Friday, 13 June 2008
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25 Things that are NOT What They Seem...part 2
13. Dresden China is not from Dresden - it is from Meissen
14. A shooting star is not a star - it is a metorite
15. A funny bone is not a bone - it is the spot where the ulnar nerve touches the humerus
16. Chop suey is not a native Chinese dish - it was invented by Chinese immigrants in California
17. A bald eagle is not bald - it has flat white feathers on its head and neck when mature, and dark feathers when young
18. A banana tree is not a tree - it is a herb
19. A cucumber is not a vegetable - it is a fruit
20. A jackrabbit is not a rabbit - it is a hare
21. A piece of catgut is not from a cat - it is usually made from sheep intestines
22. A Mexican jumping bean is not a bean - it is a seed with a larva inside
23. A Turkish bath is not Turkish - it is Roman
24. A koala bear is not a bear - it is a marsupial
25. A sweetbread is not a bread - it is the pancreas or thymus gland from a calf or lamb
H/T Peter Gunn
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Thought for the Day....
A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.
H/T Jeffrey Nihart
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Mick met Paddy in the street and said, 'Paddy, will you draw your curtains before making love to your wife in future?'
Why?' Paddy asked.
'Because,' said Mick,'the entire street was laughing when they saw you making love yesterday.'
'Silly buggers,' says Paddy, 'the laugh's on them. I wasn't home yesterday.'
H/T Pete Hurrell
So now we know what these scientific types get upto!
Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms before darkness. I know it's dark a lot but 16,500. Bloody hell.
H/T Nebraska Bob
Introducing the Theo Beer Fund.....
...I have temporarily put a Paypal button into the sidebar. If anyone would like to make a small donation towards the running costs of this blog please do and it will be greatly appreciated. I may stick advertising on the site as well depending on how much it clogs things up.
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News...
Whitehall official who left secret files on Al Qaeda and Iraq on a train is suspended. He should be sacked, stripped of his pension and booted out of the lodge.
East European immigrants DON'T take our jobs - because Britons are 'unmotivated and uneducated', Government claims. Why would they want to work when the benefits system throws cash at them.
Farm B&Bs may be forced to close as EU bureaucrats ban owners' pet dogs from kitchen. Sod the EU. The dogs are probably a lot cleaner and better house trained than the average EU bureaucrat.
Blown up, set alight and shot... so why is this hero British soldier getting only a derisory £163,000 payout? Because the MOD treats it's soldiers like s**t. Had he been a civil servant with a sore wrist he would have got a lot more.
Petrol protests go global. Just wait until the food situation gets worse.
World's biggest drug seizure in Afghanistan. You won't hide that lot in your carry on.
Russia plans Arctic military build-up. The Canadians made need a bigger navy!
Zimbabwe crisis: Robert Mugabe accused of bringing war to Harare. Have the Zimbabwean people the will to stand up and fight for their lives.
Robert Mugabe's militia burn opponent’s wife alive. How many more must die before the west steps in?
US airstrike kills 11 Pakistani soldiers in 'cowardly and unprovoked attack'. Ooops. There again Pakistan is hardly an 'ally'. They have been sheltering the Taleban for too long.
Why Thabo Mbeki’s national unity talks are doomed to fail. Teaboy Mbeki is Mugabe's lapdog. Which idiot put him in charge of the security council.
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25 Things that are NOT What They Seem...part 1
1. A firefly is not a fly - it is a beetle
2. A prairie dog is not a dog - it is a rodent
3. India ink is not from India - it is from China and Egypt
4. A horned toad is not a toad - it is a lizard
5. A lead pencil does not contain lead - it contains graphite
6. A douglas fir is not a fir - it is a pine
7. A silkworm is not a worm - it is a caterpillar
8. A peanut is not a nut - it is a legume
9. A panda bear is not a bear - it is a relative of the raccoon
10. An English horn is not English and it isn’t a horn - it is a French alto oboe
11. A guinea pig is not from guinea and it is not a pig - it is a rodent from South America
12. Shortbread is not a bread - it is a thick cookie
H/T Peter Gunn
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Battleship sunset.....I think
Any idea on which ship this is. The crane (it may be dockside) on the stern reminds me on the ship that 'played' the Graf Spee in the film Battle of the River Plate.
When Apache crews have time on their hands....
... Stop Motion from D Company, 1-3 Attack Helicopter BN (AH-64D Longbow Apache). When the guys have time enough to do this you know things are improving.
Zara Philips out of the Equestrian Olympics Team...
...her horse is knackered. I wonder if she can play Beach Volleyball!
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