The Chico, California, City Council enacted a ban on nuclear
          weapons, setting a $500 fine for anyone detonating one
          within city limits.

The letter from the Air Force colonel in charge of safety said 
that rocket boosters weighing more than 300,000 pounds "have 
an explosive force upon surface impact that is sufficient to 
exceed the accepted overpressure threshhold of physiological 
damage for exposed personnel."

In other words, if a 300,000-pound booster rocket falls on 
someone, he or she will die.

WHICH CAME FIRST?

Reader said her son, Aaron, who is halfway between 2 and 3, was looking
at a picture book, pointed at an egg and declared, "Cookie."

"No, no," mother corrected.  "That's not a cookie.  Look again.  What is
it?"

"Marshmella," Aaron said.

"No, not a marshmallow," mother said.  "Think about it.  What do
chickens lay?"

Aaron's face lit up.  "McNuggets," he shouted triumphantly.

Terry Marchal 
Charleston Gazette