Sunday, 25 May 2014

Quick thinking and a birthday! UPDATED

View sent us a joke and dedicated it to our Canadian friends. Thanks, View.

A man in a Washington supermarket tried to buy half a head of lettuce. The very young produce assistant told him that they sell only whole heads of lettuce.

The man persisted and asked to see the manager. The boy said he'd ask his manager about it. Walking into the back room, the boy said to his manager, 'Some asshole wants to buy half a head of lettuce.'



As he finished his sentence, he turned to find the man standing right behind him, so he added, 'And this gentleman has kindly offered to buy the other half.' The manager approved the deal, and the man went on his way.

Later the manager said to the boy, 'I was impressed with the way you got yourself out of that situation earlier. We like people who think on their feet here. Where are you from, son?' 

'Canada, sir,' the boy replied.

'Well, why did you leave Canada ?' the manager asked. 

 The boy said, 'Sir, there's nothing but whores and hockey players up there.' 

'Really?' said the manager. 'My wife is from Canada .'

'No shit?' replied the boy. 'Who did she play for?'


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Irishgirl's birthday dodged the list carefully compiled by GrannyJ, but Sleuth got the cat out of the bag and I had to order some cakes at very short notice!



Here's a good reason to move on from having 21st birthdays:


Finally, a celebration is a good time to remember this affliction:



Happy birthday, dear Irishgirl!

Friday, 23 May 2014

Interesting facts

Amy sent us a large collection of interesting facts. This is a selection, which I fact-checked. I had to stop and publish quickly because the weather is turning nasty and I have to switch everything off... Thanks, Amy.

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Thursday, 22 May 2014

Hard hitting weather

Hail seems to be the "in" thing these days. There was a major hailstorm in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Monday 19. Yesterday Colorado had loads of hailstones and today we woke up to a huge hailstorm, then had another one after lunch. A friend from London also reported a hailstorm this lunchtime.

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Denver, Colorado
It's sunny now, but who knows how long it will last? Yesterday we had some lively weather during the day and I took a couple of pictures of a spectacular sunset, thinking the weather had finally settled, but by the time we went to bed, we had to pull all plugs as a big storm approached. After that, the only plugs were in my ears! They're very useful for snoring and thunder... (taser doesn't work for thunder)



Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Reducing stress...

Mrsgunka sent us some stress reducing pictures. Laughing is definitely a very good medicine. Thank you, MrsG. [Wishing Jon all the best for today's surgery plus a quick and painless recuperation. We know he's in good hands!]