Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Going through a rough patch?

Sending healing hugs to friends who are having an unhappy spell lately.


Monday, 17 November 2014

Food for thought

I saw this on Facebook. As far as I could trace it on the internet, it was tweeted by Banksy, the street artist, with the caption: "You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea."




Sunday, 16 November 2014

Good joke with a political commentary post-script

Mrsgunka sent us a joke that works really well with or without the post-script. Thank you, MrsG.

Fred was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred
young ‘pullets,' and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs.


He kept records, and any rooster not performing went into the soup
pot and was replaced.


This took a lot of time, so he bought some tiny bells and attached
them to his roosters.


Each bell had a different tone, so he could tell from a distance,
which rooster was performing.


Now, he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report by
just listening to the bells.


Fred's favorite rooster, old Butch, was a very fine specimen, but
one morning he noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at all!


When he went to investigate, he saw the other roosters were busy
chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing, but the pullets, hearing the roosters
coming, would run for cover.


To Fred's amazement, old Butch had his bell in his beak, so it  couldn't ring. 
He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one.


Fred was so proud of old Butch, he entered him in the Brisbane City Show and he became an overnight sensation among the judges. The result was the judges not only awarded old Butch the "No Bell Piece Prize," but they also awarded him the "Pulletsurprise" as well.


PS - Clearly old Butch was a politician in the making. Who else but a politician could figure out how to win two of the most coveted awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on the unsuspecting populace and screwing them when they weren't paying attention? Vote carefully in the next election, and remember... you can't always hear the bells!

[I find it quite disturbing that Australians voted for and got a tea party style government. The madness seems to be spreading!]

Saturday, 15 November 2014

I don't like this shampoo!

Shapeshifterbelly found this funny video of a very endearing dog, called Betty White! Thank you, SSB.

The description on the youtube page:

This baby needed a flea bath and while she was soaking in the flea shampoo these amazing sounds came out of her. She's sure to bring a smile to your face every time!


Thursday, 13 November 2014

Birthday Party!

Time to throw a party for a really lovely friend! She loves nature, animals and knows how to make people feel better...













Very pretty kitty until...

ManxMamma tried to post this in yesterday's thread but it didn't work, so she sent it to me by email. Thank you, MM, it's quite remarkable! LOL!

Very pretty kitty:





Until...

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It falls asleep!



Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Word game - The answers

The real meaning of the words is under each picture.

    Absquatulate = To make off hurriedly

    Choller = Double chin

    Illecebrous = Pretty, attractive

    Halch = To hug

    Gamp = Large umbrella 

    Tragematopolist = Seller of candy

    Fleer = To laugh disrespectfully 

    Battologize = To repeat the same thing needlessly 

Here are the highlights from the original thread. Now that you know the real meaning of the words, you can read these contributions again and see how much sense they make…

These words games always guarantee some hilarity. PMom_GA revealed her talent for producing groaners!

PMom_GA
Sorry to say that my attempts at exercise resulted in a failure to AbSquatUlate regularly.

GrannyJ 
Has anyone else noticed that when they absquatulate everyone leaves the room? Same thing happens when I halch. 
And what about those illecebrous dreams- boy those are really something. Think I am going to have to see a tragematopolist and find out if this is normal at my age. Whatever...I am not going to take any more gamp from anyone! And let me tell you... when I battologize it is not something you will soon forget. Think I will pour myself another tankard of choller and see if I am still able to fleer. Bet I can! LOL.

View replied to GrannyJ:
Hi GrannyJ! These really work! No gamp! The latest models even have a 'no-leak' halch pouch. Fleers!

View
Buenas dias amigos! I woke up late to a thunderstorm this morning and Benny didn't want to leave the comfort of her perch, so I decided to do some exercises. First I poured a large mug of cinnamon-flavored latte and rolled out my mat. Wow! It was later than I realized and so I decided to absquatalate* the session to save time. I got invited to lunch and was asked to bring dessert. I began to halch the choller to a illecebrous texture when I realized I could battologize the lard to produce a crusty Gamp any Tragamatopolist would be proud of! Part of the fun is serving it with fleer!

*combining-normally with caffeine.

Lynn in VA
Today, President Palin's press secretary issued the following
statement: 'the President would like to illecebrously battologize to
the Tragematopolists, they who unflinchingly halch the choller. It
was never her intention to fleer upon their gamp. In future she will
absquatulate also, too rather than go along to get along in the
crony capitalist, oh and it's gottabe all about Benghazi too, any of
them, all of 'em that have been halched before me all these years,
Katie."

Mrsgunka
I conscientiously counted off the 60 minutes after taking my thyroid pill in anticipation of warming up the sweet, gooey Choller, awaiting patiently for the microwave to bring out the flavors sitting overnight on the counter. As I bit off the first morsel and savored the flavor, warmth and aroma, Okay, I stuck the whole thing in my mouth and swallowed! I suddenly felt this illecebrous wrenching in my gut and made a mad dash to the powder room. It had been 4 months since I had indulged this delicacy. The halch had gripped so suddenly. After the wave let-up, I picked up the phone and out of desperation I dialed Dr. Gamp, the world renown Tragematopolist and protologist for advice. He assured me that the fleer would battologize shortly, as it was nothing more than a fart crosswise in my gut from eating too fast and swallowing the whole thing without properly masticating it properly. The second one went much smoother as I slowly chewed up the tantalizing delicacy and washed it down with copious amounts of fresh ground coffee, and belched like a proud German! I realized 3 Chollers might be over-doing it. But damn, homemade Chollers might be one of my favorite things in the world! Patience is a virtue.

Thank you to all who took part in the game. I'll start collecting funny words in another language for a future game, yes?



Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Lest we forget

Amy sent us a moving reminder about November 11. Thank you, Amy.

World War I, known at the time as the Great War, was thought to be the war that would end all future wars... All sides suffered an incredibly high number of needless deaths, and the war devastated an entire generation. In fact, the sheer amount of destruction and death has only been eclipsed by World War II.....

Since it ended, all countries involved - have held memorials to remember their fallen dead who sacrificed their lives for the good of their country. This fact is all the more so in England, where nearly a million people lost their lives...  What they've done to commemorate their fallen soldiers is truly beautiful, while also helping us understand the true scope of these soldiers' sacrifice. Even a hundred years later, we should not forget their incredible acts of heroism and dedication...
 

The 'moat that surrounds the Tower of London has long stood empty and dry, but now, what may look like blood .. is actually something beautiful .'










This summer, the moat has been filled with 888,246 red ceramic poppies, one for each British and Colonial soldier who perished during World War I.


For the past few weeks, a team of 150 volunteers has been placing red ceramic poppies one by one around the Tower.


Each evening, the Last Post will be sounded and a 'selection of names of the dead read out loud, a stunning and sobering commemoration that befits the Great War.


The last poppy will be symbolically planted on the last day of the installation: November 11, Armistice Day.

Monday, 10 November 2014

We haven't played this game recently...


The usual rules apply. Use the following words in one or more sentences and... no googling!

1. Absquatulate (verb)
2. Choller (noun)
3. Illecebrous (adjective)
4. Halch (verb)
5. Gamp (noun)
6. Tragematopolist (occupation)
7. Fleer (verb)
8. Battologize (verb)

If you actually know any of the words, just play along...

[I'll post the answers on Wednesday]

Sunday, 9 November 2014

Family album

Grammy97 sent us some delightful photos of doggie families. Thank you, Grammy97.