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Nov 28

The Fabulous Friday Funnies

In the sauna – TODAY

Enjoying a sauna can be your reward for having a decent workout and it’s worth taking the time to do this, to detoxify, relax and feel great! It’s also a FUN way to have a chat with others. You actually hear some priceless things like I heard TODAY between eight guys in the sauna at one of the Auckland clubs. Guy one “Yeah, I get the doctor to do an anal inspection on me once a year. It costs $100. The check-up takes an hour” Guy two “Cripes mate, that’s a long time to have a finger up your b u m!”

Conversation switches to longevity. Guy three “I was actually at a funeral for a war veteran who died at the age of 105. Prime-minister Helen Clark spoke. The poor guy had only recently had the last bullet removed from World War Two. When Helen spoke about this it was on the tip of my tongue to shout out ‘Gees that’s a long time on the hospital waiting list!”


At the urging of his doctor, John moved to Arizona.

After settling in, he met a neighbor who was also an older man.

"Say, my doctor recommended I move here for my health. Is this really a good place to live?"

"It sure is," the man replied. "When I first arrived here I couldn’t say one word. I had hardly any hair on my head. I didn’t have the strength to walk across a room and I had to be lifted out of bed."

"That’s wonderful!" said John. "How long have you been here?"

"I was born here."


I received today a very interesting looking envelope in the daily mail. It bore all the hallmarks of material posted in a "plain brown envelope" although this one was a black plastic bag with the address window in clear plastic with a slim magazine inside. Ooo, I thought,as I feverishly tore open the envelope, someone has finally sent me some salacious material.

What a let down we have just become eligible for the Commonwealth Seniors Card and this is the first Seniors Australia magazine, bah humbug!


"There’s a fair going on in Vienna. A divorce fair. What would the rides there be? Half of the Haunted Mansion. I need some Space Mountain." -Craig Ferguson


After much careful research it has been discovered that the artist Vincent Van Gogh had many relatives. Among them were:

  • His obnoxious brother, Please Gogh.
  • His dizzy aunt, Verti Gogh.
  • The brother who ate prunes, Gotta Gogh.
  • The brother who worked at a convenience store, Stop n’ Gogh.
  • The grandfather from Yugoslavia, U Gogh.
  • The brother who bleached his clothes white, Hue Gogh.
  • The cousin from Illinois, Chicah Gogh.
  • His magician uncle, Wherediddy Gogh.
  • His Mexican cousin, Amee Gogh.
  • The Mexican cousin’s American half brother, Grin Gogh.
  • The nephew who drove a stage coach, Wellsfar Gogh.
  • The constipated uncle, Cant Gogh.
  • The ballroom dancing aunt, Tan Gogh.
  • The bird lover uncle, Flamin Gogh.
  • His nephew psychoanalyst, E Gogh.
  • And his niece who travels the country in a van, Winnie Bay Gogh.

Arguing with your Boss is like wrestling with a pig in mud.
After a while you realize that while you are getting dirty, the pig is actually enjoying it.


Having spent the school year impressing upon her class that maths can be found in everything, Mrs Reynolds had the class seated on the mat whilst demonstrating a maths concept on the board. She noticed one student sitting on the mat directly behind her which meant her view of the board was obstructed.

"Tash, how about you move to where you can see the board better. There is nothing mathematical about my bottom." A quick retort from one her boys was "Yes there is Mrs Reynolds. Two halves make a whole"


One sunny day in January, 2009 an old man approached the White House from Across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he’d been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.."

The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here."

The old man said, "Okay", and walked away.

The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush."

The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here."

The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.

The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same U.S. Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with President Bush."

The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Bush. I’ve told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the president and no longer resides here. Don’t you understand?"

The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it."

The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow, Sir."


For all of us who are seniors—For all of you who know seniors—and for all of you who will be seniors. It pays to be able to laugh about it when you are!

"Where is my Sunday paper?" the irate customer calling the newspaper office loudly demanded, wanting to know where her Sunday edition was. "Ma’am," said the newspaper employee, "Today is Saturday—the Sunday paper is not delivered until tomorrow on Sunday."

There was quite a long pause on the other end of the phone, followed by a ray of recognition—as she was heard to mutter, "Well sh*t—so that’s why no one was at church today."


I’ve just thought of another contemporary Latin phrase:
Tempus fugit non: don’t lose your temper


It was raining at school so I invited the class of Year 1′s beside mine to come through our connecting door and watch a D.V.D. with my class while we all ate lunch. As they walked in, I noticed in the other room that one child had brought in a couple of large plates of wonderful looking cup cakes for her birthday and that several remained untouched. I wished the girl a happy birthday and asked if there might be a cake left for me.

"Yes, I do have lots of cakes left over," she told me, "but they are all for other teachers

Nov 25

Joshua’s first Helicopter ride

Well, after my workmate Craig Hammond went up on a floatplane ride over Mt Tarawera with Volcanic Air Safaris’ (VAS) last week, I was pretty envious. But fear not, Ann Parker from VAS said I could come down when ever I liked to have a free transfer back to the airport, as they store the helicopters there every night.

Nov 21

The Fabulous Friday Funnies

Jill was discussing the various aspects and possible outcome of the Insurance policy with the man at the Insurance Agency.

During the discussion, she asked, "Suppose I take the life insurance for my husband today and tomorrow he dies? What will I get?"

The agent eyed her suspiciously and replied, "Probably 20 to life."


I provide technical support for the computer software published by my company. One day, over the phone, I was helping a customer install a product on a Macintosh. The procedure required him to delete an old file. On the Mac there is an icon of a trash can that is used to collect items to be permanently deleted.

I told the customer to click on the old file and drag it to the trash. Then I had him perform a few other steps. As a reminder, I said, "Don’t forget to empty the trash.

Obediently he replied, "Yes, dear." — Cynthia Kainu


Saturday morning I got up early, put on my long johns, dressed quietly, made my lunch, grabbed the dog, slipped quietly into the garage to hook the boat up to the truck, and proceeded to back out into a torrential down pour.

There was snow mixed with the rain, and the wind was blowing 30 mph. I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad throughout the day.

I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed. There I cuddled up to my wife’s back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, "The weather out there is terrible."

My loving wife of 15 years replied, "Can you believe my dumb husband is out fishing in that rubbish?"

I still don’t know if she was joking.


Follow up to last week’s dog vs wife debate…

How do you know who loves you more, your wife or your dog?

Lock both of them in the boot of your car. Leave them for an hour. Open the boot and find out which one is happy to see you.


Christmas carol for 2008!!!

You’d better watch out
You’d better not cry
You’d better keep cash
I’m telling you why:
Recession is coming to town.

It’s hitting you once,
It’s hitting you twice
It doesn’t care if you’ve been careful and wise
Recession is coming to town

It’s worthless if you’ve got shares
It’s worthless if you’ve got bonds
It’s safe when you’ve got cash in hand
So keep cash for goodness sake, HEY

You’d better watch out
You’d better not cry
You’d better keep cash I’m telling you why:
Recession is coming to town!

Finance products are confusing
Finance products are so vague
The banks make you bear the cost of risk
So keep out for goodness sake, OH

You’d better watch out
You’d better not cry
You’d better keep cash I’m telling you why:
Recession is coming to town.


"Earlier today, President Bush was in New York and he gave a speech about the financial crisis and other problems facing the country. The speech was called ‘So Long Suckers.’" -Conan O’Brien


The following are results from an OZ-words Competition where entrants were asked to take an Australian word, alter it by one letter only, and supply a witty definition.

Clearly, you need to be an Aussie to understand.

  • Billabonk: to make passionate love beside a waterhole
  • Bludgie: a partner who doesn’t work, but is kept as a pet
  • Dodgeridoo: a fake indigenous artefact
  • Fair drinkum: good-quality Aussie wine
  • Flatypus: a cat that has been run over by a vehicle
  • Mateshit: all your flat mate’s belongings, lying strewn around the floor
  • Shagman: an unemployed male, roaming the Australian bush in search of s e xual activity
  • Yabble: the unintelligible language of Australian freshwater crustaceans
  • Bushwanker: a pretentious drongo, who reckons he’s above average when it comes to handling himself in the scrub
  • Crackie-daks: ‘hipster’ tracksuit pants.

And for the Kiwi’s amongst us:

  • Shornbag: a particularly attractive naked sheep.

Two Irishmen in a bar and one said to the other.

"Hey! Can you tell me what the date is please?"

"No idea." says the other.

"But you’ve got a newspaper in your pocket," he says.

"Sorry mate, it’s no use, it’s yesterday’s!"


One day a 12 year old boy was walking down the street when a car pulled up beside him and wound down its window. "I’ll give you a bag of lollies if you get in the car" said the driver.

"No way, get stuffed!" replied the boy. “How about a bag of lollies and 10 bucks" the driver asked. “I said no way"
replied the boy

“What about a bag of lollies and 50 bucks?" asked the driver “No, I’m not getting in the car." answered the boy “Okay, I’ll give you a bag of lollies and $100" the driver offered “No!" replied the boy. “What will it take to get you in the car?" asked the driver

The boy replied: "Listen Dad, you bought the f’ing Volvo, you live with it!"


The blonde reported for her University final examination which consists of "yes/no" type questions.

She takes her seat in the examination hall, stares at the question paper for five minutes, and then in a fit of inspiration takes her purse out, removes a coin and starts tossing the coin and marking the answer sheet – Yes for Heads and No for Tails. Within a half an hour, she is all done whereas the rest of the class is sweating it out.

During the last few minutes, she is seen desperately throwing the coin, swearing and sweating.

The moderator, alarmed, approaches her and asks what is going on. "I finished the exam in half an hour. But," she says, "I am rechecking my answers."


Contemporary Latin Phrases:

  • "Domino vobiscum." (The pizza guy is here.)
  • "Sharpei diem." (Seize the wrinkled dog.)
  • "Nucleo predicus dispella conducticus." (Remove foil before microwaving.)
  • "Bodicus mutilatimus, unemploymi ad infinitum." (Better take the nose ring out before the job interview.)
  • "Motorolus interruptus." (Hold on, I’m going into a tunnel.)
  • "Revelare Pecunia!" (Show Me The Money!)
  • "Sic semper tyrannus." (Your dinosaur is ill.)
  • "No Quid Pro Quo." (I’m Sorry, We’re All Out of Quid.)
  • "Veni, Vidi, Velcro" (I came; I saw; I stuck around.)
Nov 14

Hamilton Zoo

This morning we went for a drive over to Hamilton Zoo to show Joshua the animals, as he just loves the Lion Man and the Zoo on TV2. The 55-200mm lens came in really handy to get the great closeup shots you’ll see when you view the photos. You can quickly flick through all 26 images as you join us on our tour of the Hamilton Zoo, viewing all the animals we saw along our way.

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Nov 14

The Fabulous Friday Funnies

Salesman: This computer will cut your workload by 50%.
Office Manager: That’s great, I’ll take two of them.


A Jewish grandmother is watching her grandchild playing on the beach when a huge wave comes and takes him out to sea.

She pleads, "Please God, save my only grandson! I beg of you, bring him back."

And a big wave comes and washes the boy back onto the beach, good as new. She looks up to heaven and says: "He had a hat!"


Why Some Men Have Dogs And Not Wives:

  1. The later you are, the more excited your dogs are to see you.
  2. Dogs don’t notice if you call them by another dog’s name.
  3. Dogs like it if you leave a lot of things on the floor.
  4. A dog’s parents never visit.
  5. Dogs agree that you have to raise your voice to get your point across.
  6. You never have to wait for a dog; they’re ready to go 24 hours a day.
  7. Dogs find you amusing when you’re drunk.
  8. Dogs like to go hunting and fishing.
  9. A dog will not wake you up at night to ask, "If I died, would you get another dog?"
  10. If a dog smells another dog on you, they don’t get mad. They just think it’s interesting.
  11. Dogs like to ride in the back of a pickup truck.
  12. If a dog leaves, it won’t take half of your stuff.

Mick & Paddy are reading head stones at a nearby cemetery.
Mick say ‘Crikey! Theres a bloke here who was 152!’

Paddy says ‘Whats his name?’

Mick replies ‘Miles from London!’


Paddy & Mick go to London to donate sperm. It was a disaster! Paddy missed the tube & Mick came on the bus!!


A highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway. Glancing at the car, he was astounded to see that the blonde behind the wheel was knitting!

Realising that she was oblivious to his flashing lights and siren, the trooper cranked down his window, turned on his bullhorn and yelled "PULL OVER!"

"NO!" the blonde yelled back, "IT’S A SCARF!"


"Obama held his first news conference today, as president- elect. White House reporters were confused because he didn’t make up any words, and almost everything he said made sense." -Jimmy Kimmel


A definition of golf

An ineffectual attempt to direct an uncontrollable sphere into an inaccessible hole with instruments ill-adapted to the purpose.


A nice story – will make you appreciate family . . …
however for most of us, it’s too late!

My grandmother died in the 50s, but her birthday is coming up, and that always causes me to reminisce. The long walks we used to take to the store in town, the quarters she gave me for meaningless jobs like pulling weeds or washing the sidewalk…

Those gems were all good, but the one I remember most, the jewel in the crown of grandmotherly advice, occurred when I was only about 13. We were sitting in a park having just finished collecting some 40 soda bottles for the deposit money on a beautiful spring day.

She told me that one day, I would find a wonderful woman and start my own family. ‘And always remember this thing,’
she said. ‘Be sure you marry a woman with small hands.’

‘How come, Grandma?’ I asked her.

She answered in her soft Scottish voice. ‘Makes your d i c k look bigger.’

Kinda brings a tear to your eye, doesn’t it?


I was in the band at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. Our group was required to play for all generals who arrived on base. So one morning, when our commanding officer heard on the radio that a General Frost was expected just after noon, he sent us scrambling to the flight line with our instruments. Turns out one of the musicians had also heard the radio announcement. He took the C.O. aside For a whispered conference. When they returned, the officer told us the performance was canceled.
There was no arriving general — we had almost played for the weather forecast. — David Yost


Teacher: "What do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?"

Student: "A teacher."


There was this man who, many years ago, worked for a large business. That was his lifetime employment, but he wasn’t happy there. He wanted to go in business for himself. He saved his money and finally had enough that he could quit and start his own business.

About two years later, I was on vacation and was going through the town where his business was located. I stopped by for a visit. "Hey John, I heard that the first year is the hardest for a new business."

"Yeah, the first year was pretty rough, but we are doing pretty good now. In fact, I’m getting to where I only have to work half a day."

"Wow, that’s pretty nice. Maybe I should think about going into business for myself."

"Yeah, and the nicest part of it is that it doesn’t matter which twelve hours you work."


The government will be requiring new food labels that are more specific. Products will now be labeled, no fat, low fat, reduced fat and fat, but great personality.


Quote of the Week ‘I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.’ Thomas Jefferson 1802

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