97
G'day to you all
Only 6 days until Australia Day [next Saturday]
Blog number 98 will be a special Aussie edition

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Artist dumps 500,000 balls in Rome
The historic centre of Rome has been brought to a standstill
by a protest with a difference.
Visitors to the Spanish Steps yesterday were greeted by a rather peculiar sight.



For most of the morning street cleaners and smartly uniformed policemen
were chasing little brightly coloured balls, armed with dustpans and brushes.
To everyone's amazement half a million of these balls
were suddenly bouncing down the steps.
Within minutes, the famed Piazza de Spagna resembled a children's playground.
video




It was another colourful stand from Graziano Cecchini,
a man who protests against government incompetence
in the most unusual ways.
Last year he poured a dye into the Trevi Fountain, turning it red.
This latest stunt cost him £15,000 (20,000 euros) - and probably a rather large fine.
When Mr Cecchini finally appeared, walking down the steps with balls bouncing around him, he said he had done it to raise the profile of Burma and the Karen people.
The Karen are a minority who have fought for an independent state since 1949,
and accuse the military junta of ethnic cleansing.
[taken from "Nothing to do withArboroath"]


A retirement home decided to hold a Singles Dance,
at which this very sweet 90-year-old gentleman met a very sweet 90-year-old lady,
and they danced and talked and laughed, and just hit it off great.
They continued to see each other for a while and enjoyed each other so much,
and danced so well together, etc., that they decided to get married.
On their wedding night, they went to bed
and he reached over and took her hand and squeezed it,
and she squeezed his hand back, and they went to sleep.
On the second night, when they went to bed,
he reached over and squeezed her hand,
and she squeezed his hand back, and they went to sleep.
On the third night, he reached over and took her hand,
and she said,
"Not tonight, honey, I have a headache."

Doctor Cartoons

A little nine year old girl was in church with her mother when she started feeling ill.

"Mommy," she said. "Can we leave now?"

"No," her mother replied.

"Well, I think I have to throw up!"

"Then go out the front door and to the back of the church and throw up behind a bush."

In about two minutes the little girl returned to her seat.

"Did you throw up?" her mother asked.

"Yes," the little girl replied.

"Well, how could you have gone all the way to the back of the church

and return so quickly?"

"I didn't have to go out of the church, Mommy." the little girl replied.

"They have a box next to the front door that says, 'For the sick'."




Zimbabwe issues a $10 million dollar note

With inflation running officially at 25,000 per cent

(although that could be as high as 150,000 percent),

Zimbabwe has just issued a $10 million note.

The new note is the equivalent of about $4 at the dominant black market exchange rate.
In an effort to end chronic cash shortages and long, chaotic lines

at banks and automated teller machines,

the bank will issue the new notes on Friday along

with 1-million and 5-million dollar bills.

The highest existing note, introduced last month, is 750,000 Zimbabwe dollars

BOFFINS AT WORK

At a recent conference of science and mathematics,

a physicist, a mathematician, an engineer, and a statistician

were all staying on the same floor of their hotel.

The engineer woke up in the middle of the night to find his trash can had started on fire.

He jumped out of bed, quickly filled his ice bucket with water,

extinguished the flames, and went back to sleep.

A little later, the physicist woke up and also discovered his trash can to be ablaze.

He paused for a moment, pulled out his slide rule,

and made a few quick calculations.

He filled up his ice bucket with exactly 1/2 liter of water and used it to extinguish the fire,

and then went back to sleep.

Shortly after, the mathematician was awoken and his trash can was also on fire.

He grabbed a piece of paper and a pen and frantically scribbled

out pages and pages of equations.

When he found the solution he went to bed,

comfortable just knowing that the solution existed.

And the statistician?

He was found running around lighting other people's trash cans on fire

because he needed a bigger sample size.




Traffic Jam.....who will make the first move??

Two California Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding enforcement on I-15,

North of MCAS Miramar.

One of the officerswas using a hand held radar device to check

speeding vehicles approaching near the crest of a hill.

The officers were suddenly surprised when the radar gun began reading 300 miles per hour. The officer attempted to reset the Radar gun,

but it would not reset and turned off.

Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar

had in fact locked onto a USMC F/A-18 Hornet which was engaged

in a low flying exercise near the location.

Back at the CHP Headquarters the Patrol Captain fired off acomplaint

to the USMC Base Commander.

Back came a reply in true USMC style:

Thank you for the message, which allows us to complete the file on this incident.

You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Hornet

had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked onto your

hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it.

Furthermore, an air to ground missile aboard the fully armed aircraft

had also automatically locked onto your equipment.

Fortunately the Marine Pilot flying the Hornet recognized thesituation for what it was,

quickly responded to the missile system alert status

and was able to override the automated defense system before the missile

was launched and your hostile radar was destroyed.

Thank you for your concerns.

Look familiar??

ANIMAL WISDOM

A blind rabbit and a blind snake literally bumped into each other in the forest.

Being blind, both had been abandoned by their parents.

"I'm so sorry," said the rabbit,

"I've been blind since birth, so I can't see where I'm going.

In fact, I don't even know what I am."

"It's quite ok," the snake replied.

"In fact, I've also been blind since birth and don't know what I am.

Tell you what, maybe I could slither all over you, and work out what you are,

so at least you'll have that going for you."

"That would be wonderful" replied the bunny.

So the snake slithered all over the bunny, and he said,

"Well, you're covered with soft fur, you have really long ears,

and you have a soft cottony tail. You must be a rabbit."

"Oh, thank you! Thank you," cried the bunny, in obvious excitement.

The bunny then suggested,

"Maybe I could feel you with my paw so I can tell you what you are."

So the bunny felt the snake all over, and he said,

"Well, you're smooth and slippery, and you have a forked tongue,

no backbone and no balls.

You must be French."


Road Rage!!!!!

With apologies to my good friends in TN

When I read this I found it very funny

You know you’re from Tennessee if:
1. You measure distance in minutes.

2. You’ve ever had to switch from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day.

3. You use “fix” as a verb. Example: “I’m fixing to go to the store

4. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit,vegetable,grain, insect or animal.

5. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

6. You know what a “VOL” is.

7. You carry jumper cables in your car…for your OWN car.

11. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday

12. You find 100 degrees fahrenheit “a little warm”.

13. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still SummerandChristmas.

14. You know whether another Tennessean is from east, west or middleTennessee as soon as they open their mouth.

15. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as”goin’ Wal-martin” or off to “Wally World”.

16. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good pinto-beanweather.

17. A carbonated soft drink isn’t a soda, cola or pop…it’s a Coke,regardless of brand or flavor. Example: “What kinda coke you want?”

18. Fried catfish is the other white meat.

19. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends fromTennessee (and those who just wish they were).

Here is a link to a game called 1-33

When it loads you have to click on the numbers 1 to 33 as fast as you can

After several attempts I got down to 72.3 seconds

This is still pretty slow and you should be able to beat that quite easily
http://flash.abunawaf.com/2005/12/game33.swf

A maiden was renowned throughout the kingdom for her beauty.

One day, the queen learned of her.

Being envious, she threw the maiden into the dungeon.

And the queen made her wear an ugly, ugly dress.

Every day, she saw knights riding past.

She called for help, but they were repulsed by the dress.

Eventually, she realized
no knight would rescue a

damsel in this dress.

PUNNIES

The Energizer Bunny has been arrested and charged with battery.

A pessimist's blood type is always b-negative.

Practice safe eating -- always use condiments.

A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.

Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.

I used to work in a blanket factory, but it folded.

Divorce is the mourning after the knot before.

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

Corduroy pillows are making headlines.

Sea captains don't like crew cuts.

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

A successful diet is the triumph of mind over platter.

A gossip is someone with a great sense of rumor.

Without geometry, life is pointless.

When you dream in color, it's a pigment of your imagination.

Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.

A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.

Dijon vu -- the same mustard as before.

When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.

What's the definition of a will? (Come on, it's a dead giveaway!)

A backwards poet writes inverse.

In democracy your vote counts. In feudalism, your count votes.

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

If you don't pay your exorcist, do you get repossessed?

With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.

When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds.

You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.

Even a calendar's days are numbered.

A lot of money is tainted. It t'aint yours and it t'aint mine.

A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.

He had a photographic memory that was never developed.

Those who jump off Paris bridge are in Seine.

When an actress saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.

Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis.

Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

Acupuncture is a jab well done.

Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of de feat

Major security breach

If you have a debit card or an ATM card

you might want to change your PIN number.

I don’t know how they did it,

but someone found everyones PIN number

and listed it here.

Mine is there… and so is yours.


CARTOON OF THE WEEK

A BORN SALESMAN

This salesman has been bugging a haberdasher (bloke who runs a suit shop)

for a long time for a job,

and finally the haberdasher looks at him in disgust and says,

"Look, I'll make a deal with you.

I've got one suit that I just haven't been able to sell

-- that purple, yellow, and green thing in the corner.

If you can sell it while I'm out to lunch; you can have a sales job here for life!"

And with a smug smile he goes to lunch.

He comes back and the salesman runs up to him, exclaiming:

"I sold the suit! I sold the suit!"

The owner looks at him in dismay --

the salesman's clothes are ripped and torn all to hell,

his face is scratched and bruised and bleeding.

The owner says, "What happened; did the customer put up a fight!?"

The salesman quickly replies,

"Oh, no; not at all -- but his seeing eye dog was annoyed"



And I think to myself

What a Wonderful World

Here is some music for you

A tribute to Vincent Van Gogh

Don McLean..........Vincent

Don McLean will be playing in Perth in March


Ithink Ihave posted this before

It is one of my favourites

Peters and Lee............Welcome Home


Peters died of cancer in 1992

Am a big fan of big band music

This goes back quite a way

But its great

Bert Kaempfert..............Happy Feeling

96
Time for another blog
Perth's weather has decided to warm up again after a few pleasant days
With Australia Day [26th], now than less than ten days away, lets hope we get a cool one
Though as a rule in previous years it tends to be fairly warm that day

As per normal we start with some funny videos

Here is Peter Sellers appearing on the Dean Martin Show

If you ever come accross Bill Malone, don't play cards with him





With Afghanistan in the news the past day or so
you had better read this
You might be Taliban if
You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to beer.
You own a $300 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can’t afford shoes.
You have more wives than teeth.
You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide.
You’ve ever opened a can of falafel with a mortar round.
You’ve ever had your camel repossessed.
You can’t think of anyone you HAVEN’T declared Jihad against.
You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry ammunition in your robe.
You’ ve ever been asked, “Does this burka make my butt look too big?”
You’ve felt the urge to “rub her out” after seeing a woman’s exposed ankle.
You were amazed to discover that cell phones have uses other than setting off roadside bombs.
You’ve ever uttered the phrase, “I love what you’ve done with your cave.”
You wipe your butt with your bare left hand, but consider bacon “unclean”.



Mr Goldberg, from Pinsk, coming to America,
shared a table in the ship's dining-room with a Frenchman.
Mr Goldberg could speak neither French nor English;
the Frenchman could speak neither Russian nor Yiddish.
The first day out, the Frenchman approached the table, bowed and said, "Bon appetit!''
Mr Goldberg, puzzled for a moment, bowed back and replied "Goldberg.''
Every day at every meal the same routine occurred.
On the fifth day, another passenger took Goldberg aside.
"Listen, the Frenchman isn't telling you his name.
He's saying `Good Appetite,' that's what `Bon appetit!' means.''
At the next meal, Mr Goldberg, beaming,
bowed to the Frenchman and said, "Bon appetit!''.
And the Frenchman, beaming, replied: "Goldberg!''



Todays Cartoons

This is scary A plane landing in thick fog at Heathrow

A salesman is pressing a farmer about the finer points of his new combine

when he suddenly notices one of the roosters in the farmer's yard.
The rooster is wearing a shirt, and pants with suspenders.

It's all he can do to not gasp.
"What the hell is that all about?" he asks the farmer.
"A year or two ago, we had a fire in the chicken coop," the farmer explains.

"That rooster stayed in there until all the hens could get out,

and he ended up with all his feathers burned off.

Well, the wife made him some clothes to keep him warm."
"That's amazing," the salesman said.

"But you have to admit, it looks kinda funny."
"That ain't nothin'," the farmer says.

"You should see him try to hold down a hen with one foot

and get his pants down with the other."



Saw this interesting photo on "Bits and Pieces"

US-Mexico border Thats the US on the left and Tijuana on the right



A woman goes into to see the psychiatrist about her low self-esteem.

She is unhealthy, pale, and obese.

After tearfully explaining her predicament,

the doc says, "hmm, yes, could you please lie on the floor under the window?"

"Now over next to the door."

"Now under the bookshelves."

"Thank you."

He then occupies himself with writing.

The patient, exasperated, interrupts him and asks if he has anything he can offer her.

"No, he says, you need to see your internist about your poor health."

"Then what was all that stuff you had me do, lying on the floor?"

"Oh, I'm having a new white sofa delivered next week

and was wondering where to put it."

A woman went to the doctor asking for larger breasts.

The doctor gave her the choice of either having implants or wearing a magic bra.

"When you flap your arms up and down, the bra inflates," the doctor explained.

Of course, the women chose the bra.
The next day she was out at a bar with girlfriends

and noticed an attractive man sitting at the end of the bar.

Flapping her arms, she strolled over to flirt with the man

and he started flapping his legs.
"I see we have the same doctor," the man said.

NO OVERTAKING

THIS IS LOADS OF FUN!
Bet you can't get 100 on the first try.
This is pretty neat!
See how you do with the colors!
Have fun!
It takes an average of 5 tries to get to 100%.
Follow the directions!
It's harder than it seems, as it should be!
http://www.njagyouth.org/colortest.swf


Aliens.....a glimpse into the future

RISKY LOGIC

Some people grow old gracefully, while others fight and scratch the whole way.

Andy's wife, refusing to give in to the looks of growing old,

goes out and buys a new line of expensive cosmetics guaranteed

to make her look years younger.

After a lengthy sitting before the mirror applying the "miracle" products,

she asks her husband -

"Darling, honestly, if you didn't know me, what age would you say I am?"

Looking over her carefully,

Andy replied,... "Judging from your skin, twenty; your hair, eighteen;

and your figure, twenty five."

"Oh, you flatterer!" she gushed.

Just as she was about to tell Andy his reward,

he stops her by saying...

"WHOA, hold on there sweety!"

Andy interrupted. "I haven't added them up yet!"

This pretty cool

Sand Animation artist ..... Ilana Yahav

Love 2008

[Thanks to Jennie Simmons for sending this]




Moses

Heard this on a local radio station this morning

And looked it up on You Tube

Absolute Classic
The Springfields ....Island of Dreams

Thats Tom on the left, Dusty and Mike Hurst

MODERNISED PROVERBS

1. Don't change horses..........................until they stop running.

2. Strike while the........................................bug is close.

3. It's always darkest before.....................Daylight Saving Time.

4. Never underestimate the power of ........ termites.

5. You can lead a horse to water but ......... how?

6. Don't bite the hand that ........................ looks dirty.

7. No news is...........................................impossible.

8. A miss is as good as a ............................... Mr.

9. You can't teach an old dog new ............... maths.

10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll ........ stink in the morning.

11. Love all, trust ....................................... me.

12. The pen is mightier than the ................... pigs.

13. An idle mind is.................the best way to relax.

14. Where there's smoke there's ................. pollution.

15. Happy the bride who.........................gets all the presents.

16. A penny saved is ................................... not much.

17. Two's company, three's ........................ the Musketeers.

18. Don't put off till tomorrow what .......... you put on to go to bed.

19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and ........you have to blow your nose.

20. There are none so blind as .................... Stevie Wonder.

21. If at first you don't succeed ..................... get new batteries.

22. You get out of something only what you ........ see in the picture on the box.

23. When the blind lead the blind .................. get out of the way.

24. Better late than......................................pregnant.




And I think to myself

What a Wonderful World

Afew of you verbally commented on the Muppets clips

So here are two more

Bear in mind they are probably 25-30 years since they were originally performed

Never the less they are great to watch


Johnny Cash ..Orange Blossom Special and Jackson



Linda Ronstaadt .......When I grow too old to dream

Don't think Ihave ever heard her sing as good as this

95
A huge bun fight happened this week between the Australian and Indian Cricket teams
after the second Test in Sydney
With alleged racists taunts allegedly been made on the field
The Indian player was suspended for three matches
This caused the Indian Cricket team to do a huge dummy spit
Even threatened to take their bat and ball and go home
Since 1997 Indian players have been charged with 43 infringements for
offences including, intimidating umpires, abusing rival players, ball tampering,
time wasting and widespread dissent, with one player with a total of 12 offences
and the player at the centre of this latest incident, already has 5 indiscretions


[Cartoon by Jason Chatfield]


After the defeat of Team India,
the team members were not able to show their faces to people
and they chose not to go in public
and rather just pack up in hotel rooms.
Dravid could not resist for too long to be in the hotel room
and still not be able to go out shopping.
So he disguises himself as another man and goes out.
He meets a woman at the exit of the hotel who greets him “Hi Dravid!”
Surprised for having been caught he comes back
and makes himself up as Muslim woman - in Burkha etc and goes out.
Yet the same woman greets him “Hi Dravid!”
Dravid comes back determined to give it yet another try with the make up of a Hippie wig
and shorts etc
. All in vain, the same lady catches him again and greets him “Hi Dravid!”
Bewildered by now, he could not help asking,
“How did you recognize me?”
The lady replied : “I am Sachin!”
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Mrs Hughes will put a smile on your face



Here are some women trying to learn Spanish
so that they can communicate with their Nanny's
warning ..contains some strong language]



Couldn't resist posting this when Isaw it






The crying was coming from a poorly dressed boy of about 12 years old.
He was short and thin.
He had no coat.
He was just wearing a ragged flannel shirt to protect him from the cold night's chill.
Oddly enough, he was holding a hundred dollar bill in his hand.
Thinking that he had gotten lost from his parents,
I asked him what was wrong.
He told me his sad story.
He said that he came from a large family.
He had three brothers and four sisters.
His father had died when he was nine years old.
His mother was poorly educated and worked two full time jobs.
She made very little to support her large family.
Nevertheless, she had managed to skimp and save two hundred dollars
to buy her children new winter coats.
The young boy had been dropped off,
by his mother, on the way to her second job.
He was to use the money to coats for all his siblings
and save just enough to take the bus home.
He had not even entered the mall when an older boy grabbed
one of the hundred dollar bills and disappeared into the night.
"Why didn't you scream for help?" I asked.
The boy said, "I did."
"And nobody came to help you?" I queried.
The boy stared at the sidewalk and sadly shook his head.
"How loud did you scream?" I inquired.
The soft-spoken boy looked up and meekly whispered, "Help me!"
I realized that absolutely no one could have heard that poor boy cry for help.
So I grabbed his other hundred and ran to my car


Todays Cartoons

A very zealous soul-winning young preacher recently

came upon a farmer working in his field.

Being concerned about the farmer's soul the preacher asked the man,

"Are you laboring in the vineyard of the Lord, my good man?"
Not even looking at the preacher and continuing his work the farmer replied,

"Naw, these are soybeans."
"You don't understand," said the preacher.

"Are you a Christian?"
With the same amount of interest as his previous answer the farmer said,

"Nope, my name is Jones.

Jim Christian's farm is a mile south of here."
The young determined preacher tried again asking the farmer,

"Are you lost?"
"Naw! I've lived here all my life," answered the farmer.
"Are you prepared for the resurrection?" the frustrated preacher asked.
This caught the farmer's attention and he asked,

"When's it gonna be?"
Thinking he had accomplished something the young preacher replied,

"It could be today, tomorrow, or the next day."
Taking a handkerchief from his back pocket and wiping his brow,

the farmer remarked,

"Well, don't mention it to my wife.

She don't get out much and she'll wanna go all three days."

----------

Three boys are in the school yard bragging about their fathers.

The first boy says,

"My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper.

He calls it a poem and they give him $50."
The second boy says,

"That's nothing.

My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper.

He calls it a song and they give him $100."
The third boy says,

"I got you both beat.

My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper.

He calls it a sermon,

and it takes eight people to collect all the money!"

A funny Fairy Tale

Three women were sitting in an obstetrician's waiting room for their appointments.

The redhead announces proudly,

"I'm going to have a boy!"
How do you know? one of the others asked.
"I was on top, so I'm going to have a boy."
The brunette says,

"Well, I'm going to have a girl!

I was on the bottom, so I'll have a girl."
With that, the blonde bursts into tears.
What's wrong? the others ask.
The blonde looks up and cries,

"I'm going to have a puppy!"

----

A trucker came into a truck stop cafe and placed his order.

He said, "I want three flat tires, a pair of headlightsand a pair of running boards."

The brand new blonde waitress, not wanting to appear stupid,

went to the Kitchen and said to the cook,

"This guy out there just ordered three flat Tires,a pair of headlights

and a pair of running boards.

What does he think This place is ... An auto parts store?"

"No," the cook said.

"Three flat tires mean three pancakes, a pair of headlights is two eggs sunny side up,

and running boards are 2 slices of Crisp bacon."

"Oh, OK!" said the blonde.

She thought about it fora moment and then spooned up a bowl of beans

and gave it to the customer.

The trucker asked, "What are the beans for Blondie?"

She replied, "I thought while you were waiting for the flat tires,headlights

and running boards,

you might as well gas up!"



Men with Signs???

More Men stuff

A Ladies view of Men

Men are like ... newborn babies. They're cute at first, but you get

tired of picking up their crap.

Men are like ... computers. Hard to figure out and never enough memory.

Men are like ... coolers. Load them with beer and you can take them anywhere.

Men are like ... chocolate bars. Sweet, smooth and they usually head right for your hips.

Men are like ... power tools. They make a lot of noise, but it's hard to get them to work.

Men are like ... remote controls. Simple. Easy to use. And usually lying around a TV.

Men are like .... shag carpets. Soft, fuzzy and extremely easy to walk on.

Men are like ... vacuum cleaners. They're not much fun,

but at least you get to push them around.

Men are like ... road kill. They usually just lie around until they start to smell.

Men are like ... soap operas. They're fun to watch, but don't believe everything you hear.

Men are like ... pillows. Eventually, even the best ones get soft and lumpy.

Men are like ... old car tires. Balding, full of hot air, and it never hurts to have a spare.

Men are like ... plastic wrap Cheap. Clingy. and very easy to see through.

Men are like ... horoscopes. They always tell you what to do and are usually wrong.

Men are like .. cement. After getting laid, they take a long time to get hard.

Men are like ... plungers. They spend most of their lives in a hardware store or the bathroom.


Cartoon of the Week

[thanks Gordon Hamilton]

If you like like playing Flush Poker

Then here is a fun link that will keep you occupied for as long as you want

When it loads to play against your computer click on Bet 1
http://www.militantplatypus.com/games/gamepage.php?game=flash%20poker&PHPSESSID=3f5f15b1a5fe5b6f5c129f39df9ae7d5

Now and then its good to pause in our

pursuit of happiness and just be happy

More signs of happiness

A lot of people ask where the saying

"You gotta be kiddin' me" came from.

Here's the story behind it....

Way back, George Washington was crossing the Delaware River with his troops.

They were packed into the boats.

It was extremely dark and storming furiously.

The water was tossing them back and forth.

Finally Washington grabbed Corporal Peters

and stationed him at the front of the boat with a lantern.

He ordered him to keep swinging it so they could see where they were heading.

Corporal Peters stood up braving the wind and driving rain,

swinging the lantern back and forth.

A while later a big gust of wind hit and threw Corporal Peters

and his lantern into the Delaware.

Washington and his troops searched for hours trying to find

Corporal Peters but to no avail.

All of them felt terrible, for the Corporal had been one their favorites.

An hour later Washington and his troops landed on the other side,

wet and totally exhausted.

He rallied the troops and told them they must go on.

After awhile, Washington and his men could go no further.

One of his men said, "General, I see lights ahead."

They trudged towards the lights and came upon a huge house there in the woods.

What they didn't know was this was a house of ill repute hidden

in the forest to serve all who came.

General Washington pounded on the door, his men crowding around him.

The door swung open and the madam looked out to see Washington and all his men.

A huge smile came across her face to see so many men standing there.

Washington spoke up, "Ma'am, I'm General George Washington and these are my men.

We're tired and exhausted and desperately need warmth and comfort for a while.

Again the Madam looked at all the men standing there and with a broad smile on her face said, "Well General, you have come to the right place.

We can surely give you warmth and comfort.

How many men do you have?"

Washington said,

"Well ma'am, there are thirty two of us without Peters."

She looked at him and said: "You gotta be kiddin' me."

There is a traditional sport in Ireland, "cliff shoving."

It involves a small rodent, the rarie, being pushed off a cliff.

The competitor who pushes the rarie over the edge with the least effort wins.

Of course, these days people aren't so keen on blood sports.

So, the rodents are nudged into a small shallow pit.

Recently, an Australian competed.

During a break, he mentioned that he'd had an 18-hour journey to get there.

"But I knew it would be a long flight," he said.

"After all, it's a long way to tip a rarie."

And I think to myself

What a Wonderful World

Penitentes
these amazing ice spikes (generally known as penitentes due to their

resemblence to processions of white-hooded monks)

can be found on mountain glaciers and vary in size dramatically:

from a few centimetres to 5 metres in height.
‘initially, the sun’s rays cause random dimples on the surface of the snow.

once such a dimple is formed, sunlight can be reflected within the dimple,

increasing the localised sublimation.

as this accelerates, deep troughs are formed,

leaving peaks of ice standing between them’ - new scientist

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