FUNKY FACTS

In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick any thicker than his thumb.

Hence we have "the rule of thumb".

Many years ...

Daily Quote:-

"Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us, 

The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in,

The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us,

We bargain for the graves we lie in;

At the devil's booth are all things sold,

 

To a Child LOVE 

is Spelled T-I-M-E





The story you just read is the introduction for To a Child LOVE is Spelled T-I-M-E. It was written by author Lance Wubbles & Mac Anderson, best selling authors for inspirational books.

Here's the story behind the story... ...

Who Started Christmas?



This morning I heard a story on the radio of a woman who was out Christmas shopping with her two children. After many hours of looking at row after row of toys and everything else imaginable and after hours of hearing both her children asking for everything they saw on those many shelves, she finally made it to the elevator with her two kids. She was feeling what so many of us feel during the holiday season time of the year.
 
Overwhelming pressure to go to every party, every house-warming, taste all the ...

Mitre 10 ~ The Sandpit

Daily Quote:- "The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature." ~ James Thurber

The man slowly looked up. This was a woman clearly accustomed to the finer things of life. Her coat was new. She looked like she had never missed a meal in her life. His first thought was that she wanted to make fun of him, like so many others had done before.

“Leave me alone,” he growled.

To his amazement, the woman continued standing. She was smiling -- her even white teeth displayed in dazzling rows. “Are you hungry?” she asked.

“No,” he answered sarcastically. “I’ve just come from dining with the president. Now go away.” The ...

Picnic FUN

Have an awesome day...!!
 

    Quote:  
“You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you ...

a DATE

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman
out to dinner and a movie. She said I love you but I know this other
woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.

The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has
been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my ...

A HOMELESS MAN'S FUNERAL

As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the Kentucky back country.

As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn't stop for directions.

I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and  the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch.

I ...

Embrace LIFE

Have an awesome day...Embrace LIFE  GOD BLESS!!
 

    Quote:  
“The longer I live, the more I realize ...

I'm a Little Tea Cup

Love this story or not, you will not be able to have tea in a tea cup again without thinking of this.

There was a couple who took a trip to England to shop in a beautiful antique store to celebrate their 25th. wedding anniversary.  They both liked antiques and pottery, and especially teacups.

Spotting an exceptional cup, they asked "May we see ...

LIFEBOOK BALANCE 
 

 

Health


1.   Drink plenty of water

2.   Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar

3.   Eat more foods that ...

No charge for love 

  
A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups. And set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of little boy. 'Mister,' he said, 'I want to buy one of your puppies.' 'Well,' said the farmer, as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his neck, 'These puppies come from fine parents and cost a good deal of money.' The boy dropped his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket, he pulled ...

 
Lessons in Logic 

If your father is a poor man,
it is your fate but,
if your father-in-law is a poor man,
it's your stupidity.

I was born intelligent -
education ruined me.

Practice makes perfect.....
But nobody's perfect.......
so why practice?

If it's true that we are here to help others,
then what exactly are the others here for?

Since light travels faster than sound,
people appear ...

 
~ Bill Gates ~



New Great Perspective... Some rules kids won't learn in school

This should be posted in every school or kid's bedroom.

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this!

The following is attributed to Bill Gates from a speech at a High School about eleven (11) things they did not and will ...

Lessons on Life

 



 Thought for TODAY:~ " Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate desire to always do better, to overcome new challenges, to self-actualize. Happiness is experienced largely in ...

 


If you can start the day without caffeine,
If you can get going without pep pills,
If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,

If you can eat the same food everyday and be grateful for it,

If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,

Story of Appreciation    
 

 
One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company.

He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview,
made the last decision. The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score good grades.

The director asked,
"Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the youth answered "None."

The director asked,
" Was it your father who paid for your school fees?"
 

 

  

The woman took a quick peak at her hair as she rushed out of the bathroom. As usual, she would apply her make-up in the car.

“Shoes,” she cried out automatically.
“Everybody needs shoes.”

She glanced into the kitchen to see her husband buttering the toast they would eat on the road. “C’mon guys,” she pleaded. “I need you dressed and out the door, right now. We’re late.”

The two small children marched down the hallway in various stages of undress. “Honey, can you pick up little Sarah?” the woman asked. “I have a committee meeting at 3 P.M.”

THE WAY CHILDREN SEE THINGS

HONESTY: My son Zachary, 4, came screaming out of the bathroom to tell me he'd dropped his toothbrush in the toilet. So I fished it out and threw it in the garbage. Zachary stood there thinking for a moment, then ran to my bathroom and came out with my toothbrush. He held it up and said with a charming little smile,

"We better throw this one out too then, 'cause it fell in the toilet a few days ago."

OPINIONS: On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a ...

20 THINGS TO REMEMBER  

 1. Faith is the ability to not panic.

 2. If you worry, you didn't pray. If you prayed, don't worry.

 3. As a child of God, prayer is kinda like calling home every day.

 4. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.

 5. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to be still so He can untangle the knot.

 6. Do the math. Count your blessings.

 7. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.

It is in the Digging that LIFE is lived.

If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on.

Far often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing.

Let me explain.

Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to watch.

"What are you doing?" asked one of the visitors.

"We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!"
One of the brothers ...

NEED WASHING?

A little girl had been shopping with her Mum in Kroger. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence.

It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there, under the awning, just inside the door of the Kroger.

We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their ...

Scottish Wisdom 

5 pearls of Scottish wisdom to remember.

1. Money cannot buy happiness but...somehow, it’s more comfortable to cry in a Mercedes Benz than it is on a bicycle…

2. Forgive your enemy, but remember the bastard’s name.

3. Help a man when he is in trouble & he will remember you when he is in trouble again.

4. Many people are alive only because it’s illegal to shoot them.

5. Alcohol does not solve any problem, but then neither does milk

Author ~ Unknown

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37 Seconds


It will take just 37 seconds to read this and change your thinking.

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.

One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.

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The Cracked Pot
( A CLASSIC story in a modern way)

The Two Pots
Tale of the Water Bearer's Pots (The original CLASSIC story)


A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a ...

Grindelwald Walk

Taking our dogs on our regular local walk.

Grindelwald Resort boasts World Class facilities in arguably Tasmania's most exclusive and exotic suburb.

The resort is set on over 150 magnificent acres amid numerous spectacular lakes with breathtaking views and fosters an engaging timeless ambience rarely found.

The Grindelwald Swiss Shopping Village just down the road is located on the grounds at Tamar Valley Resort and is open to the public every day of the week from 9am. Here you will ...

A woman's daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray

with her mother. When the minister arrived, he found the woman lying in

bed with her head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside

her bed.

The minister assumed that the woman had been informed of his visit.

...

Music video for the band Danger Beach on Dream Damage Records.
Their album Milky Way can be downloaded here:
www.dreamdamage.com/2010/07/danger-beach/
Directed by Ned Wenlock
Character animation by Rodney Selby

I do hope you enjoyed... Just for a bit of light fun..

*Dedicated to POTUS and the navy seals.

Richard Bejah :0)

How heavy is this glass of water?

A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience,
Raised a glass of water and asked
'How heavy is this glass of water?'

Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.

The lecturer replied, 'The absolute weight doesn't matter.
It depends on how long you try to hold it.

If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem.
If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.
In each case, ...

Prince William & Kate Middleton  
The Kiss - Royal Wedding 29th April 2011
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COULDA! - SHOULDA! - WOULDA!
  
 
 
READ SLOWLY --- IT'S PROFOUND

SORRY....But this is not my original post, I had so much trouble with the post that I decided to replace it.. Hope you like...Maybe you will find it strange that people need to have this type of robot!  

Just a little bit of Easter Fun! Please RT or pass this link to your friends http://budurl/Chick1  Happy Easter RICH :0)

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The Necklace  

 
The cheerful little girl with bouncy golden curls was
almost five.    

Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them, a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box.

Oh mommy please, Mommy, can I have them? Please, Mommy, please?”

Quickly the mother checked the back of the little foil box and then looked back into the pleading blue ...

I Hope It Applies...
"A dollar and eleven cents"  

You may not need this today but there might be someone who does need to hear it.

And, we never know what tomorrow will bring.

An Obituary.. Interesting BUT TRUE!   (Allegedly!)

An Obituary printed in the London Times - Interesting and sadly rather true.

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
 
He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: