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Stop and smell the roses
Friday, 30 December 2011
Everyone needs to stop and smell the roses sometimes, even kids. This photograph was taken on my iphone at none other than the "Rose Garden" in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney (see the harbour bridge in the background).
Interestingly when I asked Edward if the roses smelled sweet, he said "Yes, very sweet chilli".
(By the way is the past tense of smell, smelled or smelt?
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The wednesday Word - peppier
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Today's word is peppier (peph ee ay’) a noun which means the waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want fresh ground pepper.
Here is my quote for it:
"The peppier was a little too enthusiastic, leaving my dish almost inedible."
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Is blogging a pleasure or a pain?
Monday, 26 December 2011
I totally agree with Nathan from St Eutychus on the issue of posting and not posting over the holidays.
A lot of people treat blogging like a job or a chore and that somehow they need a holiday from it. I think over the holidays is when I get the most blogging done, (provided I have internet access) as that is when I have the most time to think, to write, to come up with crazy ideas, new blog segments and just plain useless and pointless things to blog about.
So here's to Nathan's idea of more blogging over the holidays not less.
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What? Christmas already!
Saturday, 24 December 2011
Merry Christmas from all of us!
Still one of my favourite photos.
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The Wednesday Word - mondegreen
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Today's word is mondegreen, which means mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase as a result of near homophony, in a way that gives it a new meaning.
Up until last week I had never heard of the term until Di from Snippets and Scraps used it in her post about the David Jones Window display.
Here's an example from Alanis Morisette's song "You oughta know" -
It's not fair to deny me
Of the cross I bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know
The middle line is often heard or quoted as “of the cross eyed bear that you gave to me”
However I would encourage you to go to Snippets and scraps and see if you can find the pictorial mondegreen.
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Coloured water droplets
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
I can't remember where I got this photo from but I think it is fantastic. I thought they were 100s and 1000s at first glance, but it looks more like smarties or skittles. With cameras these days everyone can take a good photo, but very few people can take a great photo. This is a great photo.
And this is how it was done:
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"Jean Monet on his Hobby horse" by Claude Monet
Monday, 19 December 2011
A painting by none other than the famous Claude Monet of his son in fancy clothes on a horse bike.
Any suggestions for alternative captions? There is still no name for this section of my blog - any ideas?
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Have you ever heard of Mumbil?
I grew up in a town not far from another town called Mumbil, sorry what was that name you asked again, that's right near a town called Mumbil. Apart from the obvious question of why anybody would ever call a town Mumbil, during the time that I lived near the town called Mumbil, it became famous for the "Mumbil murders".
What are the Mumbil murders I hear you ask?
Well basically there is a tip (rubbish dump) near Mumbil and one day when a Mumbil tip worker was bulldozering (is that a word) some of the rubbish, the bulldozer tipped over two lockers (you know the ones from schools) and out popped two bodies. He immediately called the police and there was a big investigation and I think it was years after someone was eventually convicted and put in gaol.
Even more reason why I know about the Mumbil murders is that one of the suspects lived only a couple of houses up the street from us (although he was ultimately cleared of any part in the whole fiasco, but hopefully that doesn't take away too much of the drama to the story).
Anyway, you are probably asking why am I now writing about it on my blog?
Well poor old Mumbil is in the news again, for unfortunately another murder mystery. An article from the Daily Telegraph today is entitled "Appeal for help in Mumbil cold case" which details a shooting which occurred 1996, which may or may not have links to a bikie gang or gangs, and also talks about how new DNA technology is being used which could greatly assist in solving the murder.
Let's hope they solve it, but in honour of my links to good old Mumbil, which doesn't really have the brightest of pasts nor the brightest of futures, I thought I would give a big shout out to Mumbil, or anyone who has ever heard of the place.
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Kirribilli Kim and Vanishing Point
I have been blogging for a few years now and being a blogger one of the things I do is follow other blogs (over 100). However along with a few other things I have started in December, another thing I thought I would do is to start giving a shout out to some of the other blogs that I keep up with. Interestingly most of the blogs are run by people I have never met in person, nor even had any communication at all, (apart from the odd comment here and there on each others blogs).
Anyway starting in no particular order, I thought I would outline Kirribilli Kim and Vanishing Point.
The first one is Kirribilli Kim, which is run by someone called Kim who lives in Kirribilli (my investigative skills are incredible). She is from somewhere in America and has lots of interesting photos of herself and others on her blog (including lots of fun photos with her arms out and / or in some type of reverse planking pose). Though one of the best things about her blog is her observation of language. A few that I have loved are lost the plot, ripper, how did you find, flats, wouldn’t say no to, and to be over something.
Second is Vanishing Point. This is run by a guy called Ben, who used to live somewhere in the inner west and now lives somewhere down south. It appears that some people I know comment on his blog, but not sure whether they just follow his blog like I do, or if they actually know him (unlike me). He has been doing a lot of gardening lately, loves snoopy and drawing, and one of the most ingenious things I have seen him do is to get other people to write his blog for him (see the Book Review Wednesday - brilliant). However the thing I have really been enjoying lately on his blog are his train observations. Some of his best are After you, laptop, train people, tatts ahoy, anschlag, train people and Yawn to be Wild.
Anyway, stay tuned to find out about the other blogs I follow, but as for today, a big shout out to Ben and Kim.
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The wednesday Word - aquadextrous
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Today's Wednesday word is aquadextrous, (ak wa deks’trus) an adjective which means possessing the ability to turn the bathtub tap on and off with your toes.
Here is my quote for it:
Three hours in the emergency department and a scalded leg made her reflect on whether she was as aqaudextrous as she thought she was.
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Little boy with fist on beach - The "Success Kid"
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Here is another very well known meme, called the "Success Kid". It is a picture of a little boy with a fist on the beach (obvious). But it is such a good photo that it has been transformed into lots of other jokes and gags, and like all memes, it has been photoshopped onto a thousand different other things.
Here a couple of them:
Click here to see the Little girl in yellow jacket - the bubble girl meme
Click here to see the Not bad Obama meme.
Click here to see the Pepper Spray Meme
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The one-eyed Rockhopper penguin
Monday, 12 December 2011
As I was flicking through the tv tonight I briefly came across a show called "Michaela's Animal Road Trip". During this time they were showing and talking about the recovery of a Rockhopper penguin who had lost an eye. One of the vets / zoo keepers said the following, after which everyone was left in silence about whether to laugh or just carry on:
"Of course a one-eyed rockhopper penguin in captivity will cope a lot better than a penguin with one eye out in the wild, but over the next few days and weeks we will certainly be keeping an eye on him"
Oops.
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The real reason for the Mona Lisa smile
Today I am going to start a new little section on my blog. I am not quite sure what to call it yet, but basically it is me putting speech or thought bubbles on famous artworks. They might be funny, they might not be. But keep a look out for them.
What do you think? Any suggestion for a name? Should I do more of them?
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Handerpants
Sunday, 11 December 2011
Exactly as it says - underpants for your hands
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Beryl, you've been a bad bad girl
Friday, 9 December 2011
A 90 year old woman, named Beryl, was caught drink driving with a blood alcohol reading of 0.23. Incredible that she is still driving at 90. Incredible that she recorded 0.23. Incredible that she was only given a good behaviour bond. Incredible that she is going to appeal the sentence. Incredible! (and I don't often use exclamation marks).
Read the full story here, "Driver, 90, refuses breath test: banned for year"
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The wednesday Word - lactomangulation
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
A return to the much loved but long overdue Wednesday word.
Today's word is lactomangulation (lak’ to man gyu lay’ shun), which means manhandling the “open here” spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the ‘illegal’ side.
Here is my quote for it:
Did you know that in the 21st century lactomangulation is the third biggest cause of household stress?
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John Lewis ad for 2011
Saturday, 3 December 2011
I have never even heard of John Lewis, nor do I think I can actually buy anything from them, but I still think this ad is fantastic (particularly the twist at the end)
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