02/19/09 Grif.Net - Wisdom from my Fortune Cookie

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Man who run in front of car get tired. Man who run behind car get exhausted.

By the time we've made it, we've had it.

Lady with one chopstick at Chinese restaurant go hungry.

He who dies with the most toys is still dead.

I always wanted to be somebody. I see now that I should have been more
specific.

Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.

War does not determine who is right; war determines who is left.

You will gain admiration from your pears.

A bird in hand makes hard to blow nose.

Person who drives like hell, bound to get there.

Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement.

Never forget a friend. Especially if he owes you.

And my favorite saying?
THAT WASN'T CHICKEN.

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ANSWERS to the "8" Quiz -

1. Bill Lear (inventor of the jet that bears his name) came up with this way
to listen to music.
8 track tapes

2. Wild Bill Hickok was shot in the back while holding these cards.
Aces and 8's

3. Eminem's film was based on travel around Detroit and Warren, Michigan.
8 Mile Road

4. The cost of first class postage in 1973 when the first "Love" stamp was
issued was amazingly this amount.
8 cents

5. 1960 Oscar for best Actress when to Elizabeth Taylor for her role in this
film.
BUtterfield 8

6. W. G. Peacock introduced what we know now as V8, a vegetable-based health
drink. It was ORIGINALLY called this.
Vegemin 8

7. What percentage of V8 today is made from tomatoes?
88%

8. In Judaism, when is the Bris Milah?
8th day after birth of baby boy (circumcision)

9. With the Beatle's 1965 hit based on Ringo's work ethic, how hard DID he
work?
8 Days a Week

10. The early Spanish dollar gave rise to this slang for both the coin and
parts of it.
Pieces of 8

11. In your computer, a "byte" is composed of these.
8 bits

12. The octatonic scale contains these.
8 notes

13. Nine men (or women) might be seen in this on the Charles River.
Coxed 8 (rowing)

14. Though played on a table with 15 balls, this high/low game is called.
8 ball

15. While "cubed prime" sounds like a pounded steak dinner, it really means
this.
8 (2 is the first prime number and 2x2x2=8)