Wednesday, 25 February 2015

White creatures

The idea for this post started when one of my cousins in Brazil posted a photo of her dog on Facebook a few weeks ago. I've been collecting photos of white animals since then and now I have enough nice pictures for a post. They're quite striking, eh?








Tuesday, 24 February 2015

Cats can be so rude!

I follow George Takei and God on Facebook. They post funny stuff, but there are inevitable trolls disrupting the comments. They're everywhere on the internet! Some of the really clever responses to trolls involve another internet phenomenon: cats. I collected a few of the clean cat memes that accompanied the comments. Grumpy cat makes several appearances, of course... and the poor dogs are always at the receiving end. Enjoy!















Sunday, 22 February 2015

Everything fits, everything in their right places...















CC sent me the last picture, then I came across the others in one of those Facebook compilations. They fitted perfectly together... Thank you, CC. 

[I must confess that some of the photos look attractively harmonious, but the one before last, with the two cups, makes me shudder!]

Saturday, 21 February 2015

Tax questions

GrannyJ sent us this joke, which is even funnier because it's that time of the year, when people are beginning to worry about their tax returns... Thank you, GJ.

 
A woman walks into an accountant's office and tells him that she needs to file her taxes.

The accountant says, "Before we begin, I'll need to ask you a few questions."

"He gets her name, address, Social security number, etc. and then asks,"what's your occupation?"

"I'm a lady of the night," she says.

The accountant is somewhat taken aback and says, "Let's try to rephrase that."

"The woman says, "Ok, I'm a high-end call girl."

"No, that still won't work. Try again."

"They both think for a minute; then the woman says, "I'm an elite chicken farmer."

The accountant asks, "What does chicken farming have to do with being a prostitute?"

"Well, I raised a thousand little peckers last year."

The accountant says, "Chicken Farmer it is."

Friday, 20 February 2015

Delicate lacework

It took me a while to work out why this room looks painstakingly decorated in the most delicate, exquisite lacework...





Thursday, 19 February 2015

Very amusing, very lazy Duncan

Roxie sent us this video of Duncan being lazy and refusing to go outside before bedtime. It's very funny and has the added bonus of letting us hear our friend's lovely laugh... Thanks, Roxie.

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Quite interesting

One of my favourite TV shows, presented by one of my favourite people, is making its debut in the US!

QI is a comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.


Some of the participants tease Stephen Fry mercilessly because he's so posh.





The show is a lot of fun, but we also learn quite interesting things. The following were taken from one of the books related to the TV series:

01) Trombone is French for paperclip, as well as the musical instrument.

02) A single sperm contains 37.5 MB of DNA information. One ejaculation represents a data transfer of 15,875 GB, the equivalent to the combined capacity of 62 Macbook Pro laptops.

03) When a medium in trance offered to answer any questions, Groucho Marx asked, 'What's the capital of North Dakota?'

04) The whole of Liechtenstein can be rented for $70,000 a night, for a minimum of two nights. It sleeps 900.

05) Most diamonds are at least 3 billion years old.

06) Under extreme high pressure, diamonds can be made from peanut butter.

07) George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein had their shoes hand-made by the same Italian shoemaker.

08) EVERYBODY expected the Spanish Inquisition - they were legally obliged to give 30 days' notice.

09) The human brain takes 11 million bits of information every second, but is only aware of 40.

10) A 'babalevante' is someone who makes feeble jokes.

11) All blue-eyed people are mutants. The first ones appeared as recently as 5,000 years ago.

12) The pleasant smell of earth after rain is caused by bacteria in the soil and it's called petrichor - from Greek petros, 'stone' and ichor, 'the fluid that flows through the veins of the gods'.

13) The inventor of 'best before' dates, originally for milk, was Al Capone's brother, Ralph.

14) The G-spot was nearly called the 'Whipple Tickle', after Prof. Beverley Whipple, who coined the expression we know today.

15) 99% of all the species that have ever lived are now extinct.

16) Every human being starts life as an asshole: it's the first part of the body to form in the womb.

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Strangely beautiful

Who would have thought that rust could look so intriguingly beautiful...?