WELCOME to THURSDAY JUNE 25th, 2026

Here’s The Story…..
Two elderly friends, Ruth and Elizabeth, have enjoyed a weekly lunch at a local
restaurant for more than 40 years. But as the years passed by, Ruth began to feel
that they should be talking about more important matters than their usual discussions
about the weather, TV, and soft furnishings. “Next time,” she suggests, “instead of talking
about what colour tiles you’re going to have in your new bathroom, why don’t we debate world affairs?”

“Sure,” says Elizabeth, “it certainly will make for a change.”

So the following week, after they have ordered a starter, Elizabeth says, “Go on then, Ruth.
Get our serious political debate started.”

“Very well,” says Ruth. “What do you think about Red China?”

“Only one thing,” replies Elizabeth. “It won’t go well with your brown tablecloth!” 😮

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! Have a WONDERFUL THURSDAY ‘people, stay safe,
and whatever you do, don’t forget to laff it up! Peace, I am outta here! Eucman! 😁

Funniest Quotes……

“By the time someone says, ‘To make a long story
short,’ it’s too late.” —Don Herold

“There but for the grace of God, goes God.” —Anonymous,
commenting on the film director Orson Welles

“He is a self-made man and
worships his creator.” —Henry Clapp

“The nice thing about egotists is that they don’t
talk about other people.” —Lucille S. Harper

“People who think they know everything are a great
annoyance to those of us who do.” —Isaac Asimov

“An optimist is someone who falls off the Empire State
Building, and after 50 floors says, ‘So far so good!’” —Anonymous

“The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly
being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.” —George Will

“The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds;
and the pessimist fears this is true.” —James Branch Cabell

“I’m not offended by blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb…
and I also know that I’m not blonde.” —Dolly Parton 😂🤣

Wednesday’s Movie Trivia of the day!  
And the sentence is: “Plato only wrote about Atlantis in two of his dialogues.”
Somewhere within that sentence is a Best Picture Oscar winner. Work out where that film is,
and then see which of the clue answers best applies.

 Answer:  War movie! You can find the film in the sentence: “PLATO ONly wrote about…”
“Platoon” won the Academy Award for Best Picture for the film year 1986 at the 59th Academy Awards on March 30, 1987. Writer and director of the film, Oliver Stone, based it on his own experiences as a U.S. infantry soldier in Vietnam in 1967-1968. It is told from the perspective of one “grunt” (Taylor, played by Charlie Sheen) navigating the moral chaos of jungle warfare, and struggling to decide which of two sergeants on opposite ends of the ethical spectrum (Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe) he should follow.

Thursdays Movie Trivia of the day!  
Here is the next sentence: “It was a sham letting the politicians push that bill through.”
Somewhere within that sentence is a Best Picture Oscar winner. Work out where that film is,
and then see which of the clue answers best applies.

Wednesday’s Quizzler is….
The ABC Express pulled out of the station late one night and began its winding journey up the coast to its destination under heavy darkness. Owing to the late hour, there were only a handful of passengers aboard the small train. At the stroke of midnight, the lights illuminating the interior of the two cars were suddenly extinguished. When they flicked back to life a few moments later, the passengers were alarmed to see one of their number lying on the ground motionless.

The conductor phoned the local police department, and though it was very late, the dispatcher assured the worried conductor that they were sending their very best detective. A bit of an eccentric, Detective Y had an usual methodology when it came to solving crimes. Knowing witnesses to be often be mistaken and contradictory, Y made a habit of asking his witnesses to state to him only one fact they remembered clearly and with absolute certainty from the moment the crime took place.

Y wasted no time upon arriving and, after taking a quick overview of the scene, asked each of the ten remaining passengers in turn to state one absolute fact from the moment right before lights went out in the two train cars. His interview notes are as follows:

Ms. S: I was dining with Mr. J.
Mr. G: There were the same number of men and women in my car.
Mr. J: Mr. K was not in the dining car.
Ms. L: Mr. Q had just entered my car.
Mr. F: Ms. W and Ms. P were talking to one another in hushed tones.
Mr. R: Mr. G was not in the passenger car.
Mr. Q: There were fewer women in my car than the other.
Ms. P: Ms. L was not in the same car as me.
Mr. K: Ms. P was in the passenger car.
Ms. W: Mr. F was avoiding Mr. R and hiding behind a newspaper in the opposite car.

The bewildered conductor watched as Detective Y completed his interviews, scribbled a few more lines in his notes, and turned to announce he had solved the case.

“But surely you can’t have figured out the identity of a murderer simply from a list of seating arrangements?” the conductor protested. “You haven’t even been told in which car the victim was seated!”

“To the contrary, my good man,” the detective answered placidly. “It is the curse of a criminal that he must answer any question regarding the crime he has committed with a lie. The innocent tell only truths, but the lone murderer has been betrayed by his testimony.”

Who did Detective Y arrest?

ANSWER:  Y began by assuming everyone was telling the truth about each other’s location and came up with the following arrangement: S J L Q G R (4 men, 2 women) in the dining car and K P W F (2 men, 2 women) in the passenger car. (R and F are interchangeable in this scenario, but as both are men, the precise position of each is irrelevant to this point.) This contradicted both G’s statement that there were an equal number of men and women in his (the dining) car and Mr. Q’s claim that fewer women were in one car than the other.

Thus, the detective concluded both G and Q were telling the truth and someone was lying about the occupancy. Y reasoned that only one possible configuration could make both men’s testimonies true: G, 2 other men, and 3 women in one car and Q, 2 other men, and 1 woman in the other.

Because G and Q had to have been in opposite cars, Y worked back up his witness list to find the lie that had placed Q in the wrong car. He first examined L’s statement that she and Q shared the same car. If this alone was the lie, it would leave S J L G R (3 men, 2 women) in the dining car and put K P Q W F (3 men, 2 women) in the passenger car, meaning G and Q’s statements still would be inaccurate.

Ms. L must be telling the truth then, and Y instead turned to P’s claim, which had placed L (and Q by extension) in the other car. If P was lying, it would mean only S J G R (3 men, 1 woman) were in the dining car and K P L Q W F (3 men, 3 women) were in the passenger car. Again, neither G or Q’s statements are met.

Detective Y, now certain Mr. G, Mr. Q, Ms. L, and Ms. P were all telling the truth, backtracked to Mr. K next, who had established P’s position. Assuming K a liar, Y was able to place S J P G W R (3 men, 3 women) in the dining car and K L Q F (3 men, 1 woman) in the passenger car.

A prudent man, Y double checked his work by running each remaining statement against his reasoning and stiffened his resolve upon finding K to be the only possible person whose lone lie could make every other witness statement truthful.

Mr. K was arrested and led away to the relief (albeit, slight puzzlement) of the conductor and his passengers.

Thursday’s Quizzler is….😎😎
Trixie is the most athletic girl in her grade. She is a star player on the baseball, soccer, and basketball teams. Four boys, Al, Ben, Carl, and Dan have a crush on her. Because Trixie is so passionate about sports, she wants her boyfriend to play the same three sports she does. Here are some facts:

1. No two of the four boys plays the same number of the sports baseball, soccer, and basketball.
2. Only one boy plays baseball but not soccer, and this boy is either Al or Dan.
3. Only one boy plays basketball but not baseball, and this boy is either Ben or Carl.
4. Either Al and Carl both play baseball, or neither plays baseball.
5. Either Ben and Dan both play soccer, or neither plays soccer.

Who should Trixie date?

LOOK for answers to today’s quizzlers in WEDNESDAY’s JULY 1ST Jokes, Quotes, Quizzlers & Teases! 😎 Like this newsletter? Want to receive it daily? Also, if you are on the list and do not want to continue to receive this email and would like your name removed from this distribution list, please send an email to the Eucman at Eucstraman@hotmail.com: https://elisabethluxe.com., http://www.themuscleministry.com.

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