυνός…. Α, μα αυτό είναι θαυμάσιο, σκέφτηκε. Η περίσταση, η περίσταση σηκώνει διασκέδαση…. Σημάδεψε τα τελευταία δόντια του Εφαψία (όσα του είχαν μείνει από προηγούμενες επαφές τέτοιου τύπου) και γελώντας με εκείνο το γνώριμο ανατριχιαστικό του γέλιο, γέλιο των μεγάλων στιγμών, κοπάνησε μια γερή γονατιά στο στόμα του. Δεν λάθεψε. Αλλά η περίσταση απαιτούσε πολύ περισσότερα. Σημάδεψε τα αχαμνά του εκ δεξιών δούλου και του έριξε μιαν αγκωνιά .. μα τι αγκωνιά! Δεν μπορούσες να πιστέψεις ότι μέσα σ’ ένα τόσο γέρικο κουφάρι μπορούσε να κρύβεται τόση δύναμη. Σηκώθηκε σχεδόν χοροπηδώντας από το ανάκλιντρο, και έριξε μια γερή κουτουλιά στην πρώτη μούρη που συνάντησε μπροστά του.
Όταν έτρεξε προς τον τοίχο όπου είχε κρεμασμένο το ξίφος του, οι δούλοι κατάλαβαν ότι ήταν ώρα να την κάνουν και σκόρπισαν προς κάθε κατεύθυνση … Υπό κανονικές συνθήκες, ο Εξαρχίδας θα καλούσε τη φρουρά του κι αυτή θα έπιανε ένα δούλο στην τύχη και μετά ο Εξαρχίδας θα τον σκότωνε με φρικτά βασανιστήρια, αφού, όπως έλεγε, «είχε επιχειρήσει να αποδράσει ο άτιμος, μακριά από τα ελέη και την προστασία που του προσφερόντουσαν αφειδώς σ’ αυτό τον οίκο της στοργής».
Ναι ρε παιδιά, έτσι αποκαλούσε το ανάκτορό του……
Έπειτα, βγήκε στο μπαλκόνι του και διέκρινε τον Εφαψία κρυμμένο πίσω από το πιθάρι του κήπου – έλα επάνω ρε ζώον που σε θέλω, διέταξε.
Αλλά ο Εφαψίας, έμπειρος στα τερτίπια του αφέντη του, αρνήθηκε σθεναρά: με τίποτα αφέντη, αντέτεινε. Αν ανέβω, θα μου κόψεις τα αχαμνά ή θα μου βγάλεις τα μάτια, κάτι φρικτό τέλος πάντων. Εκούσια δεν πάω στο χαμό μου.
Ο Εξαρχίδας δίστασε προς στιγμή: μήπως ήταν στ αλήθεια ώρα για ένα ωραίο βασανιστήριο; Αλλά μετά ο σκοπός του τον ξανασυνεπήρε. Έλα επάνω ζώον και στ ορκίζομαι πως δεν θα σε αγγίξω.
Κι έτσι ο Εφαψίας πήρε το δρόμο για το δεσποτικό του Κύριλλου, για ιδιαίτερες συνομιλίες για τον κοινό σκοπό, κι από κει, φορτωμένος με κάμποσο χρυσάφι, γραμμή για το λιμάνι, στους ανθρώπους του σκοινιού και του παλουκιού που για ένα χρυσό νόμισμα σκοτώνουν και τη μάνα τους, για να «τονώσει» το ενδιαφέρον των υποκινητών, αυτών ντε που θα ξεκίναγαν τις «αυθόρμητες» διαμαρτυρίες εναντίον της Υπατίας και που θα αποτελούσαν τον πυρήνα του αγανακτισμένου όχλου.
Έπειτα τα πράγματα πήραν το δρόμο τους. Αλλά πολλά είπα και θα με κυνηγήσει η «Τελεία & Παύλα Productions Group Ltd» για τα πνευματικά της δικαιώματα. Τα υπόλοιπα επί της οθόνης.
Αιώνες αργότερα, κάποιος Μπλαίζ Πασκάλ, θα έγραφε:
«… θέλει να είναι μεγάλος και βλέπει πως είναι μικρός• θέλει να είναι ευτυχής και βλέπει πως είναι άθλιος• θέλει να είναι τέλειος και βλέπει πως είναι γεμάτος ατέλειες• θέλει να είναι το αντικείμενο της αγάπης και της εκτίμησης των ανθρώπων και βλέπει πως τα ελαττώματά του δεν αξίζουν παρά την αποστροφή και την περιφρόνησή τους. Αυτή η δυσκολία στην οποία βρίσκεται, του προξενεί το πιο άδικο και το πιο εγκληματικό πάθος που θα μπορούσε να διανοηθεί. Γιατί νοιώθει ένα θανάσιμο μίσος εναντίον αυτής της αλήθειας, η οποία τον προσβάλλει και τον πείθει για τα ελαττώματά του. Θα ήθελε να την εκμηδενίσει, και, μη μπορώντας να την καταστρέψει αυτή την ίδια, την καταστρέφει όσο του είναι μπορετό, μέσα στη σκέψη του και στη σκέψη των άλλων• δηλαδή καταβάλλει όλες του τις φροντίδες για να καλύψει τα ελαττώματά του και στους άλλους και στον εαυτό του, και δεν το υποφέρει όταν τον κάνουν να τα βλέπει ούτε όταν τα βλέπει ο ίδιος.»
Ο Εξαρχίδας βέβαια δεν γνώριζε, δεν μπορούσε να γνωρίζει, τον Πασκάλ. Αλλά και να τον γνώριζε τίποτα δεν θα άλλαζε. Σε αιώνια αντιπαράθεση βρίσκονται οι Σκέψεις του Πασκάλ με τις πράξεις του Εξαρχίδα.
Πάντα οι Εξαρχίδηδες θα προσπαθούν να αφανίσουν την αλήθεια και ακόμα, οποιαδήποτε σκέψη για την αλήθεια, οποιονδήποτε μοχθεί για την αλήθεια. Πάντα η αλήθεια θα τους πονάει και θα τους καίει τα μάτια, πάντα στο άκουσμα οτιδήποτε αληθινού, θα συστρέφονται και θα ουρλιάζουν σαν δαιμονισμένοι, ελπίζοντας μόνο αυτή η φωτιά που τους καίει τα σωθικά να πάρει τέλος.
Αμ δε!

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Α)Όντως ο Ερρίκος ο Η! ήταν "ατακτούλης" αν και δεν ήταν μόνο για προσωπικούς λόγους πάρα το γέγονος ότι στα νιάτα πρέπει να ήταν από τους ωραιοτέρους άνδρες στην Ευρώπη (βλέπε πορταίτα του Χολμπείν) κάθως ανήκε σε μια δυνάστεια η όποια είχε αποκτήσει το θρόνο της Αγγλίας σχετικα΄προσφάτα και όλη (η ομολογουμένως επιδέξια) προπαγάνδα  της (βλέπε π.χ. την χρήση της "προφητείας του Μερλίν" για την νίκη του κόκκινου δράκου των Ουαλών  καθώς,ο οικος των Τυδώρ (Τιουντόρ) ήταν Ουαλλικής προέλευσης εναντίον του λεύκου δράκου των  Αγγλοσάξωνων) δεν μπόρουσε να κρύψει το γεγόνος ότι τα δικαιώματα της στο θρόνο ήταν καθέ άλλο παρα αδιαμφιστήτα (ηγέσια της παράταξης του "κόκκινου ρόδου" -Λανκαστέρ ελείωψη άλλου και η νική της στην μάχη του Μποσγούορθ το 1485), κατάσταση η οποιά δημιούργούσε έναν ψυχολογικό καταναγασμό να αποκτήσει πάση θύσία έστω ένα αρσενικό παιδί -κληρόνομο και διάδοχο...Αν και ΔΕΝ είναι η ΄΄θέση μου να κάνω υποθέσεις κατα πάσα πιθανοτήτα αν είχε κανεί ενα εστώ αγόρι με την Αικατερίνη της Αραγωνίας αντί για την Μαιρή (μετέπειατα γνώστη ως¨"Μαίρη η Αιμοβαθής") κατά πάσα πιθανοτήτα δεν θα ξενοκοίταζε και η Αγγλία θα ήταν Ρωμαιοικαθολική πάνω κάτω σαν την Γαλλία...Ο Σαίξσπήρ σαφώς και συμετείχε στην "προπαγανδιστίκη μηχάνη" των Τυδώρ (βλέπε "Ερρίκο ΣΤ" μέρη Α-Γ και τον "Ριχάρδο Γ!") όπως και του Ιάκωβου Α! Στιούαρτ βασιλία της Αγγλίας(και ΣΤ! της Σκώτιας)στα τελευταίατου χρόνια (και υπάρχει πιθανοτήτα να ήταν αναμεμειγμένος στην "Επαναστάση του βαρώνου του ΄Έσσεξ")  αν και θα ήταν μεγάλη υπεραπλούστευση να τον θεωρήσουμε ως ένα απλό προπαγανδιστή.Από την άλλη όμως όμως δεν πρέπει να θεωρηθεί και πιο πιο σημάντικος "αγωγός διαχύσης προπαγάνδας" κάθως για  τους συγχρόνους του δεν ήταν ο "πρώτος τη τάξει" ποιητής αλλά ο τρίτος (πρώτος ήταν ο Μαρλοουή) και μόλις τον 18ο αιώνα (υπο την επίδραση Γερμανών "Σαικσπηριστών") πήρε την θέση που γνωρίζουμε.Εξάλλου η ανερχομένη "Πουριτάνική μερίδα" ήταν απροκάλυπτα εχθρική στο θέατρο εν γένει αρα και στον Σαίσπηρ πράγμα το οποοίο αποκλεεί το ενδεχομένο χρήσης του από αυτήν. Χαρακτηριστικά (ο κάποτε θαυμαστης του Σαιξπήρ)Τζών  Μιλτόν καταλόγιζε  ανάμεσα στα ελλατώματα του Καρόλου Α! της Αγγλίας την συμπάθεια του για τον Σαιξπηρ,Επιπλέον η Αγγλία την περίοδο του Σαιξπήρ δεν "παρήγαγε" θεόλογια αλλά την "εισήγαγε" από την Ευρώπη (ο αγγλικάνισμος είναι κατά μείζωνα λογο επηρέασμένος από τον Λουθηρανισμό ενώ ο Πουριτανισμός από τον Καλβίνσμο και επιπλέον μεταξύ του πρόδρομου της Μεταρυθμίσης Γουίκλιφ και του εισηγήτη του Μεθοδισμού Γουέσλευ δεν υπάρχει  "μείζων" Άγγλος θεολόγος με πρωτότύπη σκέψη) άρα ο Σαισπήρ δεν θα είχε και πολλά "θεολογικά μυνημάτα" να μετάφερει/διαδώσει ακόμαι και αν υποτεθεί χάρην συζήτησης ότι "κάποιοι" θα τον θεωρούσαν αρκέτα αξιόλογο για αύτο το ρόλο...Ας σημειωθεί επίσης ότι η απόδοση των έργων του στον De Vere δεν πηγάζει τόσο από τύχον ομοιώτητα των έργων αλλα από την υπόθεση ενός καθηγήτη της Οξφόεδης γύρω στα 1900 ότι ο Σαισπήρ παραήταν ταπείνης καταγωγής για να κατέχει τις γνώσεις κλασσικής φιλολογίας που αναφετονται στο έργο τοτ Σαιξπήρ..Παρόμοια είναι και η στήρικη της υποψηφιότητας ΜπαίκονΑρα τοδικό μου συμπέρασμα είνσι ότι ο Σαιξπήρ ήταν όντως ο συγγραφέας των έργων καθώς τότε δεν τον θεώρειτο τόσο σημαντικός ώστε να τον χρήσιμοποιήσουν είτε ως μάσκα είτε ως αγωγό προπαγάνδς σε μείζωνα βαθμό....
Β)Οτι υπάρχει συγκρούση Αγγλίας και Σκωτιάς (η οποιά πρωτοεκδηλώθηκε ως συγκρούση Νορθούμβριας και Πικτών περίπου χίλια χρόνια πρίν τον Σαιξπήρ και η οποιά δεν έχει σιγήσει ούτε τώρα) αύτο είναι σίγουρο, αλλά από την άλλη αυτή η αντιπαράθεση δεν έχει να κάνει με την ρήξη καθολικών και προτεσταντών καθώς στην περιόδο του Σαιξπήρ η Σκώτια γινόνταν και αυτή προτεσταντική χώρα (αν και αντιθέτα με ότι συνέβαινε στην Αγγλία η διαδικάσια ήταν απο κάτω δηλάδη από τον λαό στους ευγενείς χάρη στον Νόξ και τους ακολούθους του).Μετα τον θάνατο του Σαιξπήρ  βέβαια θα φαίνονταν ότι ο Προτεσταντισμός στην Σκωτία  δεν ήταν το ίδιο "ον" με τον αντίστοιχο της Αγγλίας και οι επακόλουθη συγκρούση (δύο "Πόλεμοι των Επισκόπων" στα τέλη της δεκαετίας του 1630) θα έβαζε το "προσάναμα" για τους μετέπειτα  "Αγγλικους" Εμφυλιούς της περιόδου 1642-1651 αν και αυτό δεν θα μπορούσε να προβλεφθεί στην περιόδο του Σαιξπήρ.Σ΄αυτούς τους πολέμους ο "χριστιάνικος διχασμός" όχι μόνο δεν θα επισκιάσκει αλλά μαζί με το "συνταγματικό" ζήτημα (απολύτη μόναρχία ύπο τον Κάρολο τον Α! Αγγλίας και Σκωτίας χωρίς κοινοβούλιο ή όχι;)θα αποτέλεσουν τις αιτίες τους.Επιπλέον αυτή η θελογική σύγκρουση θα αποτελέση και το βασικό στοιχείο της νομιμότητας του Κρομγούελ ως ηγέτη- "Λόρδου -Προστάτη" και προς τα τέλη της ζωής του ουσιαστικά βασιλια χώρις στέμμα της Αγγλίας Σκωτίας και Ιρλανδίας.Για αυτό εξαλλού και παρούσιαζονταν στην δική του προπαγάνδα ως "Νεός Μωησής" και η Αγγλία ως "Νέο Ισράηλ" (συμπτωματικά ο Κρομγούελ ήταν αύτος που επέτρεψε την επισήμη επανεγκατάσταση των Εβραίων στην Αγγλία)

Ανέκδοτα, 21/06/2013


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STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves.

FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected.

MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.

CASH FLOW -- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.

YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.

WINDOWS -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.

INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse.

PROFIT -- An archaic word no longer in use.

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How to Get a Raise

A maid asked the lady of the house for a pay increase.

Her boss was annoyed at this and asked, "Now Maria, why do you deserve a pay increase?"

Maria: "Well, Senora, there are three reasons why I want an increase. The first is that I iron better than you."

Wife: "Who said you iron better than me?"

Maria: "Your husband said so."

Wife: "Oh."

Maria: "The second reason is that I am a better cook than you."

Wife: "Nonsense, who said you were a better cook than me?"

Maria: "Your husband did."

Wife: "Oh."

Maria: "My third reason is that I am a better lover than you."

Wife: (really furious now) "Did my husband say that as well?!"

Maria: "No Senora, the gardener did."

Wife: "So how much do you want?"

Groaners and Puns

Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other, "You stay here, I'll go on ahead."

I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.

A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: "Keep off the Grass."

A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, "No change yet."

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

It's not that the man did not know how to juggle, he just didn't have the balls to do it.

The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium, at large.

The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.

A backward poet writes in-verse.

In democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.

When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.

Don't join dangerous cults, practice safe sects!

Puns and Groaners

The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.

She was only a whisky maker, but he loved her still.

A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.

The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.

No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.

A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.

A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.

Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
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President Obama's approval rating has dropped eight points over the past month, down to 45 percent, his lowest rating in more than a year and a half. But Obama is vowing to find out whose approval he's lost, track them down using their email and phone records, and personally win them back.

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The latest search for Jimmy Hoffa has been called off. The FBI now says they called off the search because the NSA said it would be too difficult to find Jimmy Hoffa because he hasn't made a phone call since 1975.

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Late Night Funny #3

President Obama is in Berlin, Germany. It was 97 degrees in Berlin today. I haven't seen Obama sweat like that since, well, yesterday. And the day before that. All this week, in fact.

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Late Night Funny #4

A new survey found that 70 percent of Americans admit to 'going through the motions' at their jobs. And the other 30 percent blah, blah, blah, punch line.

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A Woman's Random Thoughts

If you love something, set it free.
If it comes back, it will always be yours.
If it doesn't come back, it was never yours to begin with.
But, if it just sits in your living room, messes up your stuff, eats your food, uses your telephone, takes your money, and doesn't appear to realize that you had set it free... You either married it or gave birth to it.

Insanity is my only means of relaxation.

Reason to smile: Every 7 minutes of every day, someone in an aerobics class pulls a hamstring.

Women over 50 don't have babies because they would put them down and forget where they left them.

One of life's mysteries is how a 2 pound box of candy can make a woman gain 5 lbs.
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Skinny people irritate me! Especially when they say things like, "You know, sometimes I just forget to eat." Now I've forgotten my address, my mother's maiden name, and my keys. But I've never forgotten to eat. You have to be a special kind of stupid to forget to eat.

A friend of mine confused her valium with her birth control pills. She had 14 kids, but she doesn't really care.

They keep telling us to get in touch with our bodies. Mine isn't all that communicative but I heard from it the other day after I said, "Body, how'd you like to go to the six o'clock class in vigorous toning?" Clear as a bell my body said, "Listen witch... do it and die."

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing and then they marry him.

I read this article that said the typical symptoms of stress are: eating too much, impulse buying, and driving too fast. Are they kidding? That is my idea of a perfect day.

If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a noose around your neck?

Revenge of A Woman's Random Thoughts

My mind not only wanders, it sometime leaves completely.

The best way to forget all your troubles is to wear tight shoes.

The nice part about living in a small town is that when you don't know what you're doing, someone else does.

The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends.

Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today.

Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness.

I gave up jogging for my health... when my thighs kept rubbing together and setting my pantyhose on fire.

Amazing! You hang something in your closet for a while and it shrinks two sizes!

Going On The Wagon

I had eighteen bottles of whiskey in my cellar and was told by my wife that I had a drinking problem, and to empty the contents of each and every bottle down the sink, or else. I said I would and proceeded with the unpleasant task.

I withdrew the cork from the first bottle and poured the contents down the sink with the exception of one glass, which I drank.

I then withdrew the cork from the second bottle and did likewise with it, with the exception of one glass, which I drank.

I then withdrew the cork from the third bottle and poured the whiskey down the sink which I drank.

I pulled the cork from the fourth bottle down the sink and poured the bottle down the glass, which I drank.

I pulled the bottle from the cork of the next and drank one sink out of it, and threw the rest down the glass.

I pulled the sink out of the next glass and poured the cork down the bottle. Then I corked the sink with the glass, bottled the drink and drank the pour.

When I had everything emptied, I steadied the house with one hand, counted the glasses, corks, bottles, and sinks with the other, which were twenty-nine, and as the houses came by I counted them again, and finally I had all the houses in one bottle, which I drank.

I'm not under the affluence of incohol as some thinkle peep I am. I'm not half as thunk as you might drink. I fool so feelish I don't know who is me, and the drunker I stand here, the longer I get. 

Too-Jealous Wife

There was once a wife so jealous that when her husband came home one night and she couldn't find hairs on his jackets she yelled at him, "Great, so now you're cheating on me with a bald woman!"

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Dividing Nuts

On the outskirts of town, there was a huge nut tree by the cemetery fence. One day two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts.

"One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me," said one boy.

The bucket was so full, several rolled out toward the fence.

Cycling down the road by the cemetery was a third boy. As he passed he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me."

He knew what it was. "Oh, my!" he shuddered, "It's Satan and St. Peter dividing the souls at the cemetery!" He cycled down the road as fast as he could and found an old man with a cane, hobbling along.

"Come quick!" said the boy. "You won't believe what I heard. Satan and St. Peter are down at the cemetery dividing the souls."

The man said, "Shoo, you brat! Can't you see I'm finding it hard to walk as it is!"

After several pleas, the man hobbled to the cemetery. Standing by the fence he heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me..."

The old man whispered, "Boy, you've been telling the truth! Let's see if we can see the Devil himself."

Shivering with fear, they peered through the fence, yet they were still unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of Satan. At last they heard, "One for you, one for me. And one last one for you. That's all. Now let's go get those nuts by the fence, and we'll be done."

They say the old guy made it back to town 5 minutes before the boy.

The Grieving Wife

Mary Clancy goes up to Father O'Grady after his Sunday morning service, and she's in tears. He says, "So what's bothering you, dear?"

She says, "Oh, Father, I've got terrible news. My husband passed away last night."

The priest says, "Oh, Mary, that's terrible. Tell me, Mary, did he have any last requests?"

She says, "That he did, Father..."

The priest says, "What did he ask, Mary?"

She says, "He said, 'Please, Mary, put down that darned gun!'"

Why God Never Received Tenure at Any University

1. He had only one major publication.
2. It was in Hebrew.
3. It had no references.
4. It wasn't published in a referred journal.
5. Some doubt He wrote it by Himself.
6. He may have created the world, but what has he done since?
7. The scientific community can't replicate His results.
8. He never got permission from the ethics board to use human subjects.
9. When one experiment went awry, He tried to cover it up by drowning the subjects.
10. He rarely came to class and just told students, "Read the Book."
11. Some say He had His son teach class.
12. He expelled His first two students. 13. His office hours were irregular and sometimes held on a mountain top.
14. Although there were only 10 requirements, all students failed save His Son. 

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Late Night Funny #1

Big breaking news about something we’ve known for like seven years, which is that your phone calls are being tracked and your emails are being accessed by the government. And married men all over are saying, ‘The government? Thank God. I thought you were going to say my wife’.

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The White House today closed the gift shop and opened a Verizon store after it was revealed that the National Security Agency seized millions of Verizon phone records. How ironic is that? We wanted a president who listens to all Americans. Now we have one.

Jay Leno

Late Night Funny #3

President Obama was visiting a middle school yesterday, and while he was there he said that every school in the U.S. should have high-speed Internet. Then it got awkward when one kid said, ‘Why, so you can read our emails faster?’

Jimmy Fallon

Late Night Funny #4

Michelle Obama was heckled this week. Did you see that? Wow, she’s tough. Obama always stays cool when he gets heckled, but Michelle was like all Game of Thrones on this woman. She said, ‘If I wanted to hear your opinion, my husband will tap your phone’.

Bill Maher

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A Dollar Per Point

A professor was giving a big test one day to his students. He handed out all of the tests and went back to his desk to wait.

Once the test was over the students all handed the tests back in. The professor noticed that one of the students had attached a $100 bill to his test with a note saying "A dollar per point."

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Arresting Mom

A police recruit was asked on an exam, "What would you do if you had to arrest your own mother?"

In the blank, he wrote, "Call for backup."

The Great Writer

There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire become a great writer.

When asked to define "great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger!"

He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages.

Computer Gender

Why computers should be considered masculine:

1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.

2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.

3. They are supposed to help you solve your problems, but half the time they ARE the problem.

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a better model.

Why computers should be considered feminine:

1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.

2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.

3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it. 

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Late Night Funny #1

The NSA has been listening in on phone calls. It’s people with cellphones — you hear these people walking down the street screaming into their cellphones. They’re the ones who are upset about people listening to their phone calls.

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Late Night Funny #2

This weekend, President Obama held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It went well, although it got awkward when Obama asked China to stop spying on America and Jinping said, ‘You first’.

Jimmy Fallon

Late Night Funny #3

Mr. President, no one is saying you broke any laws, we’re just saying it’s a little bit weird you didn’t have to.

John Oliver

Late Night Funny #4

A former technical assistant for the CIA named Edward Snowden leaked the story that the federal government was collecting phone records from Verizon customers. Snowden said, ‘You’re being watched’. To which NBC executives said, ‘Finally! We would love to be watched’.

Jay Leno

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Movie Theater Navigation

"Pardon me, lady", said the man trying to get back to his seat in the darkened movie theater, "but did I step on your toes a few minutes ago?"

"You certainly did!!", said the woman in the aisle seat.

"Good, then I'm in the right row!" the man said as he went back to his seat.
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Miseducation

Teacher: If you multiplied 50 by 8 and then divided by 4, what would you get?

Student: The wrong answer.

Is This Larry

"Hello"

"Hello"

"Is that you, Larry?"

"Yes, this is Larry."

"Are you sure this is Larry."

"Yes I'm sure, this is Larry !"

"This is Pete... can you lend me twenty dollars ?"

"I'll tell Larry when he comes in."

Excessive Skepticism

A guy and his dog go into a barroom. The bartender says, "Hey, get that dog out of here... we don't allow dogs in here."

Wait a minute, the guy says, "This is no ordinary dog ! This is 'Plato' the talking dog !" "Yeah, sure" says the bartender.

I'll prove it to you," says the guy. "Plato... what's on top of a building?"

"ROOF !" says the dog.

"Look," says the bartender, "just how dumb do you think I am?"

"Wait a minute," says the guy. "Plato, how does sandpaper feel?"

"RUFF !" says the dog.

"Do I have 'stupid' tattooed across my forehead or something," says the bartender. "Now get that dog out of here! "

"Wait.. I'm not through", says the guy. "Plato, who was the greatest baseball player of all time?" "RUTH !" says the dog.

"That does it !! " says the bartender, and he throws them both out on the street.

Outside, the dog looks at his owner and says, "Do you think I should have gone with DiMaggio?"
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Late Night Funny #1

According to a poll, the majority of Americans are OK with the Obama administration listening in on our phone calls. Guys approve because they feel it increases security. And women approve of Obama’s policy because finally a man is listening to them.

Conan O'Brien
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Late Night Funny #2

Top Ten Reasons I Love Being in the United States Army

10. You haven't lived until you've eaten rehydrated beef brisket
9. Get to visit exotic places, like Trenton, New Jersey
8. No can opener? Just run over the can with a tank
7. Sir, you're never unsure how to begin and end a sentence, Sir
6. Cutting-edge technology, like our machine that controls the weather
5. I really, really, really enjoy push-ups
4. In an Apache helicopter, you tend to have the right-of-way
3. Always have an answer when someone says, "You and whose army?"
2. Camouflage brings out my eyes
1. Working among the most talented men and women this country has to offer, and the free haircuts

David Letterman

Late Night Funny #3

The guy who blew the whistle on the NSA scandal is a former security worker named Edward Snowden. He is a high school dropout. He was making $122,000 a year. He lived in Hawaii. He was engaged to a beautiful former ballerina. And he gave it all up. So not only is he a whistleblower. He’s also a moron.

Jay Leno

Late Night Funny #4

Hillary Clinton finally joined Twitter yesterday and racked up more than 200,000 followers in only five hours. Yeah, they were like, ‘Hillary in 2016!’ and ‘Washington needs Hillary!’ and ‘Hillary for the White House!’ That’s not her followers. Those were her tweets. 

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The Psychiatrist and Proctologist

Two doctors, a psychiatrist and a proctologist, opened an office in a small town and put up a sign reading: "Dr. Smith and Dr. Jones: Hysterias and Posteriors."

The town council was not happy with the sign, so the doctors changed it to read, "Schizoids and Hemorrhoids."

This was not acceptable either, so in an effort to satisfy the council, they changed the sign to "Catatonics and High Colonics." No go.

Next, they tried "Manic Depressives and Anal Retentives." Thumbs down again.

Then came "Minds and Behinds." Still no good.

Another attempt resulted in "Lost Souls and Butt Holes." Unacceptable again!

So they tried "Analysis and Anal Cysts." Not a chance.

"Nuts and Butts?" No way.

"Freaks and Cheeks?" Still no go.

"Loons and Moons?" Forget it.

Almost at their wit's end, the doctors finally came up with:

Dr. Smith and Dr. Jones, "Odds and Ends."

Everyone loved it.

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24 Hours to Live

Barry returned from a doctor's visit one day and told his wife Carol that the doctor said he only had 24 hours to live. Wiping away her tears, he asked her to be intimate. Of course she agreed.

Six hours later, Barry went to her again, and said, "Darling, now I only have 18 hours left to live. Maybe we could be intimate?" Carol agreed.

Later, Barry was getting into bed when he realized he now had only eights hours of life left. He touched Carol's shoulder and said, "Darling please? Just one more time before I die?" She agreed, and then afterwards she rolled over and fell asleep.

Barry, however, lay there awake and listened to the clock ticking in his head, tossing and turning until he was down to only four more hours.

He tapped his wife on the shoulder to wake her up. "Darling, I only have four hours left! Could we...?"

His wife sat up abruptly, turned to him and said, "Listen, I'm not being funny Barry, but I have to get up in the morning and you don't!"

Dr. Epstein

Dr. Epstein was a renowned physician who earned his undergraduate, graduate, and medical degrees in his home town and then left for Manhattan, where he quickly rose to the top of his field.

Soon he was invited to deliver a significant paper, at a conference, coincidentally held in his home town. He walked on stage and placed his papers on the lectern, but they slid off onto the floor. As he bent over to retrieve them, at precisely the wrong instant, he inadvertently passed wind, loudly.

The microphone amplified his mistake resoundingly through the room and reverberated it down the hall.

He was quite embarrassed but somehow regained his composure just enough to deliver his paper. He ignored the resounding applause and raced out the stage door, never to be seen in his home town again.

Decades later, when his elderly mother was ill, he returned to visit her. He reserved a hotel room under the name of Levy and arrived under cover of darkness.

The desk clerk asked him, "Is this your first visit to our city, Mr. Levy?"

Dr. Epstein replied, "Well, young man, no, it isn't. I grew up here and received my education here, but then I moved away."

Why haven't you visited?" asked the desk clerk.

"Actually, I did visit once, many years ago, but an embarrassing thing happened and since then I've been too ashamed to return."

The clerk consoled him. "Sir, while I don't have your life experience, one thing I have learned is that often what seems embarrassing to me isn't even remembered by others. I bet that's true of your incident too."

Dr. Epstein replied, "Son, I doubt that's the case with my incident."

"Was it a long time ago?"

"Yes, many years."

The clerk asked, "Was it before or after the Epstein Breaking Wind?"

The Top 12 Indicators The Economy Is Bad

12. CEO's are now playing miniature golf.

11. You got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.

10. You go to buy a toaster oven and they gave you a bank.

9. Hot wheels and Matchbox car companies are now trading higher than GM and Chrysler in the stock market.

8. Obama met with small businesses - GE, Pfizer, Chrysler, Citigroup and GM, to discuss the Stimulus Package.

7. McDonalds is selling the 1/4 ounce Big Mac.

6. People in Beverly Hills fired their nannies and are learning their children's names.

5. The highest paid job is now jury duty.

4. People in Africa are now donating money to Americans.

3. Motel Six won't leave the lights on anymore.

2. The Mafia is laying off judges.

1. If the bank returns your check marked as "insufficient funds," you have to call them to ask if they meant you or them. 

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Late Night Funny #1

Due to the government spy scandal, sales of the classic George Orwell book ’1984′ have skyrocketed. So the fallout is worse than we thought. It’s making Americans read.

Conan O'Brien
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Late Night Funny #2

Evil Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and his wife, Connie, have been married a long time, and everybody thought they were happily married. Well, last week Putin announced he was divorcing Connie. And when Chris Humphries heard that, he said, ‘You can do that, really?’ So far, it’s a very amicable divorce. So far, Connie is still alive.

David Letterman

Late Night Funny #3

There are reports that female terrorists are being fitted with exploding breast implants. How many guys are going to use this as an excuse? ‘Honey, I’m not looking at her breasts. I’m working for Homeland Security’

Jay Leno

Late Night Funny #4

Conservative commentator Glenn Beck is suffering from paralyzed vocal cords that have made him unable to speak. But not to worry – doctors are working around the clock to make sure this condition continues.