aazz about nothing

Smoking:

434,000

Alcohol:

105,000

Secondary Smoke

53,000

Auto Accidents:

49,000

Suicide:

31,000

AIDS:

31,000

Homicide:

22,000

Cocaine & Crack:

3,300

L.

The
Post Office in Florida encouraged people in 1925 to send live
baby alligators back home to their relatives. The cost of
sending a baby alligator to someone in your family was 25¢
according to the July 29, 1925 edition of The Miami Daily News. The size of the alligator could not be longer
than 12" and as many as 10,000 baby gators were shipped
during the course of a normal winter season.

M.

I'm
looking at a picture of a guy reading the Miami
Herald. The story beneath the picture says, "Many
years ago, my husband, John D. Locke, was a prominent
advertising manager. We lived a very interesting life and
retired in Pompano Beach. One of his highlights and every day
pleasures is reading the 'Herald.' He is now 80 years
old." (Now, isn't that special?)

N.

"Slaughterhouse Worker Uses Simple Strategies To
Become A Millionaire" - that's the headline of an ad
written by Russ Whitney.

O.

There is now a proposed regulation to set a 10' height
limit here in Florida that regulates "donkey
diving." (I kid you not.) The sponsor, Representative
Suzanne Jacobs, Democrat, Delray Beach, said the legislation
is needed because exhibitions featuring horses and mules
jumping into a pool of water is not yet covered by existing
state laws on cruelty to animals.

"The most memorable aspect of them [donkey diving] is the fear and
disorientation you notice on the animals' faces after they hit
the water," says Joe Taksel. He continues, "This
is a belly flop times ten."

One
of our legislators is pushing to get the donkey diving height
limit raised to 15 feet. However, the Bill originally drafted,
lowered the limit to only 5 feet. Personally, I think we need
to put a lot of thought into this piece of legislation.