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HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa .........................! That's the best joke yet, Eddie!
That's the trouble with these second hand Blogs, they always give you trouble.
I'd ask for a refund.
(But glad not to be blacklisted - yet!)
All Sir Bill's fault, no doubt?
Well, Mr. Mair, your newsletter has arrived. And your tone today is bleak. Bleak bleak bleak.
May I respectfully suggest a stroll in the sunshine for you? - Oh no, I forgot. It's the White City. Bleak bleak bleak.
Would you like us to send you in more jokes for your joke book? In the interest of your sanity, of course?
The following letter was reputedly sent to George Dubya:
Dear President Bush,
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from you and understand why you would propose and support a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage. As you said "in the eyes of God marriage is based between a man a woman." I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination... End of debate.
I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other elements of God's Laws and how to follow them.
1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?
2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanness - Lev.15: 19-24. The problem is how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
4. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is, my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2. clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it?
6. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this? Are there 'degrees' of abomination?
7. Lev.21:20 states that I may ! not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle- room here?
8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?
9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?
10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev.19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? Lev.24:10-16. Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair, like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)
I know you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy considerable expertise in such matters, so I am confident you can help.
Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.
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Other Bush jokes available, if enjoyed.
The Coded Message
After numerous rounds of "We don't even know if Osama is still alive," Osama himself decided to send George W. Bush a letter in his own handwriting to let the President know he was still in the game.
Bush opened the letter and it appeared to contain a single line of coded message:
370HSSV-0773H
Bush was baffled, so he e-mailed it to Condi Rice. Condi and her aides had no clue either, so they sent it to the FBI.
No one could solve it at the FBI so it went to the CIA, then to the NSA.
With no clue as to its meaning they eventually asked Britain's MI-6 for help. Within a minute MI-6 cabled the White House with this reply "Tell the President he's holding the message upside down."
I hope you will get Tony Wright on this evening to explain a bit more about what he said on the World at One.
He seemed to be saying that it is ok for the police to conduct an investigation into cash for "honours", but when they find evidence of a cover-up and attempts to pervert the course of justice by those in Downing Street, they should stop investigating. I just didn't quite understand why.
Bernie R
Iraq vs. Vietnam
Q. What's the difference between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War?
A. George W. Bush had a plan to get out of the Vietnam War.
Hey Big Sis, stop picking on him...
I mean, is Bush the front butt of everyone's jokes...?
uh oh
The Bush Stamp
The Postal Service created a stamp with a picture of President Bush. The stamp was not sticking to envelopes. This enraged the President, who demanded a full investigation.
After a month of testing, a special Presidential commission presented the following findings:
1) The stamp is in perfect order.
2) There is nothing wrong with the applied adhesive.
3) People are spitting on the wrong side
Show and Tell
Little Johnny was in his 5th grade class when the teacher asked the children what their mothers did for a living. All the typical answers came up -- nurse, teacher, salesperson, doctor, secretary, etc. Johnny was being uncharacteristically quiet and so he teacher asked him about his mother. "My mother''s an exotic dancer in a stripjoint and takes off all her clothes in front of men. If she gets a particular good offer, she goes into a dark alley with one of the punters and has sex for money." The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement, hurriedly set the other children to work on some exercises and took little Johnny aside to ask him, "Is that really true about your mother? " "No," said Johnny, "She works for the Bush administration, but I was too embarrassed to say that in front of the other kids."
hee hee, Big Sis! I recognise a lot of the West Wing in your (5). As for people not being allowed to post to the blog? All I can say is "I couldn't possibly comment".
Oh Whisht, I am enjoying this sooo much .....!
Big Sister,
Lovely bush...gag!
Whisht: Thinking a bit more about what you said, I think you probably deserve a more rounded answer.
I find GWB very scary. He, after all, could propel us all into WW3. And his decisions have already resulted in significant, very significant, loss of life around the world.
Sometimes I just have to laugh to stop myself from crying.
Cheney gets a call from his "boss", W.
"I've got a problem," says W.
"What's the matter?" asks Cheney.
"Well, you told me to keep busy in the Oval Office, so, I got a jigsaw puzzle, but it's too hard. None of the pieces fit together and I can't find any edges."
"What's it a picture of?" asks Cheney.
"A big rooster," replies W.
"All right," sighs Cheney, "I'll come over and have a look."
So he leaves his office and heads over to the Oval Office. W points at the jigsaw on his desk.
Cheney looks at the desk and then turns to W and says, "For crying out loud, Georgie - put the corn flakes back in the box."
Dick Cheney, President Bush and his father are flying on Air Force One. Dick looks at Dubya, chuckles and says, "You know, I could throw a $100.00 bill out the window right now and make one person very happy."
Dubya shrugs his shoulders and says, "Well, I could throw ten $10.00 bills out the window and make 10 people very happy." George Bush Senior says, "Of course then, I could throw one-hundred $1.00 bills out the window and make a hundred people very happy."
The pilot rolls her eyes, looks at all of them and says, "I could throw all of you out the window and make the whole country happy."
The West Wing version!
A talk show host defends calling homosexuality an "abomination" by saying that that is what the Bible says in Leviticus 18:22. This annoys President Bartlet who proceeds to ask a few pointed questions about just what one should accept from the Bible.
"I'm interested in selling my youngest daughter into slavery as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. She's a Georgetown sophomore, speaks fluent Italian, always cleaned the table when it was her turn. What would a good price for her be?"
"My chief of staff, Leo McGarry, insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly says he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself or is it okay to call the police?"
"Here's one that's really important cause we've got a lot of sports fans in this town: touching the skin of a dead pig makes one unclean. Leviticus 11:7 If they promise to wear gloves can the Washington Redskins still play football? Can Notre Dame? Can West Point?"
"Does the whole town really have to be together to stone my brother, John, for planting different crops side by side? Can I burn my mother in a small family gathering for wearing garments made from two different threads? Think about those questions, would you?"
candidly admits that he lifted the diatribe from a much forwarded anonymous email. . . . Sorkin, who hoped to give credit, says they ''cast a fairly wide net, but we didn't find the author.
Somewhere in the Bible I am told, there exists a new convenant, which makes the dietry laws in the Old Testement for example, redundant. Does anyone know where that is?
Here's a dilemma for you... With all your honour and dignity what would you do? This test only has one question, but it's a very important one.
Please don't answer it without giving it some serious thought. By giving an honest answer you will be able to test where you stand morally.
The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation, where you will have to make a decision one way or the other. Remember that your answer needs to be honest, yet spontaneous. Please scroll down slowly and consider each line - this is important for the test to work accurately.
You're in Florida...In Miami, to be exact. There is great chaos going on around you, caused by a hurricane and severe floods. There are huge masses of water all over you. You are a CNN photographer and you are in the middle of this great disaster. The situation is nearly hopeless. You're trying to shoot very impressive photos. There are houses and people floating around you, disappearing into the water. Nature is showing all its destructive power and is ripping everything away with it.
Suddenly you see a man in the water, he is fighting for his life, trying not to be taken away by the masses of water and mud. You move closer. Somehow the man looks familiar.
Suddenly you know who it is -- it's George W. Bush!
At the same time you notice that the raging waters are about to take him away, forever. You have two options. You can save him or you can take the best photo of your life. So you can save the life of George W. Bush, or you can shoot a Pulitzer prize winning photo, a unique photo displaying the death of one of the world's most powerful men.
And here's the question (please give an honest answer):
Would you select colour film, or rather go with the simplicity of classic black and white?
Anne P (133) -
Today's star prize, i.e.:
Complete set of
* Air freshener to squirt at modem
* Caustic soda to pour down phone line
* Perfumed wipey to disinfect/deodorise/generally improve functionality of 'Submit your comment' button
* Flexible rodders to unblog line between house and local telephone exchange (plus Competent Bloke to use them)
* A team of hunks to fan out over country in fluorescent jakkits (a la the AA 'Call out your name' TV ad) and play 'Hunt the bloggage' before reporting findings back in person, individually, to you and do Useful Jobs around the house (free) for as long as you need them (NB fluorescent jakkits may be discarded indoors)
* NBP's head on a plate (if required. Some flexibility on the part of the winner may be exercised)
* 52 cases of vintage Champagne a year for the rest of your life
for most creative use of language on The Beach (which isn’t working at the moment) yet today: bloggered.
Haha.
xx
LadyPen
I just put a whole post together with the West Wing script, have lost all heart now, but others will be happy that I am now doing some work!
Eddie,
Don't ya wish your radio station was hot like me..don't ya?
You might want to bear this one in mind, Eddie, when you're next lying awake ..... (Sorry if it comes up twice - these Blog probs are making it hard to keep up!)
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One night, George W. Bush is awakened by George Washington's ghost in the White House. Bush asks: "George, what is the best thing I could do to help the country?"
"Set an honest and honorable example, just as I did," Washington advises.
The next night, the ghost of Thomas Jefferson moves through the dark bedroom. "Tom," W asks, "what is the best thing I could do to help the country?"
"Cut taxes and reduce the size of government," Jefferson advises.
Bush isn't sleeping well the next night, and sees another figure moving in the shadows. It's Abraham Lincoln's ghost. "Abe, what is the best thing I could do to help the country?" Bush asks. Abe answers: "Go see a play."
George W. Bush went to see the doctor to get the results of his brain scan. The doctor said: "Mr. President, I have some bad news for you. First, we have discovered that your brain has two sides: the left side and the right side."
Bush interrupted, "Well, that's normal, isn't it? I thought everybody had two sides to their brain?"
The doctor replied, "That's true, Mr. President. But your brain is very unusual because on the left side there isn't anything right, while on the right side there isn't anything left."
I would go with colour film.
I can't post :-( I've had about 5 messgaes rejected. Eddie hates me.
An Israeli doctor says "Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a kidney out of one man, put it in another, and have him looking for work in six weeks."
A German doctor says "That is nothing, we can take a lung out of one person, put it in another, and have him looking for work in four weeks.
A Russian doctor says "In my country, medicine is so advanced that we can take half a heart out of one person, put it in another, and have them both looking for work in two weeks."
The Texas doctor, not to be outdone, says "You guys are way behind, we recently took a man with no brain out of Texas, put him in the White House for four years, and now half the country is looking for work."
A man died and went to heaven. As he stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him.
He asked, "What are all those clocks?" St. Peter answered, "Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone on Earth has a Lie-Clock. Every time you lie the hands on your clock will move."
"Oh," said the man, "whose clock is that?"
"That's Mother Teresa's. The hands have never moved, indicating that she never told a lie."
"Incredible," said the man. "And whose clock is that one?"
St. Peter responded, "That's Abraham Lincoln's clock. The hands have moved twice, telling us that Abe told only two lies in his entire life."
"Where's President Bush's clock?" asked the man.
"Bush's clock is in Jesus' office. He's using it as a ceiling fan."
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tragic fire on Monday destroyed the personal library of President George W. Bush. Both of his books have been lost.
Presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer said the president was devastated, as he had not finished coloring the second one.
Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and George W. Bush were set to face a firing squad in a small Central American country. Bill Clinton was the first one placed against the wall and just before the order was given he yelled out, "Earthquake!" The firing squad fell into a panic and Bill jumped over the wall and escaped in the confusion.
Al Gore was the second one placed against the wall. The squad was reassembled and Al pondered what he had just witnessed. Again before the order was given Al yelled out, "Tornado!" Again the squad fell apart and Al slipped over the wall.
The last person, George W. Bush, was placed against the wall. He was thinking, "I see the pattern here, just scream out something about a disaster and hop over the wall." He confidently refused the blindfold as the firing squad was reassembled. As the rifles were raised in his direction he grinned from ear to ear and yelled, "Fire!"
This hottest selling political bumper sticker comes from New York State:
"RUN HILARY RUN'
Democrats put it on the rear bumper.
Republicans put it on the front bumper.
How many members of the Bush administration does it take to change a light bulb?
1. One to deny that a light bulb needs to be changed;
2. One to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the light bulb needs to be changed;
3. One to blame Clinton for burning out the light bulb;
4. One to arrange the invasion of a country rumored to have a secret stockpile of light bulbs;
5. One to give a billion dollar no-bid contract to Halliburton for the new light bulb;
6. One to arrange a photograph of Bush, dressed as a janitor, standing on a step ladder under the banner: Light Bulb Change Accomplished;
7. One administration insider to resign and write a book documenting in detail how Bush was literally in the dark;
8. One to viciously smear #7;
9. One surrogate to campaign on TV and at rallies on how George Bush has had a strong light-bulb-changing policy all along;
10. And finally one to confuse Americans about the difference between screwing a light bulb and screwing the country.
BTW my reference (22) to Anne P's message no. 133 is, of course, her message on The Beach. Which I couldn't post my comment on . . .
xx
LadyPen
Big Sister - Now I know why you asked me where I found my jokes. Easy, isn't it?
LadyPen - Your comment at (22) has made it onto The Beach. Lucky that it was a strong swimmer.
Dear Big Sister (5):
2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
Your question obviously depends on the answer to your q1:
1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?
If you can own a Mexican slave, it follows that it is likely that a Mexican could purchase your daughter.
However, while the exchange rate would mean that you could purchase a Mexican slave very cheaply, it also suggests that your daughter would be too expensive for the majority of Mexicans.
So my suggestion is that you should find out whether Canadians buy slaves, which I am unsure about, and ascertain the selling price there.
Yours in liberty,
A N Aide
pp George W Bush
(I'm trying again to send this. Apols if there's a multiple post. Argh!)
How amusing. The large rabbit story snuggling up against the Aardman story.....
I'm taking a deep breath and trying again.....sorry if this appears twice.
An entry for the Eddie-vision Song Contest
Knock knock! Who's there?
Could this be love that's calling?
My door is always open wide.....
(unlike my blog!)
Eddie,
Re: The artist woman who's just been on talking about Windows on Your World...
What a load of Jackson Pollocks!
Is she really implying that the artist behind the Mona Lisa was Sig. del Giocondo because he was the one to commission the portrait of his wife?
That the Sistine Chapel was the work of the great artist Pope Julius II and merely enacted by 16th century decorator Michaelangelo?
Congratulations Eddie: You've found someone who makes me shout abuse at the radio more than Des Browne does.
My posting courtesy of Mr. J. Cleese hasn't yet appeared, so I'm resubmitting. All honour to him, no offence to any American readers!
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To the citizens of the United States of America,
In the light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories. (Except Utah, which she does not fancy.)
Your new prime minister (The Right Honourable Tony Blair, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a minister for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up "aluminium". Check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour', skipping the letter 'U' is nothing more than laziness on your part. Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters. You will end your love affair with the letter 'Z' (pronounced 'zed' not 'zee') and the suffix "ize" will be replaced by the suffix "ise". You will learn that the suffix 'burgh is pronounced 'burra' e.g. Edinburgh. You are welcome to respell Pittsburgh as 'Pittsberg' if you can't cope with correct pronunciation. Generally, you should raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up "vocabulary".
Using the same twenty seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. Look up "interspersed". There will be no more 'bleeps' in the Jerry Springer show. If you're not old enough to cope with bad language then you shouldn't have chat shows. When you learn to develop your vocabulary then you won't have to use bad language as often.
2. There is no such thing as "US English". We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of "-ize".
3. You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian accents. It really isn't that hard. English accents are not limited to cockney, upper-class twit or Mancunian (Daphne in Frasier). You will also have to learn how to understand regional accents - Scottish dramas such as "Taggart" will no longer be broadcast with subtitles. While we're talking about regions, you must learn that there is no such place as Devonshire in England. The name of the county is "Devon". If you persist in calling it Devonshire, all American States will become "shires" e.g. Texasshire, Floridashire, Louisianashire.
4. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as the good guys. Hollywood will be required to cast English actors to play English characters. British sit-coms such as "Men Behaving Badly" or "Red Dwarf" will not be re-cast and watered down for a wishy-washy American audience who can't cope with the humour of occasional political incorrectness.
5. You should relearn your original national anthem, "God Save The Queen", but only after fully carrying out task 1. We would not want you to get confused and give up half way through.
6. You should stop playing American "football". There is only one kind of football. What you refer to as American "football" is not a very good game. The 2.15% of you who are aware that there is a world outside your borders may have noticed that no one else plays "American" football. You will no longer be allowed to play it, and should instead play proper football. Initially, it would be best if you played with the girls. It is a difficult game. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which is similar to American "football", but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like nancies). We are hoping to get together at least a US Rugby sevens side by 2005. You should stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the 'World Series' for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.15% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. Instead of baseball, you will be allowed to play a girls' game called "rounders" which is baseball without fancy team strip, oversized gloves, collector cards or hotdogs.
7. You will no longer be allowed to own or carry guns. You will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous in public than a vegetable peeler. Because we don't believe you are sensible enough to handle potentially dangerous items, you will require a permit if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.
8. July 4th is no longer a public holiday. November 2nd will be a new national holiday, but only in England. It will be called "Indecisive Day".
9. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and it is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean. All road intersections will be replaced with roundabouts. You will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.
10. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips. Fries aren't even French, they are Belgian though 97.85% of you (including the guy who discovered fries while in Europe) are not aware of a country called Belgium. Those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called "crisps". Real chips are thick cut and fried in animal fat. The traditional accompaniment to chips is beer which should be served warm and flat. Waitresses will be trained to be more aggressive with customers.
11. As a sign of penance 5 grams of sea salt per cup will be added to all tea made within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this quantity to be doubled for tea made within the city of Boston itself.
12. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all, it is lager. From November 1st only proper British Bitter will be referred to as "beer", and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as "Lager". The substances formerly known as "American Beer" will henceforth be referred to as "Near-Frozen Knat's Urine", with the exception of the product of the American Budweiser company whose product will be referred to as "Weak Near-Frozen Knat's Urine". This will allow true Budweiser (as manufactured for the last 1000 years in Pilsen, Czech Republic) to be sold without risk of confusion.
13. From November 10th the UK will harmonise petrol (or "Gasoline" as you will be permitted to keep calling it until April 1st 2005) prices with the former USA. The UK will harmonise its prices to those of the former USA and the Former USA will, in return, adopt UK petrol prices (roughly $6/US gallon - get used to it).
14. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.
15. Please tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us crazy. Tax collectors from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all revenues due (backdated to 1776).
16. Last but not the least, and for heaven's sake.....it's Nuclear as in "clear" NOT Nucular. Thank you for your co-operation and have a great day.
Should this be my last joke of the day?
Eddie, are you Gilbert or George, I think we have a right to know!
Well done on becoming an artist!
Mary
Big Sis - is whatever has happened to the audio on your computer hlping you to be able to post messages on here? Because I can hardly get anything to post!
BTW Eric might be an Artist but it's without my photo!
It was interesting just now to hear the gay Catholic priest. I am however sorry to say that he is completely deluded as to the Church's attitude towards gay people and particularly gay priests. In October 2005, the Vatican issued specific guidelines to prevent gay men from joining seminars... www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/07/AR2005100701844.html?nav=rss_world
Although I suspect (https://zefrog.blogspot.com/2007/01/so-much-hypocrisy-in-gay-adoptions-row.html) that the recent controversy on gay adoption was more way for the Catholic Church to protect what remains of its waning influence and power rather than a true homophobic attack, it is still quite clear that the Catholic church is homophobic. the "love the sinner, hate the sin" official doctrine is nothing by words.
Keep going, Big Sis!
Wow! Comments are fair whizzing through now!
Anne P - having you been administering the syrup of figs again???
I once heard the definition of 'Art' as being 'What you can get away with'. Judging by what some people get away with, I'd say WOYW is definitely serious art. Eddie will be on 'Front Row' next.......
No! They're greal.
And if this does get through, Sis, you may like this:
I had difficulty hearing Eddie on WoYW this evening, as I was using the Imperial 66. (Typing Airwaybills). Was there really a credit for an Artistic director? (I know, I should listen again...)
By the way, Eddie, do tell the item on Marlene Dietrich. Although personally, I think I can guess, as I know of her work in German Cabaret in the '20s.
LadyPen (22), Big Sister (42) :-)
BTW, Big Sister, I thought your alter ego was OnTheLedge; if so, were you talking to yourself...???
Some woman, on overhearing me muttering while rumming through my car boot suddenly said "I talk to myself because no one else is intelligent enough to hold a conversation [with]", which caused me to jump and hit my head on the car boot lid*; I spun around and retored "I talk to myself as no-one else can take the abuse".
*Because I am somewhat deaf, I don't hear people walking up to me, so a sudden voice just behind me causes me to metaporically and attempt physically to jump out of my skin.
Will this appear or is it bloggered again?
Frances O (49),
Your link gave me a 403 forbidden error. Permissions?
I tried to post here at lunchtime, having received the newsletter and been disturbed by Eric's use of the term "shuddering climax", but I guess I was moderated. Quelle surprise.
I sent an E Mail with a photo of a Miami Sunrise from my mobile phone.
Frances O: I did try to reply to your reply yesterday, but the bogging chaos disobliged.
It went something like this:
I'll pass your comments on.
Eduardo, What happened to the Mass Observation idea for WOYW? Would you need individual permission from each photographer to send them off, or would the Chief Artist have the authority to make that decision?
FrancesO: It would appear that I'm not allowed to see your link (wonder why?)
I thought, as a postscript to my jokes yesterday and as a comment on my own thoughts, the following might be appropriate. (FFred, I only saw your comment today, and at a time when the Blog was misbehaving, so accept this as my 'more' for you)
Big Sister (51): That cartoon reminds me of the 'joke' from Blackadder goes Forth:
Melchett:[to Baldrick] Hahaaa, don't worry my boy, if you should falter, remember that Captain Darling and I are behind you.
Edmund: About thirty-five miles behind you.
thought I'd try again - Big sis, never never think too deeply about my posts!
especially when I have my potty mouth on!
I sent this yesterday but... hey ho.
gah! now the bloomin thing's forgotten me!
Whisht: I know, I know! :o)
Ap - you got your newsletter at lunchtime? I got mine at quarter to midnight :o(
Valery (54), that's probably our own fault too.
Valery (54)
That'll be because of your spelling, style & grammar filters.