Saturday, March 03, 2007

Tonight’s History Lesson

Rose- “Mom, has there ever been a black president?”

Me- “No, honey, the next election year….”

Byrd -“Na huh, Mom, Abraham Lincoln.”

Me- “He wasn’t black.”

Byrd – “Well, he was tan.”

Rose –“Well, duh that’s because he went to the tanning salon.”

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  1. Stan Harrington3/03/2007 11:41 PM

    That is cute! Modern technology has taken over our "youth", in heir lifetime, there has been tanning salons - so why not back in the 1860's! Do your think they would believe me if I told them that e-mail use to go by horseback during the days of the Pony Express - you know that is where they got the name for e-mail (express mail. I can see that I am going to have to conduct some summer "history" classes at the HITWRA this year.

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  2. john r mclay3/06/2007 5:05 AM

    Abe WAS ahead of his days in color, no? Maybe a reverse-jackson psychosis plagued this man to tanning. He had no idea the man-made UV rays were so harmful to the skin.

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  3. Heidi3/06/2007 6:30 AM

    I think it is the teaching tools...old photo's have the sepia (orange color)tone. That explains the tan...as for the black? I was in an elementary school this last week and they were learning about Presidents Day; they were using silhouettes of the presidents to teach...that explains the black...or maybe it is because he helped free the slaves???

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