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Generally Speaking => Power On => Topic started by: Sabby on October 04, 2007, 12:45:09 PM

Title: have a history teacher explain this...if they can!
Post by: Sabby on October 04, 2007, 12:45:09 PM
 > Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
> John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
>
> Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
> John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
>
> Both we re particularly concerned with civil rights.
> Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
>
> Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
> Both Presidents were shot in the head .
>
> Now it gets really weird.
>
> Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.
> Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln .
>
> Both were assassinated by Southerners.
> Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
>
> Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln , was born in 1808.
> Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
>
> John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln , was born in 1839.
> Lee Harvey Oswald , who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
>
> Both assassins were known by their three names.
> Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
>
> Now hang on to your seat.
>
> Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
> Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln ' made by 'Ford.'
>
> Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a
> warehouse.
> Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid
> in a theater.
>
> Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
>
> And here's the kicker...
>
> A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe , Maryland
> A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
   
Title: Re: have a history teacher explain this...if they can!
Post by: sleepin_dude_99 on October 04, 2007, 12:47:03 PM
olol forwarded emails >_>
Title: Re: have a history teacher explain this...if they can!
Post by: HeroOfTimeO0 on October 04, 2007, 12:48:59 PM
Wow. :O
Well since I can't really make anything out of it, I'm gonna say it's just a lot of coincidences.
Title: Re: have a history teacher explain this...if they can!
Post by: sleepin_dude_99 on October 04, 2007, 12:50:13 PM
Quote from: HeroOfTimeO0 on October 04, 2007, 12:48:59 PM
Wow. :O
Well since I can't really make anything out of it, I'm gonna say it's just a lot of coincidences.
It's called a forwarded e-mail.

They're always about some charity, cancer, or stupid coincidences.
Title: Re: have a history teacher explain this...if they can!
Post by: Sabby on October 04, 2007, 12:51:49 PM
Quote from: Cannotcompute0 on October 04, 2007, 12:50:13 PM
Quote from: HeroOfTimeO0 on October 04, 2007, 12:48:59 PM
Wow. :O
Well since I can't really make anything out of it, I'm gonna say it's just a lot of coincidences.
It's called a forwarded e-mail.

They're always about some charity, cancer, or stupid coincidences.
last year in 8th grade my social studies teacher actually made a Microsoft powerpoint on this.
Title: Re: have a history teacher explain this...if they can!
Post by: sleepin_dude_99 on October 04, 2007, 12:53:02 PM
Quote from: SBSTN1 on October 04, 2007, 12:51:49 PM
Quote from: Cannotcompute0 on October 04, 2007, 12:50:13 PM
Quote from: HeroOfTimeO0 on October 04, 2007, 12:48:59 PM
Wow. :O
Well since I can't really make anything out of it, I'm gonna say it's just a lot of coincidences.
It's called a forwarded e-mail.

They're always about some charity, cancer, or stupid coincidences.
last year in 8th grade my social studies teacher actually made a Microsoft powerpoint on this.
Last year my 7th grade teacher got the SAME EXACT E-MAIL

He shared it for the lulz, literally.
Title: Re: have a history teacher explain this...if they can!
Post by: Sabby on October 04, 2007, 12:54:57 PM
my social studies teacher didn't show it for the lulz, i think she was actually serious about it.
Title: Re: have a history teacher explain this...if they can!
Post by: sleepin_dude_99 on October 04, 2007, 12:56:19 PM
Quote from: SBSTN1 on October 04, 2007, 12:54:57 PM
my social studies teacher didn't show it for the lulz, i think she was actually serious about it.
Mine laughed at it >_>

I did too >_>

There's thousands of these everyday, you just have to have those strange people that say "ZOMG THAT AND THAT GO TOGETHER LETS SHARE IT WITH ALL THE WORLD!"

Then the people with common sense do a facepalm.
Title: Re: have a history teacher explain this...if they can!
Post by: Sabby on October 04, 2007, 12:57:58 PM
actually come to think of it, i think my teacher sort of laughed at it.
Title: Re: have a history teacher explain this...if they can!
Post by: sleepin_dude_99 on October 04, 2007, 12:59:55 PM
Quote from: SBSTN1 on October 04, 2007, 12:57:58 PM
actually come to think of it, i think my teacher sort of laughed at it.
/facepalm