Issue 1 (revised).pub - Greenwood School District

November
2008
The Paw Print –JUST FOR FUN-
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Bixler’s Interesting Facts
by Jonathon Bixler
• A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside.
• Almost a quarter of the land area of Los Angeles is taken up by automobiles.
• Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under is cap to keep him cool. He changed it every 2 innings.
• Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
• It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling
out of its mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach
back down again.
• "Kemo Sabe" means "soggy shrub" in Navajo.
• You're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206. Your stomach has to produce a new layer
of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
www.tealdragon.net/humor/facts/facts.htm
Now Featuring
by Jenna Nankivell
Opening on October 3, 2008, the Disney Comedy "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" brought
in $29 million in one weekend and landed a number one spot on the box office charts,
according to The Associated Press and msn.com.
In the tradition of previous movies such as Babe and Dr. Dootlittle, comes the picture
Beverly Hills Chihuahua, directed by Scooby Doo veteran Raja Gosnell. The family flick
features the voice of Drew Barrymore as the lead pooch, Chloe, the typical 90210 pampered
pup. Chloe has the luxury of spending most of her time in her owner, Viv's (Jamie
Lee Curtis of Freaky Friday) designer purse until Viv goes to Europe on business and
Chloe is left in the hands of Viv's not-so-responsible niece, Rachel (Piper Perabo of Coyote
Ugly). Instead of following the pampering appointments Viv had set up, Rachel
whisks off to Mexico with Chloe, who somehow gets separated from her along the
way. The high-maintenance Chihuahua must then rely solely on fellow dogs throughout
her quest to return to Rachel. The kindness of Papi, the hyper-romantic Chihuahua (voice
of George Lopez), a street-smart German shepherd, Delgado (Andy Garcia), and other
Latino companions, help Chloe get back to her owner.
Although a cinema review reported: "No howls of laughter here," and the film received
three and a half stars out of five, a high majority of the viewers raved about it. Of
course, kids will not recognize the politically incorrect subtext, but the performances of
the characters provide great laughs for kids and adults of all ages.
If you liked...
Babe: Pig in the City
Dr. Doolittle
and Charlotte's Web
...you will probably like "Beverly Hills Chihuahua"!
Information courtesy of movies.msn.com.