joke from 1600 BC

royal egyptains

A 1600 BC gag about a pharaoh, said to be King Snofru,  -- "How do you entertain a bored pharaoh? You sail a boatload of young women dressed only in fishing nets down the Nile and urge the pharaoh to go catch a fish."

Too Fat To Work

Stephen Beer, 45, and wife Michelle, 43, like their food fast - and were spotted coming out of a KFC with a bargain bucket to celebrate their first wedding anniversary.

The couple, of Plymouth, Eng,  became national hate figures when they appeared on the documentary ‘Too Fat to Work’ and admitted they receive $3,000 a month in welfare because they are 'disabled by their weight.'  Their combined weight is 770 pounds.

The Classics Are Still The Classics.

Unfortunately, the quick wit of Groucho Marx is lost to much of the last few generations. But take the time to find copies of 'You Bet Your Life' and one is quickly reminded that a class act is always a class act. Some examples: 

Next time I see you, remind me not to talk to you.

I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.

I won't belong to any organization that would have me as a member.  

I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions - the curtain was up.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, on September 26, 1774. His real name was John Chapman, but he was called Johnny Appleseed because of his love for growing apple trees.

Johnny died at the age of 70; he is buried in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He had spent 50 years growing apple trees and traveling to spread his precious trees around his country.

More trail flowers

Like walking trough a 4 mile garden

Bee-n-v

Common are they. Uncommonly exquisite when they line a walking trail for miles without  end.

newspaper advert misprints and .misquotes

This afternoon there will be a meeting in the South and North ends of this church. Children will be baptized at both ends.

'In most associations half the committee does all the work, whilst the other half does nothing. I am pleased to put on record that in this society it is just the reverse.' - Report in Liverpool Echo

LOST from Tyddyn Ucha, Ruthin. Welsh couple, two red stripes on rump and stripe on head. - Denbighshire Free Press

Whole Heap A Little Horses

Go to sleep, go to sleep
Go to sleepy little baby
When you wake, have some cake
And ride them pretty little horses

Black and a bay, sorrel and a gray
A whole heap a little horses
Black and a bay, sorrel and a gray
A whole heap a little horses

Irish Trad           http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvN2P-DE-xA

Coketown

In 1940 a chemical  plant that converts coal to coke for steel making had a town built next to it for their workers. "Coketown" was the name given by the residents who lived inside the  dust, smoke, and odorous fumes from the 24/7 pollution of the day.

The plant is still in operation today after massive pollution controls were installed The town is long gone.  Its place is occupied by a mega  million $$ storage facility for gas and oil drilling material and equipment.

sonic boom cloud

A plane at hyper speed  compresses most air in front which then expands aft. The vaporization of the condensed moisture is a bit behind in time which during decompression of the air forms a cloud  temporarily.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-d9A2oq1N38

SafeRoadMaps

“saferoadmaps.org" is a ground-breaking tool that combines information from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System with Google Maps to give you a visual report for a zip, town, or street address of all the road fatalities in that chosen area over the past 8 years. Details of any deadly accident is also available.

comment: Worth the look if you have a spouse or children driving!

mathilde seigner

French actress with a rugged beauty...only the French!

hogs underground

jpr: There be at least three, (3) of'em ground hogs in my back field. They like to dig in a rise with good water drainage.  Entrance is always a base of old tree or thicket with lots of roots to stabilize their dig. There be several emergency plunge holes  scattered about. One be under my shed. Young'ens learn to use 'em right off. Lots of fun watching them critters when the field be quiet like.

How Great Thou Art

All need a bit of the glorious in the day!

facts about Oscar Wilde

wife and son

Birthname: Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde

Birth date: October 16, 1854
Birth place: Dublin, Ireland
Death date: November 30, 1900
Death place: Paris, France
Burial: La Pére Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France

College: Trinity College, Magdalen College
Occupation: Playwright, novelist, poet, editor

Parents: Sir William Wilde and Jane Francesca Elgee
Siblings: Henry, Emily, Mary, William, Isola
Spouse: Constance Lloyd
Children: Cyril and Vyvyan

• Although a proficient and versatile writer, Wilde only wrote one novel during his lifetime: “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” published in 1891.

• Regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era, Wilde wrote and produced nine plays.

Old wooden drilling pads

The wooden beams used are quite large.. 20-40'  and  8" x 20" approximately. They are being repurposed into modern log style homes....woods free for the taking when the drilling is ended..

More advice

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. ~~Winston Churchill

jpr: The man reportedly was a 2-quart a day brandy taster....oh the envy!

Why husbands are always correct?

Dear writer,

Alas it is the bane of manhood to help the woman in computaional difficulty.
Hence the man in mankind.
Hence the masculine word ruler.
Hence the su in supreme.


Hope this answers ur ?

jpm

33 inch rainbow trout

My grandson.     Had to dive in to get fish    Caught in the Ohio river.    He says he sees 2 schools of rainbows near the mouth of a creek

King David's Tomb

The second King of Israel's remains are traditionally held to be  in this tomb but it has not been disproved. It is located on Mount Zion just outside the Old City of Jerusalem.

Buddhism, a non theisitc religion

   

The Buddha did not believe in God, the soul, or salvation.  He concluded, after years of searching, that there 'was no evidence.'  And he may have been the first proponent of the god myth. Argued by many contemporary scholars, the myth holds that primitive man created the idea of all controlling ‘supreme beings’ as a means of gaining some influence over the fears and mysteries of their lives through prayer and sacrifice.  Instead, the Buddha believed that the problems of mankind were the product of human behavior, and thus curable by man and 'the way.'

Detective Anna

Simply the best (English subtitles).  U can’t quit watching

last words

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900) "Either this wallpaper goes, or I do!" [The authenticity of this quote is complicated by his deathbed conversion back to Catholicism and the fact that a priest was with him up to the very end. Another deathbed quotation is also attributed to him: he asked for Champagne to sip as he died, and as he sipped, he is reported to have said: "Alas, I am dying beyond my means."

wilde's tombstone, a Paris

My brother's sense of humor was often part of his armour and a lot of his charm.
Self-directed
This from his FB page
Hope as you read this you are laughing in between your tears
RIP

anita sanchez-Gijon

an Italian actress

Bell s Palsey

 Neighbor lady has suffered for over 30 years off and on. When the nerve is irritated it is too painful to speak. Recently she tried C B D ointment on her cheek.    The pain left at once and she could speak.

Hey!

Need to know the weed...

from a few feet away..

close up

 do you know what these are?  they seem to encompass a green plant or clump of grass.  very fine strands or lines of fragile purple, almost like a web.

Flowers should be sent

They share their dazzling beauty, divine fragrance, and unguarded tenderness....how about u!

meadow of wildflowers

                                      Ah! The zen of it all!

The Meadow - Poem by Robert Edgar Burns

In the meadow of the valley, 
Where wild flowers are roaming free.
There are multitudes of colors
And their backdrop forest greens.

.....

burning brush

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcTeoA5Fz88

have done 10 piles so far with several more to be done. start with cardboard, flares

Leonardo's Real Contribution - A factoid

De Vince is most remembered as one of the world's greatest artists, responsible for classics like the Mona Lisa, the Baptism of Christ, and the Last Supper.  But in reality, only 15 paintings exist that can be attributed to him, with another 3 or 4 contested pieces likely to have been his work. On the other hand, his sketches and notes from more than 30 autopsies cover thousands of pages from a time when human anatomy was one of sciences greatest mysteries. His diagrams and explanation of the heart were unrivaled until the 20th century.

tattoos for dogs

Really?

Hemakhinskaya Bayaderka festival

Traditional dance from Aberbijan

Makes one want to emigrate!

So why Friday the 13th?

• The pope slaughtered the Templar Knights on Friday the 13th;
• Witches meet in groups of 13 (a coven);
• Jesus was crucified on a Friday;
• Friday was the traditional hanging day in England;
• There were 13 people at the Last Supper;
• Judas, who betrayed Jesus, is thought to have been the 13th guest to sit down to the Last Supper;
• In Norse mythology, a dinner party of the gods was ruined by the 13th guest called Loki;
• Hindus believed that it was unlucky for 13 people to gather in one place;
• Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, 14th century, he says "and on a Friday fell all this mischance."
• Many negative biblical events took place on a Friday, including the ejection of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and the start of the Great Flood.

paper cut flowers

Jpr : made snow flakes with scissors as a kid but not the like of these!

wedding humor

Keep your eyes wide open before the wedding, half shut afterwards.
(Benjamin Franklin)

My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
(Rodney Dangerfield)

After his husband forgot the wedding anniversary, his wife tells him: 'You'd better have something in front of the house, tomorrow, which goes from 0 to 100 in 4 seconds.' The next day, she finds, on the road, a bathroom scale.

native american beauty

holy molely kimosabee

happy feet

jpr: Extensive analysis reveals the feet are definitely celtic.