*GMT - Wino Wednesday

Good Morning Gang

Rise and shine.
Nuke’em till they glow
Then shoot’em in the dark.

1911
The Standard Oil Company, headed by John D. Rockefeller, was ordered dissolved by the Supreme Court, under the Sherman Antitrust Act.

1918
The first air mail route in the U.S. was established between New York and Washington, DC, with a stop at Philadelphia.

1930
On a Boeing Air Transport flight between Oakland and Chicago, Ellen Church became the first airline stewardess.

1940
Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the United States.

1972
Alabama Governor George Wallace was shot and crippled as he campaigned for the presidency.

1988
The Soviet Union began to withdraw its estimated 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.



JOTD

An attorney arrived home late, after a very tough day trying to get a stay of execution. His last-minute plea for clemency to the governor had failed and he was feeling worn out and depressed.

As soon as he walked through the door at home, his wife started in on him about, 'What time of night to be getting home is this? Where have you been? Dinner is cold and I'm not reheating it'. And on and on and on.

Too shattered to play his usual role in this familiar ritual, he poured himself a shot of whiskey and headed off for a long hot soak in the bathtub, pursued by the predictable sarcastic remarks as he dragged himself up the stairs.

While he was in the bath, the phone rang. The wife answered and was told that her husband's client, James Wright, had been granted a stay of execution after all. Wright would not be hanged tonight.

Finally realizing what a terrible day he must have had, she decided to go upstairs and give him the good news.

As she opened the bathroom door, she was greeted by the sight of her husband, bent over naked, drying his legs and feet.

'They're not hanging Wright tonight,' she said.

He whirled around and screamed, 'FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WOMAN, DON'T YOU EVER STOP?!'