From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V6 #147 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Thursday, June 14 2007 Volume 06 : Number 147 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:21:22 +0100 From: "KPJ" Subject: seven-seas Ooooooo!!!! 2 tough questions - are you ready? If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion? Read the next question before looking at the response for this one. Question 2: It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three candidates. Candidate A. Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologist. He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day. Candidate B. He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon , used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening. Candidate C He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife. Which of these candidates would be our choice? Decide first... no peeking, then scroll down for the response. Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt. Candidate B is Winston Churchill. Candidate C is Adolph Hitler. And, by the way, on your answer to the abortion question: If you said YES, you just killed Beethoven. Pretty interesting isn't it? Makes a person think before judging someone. Remember: Amateurs...built the ark. Professionals...built the Titanic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:01:48 -0400 From: "Brian Andersen" Subject: Re: seven-seas Ooooooo!!!! I Googled this because I had never heard this about Beethoven's siblings and I found this in rebuttal to the quiz, which still is interesting even if some of the facts are incorrect: Question 1 There is no known cases of any of Beethoven's siblings being blind, deaf or mentally challenged. In fact, only three of Beethoven's siblings survived infancy, Beethoven being the oldest. There is also no documents that state that Beethoven's mother had Syphilis Question 2 *It is not actually known if Roosevelt ever actually consulted with astrologers, but there is talk about it. While it is not known how many affairs he actually had, it is known that he had an affair with his wife's secretary. *Churchill was known for his drinking, but it is not known whether or not he used opium in college. *Whether or not Hitler was an actual vegetarian is up for debate. Some attest that he had a liking for sausages and some also say that he did not actually become a vegetarian until 1931, because doctors thought that it would help him with his chronic stomach disorder. In the late 1930's, Hitler had a cook and when she released her first cookbook, she states that one of Hitler's favorite meals was stuffed pidgeon...Not very vegetarian like! It is true that Hitler probably did not cheat on his wife, but he was also only married to Eva Braun for a couple of hours before they both committed suicide. Hitler did, in fact, neither smoke nor drink and there are records of him being openely against the use of tobacco amongst his troops. Information from: http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/beethovenabort.htm On 6/13/07, KPJ wrote: > > 2 tough questions - are you ready? > > If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who > were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had > syphilis, > would you recommend that she have an abortion? > > Read the next question before looking at the response for this one. > > Question 2: > It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts. Here > are > the facts about the three candidates. > > Candidate A. > Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologist. He's > had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a > day. > > Candidate B. > He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon , used opium in > college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening. > > Candidate C > He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an > occasional beer and never cheated on his wife. > > Which of these candidates would be our choice? > Decide first... no peeking, then scroll down for the response. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt. > Candidate B is Winston Churchill. > Candidate C is Adolph Hitler. > > And, by the way, on your answer to the abortion question: > > If you said YES, you just killed Beethoven. > > Pretty interesting isn't it? Makes a person think before judging someone. > > Remember: Amateurs...built the ark. > Professionals...built the Titanic > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info > http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ > http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > * > > > - -- - -Brian Andersen bandersen65@gmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V6 #147 ********************************