Clip of The Day

"Harry and Sally"... is a 1989 American romantic comedy film written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner. It stars Billy Crystal as Harry and Meg Ryan as Sally. The story follows the title characters from the time they meet just before sharing a cross-country drive, through some twelve years or so of chance encounters in New York City. The film raises the question "Can men and women ever just be friends?"

The whole story starts when Sally gives him a ride to New York after they both graduate from University. The film jumps through their lives as they both search for love, but fail, bumping into each other time and time again. Finally a close friendship blooms between them, and they both like having a friend of the opposite sex. But then they are confronted with the problem: "Would it be possible for a man and a woman be friends, without sex getting in the way?"

Curiosity: The lady who says "I'll have what she's having" after Sally's faked orgasm is director Rob Reiner's mother who happened to be visiting the set that day.

The orgasm scene was filmed at Katz's Deli, an actual restaurant in New York. The table at which the scene was filmed now has a plaque on it that reads, "Congratulations! You're sitting where Harry met Sally." HC

LAUGHTER’S THE BEST MEDICINE

MUD PIES

A man pleaded with the psychiatrist, "You've got to help me.
It's my son."
"What's the matter?"
"He's always eating mud pies. I get up in the morning and
there he is in the backyard eating mud pies. I come home at
lunch and he's eating mud pies. I come home at dinner and
there he is in the backyard eating mud pies."
The psychiatrist reassured him, "Give the kid a chance. It's
all part of growing up. It'll pass."
"Well, I don't like it, and neither does his wife."


Magic Elevators
A fifteen year old Amish boy and his father were in a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again.

The boy asked, 'What is this Father?'

The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, 'Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life, I don't know what it is.'

While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a fat old lady in a wheel chair moved up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened, and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed, and the boy and his father watched the small numbers above the walls light up sequentially. They continued to watch until it reached the last number, and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order. Finally the walls opened up again and a gorgeous 24-year-old blond stepped out. The father, not taking his eyes off the young woman, said quietly to his son.....

'Go get your Mother'

GFN INFORMATION

No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times if it is being folded in half for each of the 7 folds!

Odd News

Police: Man tossed oranges at planes
Published: Nov. 10, 2010 at 3:56 PM

MESA, Ariz., Nov. 10 (UPI) Police in Arizona said they arrested a man who was caught throwing oranges at airplanes and sniffing spray paint near an airport.

Investigators said they responded to a call at the Falcon Field municipal airport in Mesa and found Brian Henio, 33, in a neighboring orange grove throwing fruit at the planes, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, reported Wednesday.

Police said Henio had paint on his upper lip and they recognized the smell of spray paint.

The suspect, who was described by police as "extremely jittery," told officers he knew he was trespassing and wanted to go to New Mexico, the arrest report said.

Henio, who allegedly tried to resist being handcuffed, was arrested and charged with possession of a vapor releasing substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and trespassing. He was taken to the Mesa City Jail.

WORDS OF WISDOM

I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress. President Ronald Reagan

Word of The Day

OBNOXIOUS

Function: adjective

Comparative and superlative forms: more obnoxious; most obnoxious

Meaning: Unpleasant in a way that makes people feel offended, annoyed, or disgusted

e.g. He said some really obnoxious things about his ex-girlfriend at the party. Some teenagers were being loud and obnoxious. An obnoxious smell.


Derived forms:
Obnoxiously: Adverb
e.g. Obnoxiously loud music.

Clip of The Day

"PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN" (1951) is Albert Lewin's interpretation of the legend of the Flying Dutchman. The film stars: James Mason, Ava Gardner, Nigel Patrick and others. Ava Gardner became one of Hollywood's leading actresses, considered one of the most beautiful women of her day.

"In a little spanish seaport named Esperanza, during the 30s, appears Hendrick van der Zee, the mysterious captain of a yacht (he is the only one aboard). Pandora is a beautiful woman (who men kill and die for). She's never really fallen in love with any man, but she feels very attracted by Hendrick... We are soon taught that Hendrick is the Flying Dutchman, this sailor of the 17th century that has been cursed by God to wander over the seas until the Doomsday... unless a woman is ready to die for him..."

Famous last words

"The ladies have to go first. Goodbye, dearie. I'll see you later". John Jacob Astor

Astor and his wife were traveling on the Titanic when it struck an iceberg and began to sink. As Astor prepared to enter a lifeboat with his wife, a group of female passengers appeared on deck. He gave up his seat and spoke his final words to his wife; he was later found floating in the ocean, drowned.

Quote of the Day

"Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all". Winston Churchill

LAUGHTER’S THE BEST MEDICINE

Clever Judge. But You Still Can't Beat The Lawyer

A lawyer defending a man accused of burglary tried this creative defense:

- “My client merely inserted his arm into the window and removed a few trifling articles. His arm is not himself, and I fail to see how you can punish the whole individual for an offense committed by his limb.”

- “Well put,” the judge replied. “Using your logic, I sentence the defendant’s arm to one year’s imprisonment. He can accompany it or not, as he chooses.”

The defendant smiled. With his lawyer’s assistance he detached his artificial limb, laid it on the bench, and walked out.

RULES OF THUMB

Now, let's look at the adjective ending - less.

When we add - less to a word, it means "without".

"shiftless" - without shifting, without moving, usually means "lazy", "faceless" - without a face.

What do you think "sleepless" means? How about "friendless" "homeless?"


Let's have fun with "less"

Fill in the blanks with a word from the list.

painless
sleepless
topless

1. I've had three _______ nights in a row. I guess I need some sleeping pills.

2. It is illegal for a woman to be _________ on most beaches.

3. Don't worry. The operation will be _________ .
We'll give you anesthesia.

Word of The Day

Naturally

Adverb

Meanings:

Naturally is used to describe something that happens or exists by itself without being controlled or changed by someone.

e.g. Her hair curls naturally.

A naturally sweet tea.
A number of important vitamins are found naturally in dark green vegetables like spinach.
Pearls are produced naturally by oysters.
He is naturally blond.
Their friendship developed naturally over time.

Naturally is also used to say that something is expected or normal.

e.g. Naturally, some mistakes were made.

When he heard the comment, he was naturally (of course) a little offended.
Naturally you’ll want rooms for the night.
“Did you visit her while you were there?” “Naturally.” (of course; yes)

Because of a quality or skill that a person or animal is born with

e.g. She’s naturally competitive.
He’s naturally able to make people feel comfortable.
Cats are said to be naturally curious.

In a way that is relaxed and normal

e.g. It’s hard to speak/act naturally when you’re nervous.

In a way that makes sense : in a logical and reasonable way

e.g. Her conclusions follow naturally from the theory.
Questions about the journalist’s sources arise naturally from such a controversial report.
When I saw that there were no lights on in the house, I naturally assumed you were asleep.

Idiom: Come Naturally
Meaning: If something comes naturally to you, you are able to do or learn it easily.

e.g. Musical talent comes naturally to that family.
Memorizing important dates in history came naturally to him (was easy for him) in school.

BRAZIL'S PURGATORY ABOUT TO BEGIN

A friend of mine sent me the text below. It talks about politics in Brazil. The message said that it was published in Canada. Next Sunday the runoff will decide the presidency of the country but the essential question is: "If President Da Silva, in fact, wanted to elect a woman of humble origins as he was, why wouldn't he choose Marina Silva?" Why then a woman from a bourgeois Bulgarian family, authoritarian, a former guerilla, hated by many party members, confused, very ill, without proper discourse and with no electoral experience? HC

It's worth a reading.

"The sad fact about the next election in Brazil is that it will not be decided based on principles or values. Nobody cares if Dilma Roussef murdered or robbed. It is just populism in the cruelest form. She is Lula’s lady. Poor people have benefited a little from the end of inflation, and they forgot that this situation was inherited by Lula.

What is interesting is that the Worker’s Party is neither Communist nor the helper of workers. IBGE, the main statistical institution in Brazil , has just released the information that illiteracy in Brazil increased during Lula’s reign. Basic sanitation is in the same level as it was at the time of his coronation. 50,000 Brazilians die of violent deaths, most caused by guns and drugs smuggled into the country by the FARC Marxist terrorists, allies of Lula. Who cares? I have a cell phone and tv set. The next World Cup will be in Rio .

On the other hand, the Federal Development Bank (BNDS) has received this year US$ 100 BI to lend to large corporations, in order to “buy” their good will towards the government during the election year. The capitalists get the money for 3,5% to 7%, while the government pays 10% to 12% for the banks. Itaú bank had the largest profit of any bank in the Americas , including the ones in the US .

Other acts of largesse of the government include the distribution of TV and radio licenses to capitalists and politicians, a TV network for the union leaders (who take one day of salary from the workers and can’t be audited – Lula forbid it) and the definition of the targets of investment of the pension funds from state companies, in the order of hundreds of billions of dollars. They can make you or break you.

FASCISM

This is a fascist economy, in its purest definition. Mussolini would be proud.

It is hard for the common folk to understand how Communism has changed from a social utopia to this raw fascism. The reason is that they retain the old veneer in cultural causes, such as free abortion, gay marriage, globalism, ecological radicalism, etc. Just like in China , they tell you how to live your private life.

Censorship or “media control” is in Dilma’s agenda, as it is in full course in Argentina and Venezuela today. The fiscal privacy of Dilma’s opponents has been broken with no consequences. Basic constitutional rights are worth nothing to the Worker’s party, and they are challenging property rights. A bunch of communist peasants, all funded and led by professional agitators, will invade farms, kill people (as they do now) and the issue will be decided by popular acclamation, in a commune.

We are being prepared to be pawns of the world government.

I predict rough times ahead for Brazil . Dilma is incompetent and stubborn. Brazil ‘s public debt has almost tripled and is about to explode, due to to the high interest rates. The boom in the exportation of minerals and agro-commodities that gave Lula’s popularity such boost can end anytime, especially if a heavy crisis hits the dollar. The taxation level in Brazil is one of the highest in the world, at 40,5% and bureaucracy, with 85 different taxes in the last count, is astronomical. They won’t be able to raise tax anymore to support the do-nothings employed in the government and the corruption.

When the government crashes, the social aids that supported Lula’s popularity will be at risk. Without the booming exports, there will be fewer jobs, and it is possible that we see riots and protests. Things have always been too easy in this country, where food grows even in a crack in the sidewalk. Perhaps it is time for Brazilians to mature from suffering.

PS: Dilma’s father was a Bulgarian. He fled his country because he was a communist activist. Surprisingly, in Brazil he was a capitalist and very rich. Dilma had a very bourgeois life, living in a large house and studying at private schools. It is always good to belong to the Communist elite."

Clip of The Day

"You Make Me Feel So Young" is a 1946 popular song composed by Josef Myrow, with lyrics written by Mack Gordon. I think that any comments should result absolutely unnecessary! Relax, see the clip and enjoy this great performance by "The Voice". HC.

LYRICS

You make me feel so young.
You make me feel like "Spring Sprung",
Every time I see you grin
I'm such a happy individual.
The moment that you speak
I wanna run play hide-and-seek.
I wanna go and bounce the moon
Just like a big balloon.
You and I we are just like a couple of tots
Runnin' along the meadow
snatching up all those forget-me-nots.
You make me feel so young.
You make me feel there are songs to be sung,
Bells to be rung, and a wonderful fling to be sprung,
And even when I'm old and gray
I'm gonna feel the way I do today
'Cause you make me feel so young.

Famous last words

"Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, let 'em wait"!

Who: Ethan Allen.

Note: Stated after Allen was shot and a doctor told him,

"General, I fear that the angels are waiting for you."

Quote of the Day

"My books are water, those of the great geniuses are wine, everybody drinks water". Mark Twain

And Some Still Complain About President Obama!

This is the often drunk Brazilian president making some goofy gestures and pissing in his own pants. (in the circle)

The lady seating next to him, a former guerilla, is his protégée candidate for this year election, she seems embarrassed.

This is the man who wants to be the UN secretary-general and broker nuclear agreement and other deals with Iran. HC.

LAUGHTER’S THE BEST MEDICINE

No joke as Brazil clown tops votes for Congress

A Brazilian clown has had the last laugh by winning a seat in Congress with more votes than any other candidate in Sunday's elections.

Tiririca, or Francisco Oliveira Silva to give him his real name, was elected as a federal deputy for Sao Paulo with more than 1.3 million votes.

Tiririca, or "Grumpy", had slogans such as: "It can't get any worse. "Tiririca won 1,353,355 votes - well ahead of the next best-supported politician, former Rio state governor Antony Garotinho, who took more than 694,000 votes to be elected a federal deputy for the state.

"What does a federal deputy do? Truly, I don't know. But vote for me and I will find out for you," was one of his messages.

Tiririca started working in a circus at the age of eight in the impoverished north-eastern state of Ceara, and is now a TV comedian. He was one of dozens of candidates from the world of sport and showbusiness who were contesting some of the 513 seats in the lower house of Congress.

Tiririca's sucess could also have a bearing on other election races, as he can pass on his excess votes to other candidates in his party's coalition, which includes the governing Workers Party. Tiririca survived a last-minute legal challenge to his candidacy amid evidence that he did not meet the literacy requirement for elected office. However, the electoral authorities indicated he could be removed from office if he failed to show he can read and write after the election.

RULES OF THUMB

The "NESS" ending

darkness: the state of absence of light.

We can often add "ness" to an adjective to get the noun form.

If the adjective ends in "y", take away the "y" and add "iness".

e.g. darkness, sadness, loneliness, happiness, laziness, craziness.

What is the noun form of "silly"?

The whole class was so silly that the teacher left the room.

The teacher left the room because of all the ___.

The answer is "silliness".

Word of The Day

ABATE

Function: verb (no object)

Comparative and superlative forms: abates; abated; abating

Meaning: to become weaker - to decrease in strength
e.g. We waited for the wind/storm to abate. The excitement has abated.

Derived form:
abatement - noun
Plural: abatements

e.g. (noncount) The violence has continued without abatement.
(count)a tax abatement (an amount by which a tax is reduced).