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Beanie
Those that know me will know I am from Alice Springs NT. I know it is a strange place, but I didnt know how strange
Alice Springs Beanie Festival
Poor old Sir Clive
So many good ideas, so few caught on.
Also this article is the oldest user of the term "flat screen" that I have ever seen.
Pocket TV
one for caroline
postgraduate n. Someone who's finished their university degree and, on the sudden realisation that they might have to actually get a job, has instead leapt enthusiastically into a PhD, a Masters, or some such other form of extended lunch-break. Americans know them better as "graduates", whilst we Brits reserve that term for people who have actually managed to leave.
Cross the pond
English to American dictionary, containing such gems as...
berk n. Another friendly UK "idiot" word and one which implies a degree of clumsiness. I always think (no doubt mistakenly) that these are best explained by example - "Look, you berk, I said to bend it, not bust it". In one of the most enlightening emails I've had since starting the dictionary, I am told that the word originally derives from the rhyming slang "Berkely Hunt" - let's just say that, in the words of my contributor, "it doesn't mean punt".
whip round n. A whip round is a collection of money - usually a somewhat impromptu and informal one. You might have a whip round for Big Mike's bus-fare home but you probably wouldn't have one for his triple heart bypass.
see for yourself
The English-to-American Dictionary
Somthing to send a shiver down your spine
Another example of Americans destroying a British Comedy, On the Rocks wait for it....
A yank version of Poridge, makes you wonder...
proverbs
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.
Italian Proverb
Bed is the poor man's opera.
Italain Proverb
Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.
Scottish Proverb
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
Chinese Proverb
The crow that mimics a cormorant is drowned.
Japanese Proverb
The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage.
Danish Proverb
Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.
Spanish Proverb
(one for Ed)
Eating while seated makes one of large size; eating while standing makes one strong.
Hindu Proverb
First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.
Greek Proverb
A handfull of patience is worth a bushel of brains.
Dutch Proverb
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Chinese Proverb
If three people say you are an ass, put on a bridle.
Spanish Proverb
It is not a fish until it is on the bank.
Irish Proverb
(one about cottaging I think)
Live together like brothers and do business like strangers.
Arab Proverb
(more about cottaging perhaps)
Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down.
Chinese Proverb
Never squat with your spurs on.
Texan Proverb
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.
Native American Proverb
Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker.
Spanish Proverb
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
Scottish Proverb
You may laugh at a friend's roof; don't laugh at his sleeping accomodation.
Kenyan Proverb
Only when it suits them
Page from a disscution board for Jessica Lynch (the woman who was captured by Iraq and freed during the war). The stuff on this page shows the briliant double standard. They are not too keen of free speech when you are saying somting they dont like.
Jessica Lynch Forums
For the other side of the story, check out this news story
BBC news story
Americans, I ask you
Further proof that Americans all live in Disney land and think
that the world is black an white and whatever america do is the
right thing.
Jessica Lynch Forums /a>
Quote
Albert Einstein
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
Maggie Thatcher invented Mr Whippy. If you dont belive me check this
RIP Tim the rat
Its a sad day, I have just heard that Tim has shuffled to a better place. He was quite ill, to the point of being unable to move. So this would be a release.
Well, where ever he is now I bet he has an huge slice of cheese.
life update
I have now moved in to my new flat and got broad band installed so you can expect some actual updates at some point soon.
Also thanks to Spud and Dishhead for putting me up (or up with me) for a month.
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