Monday, 12 January 2015

Here we are at last!

Apologies for lateness - caused by an aborted visit to a hotel that had been recommended to us, but which turned out to be a dog. I am not going to detail the faults and name the hotel, but it was supposed to be a f* place with two rosettes for its restaurant. It turned out to be filthy, noisy and with rooms that were about 1/4 of a mile from the rest of the hotel. They thought that one small bottle of shower gel would be enough for two people, and had forgotten to have the drains cleared so the wet room bathroom and shower lived up to its name. So we cut our losses and cam ehome, so you get this a few days less late than it otherwise would be.

The Grenyer back is playing up, and I have visited a musculo-skeletal unit which is run by a switched on specialist physio who knows his job abd is having a MRI scan arranged. But I bet the answer is lumbar spondylosis - you should see what the spell check does with that!

Christmas was good on the day. On boxing Day it all fell apart, when we had a house-full. The new shower packed up. No-one could come out until the New year. OK, but 2 days later the boiler also stopped working. and just before New Year's Eve the immersion heater burned itself out. Hence the short break aforesaid. Most of it is now working, albeit not properly.

Apart from that, December was pretty decent. Assorted Christmas lunches, dinners amd parties, a couple of carol services - that at Tonbridge Parish Church was dire - only half the carols and a 25 minutes sermon on the origins of the state of Israel.

The Rotary Christmas party was just like the old cruiseship lunches we used to go to at Cayman, except this was an all-nighter. We managed to get the best suite on the ship, which was moored at Tilbury. The suite had its own Christmas tree, no less than 10 wardrobes, a table and 6 chairs, a settee and all sorts of goodies.

Jokes - there are a few, mainly provided by one or more readers of this. Here goes:



After Christmas you want to play with your new toys…


First Christmas Joke
Three men died on Christmas Eve and were met by Saint Peter at the pearly gates.

'In honor of this holy season' Saint Peter said, 'You must each possess something that symbolizes Christmas to get into heaven.'


The Englishman fumbled through his pockets and pulled out a lighter. He flicked it on. 'It's a candle', he said.


'You may pass through the pearly gates' Saint Peter said.


The Scotsman reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of keys. He shook them and said, 'They're bells.'


Saint Peter said 'You may pass through the pearly gates'.


The Irishman started searching desperately through his pockets and finally pulled out a pair of women's panties.


St. Peter looked at the man with a raised eyebrow and asked, 'And just what do those symbolize?'



The Irishman replied, 'These are Carols.'


And So The Christmas Season
Begins......


 A modern Christmas concert:


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The local bar was so sure that its bartender was the strongest man around that they offered a standing £1000 bet.

The bartender would squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and hand the lemon to a patron. Anyone who could squeeze one more drop of juice out would win the money.
Many people had tried ..... overtime: weightlifters, dockers, etc, but nobody could do it.
One day, this scrawny little fellow came into the bar, wearing thick glasses and a polyester suit, and said in a small voice, "I'd like to try the bet"
After the laughter had died down, the bartender said, "Ok". grabbed the lemon; and squeezed away. Then he handed the wrinkled remains of the rind to the little fellow. But the crowd's laughter turned to total silence ..... as the man clenched his little fist around the lemon .... and six drops fell into the glass.
As the crowd cheered, the bartender paid the £1000, and asked the little man: "What do you do for a living? Are you a lumberjack, a weight-lifter, or what?"
The little fellow quietly replied, "I work for the Inland Revenue"


These singers are all Anesthesiologists in Minnesota  - and they can really sing. They are also funny. Here they sing "Waking up is hard to do":  
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SHOPPING  IN A LONDON SUPERMARKET CAN BE FUN - ENJOY!

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 ONE-LINERS


1. I hate Russian dolls
- they're just so full of themselves.

2. I asked my North Korean friend how it was there
: he said he couldn't complain.

3. My girlfriend started smoking
- so I slowed down and applied lubricant.

4. Don't let an extra chromosome get you down.

5. I haven't talked to my wife in three weeks.
  I didn't want to interrupt her.

6. People used to laugh at me when I would say "I want to be a comedian"
:  well, nobody's laughing now.

7. My wife told me to stop impersonating a flamingo.
  I had to put my foot down.

8. Throwing acid is wrong, in some people's eyes.

9. My wife and I were happy for twenty years
: then we met.

10. I haven't slept for three days, because that would be too long.

11. The first time I got a universal remote control, I thought to myself "This changes everything."

12. My grandfather has the heart of a lion
- and a lifetime ban from the local zoo.

13. Say what you want about deaf people...

14. I've spent the past four years looking for my ex-girlfriend's killer
: but no one will do it.

15. I saw a sign that said "watch for children" and I thought
: "That sounds like a fair trade."

16. I refused to believe my road
-worker father was stealing from his job - but when I got home, all the signs were there.

17. I recently decided to sell my vacuum cleaner
: all it was doing was gathering dust.

18. People say I'm condescending.
(That means I talk down to people).

19. You can never lose a homing pigeon - if your homing pigeon doesn't come back, what you've lost is a pigeon.

20. Whiteboards are remarkable.

21. I was at an ATM and this old lady asked me to help check her balance
- so I pushed her over.

  
Once upon a time, a Prince asked a beautiful Princess, “Will you marry me?” The Princess said, “No!!!”
And the Prince lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and banged skinny long-legged big-titted women and hunted and fished and raced cars and went to strip bars and dated women half his age and drank whisky, beer and Captain Morgans and never heard bitching and never paid child support or alimony and kept his house and golf clubs and ate spam and chips and beans and blew enormous farts and never got cheated on while he was at work and all his friends and family thought he was cool and he had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up.

The End


 Two old guys, one 80 and one 87, were sitting on a park bench one morning. The 87-year-old had just finished his morning jog and wasn't even short of breath. The 80-year-old was amazed at the guy's stamina and asked him what he did to have so much energy.


    
The 87-year-old said, "Well, I eat rye bread every day. It keeps your energy level high - and you'll have great stamina with the ladies."

     So, on the way home the 80-year-old stopped at the bakery. As he was looking around, the saleslady asked if he needed any help. He said, "Do you have any rye bread?"

    She said, "Yes, there's a whole shelf of it.  Would you like some?" He said, "I  want five loaves."

    She said, "My goodness, five loaves!   By the time you get to the 3rd loaf, it'll be hard."

The 80-year-old says to himself: "I can't believe that everybody knows this shit but me!..."

 Have a good one!

Saturday, 10 January 2015

DELAY ON THE SYSTEM

Update to follow next week - gone away!

Saturday, 6 December 2014

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

December again. Work on bathroom, kitchen, etc. nearly all completed at huge cost. Remind me not to do this again. More hassle than moving. Work on the garden suspended until the Spring unless spomething strange happens. I have spent the last month digging our tree roots, and have had enough of that, but they are all done. However, the soil is quite friable, but the sub-soil is clay, and this means that the top soil gets very wet, with all the rain that we have had, and does not drain away. It is only about 9 inches thick, so if you dig any deeper you find yellow clay. It also explains why it gets so dry in the summer. You cannot win.

Met Alain and Brenda, whom I have known since I was six, in London last month. They live in France, and are a necessary target when we go to the continent. Always a pleasure to see them. There's nothing like keeping up with old friends.

Also went to the O2 , and it took a bit of inventiveness to type that in superscript! for the Barclays Bank Tennis World Finals. Very expensive seats, and positively the most uncomfortable I have sat in for many years. It is not recommended - especially as I was told the other day that the seats elsewhere are 100 x worse. Ho hum.

To cinema twice in one month. Mr Turner ws great - really good acting, and not just by the lead. And to The Imitation Game, where again ther was brilliant acting, but only called for from the lead. Supporting cast's parts did not give the actors scope for their talents. Both films definitely worth seeing.

Also to the Bidborough Am Dram play, but a workman outside in the road had, a couple of hours previously, put a pneumatic drill through the main electricity cable. He survived, but I gather that the drill was not a lot of good afterwards. It reminded me of when I was working for Bromley Borough, when an Irish road worker put a pick-axe through a cable, and the shock threw him across the road. He said "Begorrah" - or something like that - and went back and grabbed hoid of the pick to take it out, and ended up on the other side of the road again.

Christmas is coming. Cards are being written, and presents bought. Doesn't get any cheaper. The Autumn budget statement has been delivered and is full of doom and gloom, despite the apparent icing on the cake. It's time that the Goveenrment woke up to the fact that the primary duties of any government, of any country, is to be in a position to defend the realm against attack from outside, and to preserve the peace. Anything else should come afterwards, - something we were told time and again at all public service courses that I used to get sent to - and there weere a lot of them.

Finally, a couple of tales:



WHERE IS THE RAKE?
I was working in the garden this weekend and my wife was about to
take a shower.   I realized that I couldn't find the rake, so I yelled
up to my wife in the bathroom, “Where is the rake?"
She couldn't hear me and she shouted back, "What?"
I pointed to my eye, and then I pointed to my knee and made a
raking motion.
Then my wife still wasn't sure and said again "What?"
I repeated the gestures.
"Eye - Kneed - The Rake"

My wife replied that she understood and signalled back. She first
pointed to her eye, next she pointed to her left breast, then she
pointed to her backside, and finally to her crotch. Well, there is
no way in hell I could even come close to that one.
Somewhat exasperated, I went upstairs and asked her, "What the hell was that?

She replied:  "Eye - Left Tit - Behind - The Bush" !!!

THE FATAL TEXT!
  
  
A man received the following text from his neighbour:

I am so sorry Bob. I've been riddled with guilt and I have to confess. I have been using your wife, day and night when you're not around. In fact probably more than you. I'm just not getting it at home, but that's no excuse.
I can no longer live with the guilt and I hope you will accept my sincerest apology with my promise that it won't happen again.
The man, anguished and betrayed, went into his bedroom, grabbed his gun, and without a word, shot his wife and killed her.

A few moments later, a second text came in:

Damned autocorrect/predictive text! I meant "wifi", not "wife
Best Regards


An Israeli and an Arab go into a bakery. The Arab steals three pastries and puts them in his pocket. He says to the Israeli, "See how slick I am?  The owner didn't see anything."

The Israeli says to the Arab, "That's typically dishonest of you Arabs. I am going to show you an honest way to get the same result."

He goes to the owner of the bakery and says, "Give me a pastry and I will show you a magic trick." Intrigued, the owner accepts and gives him a pastry.

The Israeli swallows it and asks for another one. The owner gives him another one. Then the Israeli asks for a third pastry and eats that, too.

The owner is starting to wonder where the magic trick is and asks, "What did you do with the pastry?"

The Israeli replies, "Look in the Arab's pocket.....”

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A government survey has shown that 91% of illegal immigrants come to Britain so that they can visit their own doctor.
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Due to the current economic crisis, Greece is cancelling all production of humus and Taramasalata. It's a double dip recession
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A dwarf goes to a very good but very busy doctor and asks "I know you are busy but do you treat dwarves?
The doctor replies "Yes, but you will have to be a
little patient".
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Paddy says to Mick, "Christmas is on Friday this
year". Mick said, "Let's hope it's not the 13th then."
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My mate just hired an Eastern European cleaner, took her 15 hours to hoover the house. Turns out she was a Slovak.

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I've been charged with murder for killing a man with
sandpaper. To be honest I only intended to rough him up a
bit.
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Two women called at my door and asked what bread I ate. When I said white, they gave me a lecture on the benefits of brown bread for 30 minutes.
I think they were those Hovis Witnesses.
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An Englishman has started his own business in Afghanistan. He is making Land Mines that look like prayer mats! It's doing well!
Prophets are going through the roof
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A boy asks his granny, 'Have you seen my pills, they
were labelled LSD?'
Granny replies, bugger the pills, have you seen the dragons in the kitchen?!
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An elderly couple are in church. About halfway through the service, the wife leans over and says to her husband, 'I just let out a silent fart; what do you think I should do?'
He replies, 'Put a new battery in your hearing aid.

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A SEASONAL LOVE STORY

I will seek and I will find you .
I shall take you to bed and have my way with you.
I will make you ache, shake & sweat until you moan & groan.
I will make you beg for mercy, beg for me to stop.
I will exhaust you to the point that you will be relieved when I'm finished with you…..
And, when I am finished, you will be weak for days!

All my love,

The ‘Flu….


(Now, quit thinking about sex - and go and get your ‘flu shot!)


The Singing Anaesthesiologists

(NB: An anesthesiologist (US English) or anaesthetist (British English) is a physician trained in anesthesia and perioperative medicine.)

 These singers are all Anesthesiologists in Minnesota  - and they can really sing. They are also funny. Here they sing "Waking up is hard to do":