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[CigarBanter]

It's Tuesday again! In between insults we'll occasionally discuss cigars.  Join in and perhaps learn something along the way.  Warning: don't proceed if you have thin skin but don't be afraid to post either...  And welcome aboard!

[A Friend of Charlie]

Good night, friends.

[Travellin Dave]

Good night to you Mr. Mayor.

[LSUFAN]

Good morning guys.

[LSUFAN]

On this day in history ..
1084 - Anti-pope Clemens crowns German emperor Hendrik IV
1492 - Queen Isabella of Castilia & Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews
1504 - France & Spain signs ceasefire
1521 - Magelhaes takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St Lazarus
1547 - Henry II succeeds Fran‡ois I as king of France
1644 - Pope Urbanus VIII & duke of Parma signs Peace of Ferrara
1651 - Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru
1657 - English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown
1667 - France/England signs anti-Dutch military accord
1683 - Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey
1745 - Jews are expelled from Prague
1796 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethes "Egmont," premieres in Weimar
1808 - French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names
1814 - Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris
1831 - Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends
1831 - Qu‚bec & Montr‚al incorporated
1841 - 1st performance of Robert Schumann's 1st Symphony in B
1849 - Col John W Geary arrives as 1st postmaster of SF
1850 - US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%))
1854 - Treaty of Kanagawa: Commodore Perry forces Japan to opens ports to US
1861 - Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans
1862 - Civil War action at Island #10 on Mississippi River
1863 - Battle of Grand Gulf MS & Dinwiddie Court House VA
1865 - Battle of Boydton, VA (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H)
1865 - Gen Pickette moves to 5 Forks, abandoning the defense of Peterburg
1868 - Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China
1870 - 1st black to vote in US (Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy NJ)
1877 - British high director/governor sir Bartle Frere arrives in Capetown
1877 - Test Cricket debut of Fred "Demon" Spofforth, Aust v Eng MCG
1878 - Jack Johnson is 1st black to hold a heavyweight boxing title
1880 - 1st town completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, IN)
1883 - 1st performance of C‚sar Franck's "Le Chasseur Maudit"
1883 - Utrecht begins water pipe system
1885 - Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate
1889 - 300m Eiffel Tower officially opens (commemorates French Revolution)
1896 - Whitcomb Judson, Chicago, patents a hookless fastening (zipper)

[LSUFAN]

1900 - Brig-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands
1903 - Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (NZ)
1905 - German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger
1906 - GB Shaws German version of "Caesar & Cleopatra," premieres in Berlin"
1907 - Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt
1909 - Baseball rules players who jump contracts are suspended for 5 years
1909 - Gustav Mahler conducts NY Philharmonic for his 1st time
1916 - Dutch govt ends all milt engagements
1917 - US purchases Danish West Indies for $25M & renames them Virgin Islands
1918 - 1st daylight savings time in US goes into effect
1919 - Strike against Ruhrgebied government of Scheidemann
1920 - British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law
1921 - Albert Einstein lectures in NY on his new theory of relativity
1921 - British coal miners goes on strike
1922 - KFI-AM in Los Angeles CA begins radio transmissions
1922 - Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam
1923 - 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hrs
1923 - French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die
1923 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) sweep Edm Eskimos (WCHL) in 2 games
1924 - Croydon Airport: 1st British mig aircraft Imperial established
1924 - London public transport strike ends
1925 - WOWO-AM, Ft Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts)
1926 - German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands
1932 - 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall
1932 - Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine
1933 - 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Ga)
1933 - Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps
1933 - German Republic gives power to Hitler
1934 - Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia)
1935 - Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49)
1939 - Britain & France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany
1940 - Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes 12th Soviet republic (until 1956)
1941 - Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa
1941 - Ground broken for Union Square Garage, SF
1943 - US errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326
1944 - Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars
1945 - 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine
1945 - Sicherheitsdienst murders 10 political prisoners in Zutphen
1945 - Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie," premieres in NYC
1945 - US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa
1946 - Belgian govt of Acker, forms
1948 - Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe
1949 - Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province

[LSUFAN]

1951 - US tanks exceed 38ø of latitude in Korea
1953 - Department of Health, Education & Welfare established
1953 - UN Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskj”ld secretary-general
1954 - US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo, established
1954 - USSR offers to join NATO
1955 - Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI v Aust, Kingston
1955 - US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) & Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan
1958 - US Navy forms atomic sub division
1958 - USSR suspends nuclear weapons tests, & urges US & Britain to do same
1959 - Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India
1960 - Gore Vidal's "Best Man," premieres in NYC
1961 - Aklilou Habtewold becomes 1st premier of Ethiopia
1963 - LA ends streetcar service after 90 years
1964 - Pres Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military
1965 - US ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam
1966 - 25,000 anti war demonstrators march in NYC
1966 - Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
1966 - USSR launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter
1967 - 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London)
1968 - LBJ announces he will not seek re-election
1968 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Palm Beach County Golf Open
1968 - Pirate Radio Station Pegaus (NZ) begins transmitting
1968 - Seattle's AL club is named Pilots
1969 - George Harrison & Patti Boyd are fined œ250 each for illegal drugs
1970 - Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee
1971 - South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion
1971 - William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre
1972 - Official Beatles Fan Club, closes down
1973 - Flyers score 8 goals in 1 period vs Islanders, on 60 shots
1973 - Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali in a 12 round split decision
1975 - 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky 92-55
1975 - John Wooden's final game, UCLA, wins 10th NCAA championship in 12 yrs
1976 - Cleve Cavaliers clinch their 1st ever NBA playoff bearth
1976 - NJ Court rules Karen Anne Quinlan may be disconnected from respirator
1977 - Michael Cristofer's "Shadow Box," premieres in NYC
1978 - Red Rum wins 3rd consecutive Grand National & retires
1978 - USSR launches Kosmos 1000 navigational satellite
1978 - Wings release "London Town" album
1980 - Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 - Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 - President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry

[LSUFAN]

1981 - 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins
1981 - 53rd Academy Awards - "Ordinary People," R De Niro & Sissy Spacek win
1982 - Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil
1982 - Rock group Doobie Brothers split up
1983 - Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people
1983 - Marsha Norman's "'night, Mother," premieres in NYC
1984 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 - 15th Easter Seal Telethon raises $27,400,000
1985 - 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Ga 70-65
1985 - El Salvador's Pres Duartes Christian-Democrats win election
1985 - Wrestlemania I at MSG NY, Hogan & Mr T beat Piper & Orndorf
1986 - 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes
1986 - 48th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats Duke 72-69
1986 - English Hampton Court palace destroyed by fire, 1 dead
1987 - 49th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Syracuse 74-73
1988 - Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium
1988 - NY Islanders celebrate Denis Potvin night
1988 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for "Beloved"
1989 - Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle
1990 - "Carol & Company" starring Carol Burnette premieres on NBC-TV
1990 - Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4)
1990 - Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws
1991 - 10th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Virginia 70-67
1991 - 20th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
1991 - Albania offers 1st multi-party election in 50 years
1991 - Danny Bonaduce attacks a transvestite prostitute in Phoenix Az
1991 - Georgian SSR votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union
1991 - Musical "Will Rogers Follies," premieres in NYC
1991 - Soviet Rep of Georgia endorsed independence; Warsaw Pact dissolves
1991 - St Louis Blues Brett Hull scores his 86th goal
1992 - Delhi beat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
1992 - UN Security Council voted to ban flights & arms sales to Libya
1994 - James Farentino pleads no contest to stalking ex-girl Tina Sinatra
1994 - Walkway from Cleveland's Tower City to Jacobs Field officially opens
1995 - 1st game at Coors Stadium Colo (replacement Rockies beat Yanks 4-1)
1995 - Bombay beat Punjab on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
1995 - Federal judge orders injunction to end baseball strike
1996 - "Getting Away With Murder" closes at Broadhurst NYC after 17 perfs
1996 - "Midsummer Night's Dream" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 66 perfs
1996 - 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tenn beats Georgia 83-65
1996 - 1st Opening Day in history in March takes place in Seattle
1996 - 25th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Patty Sheehan
1996 - Karnataka defeat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
1996 - Radio Canada International's final shortwave broadcast
1996 - Space Shuttle STS 76 (Atlantis 16), lands
1996 - Wrestlemania XII - Shawn Michaels beats Brett Hart for WWF title
1997 - "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV
1997 - 59th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Ariz beats Kentucky 84-79 (OT)
1997 - Pioneer 10, ends its mission
1998 - Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1st game they host Detroit Tigers
2002 - 21st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at San Antonio

[LSUFAN]

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1499 - Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65)
1519 - Henry II, King of Germany (1547-59)
1570 - Louise Juliana, countess of Nassau
1596 - Ren‚ Descartes, France, philosopher (he thought, therefore he was)
1621 - Andrew Marvell, England, poet (To His Coy Mistress)
1675 - Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Italy, Pope (1740-58)
1684 - Francesco Durante, composer
1717 - Florian Wrastill, composer
1723 - Frederik V, King of Denmark/Norway (1746-66)
1732 - Franz Joseph Haydn, Austria, composer, help develop classical style
1747 - Johann A P Schulz, German composer
1747 - Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer (Moon has Risen)
1791 - Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer
1809 - Edward FitzGerald, England, writer (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)
1809 - Nikolai Gogol, father of 19th-century Russian realism (Dead Souls)
1809 - Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer
1811 - Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, Germany, chemist (Bunsen Burner)
1822 - Rafael Hernando, composer
1831 - Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist
1835 - John La Farge, US painter
1837 - Robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA
1837 - Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1838 - L‚on Dierx, French poet
1839 - Nikolay Przhevalsky, naturalist, explorer of east central Asia (OS)
1840 - John Herbert Kelly, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1844 - Andrew Lang, Scotland, author (The Blue Fairy Book)
1847 - Jarolslaw Zielinski, composer
1848 - John Henry Roberts, composer
1854 - Dugald Clerk, inventor (2-stroke motorcycle engine)
1868 - Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist
1872 - Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist, founder of Sinn F‚in
1872 - Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, Russia, dance master (Imperial Ballet)
1878 - Jack Johnson,1st black heavyweight boxing champ (1908-1915)
1885 - Jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist
1887 - Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer
1887 - Saint-John Perse, [MRA Alexis L‚ger], Fren poet (Nobel 1960) [or 5/31]
1891 - Erich Walter Sternberg, composer
1891 - Ion Pillat, Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului)
1891 - Victor Varconi, Hungary, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings, Big City)
1892 - Stanislav Wladyslaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major/commandant
1893 - Clemens Krauss, Vienna Austria, conductor (Berlin State Orch-1937)
1895 - John Jay McCloy, lawyer/banker (Sec of War 1941-45, pres Chase Man)
1895 - Vardis A Fisher, US author (Darkness & Deep)

[LSUFAN]

1900 - Henry WFA, English duke of Gloucester/earl of Ulters
1900 - L”rinc Szab¢, Hungary, poet (Huszonhatodik ‚v)
1906 - Lauri Saikkola, composer
1907 - Eddie Quillan, Phila, actor (Julia, Hell Town)
1909 - Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP (GVP)/editor (Neth Daily)
1909 - Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator
1912 - Wilhelmus Berkelmans, civil servant/resistance fighter
1914 - Octavio Paz, Mexico, writer/diplomat (Salamandra, Topoemas)
1915 - Eliseo Morales Pajaro, composer
1915 - Henry Morgan, NYC, comedian/TV panelist (I've Got a Secret, Arena)
1915 - Jack Perry, businessman
1916 - John Vivyan, Chic Ill, actor (Imitation of Life, Mr Lucky)
1918 - Ted Post, Dir (Peacemaker, Beneath the Planet of the Apes)
1920 - Marga [Sara Voeten-] Minco, Dutch writer (Bitter Herb)
1922 - Patrick J G McGee, North Ireland, actor (Clockwork Orange)
1922 - Richard Kiley, Chicago, actor (Man of La Mancha, Endless Love)
1923 - Donald Argee Barksdale, Berkley Cal, basketballer (Olympic-gold-1948)
1923 - Lawrie Miller, NZ cricketer (opening bat in 13 Tests)
1924 - Harry Cubitt, 4th Lord Ashcombe ("Mad Harry"), English landowner
1924 - Leo Buscaglia, LA Calif, "Dr Hug", psycholigist (Love)
1926 - John Fowles, England, novelist (Collector, French Leiutenent's Woman)
1926 - Sydney Chaplin, son of Charlie/actor (Adding Machine, Psycho Sisters)
1927 - Cesar Chavez, Yuma Az, farm labor leader (United Farm Workers)
1927 - William Daniels, Bkln NY, actor (Dr Mark Craig-St Elsewhere, 1776)
1928 - Gordie Howe, Floral Sask, NHL right wing (Detroit Redwings)
1929 - Lee Patterson, Vancouver BC, actor (Dave-Surfside Six, Another World)
1929 - Liz Claiborne, fashion designer
1931 - Miller Barber, Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1968 Byron Nelson Classic)
1932 - Godfrey Lawrence, cricketer (S African fast bowler, 8-53 v NZ 1961)
1932 - John Jakes, Chicago, writer (Sir Scoundrel, Great Women Reporters)
1932 - Nagisa Oshima, Kyoto Japan, director (Town of Love & Hope)
1933 - Bob Simmons, Fulham England, stuntman (double for James Bond)
1933 - Shirley Jones, Smithton Pa, actress (Partridge Family, Elmer Gantry)
1934 - Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, Russia, cosmonaut (Vostok 1 backup)
1934 - John D Loudermilk, rock drummer/vocalist (Language of Love, Norman)
1934 - Wim H Sinnige, Dutch alderman of finance (social democratic)
1935 - Herb Alpert, bandleader/trumpeteer (Tijuana Brass)/CEO (A & M)
1935 - Judith Rossner, US, writer (August)

[LSUFAN]

1935 - Richard Chamberlain, Beverly Hills Calif, actor (Dr Kildare)
1936 - Marge Piercy, author (Small Changes, Gone for Soldiers)
1937 - Willem Duyn, [Mouth], Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal)
1938 - Nathaniel Taylor, St Louis Mo, actor (Rollo-Sanford & Sons)
1939 - Liz Claiborne, Brussels Belgium, fashion designer (women)
1940 - Barney Frank, (Rep-D-MA, 1981- )
1940 - Jim Criner, WLAF head coach (Scottish Claymores)
1940 - Patrick J Leahy, (Sen-D-VT, 1975- )
1943 - Christopher Walken, Astoria Queens, actor (Deer Hunter, Brainstorm)
1944 - Rod Allen, [B Rodney Bainbridge] rock bassist/vocalist (Fortunes)
1946 - Aftab Gul, cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman in six Tests 1969-71)
1946 - Al Nichol, Winston Salem NC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Turtles)
1946 - Gabe Kaplan, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Welcome Back Kotter)
1947 - Al Goodman, rock vocalist (Ray, Goodman, Brown)
1947 - C‚sar Gaviria Trujillo, president (Colombia, 1990-94)
1947 - Jon-Jon Poulos, Chicago Ill, rocker (Buckinghams)
1948 - Albert Gore Jr, Wash DC, (Sen-D-Tenn, 1985-92)/45th US VP (1993- )
1948 - David Eisenhower, Eisenhower's grandson (married Julie Nixon)
1948 - Mick Ralphs, rocker
1948 - Rhea Perlman, Brooklyn, actress (Zena-Taxi, Carla-Cheers)
1948 - Thijs van Leer, Dutch singer/flutist (Focus, Introspection)
1950 - Alison McCartney, pathologist/Breast Cancer campaigner
1950 - Richard Hughes, rocker (Johnny Winter Band)
1951 - Ed Marinaro, NYC, actor (Joe-Hill St Blues, Sonny-Laverne & Shirley)
1953 - Greg Martin, Louisville Ky, singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
1953 - Sean Hopper, Calif, rock keyboardist (Huey Lewis & The News)
1954 - Tony Brock, England, rock drummer (Babys-Missing You)
1957 - Marc McClure, San Mateo Calif, actor (Ross-California Fever)
1957 - Mary Cadorette, East Hartford Ct, actress (Vicky-3's a Crowd)
1957 - Patrick G Forrester, El Paso TX, Lt Col Army/astronaut
1958 - Jay Feenan, Windham NH, rower (Olympics-1996)
1958 - Pat McGlynn, Edinburgh, rock guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
1959 - Angus Young, Glascow Scotland, rock guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
1960 - Anne Howard, San Diego Calif, actress (Nicole Love-Another World)
1960 - Mark Tuinei, NFL tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
1961 - Ron Brown, LA Calif, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
1962 - John Taylor, NFL wide receiver (SF 49ers)

[LSUFAN]

1964 - Dave Wyman, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
1964 - David Diaz-Infante, NFL guard (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1964 - Erik Turner, Omaha Nebraska, rock guitarist (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
1964 - Isabelle Ferrari, Italy, (Italy's Miss Teenager)
1964 - Rod Jones, NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals)
1965 - Marlon Vonhagt, cricketer (1 ODI Sri Lanka 1984-85 World Series Cup)
1965 - Patty Fendick, Sacramento Calif, tennis star (1989 Auckland)
1965 - Tom Barrasso, Boston, NHL goalie (Pitts Penguins)
1965 - William McNamara, Dallas TX, actor (Texasville, Beat, Stealing Home)
1966 - Natalie Gosselin, Levis Quebec, 52kg judoka (Olympics-96)
1966 - Thomas Fitzgerald, Bkln NY, team handball left wing (Olympics-1996)
1967 - Glenn Montgomery, NFL defensive tackle (Seattle Seahawks, Oilers)
1967 - Nanci Bowen, Tifton GA, LPGA golfer (1995 Nabisco Dinah Shore)
1968 - J R Reid, NBA forward (NY Knicks, Charlotte Hornets)
1969 - Kevin Sargent, NFL tackle/guard (Cincinnati Bengals)
1969 - Steve Smith, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
1970 - Derek Brown, NFL tight end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1970 - Oleg Romanov, NHL defenseman (Belarus, Olympics-98)
1970 - Stuart Carruthers, Australian field hockey fullback (Olympics-96)
1971 - Ewan McGregor, Perth Australia, actress (Trainspotting)
1971 - Pavel Bure, Moscow Rus, NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks)
1971 - Pavel Bure, NHL forward (Team Russia Oly-Silver-1998, Vancouver)
1972 - John Godina, Fort Sill Okla, shot putter/discus thrower (Oly-silver-96)
1972 - Kelly O'Leary, Halifax Nova Scotia, kayaker (Olympics-96)
1973 - Vanessa Mambi, Miss Universe-Curacao (1996)
1974 - Anthony Hicks, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1974 - Carol Ann Plante, actress (Sara Henderson-Harry & the Hendersons)
1974 - James Burgess, linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
1974 - Jason Odom, tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1974 - Nina Georgala, Miss Universe-Greece (1996)
1976 - Amanda Moody, Orem Utah, Miss America-Utah (1996)
1976 - Josh Saviano, actor (Paul Pfeiffer-Wonder Years)
1980 - Jenny Smith, Western Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1982 - Jessica Joseph, Royal Oak Mich, dance skater (& Butler-1997 Natl)
1987 - "Baby M" born to a surrogate mother, awarded to her dad William Stern

[LSUFAN]

The Mixing Room
-------------------------

A terrific explosion occurs in a gunpowder factory,
and once all the mess has been cleared up, and
inquiry begins.

One of the few survivors is pulled up to make
a statement. "Okay Simpson," says the investigator,
"you were near the scene, what happened?"


"Well, it's like this. Old Charley Higgins
was in the mixing room, and I saw him take a
cigarette out of his pocket and light up."


"He was smoking in the mixing room?" the investigator
said in stunned horror, "How long had he been
with the company?"


"About 20 years, sir"


"20 years in the company, then he goes and
strikes a match in the mixing room, I'd have thought
it would have been the last thing he'd have done."


"It was, sir."

[LSUFAN]

Time to hit the road for work, enjoy your Tuesday guys. 

[South Carolina Redfish]

Morning LSU.