There once was a mathematician named Swope
Who said,” In calculus, while I’m deriving, I hope
To find an function so perfect
No tangent could touch it
Lest I fall on a slippery slope"
Gained Control Of
Someone stomped on flowers while wearing a kilt
And after that each one of them will start to wilt
Then all the flowers were blown away by Obama
Life had been lauded when he blew away Osama.
Thinking about things for long time have been
But lately, I completely forgot where to begin
Although, regardless by time day is now done
Hope they have gained control of each hand gun.
What I want to do is develop a cleanup kit
That consisted of a mighty strong magnet
Which would swope down from outer space
And then start picking up a tremendous pace.
Hand guns would be attracted when selected
And faster and faster they could be collected
Also, just to throw in add an additional spark
Have each hand gun owner eaten by a shark.
Now what kind of trick must I be willing to pull;
In shallow water you will find head of a big bull
And at night find a fish glowing in deep dark
With beady eyes that is a sharp-toothed shark.
Now instead of shouting Omaha, Omaha the
quarterback can start humming Shark, Shark
it's a coming.
Alcatraz Penitentiary is located in California in San Francisco.
It became a Federal Penitentiary about eighty years ago.
Alcatraz was the prison where Al Capone was sent.
He wasn't happy about the place where he went.
Alcatraz had four wardens, they were James Johnston, Edwin Swope, Paul Madigan and Olin Blackwell.
Machine Gun Kelly, Mickey Cohen, Robert F. Stroud and many other criminals were sent to this jail.
Alcatraz is located on an island and was believed to be escape proof.
But in 1962, three men may have shown us that that wasn't the truth.
They escaped but were presumed dead but it's possible that they survived.
Their bodies were never found, nobody knows for sure if they're still alive.
Alcatraz closed in 1963 because of high maintenance costs and a poor reputation.
This wasn't a good prison to be sent to, believe me that's no exaggeration.
(This is a true story)
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