[3399] in Humor
Abe and JFK... separated at birth?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew B. Greytak)
Mon Jan 29 20:07:21 2001
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 20:07:16 -0500
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From: "Andrew B. Greytak" <agreytak@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Abe and JFK.... separated at birth?
Abe Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846
JFK was elected to Congress in 1946
Abe was elected President in 1860
JFK was elected President in 1960
The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights
Both their wives lost their children while living in the
House
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday
Both were shot in the head
Both were in the presence of their wives
The Secretary of each President warned them not to go to the
theatre and Dallas, respectively
Lincoln's Secretary was named Kennedy
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln
Both were assasinated by Southerners
Both were succeeded by Southerners
Both successors were 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 have 15 letters
Booth ran from the theatre and was captured in a warehouse
Oswald ran from the warehouse and was captured in a theatre
To cap it all off, Booth and Oswald were assassinated before trial
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