FUN: Now it’s in poor taste but … …

Thursday, October 12, 2006

… … never let it be said that people can’t make humor out of a sad situation.

http://reuters.myway.com/article/20061012/2006-10-12T015903Z_01_N11421400
_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-CRASH-NEWYORK-DC.html

I am sadden that the young fellow and his instructor were killed. The loss of anyone is a loss for all of us.

http://isu.indstate.edu/ilnprof/ENG451/ISLAND/

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John Donne
Meditation XVII: No man is an island…

“All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated…As therefore the bell that rings to a sermon, calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come: so this bell calls us all: but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness….No man is an island, entire of itself…any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

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… … but some wag, who’s a yankee fan, just emailed me that …

the rumor is out that The Boss (George Steinbrenner), after the Yankee’s big choke again this year, is planning to give A-Rod, Torre, Cashman, the Big Unit, and everyone but Jeter and Mariano, a special gift of their own plane.

(Oh come on now, don’t tell me that you didn’t chuckle.)

It’s a human failing that in the midst of tragedy, we can make a joke out of anything serious.

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FUN: Take a tank to the store; puts a new light on “fighting” for a parking space

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=409518&in_page_id=1770

Man shells out £14k on army tank for supermarket run
Last updated at 20:55pm on 9th October 2006

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FUN: Every jobseeker can use the lessons taught here. Especially fancy walking!

Monday, October 2, 2006

http://www.loadingreadyrun.com/

September 22, 2006
Job Hunt
Kathleen discovers that when looking for a job, it is important to play to your strengths.

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FUN: I think I made a funny!

Thursday, September 21, 2006

>I was thinking of changing to my gmail address

I’ll play Yoda.

“Think, or think not; there is no thinking!”
(Patterned after “do or do not there is not trying”).

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FUN: Fear of flying | Welcome aboard | Economist.com

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7884654

Fear of flying | Welcome aboard | Economist.com
Sep 7th 2006
From The Economist print edition
In-flight announcements are not entirely truthful. What might an honest one sound like?

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“GOOD morning, ladies and gentlemen. We are delighted to welcome you aboard Veritas Airways, the airline that tells it like it is. Please ensure that your seat belt is fastened, your seat back is upright and your tray-table is stowed. At Veritas Airways, your safety is our first priority. Actually, that is not quite true: if it were, our seats would be rear-facing, like those in military aircraft, since they are safer in the event of an emergency landing. But then hardly anybody would buy our tickets and we would go bust.

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Hmmm, this could set a trend? The Veritas Gubamint! The Veritas Phone Company! The Veritas Cable Company! :-) The Veritas Post Office. The Veritas DMV. The Veritas Spouse.
Some one could start a whole series of humorous articles about this.

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FUNY: Retrieving WW2 tank … looks like muddy fun

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Montezuma’s revenge

Russian Tank Recovered from the Lake After 50 Years Been There
Category: Other, Exclusive, History, Photos, Technology, Video |
WW-II Trophy tank
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14 September 2000, a Komatsu D375A-2 pulled an abandoned tank from its archival tomb under the bottom of a lake near Johvi, Estonia. The Soviet-built T34/76A tank had been resting at the bottom of the lake for 56 years. According to its specifications, it’s a 27-tonne machine with a top speed of 53km/h.

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I think this was neat. Neat project, careful engineering (lest you wind up with MisamishuiKowawahatsee in the lake as well), AND they got the engine running in a few minutes!!! I think that was the most surprising report.

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FUN: This sounds like something I’d like to do, and did in college

Sunday, September 17, 2006

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3799852a12,00.html

Germans crack open beer at Oktoberfest
17 September 2006

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MUNICH: Munich opened its doors to thousands of beer-drinking merrymakers as the world’s biggest folk festival, the Oktoberfest, got under way in celebrations which this year last two days longer than usual.

Germans, in party mood after the World Cup and cheered by a pickup in the economy, have 18 days to consume millions of litres of beer and hundreds of thousands of sausages as the festival has been extended to include October 3’s public holiday.
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I think I did that “six day fest” in college, but those days are very hazy. And best forgotten. When I do retire, I think I’d like to sample the fun!

Note to self: Add this to things to do before leaving the game! stage. play. illusions. whatever!

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FUNNY: ‘attempted to thwart the arresting officer by covering his ears and saying, ‘I cannot hear you, la la la la la.’

Sunday, September 3, 2006

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/15271391.htm

Posted on Sun, Aug. 27, 2006
Keeping an eye on crime
BY DAVE BARRY
(This classic Dave Barry column was originally published on May 14, 2000.)
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Speaking of legal defenses: A fascinating one is described in The La Crosse (Wis.) Tribune, sent in by alert reader Jim Hansen. The paper quotes a police report as saying that a motorist who had been stopped on suspicion of drunken driving ‘attempted to thwart the arresting officer by covering his ears and saying, ‘I cannot hear you, la la la la la.’ ”

Incredibly, this legal defense did not work, even though it is almost identical to the one used successfully by President Clinton during his impeachment trial on charges of extreme mentoring.
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I have no use for politicians of either ilk, but this made me laugh.

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FUNY: Tuskgee Airman … wonder how much of the movie is true?

Monday, July 31, 2006

Chose to watch the movie Tuskgee Airmen last night. Given Hollywood’s liberal bias, I suspect everything that comes out of there. But if in fact that group never lost a bomber and if in fact the losses were a third prior to that, that’s some accomplishment. Strip away all the fluff and stuff, you have to wonder about racist assumptions. Very powerful paradigm shifter.

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FUN: Capturing your family history

Sunday, July 30, 2006

http://familyoralhistory.us/news/view/open_discussion_thread_have_you_tried_it/

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but when a person dies, it’s like burning down a library.  All their stories are gone.

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I think that the interesting thing about today’s technology is its capability of creating the equivalent of the Library of Congress for the individual, family, groups, or society.

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FUNY: Abbott & Costello and “Who’s on first?”

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

I love it!

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Picture this: Brutus the crocodile with the chainsaw yesterday in AU.

Saturday, April 29, 2006

http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0%2C20281%2C18966655-5001022%2C00.html

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He didn’t want to go into Brutus’ pen so he stood on a ladder and leaned over to cut the tree,” Tavern owner Peter Shappert said.

“I think Brutus was a bit upset with all the noise and in two seconds he leapt 20ft off the water and scrambled up the tree, snatching the chainsaw out of his hand.

“Freddy got a bit of a scare and jumped straight off the ladder. He was certainly ready for his rum for the day and it was only 10am.

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I would have soiled myself and then went for the drink. I didn’t know they could move like that. Note to self: DOn’t annoy animals EVER.

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YOTTAS

Friday, March 3, 2006

Some of us veteran campaigners call them “yottas” (you-ought-to’s).
– Carla (“small government is beautiful”) Howell

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