Oddities and Humor

Ah...see, in America we would have said:

Re: Water
Elements (2)?

Because of your excellent grasp of sarcasm, chai, I shall apply to her Maj for you to be made an honorary Englishwoman.

You're welcome.

Thanks lordy. I'll have to work on the accent though.


Now, for something completely different.....

This is doing the rounds of twitter at the mo

A most proper journalistic correction

¿Que¿

Parrot returns to British owner speaking Spanish - four years after disappearing
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/parrot-returns-to-british-owner-speaking-spanish--four-years-after-disappearing-9793170.html

It's a what?

Well, this is odd:

http://www.people.com/article/woman-stuck-chimney-saved-arrested



Part of article -
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS 10/20/2014 AT 05:15 PM EDT
A woman stuck in the chimney of a Southern California house has been rescued and arrested.

Ventura County fire Capt. Ron Oatman says firefighters responding to neighbors' reports of a woman crying had to chisel away much of the chimney and lubricate it with dish soap Sunday to free 30-year-old Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa.

The Ventura County Star reports she was arrested on suspicion of illegal entry and giving false information to police.

I bet her nickname is Santa from now on.

Politicians are out of touch is such an old saw - but this is classic from the chairman of a house of lords committee

Ack.
That Alien picture reminds me of a dream I had after seeing the movie.

I stepped onto an elevator, minding my own business, punched a button, and the door shut.

Halfway up, I glanced to the side, and.....peekaboo.....

Windowless planes could be a reality in less than 10 years
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/windowless-planes-could-be-a-reality-in-less-than-10-years-9820947.html

For those of us afraid of flying, this sounds terrifying.

I'm not frightened of flying - and I can think of plenty of times this would be confronting. Descending through cloudbanks, lightning storms.