FOLIO OLIO: MONDAY #3980

One Of My Very Own

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ralh.henry.at.folio.olio@gmail.com

THINGS I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND

This is how Americans believe money is distributed in our economy:

This is how it is actually distributed. The highest group didn't fit on the chart and the last band goes one atop another.

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And all the while we spend MORE! And some people stile think America's system isn't irreparably broken.

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This is a clip from a 60-second long video, called 'The Weavers'. It was made by her grandsons, the Manaki Brothers, who themselves were pioneers in early cinema and theatre. They claim that Grandma Despina was 114 at the time of filming, a claim that has remained unchallenged.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50296742

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We might want to heed the warning of this wise man.

SOURCE: CLICK HERE
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COULROPHOBIA, or the fear of clowns, has been reclassified from an anxiety disorder to a perfectly reasonable response to modern life.

CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

https://www.newsweek.com/cannibal-ants-soviet-nuclear-bunker-1469573
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Are yawns contagious to animals also?
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Absolute unit of a wild donkey

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And...

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The UPS person who always found Wile E. Coyote in the middle of the desert for same-day deliveries is the real hero.

PEOPLE NOT LIKE YOU AND ME

Spray-on tan?

I'm open to any and all suggestions.
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I doubt one man's dentures would fit another man.
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Get it?

But his salute is perfect.
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Fashion or retardation, you decide.
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The one sperm that gets her pregnant.

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So, evil is hereditary?
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Interesting thought exercise.
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It was stated that after all these years, he has a girlfriend.

She's an artist.

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She means single.
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Show off.
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The fat boy with the purse just hit the highest note any of them have ever heard.

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The only reason they wear helmets in the NFL is to stop Tom Brady from kissing the other players on the lips.

PLACES OF INTEREST

Quebec Canada

Can you imagine being the architect who designed that?
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Almost every city has building codes that assure that new parking lots include lots of greenery. Why can't they do it with buildings? Especially the roof.
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I'm assuming that is to funnel people into a single file.

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The Amazon Rainforest only gets 3.5 stars.
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Rare China Tornado 2019

https://i.imgur.com/ZlFb4C9.mp4
https://i.imgur.com/46MA1xo.mp4
The Chinese word for “tornado” is the rather poetic term 龙卷风 (dragon roll wind).
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[verification needed]
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This is what the Ukrainian troops use to target practice.

Putin, of course.
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Saw this death trap in a movie.

If for whatever reason you leave the road you impact a more or less immovable object.

They had roads like that in Europe in the 60s only they were four times as large.
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Even if you don't like Halloween you have to appreciate its position as the sole thing keeping Christmas from advancing even earlier into the year like a cancerous growth since Thanksgiving lost the battle years ago.

OBJECTS OF INTEREST

NASCAR repairs racers mid-race with what they call 200 mile an hour duct tape.

The nuclear missiles I worked on required that the access panel be sealed with 1000 mph tape. It was so sticky that each time we had to remove it, it pulled off the paint. We would have to sand and repaint the area knowing that it would just come off again when maintenance was required.
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