Mike's World (brain farts and other adventures)To celebrate the forthcoming year of the snake, here is a black and white photo of a horse without any legs.
I apologise for anyone who was hoping to see a horse under the influence of too much alcohol but what sort of sick person wants to see that?
People born in the year of the horse tend to be whipped a lot, wear leather harnesses, go on all fours and let people ride them.
Wednesday
As medicine advances the percentage of HIV carriers in a population tends to stabalise, so a reduction in this percentage could be a sign of poor health provision.
Thursday
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency was based partly from ideas in Shada the unscreened episode of Dr Who.
Friday
White sandy beaches are actually made from the droppings of parrot fish.
Saturday
Great Britain is the third most populated island in the world (and the 9th largest).
Sunday
Horses communicate with their ears, and white horses are born black.
Monday
Flu symptoms tend to appear more rapidly than colds (if I had known this the previous Wednesday when my symptoms appeared between 6.30 and 7 I may have consulted a Doctor sooner). I learnt today that I definately had flu.
Tuesday
King Henri IV’s embalmed head was discovered redcently in a French attic.
Monday
Einstein found E=mc^2 by guesswork, not by experiment.
Tuesday
I found that I like Old Amsterdam cheese.
Wednesday
A 8 week old kitten has a stomach the size of a walnut.
Thursday
I learnt how to assemble an office chair.
Friday
There is no native toads in Madagascar
Saturday
The scoville scale for chillis was created in 1902
Sunday
A donkey is stronger than a horse of the same size.