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  1. tonyh

    tonyh F1 World Champ
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    Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can.

    Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
    John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

    Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
    John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

    Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
    Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

    Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.> Both Presidents were shot in the head.

    Now it gets really weird.

    Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
    Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

    Both were assassinated by Southerners.
    Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

    Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
    Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

    John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839. Lee
    Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

    Both assassins were known by their three names.
    Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

    Now hang on to your seat.

    Lincoln was shot at the theatre named 'Ford.'
    Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'

    Lincoln was shot in a theatre and his assassin ran and hid in a
    warehouse. Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and
    hid in a theatre.

    Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

    And here's the kicker...

    A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
    A week before Kennedy was shot, he was in Marilyn Monroe.
     
  2. Bimmerista

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    - Lincoln doesn't look to have had a secretary named Kennedy.

    - Booth was actually born in 1838, not 1839.

    - Saying something like Lincoln and Kennedy were both "particularly concerned with civil rights" is like saying that Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt were both "particularly concerned with war," or that Herbert Hoover and Ronald Reagan were both "particularly concerned with economics." Neither president had one true set interest.

    - Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
    Another statement that, while literally true, is misleading and masks much more substantial dissimilarities.

    - This next "coincidence" is just plain obvious, both being shot in the head. The only two types of shots which reasonably assure a dead victim are chest shots and head shots, so two assassinations committed by head shots aren't the least bit coincidental, especially considering that since both Lincoln and Kennedy were shot from behind and while seated, their assassins had no other practical choice of target. Lincoln was killed indoors with a small handgun at point blank range; Kennedy was shot outdoors with a rifle from several hundred feet away.

    - Although John Wilkes Booth was undeniably a Southern sympathizer, he was born in Maryland, which (along with Delaware) was the NORTHERNMOST of the border slave states and remained part of the Union throughout the Civil War. Also, Booth spent a good deal of his life in the North and "thought of himself as a Northerner who understood the South."

    There are tons of other errors as well, I just don't want to get into it. :)
     
  3. tonyh

    tonyh F1 World Champ
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    spoilsport :p
     
  4. ylshih

    ylshih Shogun Assassin
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    And for a while US Presidents elected in years ending in 0, died in office. This is true for 1840, 1860, 1880, 1900, 1920, 1940 and 1960 and various people made a big deal of it in the 60's & 70's. Then it stopped being true.
     
  5. Fan512bbi

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    It's all about being in Marilyn :rolleyes:
     
  6. Testacojones

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    Marilyn never did anything with JFK.
     
  7. Der Meister

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    i see some one got that e-mail as well...
     
  8. luke9583

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    If you're quoting something word-for-word, you should probably have included a source :)
     
  9. CMY

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  10. Artherd

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    I JUST SPIT SODA OUT MY NOSE!
     

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