Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Old fashioned band

I'll stay with the old photo theme... Here's another sweet picture:


Tuesday, 19 February 2013

New shoes

This touching photo was snapped by Gerald Waller in 1946, in Austria. The little boy, who lived in an orphanage, had just been given new shoes by the American Red Cross.





Sunday, 17 February 2013

Logic...

View_From_Here sent me this excellent joke:

Lady: Do you drink beer?

Man: Yes.

Lady: How many beers a day?

Man: Usually about 3.

Lady: How much do you pay per beer?

Man: $5 with a tip.

Lady: And how long have you been drinking?

Man: 20 years, I suppose.


Lady: So a beer costs $5 and you have 3 beers a day which puts your spending
each month at $450. In one year, it would be $5400 correct?

Man: Correct.

Lady: If in 1 year you spend $5400, not accounting for inflation, the past
20 years puts your spending at $108,000, correct?

Man: Correct.

Lady: Do you know that if you didn't drink so much beer, that money could
have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for
compound interest for the past 20 years, you could have now bought a Ferrari?

Man: Do you drink beer?

Lady: No


Man: So where's your Ferrari?


Thank you, View.

Saturday, 16 February 2013

The joy of singing

A priest decided to try something a little different.

He said, "Today, I am going to say a single word and you are going to help me preach.. Whatever single word I say, I want you to sing the hymn that comes to your mind"

He shouted out,

"CROSS."

Immediately the congregation started singing in unison, "THE OLD RUGGED CROSS."


The priest hollered,

"GRACE."

The congregation began to sing "AMAZING GRACE."

The priest said,

"POWER."

The congregation sang "THERE IS POWER IN THE BLOOD."

The priest said,

"SEX."

The congregation fell into total silence.

Everyone was in shock. They all nervously began to look around at each other, afraid to say anything.

Then, all of a sudden, way in the back of the church, a little old 89 year old grandmother stood up and began to sing...


"MEMORIES."