07 Apr 11 Tolio
A young couple left the church and arrived at the hotel where they were spending the first night of their honeymoon. They opened the champagne and began undressing.
When the bridegroom removed his socks, his new wife asked, ‘What’s wrong with your feet? Your toes look all mangled and weird.
‘I had tolio as a child,’ he answered.
‘You mean polio?’ she asked.
‘No, tolio. The disease only affected my toes.
When the groom took off his pants, his bride once again asked
‘What’s wrong with your knees? They’re all lumpy and deformed!
‘As a child, I also had kneasles,’ he explained.
‘You mean measles?’ she asked.
‘No, kneasles. It was a strange illness that only affected my knees.
The new bride had to be satisfied with this answer.
As the undressing continued, her husband at last removed his underwear.
‘Don’t tell me,’ she said.
‘Let me guess…
Smallcox?
Tags: bridegroom, champagne, first night, honeymoon, knees, measles, polio, socks, strange illness, toes, underwear, young couple
29 May 08 Cypress Knees
The Cypress Knee is part of the root system of the Bald Cypress Tree. They have been studied for years, but their exact function is still unknown.
They seem to grown in the presence of water. The deeper the water the bigger the knee. Trees that are growing on dry ground seldom have any knees – perhaps just a few small ones.
It is thought they might help in providing oxygen to the tree, and help anchor the tree in soft swampy mud.
They grow up to around seven feet tall in the deeper water.
Tags: anchor, bald cypress tree, Beidler, Beidler forest, cypress knee, deeper water, exact function, knees, mud, oxygen, presence, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, root system, trees
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