An "Ask Auntie Lowan" Digression.

Debs-Sounds a great job, just be yourself-no what am I saying !!!!!


G-throw it out mate I'm with Debs on this one

Ok - out it goes....

Congratulations on the job, Deb! Sounds very interesting & challenging. Just the girl for the job!

I am always myself - question is - which one to choose?

Pirandello, eat your heart out...

Duh, how can Pirandello eat his heart out if he is dead-if he got his own way he would have been cremated then would he have had to eat his ashes ?

Hiama, limiting yourself can be limiting.... now where did I hear that?

Hmmmmm - hey! here's a story.

This afternoon, a colleague and I went shopping for toys (bear in mind that toys are an essential tool of our work - and we have had almost no new ones at our clinic for ten years - so, we have put all the money we get paid for court reports, and some fund-raising we did, and, finally, some money from our organisation together).

So - we go into the place where we get the stuff that is sturdy enough and strong enough for the job - and walk out with $1,660 worth of toys - which the shop will get paid for AFTER we invoice our cost centre - after showing NO ID, NO money changing hands - nothing.

Do we have faces you can trust, or not?????

Maybe we should take up a career in fraud??????

I feel I have missed my calling.....


I mean, you CAN trust us, that is the sad thing.

Obviously your real face is trustworthy, unlike your A2K face! Glad there are still places that prefer to trust, too, doesn't it make you feel good?

LOL! yes, it does make me feel good - people ALWAYS trust me, and the person I went shopping with.

Part of me still fantasises about abusing it, though....


What's this about not trusting my avatar????!!!!!!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Boy, are we gonna have fun unveiling all the stuff on Tuesday morning!

Thats is hilarious -Bunny and Clyde ?

Hmmm - sure - but less blood.....

Teddies have blood too you know- we got a battered old one last in the shop yesterday-for about 2 oz dollars- not sure what to call him-Teddy seems to fit so far

Hmm - no teddies for us....

Bunny and Clyde-HAHA!

There will be blood if anything happens on Tuesday cuz bunny doesn't like Tuesday's tim tammit.

No tim tams at work....

Actually, it is funny - kids here now call ALL soft toys "teddies" - whether they be teddy bears or not. Is this true in the USA or Britain, or Canada?

It drives me quietly nuts, being the pedant I am...

Is it any wonder those kids are confused when adults portray themselves as bunnies, Bipolar Bears and puppies? hehehehe

In a radical departure fromour normal digressions - we hereby solve a deep mystery.....:



Photos sent back to earth by the American "Spirit" vehicle which landed on Mars two weeks ago, have astounded scientists the world over.

The photos intended simply to show the landing nest which the rover has now left contain a huge scientific surprise in the top right corner: an explanation for the disappearance of the European Beagle II space probe lost last month, alien abduction.

Commenting the photos, Professor Pillinger, head of PSSRI at The Open University and leader of the Beagle 2 mission told BIGfib "These photos are astounding and thrilling in that they reveal something we only ever imagined possible: That the Martians have stolen Beagle 2 for their own uses.
Our initial photographic enhancements suggest that they're using it as a barbecue."
He described this as "Logical."
"The temperature on Mars varies between 5 and ?15°C".

More world news from "Big Fib"

Bush tells nation: No child to be taken from behind

In a speech reminiscent of his ?No child be left behind? pledge George W bush yesterday told American citizens that no child should be taken from behind.
Managing to unite the war in Iraq, the US economy and the fight against homosexuals in a single phrase, George W Bush told the nation: ?Some of your children may die in Iraq, others may survive and come home to a jobless America with a broken economy, but know this: None of them will be taken from behind.?
The president?s feelings about homosexuality are well known but this is the first time he has specifically outlined plans to fight the gay community.
The plans outlined include reducing the cost of the toxic drug AZT so that all gay men can afford it irrespective of their HIV status, the removal of sales tax from poppers which the FDA has known for many years to be a deadly recreational drug, and a pledge to block any move to encourage long term relationships amongst homosexuals including modifying the constitution to avoid gay marriages.

Also just in:

Shock and Awe as Bush resigns

In an address the like of which America has never seen George Bush yesterday addressed the nation and asked it for forgiveness and said goodbye.
America stopped at precisely 5pm eastern time yesterday as the now ex president Bush opened his speech with the following, astounding words.
"Fellow Americans.
I have sinned and I have lied. I have forfeited any right to the role of president of the United States. I hereby announce that at the end of the speech I quit. I ask you all to please forgive me."
By the end of the first sentence, switchboards across the USA were jammed with people phoning friends and family telling them to switch on the TV.
George Bush went on to explain the incredible news.
"I have always claimed to be a Christian. That was a lie? I have never been a believer in any kind of God. However now, I know. I have been visited this night and I have seen the terrible consequences of my lying and manipulation.
I have cheated my way to power; I have blocked ecological reforms, caused unnecessary wars and hurt the poor by my actions.
I hereby announce myself and those in the Republican Party who have supported me to be sad, mistaken or evil. We are not fit to govern.
I now know for the first time in my life what needs to be done in America, and it is the opposite of everything I have promoted.
We need to save the ecology of the planet, help the poor whether they are living in the US or overseas, and wipe the scar of war and militarism from the world once and for all.
Some have encouraged me to stay, to execute this new agenda myself but I am unfit."
"I have appointed Hilary Clinton as temporary administrator until true free elections can be organised. I believe Hilary to be the best person for the job. I ask you to welcome her with open arms."