Kathie (Bowen) Stewart Writes:
Can't wait until the 30th reunion!
Aloha!
Kathie (Bowen) Stewart
Marty Friend Writes: In a word, it was "AWESOME"! The dance was packed, we all danced, sweat and had a great time. Band #2 played in between our sets giving us a chance to talk & dance. I was hoarse from yelling at people (trying to compete with the volume of the music). I didn't make the canoe trip (couldn't get my rear end out of bed). The luau at the Elks club was superb! Nancy (Miller) and I constructed some paper mache' palm trees. Someone from Hawaii brought beautiful Hawaiian flowers on the plane with her. The food was deluxe. Saw a lot of good friends. Craig Watson & I did the music for the Sunday service. Mike Hadley, who is now a pastor, spoke. He was great. Some people told Dave Miller that the service was the neatest thing that they experienced all weekend.
Brenda (Green) Mowry Writes:
What a GREAT weekend. The canoe trip was great and the luau was fantastic. My husband even had a good time. We went to the 20th and it seemed so stuffy. This was a nice, relaxing weekend. I'm just sorry I didn't get to make the Friday night mixer, I guess we really missed something from what everyone tells me. I was wondering if I could get a list of all the EHS people that came from Bristol. I'm trying to get a Bristol Kids reunion together, but unfortunately I've lost track of many of my classmates and don't have addresses. I thought since you just finished putting together a FANTASTIC!!! reunion you might be able to help me. I'm not trying to replace the EHS reunion, but many of us kids from Bristol have a special connection. I hope you can help. E-mail me at Brenda (Green) Mowry
Paul Decker Writes:
You did a SUPER job on this thang, man !!! Please add my e-mail address to the list. I'm groovin' on reading what people's reactions are to the weekend. Dave AND you did a super job.
Vyv Drum Writes:
You guys did a great job. I was only able to come to Friday Night and it was quite an experience! We've all grown up...or did we?? It was great to see everyone!
Jim and Vicki (Smith) Overhulser
Joke Page
The following were submitted by your classmates for your entertainment!
Submitted by: Vyv (Drumm) Dunlap
Top 35 Oxymoron's
35. State worker
34. Legally drunk
33. Exact estimate
32. Act naturally
31. Found missing
30. Resident alien
29. Genuine imitation
28. Airline Food
27. Good grief
26. Government organization
25. Sanitary landfill
24. Alone together
23. Small crowd
22. Business ethics
21. Soft rock
20. Butt Head
19. Military Intelligence
18. Sweet sorrow
17. Rural Metro (ambulance service)
16. "Now, then ..."
15. Passive aggression
14. Clearly misunderstood
13. Peace force
12. Extinct Life
11. Plastic glasses
10. Terribly pleased
9. Computer security
8. Political science
7. Tight slacks
6. Definite maybe
5. Pretty ugly
4. Rap music
3. Working vacation
2. Religious tolerance
And number one of the top 35 Oxymoron's....
1. Microsoft Works
Submitted By Jim & Vicki Overhulser
According to a radio report, a middle school in Oregon was faced with a unique
problem. A number of girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the
bathroom. That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick they would press their lips
to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints. Finally the principal decided
that something had to be done. She called all the girls to the bathroom and met them
there with the custodian. She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major
problem for the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every day. To demonstrate
how difficult it was to clean the mirrors, she asked the custodian to clean
one of the mirrors.
He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it into the toilet and cleaned the
mirror. Since then there have been no lip prints on the mirror.
Submitted by: Vyv (Drumm) Dunlap
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes...when
you pulled on the ropes, the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. That's
where the phrase, "good night, sleep tight" came from.
The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the Pacific.
When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured
exactly 27 feet before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo
at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards".
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that
you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General
Purpose" vehicle, GP.
The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave it To Beaver".
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of
footballs. (Do vegetarians watch football?)
The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after a couple's
wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all of the mead he could
drink. Mead is a honey wine, and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was
called the "honey month" or what we know today as the "honeymoon".
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got
unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own pints and quarts and settle
down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's".
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of
their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service.
"Wet your whistle," is the phrase inspired by this practice.
My Favorite Mule Bessie
Clyde, a farmer in Alabama, decided his injuries from the accident were serious enough to take the trucking company (responsible for the accident) to court. In court the trucking company's fancy lawyer was questioning Clyde. "Didn't you say at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine?'" asked the lawyer. Clyde responded, "Well, I'll tell you what happened. I had just loaded my favorite mule Bessie into the..." "I didn't ask for any details," the lawyer interrupted, "just answer the question. Did you or did you not say 'I'm fine' at the scene of the accident?" Clyde said, "Well, yes, but I had just got Bessie into the trailer and I was driving down the road..." The lawyer interrupted again and said, "Judge, I am trying to establish the fact that, at the scene of the accident, this man told the Highway Patrolman on the scene that he was just fine. Now several weeks after the accident he is trying to sue my client. I believe he is a fraud. Please tell him to simply answer the question." By this time the Judge was fairly interested in Clyde's answer and said to the lawyer, "I'd like to hear what he has to say about his favorite mule, Bessie." Clyde thanked the Judge and proceeded, "Well, like I was saying, I had just loaded Bessie, my favorite mule, into the trailer and was driving her down the highway when this huge semi-truck and trailer ran the stop sign and smacked my truck right in the side. I was thrown into one ditch and Bessie was thrown into the other. I was hurting real bad and didn't want to move. However, I could hear ole Bessie moaning and groaning. I knew she was in terrible shape just by her groans. "About that time a Highway Patrolman came on the scene. He could hear Bessie moaning and groaning so he went over to her. "After he looked at her he took out his gun and shot her between the eyes. "Then the Patrolman came across the road with his gun in his hand and looked at me and said, 'And, how are you feeling?'"
Submitted by: Ellen Krulewitch
Reason to smile: Every 7 minutes of every day, someone in an Aerobics class pulls a hamstring.
Women over 50 don't have babies because they would put them down and forget where they left them.
One of life's mysteries is how a 2 pound box of candy can make a woman gain 5 lb.
My mind not only wanders, it sometime leaves completely.
The best way to forget all your troubles is to wear tight shoes.
The nice part about living in a small town is that when you don't know what you're doing, someone else does.
The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends.
Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today.
Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness.
Amazing! You hang something in your closet for a while and it shrinks two sizes!
Skinny people irritate me! Especially when they say things like, "You know sometimes I just forget to eat." Now I've forgotten my address, my mother's maiden name, and my keys. But I've never forgotten to eat. You have to be a special kind of stupid to forget to eat.
A friend of mine confused her valium with her birth control pills. She had 14 kids, but she doesn't really care.
I know what Victoria's Secret is. The secret is that nobody older than 30 can fit into their stuff.
If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a noose around your neck?
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
Dave Miller Submitted
Subject: World's Thinnest Books
STAYING HAPPILY MARRIED by Elizabeth Taylor
BEAUTY SECRETS by Janet Reno
HOME BUILT AIRPLANES by John Denver
DOWN HILL SKIING by Sonny Bono
ATLANTIC CROSSINGS OF THE TITANIC by White Star Lines
FLYING AT NIGHT by JFK, JR.
THINGS I LOVE ABOUT BILL by Hillary Clinton
MY LIFE'S MEMORIES by Ronald Reagan
THINGS I CAN'T AFFORD by Bill Gates
MY PLAN TO FIND THE REAL KILLERS by O.J. Simpson
THINGS I WOULD NOT DO FOR MONEY by Dennis Rodman
THE WILD YEARS by Al Gore
AMELIA EARHART'S GUIDE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
AMERICA'S MOST POPULAR LAWYERS
DETROIT - A TRAVEL GUIDE
DR. KEVORKIAN'S COLLECTION OF MOTIVATIONAL SPEECHES
EVERYTHING MEN KNOW ABOUT WOMEN
EVERYTHING WOMEN KNOW ABOUT MEN
ALL THE MEN I'VE LOVED BEFORE by Ellen DeGeneres
MIKE TYSON'S GUIDE TO DATING ETIQUETTE
HOW TO CHEAT WITHOUT GETTING CAUGHT by Bill Clinton
Steve Landis Submitted:
A pompous Baptist minister was seated next to a hillbilly on a flight
to West Virginia. After the plane was airborne, drink orders were
taken. The hillbilly asked for a whiskey and soda, which was brought
and placed before him. The flight attendant then asked the minister if
he would like a drink. He replied in disgust, "I'd rather be savagely
raped by brazen whores than let liquor touch my lips."
The hillbilly then handed his drink back to the attendant and said, "I
didn't know we had a choice."
Terry Bowers Writes:
When
things in your life seem almost to much to handle, when 24 hours in a
day
are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar........and the beer.
A
professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of
him.
When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty
mayonnaise
jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the
students
if the jar was full.
They
agreed that it was.
So
the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the
jar.
He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between
the
golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full.
They
agreed it was.
The
professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of
course,
the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was
full.
The students responded with an unanimous "yes."
The
professor then produced two cans of beer from under the table and poured
the
entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between
the
sand. The students laughed.
"Now,"
said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize
that
this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things--
your
family, your children, your health, your friends, your favorite
passions--things
that if everything else was lost and only they remained,
your
life would still be full.
"The
pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your
car.
The sand is everything else--the small stuff.
"If
you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no
room for
the
pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your
time
and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things
that
are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to
your
happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups.
Take
your partner out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time
to
clean the house, and fix the disposal."
"Take
care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your
priorities.
The rest is just sand."
One
of the students raised her hand and inquired what the beer represented.
The
professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no
matter
how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of
