Yes, I saw many black squirrels when I was in Ontario a few weeks ago. Apparently, they're one of the selling points for visiting there.Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Yes, I saw many black squirrels when I was in Ontario a few weeks ago. Apparently, they're one of the selling points for visiting there.
Ecce quam bonum et jocundum, habitares libros in unum!
~Robert Greene, Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
"101 Things to Do Before I Die:Apparently, they're one of the selling points for visiting there.
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93. See some black squirrels. ✔
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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1. Chinese apple trees are pollinated by hand.
2. There have been 39 marriages between Riverdance cast members.
3. Barack Obama and Sarah Palin are related.
4. Eighty percent of young women in Finland go to university.
5. Hermaphrodite dogs exist.
6. Noise affects taste.
7. The chairman of Liverpool FC supports Chelsea.
8. Martin Freeman of The Office turned down the part of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit.
9. Insects are attracted by the colour of wind turbines.
10. Bilingual children get confused less easily.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_157.shtml
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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1. Baseball bats make good violins.
2. Getting drunk quickly is genetic.
3. King penguins flirt with other penguins of the same gender but tend not to settle down with them.
4. Leopards' spots are camouflage.
5. The Vatican likes The Simpsons.
6. Germans have been blurring their homes on Google Street View.
7. Sparrows eavesdrop on fighting birds.
8. Labradors shake their bodies to dry off at a frequency of 4.3 Hz.
9. Traces of silver can be found on the moon.
10. A third of iPad owners haven't bothered to download any apps.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_158.shtml
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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There was an option to appeal against Street View showing ones house on the internet, 245.000 house owners made use of, for privacy reasons. Only this homes get blurred, permanently and irreversibly.
Is this not general procedure in other countries?
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits
in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”
Helen Keller
Has he changed his mind? According to the Telegraph on Saturday 21 October, he is going to play Bilbo. There was even an Editorial Comment on the subject - well, it was more about the power of Myth and how he need not change out of the dressing gown he wore in Hitch-hikers Guide. They must have been short of news that day.
1. Crows go to school.
2. Flamingos use make-up.
3. John and Margaret were the most popular baby names for 30 years.
4. Polar bears wave.
5. More than half of all Americans dress up at Halloween.
6. The normal lifespan of an octopus is three years.
7. Liberalism is genetic.
8. A footballer can be allergic to grass.
9. Mount Everest has its own 3G wireless network.
10. Some 7.2 million British people get by without a wristwatch.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_159.shtml
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I just read an article about that.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Really, i never knew that ...8. A footballer can be allergic to grass.
I guess he will quit playing then !
"He is asleep. Though his mettle was sorely tried,
He lived, and when he lost his angel, died.
It happened calmly, on its own,
The way the night comes when day is done."
I'm behind again. *sigh* Let's see...
What??? Sounds like Communist efficiency.
They must be doing a lot more kicking between the sheets.2. There have been 39 marriages between Riverdance cast members.
Just like I'm related to Queen Elizabeth.3. Barack Obama and Sarah Palin are related.
Smart girls.4. Eighty percent of young women in Finland go to university.
What happens when they go in heat? Chase their tail?5. Hermaphrodite dogs exist.
Hmm, I just had a noisy chocolate cake.6. Noise affects taste.
Chelsea, Bill Clinton's daughter? Is she running for MP?7. The chairman of Liverpool FC supports Chelsea.
But he accepted the role of Thom Thumb.8. Martin Freeman of The Office turned down the part of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit.
As opposed to being sucked in by the air stream? How silly.9. Insects are attracted by the colour of wind turbines.
Or they just confuse the teacher with their multi lingual answers.10. Bilingual children get confused less easily.
Well then, you can strike out in music as well as baseball.
Sure blame your father if you're an alcoholic.2. Getting drunk quickly is genetic.
How do they know it's flirting? They could be talking sports.3. King penguins flirt with other penguins of the same gender but tend not to settle down with them.
And how much did that study cost?4. Leopards' spots are camouflage.
I thought Homer was excommunicated.5. The Vatican likes The Simpsons.
How does one do that? I've seen my house on Google. Good thing I was streaking when they took the picture.6. Germans have been blurring their homes on Google Street View.
Well, that's smarter than fighting fighting birds.7. Sparrows eavesdrop on fighting birds.
Next time my Brandi shakes, I'll have to measure the frequency.8. Labradors shake their bodies to dry off at a frequency of 4.3 Hz.
Gold rush!9. Traces of silver can be found on the moon.
I guess i'm one of that third. What are apps?10. A third of iPad owners haven't bothered to download any apps.
They aint so smart. I've seen them fail a number of classes.
Let me guess, pink tones.2. Flamingos use make-up.
I assume that's for UK. I would say that John is probably just as popular here but I haven't come across an extraordinary number of Margarets.3. John and Margaret were the most popular baby names for 30 years.
So you think they're cute, and then they'll rip your head off. Polar bears are vicious.4. Polar bears wave.
Ooh, go to my blog and see Matthew's first Halloween, dressed as a monkey.5. More than half of all Americans dress up at Halloween.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...og.php?b=11142
Wow, more arms than years alive.6. The normal lifespan of an octopus is three years.
Like many other genetic birth defects.7. Liberalism is genetic.
I guess he can blame the sneeze when he misses the ball.8. A footballer can be allergic to grass.
Let me see. If I should happen to climb Mt Everest, the first thing I'll do at the peak is log on to Lit Net.9. Mount Everest has its own 3G wireless network.
I see that more and more. It's all these young people who think they can show up whenever they want. Oh the young are so stupid.10. Some 7.2 million British people get by without a wristwatch.
Last edited by Virgil; 11-02-2010 at 09:27 PM.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
1. Tea parties were invented in the 1830s.
2. Which means that the 1773 Boston Tea Party wasn't known by that name until more than 60 years after the event. At the time it was referred to as "the destruction of the tea".
3. Adult kingfishers need to catch about 5,000 fish a year to thrive.
4. Dick Bruna, the man famous for creating children's character Miffy, also created the stick man with a halo in the Saint TV series.
5. Smokers on average, according to one reckoning, spend an hour a day on fag breaks.
6. Chips implanted in the eye can, under certain circumstances, let the blind see.
7. Just thinking you're fit might help you avoid getting colds.
8. Having fewer brothers and sisters can be good for your education.
9. It's not just in comedy films that babies can fall from tall buildings, bounce on awnings and be caught by a passer-by.
10. And it's not just in sci-fi films that holograms can be sent as messages.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...his_t_22.shtml
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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1. You must be 16 to buy Christmas crackers.
2. George W Bush read about 95 books a year when US president.
3. Turtles breathe in to float.
4. Nazis coined the verb coventrierung (literally, to coventrate) to describe total annihilation of a city - Coventry - through aerial bombardment.
5. One in five people only clean their homes at weekends.
6. A cat's tongue moves at one metre per second when lapping milk.
7. The tomb of the unknown soldier was originally the idea of a padre called David Railton.
8. Aerial massed acrobatics performed by starlings at this time of year are called "murmurations".
9. Bush crickets have the biggest testicles of any animal, in relation to body weight.
10. People daydream for nearly half of their waking hours.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinem...st_w_161.shtml
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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That Dr Suess was quite prolific.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
And they say size isn't everything!
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Actually, it's because everyone has cellphones, I know my kids use them instead of a watch...I see that more and more. It's all these young people who think they can show up whenever they want. Oh the young are so stupid.
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
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