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The Do You Like JOKES ?
The A FREE Monthly Paper APR. 06 Spotlight ™ 60,000+ Readers in North County Laughs • Puzzles • Solutions • Inspiration HUMOR HELPS YOU COPE WITH LIFE ! * 760-231-9074 * - ** www.4-my.net ** Do You Like JOKES ? SUDOKU Solution p. 6 ROCK-A-BYE BABIES, - - MAMA WANTS TO SLEEP FREE - PICK UP COPIES FOR FRIENDS! The Spotlight, N. C.’ s Great Little Paper! – Page Published by: Walter & Carole Gobitas, 2420 Vista Way Suite 112, Oceanside, CA 92054 Copyright 1999 - 2004 All Rights Reserved The ™ Spotlight North County’s Collectible Paper Save the cute pictures & jokes! Owner / Editor Walter & Carole Gobitas Ph #: 231-9074 Fax: 754-8150 Spotlight Online: www.4-my.net E-mail: [email protected] Spotlight on: Thank You Contributors! For making the Spotlight North Counties’ Great Little Paper! Plunkett 2 Kid Wisdom / Grandpa’s Wisdom 3 Passion 4 life 4 Mobility 5 Mulva 6 Turner Financial Group 8 Dr. Jebreil / Senior Breeze 9 Professor Smugly 10 Fred / Poet’s Pen 11 Brainy 12 Pets 13 Do You Read Junk Mail? 14 Hearing Health 16 Smile! It will improve your appearance. Laugh! It is Internal Exercise. Make someone else smile & laugh And you will both be happy. All Area Codes are 760 if not shown Consumers Be Aware • CA state law requires anyone who contracts to do construction or work of improvement be licensed by the Contractors’ State License Board in the license category in which the contractor is going to be working. If the total price of job is $500 or more (including labor & materials, please verify the person is licensed! (Contractor’s State License Board: 1-800-321-2752 or www.cslb.ca.gov) • For health solutions, consult your physician. Health ads and articles are for informational purposes only. • For financial solutions, consult your trusted financial advisor. Financial ads and articles are for informational purposes only. Gobitas, and The Spotlight reserve the right to not accept an ad. We accept no responsibility for errors in copy or in advertisements beyond the cost of the actual space occupied by the error, or for the comments or claims of our advertisers. All disputes to be settled in Small Claims Court in Vista, CA. Plunkett Did Ya Hear This? A guy is swerving down the road and gets pulled over. The cop says, “You have to take a Breathalyzer test.” The guy says, “I can’t. I have asthma, and it’ll start me on a coughing fit.” The cop says, “Then I have to give you a blood test.” The guy says, “You can’t. I’m a hemophiliac, and if you prick me, I’ll bleed all over the place.” The cops says, “Then you have to get out of the car and walk a straight line.” The guy says, “I can’t.” The cop says, “Why not?” The guy says, “Because I’m drunk you idiot... didn’t you see the way I was driving!” A gynecologist had become fed up with malpractice insurance and was on the verge of being burned out. Hoping to try another career where skillful hands would be beneficial, he decided to change careers and become a mechanic. He found out from the local technical college what was involved, signed up for evening classes, attended diligently, and learned all he could. When the time for the practical exam approached, the gynecologist prepared carefully for weeks, and completed the exam with tremendous skill. When the results came back, he was surprised to find that he had obtained a score of 150%. Fearing an error, he called the instructor, saying “I don’t want to appear ungrateful for such an outstanding result, but I wondered if there had been an error which needed adjusting.” The instructor said, “During the exam, you took the engine apart perfectly, which was worth 50% of the total mark. You put the engine back together again perfectly, which is also worth 50% of the mark.” The instructor went on to say, “I gave you an extra 50% because you did all of it through the muffler.” His cheek Was rough, His chick vamoosed And now, she won’t Come home to roost Burma-Shave The whale Put Jonah Down the hatch, But coughed him up Because he scratched. Burma-Shave The Spotlight, N. C.’ s Great Little Paper! – Page Kid Wisdom Everyone was seated around the table as the food was being served. When little Logan received his plate, he started eating right away. “Logan, wait until we say our prayer,” his mother reminded him. “I don’t have to,” the little boy replied. “Of course you do,” his mother insisted, “we say a prayer before eating at our house.” “That’s at our house,” Logan explained, “but this is Grandma’s house and she knows how to cook. A grandmother was surprised by her 7 year old grandson one morning. He had made her coffee. She drank what was the worst cup of coffee in her life. When she got to the bottom, there were three of those little green Army toy men in the cup. She said , “Honey, what are these army men doing in my coffee?” Her grandson said, “Grandma, it says on TV, “The best part of waking up is soldiers in your cup! Many Old timers remember these “BURMA SHAVE” signs along the hiways. We kids were constantly of the look out for them. They made the trip easier for us and our parents. BURMA SHAVE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whales are mammals. Mammals have hair. SHAVE THE WHALES! Q: What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft? A: A flat minor! Q: What do you get when a duck and a cow cross the road? A: Milk and Quackers. Q: What nationality are you if you’re going to the bathroom? A: European Q: And what nationality are you if someone’s knocking on the door while you’re going? A: You’re a Russian. The Spotlight, N. C.’s Great Little Paper! page 3 Grandpa’s Wisdom There is an old saying, “Experience is the best teacher.” But not so. Far better to learn without the costly and painful process of experience, which one may undergo without learning anything, as can be seen all about us. PONDERISMS: * Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward. * Past experience should be a guide post, not a hitching post. * An optimist is a guy without much experience. * Some people speak from experience; others, from experience, don’t speak. * There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience, and that is not learning from experience. * There’s nothing like a little experience to upset a theory. * One thing about the school of experience is that it will repeat the lesson if you flunk the first time. * Some people learn from their experiences, some never recover from them. * The definition of experience is knowledge acquired too late. * If Experience Is Such A Good Teacher Why Do I keep Repeating The Course? * Experience is a costly teacher, but fools will learn from no other. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Experience is: * What you get when you are looking for something else. * What you have left after everything else is gone. * Something you don’t get until just after you need it. * The name everyone gives to their mistakes. * Knowledge acquired too late. * Knowing a lot of things you shouldn’t do. * The one thing you have plenty of when you’re too old to get the job. * A good school...but it’s not very strong on vacations. $200 Referral Fee at close of Escrow * Is something you don’t get until just after you need it. 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All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.” - Hedy Lamarr “When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country.” - Elayne Boosler. “I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn’t itch.” – Gilda Radner “Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.”- Maryon Pearson. (continued page 11) LINENS Some Women Say: MULVA To kiss A mug That’s like a cactus, Takes more nerve, Than it does practice. Burma-Shave In Vista Since 1956 Make someone LAUGH! C INS Gold & Silver • 24 Hour Quotes 758-2860 BUYING OR SELLING? CALL US!!! Rare Coins • Gold • Silver Estate Jewelry • Sterling GLASSWARE CERAMICS GLASSWARE CERAMICS • PLANNED PROFESSIONALLY INVESTMENT E PROGRAM FEATURING PC GS COINS California Numismatic Funding 758-1200 755 E. Vista Way • Vista ndid o W. Vista Way E. Vista Way Esco [ Grandpa’s Wisdom - Contunied from page 3 ] QUOTES: * “Human beings, who are almost unique in having he ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.” (Douglas Adams) * “The cat, having sat on a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won’t sit upon a cold stove lid, either.” - Mark Twain * “A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.” - Mark Twain. * “Experience increases our wisdom but doesn’t reduce our follies”. - Josh Billings. * “Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him. “ - Aldous Huxley. * “Experience is the comb that nature gives us when we are bald.” - Russian proverb. * “Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment”. - Rita Brown. * “Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.” - Franklin P. Jones. * “Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other”. - Ben Franklin. * “We learn from experience that we never learn from experience.” - George Bernard Shaw. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONSIDER: * Experience can be a great teacher. Unfortunately, there is only one way to get it, and that is to fall a few times until you learn. Like the employer who told her new employee, “I hired you to make right decisions.” “And how do I do that?” he asked. “Experience!” she answered. “How do I get experience?” he asked. “With wrong decisions.” * Do we have to experience bad to appreciate good? Do you appreciate a plate of food more if you eat it watching news clips of famine? Do you say, “I sure am looking forward to having the flu this winter. 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She turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button. “Excellent, excellent!” said Mr. Jones as his paper disappeared inside the machine. “I just need one copy.” Two employees for the gas company were at a house call. The younger man said to the older one, “Man, you’re old!” “Yeah, that may be so, but I can still outrun you,” replied the older employee. “How about a foot race to see if you’re right,” said the younger employee. With that they start running at full speed around that block. The older man kept up with the younger man around the first corner, the second corner, the third corner. As they come up on the last corner, the younger man sees an elderly woman running as fast as her legs could carry her. Puzzled by this, they both stop ask her why she was running behind them. The old woman caught her breath and said, “Well, you were at my home checking my gas meter, and when I saw you running away, I figured I’d better run too!” Where to Publish Your Paper If you understand it and can prove it, then send it to a journal of mathematics. If you understand it, but can’t prove it, then send it to a physics journal. If you can’t understand it, but can prove it, then send it to an economics journal. If you can neither understand it nor prove it, then send it to a psychology journal. Words from famous Women (continued) “Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.” -Bella Abzug. Poet’s Pen A smile is quite a funny thing, it wrinkles up your face And when it’s gone you never find, it’s secret hiding place. But far more wonderful it is to see what smiles can do. You smile at one, he smiles at you, and so one smile makes two. They smile at someone since you smiled, good, And then that one smiles back. And that one smiles until in truth, You fail in keeping track. Now, a big smile you can share, Thereby cheering hearts that care. So let us smile and not forget That smiles go everywhere! Listen Birds; These Signs Cost Money. So Sit A Spell, But Don’t Get Funny. Burma Shave. Best Western Marty’s Valley Inn 3240 E. Mission Ave. Oceanside, CA 92054 Web: www.bwmartys.com 760-757-7700 Entertain Your relatives & friends close to home. - 15% off Mention this ad & get a FREE GIFT GADABOUT VACATIONS You Deserve a Cruise or Tour! Call me today for a FREE 2006 catalog! Anita 866-574-1470 [email protected] The Spotlight, N. C.’ s Great Little Paper! – Page 11 Brainy Mohnacky Animal Hospitals ... A Name You Can Trust Serving North County for 20+Years *Open 7 Days Affordable Spay / Neuter Laser Surgery Puppy & Kitten Health Plans Boarding Senior & Military Discount Ask about our FREE VACCINE PROGRAM! 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Sauté in 1 Tbsp olive oil on low heat; 2 Tbsp finely chopped shallots, 1, Tbsp minced garlic. 1, tbsp chopped fresh Italian parsley. 1, 10 oz package thawed chopped spinach, pressed dry. 2, Tbsp balsamic vinegar. Cook for 3 min. Remove from heat. Mix in 1/3 cup ricotta cheese. Season with salt & pepper. Stuff mixture into mushroom caps. Top each with ¼ Tsp grated Parmesan cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 mins. Garnish with parsley sprigs, serve as an appetizer. YUM YUM! By Lombardo & Bui. It was entertainment night at the senior center and the Amazing Claude was topping the bill. People came from miles around to see the famed hypnotist do his stuff. As Claude went to the front of the meeting room, he announced, “Unlike most hypnotists who invite two or three people up here to be put into a trance, I intend to hypnotize each and every member of the audience.” The excitement was almost electric as Claude withdrew a beautiful antique pocket watch from his coat. “I want you each to keep your eye on this antique watch. It’s a very special watch. It’s been in my family for six generations.” He began to swing the watch gently back and forth while quietly chanting, “Watch the watch, watch the watch, watch the watch...”The crowd became mesmerized as the watch swayed back and forth, light gleaming off its polished surface. Hundreds of pairs of eyes followed the swaying watch, until, suddenly, it slipped from Claude’s fingers and fell to the floor, breaking into a hundred pieces. ........... “Crap”...... he exclaimed .......! It took three days to clean up the Senior Center! 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Take them a copy, get some exercise & share the fun of the Spotlight. Get them from our racks. Or Call 231-9074 for 50 or more copies delivered to you. The Spotlight, N. C.’ s Great Little Paper! – Page 14 A hobo shows up at the front door of a grand mansion. the owner comes to the door. Hobo says, “Sir, I am down on my luck and ask if you could please spare me a meal?” The owner stared at the hobo for a minute and then broke out in a lambasting such as the world has never heard. “You shiftless bum!! I worked all my life for what I have and you make me sick, begging for food! How dare you!! You should be ashamed!” The hobo lowered his head in shame. After a minute of silence, the owner began to soften toward the unfortunate man, and said, “Look, if you are willing to do some work for me, I will pay you and give you a meal.” The hobo was ecstatic! “Oh, yes sir! I will do whatever you want. Thank you!” So the owner said, “OK, go around back. You’ll see a porch there, and a bucket of battleship grey paint and a brush. Paint the porch, windows included, and you’ll have a meal.” The hobo wasted no time and scurried around back. About an hour later, the front bell rang again. The owner opened the door and saw a paint splattered hobo with a big grin on his face. “Now don’t you feel better,” he said. “Yes!” said the hobo. “I’m a new man!” “OK,” said the owner, “come in and have some lunch.” The two sat around the kitchen eating and drinking for about an hour, when the hobo said he had to leave. He thanked the owner profusely for getting him back on the straight and narrow. As the owner showed the hobo to the front door, the hobo turned and said, “Oh, by the way, that wasn’t a Porsche out back, it was a Ferrari.” The 98 year old Mother Superior from Ireland was dying. The nuns gathered around her bed trying to make her last journey comfortable. They gave her some warm milk to drink but she refused. Then one of the nuns took the glass back to the kitchen. Remembering a bottle of Irish whiskey received as a gift the previous Christmas, she opened and poured a generous amount into the warm milk. Back at Mother Superior’s bed, she held the glass to her lips. Mother drank a little, then a little more and before they knew it, she had drunk the whole glass down to the last drop.“Mother,” the nuns asked with earnest, “please give us some wisdom before you die.” She raised herself up in bed and with a pious look on her face said, “Don’t sell that cow.” A man calls his lawyer’s office. When the receptionist answers the phone he asks to speak to Mr. Taylor, his lawyer. The receptionist replies, “I’m sorry, but Mr. Taylor died last week.” The man says nothing and hangs up the phone. The next day he calls the office and again asks for Mr. Taylor. The receptionist says, “Sir, I told you yesterday that Mr. Taylor has died.” The man again says nothing and hangs up the phone. The next day he calls the office again and asks for his lawyer. The receptionist gets angry and says “Sir, I have told you for two days that Mr. Taylor has passed away. Why do you continueto call?” The man then answers “I like hearing good news when I call my lawyer’s office.” Truisms Worrying about something that may never happen is like paying interest on money you may never borrow. It is easier to stay out of trouble, than to get out -- Mark Twain. It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follows it. -- Ben Franklin Opportunity may knock only once but temptation bangs on your door for years. Forbidden fruits - create many jams. Z T P Z H D R I B G N I M M U H N N S P E G O O T A K C O C N H Q I Y B P A A W U M L P J V O F N F U L E Y A R C J N L M N A W T O K G H P K R R R O N F N L N L R C R N R D V R O R O C U C K O O O L A E A M O V U D N O R O T K E H A E P K N V Y T T N W J B W F K R F R N G X E O E N S O N A N P H A E R W I Q E E N A C A Y C N I N H A E L C H V K Z K W M P J T G N H L R D E C P H E A S A N T K I Z A Z N I R H N I B O R K C Z X P S R K T L N C X H Y E C L I A U Q U E N A C U O T I E V O D D K W R O B P X N T M L S R Z P X K B Y A Y V W V E A G L E O T K C M L N L N C K Q L N R R V P O S P G V U L T U R E L L Z J F Y R O T Y G O O S E L X T Y Knock, Knock. Who’s there? Dwayne. Dwayne who? DWAYNE THE TUB! I’M DWOWNING! The Spotlight, N. C.’ s Great Little Paper! – Page 15 Do You Know The fact is that no one knows what they haven’t heard! They’re not convinced of not hearing well & no one really wants to wear hearing aids. 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You decide which technology works best for you. Then, because I am a Manufacturer, I will Custom Craft my Remedy Hearing Aids with that circuitry to fit your acoustic and psychological needs. Audiologists & Dispensers with a problem call the Manufacturer for help with hearing aids. You Can Too! Remedy Hearing Aids - Why Pay Retail? Walter Gobitas, Manufacturer (760) 754–8151 By appointment 8 am–5 pm Mon - Sat 2420 Vista Way #112, Oceanside, 92054 www.4HearingAids.com Need Batteries? 50 cents/ea The Spotlight, N. C.’ s Great Little Paper! – Page 16