Friday, June 30, 2006
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Pancake Meow
Last night, to a handful of SRF members, I confessed to an addiction and an obsession. They sympathised with my addiction but found the obsession a little hard to fathom. So here are the pretty pictures of the yummy looking jewely that I love to look at on a regular basis for minutes at a time.
Seriously, I can just sit and gaze at them. They look so lovely!
Seriously, I can just sit and gaze at them. They look so lovely!They are all necklace charms and as soon as summer comes around, I'm going to order me one of their cute, dessert scented asses for myself!
The SMH reports...
The scoop of NI's week was that Princess Mary is pregnant - something Woman's Day also tells us, so it must be true - and so is Nicole, hence the wedding, but rest easy, concerned folk - Jessica Simpson is just fat.
Speaking of lard, to the important "Is Reese a fatty?" debate. Woman's Day says she's hot, and NW tries to agree, but its heart really isn't in it. I think it thinks she's not hot. I can almost hear it singing: U-G-L-Y, she ain't got no alibi, she ugly, she ugly. NW put Witherspoon's "cruel" fat taunt in big red capitals on its cover, with an arrow to her bum and a helpful "She's only human!" One inside page says she's added "a few healthy kilos", while another says she's "Making a splash!" As we all know, only tubsters can do that...
Mostly at the gym where there is an endless supply of dog-eared pre-loved Whos, I confess to a bit of a flick through, just to catch up on the latest Paris scandal, smug TomKat shot, yummy SJP mummy sighting etc. Now, I have found that I enjoy reading the SMH commentary on gossip mags far more than the actual thing.
Speaking of lard, to the important "Is Reese a fatty?" debate. Woman's Day says she's hot, and NW tries to agree, but its heart really isn't in it. I think it thinks she's not hot. I can almost hear it singing: U-G-L-Y, she ain't got no alibi, she ugly, she ugly. NW put Witherspoon's "cruel" fat taunt in big red capitals on its cover, with an arrow to her bum and a helpful "She's only human!" One inside page says she's added "a few healthy kilos", while another says she's "Making a splash!" As we all know, only tubsters can do that...
Mostly at the gym where there is an endless supply of dog-eared pre-loved Whos, I confess to a bit of a flick through, just to catch up on the latest Paris scandal, smug TomKat shot, yummy SJP mummy sighting etc. Now, I have found that I enjoy reading the SMH commentary on gossip mags far more than the actual thing.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Shoesday- Saintly Soles
Shoe dedicates far and wide, did you know that there are saints for the masters’ of the shoe craft?
Crispin and Crispinian were once the Catholic patron saints of cobblers. Born to a noble Roman family in the 3rd Century AD, Saints Crispin and Crispinian, twin brothers, fled persecution for their faith, winding up in Soissons, where they preached Christianity to the Gauls and made shoes by night. Their success attracted the ire of Rictus Varus, the governor of Belgic Gaul, who had them tortured and beheaded c. 286. In the 6th Century, a church was built in their honor at Soissons.
These saints were removed from the liturgical calendar (but not declared to no longer be saints) during the Catholic Church's Vatican II reforms on the basis that there was insufficient evidence that Saints Crispin and Crispinian actually existed. Their role as shoemakers, their relationship as twins, and the timing of their holiday are suggestive of the possibility that they could have represented a local Celtic deity which had been made into a saint during a syncretist conversion.
The feast day of Saints Crispin and Crispinian is October 25. Hmm. That is suspiciously close to Gretta's birthday!
Monday, June 26, 2006
Monday wash up.
So we come to the end of yet another weekend and Monday brings with it all the promise, annoyance and structure of another week.
As I'm sure you are all aware, my time these days is taken up with alot of wedding preparations and this weekend was no different! We rounded up the bridal party (minus Jane) and headed into town to get the boys suited up for the big day! Not sure if the girl who helped us was on drugs or not, but after she measured up the boys and gave them the supposed right fitting suits, they came out and we had to rummage through the racks to find pieces that actually fit them! After we had sorted the sizes, we lined them up and gosh darn it...they were so dashing! They're in simple three piece suits with ties that match the girls dresses. Very smart!
This weekend we also sourced out a new night spot in Paddington (or Paddo for the groovy set) The Fringe Bar...dimly lit, great crystal chandeliers, hip crowd and old uni mates! Yes, we bumped in to Dominic and Cathy who have now returned to live in Sydney after 2.5 years in London (thanks for updating us John!)They are getting married in November in Coffs Harbour and are currently looking for a house to buy in Meadowbank or Hornsby areas. Hopefully they will take up our invite and come visit us at the pub one Thursday night!
Again, the weekend had loads of sport filling up our days (and nights). We staggered home on Saturday night to join Mattes in watching Germany V Sweden....all I can say is Sorry Jen, maybe in 2010? and last night England brought home a 1-0 victory to put them in the semis. All fingers crossed for tonight with the Aussies taking on Italy!
Till next Monday (or until something random happens that I want to share with you all).....
ps I just performed a spell check, and when it came across Paddington....it gave the reasonable and logical option of switching it to puddingstone. WTF????
As I'm sure you are all aware, my time these days is taken up with alot of wedding preparations and this weekend was no different! We rounded up the bridal party (minus Jane) and headed into town to get the boys suited up for the big day! Not sure if the girl who helped us was on drugs or not, but after she measured up the boys and gave them the supposed right fitting suits, they came out and we had to rummage through the racks to find pieces that actually fit them! After we had sorted the sizes, we lined them up and gosh darn it...they were so dashing! They're in simple three piece suits with ties that match the girls dresses. Very smart!
This weekend we also sourced out a new night spot in Paddington (or Paddo for the groovy set) The Fringe Bar...dimly lit, great crystal chandeliers, hip crowd and old uni mates! Yes, we bumped in to Dominic and Cathy who have now returned to live in Sydney after 2.5 years in London (thanks for updating us John!)They are getting married in November in Coffs Harbour and are currently looking for a house to buy in Meadowbank or Hornsby areas. Hopefully they will take up our invite and come visit us at the pub one Thursday night!
Again, the weekend had loads of sport filling up our days (and nights). We staggered home on Saturday night to join Mattes in watching Germany V Sweden....all I can say is Sorry Jen, maybe in 2010? and last night England brought home a 1-0 victory to put them in the semis. All fingers crossed for tonight with the Aussies taking on Italy!
Till next Monday (or until something random happens that I want to share with you all).....
ps I just performed a spell check, and when it came across Paddington....it gave the reasonable and logical option of switching it to puddingstone. WTF????
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Logo Research and Global Domination
Hello SRF Members and other people that are random enough to view our site.
So I would like to thank John for the first Logo submission. There is still plenty of time to enter so get those creative juices flowing
In my ongoing quest for the Logo brilliance I googled the esteemed professor who is named after our organisation.
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160125b.htm?hilite=roberts
I encourage all of you to read up on this fine fellow.
I hope this helps you all in the Logo competition.
Also I have have done some further research in our quest (I am liberal with the use of the word "our", I understand that this may be my own deluded quest for global domination).
The following websites are taken
www.srf.com - they make florine based chemicals
www.srf.com.au - The Seafarers Retirement Fund
www.srf.org - The Smith Robert foundation
However www.srf.org.au is available
Think about the possibilities this will offer and if we get the filter catergory right I will be able to view it at work!
That is all.
Nick
So I would like to thank John for the first Logo submission. There is still plenty of time to enter so get those creative juices flowing
In my ongoing quest for the Logo brilliance I googled the esteemed professor who is named after our organisation.
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160125b.htm?hilite=roberts
I encourage all of you to read up on this fine fellow.
I hope this helps you all in the Logo competition.
Also I have have done some further research in our quest (I am liberal with the use of the word "our", I understand that this may be my own deluded quest for global domination).
The following websites are taken
www.srf.com - they make florine based chemicals
www.srf.com.au - The Seafarers Retirement Fund
www.srf.org - The Smith Robert foundation
However www.srf.org.au is available
Think about the possibilities this will offer and if we get the filter catergory right I will be able to view it at work!
That is all.
Nick
Friday, June 23, 2006
Friday up me pick
Everything I ever wanted to tell Flit in one easy package. Thankyou internet, you saved my life!
As if I didn't insult you all enough, you can cop some high brow abuse here.
And on a World cup bent, someone had a little too much time on their hands.
GO YOU AUSSIES!!
As if I didn't insult you all enough, you can cop some high brow abuse here.
And on a World cup bent, someone had a little too much time on their hands.
GO YOU AUSSIES!!
The mystery beautician strikes again!!
The first time I got a call from the beautician to come and collect my free facial (about 6 weeks ago??) I was surprised, confused and quite excited! No one at the salon could help me with any information about who the mystery gift giver was, so we chalked it up to a lovely situation and got on with life.
That was...until yesterday....when another phone call came.
Monique (we're tight now) called and left me a Message saying that another surprise awaited me!! At first I was a little freaked out. A coincidence like this did not happen twice, I don't know who could be doing this, very confused and a little frightened that maybe I had a stalker..... after I spoke to Monique though I felt very reassured. She tells me she is sworn to secrecy, but she knows who it is. Apparently a friend I haven't seen for a while is getting me these lovely facials in the lead up to my wedding!
Needless to say, the last 24 hours have been spent racking my brain for who could it be! I have narrowed it down to a few people, but at the end of the day there is no way of knowing until they reveal themselves. I hope they do soon as I am dying from curiosity!!!!
Anyhoo...it is a fabulous gift, which I am totally enjoying, in fact, I'm off tomorrow morning for facial number two! Can't wait.
The mystery, however, continues.
That was...until yesterday....when another phone call came.
Monique (we're tight now) called and left me a Message saying that another surprise awaited me!! At first I was a little freaked out. A coincidence like this did not happen twice, I don't know who could be doing this, very confused and a little frightened that maybe I had a stalker..... after I spoke to Monique though I felt very reassured. She tells me she is sworn to secrecy, but she knows who it is. Apparently a friend I haven't seen for a while is getting me these lovely facials in the lead up to my wedding!
Needless to say, the last 24 hours have been spent racking my brain for who could it be! I have narrowed it down to a few people, but at the end of the day there is no way of knowing until they reveal themselves. I hope they do soon as I am dying from curiosity!!!!
Anyhoo...it is a fabulous gift, which I am totally enjoying, in fact, I'm off tomorrow morning for facial number two! Can't wait.
The mystery, however, continues.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
NAB Rant
Ok I gotta calm down so I'm going to rant on for a bit to reduce my stress levels.
The Quest: to find out NAB Newtown's Phone number to talk to our leading manager.
After the circle of automatic phone menus with none of the option's I wanted I got to an operator
'Hi, I'd like the phone number of the Newtown Branch to talk to the leading manager.'
'Sure, I just have to get some information off you. Do you have an account with us?'
'Yes a credit card.'
'Can I get the account number of that?'
'I don't have it on me, i just wanted a phone number.'
'Can I get your name then'
'Sure John XXXXXXXXX'
Then date of birth....address... phone number...
'Do you have phone banking?'
'no, do you really need all this just to get a phone number'
'Yes sir we can't pass on unverified calls'
'I can walk off the street into the branch and ask a question without all this, I'm not after any account details just the phone number.'
'Sorry sir, Do you have phone banking?'
'No'
'Do you have any regular ammounts comming off the card?'
'Yes we pay our bills from it.'
'Can you tell us the details of one of them?'
'Yes we pay our phone, gas and electricity from them'
'And what ammounts would they be for?'
'We'll the gas is about $150 a quatre and the phone is about the same.'
'Do you know any of the exact ammounts?'
'We'll they're bill's it changes from quatre to quatre, we don't pay exactly the same each month.'
'So you don't know the exact ammounts that get take off monthly?'
'$150'
'Hmmm. I noticed there is an aditional card holder can you give me any of those details.'
'-grumble- Sure, Shari YYYYYYYYY'
Then date of birth....address... phone number...
'How about the last payment? Do you know what the last unstatmented charge on the card is?'
'unstatmented?'
'Yes one that hasn't shown up on a statment yet.'
'Oh, Yes it was at IGA for about 20-30 at the begining of the week.'
'Do you know which day?'
'I think it was for Tuesday night'
'Do you know what the ammount was for?'
'Umm... it was about 20 to 30 dollars for groceries'
'Do you know the exact ammount'
'I can't remember, it was somewhere in the twenties, it was just some food and I didn't pay too much attention.'
'I need to get it with a certain range, have a guess at it'
'$25'
'Hmmmm, sorry not close enough.'
'I just wanted the phone number for the branch this is crazy.'
'Hmmmm.'
'Do want my mother's maiden name? What else can I give you? It's not even reguarding the credit card.'
'Hmmm... I'll just talk to my manager to see if I can pass on an unverified call'
....two minutes on hold...
click
some silence -very polite... f'ers-
click
'Hello NAB Newtown Branch. Vicki speaking'
'Yes Vicki, could I get your direct number?
'Sure 8594 8432'
.......
F)(*#&%$ (*& *(&#)(*^ !#{'ers
So that's it 15 minutes for one f'n phone number. And now, normally you'd have to give up your first born but you all know it 8594 8432, I had to practically give a blood sample to get it but you can all have it for free... 8594 8432.
f'ers.
The Quest: to find out NAB Newtown's Phone number to talk to our leading manager.
After the circle of automatic phone menus with none of the option's I wanted I got to an operator
'Hi, I'd like the phone number of the Newtown Branch to talk to the leading manager.'
'Sure, I just have to get some information off you. Do you have an account with us?'
'Yes a credit card.'
'Can I get the account number of that?'
'I don't have it on me, i just wanted a phone number.'
'Can I get your name then'
'Sure John XXXXXXXXX'
Then date of birth....address... phone number...
'Do you have phone banking?'
'no, do you really need all this just to get a phone number'
'Yes sir we can't pass on unverified calls'
'I can walk off the street into the branch and ask a question without all this, I'm not after any account details just the phone number.'
'Sorry sir, Do you have phone banking?'
'No'
'Do you have any regular ammounts comming off the card?'
'Yes we pay our bills from it.'
'Can you tell us the details of one of them?'
'Yes we pay our phone, gas and electricity from them'
'And what ammounts would they be for?'
'We'll the gas is about $150 a quatre and the phone is about the same.'
'Do you know any of the exact ammounts?'
'We'll they're bill's it changes from quatre to quatre, we don't pay exactly the same each month.'
'So you don't know the exact ammounts that get take off monthly?'
'$150'
'Hmmm. I noticed there is an aditional card holder can you give me any of those details.'
'-grumble- Sure, Shari YYYYYYYYY'
Then date of birth....address... phone number...
'How about the last payment? Do you know what the last unstatmented charge on the card is?'
'unstatmented?'
'Yes one that hasn't shown up on a statment yet.'
'Oh, Yes it was at IGA for about 20-30 at the begining of the week.'
'Do you know which day?'
'I think it was for Tuesday night'
'Do you know what the ammount was for?'
'Umm... it was about 20 to 30 dollars for groceries'
'Do you know the exact ammount'
'I can't remember, it was somewhere in the twenties, it was just some food and I didn't pay too much attention.'
'I need to get it with a certain range, have a guess at it'
'$25'
'Hmmmm, sorry not close enough.'
'I just wanted the phone number for the branch this is crazy.'
'Hmmmm.'
'Do want my mother's maiden name? What else can I give you? It's not even reguarding the credit card.'
'Hmmm... I'll just talk to my manager to see if I can pass on an unverified call'
....two minutes on hold...
click
some silence -very polite... f'ers-
click
'Hello NAB Newtown Branch. Vicki speaking'
'Yes Vicki, could I get your direct number?
'Sure 8594 8432'
.......
F)(*#&%$ (*& *(&#)(*^ !#{'ers
So that's it 15 minutes for one f'n phone number. And now, normally you'd have to give up your first born but you all know it 8594 8432, I had to practically give a blood sample to get it but you can all have it for free... 8594 8432.
f'ers.
The biggest shirt EVER!
The other day, Mattes got up, found a shirt and put it on to wear to work. That evening he came home and took off his jumper to reveal the largest shirt known to man!
Here is Bronwen modelling said shirt...
Now I know what you're all thinking...Bron is pretty small so any man's shirt will look huge! Yes? We decided to test this theory by putting both of them in the shirt...
The result...massive shirt and very loud roars of laughter!
Here is Bronwen modelling said shirt...
Now I know what you're all thinking...Bron is pretty small so any man's shirt will look huge! Yes? We decided to test this theory by putting both of them in the shirt...
The result...massive shirt and very loud roars of laughter!
Utes are Beaute
Rather than depress and confuse you with an overly nerdy post about Physicists Watching Individual Electrons Flow, I got my arse in gear and look a photo of my new car...
Pretty eh... The daily rate is a case of beer and a pizza - except for Flit who just has to swap cars for the day ;)
Oh and everyone cross you fingers... we should hear back about our potential new house today.
The balloon family are in bed, during the night there's a thunder storm and the baby balloon is scared so he goes to his parents room and tries to squeeze in their bed.
It's tiny so he lets some air out of his dad but still can't get in so he lets some air out of his mum but he still can't get in.
Desperate needs, he lets a lot of air out of himself and then fits in.
In the morning his dad is furious.
He says "Son you've let me down, you've let your Mum down, but most of all you've let yourself down".
and I could resit adding this one too..
What does Speedy Gonzalez use as carpet? Underlay underlay.
I had these left over....
The band on saturday
Catching matt making out with his arm for practice in the drak (aka pub during the blackout).
Pretty eh... The daily rate is a case of beer and a pizza - except for Flit who just has to swap cars for the day ;)
Oh and everyone cross you fingers... we should hear back about our potential new house today.
And the Dad Joke.... In truely dad fasshion
The balloon family are in bed, during the night there's a thunder storm and the baby balloon is scared so he goes to his parents room and tries to squeeze in their bed.
It's tiny so he lets some air out of his dad but still can't get in so he lets some air out of his mum but he still can't get in.
Desperate needs, he lets a lot of air out of himself and then fits in.
In the morning his dad is furious.
He says "Son you've let me down, you've let your Mum down, but most of all you've let yourself down".
and I could resit adding this one too..
What does Speedy Gonzalez use as carpet? Underlay underlay.
Some random Pics
I had these left over....
The band on saturday
Catching matt making out with his arm for practice in the drak (aka pub during the blackout).
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Love advice from 14-15 year olds
During a lesson with the year 9's today, a girl broke the silence and asked "do you have a boyfriend miss?" to which i replied "no, not at the moment".
This question was followed by: "so, who do you have a crush on at the moment" and i just giggled, since now all the girls were intrigued to know about my love life.
The student insisted that it was a friends brother (dont know where she got that idea from) and guaranteed me that she had a 100% success rate with setting people up, if i needed some help. Then girls were commenting: "you know miss, guy's liked to be asked out by girls and were trying to encourage me to ask this guy out."
They even suggested that on the last day of school we play truth or dare, where i can only choose truth, so that they can find out the goss. (yeah, sure girls!)
They were all sure of what i should do and were prepared to give me their love advice. All this discussion even though i never said that there was a secret crush.
This question was followed by: "so, who do you have a crush on at the moment" and i just giggled, since now all the girls were intrigued to know about my love life.
The student insisted that it was a friends brother (dont know where she got that idea from) and guaranteed me that she had a 100% success rate with setting people up, if i needed some help. Then girls were commenting: "you know miss, guy's liked to be asked out by girls and were trying to encourage me to ask this guy out."
They even suggested that on the last day of school we play truth or dare, where i can only choose truth, so that they can find out the goss. (yeah, sure girls!)
They were all sure of what i should do and were prepared to give me their love advice. All this discussion even though i never said that there was a secret crush.
Milsons
I've been meaning to review this restaurant for some time now, but was only reminded of its charms after we ate there (yet again) on Friday night for Flit's birthday.
Located just down the hill from Milsons Point station in Kirribilli village, is this wonderfully understated restaurant. From outside it looks alittle like a convict settlers hut, but the second the door opens you know you've stepped into class. Flit an I have eaten here on quite a few occasions now and have never been let down. The service is always helpful, polite and not overbearing, the food is fabulous (try the duck...Whichever way it is done it will be good) and definitely go the cheese platter at the end (new cheeses constantly and always something abit different).
The great thing about this place is that you will always fit in. It's not too flashy or sophisticated to make you feel unworthy, but it is very elegant and makes you feel special.
Anyway, if you want a nice place for dinner for a special occasion, then by all means give this place a go.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Shoesday - Golden slippers and magical fish
Throughout human history, one woman has done more to promote the glorious shoe than any other. For centuries, children around the globe have heard her story and grown up often forgetting the great blessing that comes from a perfectly fitted, custom made party shoe.What they don’t know is that cinderalla was Chinese. She went by the name of Yeh-shen and her story was first recorded by Tuan Ch'eng-shih in the middle of the ninth century A.D. Back then, her slippers were gold and her guardian was a magical fish. All the same, she marries the prince in the end and escapes persecution at the hands of her step-family, thanks to the beautiful shoes that caused her to be recognized for her true worth.
A little later another written version of the story comes from Charles Perrault in his Contes de ma Mere L'Oye in 1697. From this version, we received the fairy godmother, the pumpkin carriage, the animal servants, and the famed glass slippers. Of course, glass shoes are a completely ridiculous figment of colourful fiction as any serious shoe fan will hypothesize and Perrault's version has a more humane ending than many versions of the tale with Cinderella finding husbands for her sisters. The sisters are rightly left poor, blind, maimed, or even dead in many versions of the tale.
The Grimm Brothers' version, known as Aschenputtel, or Ash Girl, does not have a fairy godmother. The heroine plants a tree on her mother's grave from which all of the magical help appears in the form of a white dove and gifts. At the end, the stepsisters' eyes are pecked by birds from the tree to punish them for their cruelty.
In modern times, the adventures of Yeh-shen has inspired countless picture books, musicals, novels, and dreams of little girls and girlie boys. Versions of the tale have been collected and printed from Vietnam, Italy, Egypt and the Algonquin Indians, to name a few. Hail to the shoe!
Monday, June 19, 2006
Monday wash up
So! Today I feel somewhat under qualified to wrap up the weekend, seeing as I missed most of the only SRF event that occurred during it. Of course I'm talking about the warming of the house of the splinter group of the house of Nugget! Try saying that after a few beers!!
By all accounts it was a good night, and I hear the band played well. I also hear that Gabby gave her vocal chords a workout! I turned up at about midnight, and only stayed for 40 minutes, long enough to interact with the remaining sloshed party guests, do my part in the warming, get totally smoked out by Peter tending the fire, had a tour of the new residence and collected the house of Chicken attendees and take them home! That's alot for 40 minutes...I reckon if I extrapolate my time there vs the amount of activity I participated in, we can safely say I was the life of the party!
Earlier on Saturday I went along on a shopping expedition with Lady for various garments to do with weddings....all I can say is that we all went home confident we were much closer to the end product.
So I guess I will finish up with a short wrap up of the weekend sport. (My life seems to revolve around it at the moment) Ghana was the surprise victors with a 2-0 win over the Czech republic, sad news for Italy with an own goal causing a 1-1 draw with the USA, great news for the Aussies with a 0-0 draw between Japan and Croatia (we may still make it to the final 16!) and our heroic, but unsuccessful 2-0 loss to Brazil. Of course I could go on, but not sure how many of you would be fired for falling asleep at your desks.
By all accounts it was a good night, and I hear the band played well. I also hear that Gabby gave her vocal chords a workout! I turned up at about midnight, and only stayed for 40 minutes, long enough to interact with the remaining sloshed party guests, do my part in the warming, get totally smoked out by Peter tending the fire, had a tour of the new residence and collected the house of Chicken attendees and take them home! That's alot for 40 minutes...I reckon if I extrapolate my time there vs the amount of activity I participated in, we can safely say I was the life of the party!
Earlier on Saturday I went along on a shopping expedition with Lady for various garments to do with weddings....all I can say is that we all went home confident we were much closer to the end product.
So I guess I will finish up with a short wrap up of the weekend sport. (My life seems to revolve around it at the moment) Ghana was the surprise victors with a 2-0 win over the Czech republic, sad news for Italy with an own goal causing a 1-1 draw with the USA, great news for the Aussies with a 0-0 draw between Japan and Croatia (we may still make it to the final 16!) and our heroic, but unsuccessful 2-0 loss to Brazil. Of course I could go on, but not sure how many of you would be fired for falling asleep at your desks.
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Logo
So it is time for my Biannual Blog
I believe my last entry may have been on Potato Salad but I am willing to move on......
I am laying out the challange for a SRF logo. I like the professional title on our Blog but think how all our lives will be enriched buy a Logo....
What would Maccas be with out its golden arches, Comm Bank without the Sao dipped in vegiemite, Coca Cola with out the Dynamic Ribbon Device, Channel 9 with out the Balls? Nothing!
All submissions need to be submittedto the Judging Panel by a yet to be specified date.
That is all
Nick
I believe my last entry may have been on Potato Salad but I am willing to move on......
I am laying out the challange for a SRF logo. I like the professional title on our Blog but think how all our lives will be enriched buy a Logo....
What would Maccas be with out its golden arches, Comm Bank without the Sao dipped in vegiemite, Coca Cola with out the Dynamic Ribbon Device, Channel 9 with out the Balls? Nothing!
All submissions need to be submittedto the Judging Panel by a yet to be specified date.
That is all
Nick
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX!
Have a ripper of a day!
(Sorry, it's the only picture I could come up with at short notice!)
Friday, June 16, 2006
Burning the Floor
Wednesday nights are now dancing nights!
G'Nick and I headed into the city to start our long journey to become fluid dancers. And yes, it will be long!
We started this week with the Samba, G'Nick and I now know the basics to this dance, as well as a tricky box step! G'Nick is improving on his leading and I am improving at letting him lead.
Our instructor, Rohan, is very patient and our fellow dancers seem quite lovely (if a little more uncoordinated than us). It's hot work learning to dance! But loads of fun. Just wait till we bust our moves on a dancefloor near you!
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Spread the love
It came to my attention today that there are millions of bloggers out there, blogging away with no one to love them. These people are not lucky enough to have lovely friends like us to comment on their posts about latest handicrafts, nerdy interest sites, facts, figures, sporting results.
So I thought it might be nice spread the love a little and feature one of these lonely blogs each week and just for that one day, have everyone visit the recent post and leave a comment. What do you think? Could you come up with a comment each week for some random hopeful out there? Imagine how nice it would be to suddenly find a whole treasure trove of comments on one of your very own lonely posts. How lovely we would be!
This would need to be a team effort as one or two bedraggled comments are no substitute for global love so let me know if you're in! (Comment)
We wouldn't even be 'flogging' (commenting on other blogs to draw attention to our own to get others to comment on ours) as our blog does not take comments from non SRF members. Utterly selfless.
So I thought it might be nice spread the love a little and feature one of these lonely blogs each week and just for that one day, have everyone visit the recent post and leave a comment. What do you think? Could you come up with a comment each week for some random hopeful out there? Imagine how nice it would be to suddenly find a whole treasure trove of comments on one of your very own lonely posts. How lovely we would be!
This would need to be a team effort as one or two bedraggled comments are no substitute for global love so let me know if you're in! (Comment)
We wouldn't even be 'flogging' (commenting on other blogs to draw attention to our own to get others to comment on ours) as our blog does not take comments from non SRF members. Utterly selfless.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Vegetable people
Unfortunately, there hasnt been any explosions in the science lab or scary spiders on the play ground this week for me to report. However, yr 10 made some vegetable people as part of the genetics course. They are quite cute.
The girls randomly choose the genes for the vegetable people's characteristics, and had to show their phenotype. It was a fun activity for period 6 on a friday.
The girls randomly choose the genes for the vegetable people's characteristics, and had to show their phenotype. It was a fun activity for period 6 on a friday.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
This Sporting Life
Well as Margie has so kindly alluded to in her post, this long weekend was a bumper one for sports fans. It all started Friday night with the opening ceremony and opening game of the Football World Cup in Germany. This is the biggest sporting event in the world and the Germans put on a thankfully short and to the point ceremony before getting into the football (yes I am calling it football so you 'Everyone else calls it football' evangelists won't bother me).
The Germans couldn't have asked for a better start to the Cup as they conquered Costa Rico in a 4-2 goal-a-thon. Then on Saturday there was the swans game that left me and others a little moist, and eventhough Sydney lost, they came quite close and nearly made up for 3 poor quarters with one good one. Later on in the evening England beat Paraguay 1-0 in a relativly poor match decided by an own goal.
Sunday brought the Rugby international that Australian Rugby fans have been anticipating since the very dissappointing tour of England last year. That tour resulted in the coach being summarily sacked and replaced. That tour also saw the Australian scrum decimated by a traditionally very strong English pack, and all eyes on Sunday were watching to see if it would happen again. It didn't, and although the game wasn't the most beautiful flowing affair, the result was satisfying, Australia thrashing the Poms 34-3. My favourite moment was seeing 130kg prop and debutante Rodney Blake (below) pushing his large frame over the line (and through a pom) for a try.
And on to Monday, the most important night of the sporting weekend, when Australia would appear the World Cup Finals for the first time since 1974. There was much apprehension among fans and observers as the Australians faced Japan, the Asian Champions in the first Group E match of the tournament and I was among them. The Australians had not previously scored a single solitary goal in a World Cup Finals and were looking for a draw at least against a team who many saw as the weakest opponent in the group.
Well Japan scored first and it was a shocker. Two Japanese attackers were seen to obviously obstruct the Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer while the strike from Nakamura sailed into the goal. This was a blatantly illegal goal, but the Egyptian Referee saw it differently and awarded the goal in the 25th minute. Australian players and fans were deflated but not defeated as there was plenty of time for an equaliser or - hope of hopes - victory.
As time ticked by the Australian attackers were repelled time and time again by the scrambling Japanese defence. Less than ten minutes to go and... GOAL!!!! Sweet releif as replacement Striker Tim Cahil managed to find passage between Australian and Japanese bodies for an equaliser. At least we had a draw and one precious competition point. But then, it happened again! Tim Cahill finds the back of the net once more and Australia are in front! At this point the Australians in the crowd are going beserk and so was I, silently air punching alone in the living room. And then one more cherry on the icing on the cake, as Aloisi, the hero of Sydney, makes a devestating run into the box and slots home a brilliant goal. I couldn't help yelling at this point (sorry Bron and Matt) as the Aussies put the final nail in Japan's coffin and acheived the best result of any Australian football team ever in a World Cup.
Bring on Brazil!
The Germans couldn't have asked for a better start to the Cup as they conquered Costa Rico in a 4-2 goal-a-thon. Then on Saturday there was the swans game that left me and others a little moist, and eventhough Sydney lost, they came quite close and nearly made up for 3 poor quarters with one good one. Later on in the evening England beat Paraguay 1-0 in a relativly poor match decided by an own goal.
Sunday brought the Rugby international that Australian Rugby fans have been anticipating since the very dissappointing tour of England last year. That tour resulted in the coach being summarily sacked and replaced. That tour also saw the Australian scrum decimated by a traditionally very strong English pack, and all eyes on Sunday were watching to see if it would happen again. It didn't, and although the game wasn't the most beautiful flowing affair, the result was satisfying, Australia thrashing the Poms 34-3. My favourite moment was seeing 130kg prop and debutante Rodney Blake (below) pushing his large frame over the line (and through a pom) for a try.
And on to Monday, the most important night of the sporting weekend, when Australia would appear the World Cup Finals for the first time since 1974. There was much apprehension among fans and observers as the Australians faced Japan, the Asian Champions in the first Group E match of the tournament and I was among them. The Australians had not previously scored a single solitary goal in a World Cup Finals and were looking for a draw at least against a team who many saw as the weakest opponent in the group.
Well Japan scored first and it was a shocker. Two Japanese attackers were seen to obviously obstruct the Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer while the strike from Nakamura sailed into the goal. This was a blatantly illegal goal, but the Egyptian Referee saw it differently and awarded the goal in the 25th minute. Australian players and fans were deflated but not defeated as there was plenty of time for an equaliser or - hope of hopes - victory.
As time ticked by the Australian attackers were repelled time and time again by the scrambling Japanese defence. Less than ten minutes to go and... GOAL!!!! Sweet releif as replacement Striker Tim Cahil managed to find passage between Australian and Japanese bodies for an equaliser. At least we had a draw and one precious competition point. But then, it happened again! Tim Cahill finds the back of the net once more and Australia are in front! At this point the Australians in the crowd are going beserk and so was I, silently air punching alone in the living room. And then one more cherry on the icing on the cake, as Aloisi, the hero of Sydney, makes a devestating run into the box and slots home a brilliant goal. I couldn't help yelling at this point (sorry Bron and Matt) as the Aussies put the final nail in Japan's coffin and acheived the best result of any Australian football team ever in a World Cup.
Bring on Brazil!
And she finishes number two!
So this is my latest cross stitch work of art. It measures 20cm X 25cm and is destined to hang on the wall of my beautiful little nephew Xavier's room.
Pity about the flash reflection.
Monday takes a holiday
Seeing as Monday was a public holiday (Queen's Birthday...good ole queenie!) the Monday weekend round up decided to take a holiday too. I guess better late than never?
What a wet and cold one we had! Winter is definately here with a vengence!
Friday night was a cold quiet one...we stayed in with Broken Flowers and salt free burritos....I suggest you never try them, the burritos, not the movie.
Saturday came and brought more rain and a trip to the SCG to see the Mighty Swans play St Kilda
.....what a drenching! It poured and poured and poured.
Half time came and went and so did we...the rain and cold became too much, and the call of the pub won out! Pity the Swans didn't follow suit, they finished the game 2 points down. No wonder with fans like this...
Did the night of sport finish there? NO WAY! onwards to the Anzac Club in Cammeray to watch EN-GER-LUND EN-GER-LUND EN-GER-LUND play Paraguay with a 1-0 finish England's way. Not the greatest of matches, but Flit was happy with the 3 points it scored his team.
Sunday was family day for us, and off to Mum's to celebrate all the June birthdays in the family. I pity the fool who thought the weekend of sport was over though!
Back home to watch the Wallabies play england...ho hum!
Monday finally brought sun! what a relief. No work! woohoo...I'm sure you all shared my enthusiasm...except maybe for Bron who had to work...yuk! A lovely day shopping and sleeping.....and yes, you guessed it, more sport! 10.30pm and the Socceroos kicked off a very tense game with Japan....Glorious victory for the Aussies, but many a sleepy head this morning back at work.
For sport lovers (ie most boys) this weekend was a blast...for the rest of us, we sure earned brownie points for sitting through all those games and will collect with many a shoe shopping trip with humble and patient boyfriend in tow!
What a wet and cold one we had! Winter is definately here with a vengence!
Friday night was a cold quiet one...we stayed in with Broken Flowers and salt free burritos....I suggest you never try them, the burritos, not the movie.
Saturday came and brought more rain and a trip to the SCG to see the Mighty Swans play St Kilda
.....what a drenching! It poured and poured and poured.
Half time came and went and so did we...the rain and cold became too much, and the call of the pub won out! Pity the Swans didn't follow suit, they finished the game 2 points down. No wonder with fans like this...
Did the night of sport finish there? NO WAY! onwards to the Anzac Club in Cammeray to watch EN-GER-LUND EN-GER-LUND EN-GER-LUND play Paraguay with a 1-0 finish England's way. Not the greatest of matches, but Flit was happy with the 3 points it scored his team.
Sunday was family day for us, and off to Mum's to celebrate all the June birthdays in the family. I pity the fool who thought the weekend of sport was over though!
Back home to watch the Wallabies play england...ho hum!
Monday finally brought sun! what a relief. No work! woohoo...I'm sure you all shared my enthusiasm...except maybe for Bron who had to work...yuk! A lovely day shopping and sleeping.....and yes, you guessed it, more sport! 10.30pm and the Socceroos kicked off a very tense game with Japan....Glorious victory for the Aussies, but many a sleepy head this morning back at work.
For sport lovers (ie most boys) this weekend was a blast...for the rest of us, we sure earned brownie points for sitting through all those games and will collect with many a shoe shopping trip with humble and patient boyfriend in tow!
Shoesday- Given the boot
I have an exam tonight, for which I will be leaving work early. For this reason, I am cramming my professional day into the next few hours and using my corporate kick-arse Betsies to boot Shoesday to the curb! Better luck next week.
Monday, June 12, 2006
SRF Event
What: House of Nugget Splinter House Housewarming
When: Saturday 17th June
Time: From 7.30pm
Where: The House of Nugget Splinter House
Details: BYOG - nibbles and possibly a sausage sizzle will be provided. Tom is also apparently organising a band to play.
(You are lucky that your resident evil blog administrator is not sulky or easily offended!)
Friday, June 09, 2006
Small Request
Hello from your friendly evil blog administrator!
Just a little favour to ask for the sake of some tidiness.
When posting pictures, could you make sure that if the picture is wider than the blog text area you select 'medium' so it fits in nicely and doesn't send all our lovely side bar links to the bottom of the class!
Thank you
Sarah
Evil Blog Administrator
Just a little favour to ask for the sake of some tidiness.
When posting pictures, could you make sure that if the picture is wider than the blog text area you select 'medium' so it fits in nicely and doesn't send all our lovely side bar links to the bottom of the class!
Thank you
Sarah
Evil Blog Administrator
Wedding Singer.
Ok most of you don't care but it came up at the pub last night and I remembered to look it up...
The Wedding Singer. Billy Idol .... Himself
The Wedding Singer. Billy Idol .... Himself
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Thursday Obligation :(
A bit busy today so it going to be a short one....
The nerdy bit: I added (or got Sarah to add) a little stats bar down the bottom on the list. What makes it even nerdier is it is driven by my wonderful PHP skillz. What does that mean? I can make it do anything funky that you like... So if you have any requests, like last five visitors, or any more funky stats let me know. Oh and you'll notice that sometimes it knows the person and where they are, which is a bit of guess work on my part. If you press refresh a few times and it comes up as unknown send me the IP address that comes out after the unknown bit and where you are and I'll add it to the list. Or if you can't be bothered doing that just leave a comment, and I can figure out who's who.
The Joke
The Kiwi & his Testicles
Wiremu, a New Zealander, was in Australia to watch the upcoming Rugby World Cup and was not feeling well, so he decided to see a doctor.
"Hey doc, I dun't feel so good, ey" said Wiremu.
The doctor gave him a thorough examination and informed Wiremu that he had long existing and advanced prostate problems and that the only cure was testicular removal.
"No way doc" replied Wiremu "I'm gitting a sicond opinion ey!"
The second Aussie doctor gave Wiremu the same diagnosis And also advised him that testicular removal was the only cure. Not surprisingly, Wiremu refused the treatment.
Wiremu was devastated, but with the Rugby World Cup just around the corner he found an expat Kiwi doctor and decided to get one last opinion from someone he could trust.
The Kiwi doctor examined him and said: "Wiremu Cuzzy Bro, You huv prostate suckness ey"
"What's the cure thin doc ?" asked Wiremu hoping for a different answer.
"Wull, Wiremu", said the Kiwi doctor "Wi're gonna huv to Cut off your balls."
"Phew, thunk god for thut!" said Wiremu, "those Aussie bastards wanted to take my test tickets off me!"
The nerdy bit: I added (or got Sarah to add) a little stats bar down the bottom on the list. What makes it even nerdier is it is driven by my wonderful PHP skillz. What does that mean? I can make it do anything funky that you like... So if you have any requests, like last five visitors, or any more funky stats let me know. Oh and you'll notice that sometimes it knows the person and where they are, which is a bit of guess work on my part. If you press refresh a few times and it comes up as unknown send me the IP address that comes out after the unknown bit and where you are and I'll add it to the list. Or if you can't be bothered doing that just leave a comment, and I can figure out who's who.
The Joke
The Kiwi & his Testicles
Wiremu, a New Zealander, was in Australia to watch the upcoming Rugby World Cup and was not feeling well, so he decided to see a doctor.
"Hey doc, I dun't feel so good, ey" said Wiremu.
The doctor gave him a thorough examination and informed Wiremu that he had long existing and advanced prostate problems and that the only cure was testicular removal.
"No way doc" replied Wiremu "I'm gitting a sicond opinion ey!"
The second Aussie doctor gave Wiremu the same diagnosis And also advised him that testicular removal was the only cure. Not surprisingly, Wiremu refused the treatment.
Wiremu was devastated, but with the Rugby World Cup just around the corner he found an expat Kiwi doctor and decided to get one last opinion from someone he could trust.
The Kiwi doctor examined him and said: "Wiremu Cuzzy Bro, You huv prostate suckness ey"
"What's the cure thin doc ?" asked Wiremu hoping for a different answer.
"Wull, Wiremu", said the Kiwi doctor "Wi're gonna huv to Cut off your balls."
"Phew, thunk god for thut!" said Wiremu, "those Aussie bastards wanted to take my test tickets off me!"
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Teacher caught screaming!
There is not much to report for this week since the girls have been in exams.
On Monday, at lunch time the girls were starting to relax and unwind from the stress of exams. I was on playground duty and chatting to some of the girls, when a yr 9 girl decided to scare me with a HUGE spider she had caught. It was massive, and i screamed..... i didnt realise it was dead. They all thought it was funny until the girl with the spider tried to scare them too. There were girls screaming every where. Even now when i think of the expressions on the girls faces, it cracks me up. They were so so scared.
A year 8 girl (very cute and quiet) last week was asking me if i was gonig on the camp next term and she threatened to put spiders in my tent (as a joke). she was screaming the most, she was absolutely terrified by this spider. so i suggested that i will get her to check my tent on the camp....she wasnt impressed.
On Monday, at lunch time the girls were starting to relax and unwind from the stress of exams. I was on playground duty and chatting to some of the girls, when a yr 9 girl decided to scare me with a HUGE spider she had caught. It was massive, and i screamed..... i didnt realise it was dead. They all thought it was funny until the girl with the spider tried to scare them too. There were girls screaming every where. Even now when i think of the expressions on the girls faces, it cracks me up. They were so so scared.
A year 8 girl (very cute and quiet) last week was asking me if i was gonig on the camp next term and she threatened to put spiders in my tent (as a joke). she was screaming the most, she was absolutely terrified by this spider. so i suggested that i will get her to check my tent on the camp....she wasnt impressed.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Nikepod (??) - Shoesday by Proxy
Nike and Apple Computer have teamed up to try to become a runner's best friend.
The two companies announced on Tuesday they are jointly developing a wireless system so some Nike shoes embedded with a sensor can communicate with Apple's iPod Nano music player to track a runner's performance and help choreograph songs to the moment.
The Nike+iPod Sport Kit, which will be available in two months at $US29, has already won an endorsement from Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong (isn't he a cyclist?)
The co-branded kit comes with a sensor that fits inside compatible Nike footwear - sold separately (yes the bastards still make you buy the shoes!) - and a wireless receiver that attaches to the iPod. Data on running time, distance, pace and calories burned would be stored on the iPod, which could then display the information on-screen or deliver it audibly through headphones (I wonder if it puffs from exertion too?). After the workout, the data also could be automatically sent to a personal runner's log at the new nikeplus.com website whenever the music player is synchronised to Apple's iTunes program. The iPod will also incorporate a new "Power Song" feature, so a user can instantly queue up a piece of music for extra motivation at the push of a button. I think this is my favourite feature, imagine doing your 45 minute run and then when you round the corner for the last stretch home "click" and the theme from Chariots of Fire starts blaring out! How cool would that be? The $US100 Nike+ Air Zoom Moire shoe will be the first footwear designed to talk to the iPod, and more are planned.... hopefully something that looks better than this...
The Nike+iPod Sport Kit will be available in a few months here for about $49, RUN out and get one...boom boom!
The two companies announced on Tuesday they are jointly developing a wireless system so some Nike shoes embedded with a sensor can communicate with Apple's iPod Nano music player to track a runner's performance and help choreograph songs to the moment.
The Nike+iPod Sport Kit, which will be available in two months at $US29, has already won an endorsement from Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong (isn't he a cyclist?)
The co-branded kit comes with a sensor that fits inside compatible Nike footwear - sold separately (yes the bastards still make you buy the shoes!) - and a wireless receiver that attaches to the iPod. Data on running time, distance, pace and calories burned would be stored on the iPod, which could then display the information on-screen or deliver it audibly through headphones (I wonder if it puffs from exertion too?). After the workout, the data also could be automatically sent to a personal runner's log at the new nikeplus.com website whenever the music player is synchronised to Apple's iTunes program. The iPod will also incorporate a new "Power Song" feature, so a user can instantly queue up a piece of music for extra motivation at the push of a button. I think this is my favourite feature, imagine doing your 45 minute run and then when you round the corner for the last stretch home "click" and the theme from Chariots of Fire starts blaring out! How cool would that be? The $US100 Nike+ Air Zoom Moire shoe will be the first footwear designed to talk to the iPod, and more are planned.... hopefully something that looks better than this...
The Nike+iPod Sport Kit will be available in a few months here for about $49, RUN out and get one...boom boom!
Monday, June 05, 2006
Poor little broken!
Since I have the dubious honour of doing a weekend round up each Monday, and since there was not a lot of SRF activity this weekend I thought I'd just chat and give you a round up of MY weekend!
Firstly my phone BROKE!! Arggghhhh....how can one manage in this technologically advanced age with out their trusty little telecommunications device glued to their ear? I for one struggled. Luckily I can check my voicemails from landlines, but unluckily there are no landlines in my car or when I'm out shopping. Today I was able to pick up a new battery (the suspected problem) but alas to no avail the little blue one still would not ring! Perhaps tomorrow Louise (the grumpiest phone clerk alive) may have another solution. I was not happy when Bron told me she lost all her numbers when her phone died....that phone has my life programmed into it! All cross your fingers that it survives this episode.
Saturday (bloody freezing) brought with it a fond farewell of friends. A couple we have been friends with for a while now (met through Flit) are heading off to start a new life in Perth! A great adventure for them and their kids, but sad for the rest of us who will miss them dearly. That was just for the afternoon, and the evening brought a reunion of sorts with a few old school mates. Obviously Mattes will be the expert on reunions after his big weekend in Bathurst (has it been 10 years out of school already??!!)
Sunday we found ourselves rugged up to brave the cold (again) and headed out in search of Wedding invitations (only 3 months to go!) Being as smart as I am, I neglected to call ahead, and the shop was shut! One set back, no big deal. Instead, we headed off to complete our registry.....shop shut! not our day. We decided to just go shopping instead and I got a lovely new bag! Not a total loss!
I should probably wind it up there as my excessive use of !!!! is even beginning to annoy me!
Firstly my phone BROKE!! Arggghhhh....how can one manage in this technologically advanced age with out their trusty little telecommunications device glued to their ear? I for one struggled. Luckily I can check my voicemails from landlines, but unluckily there are no landlines in my car or when I'm out shopping. Today I was able to pick up a new battery (the suspected problem) but alas to no avail the little blue one still would not ring! Perhaps tomorrow Louise (the grumpiest phone clerk alive) may have another solution. I was not happy when Bron told me she lost all her numbers when her phone died....that phone has my life programmed into it! All cross your fingers that it survives this episode.
Saturday (bloody freezing) brought with it a fond farewell of friends. A couple we have been friends with for a while now (met through Flit) are heading off to start a new life in Perth! A great adventure for them and their kids, but sad for the rest of us who will miss them dearly. That was just for the afternoon, and the evening brought a reunion of sorts with a few old school mates. Obviously Mattes will be the expert on reunions after his big weekend in Bathurst (has it been 10 years out of school already??!!)
Sunday we found ourselves rugged up to brave the cold (again) and headed out in search of Wedding invitations (only 3 months to go!) Being as smart as I am, I neglected to call ahead, and the shop was shut! One set back, no big deal. Instead, we headed off to complete our registry.....shop shut! not our day. We decided to just go shopping instead and I got a lovely new bag! Not a total loss!
I should probably wind it up there as my excessive use of !!!! is even beginning to annoy me!
Friday, June 02, 2006
Escape From Eluned
Let's do the crouch
With the impending start of the World Cup and associated sleep deprivation for those who will be following it there is an alternative but related competition in the making - the goal celebration dance-off. As you can see England have a very strong contender - all 6 feet 7 inches of body-popping madness - I give you Peter Crouch.
Now my question is, what does Australia have in reply because I know you Aussies take sport seriously - are we expecting Viduka to attempt the bus-stop or the type-writer, will Kewell 'throw some shapes'.
In terms of the competition overall I know the bookies are tipping Brazil with their smooth Samba moves to win out but I like the look of Togo myself - who knows what dance-hall inspired moves will come out of that part of the world.
For more insight take a look at 'doing the Crouch' and an overview of all Englands talent is here.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Annual Neologism Contest Results
Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
The winners are:
1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
2. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
3. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
4. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp .
5. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
6. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.
7. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
There was another part of the competition where entrants have to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are this year's winners:
1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
4. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
5. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
6. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
7. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
8. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
9. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
10. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.
And the pick of the literature:
Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an an asshole.
Disclaimer: The really stupid ones have been edited for you. These are the remaining pearlas!
The winners are:
1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
2. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
3. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
4. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp .
5. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
6. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.
7. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
There was another part of the competition where entrants have to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are this year's winners:
1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
4. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
5. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
6. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
7. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
8. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
9. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
10. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.
And the pick of the literature:
Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an an asshole.
Disclaimer: The really stupid ones have been edited for you. These are the remaining pearlas!
New Heights of Nerdiness
Ok even this one has me creeped out......
This week the geek farm (MIT) has produced a new low.... They have automated their dorm room. They have basically wired up everything they can.
to a computer
and written a program to manage it.
And if you didn't think that was nerdy enough they are very very very very very very very proud of their 'party' button. BTW it is a must to watch the movie. (don't worry for those at work it is clean)
Ok, now I feel really dirty... I gotta have a shower now.
Keep sending them in or you get my shit jokes...
A stranger walks into a pub, takes a seat at the bar and promptly orders a beer. The barman, his back to the stranger, is pouring the beer when the stranger hears a tiny voice “Like your hair!” The stranger is a little surprised by the barman’s tiny voice but politely replies “thanks”.
The barman gives the stranger the beer, then the stranger hears the voice again. “Good choice!” This time, he sees that the barman did not move his lips at all. Very odd.
The stranger starts drinking his beer when he hears the voice again. “That’s a great watch.” This time, the barman is in the back room and there is no one else at the bar. The stranger peers over the side of the bar but there is no one there. He is very puzzled.
Shortly, he hears the tiny voice again. “What a distinguished gentleman!” The barman being back, the stranger now quiet nervous and cross exclaims to him “What the hell is that tiny bloody voice? Are you having a go at me or something?”
“Oh no sir,” replied the barman. “It’s the nuts. They’re complimentary.”
MIDAS
Multifunction In-Dorm Automation System
This week the geek farm (MIT) has produced a new low.... They have automated their dorm room. They have basically wired up everything they can.
to a computer
and written a program to manage it.
And if you didn't think that was nerdy enough they are very very very very very very very proud of their 'party' button. BTW it is a must to watch the movie. (don't worry for those at work it is clean)
Ok, now I feel really dirty... I gotta have a shower now.
Oh, the Dad joke (thanks to Sarah)
Keep sending them in or you get my shit jokes...
A stranger walks into a pub, takes a seat at the bar and promptly orders a beer. The barman, his back to the stranger, is pouring the beer when the stranger hears a tiny voice “Like your hair!” The stranger is a little surprised by the barman’s tiny voice but politely replies “thanks”.
The barman gives the stranger the beer, then the stranger hears the voice again. “Good choice!” This time, he sees that the barman did not move his lips at all. Very odd.
The stranger starts drinking his beer when he hears the voice again. “That’s a great watch.” This time, the barman is in the back room and there is no one else at the bar. The stranger peers over the side of the bar but there is no one there. He is very puzzled.
Shortly, he hears the tiny voice again. “What a distinguished gentleman!” The barman being back, the stranger now quiet nervous and cross exclaims to him “What the hell is that tiny bloody voice? Are you having a go at me or something?”
“Oh no sir,” replied the barman. “It’s the nuts. They’re complimentary.”
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)