TIDBITS & OUTRAGES
TIDBITS & OUTRAGES THAT’S TWO MORE THAN THE McLAUGHLlN GROUP GOT RIGHT A recent screening of reruns of “Laugh-In,’ reveals that among the jokes told on the show in 1969 was one predicting that...
...As a result, a second transplant of a different heart had to be performed later...
...TIDBITS & OUTRAGES THAT’S TWO MORE THAN THE McLAUGHLlN GROUP GOT RIGHT A recent screening of reruns of “Laugh-In,’ reveals that among the jokes told on the show in 1969 was one predicting that the Berlin Wall would come down in 1989 and another forecasting that Ronald Reagan would be president from 1980-1 988...
...GREAT MOMENTS IN EDUCATION The medals awarded to junior high school winners of the 1991 Los Angeles public school scholastic competition misspelled the word “academic...
...WHO SAYS WE DIDN’T LEARN ANYTHING FROM KUWAIT...
...A hospital executive announced that the patient would not be charged for either operation...
...WE DON’T WANT TO KNOW WHAT QUESTION DAN QUAYLE ANSWERED Veterans’ Affairs Secretary Edward Derwinski recently recalled that the first conversation he ever had with George Bush occurred when Bush asked him where the men’s room was and Derwinski pointed it out...
...AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, WE GUARANTEE THAT WE’LL PUT THE RIGHT HEART IN AFTER WE RIP YOURS OUT-OR YOUR OPERATION IS ABSOLUTELY FREE Doctors at University Hospital in Portland, Oregon, accidentally began transplanting the wrong heart into a patient and didn’t discover the mistake until several hours into the operation...
...OPERATION DESERTED STORE Last summer, the Army opened a $9.3 million commissary at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, a month after a federal commission decided to shut the base down...
...Derwinski added, “That’s how you get to the Cabinet...
...To honor chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a Pentagon hallway was recently done over with columns, special lighting, and a photo.display, at a cost to the taxpayers of $51 9,000...
Vol. 23 • October 1991 • No. 10
