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2. Conversation Quotation
Epicurus, Greek philosopher, 341-270 B. C.
3. Resourceville: Great Questions
Story Corps. Record Your Story. Question Generator. Great Questions List. These questions are merely suggestions. Do you remember any of the stories they used to tell you? What are the classic family stories? Jokes? Songs? ...
www.storycorps.org/record-your-story/question-generator
4. Jest Words
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying."
--Woody Allen
5. Word-a-Week: raconteur (noun)
rak-uh
A person skilled in telling stories and anecdotes
(from French, to tell or recount)
"Henry was often invited to parties because he was
a gifted raconteur able to amuse everyone."
6. Barbed Ire (New)
Are insults veiled in humor less stinging? Try this one:
"Excuse me, my leg has gone to sleep. Do you mind if I join it?"
--Alexander Woollcott, drama critic, to a boring young actor
8. La Triviata
(Check your answer at the end of today's article)
Today's Answer
Answer: Turkey
St. Nick is the common name for Nicholas of Myra, a saint and Bishop of Myra (Demre, in Lycia, part of modern-day Turkey (270-346 AD). He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him,
Loren Ekroth ©2009, all rights reserved
Loren Ekroth, Ph.D. is a specialist in human communication and a national expert on conversation for business and social life.