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Hi there, fellow Joeys,

REMEMBER! We are having our election of officers at our June meeting. What office are you planning to run for? You can only run for one office, per the by-laws. So decide which one you want to run for and do it at our meeting. Our election of officers is in May but we did not have a quorum at the meeting. Your club is only as good as the people who are involved in it.
- Pam House /Vice President & acting President -

Knock Knock Joke
Knock Knock!
Who's there?
Aardvark.
Aardvark who?
Aardvark a million miles for one of your smiles.

New High School Exam.............!!
(Passing requires 4 correct answers)
1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last?
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
3) From which animal do we get cat gut?
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
7) What was King George VI's first name?
8) What color is a purple finch?
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
Remember, you need 4 correct answers to pass.

Answers at the meeting.

Our Milk Carton Section
Rosemary Shaffer

This Month's Meeting

This month we will be making krazy kazoos for our 4th of July parade. Please bring fun foam shapes, colored price dots, feathers, pom-poms, googly eyes, sequins, and any other fun doodads that can be attached with hot glue or super glue. Please bring any kind of detergent bottles as these can be used also. We also need garden hoses if you have any to spare. Use your imagination.

Hello Funny Business Members! I am really looking forward to having a Clowns of America International convention here in Orange County in 2011! The director of Conventions, Pat Roeser is looking into hotels in the area right now! As soon as I hear what the next step is, I will let you all know. Also, in the next election year, I plan to step out of the Regional Vice President position and run for the Executive Vice President. Please keep that in mind when the time comes to vote, I will need all of your support! Thanks and see you on Monday! Butterscotch

Since clowns do birthday parties, we are exposed to birthday cakes.  But other such mixes are also involved and COULD BE toxic.

A student at HBHS (high school) had pancakes this week and it almost became fatal.  His Mom (registered nurse) made him pancakes, dropped him off at school and headed to play tennis.  She never takes her cell phone on the court but did this time and her son called to say he was having trouble breathing.  She told him to go to the nurse immediately and proceeded to call school and alert the nurse.  The nurse called the paramedics and they were there in 3 minutes and worked on the boy all the way to the hospital.  He came so close to dying.  Evidently this is more common than I ever knew.  Check the expiration dates on packages and boxes like pancakes, and cake mixes that have yeast which over time develop spores.  Apparently, the mold that forms in old mixes CAN BE TOXIC.  Throw away ALL OUTDATED pancake mixes, cake mixes, Bisquick, Brownie mixes, bread mixes, cookie mixes, etc., you have in your home. 

For mold to gain access to a food product, the foodstuff has to be exposed to its spores.  Pancake mix, etc., cocooned in a unbleached wax paper, plastic or foil pouch within its outer package wouldn’t have this contact and SHOULD still be safe no matter how old it gets.  However, mix sold unpouched in cardboard boxes or paper sacks could likely be at risk even if the boxes or sacks haven’t been previously opened because packaging would not necessarily keep dampness our and mold thrives in a damp environment.  But if you DON’T have a mold allergy, then you will probably be O.K.  But WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT!  This has been verified but you can check this website for yourself at
                     http://www.snopes.com/medical toxins/pancakes.asp.

I felt that this was worthy of an article in the newsletter as this could be so dangerous.  Pass this onto your family members, relatives, friends and whomever you feel uses mixes with yeast in them.   –Pam House-

Anaheim Hills' 4th of July parade on Saturday July 4, starts at 3p.m. Staging for all participants begins at 1:30p.m. at Canyon High School at Imperial Highway and Santa Ana Canyon in Anaheim Hills. The parade finishes at 4:30p.m. at Santa Ana Canyon and Pinney Drive. Maps will be available at our next meeting of Funny Business. Call Pom-Pom for more infomation at 714-539-4472

Balloon Jam 1st Monday of the Month, All American Balloon Supply,
7171 Patterson Drive Garden Grove, CA 92841
(800) 999-4565 or (714) 487-6300. www.allamericanballoon.com
includes a free mini lesson, Bring your own pump and balloons.

Also 3rd Monday of the month, place to be announced, call Pom-Pom for more information. 714-539-4472

Orange County Face Painters Jam. 2nd Tuesday of the month from 3-8 p.m. at the HOMETOWN BUFFET 1630 W. Katella (& Euclid), Anaheim CA 92802
We DO have to eat...but it's a small price to pay for the use of a private banquet room for that many hours. Bring your paints. There will also be a vendor.

Balloon Jam Every last Monday of the month
At Denny’s in Colton Ca. If any one wants information ask Boo Boo

Your Funny Business Board and Associates:

Pam "Twinkles d'Clown" House, Vice President/Treasurer and acting President
562-431- 5785 klassyklowns1@yahoo.com

Linda Garner, Secretary
949-369-1457 "Pepsie" 1garner3@cox.net

Paulette "Pom-Pom" Rosen, Newsletter Editor,Webdesigner and Webmaster
714/539-4472 pom-pom@ pom-pomclown.com

Funny Business Website clownpages.com Send all Articles by the last Monday in the previous month to Pom-Pom.

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