January 2012
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The Pilot's Wife Trailer - IMDb →
Good movie but the book was better. 3/5.
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A toast « Quotes, Votes & Random Notes →
Now Lois likes his native wine, And Otto likes his beer; The Pommy goes for half and half Because it gives him cheer,
While Angus likes his whisky neat, And Paddy likes his tot — The Aussie has no drink at all: He likes the bloody lot!
— Stan Wakefield in Bill Wannan’s Come in Spinner
Cheapskate « Quotes, Votes & Random Notes →
A man had to send an urgent telegram. Not wishing to spend more money than necessary, he filled out a telegraph blank in this manner: ‘Bruises hurt erased afford erected analysis hurt too infectious dead.’ (Ten words) The recipient at the other end, being kin, immediately understood the message: ‘Bruce is hurt. He raced a Ford. He wrecked it, and Alice is hurt too. In fact she’s dead.’...
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Evaluation « Quotes, Votes & Random Notes →
The assumption that unschooling parents somehow lack awareness of their children’s progress, and therefore require formal evaluation of that progress, is related to the fact that unschoolers function outside the arena of the schools, and our philosophies and methods are not always well understood.
— Jan Hunt in The Unschooling Unmanual
Deductions « Quotes, Votes & Random Notes →
Man who mistakenly received a pay envelope without a cheque, to personnel department: “What happened? Did my deductions finally equal my salary?”
— Herbert V Prochnow & Herbert V Prochnow Jr. in Jokes, Quotes & One LIners Volume 2
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Growing children « Quotes, Votes & Random Notes →
It [unschooling] is a little like watching a garden grow. No matter how closely we examine the garden, it is difficult to verify that anything is happening at that particular moment. But as the season progresses, we can see that much has happened, quietly and naturally. Children pursue life, and in doing so, pursue knowledge. They need adults to trust in the inevitability of this very natural...
Fertilization « Quotes, Votes & Random Notes →
Why does it take 4 million male sperm to find and fertilize an egg? Not one wants to ask for directions.
— Allan & Barbara Pease in Why Men Lie and Women Cry
Wowser « Quotes, Votes & Random Notes →
“…an ineffably pious person who mistakes this world for a penitentiary and himself for a warder.”
— C.J. Dennis (on the wowser) in Bill Wannan’s Come in Spinner
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frugal pantry organisation |... →
Stolen « Quotes, Votes & Random Notes →
The absentminded professor drove up to the door of his garage, looked inside, blinked, and then leaped back into his car and drove at breakneck speed to the police station. “sergeant,” he gasped, “my car’s been stolen!’
— Herbert V prochnow & Herbert V Prochnow Jr. in Jokes, Quotes & One Liners Volume 2
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Senile Talking Cat! (The Original) - YouTube →
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