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    30 Mai

    Kiddie stories. (Hmmmmm)

    One day the first grade teacher was reading the story of Chicken Little to her class. She came to the part of the story where Chicken Little tried to warn the farmer. She read, ".... and so Chicken Little went up to the farmer and said, 'The sky is falling, the sky is falling!' ".
    The teacher paused then asked the class, "And what do you think that farmer said?".
    One little girl raised her hand and said,
    "I think he said: "Holy Shit! A talking chicken!".
    The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes.
     
    Bless em!
     
    22 Mai

    BOOKS! Reading. Novels. Storeys. Tales.

    Hellooo! I felt it was time that I tickled the old keys to put some more letters on the old bloggypoos so I thought some of the recent books consumed might be of interest to someone (well something on here must be?? yeah well)  anyway, I may well be talking to myself but there's nothing new there so here we go.
     
    Kim Stanley Robinson. A fantastic trilogy (fantastically large too!!) based on the colonisation of Mars. Don't start yawning at the back this guy really knows his stuff and it shows. the first one is Red Mars covering the initial colonists arrival and the revolution that ultimately followed after Earth was totaly screwed over by the multi nationals.
     
    The second volume is Green Mars; following the aeroformation with a form of atmosphere and genetically modified plant life etc the new world is still undergoing transformation on a hitherto unimaginable scale.
     
    I aint seen Blue Mars yet, I think finding the first two in the same charity shop about a year apart is amazing, if I find the third volume too I shall know it is meant to be!
     
    Anyway if you have a lot of time to kill or need a welcome distraction I can recommend these.
     
    My Dam Life. by Sean Condon  A funny and occasionally touching tale of an Australian couples move to Holland and the ensuing three years. Great observation and wit!
     
    From the same guy          Sean and David's Long Drive (Set in Australia)
                                           Drive Thru America (guess where this is set)
     
    I would say any one of these three will give both an insight and a laugh, two for the price of one eh?
     
    I turned on the TV the other night ot see a bloke crawling around with a bunch of big dogs. Blimey! They are Wolves!!! I am currently reading the book from the same guy, Shaun Ellis, The Wolf Talk. I was amazed by the book and seeing it on the telly made it even more stunning. That is close up to nature, no question. One of those boys decides you look like a wrong un and he could take your face off without thinking twice. Good luck Shaun!
     
    Also reading a couple of Michael Moores, Downsize This & TV Nation, I shall keep you informed as I progress with these. Do let me know if you have read any stonkers lately!
    Or indeed if you have had a look here and just wanted to say hi!
     
    I caught sight of a rather flash and unknown motor the other day and managed to get some shots of it too! 0-60 3.9 seconds and top whack of 170mph, jeez thats quick.
    Charmin chap too, as my eldest said it reminds him of the old Porches from Le Mans
    14 Mai

    This deserves to be shared!

     
    I love words and English has so many possibilities that I truly wish I had paid attention in my schooling (or processing as it should have been called in the 60's) but I didn't so that's that. I can only offer these little gems for your amusement!
     
    1. A bicycle can't stand alone; it's two tired.
    2. A will is a dead giveaway.
    3. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
    4. A backward poet writes inverse.
    5. In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.
    6. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
    7. If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.
    8. When she got married she got a new name and a dress.
    9. Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner.
    10. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
    11. The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered.
    12. A grenade that fell onto a kitchen floor in France resulted in Linoleum blown apart.
    13. You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
    14. Local Area Network in Australia: The LAN down under.
    15. He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
    16. A calendar's days are numbered.
    17. A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine.
    18. A boiled egg is hard to beat.
    19. He had a photographic memory that was never developed.
    20. A plateau is a high form of flattery.
    21. The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
    22. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
    23. When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.
    24. If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.
    25. When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
    26. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
    27. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
    28. Acupuncture: a jab well done.
    29. Marathon runners with bad shoes suffer the agony of de feet.
     
    LAN down under? heheheheh
     
    Two old Ladies are outside their nursing home, having a drink and a smoke, when it begins to rain.
    One of the old ladies pulls out a condom, cut of the end, puts it over her cigarette and carries on smoking.
     
    Maude: What the hell is that?
     
    Mable:  A condom. This way my cigarette doesn't get wet
     
    Maude:  Where did you get it?
     
    Mable:  You can get them from any Chemist
     
     
    The Next day Maude hobbles herself into the local chemist and ask for a box of condoms.
     
    The pharmacist, a little embarrased, looks at her kind of strangely ( she is after all over 80 years old ),
    but delicately asks what brand of condom she prefers.
     
    "Doesn't Matter Sonny, as long as it fits on a camel" came the reply!!
     
    The Pharmacist Fainted.!!> :-)
     
    Thanks again to Sambo, they just keep on comin from Swanage. Cheers !!

    07 Mai

    Bank Holiday is it?

    Well I don't do Bank Holidays, it's the only time of the year that it's actually worth the journey to work! So I came out today, on time; completely forgetting to do my usual circuit to look at the M5 before commiting myself to the slip road!  It was solid, oh no!  I joined the wall to wall traffic and thought, 25 miles of this? I don't fink so!
     
    I headed off at the next exit and turned the journey home into a nice trip instead of a blood vessel buster. All the tiny roads across the Somerset levels, no traffic, no rush, probably took a few more minutes and covered some extra miles but I wasn't counting.
     
    It was only when I got into home town that I started to get a bit pissy so never mind. Overall it was a success. Beautiful scenery, sun shining and lots and lots of GREEN, Love it!
     
    So what did you do today while I was workin me nuts off then?