Category: New Year Resolutions 2010

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Lessons New Year Resolutions 2010

November 3rd – November 9th

Wednesday

African Pangolins mainly give birth to one offspring at a time whereas the Asian ones are more likely to go for twins or triplets.

Thursday

The collective noun for hamsters is a horde.

Friday

The real Maria Von Trapp made a fleeting appearance in The Sound of Music.

Saturday

Swindon Supermarine made this years FA cup 1st round, I can remember being entertained by a bad tempered game between them and Taunton Town a few years ago…

Sunday

A 600g box of jelly babies contains approximately 100 jelly babies.

Monday

The Hungarian Algorithm was actually dvised in america based on the previous work of 2 Hungarian Mathematicians.

Tuesday

140g of sugar puffs will give you 100% of the daily recommended amount of vitamin B1.

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New Year Resolutions 2010

The Dancing Octopus (dedicated to Paul)

Dancing Octopus
The Octopus can dance so well and seems rather cool, But if you get too close he'll slap with a tentacle
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Lessons

November, the first 2 lessons (1st-2nd)

Monday

The operating system Android is based on Linux.

Tuesday

The Nokia ringtone was composed in 1902.

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Limerick

Body Clock Stuck Out East

In early evening my eyelids start to sag,
As I get attacked by my recent jet lag,
So without any booze,
I just want to snooze,
But my mornings are now less of a drag.
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Lessons

Final October Lessons…

Friday

I learnt how to make fish head curry.

Saturday

October is the least lucky month to be born.

Sunday

In general monkeys cannot swing in trees, apes do. Monkeys run along the branches.

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Lessons

Lessons From the East

Thursday

Heathrow handles more international passengers than any other airport.

Friday

Today I found out that in Singapore a platter may well cost more than buying the seperate items on different dishes and that you should always get the prices first!

Saturday

A snapper turtle from the US can break human bones in its jaw.

Sunday

Asia has more sepcies of rhino than Africa

Monday

The Fountain of Wealth in Singapore was designed to be the palm of the hand with the suntec towers being the fingers.

Durian brown sugar and ice has a popcorn aftertaste.

At Thaipusam people don’t just spike themselves they also dance around once spiked.

The two newest Singapore MRT lines have driverless trains.

Even numbered streets in Geylang tend to be the red light district (although there as beeen sepage onto the odd numbered streets).

Prawns can be cooked in a way so that you can eat the legs head and tail too.

Chilli Crab is made with crab roe.

Dhoby Ghaut was named after men who did laundry.

There is a bar called Clinic in Singapore which serves drinks in drips and syringes, you can sit on whelchairs and generally look like you are sick.

Tuesday

Today I learnt that I like fish head curry.

Wednesday

The Esplanade in Singapore is known as the Durian by some locals. The last tiger in Singapore is said to have been shot in the billiard room of raffes hotel.

Thursday

Keely Hawes is the voice of Lara Croft.

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Limerick

Eastlife

Life seems great when you are in the east,
It is warmer and more relaxing at least,
Curried heads of some fish,
And frogs on a dish,
Both combine to create quite a feast.
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Doodles Limerick

The Merlion

There once was a merlion so swish,
Half lion and also half fish,
He was socially a winner,
And when invited to dinner,
Would eat anything put on his dish.
Merlion
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Lessons

A few last lessons from West of Greenwich

Wednesday

There used to be a football team called Blackburn Olympic, who have won an FA Cup

Thursday

Today I learnt that the place where some of my dad’s weirder Singapore photos were taken still exists under the name Haw Par Villa rather than Tiger Balm Gardens.

Friday

I learnt how to make chilli jam without pectin.

Saturday

Cats can let out a claw at a time, although I probably would have thought this I witnessed it.

Sunday

GIMP can be used to create GIF animations after downloading an addin.

Monday

I found an even more general proof of the inability of hexagons to create a ball like polyhedron without the help of 12 pentagons.

Tuesday

Trombone is french for paper clip.

Wednesday

Syphilis was known as the f4ench disease in Germany and Poland, the Italian disease in French. basically named after the nation whose travelloers spread it to a country.

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Limerick

Hotel BridgyC

Welcome to the self important hotel BridgyC,
Where things are not quite what you first see,
Dictators rule with such clout,
But if your face doesnt fit you are nowt,
The only course of action is to escape and get free.