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Lessons

A Week of Fine Lessons

Monday

I learnt that Aristophanes and that he wrote a play called “The Birds” but more excitingly invented the phrase “Cloud Cuckoo Land”

Tuesday

I came across the name parallelepiped for the first time, I am amazed I have not come across it earlier…

Wednesday

I found out there is a Zilna in South Africa, so best to type Zilina correctly if you are trying to google the place in Slovakia…

Thursday

There is a Buckminster Fuller Institute. Not sure exactly what they do but they do seem to be the authority on the Worlds largest Geodesic Dome which they say is Fantasy Entertainment Complex: Kyosho Isle Japan, 710 ft (216 m).

Friday

Universal studios in Singapore has the tallest duelling roller coasters in the world (at this time 17th September 20110).

Saturday

When a team has a free hit in cricket the field has to stay the same (or at least it does in the pro40 tournament).

Sunday

There are 22 000 members of the MCC worldwide. (18 000 are entitled to watch every match at Lords).

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Lessons

The Last Lessons of August – resolution 2/3rds completed! (9 days for the price of 7!)

Monday

Tony Harrison is not only the name of a tentacled shaman in The Mighty Boosh but is also the name of a playwright and poet.

Tuesday

Chelsea’s 6-0 win at Wigan was only the second top flight english football game with no corners (the first being Newcastle 0-0 Portsmouth in 1931-32).

Wednesday

I learnt how to add youtube videos to our VLE system

Thursday

I learnt how to amend the settings of our VLE in order to use yesterdays lesson.

Friday

I learnt to identify 3 types of edible fungus and made a soup from some of them

Saturday

I learnt a recipe for mushroom pate.

Sunday

The Duckworth Lewis system will sometimes mean a side batting second in a one day cricket game may have a larger target to chase than the first team scored. For example today Surrey needed 292 to beath Somerset’s 290 as the innings had been reduced to 36 overs when Somerset were batting. This meant Somerset had been treating the first part of the innings as if it were a 40 over match not a 36 over match. This needed correcting and resulted in an extra run for the revised target.

Monday

Moles and Gerbils have pups.

Tuesday

Cats are injected in the back of the neck.

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Limerick

Brenda The Stage Mouse Wows Another Audience

After acting in one of her greatest shows,
Brenda the stage mouse smiles and  glows,
It was acting without flaws,
And she deserved the applause,
And was covered in a  deluge of rose.
~
theatre mouse
She may be a prima donna, but the audience just love her
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Doodles

Performing Tarts

A cherry bakewell, treacle and custard tart performong J.B. Priestly’s “An Inspector Calls”..

This could help you if you are trying to decide on a career path…

If this makes you want to get up and perform consider stage school.

If it makes you hungry consider catering school.

Last Lessons of March (29th – 31st)

Monday – A ten gallon hat holds 0.75 of a gallon. There is a collective noun for unicorns?!!!! Apparantly they are a blessing. Also “walla” is US for “rhubarb” in the UK and “rhabarber” in germany when referring to mumbling in the background of a scene by extras. I also learnt the plot of Carmen, she was a slut in my opinion. On the whole a very educational day.

Tuesday – There are 4 types of kidney stones. Calcium is the most popular as the body tries to make sculptures in the kidney with scrap calcium not used for bones. Uric acid stones can be formed by manic meat eating it seems. Magnesium and ammonia can combine to make a struvite stone and finally if a family has a talent for it they can produce a cystine stone.

Wednesday –  I learnt that I have had a phlebotomy more than once in my life.