| Show lilt Wt E ALL NEWSPAPER offices get all aU kinds of calls for tion Some of them are to settle bets or arguments Some come pretty late at night It cant can't be that people hope newspapermen newspaper newspaper- men are smart-it's smart Just that we have access to more more tion Like who was the referee when Joe Louis won the championship championship championship cham cham- and nd under whose ad administration administration ad- ad ministration was the Panama Canal begun and how tall was was' Abraham Lincoln By the way weve we've just re received received received re- re the handiest book you ever saw from Utah Power and Light on Presidents of the United States Any Anything thing you want to know NOW you can ask us because weve we've got the answers Bet you didn't know for in instance instance instance in- in stance that of our 35 presidents presidents presidents dents only five had beards beI unless you co count u n t President Arthurs Arthur's sideburns You can canname canname canname name two two-L two Lincoln and Grant The others Call about 3 am a.m. some Frida Friday John Adams and Herbert Hoover lived the longest longest long long- est est est- est 90 90 yea years r s. s Just thought you'd like to know BUT HERE I SIT getting no younger by the minute and there are four of the simplest questions questions questions ques ques- in the world which I cant can't answer No fooling These get me and if you have the answers give me a r ring i n g some Sunday about 2 pm p.m. This one Ive I've asked before When a fly alights on the ceiling ceiling ceiling ceil ceil- ing how does he he heget get there Does the fly do half a loop over backward or does he flip in midair and skid to a stop Any biologist or fly-fancier fly or aviation bug knows-but knows I dont Please And if youre you're going to suggest suggest suggest sug sug- gest that I lie on my back all allday allday allday day in a room full l of flies with a slow slow-m slow motion 0 t ion movie camera trained on the ceiling- ceiling that cut out Im I'm busy NOW READY for Number Two r- r When there is a high wind outdoors the water in the toilet bowl rises and falls Why Please So while youre you're in there dont don't start s studying t u d y i n g the Readers Reader's Digest Answer another question question question ques ques- tion To empty and clean your electric razor you flip a little lid and dump dumpit it into the toilet bowl bow Almost too fast to see the thousands of 1 little i t tie whiskers scoot apart in all directions They travel several inches and suddenly stop Kinda frightens me So what's the secret Dont Don't just sit there Answer me THE FOURTH and final Ive I've asked before and folks must think Im I'm kidding Im I'm not-I not really want to know I wrote Dan Valentine even and he ignored me A year ago I asked a ranger ranger-at Mesa Verde and he gave me that who ho ya tryna kid smart-aleck smart look How do you pronounce the Indian grunt ugh Is it like in through or ug like in slug Or a grunt like a pigs pig's without opening the mouth There are no no nh rewards But if any of you have kids who'd like to write to Ask Andy and they win a set of encyclopedia encyclopedia encyclopedia ency ency- Ill I'll let em keep the set Just let me in on the answers answers Mac |
