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The average woman spends two years of her life studying herself in mirrors. – The Week Magazine, 10/6/06

If every home in the United States paid its bills online, solid waste would be decreased by 1,600,000,000 tons each year. – Time Magazine, 4/9/07

Because of their poor diets and excess weight, people now in their 50s and 60s suffer from more health problems than their parents did at the same age. – The Week Magazine, 5/4/07

There are 80,000 Boeing employees in the Seattle area. The daily commute for all employees totals 85 trips around the world. – Time Magazine, 4/9/07

The United States divorce rate has fallen to the lowest level since 1970 (3.6 divorces out of 1,000 people). – MSNBC, 5/10/07

Golfer Jacqueline Gagne has hit 10 holes-in-one in the first four months of 2007. The odds of this happening are estimated to be 1 out of 670,000,000,000,000,000,000. – San Diego Union, 5/19/07

There are approximately 250,000 pores on the soles of your feet, secreting a total of about 1/4 cup of sweat each day. San Diego Union, 4/3/07

An adult human spine compresses roughly .59 inch from morning until night. – San Diego Union, 9/28/06
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Did you know that one product that you can buy at your local grocery store has over 100 uses in your house, costs a couple of bucks, and is all natural?

What can it do you ask? It can work as your scouring powder, drain cleaner, drip coffee maker cleaner, gas stoves “unclogger”, easy toilet cleaner, laundry booster, glasses cleaner, breath freshener, tooth whitener, baby fever reducer, and has 90 other applications.

This kind of homey and practical info is good for you and your chiropractic patients will love it. Put this info in your chiropractic patient newsletter and on your web site.

What is it? You guessed it: its baking soda. For more uses, and a description of how to use each application, you can find out more here.

Two doctors and an HMO manager died and lined up at the pearly gates for admission to heaven. St. Peter asked them to identify themselves.
One doctor stepped forward and said, “I was a chiropractor and I helped people get better without the use of drugs or surgery.” St. Peter said, “You may enter.”

The second doctor said, “I was a orthopedist, and I helped set broken bones.” St. Peter invited him into heaven, too.

The third applicant stepped forward and said, “I was an HMO manager. I helped people get cost-effective health care.” St. Peter said, “You can come in also.”

But as the HMO manager walked by, St. Peter added, “You may stay for three days. After that you can go to hell!”

Listen to your own music, courtesy of Pandora.com. You can always use ear phones to not bother others, or if you have no speakers.

For those of you that don’t have time to watch your favorite soap (not be be confused with SOAP note), you can get your daily fix here. Visit Soap Opera Digest.

A guy says, “Doctor, Doctor! Help me, I keep thinking I’m getting smaller!”
Doctor replies, “Well, you’ll just have to be a little patient.”

GOT BINDERS? We now have the Marketing Manager System (sm) printed in hard copies and placed into three distinct binders. We have had a few requests for this, so are making some available. The Marketing Manager CD is also still available, and we have added an improved search engine.

1.Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn’t much, but the reception was excellent.

2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, “I’ll serve you, but don’t start anything.”

3. A dyslexic man walks into a bra.

4. “Doc, I can’t stop singing ‘The Green, Green Grass of Home.'”
“That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome.”
“Is it common?”
“Well, It’s Not Unusual.”

5. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, “I was artificially inseminated this morning.” “I don’t believe you,” says Dolly. “It’s true, no bull!” exclaims Daisy.

6. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either.

7. Deja Moo: The feeling that you’ve heard this bull before.

Ate.  I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn’t find any.

9. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says “Dam!”.

10. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can’t have your kayak and heat it too.

Interesting graphic shows how people in each state in the USA have gotten fatter over the last 20 years. (Warning: MSN.com site is supported by drug advertising.)
MSN.com Health and Fitness

At the grocery store, I couldn’t understand why free-range eggs were more expensive than ordinary eggs. “Well, sir, think of it as being like your cell phone,” explained the checkout clerk. “They get you with roaming charges.”

(Joke contributed by Eddie Brewster From the Readers Digest)