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4538 Body Language thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WHEN PULLED OVER BY POLICE
Turn off your car and turn on a dome light. Put both hands on the wheel. This can possibly make the officer feel more comfortable because he can see your hands and inside the car.
Nate
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Current Rating: 8.0 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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SERVING DRINKS TO KIDS
A waitress friend told me this one: If a kid asks for root beer and you don't have any, mix some Coke with some Ginger Ale. If a kid asks for Ginger Ale and you don't have any, mix some Coke with some Sprite. If a kid asks for Sprite and you don't have any, mix some sugar with some Seltzer Water. If a kid asks for Seltzer Water, he's just messin' with you.
Joseph Bauer, Master Carpenter, Indian Hills, Ohio, USA
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Current Rating: 7 out of 10 based on 11 reviews
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THE STAR RULE
Stars twinkle, planets don't.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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Current Rating: 6.0 out of 10 based on 33 reviews
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WINNING MONOPOLY
The person who makes the most deals wins.
Jennifer Evans, writer, Austin, Texas
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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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SPOTTING A GOOD MOVIE
If a movie looks good and the critics love it, you'll like it. If a movie looks good and the critics hate it, you'll love it. If it looks bad and the critics love it, try it. Otherwise, don't bother.
Marc Pelath, student and programmer, Michigan City, Indiana
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PRAYING MANTISES
It takes 16 praying mantis egg cases per acre to keep other insects under control.
Ronald Newberry, retired, Cayutaville, New York
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Current Rating: 5.8 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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USING A POOL
No more than 10 percent of the people in an apartment complex will try to use the pool at the same time, and about 80 percent will never use it.
Vince Mooney, real estate broker, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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PICKING YOUR RASPBERRIES
When you start to find garden spiders in your raspberries, you have one week left to pick.
Carol Ayer, raspberry grower, West Bend, Wisconsin
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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EXAMINING A TROUT
Native trout have whole fins. Hatchery trout have ragged fins.
Russell T. Johnson, Temple City, California
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INVESTING VENTURE CAPITAL
Only one out of ten enterprises that a venture capitalist invests in will pay off - and it must pay for the losses on the other nine.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent quoting Adam Smith, Weston, Connecticut
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LOOKING GOOD ON TV
You always look 15 percent more serious on TV than you do in real life, so try to look 15 percent less serious when you are on camera.
Sharon K. Yntema, writer, Ithaca, New York
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