Sunday, 24 February 2013

Saturday, 23 February 2013

Happy crowd

Oops! I got so engrossed in the rugby match (Italy v Wales), that I forgot to do a post... There's another match a bit later on (England v France).

As it's been snowing all day and it looks pretty miserable outside, let's have a colourful picture to cheer us up. I know the weather in the US is even worse than here!



Thursday, 21 February 2013

Nina Simone

Nina Simone would have been 80 years old today. Here are some of my favourites:







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."

Friday, 15 February 2013

Good dog

Some silliness from the UK:

The Crown Prosecution Service (equivalent to the DA office) demanded a statement from "PC Peach," who is actually PD Peach. [PC stands for police constable, PD is police dog] They were told several times Peach was actually a police dog but insisted on a written statement, so the case handler sent them this:


Thursday, 14 February 2013

Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Cool


I really like this. Merci to my friend Dominique!

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Interesting video

View_From_Here sent me this video, which was made for a high school project. It's been hotly debated on youtube, but the majority of the comments are positive. It makes sense to post it on Darwin's Day...

Thank you, View.



[The video was uploaded twice by the author, so the discussion about it happens on two separate threads, the one above and also on this LINK.]

Monday, 11 February 2013

Gotcha!


A guy approached a girl at the college library: "Do you mind if I sit beside you?"

The girl replied with a loud voice: "I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH YOU!"

All the students in the library started staring at the guy; he was truly embarrassed and decided to sit at another table.

After a couple of minutes, the girl walked quietly over to the guy's table and said:

"I study psychology, and I know what a man is thinking. I guess you felt embarrassed, right?"

The guy then responded with a loud voice: "$500 FOR ONE NIGHT? THAT'S FAR TOO MUCH!"

All the people in the library looked at the girl in shock. The guy whispered in her ear:


"I study law, and I know how to screw people."

Sunday, 10 February 2013

In the mood

Seventy three years ago today, "In The Mood" hit #1 in the charts.



[Curiosities: Another Glenn has something to celebrate today. Glenn Beck was born on February 10, 1964. He's only one day older than a certain person associated with Alaska, whose birthday is tomorrow...]

Curiosities won't spoil the mood, though. This song never gets old.

Saturday, 9 February 2013

Hang in there!

GrannyJ sent me this joke:

Eleven people were hanging on a rope, under a helicopter.

Ten men and one woman.


The rope was not strong enough to carry them all, so they decided that one had to leave, because otherwise they were all going to fall.

They weren't able to choose that person, until the woman gave a very touching speech.

She said that she would voluntarily let go of the rope, because, as a woman, she was used to giving up everything for her husband and kids or for men in general, and was used to always making sacrifices with little in return.

As soon as she finished her speech, all the men started clapping...

Thank you, GrannyJ.

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Eye candy



David Beckham has far too many tattoos for my taste, but still...

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Moving to new Disqus... gently

Let's inaugurate the new Disqus with a couple of aww pictures. It should help soften the blow...