Friday, April 5, 2019

Funny Friday


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Another Friday, here are some items to bring a smaile as the weekend approaches and for Nelly to take to the Plaza , , , 

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Some humour . . .

It's the year 4020 and the ’MP’s’ are enacting an ancient ritual in ’Parliament’ of ’Downvoting the Theresa May Deal’.

They chant the holy words ”No Deal” and ”Brexit” as an effigy of ’The PM’ is burned at the stake.

No one can remember how this ancient tradition began or what it means.

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Worried because they hadn’t heard anything for days from the widow in the neighbouring apartment, Mrs. Silver said to her son, “Timmy, would you go next door and see how old Mrs. Kirkland is?”
A few minutes later, Timmy returned.
“Well,” asked Mrs. Silver, “is she all right?”
“She’s fine, except that she’s angry at you.”
“At me?” the woman exclaimed. “Whatever for?”
“She said It’s none of your business how old she is.”

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Two lawyers went into a diner and ordered two drinks.

Then they produced sandwiches from their briefcases and started to eat.

The owner became quite concerned and marched over and told them, “You can't eat your own sandwiches in here!” The lawyers looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders and then exchanged sandwiches.

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From the vault . . . 

(This is a variation on the classic “fucker fish/dam fish” joke but a goodie nonetheless.)

The Archbishop of Canterbury is out having a meal with the Deacon of the Church of England. The waiter arrives, and asks for their orders.

"I'll have a bloody steak”, says the Deacon.

On hearing this, the Archbishop nearly fell off his seat.

"This is a high class establishment,” he says, "You can't go using language like that!"

The Deacon smiles, and says "Oh no, Archbishop. A bloody steak is the house specialty. It means extra rare."

"Ahh!" says the Archbishop, and orders the same.

Next week the Pope visits and the Archbishop takes him out to the same restrant. The waiter arrives and the Archbishop thinks he'll impress the Pope.

"I'll have the bloody steak,” he says to the waiter.

"Me too", says the Pope, "And plenty of fucking chips!"

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Gallery . . .






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Limerick of the Week . . . 

Said a man to his spouse in East Sydenham,
“My best trousers! Now where have you hydenham?
It is perfectly true
They were not very new
But I foolishly left half a quidenham.”

(For the benefit of US readers, a “quid” is Brit slang (and Oz slang before we went decimal in 1966) for the pound unit of currency.)

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Corn Corner . . .

Was having dessert at a relative's house in America.
I complimented "This is good. A dessert pie filled with blueberry jam".
"Actually, it's Jell-O," she said.
"In the UK, we say jam. It's a good pie."
"You say good pie, and I say Jell-O, Jell-O, Jell-O . . . "

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So what if I don’t know what “Armageddon” means?

It’s not the end of the world.

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What’s the difference between a good joke and a bad joke timing.

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Don’t you hate it when someone answers their own questions?

I do.


Thursday, April 4, 2019

Quote for the Day



This Be The Verse

From the vault: March 13, 2014;

This Be The Verse

Philip Larkin

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.

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Philip Arthur Larkin (1922 – 1985) was an English poet, novelist and librarian. After graduating from Oxford in 1943 Larkin became a librarian. It was during the thirty years he worked with distinction as university librarian at the University of Hull that he produced the greater part of his published work. His poems are marked by what his biographer Andrew Motion calls a very English, glum accuracy about emotions, places, and relationships, and what Donald Davie described as lowered sights and diminished expectations. Larkin himself said that deprivation for him was what daffodils were for Wordsworth.

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"This Be The Verse” was written by Larkin in 1971. 

Hear him read the poem by clicking on the following link:

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The title of the poem, This Be The Verse, is an allusion to Robert Louis Stevenson’s 's Requiem, which contains the lines:

Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.

This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.

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In 2009 the first four lines of the poem were recited by a British appeal court judge as part of his judgement of a nasty and acrimonious divorce case involving the future custody arrangements of a nine-year-old child. Lord Justice Wall referred to the emotional damage caused to the child, saying: 
'They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.'

These four lines seem to me to give a clear warning to parents who, post-separation, continue to fight the battles of the past, and show each other no respect. Separated parents, in my experience, frequently fail to understand that their children love both of them, and have loyalty to both. Such an attitude on the part of children is normally as it should be. The fact that one parent has come to hate the other, or that both hate each other, is no reason for the child not to love both and have loyalty to both. It thus poses the most enormous difficulties for the children of separated parents when each parent vilifies the other, or makes it clear that he or she has no respect for the other. . . . [the parents of the boy] have undoubtedly caused him serious harm by their ongoing mutual dislike and recriminations".

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Criminal Minds, known for well-known quotes at the end of each episode, quoted the first verse in the second episode of Criminal Minds Season 9, but changed the first line instead to "They mess you up, your mum and dad" to omit the swear word.

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It was also recited by Dennis Waterman in that wonderful Brit series New Tricks.


Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Thought for the Day




Car Work

Not everyone wants to fix damage to a car, for various reasons: time, money, laziness, whatever. Still others decide that adding some sort of decoration or comment works just as well. The following pics and comments are from Bored Panda at: 



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#1 Dent Covered With A Detailed Map Of The Region Using A Permanent Marker Pen 


I want a dent in my car! So it become something like this. :-P 

I love this! 

Actually looks like a very expensive detailed paint job! This should become his career, either that or become a Tattoo artist. . . 

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#2 If Anybody Has Thor’s Number, I Found His Hammer 


It’s funny because the hammer will be there forever because only Thor can pick it up 

Not entirely true. Anyone who is deemed worthy can wield Thor's hammer. 

The car seems to be worthy. 

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#3 That's One Way To Deal With Car Scratches 


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#4 Making The Best Out Of A Bad Situation 


I feel like they would fall out...anyone else??? 

They're probably been hot glued or stuck down somehow 

Yeah a lot of these are scaring me. In the UK no way would that pass a Ministry of Transport, the vehicle would not be roadworthy due to sharp edges. 

Welcome to America! As long as it passes emissions testing, and isn't actively shedding parts, it drives. 

Houston. We have a problem. 

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#5 This Car Scratch Cover Up 


Must have been Monday. 

Dammit Garfield 

Where’s the lasagna! 

This is why we can't have nice things! 

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#6 Mailbox: 1, Honda: 0 


That one hurts. Because that's how I wrecked my own car. Stupid brick mailboxes. 

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#7 The Way The Owner Of This Car Dealt With His Dent 


So 60s. I love it. 

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#8 Nice Way To Cover Up The Dents 


Did you REALLY think you could lock me in the trunk? Ha-ha-ha! 

Hulk mad!! 

HULK SMASH!!! 

Didn't even notice the dent 

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#9 My Ninja Turtles Drawing On A Bumper Dent 


I bet he also uses Turtle wax 

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More to come


Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Quote for the Day

"In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, the Hitchhiker's Guide has already supplanted the great Encyclopaedia Galactica as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom, for though it has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate, it scores over the older, more pedestrian work in two important respects. 

First, it is slightly cheaper; and secondly it has the words DON'T PANIC inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover."

- Douglas Adams (1952-2001),

The Hitchhiker's Gide to the Galaxy







Some April Fool pranks and Brett's Monthly


Some April Fool's Day jokes yesterday:


Orange turns Pink

The city of Orange, NSW declared it would be changing its name to Pink later this year.

“We’re already known throughout the country as Orange, so it’s not a big deal to make the switch to Pink. It’s only a few shades to the right on the colour spectrum,” Orange Mayor Reg Kidd said.

Caddie Marshall, general manager from Orange 360, believes the name change will also support local food producers in the area.

“The old name was so confusing, because we don’t grow Oranges in Orange. We grow pink lady apples, so the name change will not only boost visitation to the area, it will also support our growers.”


Sportsbet Opera House deal:


Online bookmaker Sportsbet announced a three-year agreement with the newly elected NSW Government to be the official naming rights sponsor of the iconic Sydney Opera House.

The multi-million dollar agreement would see the world famous sails turn Sportsbet blue once the sun sets each day.


Brett's Monthly:

Brett, as usual, has sent me the current month's holidays and special days. 

Thanks Brett.

Click on the daily items to expand the links . . .

Month:
  • National Humor Month
  • International Guitar Month
  • Keep America Beautiful Month
  • Lawn and Garden Month
  • National Kite Month
  • National Poetry Month
  • National Pecan Month
  • National Welding Month
  • Records and Information Management Month
  • Stress Awareness Month
  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Weekly Celebrations:
  • Week 1 Library Week
  • Week 1 Read a Road Map Week.
  • Week 2 Garden Week
  • Week 3 Organize Your Files Week
  • Week 3 Medical Labs Week
  • Week 4 Administrative Assistants Week
  • Week 4 National Karaoke Week
April, 2019 Daily Holidays, Special and Wacky Days:
Don't Go to Work Unless it's Fun Day - we know your decision
5 .National Walk to Work Day - first Friday of month
Plan Your Epitaph Day - a little morbid if you ask me
Caramel Popcorn Day - Most likely created by a popcorn maker, or an Ecard company.
11 Eight Track Tape Day - do you remember those?
12 Big Wind Day - this day blows me away!
14 Look up at the Sky Day - don't you have anything better to do?
14 Palm Sunday - date varies
15 Income Taxes Due (most years, it's on the 15th)
15 Patriot's Day - third Monday of the month 
18 International Juggler's Day - also applies to multi tasking office workers
18 National High Five Day third Thursday
19 Good Friday - date varies
19 Passover begins at sundown - date varies
20 Husband Appreciation Day - third Saturday in April
21 Easter Sunday - date varies
22 Dyngus Day always the Monday after Easter
23 National Zucchini Bread Day - they hold this at a time when you are not sick of all that zucchini.
25 Take Your Daughter to Work 4th Thursday
26 Arbor Day  -last Friday of month
28 Kiss Your Mate Day - guys, do not forget this one. Kiss her, then read her some poetry.






Monday, April 1, 2019

Quote for the Day



- Billy Connolly


Rate My Takeaway

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A little while back I posted items from a site known as Rate My Plate. That site has people sending pics of the diners they have created and asking for comments. Usually the pics are of dinner fails and the comments are quite amusing. 

There is now a spinoff from that site known as Rate My Takeaway and it can be found at: 


Here are some of the pics and comments: 
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Jerk Chicken & Rice by Matthew M 


Don’t tell me that is supposed to be coleslaw. 

Thought you were meant to take a before picture, not an after picture.

Did you get this at the pet shop as this isn’t fit for human consumption 

I’m against eating placenta. 
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Today’s Takeaway by Gemma S 


That cheeky bit of salad on the side isn't going to help you now, Gemma. 

Is that 3 cups of garlic mayo?? 

If this group taught me one thin takeaway/street food in UK fcking sucks. 

Fanta looks nice.. 

Jez was that boxed up by shovel? 
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Sosig McMuffin for Brekki by Simon H 


The muffin looks like my grandad’s crusty foot 

Gotta leave this page, it makes me actually feel dumber in life 

Ah hardened arteries with extra cholesterol for brekkie 
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Takeaway Birthday Cake by Maria A 


Good enough for a White House dinner... 

Someone dare me to have this as my wedding cake , I’ll do it. 

Enjoy because you’ll not see your 23rd after eating that 

This is defs my kind of cake 
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Munch Box by Billy G 


I'll be honest, that's one of the best looking takeaway burgers I've ever seen. They are usually shite 

Did that cost a whole weeks benefits? 

The roasted red trainers look delicious 😋 

2 free appendix's with every order........ 

Afghanistan called... they want their oil back!! 

Does this come with a Diet Coke 
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Chinese for Tea by Zoe J 


Think they need to calm down on the peas 

I lived in China... this is not Chinese food. This is mankey British food cooked by someone with an identity crisis. 

Did you have to wipe Vaseline on your lens? 

I was worried as I'd lost the contents of my colostomy bag. Thanks for finding it for me 

This meal just brought shame on an entire country, well done 
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Salt & Pepper Box by Johnny L 


Does it come with a free defribillator? 

Why is your tub of fish bait in there too 

Where’s that from? I’ll move there 

Your cremation will blow the chimney off the roof. 

I’d stuff that in my face no problem 
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Beetroot Risotto by Betty P 


It's like a clown threw up... 

Can we have this in black and white? 

Needs more crime scene tape. 

Wouldn’t eat that if I survived an apocalypse 

Looks like the Pink Panther has shat himself! 

I have that same coral setup in my fishtank. 

Looks like that foam they use for house insulation 
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Pizza Time by John W 


Is the sun the chosen cooking method for that pizza? 

John, are you wearing the dress? 

Did you draw that pepperoni on? 

Fantastic Drawing - did your kid colour that in ? 

It looks like a cushion 

Way too uniform for this page....move it along people nothing to see here!! 
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Pizza just arrived for Lunch by Tim V 


'Put it through the letter box mate I'm in the bath' 

Was it delivered by cannon? 

Did the pizza shop used Boeing 737 Max 8 for the delivery ? 

I once dropped one on the pavement when I was pissed...still ate it with the bits of stone in and still looked better than that. 

Did the delivery driver throw it against your front door before he handed it to you? 

Did it arrive by trebuchet?