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I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.
Frank Lloyd Wright
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2. ManHole Stories
ever fallen down a manhole? Found an interesting story on manhole covers in the news? Have Jokes involving manhole covers?
Know anyone who can take video footage of manhole exploration?
Send your story to: me!
And choose here:
1. - Trivia: Casey Stengel, Baseball Legend
Casey Stengel, whose 50 years in baseball was marked by colorful antics and World Series victories, almost was fired before
reaching the big leagues.
In 1912, Stengel was playing left field for the Montgomery Billikens in a preseason game in Pensacola, Fla.
Stengel's interest in vaudeville acts first found a baseball outlet when he discovered an easily liftable large manhole cover.
At the start of the game, Stengel climbed into the manhole and waited to spring his joke. One fly ball later, Stengel had
drawn the crowd's applause and his coach's wrath.
"I stood up holding the lid over my head like a shield," Stengel said, according to a 1976 biography by Norman MacLean.
"But it was heavier than I had imagined, and I staggered around under the load, hoping the ball wouldn't hit me on the head.
At the last second, I reached out with one hand and grabbed the ball."
Stengel kept his job and hit .290 in 136 games with Montgomery. The Brooklyn Dodgers called him up to the major leagues
in September.
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