What is sex?

Here's a nice little joke from Mrsgunka:

An 8-year-old girl went to her grandfather, who was working in the
yard and asked him, "Grampa, what is sex?"

The grandfather was surprised that she would ask such a question, but
decided that if she's old enough to know to ask the question, then
she's old enough to get a straight answer. Steeling himself to leave
nothing out, he proceeded to tell her all about human reproduction and
the joys and responsibilities of intercourse.


When he finished explaining, the little girl was looking at him with
her mouth hanging open, eyes wide in amazement.


Seeing the look on her face, the grandfather asked her, "Why did you
ask this question, honey?"


The little girl replied, "Grandma says that dinner will be ready in
just a couple of secs."


Thank you, Mrsgunka.

Big heart

View_From_Here sent me a lawyer joke but I tweaked it to make it a bit more topical...

One afternoon, Mitt Romney was riding in his limousine when he saw two men along the road-side eating grass.

Curious, he ordered his driver to stop and got out to investigate.

He asked one man, "Why are you eating grass?"

"We don't have any money for food," the poor man replied. "We have to eat grass."

"Well, then, you can come with me to my house and I'll feed you," said Mitt.

"But sir, I have a wife and two children with me. They are over there, eating the grass under that tree."

"Bring them along," Romney replied.

Turning to the other poor man he stated, "You may come with us, also."

The second man, in a pitiful voice, said, "But sir, I also have a wife and six children with me!"

"Bring them all as well," said Romney.

They all entered the car, which was no easy task, even for a car as large as the limousine.

Once under way, one of the poor fellows turned to Romney and said,

"Sir, you are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us with you.”

Mitt replied, "Glad to do it. You'll really love my place.The grass is almost a foot high."

Thank you, View.

Neat ideas

A friend sent me an e-mail with loads of practical ideas. You may have seen them before, but I had to share it because of a discussion on a thread a couple of days ago. It concerns the last item...

Use a straw to hull strawberries

Rub a walnut on furniture scratches

Store folded bedding inside the corresponding pillowcase

Save floorspace by storing wrapping paper on the ceiling

Put a stocking at the end of the vacuum hose to pick up small items

Bread tags are good for labeling cables

Save money - microwave your popcorn in ordinary brown bags

A tension rod makes for a good way to store various cleaning products

Baking yummy cases on an upside down muffin pan

Grow salads and herbs in some guttering

Finally, fold those pesky fitted sheets perfectly!

Impossible not to go awww....

It is not common for a Koala to bear twins, and regrettably in this instance the Mum was struck and killed by a passing car.

Fortunately, the driver stopped, and took the mother to the local vet, not knowing she was dead, where it was discovered she had these twins in her pouch.

First photo: Tiny koala being fed with syringe … sooo tiny!

Followed by a pictorial chronology of their growth…

Beach heroes

Dragging them desperately by their tails, this is the dramatic moment beachgoers leapt into the sea to save around 30 dolphins from certain death.

The rescuers had been sunning themselves on the Rio de Janeiro coastline in Brazil when the dolphins appeared out of nowhere and suddenly beached en masse.

Initially stunned, the sunbathers soon realise the impending danger and race into the surf as the mammals let out piercing squeals of distress.

As this video shows, they make frantic efforts to grab the animals by the tails to pull them into deeper waters.



And it appears their attempts were successful as all the dolphins were rescued to rapturous cheers from onlookers.


I watched this footage holding my breath and thinking how heavy these dolphins must be. Phew! I'm breathing again...