Ever had one of those dreams where you imagine you are chased by a pastry Chef, throwing freshly backed sweets at you? No? Really? You mean to tell me that you have never dreamed that someone is pelting you with iced caked? Am I the only one? Arturo Montesdeoca of Chicago must have thought he [...]
Posts Tagged ‘United States’
When sweet treats turned sour
Posted: October 17, 2011 in Experiences to rememberTags: cake, Chicago, Chocolate, Cook, Cupcake, Icing (food), Muffin, Sugar, United States
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Heard During Colonoscopy
Posted: October 5, 2011 in Food for thoughtTags: Amelia Earhart, Arkansas, Colonoscopy, Colorectal cancer, Crohn's disease, Enron, Muppet, United States
A physician claimed that the following are actual comments made by his patients (predominately male) while he was performing their colonoscopies: “I usually don’t do this on the first date.” “Take it easy, Doc. You’re boldly going where no man has gone before!” “Find Amelia Earhart yet?” “Can you hear me now?“ “Are we there [...]
For Sale: The Eiffel Tower…
Posted: October 4, 2011 in Food for thoughtTags: Confidence trick, Count, Eiffel Tower, New York City, Paris, United States, Victor Lustig, Ziegfeld Follies
When it comes to deception and trickery, there was no man better at it than Victor Lustig. He really was the king of the confidence men. With forty-five known aliases, the mastery of five different languages, and nearly fifty arrests in the United States alone, Lustig could swindle even the brightest of marks. Lustig was [...]
