Friday, May 14, 2004
Here's an interesting headline:
"Last Civil War Widow Ailing"
Ailing? AILING? What's amazing is she's still LIVING! The Civil War ended 140 years ago! Let me check this out...
Okay. She's 96 now. She married the guy in the 1920s when he was in his 80s. They had a kid and everything. That makes sense. You're in your 80s, the first thing you want is a little brat waking you up from your nap.
Well, says here this woman was collecting a pension, because Alabama (where she lived) never bothered to cancel the pension laws regarding Civil War vets after they'd all died. Good for her!
Can you imagine being the last of anything? No matter how trivial; if you knew you were the last person to do something, people would have to be impressed.
"Hi. I'm the last man on earth who ever purchased an Iron Butterfly 45 RPM record. The other guy died."
"Last Civil War Widow Ailing"
Ailing? AILING? What's amazing is she's still LIVING! The Civil War ended 140 years ago! Let me check this out...
Okay. She's 96 now. She married the guy in the 1920s when he was in his 80s. They had a kid and everything. That makes sense. You're in your 80s, the first thing you want is a little brat waking you up from your nap.
Well, says here this woman was collecting a pension, because Alabama (where she lived) never bothered to cancel the pension laws regarding Civil War vets after they'd all died. Good for her!
Can you imagine being the last of anything? No matter how trivial; if you knew you were the last person to do something, people would have to be impressed.
"Hi. I'm the last man on earth who ever purchased an Iron Butterfly 45 RPM record. The other guy died."
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