Rowland Croucher
This ‘@&^%*?#’ army
A disgruntled soldier was jaded with the inefficiency of the army. He transferred to different regiments, only to be faced with constant displays of ineptitude. As a last resort he tried the paratroopers, where things looked to be improving. As he soared into the air for the first jump, his instructor gathered all the trainees […]
Russia; Uzbekistan
FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 14 July 2008 RUSSIA: JEHOVAH’S WITNESS TRACTS FEARED HARMFUL IN ASBESTOS TOWN http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1159 The court in the Urals town of Asbest chose […]
Daffinitions
ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. HAIRDRESSERS A place where women curl up and dye. CANNIBAL: Someone who is fed up with people. CHICKENS: The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead. COMMITTEE: A body that keeps minutes […]
New order?
Note for the puritans and/or the prurient: some humor/humour about sex is funny, some is bawdy and/or tasteless, and some is clever. This one falls into the last category… ***** It is rumoured that an Apocryphal Gospel has been discovered in a cave in the Middle East: the Gospel of St. Coitus and St. Copula, […]
Iraqi minorities’ long wait for freedom
Chris Bowen July 16, 2008 If you have never been to a party thrown by Iraqis, I’d recommend it. They sing, dance and make sure everyone enjoys themselves. When Saddam Hussein fell in April 2003 some enjoyable street parties were thrown by Iraqi residents in Fairfield, which is in my electorate. Thousands of Iraqi refugees […]
How ethical are you?
From The Times July 10, 2008 Are you an enforcer, philosopher, judge, angel, teacher or guardian? Find out the composition of your moral DNA with our test WHAT would you do if, when you visit the ATM to withdraw £100, it dispenses £200 because it has been incorrectly stacked with £20 notes and not £10 […]
Islamic Anti-semitism
First, read http://jmm.org.au/articles/21447.htm then this: Bat Ye’or Comments I fully agree with Mark Durie’s analysis of the Muslim theological view on Jews and Christians. The distinction he mentions between the two religious groups has many factors. Jews lived in Medina but not Christians; they were artisans, cultivators, poets and scholars. The community met every Sabbath […]
Pushing for the power of now (Eckhart Tolle)
(Note from Rowland: I’ve listened to Tolle’s reading of his book The Power of Now, twice, and was helped by *some* of it. This article helps understand my caveat): Pushing for the power of now July 13, 2008 Lose the ego. Make peace with the present. Awaken. Eckhart Tolle’s spiritual teachings are appealing to millions. […]
John Lennon and Christ
John Lennon: “I’m one of Christ’s biggest fans” From Telegraph.co.uk, on a 1969 interview with John Lennon: John Lennon famously claimed the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, even predicting that Christianity would “vanish and shrink”. But 28 years after his death, in an interview being broadcast for the first time, he claims that on […]
Interesting (etymology of a common word)
Interesting fact ? Not Checked but I’m Sure One of You Will Take the Trouble…. Manure: In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before commercial fertilizer’s invention, so large shipments of manure were common.. It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a […]
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