Thursday, August 23, 2007

Stupid Questions People Ask Travel Agents

These are so funny!
The following are actual stories provided by travel agents:
I had someone ask for an aisle seats so that his or her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window.
A client called in inquiring about a package to Hawaii.  After going over all the cost info, she asked, "Would it be cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii?"
A man called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that is not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied, "Don't lie to me. I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state."
Another man called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had a 1-hour lay over in Dallas.  When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, "I heard Dallas was a big airport, and I need a car to drive between the gates to save time."
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Wrong

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Oscar the Cat Predicts Death

Totally weird
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(AP Photo/Stew Milne)
Oscar, a hospice cat at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, R.I., walks past an activity room at the facility Monday, July 23, 2007. Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours.

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Talking Clock

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Bloopers

Unbelievable.......

Courtroom Blunders

Courtroom Hammer

Here are some mistakes made by stupid Lawyers out there asking questions that have no definitive answer - I’ve given you the pick of the crop to choose from you can see more from the link below - some will make you howl with laughter.


Lawyer
: “Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?”
Witness: “No.”
Lawyer: “Did you check for blood pressure?”
Witness: “No.”
Lawyer: “Did you check for breathing?”
Witness: “No.”
Lawyer: “So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?”
Witness: “No.”
Lawyer: “How can you be so sure, Doctor?”
Witness: “Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.”
Lawyer: “But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?”
Witness: “Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.”

Lawyer: “And lastly, Gary, all your responses must be oral. Ok? What school do you go to?”
Witness: “Oral.”
Lawyer: “How old are you?”
Witness: “Oral.”

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Which One is the Female?

What's your answer?
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What a Way to Ride

Wouldn't mind being the driver, but never, and I repeat, never the passenger.
clipped from shanghaiist.com

Photo of the Day: A position for the couple on the go

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This is a picture of a couple travelling on Haikou's Nanhai Avenue, who have obviously found a very comfortable position travelling in style on their motorbike.

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Wonder Drug

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What a burger!

It would take me a week to eat it and a month to pay for it.....
Ok who's hungry ?
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Names of things you never knew had names.

I knew a few of these.
clipped from www.wattpad.com
AGLET - The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace
ARMSAYE - The armhole in clothing.
CHANKING - Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits.
COLUMELLA NASI - The bottom part of the nose between the nostrils
DRAGÉES - Small beadlike pieces of candy, usually silver-coloured, used for decorating cookies, cakes and sundaes.
A dangling curl of hair.
The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser in place.
The small metal hoop that supports a lampshade.
KEEPER - The loop on a belt that keeps the end in place after it has passed through the buckle.
KICK or PUNT - The indentation at the bottom of some wine bottles. It gives added strength to the bottle but lessens its holding capacity.
LIRIPIPE - The long tail on a graduate's academic hood.
MINIMUS - The little finger or toe
OBDORMITION - The numbness caused by pressure on a nerve; when a limb is 'asleep'
PEEN - The end of a hammer head opposite the striking face.
SCROOP - The rustle of silk.
SPRAINTS - Otter dung.
WAMBLE - Stomach rumbling.
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new spin on earth's magnetic field

Amazing


Toy inspires new spin on Earth's magnetic field

How can a spinning toy called a rattleback help us understand the Earth's magnetic field?
For those of us below a certain age, a rattleback is a toy that you can spin in one direction but not the other. If you try to make it spin in the "wrong" direction, it spontaneously rattles up and down, and then starts spinning in the other way.
It doesn't sound terribly complex, but mathematicians and physicists have been struggling for centuries trying to work out why rattlebacks behave like this.
Watch the video to see it all explained:
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New Government Logo

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Best of the Web

Some are pretty cool.
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Pirate Encyclopedia

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So Sad

Alas.....
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Geek Jewellery

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