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Rudyard Kipling: “A Woman Is Only a Woman, But a Good Cigar Is a Smoke”

And a woman is only a woman, but a good Cigar is a Smoke. — Rudyard Kipling, “The Betrothed” in Rudyard Kipling’s Verse, Inclusive Edition, 1885–1918 The Betrothed “You must choose between me and your cigar.” Breach of Promise Case, circa, 1885 OPEN the old cigar-box, get me a Cuba stout, For things are running crossways,… Read More »

Woman Dies after Prophet Puts Heavy Speaker on Her Body to Demonstrate a Miracle

At the Mount Zion General Assembly church in Polokwane, Limpopo, South Africa, an unnamed woman died from internal injuries after Pastor Lethebo Rabalango put a heavy speaker on her body to demonstrate a miracle. “The pastor, however, blamed the girl and accused her of having little faith for she could not withstand a very simple… Read More »