Daily Archives: December 27, 2014

The Elephant and the Crocodile

An elephant and a crocodile were swimming in the jungle, when the elephant spots a turtle sunning himself on a rock. The elephant walks over to the turtle, picks him up in his trunk and hurls him far into the … Continue reading

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Long Shot…

Standing on the tee of a relatively long par three, a confident golfer said to his caddy, “Looks like a four-wood and a putt to me.” The caddy argued with him a bit and suggested that he instead play it … Continue reading

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The Little Turtle

A little turtle begins to climb a tree slowly. After long hours of effort, he reaches the top, jumps into the air waving his front legs, until he crashes heavily into the ground with a hard knock on his shell. … Continue reading

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Oops…

Finishing up our work at a trade show in San Diego, my co- worker Maureen and I decided to go sightseeing across the border in Tijuana, Mexico. While there, we went shopping and bought a few pieces of clay kitchenware. … Continue reading

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Crazy News Tidbit

Anxious to ‘include’ as many minorities, religions and disabilities as possible, the human resources department of the University of Alberta has put up a Braille poster outside its main office. The poster If you brand cialis are considering taking Kamagra … Continue reading

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Pyrophoric

PRONUNCIATION: (pie-ruh-FOR-ik) http://wordsmith.org/words/pyrophoric.mp3 MEANING: (adjective) 1. Spontaneously igniting in air. 2. Producing sparks by friction. ETYMOLOGY: From pyrophorus, substance that ignites spontaneously :, from Greek purophoros, fire-bearing : puro-, pyro- + -phoros, -phorous. To Juice Cleanse or Not to Juice … Continue reading

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Trivia

Little Richard is an ordained minister. He has officiated at many rock weddings, and at one time announced he was quitting show business to take up religion fulltime. He soon returned to music. What did Uncle Sam have to do … Continue reading

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Weather or Not

Although he was a qualified meteorologist, Jenkins ran up a terrible record of forecasting for the TV news program… He became something of a local joke when a newspaper began keeping a record of his predictions and showed that he’d … Continue reading

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Overheard

I couldn’t help overhearing a man at a nearby pay phone. “I know it’s something you want,” he said earnestly, “but I don’t think tattoos are a good idea. Yes! The same goes for body piercing. As long as you’re … Continue reading

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Christmas Parrot

One day a man walked into a bar and sat down next to a guy with a parrot on his shoulder. The bartender said, “Cute parrot, does he talk?” The guy with the parrot says, “It’s a Christmas Parrot. He … Continue reading

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