A guy goes to a girl's house for the first time, and she shows him into the living room. She excuses herself to go to the kitchen to make them a few drinks, and as he's standing there alone, he notices a cute little vase on the mantel. He picks it up, and as he's looking at it, she walks back in.
He says "What's this?"
She says, "Oh, my father's ashes are in there."
He says, "Jeez...oooh....I..."
She says, "Yeah, he's too lazy to go to the kitchen to get an ashtray."
First U.S. made bookIn 1775, the first American-made book was advertised in Philadelphia, Penn. Titled Impenetrable Secret, the book was printed and sold by Story and Humphreys. Their advertisement in the Pennsylvania Mercury announced it was “Just published and printed with types, paper and ink manufactured in this Province.” Sadly, no copy of the book has survived. Earlier in the same year, on 7 Apr, the first issue of the paper appeared with a similar proud announcement that it was printed with type of American manufacture. Previously, colonial printers’ type was made from imported matrices. After the nation's breakway from Britain, the American printing industry became increasingly self-sufficient.« |
