Hi Pen,
I always enjoy your posts, particularly today. I’ll let you know if I don’t.
Would I have a small dig at you? Of course I would, but in the gentlest way. I hope Bonnie remains brave during storms. Daisy used to try to hole up in the nearest small space even in the mildest storm and was inconsolable. It was sad to watch.
I’m still undecided whether I prefer that Queensland does not have daylight saving. Doesn’t matter. I am a simple soul, if I can’t change it, I try to enjoy it. That way lies greater happiness than fighting unwinnable fights. I acknowledge there are some that have to be fought on a matter of principle irrespective of the chance of winning but daylight saving is not one of them.
It’s another beautiful morning in the Redlands. The sun is coming up. It is 21
oC and so that’s enough serious thought for this month, let’s have some fun.
A firefighter was working on the engine outside the station, when he noticed a little girl nearby in a little red wagon with little ladders hung off the sides, and a garden hose tightly coiled in the middle. The girl was wearing a fire fighters helmet. The wagon was being pulled by her dog and her cat.
The firefighter walked over to take a closer look. "
That sure is a nice fire truck", the firefighter said with admiration. "
Thanks," the girl replied. The firefighter looked a little closer. The girl had tied the wagon to her dog's collar and to the cat's privates.
"
Little partner," the firefighter said, "
I don't want to tell you how to run your rig, but if you were to tie that rope around the cat's collar, I think you could go faster." The little girl replied thoughtfully, "
You're probably right, but then I wouldn't have a siren!!."
A language teacher was explaining to her adult class that in French, nouns unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine or feminine.
“House” in French, is feminine -“la maison,” “Pencil” in French, is masculine “le crayon.”
One puzzled student asked, “
What gender is computer?” The teacher did not know, and the word was not in her French dictionary.
So for fun she split the class into two groups appropriately enough, by gender and asked them to decide whether “computer” should be a masculine or a feminine noun.
Both groups were required to give four reasons for their recommendation.
The men’s group decided that computer should definitely be of the feminine gender (“la computer”), because
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later review
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your wages on accessories for it.
The women’s group, however, concluded that computers should be masculine “le computer”) because:
1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data but still can’t think for themselves
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realise that if you had waited a little longer you could have had a better model.
Breakfast and a dog walk calls.