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719 Body Rules thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUYING A HAT
Your wedding ring size is the same as your hat size.
Doris Jennings, printer's assistant
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Current Rating: 4.0 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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975 Children thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FEEDING KIDS
Children don't need huge servings of food. Start with one tablespoon of each item per year of age.
Gayle Peterson, mother, Columbus, Ohio
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1231 Temperature thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ESTIMATING THE TEMPERATURE
To estimate the temperature outdoors in degrees Fahrenheit, count the number of times a lone cricket chirps in 15 seconds and add 37.
Steven Harper, Big Sur, California
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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1487 Religion thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
RELATING TO A CLERGYMAN
To profit most from a clergyman, be polite but have other interests in life.
Stephen Unsino, poet, Eastchester, New York
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1743 Education thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SPOTTING A GOOD TEACHER
If you can walk into a lecture ten minutes late and catch up on most of the material you missed, the lecturer is a good teacher.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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1999 Weather thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FOLLOWING FALL
On the east coast of the United States, the fall foliage change moves south by 50 miles a day.
Margaret Wagner, Brooklyn, New York
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2255 Storage thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SHOPPING FOR PARKING
A shopping mall should have 5.5 parking spaces for every 1,000 square feet of gross leasable area.
Darryl Thomas, Rochester, New York
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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2511 Tests thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PASSING A TEST
To get an A on an essay test when you only vaguely know the answer, write the answer as a sonnet.
Suzette Haden Elgin
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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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2767 Architecture thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PLANNING A SPIRAL STAIR
Spiral stairs for inside a building should be built so that they ascend as they go counter-clockwise. This is because most people are right-handed, and in the olden days, when castles were being attacked by gangs of marauders, it was life or death for the castle's inhabitants to have their weapon arms free while they were fighting.
Kate Gladstone, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Current Rating: 6.1 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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LINES
The other line always moves faster.
steve, retired, glendale, utah, usa
(81) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-01-21)
Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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4047 Automobiles thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
GASOLINE CONSUMPTION
As a general rule, most cars will burn their weight in gasoline each year they are in regular use.
Cheryl Russell, writer, Beaufort, SC, United States
(4) Contributions from this contributor since (2007-06-07)
Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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