Poor William's Almanack, June 16, 2008, A Riddle

Ben Franklin's bifocals Monday, June 16, 2008

[1775 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established]

Stan Laurel and Oliver 'Babe' Hardy
[1890 - Stan Laurel (Arthur Stanley Jefferson), actor, comedian, born in Ulverston, England]

[1907 - Jack Albertson, Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning actor, born in Malden, Massachusetts]

Washington Post Publisher Katharine Graham

[1917 - Katharine Graham, publisher The Washington Post, writer, born in New York City]

James Joyce's Ulysses
[1910 - Leopold Bloom spends the day with James Joyce]

[1933 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Banking Act]

[1970 - Brian Piccolo of Chicago Bears dies of cancer]

A Riddle

Q. What do polo players and members of Congress have in common?

A. They are each participants in rich-men's sports that are seen as increasingly irrelevant by the general public.

William's Whimsical Words:

Isn't it time we fixed this?

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