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Dolly Parton has lived a long and mega-successful life in the spotlight. The iconic singer’s talents have transcended decades and styles; she’s been a fixture at the top of the entertainment industry since almost any of us can remember. Yet even one so legendary as she is forced to face up to her critics. As per reports, there’s been a few of them active of late, giving her a hard time about her looks – yes, this despite the fact she’s approaching her eighties. Dolly Parton, 77, is a household name in both country music and the celebrity sphere. The...

In the men’s bathroom, an accountant, a lawyer and a cowboy were standing side-by-side using the urinal. The accountant finished, zipped up and started washing and literally scrubbing his hands, clear up to his elbows. He used 10 paper towels before he finished. He turned to the other two men and commented, “I graduated from the University of Michigan and they taught us to be clean.” The lawyer finished, zipped up and quickly wet the tips of his fingers, grabbed one paper towel and commented, “I graduated from the University of California and they taught us to be environmentally conscious.”...

Three women are discussing their teenage daughters. The first declares: “I was so shocked last week. I was tidying my daughter’s room and I found a packet of cigarettes under her pillow. I didn’t even know that she smoked!” “That’s not so bad,” says the second mother. “I was tidying my daughter’s room last week and I found a bottle of vodka under her bed. I didn’t even know that she drank!” “Oh, it gets even worse than that,” says the third mother. “I was tidying my daughter’s room last week and you’ll never guess what I found in her...

A kindergarten teacher was helping one of her students put his boots on. He had asked for help and she could see why. With her pulling and him pushing, the boots still didn’t want to go on. When the second boot was on, she was nearly out of breath. She almost whimpered when the little boy said, “Teacher, they’re on the wrong feet.” She looked and sure enough, they were. It wasn’t any easier pulling the boots off than it was putting them on. She managed to keep her cool as they worked together to get the boots back on...

A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer: “This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you.” The barber puts a quarter in one hand and two nickles in the other than calls the boy over and asks: “Which do you want, son?” The boy takes the two nickles and leaves. “What did I tell you?” said the barber. “That kid never learns!” Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy next to an ice cream van. “Hey, son! May I ask you a question?...

As a single, working mother, Linda barely had time for her son. So one day, when her little boy very excitedly shared he had lost his tooth and would hide it under his pillow for the tooth fairy to leave him money in exchange, Linda couldn’t break his heart. She goes to his room to leave him money and is surprised to find several bills already tucked under his pillow. Linda was not cut out to become a housewife, and she would never become one, no matter how much her husband pressured her. So even after years of marriage and...

A woman renewing her driver’s license at the DMV was asked by the clerk to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. “What I mean is,” explained the clerk, “do you have a job, or are you just a..?” “Of course I have a job,” snapped the woman. “I’m a mother.” “We don’t list ‘Mother’ as an occupation … ‘Housewife’ covers it,” said the clerk emphatically. I forgot all about her story until one day I found myself in the same situation, years later, at our local police station. The clerk was obviously a career woman, poised,...

Many of us grew up with our mothers and female relatives making our clothes. For some it was just costumes at Halloween or for school plays. But, for others some years a majority of our clothing was homemade. When women worked inside the home their time was being used just about every minute of every day. Mending and caring for clothing, as well as making it from scratch, were no small part of a woman’s work load each week. During the Great Depression colorful feedsack dresses became popular. Farmer’s wives would pick out the feedsacks with the most desirable prints...