Thursday, December 29, 2005

Just Dance

NINETEEN THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME 50 YEARS TO LEARN

1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."
3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
5. And when God, who created the entire universe with all of its glories, decides to deliver a message to humanity, He WILL NOT use, as His messenger, a person on cable TV with a bad hairstyle.
6. You should not confuse your career with your life.
7. No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.
8. When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.
9. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
10. Never lick a steak knife.
11. Take out the fortune before you eat the cookie.
12. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
13. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
14. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
15. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.
16. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.
17. The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to annoy people who are not in them.
18. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)

19. Your friends love you anyway.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
~.~

Thursday, December 22, 2005

Papal Claus


Pope Benedict XVI, sporting a fur-trimmed hat in the rich red colour of a Santa hat, waves to pilgrims upon his arrival in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Wednesday for his weekly general audience. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)



Is it me, or does he look like an evil Bob Hoskins???

Saturday, December 17, 2005

Talking John Doll


LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Imagine this: a talking John Lennon doll.
The Web site for the National Entertainment Collectibles Association (http://www.necaonline.com) has unveiled pictures of a new John Lennon action figure that is expected to arrive in stores in the spring.
The 18-inch doll, dubbed "The New York Years" John Lennon, will utter "authentic" phrases used by Lennon, according to the Web site.
A spokesman for Lennon's wife, Yoko Ono, could not be reached for comment, nor could officials for National Entertainment Collectibles.
A picture of the figurine, patterned after the former peace activist, appears on the association's Web site next to a bloody figurine and a picture from slasher flick "The Devil's Rejects," a movie about serial killers.
As a solo artist, Lennon wrote songs like "Imagine," which asked listeners to consider a world with "nothing to kill or die for." His hits with the Beatles included "All You Need is Love."
Earlier this month, Lennon fans gathered around the world to remember him on the 25th anniversary of his death. He was shot and killed in 1980, at age 40, outside his New York apartment.
Ono marked the occasion by laying a bouquet of white peonies on the "Imagine" mosaic in New York's Central Park and blowing kisses to the crowd, which numbered around 200.

Thursday, December 15, 2005

On This Day...

15 December. In 1980, members of the Truth Tabernacle Church in Burlington, North Carolina, staged a mock trial, charging 'Satan Claus' on 10 counts, including child abuse, impersonation of St Nicholas, Baal idolatry and falsification of Christ's birthday. He was found guilty and hanged in effigy.

In 1989, a huge effigy of Father Christmas was made with conscientious attention to detail for one of Tokyo's largest department stores. The staff were delighted, but got their western festivals confused. Father Christmas was put on the roof and crucified.

Friday, December 09, 2005

Martha vs. Maxine

YOU GOTTA LOVE MAXINE





*Martha's Way*
Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips.

*Maxine's Way *
Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, for Pete's sake! You are probably lying on the couch with your feet up eating it, anyway!

*Martha's Way*
To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes.

*Maxine's Way*
Buy Hungry Jack mashed potato mix, keep it in the pantry for up to a year.

*Martha's Way*
When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won't be any white mess on the outside of the cake.

*Maxine's Way*
Go to the bakery! They'll even decorate it for you.

*Martha's Way*
If you accidentally oversalt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a peeled potato and it will absorb the excess salt for an instant "fix-me-up."

*Maxine's Way*
If you oversalt a dish while you are cooking, that's too bad. Please recite with me the real woman's motto: "I made it and you will eat it and I don't care how bad it tastes!"

*Martha's Way*
Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator and it will keep for weeks.

*Maxine's Way*
Celery? Never heard of it!

*Martha's Way*
Brush some beaten egg white over pie crust before baking to yield a beautiful glossy finish.

*Maxine's Way*
The Mrs. Smith frozen pie directions do not include brushing egg whites over the crust so I don't.

*Martha's Way*
Cure for headaches: take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.

*Maxine's Way*
Take a lime, mix it with tequila, chill and drink!

*Martha's Way*
If you have a problem opening jars, try using latex dishwashing gloves. They give a non-slip grip that makes opening jars easy.

*Maxine's Way*
Go ask that very cute neighbor if he can open it for you.

*Martha's Way*
Don't throw out all that leftover wine. Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces.

*Maxine's Way*
Leftover wine??????????? HELLO !!!!!!!
***
MAXINE SAYS...

The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.
Do you realize that in about 40 years, we'll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos?
Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than in a Hyundai.
Drinking makes some husbands see double and feel single.
Living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.
After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching in every joint, you are probably dead.
As usual, if you don't forward this to 10 of your friends within the next 5 minutes, your belly button will fall off.
Really... it's true!
Have I ever lied to you?
~~~*~~~

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

We Wish You a Merry Sandwich

Everybody loves a musical sandwich for Christmas

I'm not a big fan of my food talking to me. So the idea of a sandwich playing Christmas carols kinda scares me.

You know those little chips (no, not a bag of chips you might have with a sandwich, I'm talking about microchips) that come in many greeting cards, that play a voice or musical greeting when you open the card? Tesco has put them inside the packaging of their turkey and cranberry sandwiches. The chip plays "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town," "Jingle Bells," and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas."

Coming soon: onion rings that dance, and banana splits that can govern themselves.

Posted Dec 6, 2005, 8:36 PM ET by Bob Sassone on Slashfood

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Bill Gates, The Genie and the Middle East


Bill Gates, the Genie, and the Middle East

Bill Gates, the head of Microsoft, is vacationing at an exclusive private resort on a secluded island in the South Pacific.Wandering along a deserted stretch of beach, Gates discovers a corroded old bottle, apparently washed up by the sea.As he works over the bottle with his sleeve to remove some of the debris of years, the cork pops out and a great genie comes billowing out.The genie declares in a booming voice: "I have been entrapped in this wretched bottle for a thousand years. As your reward for freeing me, I shall grant you any wish you desire!"Bill Gates, ever a thoughtful type, thinks about this for some time.At last he decides upon a wish. Looking the genie straight in the eye, Gates says, "The Middle East. I want lasting peace in the Middle East. That's my wish."The genie visibly flinches, and says, "It is true I can do great things. But this? Do you have some other wish, Master?"This time, Bill Gates is quick to reply: "Okay, fine. The whole planet hates Microsoft because I monopolized the software market. I want you to make the world love us, instead."The genie ponders this for some time, then says:
"Show me a map of the Middle East."
ba-dum-bump

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Monday, December 05, 2005

Let's Celebrate! I propose a toast...


On this date in 1919 congress voted to repeal Prohibition. Best thing they ever did! If not for that auspicious decision, you (probably) and I would be criminals to this day, and music and designer knock-offs wouldn't be the only things that were bootleg.

THE REPEAL OF PROHIBITION, on Wikipedia -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeal_of_prohibition

Friday, December 02, 2005

Engrish

This is the funniest thing I have come across in a long time. I found the link on BoingBoing, which is truly a directory of wonderful things!

go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/sockeyed/67651255/

You will not be disappointed! Money-back guarantee :p