Saturday, 2 March 2013

Keeping things going (despite the server)

I tried to prepare a post this morning but the server has been acting up since yesterday... Then we had to go shopping in Tulle, which took all afternoon. I'm posting this quickly before I lose the connection again!




Friday, 1 March 2013

A visit to the vet

Tumbleweed requested a picture of Pirouette's visit to the vet. There she is, in Olivier's arms...


Thursday, 28 February 2013

Unorthodox treatment...

Mrsgunka sent us this joke:

A woman went to the doctor's office where she was seen by one of the younger doctors. After about four minutes in the examination room, she burst out screaming as she ran down the hall. An older doctor stopped her and asked what the problem was, and she told him her story. After listening, he had her sit down and relax in another room.


The older doctor marched down the hallway back to where the young doctor was writing on his clipboard. "What's the hell is the matter with you?!" the older doctor demanded. "Mrs. Terry is 71 years old, has four grown children and seven grandchildren, and you told her she was pregnant?"

The younger doctor continued writing and without looking up said,

"Does she still have the hiccups?"

Thank you, MrsG.

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Bird lover


This guy is a bird lover like us...

Trevor Maltby took this photo upon returning to his car after leaving it at the Cairns International Airport in Australia for six days while away on business. The photo, taken on Feb. 19, features a small bird, a nest and tiny eggs, all perilously perched atop the back window wiper blade of an Audi hatchback.


Maltby told us about the discovery. "At first I thought it was just trying to 'blend in,' then I noticed it looked like it was trying to make a nest. As I got closer it appeared it was not about to fly away. I called over a colleague who had just arrived on the same flight and got him to come have a look. ... I took a picture of it sitting there, then we both tried to give it a bit of a hurry up—we could basically pet it if we wanted too—and my colleague put his hand right up to it's face, and that's when it raised its wings and exposed those eggs."

Maltby spent an hour on the phone with wildlife officials. They confirmed that the bird was a native peaceful dove. "They are known for nesting in awkward places," Maltby said. He was told he could either ask somebody to come down and "relocate the nest" or he could leave the car there and wait for the eggs to hatch.

Being the good guy that he is, Maltby offered to leave his car and got a ride home. "The next day I got a call from the airport to say that the wildlife officials had come and removed the nest as its location was deemed to be far from ideal, and that I could come and collect my car. The eggs have been taken to an incubator and the mother was unable to be caught and taken with them, though they figured she would probably lay again in the very near future."

Monday, 25 February 2013

Funnies

View_From_Here sent me some funny stuff, which is always welcome... Thanks, View.









Sunday, 24 February 2013

Saturday, 23 February 2013

Happy crowd

Oops! I got so engrossed in the rugby match (Italy v Wales), that I forgot to do a post... There's another match a bit later on (England v France).

As it's been snowing all day and it looks pretty miserable outside, let's have a colourful picture to cheer us up. I know the weather in the US is even worse than here!



Thursday, 21 February 2013

Nina Simone

Nina Simone would have been 80 years old today. Here are some of my favourites:







Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Old fashioned band

I'll stay with the old photo theme... Here's another sweet picture:


Tuesday, 19 February 2013

New shoes

This touching photo was snapped by Gerald Waller in 1946, in Austria. The little boy, who lived in an orphanage, had just been given new shoes by the American Red Cross.





Sunday, 17 February 2013

Logic...

View_From_Here sent me this excellent joke:

Lady: Do you drink beer?

Man: Yes.

Lady: How many beers a day?

Man: Usually about 3.

Lady: How much do you pay per beer?

Man: $5 with a tip.

Lady: And how long have you been drinking?

Man: 20 years, I suppose.


Lady: So a beer costs $5 and you have 3 beers a day which puts your spending
each month at $450. In one year, it would be $5400 correct?

Man: Correct.

Lady: If in 1 year you spend $5400, not accounting for inflation, the past
20 years puts your spending at $108,000, correct?

Man: Correct.

Lady: Do you know that if you didn't drink so much beer, that money could
have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for
compound interest for the past 20 years, you could have now bought a Ferrari?

Man: Do you drink beer?

Lady: No


Man: So where's your Ferrari?


Thank you, View.

Saturday, 16 February 2013

The joy of singing

A priest decided to try something a little different.

He said, "Today, I am going to say a single word and you are going to help me preach.. Whatever single word I say, I want you to sing the hymn that comes to your mind"

He shouted out,

"CROSS."

Immediately the congregation started singing in unison, "THE OLD RUGGED CROSS."


The priest hollered,

"GRACE."

The congregation began to sing "AMAZING GRACE."

The priest said,

"POWER."

The congregation sang "THERE IS POWER IN THE BLOOD."

The priest said,

"SEX."

The congregation fell into total silence.

Everyone was in shock. They all nervously began to look around at each other, afraid to say anything.

Then, all of a sudden, way in the back of the church, a little old 89 year old grandmother stood up and began to sing...


"MEMORIES."

Friday, 15 February 2013

Good dog

Some silliness from the UK:

The Crown Prosecution Service (equivalent to the DA office) demanded a statement from "PC Peach," who is actually PD Peach. [PC stands for police constable, PD is police dog] They were told several times Peach was actually a police dog but insisted on a written statement, so the case handler sent them this:


Thursday, 14 February 2013

Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Cool


I really like this. Merci to my friend Dominique!

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Interesting video

View_From_Here sent me this video, which was made for a high school project. It's been hotly debated on youtube, but the majority of the comments are positive. It makes sense to post it on Darwin's Day...

Thank you, View.



[The video was uploaded twice by the author, so the discussion about it happens on two separate threads, the one above and also on this LINK.]

Monday, 11 February 2013

Gotcha!


A guy approached a girl at the college library: "Do you mind if I sit beside you?"

The girl replied with a loud voice: "I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH YOU!"

All the students in the library started staring at the guy; he was truly embarrassed and decided to sit at another table.

After a couple of minutes, the girl walked quietly over to the guy's table and said:

"I study psychology, and I know what a man is thinking. I guess you felt embarrassed, right?"

The guy then responded with a loud voice: "$500 FOR ONE NIGHT? THAT'S FAR TOO MUCH!"

All the people in the library looked at the girl in shock. The guy whispered in her ear:


"I study law, and I know how to screw people."