Definitions And Explanations

• Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason.


• Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.


• Children: You spend the first 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16 years telling them to sit down and shut-up.


• My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.


• Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.


• If sex is a pain in the ass, then you're doing it wrong...


• Consciousness - the time between naps.


• Accountant - someone you hire to explain that you didn't make the money you did.


• Wedding - a funeral where you smell your own flowers.


• Justice - a decision in your favour.


• Paradox - two physicians.


• Court of law - the place where a suit is pressed and a man can be taken to the cleaners.


• Flattery - an insult in gift wrapping.


• Alimony - the cost of loving.


• Capitalism - the survival of the fattest.


• Oboe: An ill woodwind that no-one blows good.


• Impeccable: having immunity to woodpeckers.


• Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock.


• A consultant is a person who borrows your watch, tells you what time it is, pockets the watch, and sends you a bill for it.


• A born loser: Somebody who calls the telephone number that's scrawled in lipstick on the phone booth wall -- and his wife answers.

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Twins

How twins are made:- When the solution is simple, God is answering. Albert Einstein   Tag:twins

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In Pursuit Of Ducks

Amongst the many festivals, and believe me Spain probably has more than any other countries. One popular one is called 'Fiesta Mayor' which I don't really know how to translate into English, as there's no equivalent and the literary translation of the word doesn't really make sense. I guess to call it the Main festival is more or less right. Every city, town or village, however small, there would be a few days set out to accommodate this festival, dedicated for the inhabitants to eat, drink, play, and generally enjoy themselves, with entertainment, music, dance, theatre plays, films projected on the beach or any public spot, games anybody can join in, team sports and competitions, etc.

Roses main festival was in August for 5 days. Always on the last day, the beach is more crowded than ever. Amongst the many activities happening at different parts of the beach or streets at the same time, including one with the some amateur masons building mini walls (in the shape of mini house) on the beach with real bricks. They must all start at the sound of a whistle, and whoever finished the required shape with the same number of bricks, and faultless work, is the winner, who will be given a certificate and a prize.

The competition called 'Catch your ducks' is, as every year the most popular. The Town Hall must have bought the live ducks from some duck farms, maybe 20 or so (depending on how rich or generous the Town Hall feels each year). On a certain fixed hour, they will let these ducks free into the water. Well ducks are ducks, they begin flapping their wings and happily swim in all directions. They got a 5 minute start, then anybody at all with the desire and skill to do so, will jump into the water too and try to catch a duck, or ducks, if you are that good at this task. Each person can only go in to have one try. Yet the most I have seen over the years was one man swimming back to the beach with 3 ducks!!! What you can catch is yours and you can take home for your dinner or as a gift if you, like me, wouldn't know what to do with a live duck.

What am I saying? I don't even know how to swim!!

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Sausage Museum

There's a museum for almost everything these days; soon enough would be literally for everything. The newest is a museum for sausages! More precisely for the 'Currywurst' (curry sausage) This museum in Berlin, Germany, opened it's doors in 2009, displaying this sausage and tomato sauce made with many different type of spices, the aroma of these is notably in the air. How some sausages and sauces could fill up a museum must have been quite a challenge. But there it is, you have to see it to believe it.

The history of this sausage began at the end of the 40's, period of intense social upheaval in Germany. Since the recipe of this was created, the 4th of September in 1949 precisely by Herta Heuwer, devoted followers has never stopped growing. It's reported that close to 800 million of Currywurst are consumed per year, in Berlin alone the figure is around 70 million, at the price varying between €1.80 to €2.30.

They are often found, apart from some supermarkets, in street stores (Imbiss), food markets and food fairs all over the country. Usually served in a little carton tray together with a plastic fork. I have been to Germany many times, but have to confess that I could find many other typical German food I prefer.

Many politicians are fans of this high calorie goodie (1,000 in each) with the self-justified excuse no doubt, that their effort demanding job commands it. The ex-chancellor Gerhard Schroder is one of them. In his biography, it was revealed that he divorced his former wife Hillu, because she was a strict vegetarian and had prohibited him the Currywurst! I am not surprised, If I am married and my husband forbids me eating rice ...

Now the private company Edutainment International of Berlin, in collaboration with the Studio of the Architecture Kubix and the communication agency Atelier Markgraph, had set up this unusual museum in honour of and totally devoted to the Currywurst.

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