01 April 2019 April Fool's Day


More than 4,000 high-minded people have climbed Mt. Everest.
25% of vehicles on our nation’s highways and byways are involved in accidents.
Ladder rungs must not be less then 25 centimetres apart and not more than 36 centimetres.
The Official Beverage of the State of Ohio is tomato juice.
An Air Canada jet with 300 on board crashed into a cemetery. 500 bodies were recovered.


Boston Pizza is our favourite joint, with 348 stores at home and 40+ in the US and Mexico.
The ants go marching one by one, and have been on manœuvers since 1863.
StatsCan reports that 20% of us own snowblowers.
Today is April Fools’ Day— trust no one—just like every other day of the year.
Ford has announced an SUV that gets 250k/l. It runs on April Fuel. 


12 is the average number of pucks used in an NHL game. 
Banana is a highly popular wine in The Philippines. 
The name Sharon means ‘princess’.
Bumper stickers were first plastered on vehicles in 1946.
My neighbour can’t wait for his wine to breathe, he gives it mouth-to-mouth. 


Trees’ roots grow during the winter months.
The Doomsday Clock currently stands at six minutes to midnight. 
Canada Post employs 25,000 letter carriers and boasts 13,000 vehicles in its fleet.
St. Kolbe is the patron saint of ham radio operators, political prisoners and journalists. 
‘We Know Where You Live’ should not be the slogan for Canada Post.


Food for Thought: Foolish men always believe that a little knowledge will give them control over the world, but it is no more than a display of their vanity.” ~J. P. Vinluca







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