What do you get when you combine an elephant with a fish?
Swimming trunks!
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TRUE STORY: Oh those gullible Americans!
In 1998 a Fast Food Restaurant published a full page advertisement in USA Today ... announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a “Left-Handed Burger”…
Celebrity Extra: Margot Robbie
Q: I just read that Margot Robbie has been married for several years. I've never seen her husband walking the red carpet with her at award shows. Who is he?
Trivia Test: Opie Taylor
TELEVISION: Which TV comedy features a character named Opie Taylor?
Strange But True: Blobfish
The blobfish gets its nickname from its saggy appearance when it's brought to the surface from the deep part of the ocean where it lives.
Diesel won’t be easily replaced on the farm, Mr. Minister of Natural Resources
I was out at the cabin, trying to trim the reeds and weeds along the water, when I came across a stark reminder of how good we have it because of fossil fuels.
Top Ten Richest Celebrities in the World 2023
Two well known film directors top this list of rich celebrities.
Top Ten Movies: Dead Reckoning
Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One jumps a motorcycle into the top spot while Insidious falls to number three.
Play Better Golf with Jack Nicklaus, Jul 27
To promote a square clubface at address, try setting the club in place while gripping only with your left hand.
Co-op Kid's Korner, Jul 27
Hey kids, enjoy some puzzles and our junior whirl! The young at heart can enjoy these too!
Salome's Stars: Jul 27
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Resist the urge to hunker down in your bunker until things ease up.
The Garden Bug: Killing mosquito larvae in standing water
Add apple cider vinegar to standing water at a ratio of about 15% vinegar to 85% water. Larvae die within 18 hours.
Go Figure! Jul 27
The idea of Go Figure is to arrive at the figures given at the bottom and right-hand columns of the diagram.
Moments in Time: Flying Ants Tennis Match
On Aug. 7, 1935, a tennis match in London was interrupted by, of all things, flying ants.
SJHL pre-season schedule set for Klippers
It was a difficult season for the SJHL Iron Horse Kindersley Klippers, but new GM & Head Coach Clayton Jardine hopes to change the team's fortunes.
Penton: Fresh faces in world of sports
The world of sports continues to supply fans with fresh new faces, extraordinarily talented athletes who sometimes hit the headlines and then fade away…
Check It Out: Why a true story receives media criticism
Someone speculated the tenth movie in the Fast and Furious franchise might be called “Fas-ten (Fast 10) your seatbelts”.
PROVINCIAL CHAMPS!
Congratulations to the Kindersley Royals, who won the 11U AA Tier 6 division against the Biggar Nationals 11-1. They were undefeated in the tournament…
Living In Today’s World
You check the ingredients on a can of chicken noodle soup to see if it contains Echinacea.