André Rieu - And The Waltz Goes On

Waltz Composed By Anthony Hopkins

“And The Waltz Goes On” was performed by André Rieu and His Johann Strauss Orchestra. in Maastricht and is taken from the DVD “André Rieu – Under the Stars. Live in Maastricht 5″.
I had no idea that besides being an excellent actor that Anthony Hopkins is also a talented composer. I understand that he also paints. A multi-faceted artist.

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Medalion Of Torture

All medallions are a prize of honour or distinction. In the case of those worn by pigeons back in 2009 in Barcelona, they were more like tortures. For the birds and for animal lovers. 300 pigeons had started wearing a metal disc with an assigned number, as a new system of control, substituting the previous method with a ring on the foot of the bird, or clipped on the wing. But, just a few days into this practice, the Agency of Public Health had to re-capture the pigeons to free them from these newly put on medallions.

These pigeons had apparently showed great distress or pain, and had changed their habitual behaviour since this new collar had been put on them. Many people in the neighbourhood had reported that these birds now walk everywhere slowing, even when encountered obstacles or traffic, instead of flying or hurrying away, and showing pain or stress.

Many had been injured through their struggle to free themselves with the metal collar, or weak of exhaustion with the fruitless attempt. Quite a few had died and in one particular case, a pigeon was found near death with his beak caught and firmly stuck on the hook of the medal attached to the collar, so it couldn't close it nor breathe properly.

This experiment had caused great distress also to the people witnessing the torture suffered by the birds, and vehemently protested by all the pro animal groups and organisations. The authorities of the control explained that the old system meant that they had to capture the birds twice: once to put the identity rings on and another time to be able to see each bird's identity, to keep check of their population, habits and migration patterns. Had the new method worked, each number is easily seen even when they are up in the air. That would have saved a lot of time, effort and manpower.

According to the censor last year, the population of pigeons in Barcelona were 256,000 which caused sanity and health problems to the city. 25,000 are humanely sacrificed each year to keep the numbers under control, and the authority had also tried to let free some eagles to chase them away or eat them. They had even employed birth control on virile males with a substance called Nicarbicina, causing them temporary sterilization; but all to little effect.

Now years later, no new and effective step had yet been found; the authority is inviting the public to suggest any likely or helpful solutions. I wish I had one!

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The Naughty Password

** The password
Rosa, a female computer consultant, was helping a smug male set up his computer and she asked him what word he would like to use as a password for login.
Wanting to embarrass the lady, he told her to enter "PENIS."

Without blinking an eye or saying a word, Rosa entered the password as he had requested.
But then, she nearly exploded refraining from laughter as she pointed out to him what the computer displayed in response:

'PASSWORD REJECTED. NOT LONG ENOUGH.'

** Everything is bigger in Texas
Samuel lived in Texas. One day, he bought a round of drinks for everyone in the pub because his wife had just given birth to "a typical Texas baby boy weighing 20 pounds."

Everyone in the pub congratulated him and many told him that they found it hard to believe that his baby weighed in so heavy.
But Samuel assured them, "It’s true, it’s really true."

When Samuel came back to the same pub three weeks later, the barman said to him, "Say, you're the father of the typical Texas baby that weighed 20 pounds at birth aren’t you? So tell us, how much does your baby weigh now?"

Sam replied, "Twelve pounds."

The barman could not understand this, so he asked "Why? Is he ill? What happened? He
weighed 20 pounds at birth, why has he lost so much weight?"

Sam took a big swig from his beer, wiped his lips with the back of his hand, leaned over to the barman and proudly replied, "Had him circumcised."

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Doctor, Love, Principles

** Doctor Knows best “Doctor, you’ve got to give me something to make me young again. I’ve got a date with this beautiful young girl tonight.” His doctor said, “Hold on a second, you’re 75 years old, there’s really not a lot I can do for you.” Benjamin replies, “But doctor, my friend Tony is much older than I am and he says he has sex three times a week.” “OK”, says the doctor, “so you say it too!” ** Enduring love - 1 She: "Darling, will you still love me when my hair is grey?" He: "Of course Sweetheart, I have loved you through blond, brunette, red and every other colour. Why not grey?” ** Enduring love - 2 Mr & Mrs Smith had just got married. On the way to their honeymoon, Mr Smith said to his new wife “Would you have married me if my father hadn’t left me a fortune?” She replied, “Darling, I would have married you no matter who had left you a fortune.” ** The principle A congregator asked his Rabbi, "Rabbi, you’re a man of God. So why is it that you are always talking business when I, a businessman, am always talking about spiritual matters when I'm not at work?" "You have discovered one of the principles of human nature," the Rabbi replied. "And what principle is that, Rabbi?" "People like to discuss things they know nothing about." Tags:doctor,love

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