July 31, 2010

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July 31, 2010

Daily Chat – 31 Jul 2010

by duncanr

There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them. (Lawrence Welk)

July 31, 2010

Swear on the Bible

by duncanr

. . . and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and it was fucken crap. And God said, “Let there be fucken light”; and there was light. And God saw that the light was bloody good;

Oops, sorry – got carried away there. Hope I haven’t offended anyone. Was just imagining how the Rev Michael Land’s sermons might sound like.

The Reverend has told his congregation to ‘get real’ – if they want to spread the gospel amongst today’s youth and show them the Christian religion is relevant to them, they need to learn to communicate with them using ‘street talk’

Read more here . . . http://tinyurl.com/22wwyt8

July 31, 2010

A $200 Million Con?

by duncanr

A bunch of glass plate negatives bought for $45 dollars at a garage sale by Rick Norsigian, a painter based in Fresno, has hit the news recently.

Mr Norsigian claims they are lost works of Amsel Adams. If so they would be worth around $200 million, it is estimated.

That claim however has been disputed, not least by Amsel’s living relatives . . .
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July 31, 2010

Stop-Go Chase

by duncanr

A woman in Ohio was clocked driving at 78mph in a 55mph zone.

When a police officer tried to pull her over, she sped off

In the high speed chase that followed, the officer had no problem keeping up with her – she kept stopping every time she hit a red light.

{there is no word as to whether or not she was a blonde]

Source . . .

P.S. for good measure, she was tasered for resisting arrest when she was finally stopped

July 31, 2010

ForestLove

by duncanr

July 30, 2010

The Grim Granny

by duncanr

Celtic funerals are ‘lively’ affairs.

Sadly, I’ve attended too many funerals in my time.

The English ones are very respectful affairs – a few drinks and a bite to eat afterwards, and quiet conversations amongst the mourners.

The Scots and Irish ones, on the other hand, are a lot more boisterous (at least in my family). The drink is more plentiful and flows more freely – at some stage it becomes more like a party, with singing, spoons, penny whistles and other musical instruments produced . . .
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July 30, 2010

Caption this . . .

by duncanr

July 30, 2010

Basil Marceaux

by duncanr

This guy is one of the Republican candidates hoping to be the next Governor of Tennessee

I’m saying nothing !!!

July 30, 2010

Poor Bill

by duncanr