Jodi and I were talking about redneck jokes the other day, and got onto the topic of this list. Tracey said she hadn’t seen/heard of this take on the classic jokes before, and asked me to send ‘em out. You might be a redneck if: · It never occurred to you to be offended by the phrase, 'One nation, under God.' · You've never protested about seeing the 10 Commandments posted in public places. · You still say ' Christmas' instead of 'Winter Festival.' · You bow your head when someone prays. · You stand and place your hand over your heart when they play...
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This book, written by Peter F. Drucker, concludes with the statement that "effectiveness must be learned" and that the executive's job is primarily to be effective. While you might initially focus on the word Executive and dismiss the content as relevant only to those esteemed persons who sit on the board of directors, Mr. Drucker drives home the relevance on page 5.
Every knowledge worker in modern organization is an "executive" if, by virtue of his position or knowledge, he is responsible for a contribution that materially affects the capacity of the organization to perform and obtain results.
While...
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NASCAR & Rednecks Thanks to Tommy picking up the tab, Tracey and I attended our first ever NASCAR race this past weekend! It was down right fun! Not that I’ll be doing it again anytime soon though. The whole ordeal of “getting to the race” and then “getting away from the race” just didn’t balance out with the “fun of the race” – if ya know what I mean. Let me put it another way, I didn’t get to bed till 3:00am and I’m typically asleep between 9:00 and 10:00pm. We have five kids that get up early every morning, ya know? That being said, I was impressed with the race. It started...
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THE OLD VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well-fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold. MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself! THE NEW VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and Dances and plays the summer...
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Here's a post Tommy made as part of a conversation on a message board. It pretty much summed up my position so I thought I'd share: I was on the fence for a while after ole huckleberry dropped out of the race, I really liked him a lot. I was astounded with the choice of Palin and ended up watching her speech twice. Then I downloaded it and played it on the big screen for the rest of the family. I've been noticing a trend lately of overly aggressive democrats just getting violent in arguments over this. No one here really but there are some people out there that think that abuse and name calling...
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To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. (You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.) Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy). Your new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a Governor...
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The US bailout and the problems recently experienced by banks in Europe has now spread to Japan. In the last seven days Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly, up and Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some of its branches. On Monday it was announced that Karaoke Bank is up for sale, and it's thought likely to go for a song, while shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they nose-dived. Samurai Bank is soldiering on following sharp cutbacks, and Ninja Bank is reported to have taken a hit, but they remain in the black. Finally, five hundred staff at Karate Bank have now been given...
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Driving back home from our all-hands meeting in Charlotte - and running low on gas. When I get off 85 I see the first gas station has gas! Whoot! So I pull in behind this big F350 at the pump. Well, I sit there a bit, I can see the nozzle in the truck, and figure the driver is in the store. I get a chaw of tobaccy and sit there a bit longer. Eventually, I decide this is taking too long, but the dang lot is filled up, and I got a line behind me and to both sides and can't move - so I get out and go in to see if we can get stuff moving again. I go into the store and the lady what runs the place meets...
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