Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
A mouthy macaw, Mazda's motto, and money matters
By Mr. Smarty Pants, Fri., Feb. 6, 2004
According to a report by the New York Post, Winston Churchill's parrot is still alive. Charlie, a 104-year-old blue and gold female macaw, lives in southeast England and likes to curse Hitler.
According to one former medic, one way to tell if you have a fever without a thermometer is to close your eyes and with your eyelids down, try to roll your eyes around and up. If you feel pain in your eyes, there's a good chance you have a fever.
The official motto for mechanics at Mazda service stations is "Ikkai (One Time), Kakujitsu (Complete Surely), Shuri (Repair)."
Federal tax receipts as a share of national income are now at their lowest level since 1950. So says Paul Krugman.
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