• food for thought

    Posted by Shane Drew on September 12, 2005 at 1:25 pm

    – Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
    – John Kennedy was elected in 1960.
    – Lincoln’s successor – Andrew Johnson – was born in 1808.
    – Kennedy’s successor – Lyndon Johnson – was born in 1908.
    – Lincoln’s killer – John Wilkes Booth – was born in 1839.
    – Kennedy’s killer – Lee Harvey Oswald – was born in 1939.
    – Lincoln and Kennedy were both directly concerned with Civil Rights.
    – Booth and Oswald were both Southerners favoring unpopular ideas.
    – Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and hid in a warehouse.
    – Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and hid in a theater.
    – The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
    – The names Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson each contain thirteen letters.
    – The names John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald each contain fifteen letters.
    – Lincoln and Kennedy were both killed on a Friday.
    – Both were killed in the presence of their wives.
    – Both were shot from behind and in the head.
    – Both assassins were killed before being brought to trial.
    – Lincoln’s and Kennedy’s successors both had the surname Johnson.
    – Lincoln’s secretary was called Kennedy, while Kennedy’s secretary was called Lincoln. (There is a question if this one is true)
    Lincoln was shot a theater called the Kennedy.
    Kennedy was shot in a car called the Lincoln.

    Simon Kay replied 18 years, 7 months ago 1 Member · 1 Reply
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  • Simon Kay

    Member
    September 12, 2005 at 10:13 pm

    That’s rather weird, eh?

    Some people might read that and think that they were conspiracies a foot!! 😀

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