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25 Nov 2013 13:54 #164773
by artemis
how come these trini ah talk about roti, when they does mek buss up shat... . ::LOL::
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25 Nov 2013 13:55 #164775
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Confusion is dem modus operandi !
coupled with bacchanal , Picong and mammaguy .... ::LOL::
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25 Nov 2013 15:12 #164789
by Googley
ah who dah?
ah who dah ah say who dah when me say who dah?
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26 Nov 2013 10:29 #164931
by artemis
An example of the list is presented here for illustration. Some say that much of the list has been debunked, and a few entries are outright falsehoods. Some urban folklorists have postulated that the list provided a way for people to make sense of two tragic events in American history by seeking out patterns.
[4] Gardner and others have said that it is relatively easy to find seemingly meaningful patterns relating any two people or events, but that such patterns often do not stand up to rigorous scrutiny.
- Both presidents were elected to the
House of Representatives
in '46.
- Both presidents were elected to the
presidency
in '60.
- Lincoln defeated incumbent Vice President
John C. Breckenridge
for the presidency in 1860; Kennedy defeated incumbent Vice President
Richard M. Nixon
for the presidency in 1960.
- Both their predecessors left office in their seventies and retired to
Pennsylvania
.
James Buchanan
, whom Lincoln succeeded, retired to
Lancaster Township
;
Dwight D. Eisenhower
, whom Kennedy succeeded, retired to
Gettysburg
.
- Both their
Vice Presidents
and successors were Southern Democrats named Johnson (
Andrew Johnson
and
Lyndon Johnson
) who were born in '08.
- Both presidents were concerned with the problems of
black Americans
and made their views strongly known in '63. Lincoln signed the
Emancipation Proclamation
in 1862, which became law in 1863. In 1963, Kennedy presented his reports to Congress on
Civil Rights
, and the same year was the famous
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
.
- Both have hair parted to the left.
- Both presidents were shot in the head.
- Both presidents were shot on a Friday in the presence of their wives.
- Both presidents were accompanied by another couple.
- The male companion of the other couple was wounded by the assassin.
- Both presidents had a son die during their presidency.
- Lincoln was shot by
John Wilkes Booth
at
Ford's Theatre
; Kennedy was shot by
Lee Harvey Oswald
in a
Lincoln
automobile, made by
Ford
.
- Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who told him not to go to the theatre; Kennedy had a secretary named
Evelyn Lincoln
who warned him not to go to
Dallas
.
- Four of Lincoln's and Kennedy's relatives had the same positions in government.
- Both presidents' last names have 7 letters.
- Both presidents have five syllables in their full name (which counts Kennedy's middle initial).
- There are 6 letters in each Johnson's first name.
- After shooting Lincoln, Booth ran from a theatre to a warehouse; after shooting Kennedy, Oswald ran from a warehouse to a theatre.
- Both Johnsons were succeeded as President in '69 by Republicans whose mothers were named Hannah.
- Both assassins died in the same month as their victim in a state adjacent to the state of their birth.
Most of the items above are true, such as the year in which Lincoln and Kennedy were each elected President, but this is not so unusual given that Presidential elections are held only every four years, and both started their political careers 100 years apart. Other items leave out details that are different. A few of the items are simply untrue; there is no record to show that Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy; Lincoln's secretaries were
John Hay
and
John G. Nicolay
.
[4] The list also has inspired humorous parody, such as an item that says: "Before being killed, Lincoln was in Monroe, Maryland, while Kennedy was with
Marilyn Monroe
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