Thursday, June 30, 2005

BBC E-mail: Nixon's dislike of 'witch' Indira

Fred saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you
should see it.

** Nixon's dislike of 'witch' Indira **
Ex-US President Richard Nixon called Indian PM Indira Gandhi an "old witch" according to released documents.
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Kinky, Smelly, Fishy

Instructions to Build a Tea Bag Balloon Fun for kids of all ages, from some creative folks Down Under : http://users.bigpond.net.au/mechtoys/teabag.html

Later, check out their Mechanical Toys
for more wild ingenuity like the Mouse-trap car.
Makes you want to build one right away, but then you'll be
depleting your Mouse-trap inventory.......

PETA PET Animals party for a good cause. http://news.yahoo.com/photos/sm/events/pl/090503petanimals/p:1

Peeping Tom Pulled From Outhouse Tank
http://tinyurl.com/csbfz

Kinky Texas Jewish Cowboy Poet runs for office
"Common sense is having life without the possibility of parole instead of
just inject or eject. And common sense tells me that if we're in a race to
the bottom with Mississippi in almost every category and we're the first in
executions, then something's a little bit wrong spiritually with our leadership.
So, you got common sense, you got spirituality and, you know,
Friedman's just another word for nothing left to lose. And when you've got
nothing left to lose like Jesse Ventura or Kinky Friedman, you might just tell the truth."
http://www.dallasobserver.com/Issues/current/news/feature.html

One Fish for the Guiness Book
BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai fishermen caught a 646-pound catfish believed to have been
the world's largest freshwater fish ever recorded, a researcher said Thursday.
They ate the whole thing !
http://tinyurl.com/8bkgt

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Yahoo! News Story - Thousands mob beach in 'diamond' rush - Yahoo! News

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Tuesday, June 28, 2005

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Monday, June 27, 2005

Birdie

Birdie Kim is US Women's Champion at 23
The U.S. Women's Open champion went by her given name, Ju-Yun Kim,
as a rookie last year, but decided to use ``Birdie'' this season to stand out
from the other five players with Kim as a surname on the LPGA Tour

``I wanted something different, something simple and easy,'' she said at
the start of the season. ``Birdie is good in golf, and it's good for me.''

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-womensopen&prov=ap&type=lgns

R.I.P. it up, CHET HELMS !
SAN FRANCISCO Music producer Chet Helms, who is considered
the father of the 1967 Summer of Love has died.
Helms launched the career of singing great Janis Joplin, and helped
develop bands that delivered what became known as the San Francisco Sound.
http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=3521332&nav=5D7lBwNh

Graceful / Dead Links
http://www.herzer.org/gallery/FamousPeople/Grace_Slick
http://www.herzer.org/gallery/FamousPeople/Lindsay_Anna_Debra_Troy_with_Grace_Slick

http://www.summeroflove.org/images/law/janis.joplin.big.brother.jpg

http://www.dancingbear.dk/gdfiles/History.htm

US man makes $13,000 from pennies
Some people may not consider it worth bending down to
pick up a penny, but Edmond Knowles knows their value.

After 38 years of collecting pennies, Mr Knowles has cashed
in his collection which totalled a whopping $13,084.59 (£7,182.69).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4619605.stm

Singles Ad:
SINGLE BLACK FEMALE seeks male companionship, ethnicity
unimportant. I'm a very good looking girl who LOVES to play.
I love long walks in the woods, riding in your pickup truck, hunting,
camping and fishing trips, cozy winter nights lying by the fire.
Candlelight dinners will have me eating out of your hand.
Rub me the right way and watch me respond. I'll be at the front door
when you get home from work, wearing only what nature gave me.
Kiss me and I'm yours. Call (404) 875-6420 and ask for Daisy.

Over 15,000 men found themselves talking to the
Atlanta Humane Society about an 8-week old black Labrador retriever.

Sunday, June 26, 2005

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"Chatty" Mannequin
"It is a device that can show a person's face, looks and mouth movements,"
said the developer, Ishikawa Optics and Arts Corp. of Tokyo.
"It forms realistic images as if he or she were really talking to you."

The image “http://boingboing.net/images/CHATDOLL.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.

http://tinyurl.com/bcsyx

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Sidewalk Chalk Guy
Seen at http://gprime.net



Sam was in dire trouble. His business had gone bust and he was
in serious financial trouble. He was so desperate he decided to pray for help.

He began, ‘God, please help me. I've lost my business and if I don't get some
money, I'm going to lose my house as well. Please let me win the lottery.’
Lottery night came and Sam didn’t win.

Again Sam prays, ‘God, please let me win the lottery! I've lost my business,
my house and I'm going to lose my car as well.’ Lotto night comes and
Sam still has no luck.

Once again, he prays, ‘My God, why have you forsaken me?? I've lost my
business, my house, and my car. My wife and children are starving.
I don't often ask you for help and I have always been a good servant to you.
PLEASE just let me win the lottery this one time so I can get my life back in order.’

Suddenly there is a blinding flash of light as the heavens open. Sam is confronted
by the voice of God Himself:

‘ Sam, ’ says God, ‘meet Me halfway on this. Buy a bloody ticket. ! ’


Quote of the Day
"Be careful of the butt you kick on the way up.
It may be the butt you have to kiss on the way down."




Wednesday, June 22, 2005

June 22

Retro CameraPhone






Hang Ten for Christians
"Before you criticise someone, walk a mile in their shoes.
That way you’re a mile away, and you have their shoes, too."

Shoes of The Fisherman ® sandals act like oversized rubber stamps,
leaving the message JESUS LOVES YOU:

  • In the sand
  • On sidewalks and boardwalks
  • On pool decks
  • Any place footprints can be seen




http://www.deerlakestore.com/fisherman/

Speaking of God.....

One day, God created the Dog and said:


"Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at
anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will
give you a life span of twenty years."

The Dog said:
"That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten
years and I'll give you back the other ten?"

So God agreed.

On the next day, God created the Monkey and said:
"Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh.
For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span."

The Monkey said:
"Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long
time to perform. How about I give you back ten like
the Dog did?"

And God agreed.

On the next day, God created the Cow and said:
"You must go into the field with the farmer all day
long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk
to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you
a life span of sixty years."

The Cow said: "That's kind of a tough life you want me
to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give
back the other forty?"

And God agreed again.

Then on the next day, God created Man and said:
"Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For
this, I'll give you twenty years."

But Man said:
"Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my
twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the
monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that
makes eighty, okay?"

"Okay," said God, "You asked for it."

So that is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep,
play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years
we slave in the sun to support our family. For the
next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the
grandchildren. And for the last ten years we sit on
the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Supernatural ?

There was this case in the hospital's Intensive Care Unit where patients
always died in the same bed and on a Sunday morning at 11 a.m.,
regardless of their medical condition.

This puzzled the doctors and some even thought that it had something
to do with the supernatural. No one could solve the mystery as to why
the deaths took place at 11 AM. So a world-wide expert team was
constituted and they decided to go down to the ward to investigate
the cause of the incidents.

So on the next Sunday morning a few minutes before 11 a.m., all doctors
and nurses nervously waited outside the ward to see for themselves what
the terrible phenomenon was all about. Some were holding wooden crosses,
prayer books and other holy objects to ward off evil....

Just then the clock struck 11...

and then......

Santa Singh, the part-time Sunday worker, entered the ward and unplugged
the life support system & plugged in the vacuum cleaner ...


Monday, June 20, 2005

BBC E-mail: Crucified nun dies in 'exorcism'

Fred saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you
should see it.

** Crucified nun dies in 'exorcism' **
A nun dies after being left bound to a cross for three days by convent members who say she was possessed.
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Yahoo! News Story - Frugal Public School Teacher Donates $2.1M - Yahoo! News


Frugal Public School Teacher Donates $2.1M - Yahoo! News
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Goin' Ape

It's a beautiful, warm spring morning.
A man and his wife are spending the day at the zoo.
She's wearing a cute, loose-fitting, pink dress,
sleeveless with straps. He's wearing his normal jeans and a T-shirt.

The zoo is not very busy this morning. As they walk through the ape
exhibit, they pass in front of a large, hairy gorilla. Noticing the girl,
the gorilla goes ape. He jumps on the bars, and holding on with one
hand (and 2 feet), he grunts and pounds his chest with his free hand.
He is obviously excited at the pretty lady in the dress.

The husband, noticing the excitement, thinks this is funny.
He suggests that his wife tease the poor fellow some more.
The husband suggests she pucker her lips, wiggle her bottom at him,
and play along. She does, and Mr. Gorilla gets even more excited,
making noises that would wake the dead.

Then the husband suggests that she let one of her straps fall to show
a little more skin. She does, and Mr. Gorilla is about to tear the bars
down. "Now try lifting your dress up. Show your thighs and sort of fan
it at him," he says. This drives the gorilla absolutely crazy, and now
he's doing flips.

Then the husband grabs his wife, rips open the door to the cage,
flings her in with the gorilla and slams the cage door shut.

"Now, tell HIM you have a headache."

June 20


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Indian heatwave deaths top 125

At least 125 people have died of a heatwave in India over the past
several weeks, local officials say
.

They said the eastern state of Orissa was the worst affected with
75 confirmed deaths so far this summer.

In the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh, at least 35 people
have died of sunstroke and dehydration.

Soaring temperatures - reaching in one place 50C (122F) - continue
to sweep India, but meteorologists say monsoon rains will arrive
in the next few days.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4109404.stm

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Ketchup with Trousers
An email between a highly paid lawyer and a secretary
over a tomato ketchup stain has become the talk of legal
circles in London, leaving the sender distinctly red-faced.

British media reported with glee the tale of Richard Phillips
who emailed the secretary to ask her to pay a four pound
($7.30) dry-cleaning bill after she accidentally spilled tomato
ketchup on his trousers.
http://tinyurl.com/dszz7


Athletes sprint out of the blocks. A 95-year-old Japanese set an athletics world record in the southern city of Miyazaki -- breaking the 100-meters time for men aged 95-99.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)
Japanese aged 95 sets athletics world record
TOKYO (AFP) - A 95-year-old Japanese set an athletics world
record in the southern city of Miyazaki -- breaking the 100-meters
time for men aged 95-99.
http://tinyurl.com/dq5zm

Blonde to Control Tower
A blonde is on board a small two seater plane when
suddenly the pilot dies. Not knowing how to fly a plane
she grabs the radio.

" Mayday, Mayday ! My pilot just died ! "

Ground control receives her call for help and answers back :

"Don't worry, madam. I'll talk you down, just do as I say.
First I need you to give me your height and position"

" I'm 5"2' and sitting in the front ..."

Blonde, but of a different class

Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova - Maria full stretch

Maria Sharapova will wear gold-encrusted
tennis shoes worth up to 900 dollars when she begins her
current Wimbledon defense......
http://tinyurl.com/84n5c

Comprehensive Fan Site
http://www.maria-sharapova.me.uk/

Friday, June 17, 2005

Humour

A blonde is on board a small two seater plane when
suddenly the pilot dies. Not knowing how to fly a plane
she grabs the radio.

"Mayday, mayday! My pilot just died!"

Ground control receives her call for help and answers back:

"Don't worry, madam. I'll talk you down, just do as I say.
First I need you to give me your height and position"

"I'm 5"2' and sitting in the front"

Tattttooobacks 3
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Tatoo backs 2
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Reuters Guiness Record


This is from Reuters Singapore
They apologized because the asses displayed were
entering the Guiness Book of Records for the longest
line of Tattooed backs, and Reuters messed up in
reporting the actual length.

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Live 8 Update


Geldof Gets His Way Again


"Three weeks ago Europe agreed, unbelievably, to double aid,
throwing the ball back to the Yanks [Americans], the Japanese
and the Canadians," the former Boomtown Rat said Thursday
after receiving an honorary degree in his hometown of Dublin.

"So that forced me now to do, which I didn't want to do, a concert
in Tokyo [and Toronto] which we are announcing tomorrow."

The additions of Japan and Canada nearly fulfill Geldof's original
vision of staging shows in each of the G8 countries, which represent
the world's wealthiest nations. The G8 is made up of the United States,
United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and Russia,
and also includes the European Union. Russia is the only member
nation that doesn't yet have a Live 8 concert planned.

http://tinyurl.com/82rdz



e-Bay bows to Geldof
LONDON (Reuters) - Internet auction site eBay has suspended
some of the accounts of users who sabotaged online sales of free
Live 8 concert tickets by making hoax bids of up to 10 million pounds.

On Tuesday, eBay ended a sale of free Live 8 tickets after
widespread protests. Concerts organiser Bob Geldof labelled the site an
"electronic pimp" and urged people to swamp it.

"In accordance with eBay's site rules, once an individual places a bid
on an item, it acts as a binding contract and the individual is obliged to
honour it," eBay said on Thursday.

and.....the Paris concert will be at the historic Palace of Versailles !

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Thursday, June 16, 2005

The Blues Professor




ROLF HEIMANN (guitars, vocals, kazoo and the like)
has learnt his trade in diverse blues groups.
In Europe, particularly in Western Germany he is duly respected as an expert on the slide or bottleneck guitar.

http://www.professor-bottleneck.de/SoloEng.htm

Rolf's POONA BLUES



The Juvenile Delinquents a.k.a. The MelodyMakers
- Bishops' School Poona ~the 60's

ROLF HEIMANN
on guitar (right) seen here (l-r) with the late
Eric Hyam,
Trevor Selwyn, Hugh Ledlie and Haroon Saleh.
They were unmistakably
talented and proved it by rising above
their primitive gear, especially the
'Box Bass' made out of a
Tea Chest which Haroon is playing....and I don't
see any cymbals, do you ?

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Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Stay tuned for Live 8 updates

Who's Playing Where
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4087578.stm

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Check this out on Rhino.com!


While you wait for Clapton to make history in India, take a look at this page on Rhino.com

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June 15 and 1/2

Nekkid Nuts

LONDON (AFP) - A somewhat eccentric British man who was arrested 14 times while hiking the length of Britain wearing nothing but boots, hat and a rucksack, pledged to repeat his feat -- but this time in company.

Stephen Gough, 46, whose dogged pursuit of his goal during 2003 and 2004, slowed down by two jail sentences, brought him national fame as the "naked rambler", plans to set off on Thursday from Land's End in Cornwall, England's most southwesterly point.

Accompanied -- also in the nude -- by 33-year-old girlfriend Melanie Roberts and a librarian who does not want to be named, Gough plans to walk the 874 miles to John O'Groats in the far north of Scotland.
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Thesis Project : Mobile Seed
"It is a fully biodegradable mobile phone that contains a visible seed inside.
One can plant it as a different disposal mode, and after a while a flower sprouts from it."

http://people.interaction-ivrea.it/b.negrillo/thesis/mobileseed/what.html#

Companies Look to Cut Costs by Training Monkeys, Bears to Replace Human Workers

In the interest of reducing costs and maximizing profit margins, many corporations are looking to non-human sources of labor. In particular, bears and several species of primates are being pegged as candidates to fill a range of future jobs, enabling their employers to liberate themselves from the expensive wages they're presently bound to pay their human counterparts.

Several American companies have already begun the process of 'dehumanizing' their work forces by delegating current employees to train the animals hired to replace them. Boeing, Microsoft and General Motors have all announced plans to transition to janitorial staffs comprised entirely of monkeys and bears by 2008 while the payrolls of Wal-Mart and several fast food chains including McDonalds and Taco Bell have already been trimmed by 4% as chimpanzees and gorillas begin to replace human workers.
http://www.newsmutiny.com/pages/bearjanitor.htm


Tuesday, June 14, 2005

June 14

Om Shantay Ommmm
"Things can be copyrighted, thoughts cannot be copyrighted, and
certainly meditation cannot be copyrighted. They are not things of the
marketplace.
"Nobody can monopolize anything. But perhaps the West cannot
understand the difference between an objective commodity and an inner
experience.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has copyrighted transcendental meditation and
just underneath in a small circle you will find written TM – that
means trademark!


For ten thousand years the East has been meditating and nobody has put
trademarks upon meditations. And above all, that transcendental
meditation is neither transcendental nor meditation... just a
trademark. I have told Neelam to reply to these people, "You don't
understand what meditation is. It is nobody's belonging, possession.
You cannot have any copyright. Perhaps if your country gives you
trademarks and copyrights on things like meditation, then it will be
good to have a copyright on stupidity. That will help the whole world
to be relieved...

Only you will be stupid and nobody else can be stupid; it will be
illegal."

From Osho's book: Om Shanthi Shanthi Shanti Chapter 26


NATURE'S CALL
Flower Shaped Urinals & Other Nature Inspired Sculptures
Clark Sorensen has created some of the most amazing and beautiful urinals
one is likely to ever see. These unique sculptures will be on display for three
and a half weeks only. Each is meticulously hand built and one of a kind - formed
from high fire porcelain and fired to cone 10 (2300 deg.). They are fully functioning
vitreous porcelain fixtures that can actually be plumbed and used in a bathroom or
simply displayed. The show even contains three functioning urinals that you may flush!
Clark hopes that his urinals will be put to use in uniquely designed bathrooms around the world.
He has a gorgeous Calla Lily urinal in his studio from a previous show that is plumbed
and fully functioning.

http://www.clarkmade.com/

Pranks: Eight tales of sculpture and sign placement, and three other gags.
http://www.cockeyed.com/pranks/prank.html

Oops ! Naughty Stuff on your PC ?

http://www.cyberwalker.net/faqs/how-tos/clear-browser-cache.html


Monday, June 13, 2005

Pink Floyd to play Live 8 show

Pink Floyd to play Live 8 show
Veteran rock band Pink Floyd have been added to the list of acts appearing at next month's Live 8 concert in London.

Roger Waters will be reunited with band-members Dave Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright for the show.

The show, organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to help fight African poverty, is one of five taking place around the world on July 2.

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In and Out of Africa


One passenger? No wonder airline's broke
Reuters News Service

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's government has criticized the cash-strapped national
airline for flying unviable routes, including one trip which saw an Air Zimbabwe jet fly 3,728
miles from Dubai with a solitary passenger aboard.

The official Herald newspaper Monday quoted Transport and Communications Secretary
Karikoga Kaseke as saying Air Zimbabwe, struggling with chronic fuel shortages caused
by the country's acute economic crisis, was a victim of "inept management."

Local media reported earlier this month that Air Zimbabwe's maiden flight to Dubai,
a Boeing 737, left with 49 passengers on board and made the return flight with just one.

"Our investigations have revealed that no proper market research was done before they
(Air Zimbabwe) engaged on the Dubai trip," the Herald quoted Kaseke as saying.

"It reflects the level of mediocrity of the management at Air Zimbabwe and it also reflects
a management that has little knowledge of aviation, a management that acts on hearsay," he added.


Pieces of plane stowaway's body land in yard
Reuters News Service

NEW YORK - Pieces of a man's body fell from the wheel well of a South African Airways
passenger plane bound for John F. Kennedy International Airport Tuesday and landed in
the yard of a suburban home, police said.

A U.S. customs inspector discovered the rest of the man's body at 7:30 a.m. after Flight 203
landed in New York from Johannesburg, South Africa, said a spokesman for the Port Authority
of New York and New Jersey, which oversees area airports.

A South African Airways spokeswoman said it appeared to have been a stowaway attempt.
She said the plane had stopped in Dakar, Senegal, on its way to New York.

The pilot reported feeling vibrations at takeoff but conducted a check and found nothing amiss,
said Nassau County, New York, police detective Kevin Smith.

During the flight, Smith said the pilot felt more ''vibrating sensations and heard pounding, but
nothing appeared wrong with the plane.''

The body parts, which included the right leg, part of the spine and a hip, struck a garage roof of
the home in South Floral Park, New York, before landing in the backyard, police said






Where was all this good music when I was in India ?
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Ultimate Flight Simulator
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Night Out withToufiq Quereshi


Pune, June 12:




When it is Toufiq Qureshi that you are breaking bread with,
what comes your way in between bites, are a lot of goodies. So while the renowned percussionist very unassumingly shares some musical gyaan with you, he is also not averse to dazzling fellow diners with a demonstration of ‘cheek percussions’ as he taps out the Pink Panther theme music on his cheeks with his fingers.

While he does leave you awestruck with the ingenious ways he employs to make music,
he gently reminds you that with a father like the late tabla maestro, Ustad Allah Rakha Khan
and with a brother like Ustad Zakir Hussain, bringing forth rhythyms and sounds into the
world are what he is best off doing.

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=134322

Saturday, June 11, 2005

Whose Sari , now ?

A traditional Indian fabric endures
Byline:  Nachammai Raman Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
Date: 06/08/2005

(MADRAS, INDIA) Only the intoxicating fragrance of the jasmine that
flower girls sell along the teeming sidewalks hints at the hidden
opulence of the shopping district. Otherwise, Panagal Park, with its
modest bazaar vendors and dusty traffic, is a far cry from
New York's Fifth Avenue.

But enter one of the multistoried silk stores, and you'll hear elevator
gossip reminiscent of Tiffany's or Bergdorf Goodman: Is it true that
celebrity came to the first floor today? No, she came yesterday;
another one came today.

What they shopped for were Kanchipuram silk saris, considered the
Versaces of southern India, because one piece can cost $1,000. Many
will last a lifetime with good care, and all represent status.

Kanchipuram silk, named after the city in which it's produced, is a
tradition that some say goes back hundreds of years, perhaps to the
origins of the city in the 8th or 9th century. The colors are
brilliant, and the designs of tropical flora and fauna, in gold thread,
are exquisitely geometric.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0608/p11s02-wosc.html


Thursday, June 09, 2005

Oh to Be in England

Not quite the accomplished Blogger at this point,
here are my thoughts at the time:

Seeing this pic



made available in London, Thursday June 9, 2005, by Zoo
Magazine, that shows Manchester, England, police officer
Rachelle Pantoja, 27, who is under investigation by the
Internal Affairs department at Greater Manchester Police,
and has been put on restricted duties and transferred to
the Traffic Division, after posing for the magazine in a
swimsuit.(AP Photo/Zoo Magazine, via pa)
reminded me
of the time I picked up a female Brit from JFK airport

in NYC. Turned out to be a London Bobby, a gorgeous,
stately woman with a warm and friendly manner, plus
that accent....!

In fact our Limo conversation was so easy-going that I soon
asked her if she was on assignment in NYC and had her
handcuffs with her.


She laughed heartily and said if I wanted to see her handcuffs
I should visit her flat in London where she had a large collection of

handcuffs and whips.

" Confiscated or personal ?" I asked myself ......




Symptoms and Faults

SYMPTOM: Feet cold and wet.
FAULT: Glass being held at incorrect angle.

SYMPTOM: Feet warm and wet.
FAULT: Improper bladder control.

SYMPTOM: Beer unusually pale and tasteless.
FAULT: Glass empty.

SYMPTOM: Opposite wall covered with fluorescent lights.
FAULT: You have fallen over backward.

SYMPTOM: Mouth contains cigarette butts.
FAULT: You have fallen forward.

SYMPTOM: Beer tasteless, front of your shirt is wet.
FAULT: Mouth not open, or glass applied to wrong part of face.

SYMPTOM: Floor blurred.
FAULT: You are looking through bottom of empty glass.

SYMPTOM: Floor moving.
FAULT: You are being carried out.

SYMPTOM: Room seems unusually dark.
FAULT: Bar has closed.

SYMPTOM: Taxi suddenly takes on colorful aspect and textures.
FAULT: Beer consumption has exceeded personal limitations.

SYMPTOM: Everyone looks up to you and smiles.
FAULT: You are dancing on the table.

SYMPTOM: Beer is crystal-clear.
FAULT: It's water. Somebody is trying to sober you up.

SYMPTOM: Hands hurt, nose hurts, mind unusually clear.
FAULT: You have been in a fight.

SYMPTOM: Don't recognize anyone, don't recognize the room you're in.
FAULT: You've wandered into the wrong party.

SYMPTOM: Your singing sounds distorted.
FAULT: The beer is too weak.

SYMPTOM: Don't remember the words to the song.
FAULT: Beer is just right


Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Trusty Rusty

Rusty,

you underestimate yourself ! You have done a bang-up and 'Thorough' job
and I couldn't ask for more, what with all the details in your Profile, which
helps to make it a great start for this, the Final Blog.

Please inform Pom, Mike P. and any others as you see fit as I don't have
my old e-mail address book anymore

You can post just as you did before but if you want to post.pics they will
have to be handled by Hello/Picasa which are free downloads and Pom
is proof that Hello works well- he made a lot of movies and albums using it.

Blog on, Blog in, Blog out !

Fred


Tuesday, June 07, 2005

No relief for the weary

They tried to legalize it in the USA.....

Virtual Poona is Back !


Freak Out once again all you Virtual Poona Mothers and Others !
What was once the Virtual Poona Group at Yahoo Groups
is now a Blog. I aim to make this one a better and more
varied one and welcome your comments, suggestions and
feedback via e-mail to frdmilltx(at)yahoo(dot)com

Posted by Hello

Sunday, June 05, 2005

Virtual Poona is back !

Hello and Welcome,

former Virtual Poona Group Members and Visitors to the
Virtual Poona Blogspot !

I decided to persist in my Virtual Poona (formerly VC) Reunion
efforts and in keeping with the times I intend to go where
no sane man has gone before, and include

All Things bright and beautiful
All Creatures great and small
All Things wise and wonderful....
I'm Awaiting on You All !

There are quite a few changes this time around and so I suggest you
spend your precious time exploring all that this Blog is uncapable of,
just like I will be doing. Don't be shy or hesitant to offer:
feedback, news, pics or abuse

(what is the use
of no abuse ?
There's no excuse
for no abuse.
Why blow your fuse
when you can choose
to use
abuse ?)

that will help this, the Final Chapter (maybe) of Virtual Poona,
an unbelievably unbelievable one !

Stay tuned, I may be a little off-key.

f r e d

frdmill2005@yahoo.com