Thursday, 29 December 2011

What colours do you drink?

Yesterday's photo was quite powerful but depressed a number of readers. Today I decided to cheer you up by showing you what the most popular drinks look like under a microscope. Choose your favourite tipple, which can be made into actual wall pictures, bar accessories, scarves and other stuff. The site where I found them has a number of goodies.

Cheers!

Champagne

Budweiser

Black Russian

Bloody Mary

Chablis

Cola

Cranberry Juice

Dry Martini

Gin & Tonic

Iced Tea

Margarita

Mexican Lager

Orange Juice

Pina Colada

Red Wine

Rosé

Scotch

Jack Daniels

White Wine

Tequila

Irish Stout

Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Harsh reality

Warsaw, 1946 
[Photo by Michael Nash, Associated Press]

Tuesday, 27 December 2011

Celebrating a lifetime together

Mrsgunka had a Christmas scare when Ray was suddenly ill and had to be taken to hospital. Fortunately, Ray is making good progress.

Today is their 53rd wedding anniversary and although they won't be physically together, their hearts will be as close as ever.

Let's accompany Mr & Mrsgunka on a trip back to 1958, when they tied the knot.






Eisenhower was the president of the United States, Khrushchev was the leader of the USSR and Harold MacMillan was the UK Prime Minister.

1958 saw the birth of NASA and of the John Birch Society.

South Pacific was the top grossing movie and The Bridge on the River Kwai won 7 Academy Awards, including best picture.

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were also married in 1958:


The world of fashion, from the December issue of Vogue:





People drove very big cars:




These two songs topped the Billboard charts:





Dear Mrsgunka, you and Ray saw many changes over all these years together, but the best thing is what hasn't changed: Your enduring love for each other.

Happy anniversary!

Saturday, 24 December 2011

Still laughing

I think we had enough Christmas and holiday themed posts, so let's have a laugh. View_From_Here sent me this joke:

NORWEGIAN VIRGIN

Olof Swenson, out in his pasture in northern Minnesota, took a lightning-quick kick from a cow... right in his crotch. Writhing in agony, he fell to the ground.


As soon as he could manage, he took himself to the doctor. He said: “How bad is it Doc? I'm going on my honeymoon next veek and my fiance, Lena, is still a virgin - in every vay.”

The doctor told him “Olof, I'll have to put your willy in a splint to let it heal and keep it straight. It should be okay next week, but leave it on there as long as you can.”

He took four tongue depressors and formed a neat little four-sided splint and taped it all together... quite an impressive work of art.

Olof mentioned none of this to Lena, married her and they went on their honeymoon to Duluth.

That night, in the Motel 6, Lena ripped open her blouse to reveal her beautiful,untouched breasts. She said: “Olof... you' re the first vun! No vun has EVER seen deez.”

Olof immediately dropped his pants and replied: “Look at dis, Lena ... still in DA CRATE!”

Thank you, View.

Friday, 23 December 2011

Time for some festive songs

Sleuth sent me the first video and I had bookmarked the second. We love our pets and animals in general, so this is a fitting way to wish all What Timers a happy festive season! [There's a fading celebrity out there complaining that a pet is not appropriate for a Christmas card...]





The guy who made these is the same guy who gave us the now classic video of the talking dog:



(You may watch all his great videos on his youtube channel.)


Happy holidays to all of you and your loved ones!

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Playing with words


TempestNVA sent me these. Puns can make you cringe, but these are quite clever! Thank you, Tempest.


To all you Lexophiles .... (those who love words)

- Writing with a broken pencil is pointless.

- Fish in schools sometimes take debate.

- The thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

- When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.

- It seems Professor Buck's earthquake theory is on shaky ground.

- Batteries were given out free of charge.

- After the dentist and manicurist married, they fought tooth and nail.

- A chess tournament occupied all the hotel's conference rooms. Between matches, players stood around the foyer bragging about their victories. This eventually got on the manager's nerves. "Go away!", he shouted. "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."

- A will is a dead giveaway.

- After the parents refused to pay the exorcist, their daughter was repossessed.

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

- Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I'll show you A-flat miner.

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

- Local Area Network in Australia: The LAN down under.

- A boiled egg is hard to beat.

- After you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall.

- Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

- Did you hear about the man whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.

- If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory.

- A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.

- In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.

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

- The man who fell onto an upholstery machine is fully recovered.

- Another fell into a lens-grinding machine and made a spectacle of himself.

- His photographic memory was never fully developed.

- Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.

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

- Acupuncture: a jab well done


Two cures for excessive punning:

- Medical -- performing an apundectomy
- Legal -- a sentence in a punitentiary.

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Suzy

Billy and Suzy at his leaving do, just before he went to Australia

Suzy, a friend of Billy's since playschool, did American Studies at Nottingham University and her final year was spent in Tennessee, where this video was recorded. We've been friends with Suzy's parents for over twenty years and her father could do with our good thoughts...



Go Suzy!

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Awww...

Today's awww moment comes courtesy of Lillibird.

New baby friends meet each other

Kitten being given some oxygen

How cute is this baby owl?

As big as a grape...

A shy walrus

This cat has a permanent top hat

A special bubble bath

Finally, here's a proud new mom

Thank you, Lillibird.

Monday, 19 December 2011

"Carefully" placed stickers

View_From_Here sent me these very funny examples of carelessly placed stickers:













Thank you, View, they're hilarious.