On Hauntings and Real Estate

This old house in my hometown is almost always for sale. My mother insists that this is because it is haunted by the spirit of her dead pirate uncle.

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In Jamaica...

In Jamaica, at the top of the mountains, the Jamaican men get so overcome with heat and the drink that they spontaneously combust and their remains turn into the seeds of palm trees. If you eat the coconuts that grow on these trees you attain a super-human strength, which is why the fish in Jamaica grow tails on a full moon.

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Technology - Part I

Mother's brand new iPod doesn't work. She swears the equipment is faulty and/or broken, despite its recent purchase and minimal use.

Mother, have you plugged it in to charge it? Yes, of course she has. Was one end plugged into the iPod and the other end plugged into the computer, prompting iTunes to start-up, etc?

Mother stares blankly....




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