Thursday, 9 February 2012

Safety in numbers (1)

Our intrepid jet setter Tumbleweed sent me some cute commercials. This is one of them:



Thank you, Tumbleweed.

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Clean lizard

This headline on the Daily Mail caught my eye:

Born survivor! Lizard stows away in luggage and then goes through cycle in WASHING MACHINE before being adopted by stunned holidaymaker.

A rare lizard survived a 3,000-mile flight in a freezing cold luggage hold only to then be put through the wash by an unsuspecting holidaymaker.


Company director Sue Banwell-Moore had returned from a trip to the Cape Verde islands, off the coast of Western Africa, with a friend when she found the brown 6in (15cm) long Chioninia lizard among her washing.

Ms Banwell-Moore said after the initial shock, she realised it must have stowed away in her suitcase and travelled all the way back to her house in Churchinford, near Taunton, Somerset.

'I got home on the Tuesday and it was snowy in the Blackdown Hills, and we got back in the early hours of the morning so it wasn't until the next day when I did a couple of loads of washing that I found him,' she said.

'I did scream, I was just so shocked, I couldn't believe how it had got there, on my floor, and was wondering if it was going to run all around the room.

Ms Banwell-Moore said she had fallen in love with Larry after realising just what the reptile had gone through.

Larry has now completed the last part of his journey - 25 miles from Churchinford to the Tropiquaria Wildlife Park in Watchet, where he will spend the rest of his days.

Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Celebrating women

Mrsgunka has shared this video with me and it's worth every second. Thank you, Mrsgunka.

Monday, 6 February 2012

Perseverance

Reader Short ribs79 sent me this bittersweet joke:


A female CNN journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Western Wall to pray, twice a day, every day, for a long, long time. So she went to check it out. She went to the Western Wall and there he was, walking slowly up to the holy site. She watched him pray and after about 45 minutes, when he turned to leave, using a cane and moving very slowly, she approached him for an interview.


"Pardon me, sir, I'm Rebecca Smith from CNN. What's your name?


"Morris Feinberg," he replied.


"Sir, how long have you been coming to the Western Wall and praying?"


"For about 60 years."


"60 years! That's amazing! What do you pray for?"


"I pray for peace between the Christians, Jews and the Muslims."
"I pray for all the wars and all the hatred to stop."
"I pray for all our children to grow up safely as responsible adults and to love their fellow man."
"I pray that politicians tell us the truth and put the interests of the people ahead of their own interests."


"How do you feel after doing this for 60 years?"


"Like I'm talking to a f***ing wall."


Thank you, Short ribs.

Smile!

Mrsgunka sent me this funny video:



Thank you for the laugh, Mrsgunka.