Confiscated Marmite and Funny Water

Confiscated Marmite

Passing through departures at Manchester airport about three hours ago, I had my small jar of Marmite confiscated. I think it was taken from me because of the threat to world peace that such small jars of Marmite present.

Never thought about it that way before.

Funny Water

Last night Andrew and I went for a curry in the centre of halifax. As we were dawdling by the entrance to the restaurant these really funny people drew up near us in their car.

Now this is so funny.

The driver had, ha ha ha, a large bottle of water, he he he, with him and ... no don't, my stomach hurts too much ... he squeezed the bottle suddenly and hard and ... now here's the really funny part ... sprayed the pair of us with a tiny bit of water.

Hey, isn't that just too funny?

Like all cowardly people the car then sped off. Luckily for the people in the car we were almost paralysed with laughter.

I wonder what it was about ineffectually spraying water at two people wearing waterproof coats that those people found so funny? Do you think it's anything to do with their inferiority and stupidity? Or do you think it really is a funny thing to do?

Let me know :-)

DW
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Mango Touts?

Andrew and I were minding our own business yesterday afternoon following my return from my Out Patient's consultation at the hospital when the phone rang. It was my neighbour asking if he could come round for a chat.

He duly arrived and we chatted merrily for over three hours on a range of topics.

In the middle of this session Andrew noticed that the neighbour had mentioned mango touts a couple times. I have to confess I missed the references completely.

In the context of our discussion about fresh fruit and veg, Andrew realised that the neighbour was talking about mangetout rather than mango touts!!.

Well, of course it was funny but at least we were able to provide the proper pronunciation and meaning of mangetout!

DW
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Street Atlases:how do they do it?

Just checking on the location of a DIY shop in Halifax and found the address easily enough. So I went to my Easy Read West Yorkshire Street Atlas only to find that the shop is located at the junction of FOUR pages in the atlas.

 

To get a clear and full idea of how to get there with certainty I need to copy and tape together the corners of the four pages.

 

Weird that?

 

DW

The Stupid Tree Working Overtime

I just heard an article on BBC Radio 4 about an international Science Olympiad. That's where knowledgeable and gifted young scientists compete against each other to become top scientist of the year ... please feel free to correct that definition.

One teacher interviewed said his pupils didn't have the knowledge of pupils in private schools so they were at a disadvantage.

What? Who are these people and what is the disadvantage? Knowledge is free. Pupils who enter these olympiads are bright and keen so managing them must be a dream.

This kind of attitude is symptomatic of England's education system now. Grossly watered down specifications and exams and we think we are still world beaters.

One the teachers did say that GCS(E)s and A Levels of 20 years ago were much more involved than they are now. How about being given 10% to evaluate a simple fraction ... possible in a Business Studies A Level exam now.

DW
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Memory and a top tip

I just went upstairs but as I got to the top of the stairs I couldn't for the life of me remember what I was doing there!! Took me about 30 seconds to remember!

If you're going to install some memory in a computer don't forget where all the cables go. Otherwise you might think it doesn't work any more when you switch it on again and the monitor fails to show anything. (Not me, by the way!)

DW.


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