The WNTS Digest

In a small town, a young man named Little Donny decides to buy a horse. He finds a local farmer who has a horse for sale and offers to buy it for $250.  The farmer agrees to deliver the horse to Little Donny's house the next day. The following day, the farmer shows up at Donny's doorstep, looking a bit sheepish. "Sorry, son," says the farmer, "but I've got some bad news. The horse has died."  

Donny, surprised but calm, responds, "That's okay, just give me my money back."  

The farmer scratches his head and replies, "Well, here's the thing - I can’t do that, I went and spent it already."  

Donny thinks for a moment and then says, "Alright, just bring me the dead horse then."  

The farmer, puzzled, asks, "What are you going to do with a dead horse?"  

Donny grins and says, "I'm going to raffle it off."  

The farmer laughs and says, "You can't raffle off a dead horse! Who'd buy a ticket?"  

Donny, still smiling, replies, "Sure I can. I just won't tell anyone that the horse is dead."  

A month later, the farmer sees  Donny in town and can't help but ask, "So, what happened with that dead horse? Did you really raffle it off?"  

Donny proudly replies, "Sure did! I sold 500 tickets at $5 each."  

The farmer, amazed, asks, "Didn't anyone complain when they found out the horse was dead?"  

Little Donny smiles and says, "Just the guy who won… so, I gave him his $5 back."

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1506 - The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrive at the Vatican.

1879 - Battle of Rorke's Drift: British garrison of 150 holds off 3,000-4,000 Zulu warriors. Eleven Victoria Crosses and a number of other decorations were awarded to the defenders.

1905 - In St Petersburg, Russia, a large demonstration of workers led by Father Gapon, march to the Winter Palace with a petition to the Tsar; troops fire on protesters in what becomes known as 'Bloody Sunday'.

1908 - Katie Mulcahey is arrested for lighting a cigarette, violating the 1-day old "Sullivan Ordinance" banning women from smoking in public, and is fined $5. Appearing before the judge she stated “I’ve got as much right to smoke as you have. I never heard of this new law, and I don’t want to hear about it. No man shall dictate to me.”

1973 - In a landmark decision the US Supreme Court legalizes most abortions (Roe v. Wade), authoring the majority opinion Harry Blackmun states that the criminalization of abortion does not have "roots in the English common-law tradition".

1949: Former lead singer for Journey, Steve Perry, has a birthday today. When he asked what were the plans, they responded "Any Way You Want It."

National Blonde Brownie Day - I like the other ones better!!