29 November 2009
Reader Response Forum
05/12/2009 04:38
The Things That People Send Me
Doggie In The Window Follow Up
SINC SAYS:
Back on November 27 we brought you the story of Cody, the Chocolate Lab who greeted customers at a US convenience store.
Thousand of people read the story in the online paper and enjoyed their introduction to the dog.
But so did the department of health read the story and they were not amused.
They told the owner to get rid of the dog or else.
Or else what?
Goodwill Receives Large Donation, BUT . . .
05/12/2009 04:38
SINC SAYS:
Any Goodwill store is always happy when they receive a large donation.
They don’t even care if it is done anonymously as long as they get it.
Such was the case in one US store when they got a water jug donated that held a surprise inside.
The contents were worth about $1,500.00, but alas they could not use it.
Why not, you ask?
Bird Flock Gives Birdwatchers The Finger
05/12/2009 04:37
SINC SAYS:
Over in the UK, they refer to birdwatchers as “twitchers”.
On a recent outing, a group of them came upon a flock of Starlings feeding near dusk.
When the birds gather in an airborne flock, they formed various shapes because of the sheer numbers of them against the evening sky.
That’s when they gave the group “the finger” and it was caught on camera.
The picture is here.
Do Hand Sanitizers Really Work?
05/12/2009 04:37
SINC SAYS:
You know those hand
sanitizers that are all the rage?
The ones that some folks go so far as to carry them on their person and use them over and over every day?
You may be surprised at just how well the stuff works.
On the labels of most of them, it claims the liquid will kill 99.9 percent of all germs.
But what percentage do they really kill?
The ones that some folks go so far as to carry them on their person and use them over and over every day?
You may be surprised at just how well the stuff works.
On the labels of most of them, it claims the liquid will kill 99.9 percent of all germs.
But what percentage do they really kill?
Image Of Virgin Mary Found On Pancake
05/12/2009 04:37
SINC SAYS:
Just in, direct from our “OH NO, Not Again” department is this yarn from the US about a woman making pancakes.
Thanksgiving pancakes to be precise, whatever the hell they are.
Nothing on the toast that morning, but lo and behold yet another miracle on the pancake.
Methinks some people are not much more than publicity hounds.
Or are they?
Reader Response Forum
04/12/2009 05:28
Meet The Amazing Dog “Skidboot”
By the time this video was made back in 2006, Skidboot was totally blind, but carried on like nothing was wrong.
This is a touching story of a man and his best friend.
The first video demonstrates just how smart the dog was when performing. Sadly Skidboot died two years ago and the second video is a tribute to his life.
The Things That People Send Me
Royal’s Servant Hooked On Heroin
04/12/2009 05:28
SINC SAYS:
The privileged few seem to have drug problems these days.
Even when they work in the royal household in Britain.
Apparently the habit was so bad this young lady resorted the theft to finance her needs.
She swiped goods from the royal’s neighbours too.
That is, in between her official duties as the harpist to Prince Charles.
Wait a minute . . .
Charles has a harpist?
Went For A Little Ride Last Night
04/12/2009 05:28
Search For Aliens Removal To Cost Cool $Million?
04/12/2009 05:28
SINC SAYS:
This yarn out of Mesa Arizona is pretty hard to believe.
The former director of IT for the school board installed software on the district school’s computers to search for life in space.
The board now claims it will cost a million bucks to remove it all.
I happen to be very familiar with the software, a tiny program that analyses data from the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) headquarters, collected by their radio telescopes. There are hundreds of thousands of computers around the world, cracking the data to assist in the search, mine included.
On a Mac computer like mine, it takes all of a few seconds to get rid of the software. There is nothing sinister about it.
Obviously the PC computer type who quoted the school board that figure must be the king of gougers.
Or is he?
Weird Beers Around The World
04/12/2009 05:28
We'll stop short of recommending you tip this over your Frosties in the morning, but Bilk, a combination of beer and milk, is nevertheless proving a big hit in Japan
Bilk's brewers came up with the idea for the sickly-sounding drink as a way of dealing with an oversupply of milk due to falling consumption.
Reader Response Forum
03/12/2009 06:37
Moon Peeks Through Trees
Although last night’s moon was a day past a full moon, it was still pretty impressive. I took this shot through the bare branches of the trees outside my office window.
French Lighthouses And Big Waves
How would you like to be a lighthouse keeper stationed in any of these French lighthouses asks long time reader George Proulx? Uh, no thanks, George.
The Great Sandwich Debate
03/12/2009 06:37
SINC SAYS:
The debate has been around ever since man invented sandwiches. If I recall his name was Earl something-or-other.
Now direct from our “Who Cares” department comes the great debate on cutting your sandwich in half.
Do you cut it on the diagonal or halve it vertically?
I guess as long as you don’t cut it into quarters and cut the crust off too. Those are definitely NOT sandwiches.
What’s your guess?
Sink Your Teeth Into This Story
03/12/2009 06:36
SINC SAYS:
A story about a theft is nothing to get excited about.
But if you ride the bus, this one may interest you.
A woman was sitting next to a guy on a bus and she noticed him staring at her.
He told her she had beautiful teeth.
Then he followed her off the bus, assaulted her and stole her two front teeth.
You can’t make up stuff like this.
Talk About Moving Mountains
03/12/2009 06:36
SINC SAYS:
A man in India couldn’t park his truck near his home because a mountain stood in his way.
He had to walk miles every day to get home.
But he found a solution to his problem.
He simply carve a tunnel through the mountain.
With a hammer and chisel.
How long did it take you ask?
The Perils Of Home Schooling For Parents
03/12/2009 06:36
SINC SAYS:
Every once in while you come across a story that makes you want to say, HUH?
Such is the case of this hum dinger of a tale from the UK.
It concerns parents who home school their children.
Apparently there are a lot that do just that across the pond.
But the government got involved and you know what that means, don’t you folks?
What stupid rules have they imposed now?
Tiger Lunges Towards Photographer
02/12/2009 07:07
SINC SAYS:
Amid speculation on what really happened, a Tiger lunged at a photographer. No, no, not THAT Tiger. It had nothing to do with golf or car crashes.
This was a Tiger and trainer who purposely set up so the photographer could snap a picture of a charging Tiger.
He got a great shot too!
Americans Waste 40 Percent Of Their Food
02/12/2009 07:07
SINC SAYS:
Hard to believe folks, but a new study has shown that residents of the United States toss out an amazing 40 percent of the food they buy.
Can you imagine just how much wasted food that is every single day?
It sure as heck is enough to fill every food bank in the country and more.
I guess no one down there has ever heard of warmed over left overs, have they?
We know about them here, don’t we?
Those Pesky Cow Mutilations Start Again
02/12/2009 07:07
SINC SAYS:
Just when you think it’s safe to take a walk in your pasture again, Colorado farmers are finding mutilated calves.
Skin peeled back and organs and even tongues missing.
Thing is, there’s no blood at the scene, and there sure should be when you take a cow apart like that.
It’s believed to be the work of those pesky aliens too.
UFO theory here.
50 Most Interesting Wiki Articles
02/12/2009 07:07
SINC SAYS:
We’ve all used the online encyclopedia at one time or another, but have you read the 50 most interesting items? Here’s a look at the number 1 item:
The Marree Man, or Stuart's Giant, is a geoglyph discovered by air on 26 June 1998. It appears to depict an indigenous Australian man, most likely of the Pitjantjatjara tribe, hunting birds or wallabies with a throwing stick. It lies on a plateau at Finnis Springs 60 km west of the township of Marree in central South Australia. It is just outside of the 300,000 square kilometre Woomera Prohibited Area. The figure is 4.2 km tall with a circumference of 15–28 km. It is not the largest known geoglyph in the world (that record belongs to the "Readymix" logo, carved into the Nullarbor Plain (at S32°13’00.41″, E125°21′32.56&Prime
and is estimated to have taken
between four and eight weeks to create[citation
needed], but despite this its origins are a
mystery, with not a single witness to any part
of the expansive operation. The name "Stuart's
Giant" was given in an anonymous press release,
after John McDouall Stuart.
You’ll find the other 49 here.
Reader Response Forum
01/12/2009 06:57
Dog And Cat Are Best Pals
Meet Gabriel And Stanley:
It’s Tough To Get Away From Nigerian Scammers
Woman Finds Long Lost Dad
01/12/2009 06:56
SINC SAYS:
We’ve all heard these types of tales before.
You know, the one where the Mom finally confesses to the daughter that the “Dad” she grew up with was not her real father.
And it’s pretty common fodder for that young girl to go looking for her real Dad, especially when she wants him to walk her down the aisle at her wedding.
If you’re still with me, all this seems a pretty every day occurrence.
Except for one thing.
Christmas Window Displays Are A Changin’
01/12/2009 06:56
SINC SAYS:
One of the staple gifts for young men to buy their gals is lingerie.
So, the folks who make the frilly stuff are coming up with new ways to market them.
This season in New York city, they’ve changed the traditional window displays and substituted live models for mannequins.
They’re drawing crowds to the windows . . .
But are they selling lingerie?
10-Pin Bowling Health And Safety Hazard?
01/12/2009 06:56
SINC SAYS:
And now for something completely different. A panel of health and safety experts in the UK spent half a million bucks to study 10-pin bowling.
And study it they did.
They even invented some safety hazards that have never been documented as ever happening.
Why does this kind of money get wasted on such crap?
See what’s dangerous here.
Reader Response Forum
30/11/2009 04:13
A Video To Remember
If there ever was a video to watch and keep, this is it!
If you play Golf, you should watch this video.
If you don't play Golf, you should watch this video.
If you ever had a dream, please watch this video.
If you have never had a dream, please watch.
You will be richer for the watching with no regrets.
The Things That People Send Me
Talk About Stating The Obvious!
30/11/2009 04:13
SINC SAYS:
Some days you have to wonder who comes up with the subject matter of studies.
There are study results released every day on some subject or another.
In the case of this study, they could have just asked me and I could have predicted the result.
Students living in co-ed dorms have more sex.
Little Johnny's At It Again!
30/11/2009 04:13
Little Johnny
attended a horse auction with his father. He
watched as his father moved from horse to
horse, running his hands up and down the
horse's legs and rump, and chest. After a few
minutes, Johnny asked, 'Dad, why are you
doing that?' His father replied, 'Because
when I'm buying horses, I have to make sure
that they are healthy and in good shape
before I buy. Johnny, looking worried, said,
'Dad, I think the UPS guy wants to buy
Mom.'
Knit Picking Sign Posts
30/11/2009 04:13
SINC SAYS:
A sly gang of knitters in Edinburg has begun knitting woolen covers for lamp posts.
No one is quite sure why yet, but one possible use has already surfaced.
It could be to stop drunks from hurting themselves when they stumble into the lamp posts.
Or maybe not.
Germaphobia Ending The Handshake?
30/11/2009 04:13
SINC SAYS:
In an ever changing world, the handshake is now on the chopping block.
Especially so with this swine flu thing hanging around our necks.
Now people are bumping fists, or knocking elbows or whatever else it takes to avoid holding hands.
Will it ever end?
Weird Beers From Around The World
30/11/2009 04:13
Reader Response Forum
29/11/2009 04:38
Welcome To Grey Cup Sunday!
Yes folks, today is
the day the Saskatchewan Roughriders represent
us all in the big game.
And they’re a hard team not to like!
Rider Pride has been around a very long time and the city of Regina and the people of Saskatchewan have stood firmly behind their team and supported them for many long years.
Be sure and tune in the big game this afternoon from Calgary.
And here’s a mouse for you to use today.
Go Riders!
Taxpayers Association Needs Volunteer Bingo Help
Hi Folks,
George and I will be out of town for a week, but when we get back, we'll be making a call for bingo workers for December 11th, 4:45 p.m. start.
For those of you who have said you'd be there, thanks. Please consider this is a reminder.
But we do need extra volunteers, so please respond to me if you are willing by e-mail: flanny@shaw.ca
Lynda Flannery
President
St. Albert Taxpayers Association
SINC SAYS:
Lynda and her volunteers work hard folks and she can use all the help she can get. If you can spare the time, why not pitch in?
Keeping Abreast Of The News
29/11/2009 04:38
SINC SAYS:
It’s not much of a secret that men have their druthers when it comes to women’s, er, attributes.
There are of course the leg men, but methinks they are in the minority when compared to the breast guys.
Yes, many of them are crazy about boobs, but likely not as crazy as this chap in the UK who had nipples tattooed on his buttocks to simulate breasts.
Now he’s searching for an appropriate sized bra.
There’s a picture too.
Some People Just Shouldn’t Get Married
29/11/2009 04:38
SINC SAYS:
A young man from Britain took a temporary job in Malaysia and that was the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
He met a gal named Fatine and promptly fell in love and asked her to marry him.
Things were going along just fine when it happened.
She told him the news.
Maxine's Love Making Tips for Seniors
29/11/2009 04:38
1. Wear your glasses to make sure your partner is actually in the bed.
2. Set timer for 3 minutes, in case you doze off in the middle.
3. Set the mood with lighting. (Turn them ALL OFF!)
4. Make sure you put 911 on your speed dial before you begin.
5. Write partner's name on your hand in case you can't remember.
6. Use extra poly grip so your teeth don't end up under the bed.
7. Have Tylenol ready in case you actually complete the act.
8. Make all the noise you want, he neighbours are deaf too.
9. If it works, call everyone you know with the good news!
10. Don't even think about trying it twice.
Life Can Be A Bummer
29/11/2009 04:38
SINC SAYS:
If you’re a woman in the UK and your doctor has told you that you have breast cancer and you’re going to die, you might want to get a second opinion.
One woman took here doctor’s word and decided to live each day like her last.
She blew over $100,000 and treated her family to one hell of a good time.
New cars, remodelled houses and lavish vacations were all part of the package.
That’s when she found out.
