Saturday, August 27, 2011

MORE MOVIE CLICHES ... PRODUCT PLACEMENT

 

  • Time will stand still when the hero is in the presence of a company logo.
  • When a character picks up a drink, the label will always be clearly visible and usually faces the camera so the logo is well seen.
  • If the producers find no company to invest into the picture, strange things happen to the world: gas stations have no brand names visible, stars use no-name airlines (they often crash!), all smokers use silver cases for their cigarettes.

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TRIVIA BITS

 

  • New York contains 920km (571miles) of shoreline
  • New York was once called New Amsterdam
  • New York was the first capital of the United States
  • New York's Central Park was opened in 1876
  • New Zealand's first hospital was opened in 1843
  • Niagara Falls could fill 4,000 bathtubs every second
  • Nintendo first produced playing cards
  • no two corn flakes look the same
  • no two spider webs are the same
  • no words in the English language rhyme with the words angel, angst, breadth, bulb, depth, eighth, month, ninth, orange, purple, scalp or twelfth

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Friday, August 26, 2011

MORE SELF ANNIHILATING SENTENCES

 

Are you ever stuck for words or in need of a way out of a tricky conversation? Not any more – ‘Self-Annihilating Sentences‘ are the perfect get-out clause which will instantly put an end to any argumentative or stagnant discourse!

 

  • The trouble with him is that I don't have anything against him.
  • I may be omniscient, but don't expect me to know everything.
  • Our advance is so rapid that we are falling farther and farther behind.
  • All our emergencies are normal.
  • Whenever I look for something, it's always in the last place I look.
  • We have worked ourselves into a frenzy of lethargy.
  • How disagreeable of you to agree with me!
  • If God intended man to understand the human mind, he wouldn't have given him one!
  • If I had known how successful I was going to be, I wouldn't have worked so hard when I was young!
  • He neglected to disregard the problem.

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TRIVIA BITS

 

  • most snakes have 1 lung
  • most spiders have transparent blood
  • moths have no stomach
  • moths have white blood
  • Mount Everest is 8.9km (5.5 miles) high
  • MTV (Music Television) made its debut at 12:01 a.m. August 1st 1981 - the first music video shown 'Video killed the radio star' by the Buggles.
  • myrmecophobia is the fear of ants
  • natural gas has no smell - the odour is artificially added so that people are able to identify leaks.
  • new born babies have 350 bones - by age 5 the amount of bones merges to 206

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

MORE EASY WAYS TO SAY NO

 

I'd love to, but...

    • I'll be looking for a parking space.
    • my Millard Filmore Fan Club meets then.
    • the monsters haven't turned blue yet, and I have to eat more dots.
    • I'm taking punk totem pole carving.
    • I have to fluff my shower cap.
    • I'm converting my calendar watch from Julian to Gregorian.
    • I've come down with a really horrible case of something or other.
    • I made an appointment with a cuticle specialist.
    • my plot to take over the world is thickening.
    • I have to fulfil my potential.

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TRIVIA BITS

 

  • more than 1,000,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun
  • more than 75% of all countries are north of the equator
  • mosquitoes dislike citronella because it irritates their feet
  • mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blondes to brunettes
  • most birds eat twice their body weight each day
  • most cows produce more milk when they listen to music
  • most dinosaurs lived to be more than 100 years old
  • most dinosaurs lived to be more than 100 years old
  • most lipsticks contain fish scales
  • most of the Vitamin C found in fruits is in the skin

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

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MORE MURPHY’S LAWS

 

 

  • Any tool dropped will fall where it can cause the most damage.
  • Any wire cut to length will be too short.
  • Equivalent replacement parts aren't.
  • When you finally update to a new technology, is when everyone stop supporting it.
  • Interchangeable parts aren't.
  • The proposed size of any project is inversely proportional to the size the project will eventually become. Corollary: Any project that can consume more resources before reaching it's final state will do so. This will happen faster than you think. Also, the investors will not be happy.
  • The less intelligent the idea, and the person stating it, the more likely it will be funded.

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TRIVIA BITS

 

  • men are stuck by lightning 7 times more than women
  • men change their minds 2 to 3 times more than women (women tend to take longer to make a decision but once they do they are more likely to stick to it)
  • men have 10% more red blood cells than women
  • Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature
  • Monopoly is the most played board game in the world
  • months that start on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th
  • more people are allergic to cows milk than any other food
  • more people are killed by hippopotamuses then by lions, elephants and water buffalos combined
  • more people are killed from bees than snakes
  • more people die from falling coconuts then from shark attacks

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

JUST FOR FUN

 

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PLACES TO VISIT … LAS VEGAS

 

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LAS VEGAS

Las Vegas is the largest city in the state of Nevada. This is commonly referred to as entertainment capital of the world. The city has great casino hotels and creates a fantasy like atmosphere. Las Vegas is a great travel destination for honeymooners and travel addicts.

A trip to Vegas is usually a trip to “the strip”, about 20 long blocks of neon lights, public drinking and casinos.

MORE HANDY LATIN PHRASES

 

You never know when you may need these phrases to communicate your innermost emotions with out those in ear shot knowing what you are expressing!

O! Plus! Perge! Aio! Hui! Hem!
Oh! More! Go on! Yes! Ooh! Ummm!

Mellita, domi adsum.
Honey, I'm home.

Tam exanimis quam tunica nehru fio.
I am as dead as the nehru jacket.

Ventis secundis, tene cursum.
Go with the flow.

Totum dependeat.
Let it all hang out.

Te precor dulcissime supplex!
Pretty please with a cherry on top!

Magister Mundi sum!
I am the Master of the Universe!

“JUNGLE BOOK” IS STILL NUMBER ONE

 

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The Jungle Book is still king of the swingers, with a poll naming it as Britain's favourite forest story.

The survey was part of a campaign which saw hundreds of people holding picnics across Britain on Sunday to encourage people to celebrate their local woods.

Rudyard Kipling's classic topped the forest stories chart, with Lord of the Rings the closest runner up in the World Wildlife Fund-led survey.

Avatar was the newest story to reach the top 10, beating off competition from traditional tales like Hansel and Gretel and Where the Wild Things Are.

Nicola Round, campaign manager, WWF-UK, said: "The Jungle Book is such a classic story and a very deserving winner, but it was clear from our poll that all kinds of forest stories, from modern fables like Avatar to traditional tales like Robin Hood, still have a really big place in our hearts."

The Big Forest Picnic Campaign also encouraged people to use responsibly-sourced wood products certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.

Around 500 people were polled at various events and festivals as well as through Facebook.

The UK'S Top Ten Favourite Forest Stories, according to the poll:

1. The Jungle Book

2. Lord of the Rings

3. Winnie the Pooh

4. Robin Hood

5. The Faraway Tree

6. The Gruffalo

7. Into the Wild

8. Avatar

9. Where the Wild Things Are

10. Hansel and Gretel

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MOATS AROUND THE WORLD … LEEDS CASTLE, ENGLAND

 

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LEEDS CASTLE, ENGLAND

Leeds Castle, 5 miles (7.8 km) southeast of Maidstone, Kent, England, dates back to 1119, though a manor house stood on the same site from the 9th century. The castle and grounds lie to the east of the village of Leeds, Kent, which should not be confused with the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire.

Built in 1119 by Robert de Crèvecœur to replace the earlier Saxon manor of Esledes, the castle became a royal palace in 1278 for King Edward I of England and his queen, Eleanor of Castile. Major improvements were made during his time, including the barbican, made up of three parts, each with its own entrance, drawbridge, gateway and portcullis.

The castle was captured on 31 October 1321 by the forces of Edward II from Margaret de Clare, Baroness Badlesmere, wife of the castle's constable, Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere who had left her in charge during his absence. The King had besieged Leeds after she had refused Edward's consort Isabella of France admittance in her husband's absence; when the latter had sought to force an entry, Lady Badlesmere had instructed her archers to fire upon the Queen and her party, six of whom were killed. Lady Badlesmere was taken and kept prisoner in the Tower of London until November 1322.

Richard II's first wife, Anne of Bohemia, spent the winter of 1381 at the castle on her way to be married to the king. In 1395, King Richard II received the French chronicler Jean Froissart there, as Froissart described in his Chronicles.

Henry VIII transformed the castle in 1512 for his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. A painting commemorating his meeting with Francis I of France still hangs there. His daughter, Queen Elizabeth I was imprisoned in the castle for a time before her coronation.

TRIVIA BITS

 

  • M&M's chocolate stands for the initials for its inventors Mars and Murrie
  • M*A*S*H stood for 'Mobile Army Surgical Hospital'
  • macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs
  • Madonna and Michael Jackson were both born in 1958
  • mapping is older than writing
  • March 14 is 'save a spider day'
  • Mars appears red because it's covered in rust
  • MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge
  • melissophobia is the fear of bees
  • melophobia is the fear of music

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Monday, August 22, 2011

WORLDS UNUSUAL HOTELS … FRANCE

 

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LES ROULOTTES DE LA SERVE, PROVENCE, FRANCE

At Les Roulottes de la Serve in Provence, France, you can feel just what it is like to live like a gypsy.  This hotel is made up of 3 restored gypsy caravan cars.  Guests share communal bathrooms, kitchen and a campfire.

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LIGHT ART PERFORMANCE PHOTOGRAPHY

 

Light Art Performance Photography (abbreviation: LAPP) is a technique in photography to emphasize landscapes, sceneries and objects with light. It's a symbiotic art between a performance with light and a shutter that's open for a long time.

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