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January 2010 Nº20 E E R F
BE SEEN … i n R i v i e r a D e l S o l , C a l a h o n d a , C a b o p i n o , Elvir i a , Rosario, M a r b e l l a , P u e r to B a n u s , Nu eva A n d a l u c i a , San Pedro, G u a d a l m i n a , B e n a v i s t a, Cancelada, E s t e p o n a , C a s a res, Sabinillas, La D u q u e s a , M a n i l v a , To r r e g u a d i a r o , S o t o g r a n d e , P u e b l o N u e v o , L a A l c a i d e s a , J i m e n a d e l a Fr o n t e r a , San Roque & Ronda.
From the Ed ...
Due to the current climate, there is an abundance of helpful and very kn o w l e d g e a b l e p e o p l e w i l l i n g to e x c h a n g e ideas and services in order to help us all get through the challenging times together.
Errmm, well, for those of you who know me, you may find it hard to believe that I am really not sure how to start here...
So, don´t be scared. Go with your ideas. What do you have to lose? If you don´t give it a go you will a l w a ys wonder “what if”?
How do you welcome another year, a new beginning, another step forward into the future?
And, if it does all go t*ts up, it will soon be another New Year and you can put it all down to experience, blame it on the “current climate” , and move onto something new...
Do we talk about all the things we were unhappy about in 2009? Do we make all kinds of resolutions that we know we have no or very little hope of sticking to? Or, do we simply crack on with it, put our best foot forward and w e l c o m e 2010 with open arms, ready to embrace all the new c h a l l e n g e s and opportunities that she may bring? Option three please! I normally fill this page talking about all the great ideas and p ro j e cts we, The Sentinella Costa West Edition, have planned for the coming months. But for a change let´s talk about you... How many new and exciting plans and goals do you have for 2010? Have you taken the necessary steps to put all your ideas into a c t i o n ? Have you spoken to p e o p l e who can help and advise you?
So, GOOD LUCK to us all, may 2010 be BIGGER & BETTER t h a n ever and make sure to include us in your new ideas......
.. Enjoy. isa Ed & L
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Farewell to A Friend Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in b u r e a u cr a ti c r e d ta p e . He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: - Knowing when to come in out of the rain; - Why the early bird gets the worm; - Life isn't always fair; - and maybe it was my fault. Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not c h i l d r e n , a r e i n ch a r g e ) . His health began to deteriorate r a p i d l y when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens s u s p e n d e d from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a t e a c h e r fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition. Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their u n r u l y children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer su n l o ti o n o r a n a sp i ri n to a
student; but could not inform par e n t s when a student became p r e g n a n t and wanted to have an abortion.
death,by his parents ,Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.
Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better t r e a t m e n t than their victims. C o m m o n Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.
He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, I Want It Now, Someone Else Is To Blame, and I'm A Victim Not many attended his funeral b e c a u s e so few realised he was gone.
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realise that a steaming cup of c o ffe e was hot. She spilled a little in her lap , and was promptly a w a r d e d a huge settlement. Common Sense was preceded in
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Grrrrrrrrrrr... for The Girls Ever thought what you’d like to be in your next life,if there is one?
and wake to partially grown, cute, cuddly cubs.
In this life I'm a woman. In my next life, I'd like to come back as a bear.
I could definitely deal with that. If you're a mama bear, everyone knows you mean business. You swat anyone who bothers your cubs. If your cubs get out of line, you swat them too.
When you're a bear, you get to h i b e r n a t e . You do nothing but sleep for six months. I could deal with that.
I could deal with that.
Before you hibernate, you're s u p p o se d to eat yourself stupid.
If you're a bear, your mate EXPECTS you to wake up growling. He EXPEC TS that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat.
I could deal with that too. When you're a girl bear, you birth your children (who are the size of walnuts ) while you are sleeping
Yup, I'm gonna be a bear!
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Ode to January... 'Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house Nothing would fit me, not even a blouse. The cookies I'd nibbled, the eggnog I'd tasted At the holiday parties had gone to my waist. When I got on the scales there arose such a number! When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber). I'd remember the marvellous meals I'd prepared; The gravies and sa u ce s and beef nicely rared, The wine and the rum balls, the bread and the cheese. And the way I'd never said, 'No thank you, p l e a se .' As I dressed myself in my husband's old shirt And prepared once again to do battle with dirt I said to myself, as I only can 'You can't spend a winter disguised as a man!' So - away with the last of the sour cream dip, Get rid of the fruit cake, every cracker and chip Every last bit of food that I like must be banished 'Till all the a d d i ti o n a l ounces have vanished. I won't have a cookie - not even a lick. I'l l w a n t o n l y to ch e w o n a l o n g c e l e ry sti ck. I won't have hot biscuits, or corn bread, or pie, I'll munch on a carrot and quietly cry. I' m h u n g r y , I ' m l o n e s o m e , a n d l i fe i s a b o re Bu t i sn 't th a t w h a t Ja n u a ry i s fo r? Unable to giggle, no longer a riot. Happy New Year to all and to all a good diet! by Alicia Morris
Beep Beep Beep... A mother took her five-year-old son with her to the bank on a busy lunchtime. They got behind a very very fat woman wearing a business suit complete with pager........
The fat woman turned around and glared at the little boy. The mother gave him a good telling off, and told him to be quiet. After a brief lull, the large woman reached the front of the queue.
Afte r w a i ti n g p a ti e n tl y fo r a fe w m i n u te s, the little boy said loudly, "Wow, she's fat!
Just then her pager began to emit a "beep, beep, beep"
The mother bent down and whispered in the little boy's ear to be quiet......
The little boy yelled out, "Run for your life, she's reversing!!"
A couple more minutes passed by and the little boy stretched his arms o u t a s fa r a s th e y w o u l d g o a n d announced; "I'll bet her bum is this wide!"
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3 Little Ducks ... Three little ducks go into a Bar... "Say, what's your name?" the b a r te n d e r asked the first duck. "Huey," was the reply. "How's your day been, Huey?" "Great. Lovely day. Had a ball. Been in and out of puddles all day. What else could a duck want?" said Huey. "That's nice," said the bartender. He turned to the second duck, "Hi, and what's your name?" "Dewey," came the answer from duck number two. "So how's your day been,Dewey ?" he asked. "Great. Lovely day. I've had a ball too. Been in and out of puddles all day myself. What else could a duck want?" The bartender turned to the third duck and said, "So, you must be Louie?"
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The New Language of Europe ... to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other p o ssi b i l i ty.
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
As p a r t o f th e n e g o ti a ti o n s, th e Br i ti sh Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is d i sgrasful and it should go away. By the 4th yer people wil be r e s e p ti v to steps such as replasing "th" w i th "z " a n d "w " w i th "v".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi TU understand ech oza.
There will be growing publik e n t h u s i a s m in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse o f the new spelling kan be expekted
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Book Review: Sol Searching... by Keidi Keating Sol Searching – A Fun-Filled Tale of a Modern Girl’s Move to the Costa del Sol – tells of Keidi K e a t i n g ’ s quest to make friends, meet the man of her dreams and find a job (starting this wonderful magazine)! An excerpt from Sol Searching below is printed below: Taken from the chapter entitled Bad Luck “As my relationship with Dave the mountain climber progressed I l e a r n t more about what made him tick. I found it hard to fathom his obsession with the temperature. He r e c o r d e d th e m o r n i n g a n d a fte r n o o n degrees Celsius every day onto a graph on his computer. “Why do you that?” I asked. “It’s really so that if anyone says it’s definitely colder now than it was this time last year, I can check my graph and tell them that actually they’re wrong.” He went on to say that last year in Lanjarón the t e m p e r a t u r e was under thirty d e g re e s for X amount of days and over thirty degrees for Y number of days. The information darted in one ear and out the other.
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“I also make a note of the wind speed” he said. After an adequate pause the conversation continued, this time broaching a different s u b j e c t . “I’ve made a mosquito r e p e l l e n t ” he said, a tad too e xci te d .
“Great!” I said, trying to sound e n th u si a sti c . “It’s a secret recipe so I won’t tell you what’s in it, but it really works. I rubbed it all over me earlier. A mosquito landed on me for just a second or two then flew away. It takes a while to make though. I’ve had it sitting here in the sun for a week or so.” ‘Why don’t you just go and buy some,’ I thought. ‘Much quicker and much less hassle.’ “It sounds really cool” I said. “You’ll have to show me when I see you next.” At the time I didn’t realise that would mean smothering my entire body in the smelly, greasy concoction. “Go on, rub it all over,” he said as we sat around his swimming pool. “You won’t get bitten, it’s a proven formula. I’ve been testing it all week.” By the end of it I felt like I had been rolling around in an oil-rig and I sure didn’t smell too hot; a cross between a mouldy garlic clove and a bottle of vinegar. Dave had some odd traits, but I put them down to his age. Maybe when I reached forty-three, I would start recording the temperature every morning and inventing strange concoctions too.” Sol Searching can be purchased online via www.Amazon.co.uk or win a signed copy (see page 26).
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A Winter Warmer Recipe.... Estofado - (Beef and Potato Stew )
Preparation:
Estofado or Beef Stew is a great hearty meal to have on a cold winter's day or evening as it will warm you through.
Heat half the oil in a large, flameproof cooking pot. Put the meat in the hot oil and brown. In a small frying pan heat the rest of the oil, add the onion and garlic and fry for about 5 minutes. Add the flour and the paprika and fry for 5 minutes more being careful not to burn this mix.
Estofado ingredients: 3 tablespoons of olive oil 500g stewing beef 250g carrots peeled and cut into large chunks 1 medium onion chopped 3 tomatoes skinned and chopped 1 small tin of peas or a handful of fresh peas 1 tablespoon of paprika 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped 1 teaspoon of flour 500g of potatoes peeled and cut into large chunks 1 glass of white wine 250ml of beef stock 150ml of water salt freshly ground black pepper saffron (optional for colour!)
Add the onion mix to the meat pot, add the white wine, stock and water and bring to the boil. Cook this for about an hour and a half. Add the carrots, chopped tomatoes and a little saffron or a teaspoon of yellow food colouring to the pot and cook for about 25 minutes. Then add the potatoes, the peas a little more beef stock if necessary and cook for another 20 -25 minutes until the potatoes are cooked. Serve it with some crusty bread.
Politically Speaking.... A British politician was once asked about his attitude toward whisky.
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'If you mean the demon drink that poisons the mind, pollutes the body, desecrates family life, a n d i n f l a m e s s i n n e r s , then I'm against it.
But if you mean the elixir of a New Year toast, the shield against w i n te r chill, the taxable potion that puts needed funds into public c o f f e r s to comfort little crippled children, then I'm for it. This is my position, and I will not compromise.'
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Nag, Nag, Nag ... A police officer pulls over a sp e e d i n g ca r . The officer says, ' I clocked you at 80 miles per hour, sir.' The driver says, 'Christ, officer I had it on cruise control at 60, p e r h a p s your radar gun needs ca l i b r a ti n g .'
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Not looking up from her knitting the wife says: 'Now don't be silly dear, you know that this car doesn't have cruise control.' As the officer writes out the ticket, the driver looks over at his wife and growls, 'Can't you please keep your mouth shut for once?' The wife smiles demurely and says, ! 'You should be thankful your radar detector went off when it did.' As the officer makes out the s e c o n d ticket for the illegal radar detector unit, the man glowers at his wife and says through clenched teeth, 'F**k it, woman, can't you keep your mouth shut?' The officer frowns and says, And I notice that you're not wearing your seat belt, sir. That's an automatic 75 pound fine The driver says, 'Yeah, well, you see officer, I had it on, but took it off when you pulled me over so that I could get my license out of my back pocket.'
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The wife says, 'Now, dear, you know very well that you didn't have your seat belt on. You never wear your seat belt when you're driving.' And as the police officer is writing out the third ticket the driver turns to his wife and barks, 'WHY DON'T You shut the f**k up??' The officer looks over at the woman and asks, 'Does your h u s b a n d always talk to you this way, Ma'am?' I love this part.... : 'Only when he's pi**ed .'
Just Like That... Thomas Frederick "Tommy" Cooper (19 March 1921 – 15 April 1984)
A woman told her doctor, 'I've got a bad back.' The doctor said, 'It's old a g e .' Th e w o m a n sa i d , 'I w a n t a se co n d opinion.' The doctor says, 'OK. You're ugly as well.' "You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.' So that was nice." A man walked into the doctors, The doctor said " I haven't seen you in a long time " The man replied "I know I've been ill"
"So I rang up my local swimming baths. I said 'Is that the local swimming baths?' He said 'It depends where you're calling from.'" Two Aerials meet on a roof - fall in love - get married. The ceremony was rubbish but the Reception was Brilliant. "So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.' "So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said 'Who's speaking please?' And a voice said 'You are.'"
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NEW World Record.. Diversnight 2009. December 3. , 8:09pm local time The official number of divers in the water was: 2749 Number of divesites was: 218 Countries participating: 20
“We want to say a big thanks to all people who made it possible that the World Record of Divers having a night dive at the same time in the water was bettered this year with a total number of 2479 divers, 218 dive sites and 20 countries” . More info at: www.diversnight.com Our local night dive in Estepona at:
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Naughty ... Did you hear about the look-a-like competition in China? Everybody won. * What's the ideal weight for a m o th e r - i n - l a w ? About 2.3 pounds including the urn. * Was so depressed last night that I rang the Samaritans.G o t t h r o u g h to a ca l l ce n tr e i n Pa ki sta n .Told th e m I w a s su i ci d a l , th e y g o t a l l e x c i t e d and asked if I could fly a plane...... * A man is in a queue at Tesco and sees this busty blonde staring at him, he can't believe she is staring at him, then she starts waving. 'Excuse me do I know you?' he asks. 'Yes I think you are the father of one of my kids' she says. The man thinks back and remembers his one act of infidelity and says 'Are you the bird I sha**ed on my stag night' 'No' she replies 'I'm your son's English teacher!'
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Woof Woof ... There was a hound dog laying in the yard and an old geezer in o v e r a l l s was sitting on the porch. ''Excuse me, sir, but does your dog bite?'' a tourist asked. The old man looked up over his newspaper and replied, ''Nope.'' As soon as the tourist stepped out of his car, the dog began snarling and growling, and then attacked both his arms and legs. As the t o u r i s t flailed around in the dust, he yelled, ''I thought you said your dog didn't bite!'' The old man muttered, ''Ain't my dog.''
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A Helping Hand... ADANA puts animals first For over 20 years ADANA has been rescuing and rehoming abandoned animals from Estepona, Manilva and Casares. In that time the numbers of animals has increased dramatically and the trend shows no sign of reversing. There are usually around 130 dogs in the kennels which are designed to hold 80. The New Year brings an increase when Christmas puppies and kittens lose their novelty value and are o f t e n , l i t e r a l l y , put out with the rubbish.
ADANA relies entirely on public subscription and donations to keep going. Every month we need to raise up to 10.000â‚Ź with no g o v e r n m e n t support. Thanks to a small group of dedicated volunteers and the generosity of the public we keep going because failure to do so is simply not an option.
On Saturday 17 January a large crowd of animals met with their owners in Egg Square in Estepona to receive a blessing from parish priest, Padre Pedro and Anglican priest, Father Maurice Horse.
We start the new decade, ADANA's third, with a blessing of animals in "Egg Square" in Estepona on Sa tu r d a y 16 January at 13.00. All types of animal are welcome. On the second Monday of every month we have a lunch in the Straw Donkey in Puerto de la Duquesa and on the last Friday of the month we hold a coffee morning in Plaza Manilva in Estepona (outside L o n g ma n 's b o o ksh o p ). Throughout the year there is a programme of varied events which always prove to be entertaining as well as raising funds for the animals. Details of all ADANA's work and events can be found on the web site www.adana.es or call 9 5 2 7 9 7 4 0 5 for information.
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What are they saying ???... Send in your captions for our original cartoon by local artist MicK (mickelliot@me.com) and win a signed copy of the popular book SOL SEAR C H IN G by local author, Keidi Keating ... Send your Captions to ... costawest@thesentinella.com.
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On New Year's Eve, Marilyn stood up in the local pub and said that it was time to get ready. At the stroke of midnight, she wanted every husband to be standing next to the one person who made his life worth living.Well, it was kind of embarrassing. As the clock struck, the bartender was almost crushed to death.
Dear Lord So far this year I've done well. I haven't gossiped, I haven't lost my temper, I haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or overindulgent. I'm very thankful for that. But in a few minutes, Lord, I'm going to get out of bed, and from then on I'm probably going to need a lot more help. Amen
Peter, at a New Year's party, turns to his friend, Ken, and asks for a cigarette. 'I thought you made a New Year's resolution to quit smoking,' Ken responds. 'I'm in the process of quitting,' replies Peter with a grin. 'Right now, I am in the middle of phase one.' 'Phase one?' wonders Ken. 'Yeah,' laughs Peter, 'I've quit buying.'
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway. The good fortune to run into the ones that I do. And the eyesight to tell the difference.
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A Fishing Tale ... Ole & Sven were fishing one day when Sven pulled out a cigar. F i n d i n g he had no matches, he asked Ole for a light. "Ya, shure, I tink I haff a lighter," he replied. Then, reaching into his tackle box, he pulled out a Bic lighter 10 inches long. "Yiminy Cricket!" exclaimed Sven, t a k i n g the huge Bic lighter in his hands. "Vere dit yew git dat m o n s te r ? ? " "Vell," replied Ole, "I got it from my Genie." "You haff a Genie?" Sven asked. "Ya, shure. It's right here in my tackle box," says Ole. "Could I see him?" Ole opens his tackle box & sure enough, out pops the Genie. Addressing the genie, Sven says, "Hey dere! I'm a good friend of your master. Vill you grant me vun vish?" "Yes, I will," says the Genie . So Sven asks the Genie for a million bucks. The Genie disappears back into the tackle box leaving Sven sitting there, waiting for his million bucks. Shortly, the sky darkens & is filled with the sound of a million ducks flying overhead. Over the roar of the million ducks Sven yells at Ole. "Yumpin' Yimminy I a ske d fo r a mi l l i o n b u cks, n o t a mi l l i o n d u cks!" Ole answers, "Ya, I forgot to tell yew dat da Genie is hart of hearing. Do yew really tink I asked for a 10-inch Bic?"
Meet Little RALPHY.... RALPHY ON MATHS
LITTLE RALPHY ON ENGLISH
A teacher asks her class, 'If there are 5 birds sitting on a fence and you shoot one of them, how many will be left?' She calls on little RALPHY. He replies, 'None, they will all fly away with the first gunshot.' The teacher replies, 'The correct answer is 4, but I like your thinking..' Then little RALPHY says, 'I have a question for you. There are 3 women sitting on a bench having ice cream: One is delicately licking the sides of the triple scoop of ice cream. The second is gobbling down the top and sucking the cone. The third is biting off the top of the ice cream. Which one is married?' The teacher, blushing a great deal, replied, 'Well, I suppose the one that's gobbled down the top and sucked the cone.' To which Little RALPHY replied, 'The correct answer is 'the one with the wedding ring on,' but I like your thinking.'
Little RALPHY goes to school, and the teacher says, 'Today we are going to learn multi-syllable words, class. Does anybody have an example of a multi-syllable word?' RALPHY says 'Mas-tur-bate..' Miss Rogers smiles and says, 'Wow, little RALPHY, that's a mouthful.' Little RALPHY says, 'No, Miss R o g e r s, you're thinking of a blowjob.'
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Little RALPHY returns from school and says he got an F in arithmetic. 'Why?' asks the father? 'The teacher asked 'How much is 2x3,'' I said '6', replies RALPHY. 'But that's right!' says his dad. 'Yeah, but then she asked me 'How much is 3x2?'' 'What's the f...... difference?' asks the father. 'That's what I said!'
LITTLE RALPHY ON GRAMMAR. One day, during lessons on proper grammar, the teacher asked for a show of hands from those who could use the word 'beautiful' in the same sentence twice. First, she called on little Suzie, who responded with, 'My father bought my mother a beautiful dress and she looked beautiful in it.' 'Very good, Suzie,' replied the teac h e r . She then called on little Michael. 'My mummy planned a beautiful banquet and it turned out beautifully..' She said, 'Excellent, Michael!' Then the teacher reluctantly called on little RALPHY. 'Last night at the dinner table, my sister told my father that she was pregnant, and he said 'Beautiful, just f...... beautiful!''
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Mother to Daughter Advice ...!? -Aspire to be Barbie - the bitch has everything.
- Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself.
-Take life with a pinch of salt... A wedge of lime, and a shot of tequila.
- Remember where ever there is a good looking; sweet, single or married man there is some woman tired of his bullshit!
-Go on the 30 day diet. (I'm on it and so far I've lost 15 days). - When life gets you down - just put on your big girl panties and deal with it. - Let your greatest fear be that there is no PMS and this is just your personality. - Don't get your knickers in a knot; it solves nothing and makes you walk funny.
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- If the shoe fits - buy them in every color. - Keep your chin up, only the first 40 years of parenthood are the h a r d e s t. - If it has Tyres or Testicles it's gonna give you trouble - By the time a woman realizes her mother was right, she has a d a u g h te r who thinks she's wrong .
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For The Guys... Makes Senseâ&#x20AC;Ś.? Paddy has broken his leg and his buddy Mick comes over to see him. Mick says 'how you doin?' Paddy says ' okay but do us a f a v o u r mate, run upstairs and get me slippers, me feet are freezing.' Mick goes upstairs and sees Paddy's gorgeous 19-year-old twin d a u g h te r s sitting on their beds. He says 'your dad's sent me up here to have s*x with both of you'. They say 'get away with ya. Prove it.' Mick shouts downstairs 'Paddy, both of em?' Paddy shouts back 'Of course both of em, what's the point of f****n one?' *** M a n l o st i n a h o t a i r b a l l o n o ve r Ireland. He looks down and sees a farmer and shouts to him, "Where am I?" The Irish farmer looks up and shouts back "You can't kid me ya b ' stard, you're in that feckin b a sk e t!" *** I hate all this terrorist business. I used to love the days when you could look at an unattended bag on the train or bus and think " I'm bl**dy having that!"
A little girl walks into her parents' bedroom. " My God" she screams "And YOU want ME to see a doctor about su cki n g m y th u m b ...!! *** Wee Irish boy crying by the side of the road. A man asks "What's wrong?" Boy says "Me Ma is dead" "Oh bejaysus" the man says "Do you want me to get Father O'Riley ?" Wee boy replies"No thanks Mister, sex is the last ting on me moind roight now." *** Just had a call from a charity ask i n g me to donate some of m y cl o th e s to the starving people of the world. Told them to " P**s Off". Anyone who fits into my cl o th e s i sn 't sta r vi n g !!! *** Japanese scientists have now cre a te d a digital camera with such a fast speed that it's now possible to take a photograph of a woman with her gob shut. *** Paddy is cleaning his rifle and a c c i d e n t a l l y shoots his wife. He dials 999. Paddy says "It's my wife, I've a c c i d e n t a l l y shot her. I've killed her" Operator "Please calm down sir. Can you first make sure she really is dead?" CLICK, BANG! Paddy "OK, done that, what next?
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Name That Song... A to Z The rules are simple... the artisit (ie. either the group’s name or singer’s surname will begin with the chosen letter.
The Letter “B”
Here are the answers to last month’s Christmas Songs:
“W a i t s a t t h e w i n d o w , w e a r i n g the face that she keeps in a jar by the door, Who is it for?”
“In the meadow we can build a snowman, then pretend that he is Parson Brown” A Winter Wonderland *** “(Happy Christmas!) I wrapped it up and sent it With a note saying “I love you”, I meant it” Wham , Last Chrisrtmas *** “Does your granny always tell you that the old songs are the best. Then she´s up rock n rollin´with the rest ” Slade, Merry Christmas Everybody
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*** “ Th e te l e x m a ch i n e i s ke p t so cl e a n , As i t ty p e s to a w a i ti n g world” *** “ C o m m e n ci n g co u n td o w n , engines on, C h e ck i g n i ti o n a n d m a y Go d ´ s l o ve b e w i th yo u ”
*** Remember the Answers will be published next month.
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This Month’s Silly Jokes ..... from Rafe & Zack from England Q: Why is Cinderella no good at football? A: ‘Cos her coach is a pumpkin! Q. Why is Cinderella no good at playing goalkeeper? A. ‘Cos she keeps running away from the ball!
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A Time Capsule This is a super family project ! Get the kids to make a "time capsule" for the year ahead, and fill it, t o g e t h e r , as the year goes on with photos, ticket stubs, copies of certificates won, birthday cards, writing samples, and anything else You will have a memory-filled co n ta i n e r for each year which you will all treasure in the future. You will need: A used snack tub (ie.Pringles), or biscuit/cookie tin Paint PVA glue Decorations (glitter, ribbons, etc) To Make It: Rinse out your tub / tin . When it is dry, paint it. Tip: Mix a small amount of glue into the paint to help preserve it. When the paint is dry, paint it with a layer of PVA glue. Stick on your decorations. Now you can either fill your time capsule with precious momentos from now (photos etc) or you can keep it open and add to it through out the year (tickets, certificates etc) before putting it away safely to be opened in the future.
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A Few Last Thoughts... A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience, Raised a glass of water and asked 'How heavy is this glass of water?' Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, 'The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it. If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance. In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.' He continued, 'And that's the way it is with stress management. If we carry our burdens all the time, s o o n e r or later, As the burden b e c o m e s increasingly heavy, We won't be able to carry on. As with the glass of water, You have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.' 'So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it home. You can pick it up to mo rro w . Whatever burdens you're carrying now, Let them down for a moment if you can.' So, my friend, Put down anything that may be a burden to you right now.Don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.
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Here are some great ways of d e a l i n g with the burdens of life:
* Accept that some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue. * Always keep your words soft and sweet, Just in case you have to eat them. * Always wear stuff that will make yo u l o o k g o o d , If y o u d i e i n th e m i d d l e o f i t. * Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be "Recalled" by their maker. * If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague. * If you lend someone â&#x201A;Ź20 and never see that person again, It was probably worth it. * Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, Because then you won't have a leg to stand on. * Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. * Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late. * The second mouse gets the cheese. * When everything's coming your way, You're in the wrong lane. * Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live. * You may be only one person in the world, But you may also be the world to one person. * Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. * We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box. * A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour. Have an awesome day and know that someone has thought about you today ...... I did!
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