After reading Jammer5’s blog I started to think about aliens. Do they really exist? Could some humans already had some contact with them? So i did a bit of investigating into this phenomenon and found some real life experiences … lets watch Reverend Short as he brings us this close encounter where he communicates with Korton, an alien representative that only speaks through him…
Below is a group of people who believe that they were abducted by aliens. The last lady in the clip, I call her Kenisha even married an alien.
I am a bit of a procrastinator and I think to an extend I am also a bit of a commitment-phobe when it comes to activities in my life.
I think keeping up with this blog for some an extraordinary amount of time has been a huge feat for me. Sometimes I have suffered from bloggers-block but ive come back from it..though slowly..
I have been thinking about how my mind works and usually i rank whatever is going on in my life in order of importance and do or don’t do things based on that.
Usually I can do a months work of work in less than a day. I tend to work well under pressure and get things done really quickly and well. The rest of the time im just putting it off. Its not necessarily a good trait but sometimes i just don’t care about it that much – hence my quest for further education next year to study something i actually will care about and enjoy.
I admire people who are dedicated and work really hard all the time. But it tires me out… I knew this girl Carly who would get quite annoyed at my behaviour in our international politics class. Our papers were always due at 5pm on a Friday. We would receive the questions on which to base our paper on weeks in advance. By week 2 she would be saying to me “ive written my 2nd draft of my politics paper and going through it again, how you are u doing with it?” my usual reply was “wat paper?” and in the week that it was due she would stressed and I would say “wats up with u? Why u so stressed out today?” she would reply “well im worried about this politics paper we have due tomorrow im going to have to be up all night drafting and doing a final copy” and I would retort with “oh shit! I forgot!!” As usual I would be at uni at 8am scrounging around for all the available books, articles and journals I could find..I would claim my territory at a computer in the computer lab and sit there all day till 4.50pm writing up a single final copy, editing it once, spell checking and at 4.55pm would be sprinting up 4 flights of stairs running with all my might towards the assignment box window that literally was shut at 5.00pm on the dot.
A week or two later we would receive those very papers back with our marks and without fail I would always be rewarded with a distinction or high distinction for my work, while Carly would generally receive a credit or distinction on the odd occasion for her efforts.
I always wonder how much better I would have done at uni if I actually cared about what i had been studying.
I can be quite fickle when it comes to hobbies. I started jewellery making.. bought the materials, books, set up a little work station… started making some stuff… then i got bored. I decided that i liked drawing and colouring so I bought colouring materials, sketching pencils, sketching pads etc… started doing some stuff then got bored and back it went into my hobbies container. Then I decided I wanted to paint, I bought paint brushes, paint, canvases, primers etc and did about 4 paintings, then got bored and left it at that… i tried to learn how to knit once, had the knitting needles the wool and of course got bored of the repetition and also gave up on that. I wanted to do flower arranging and had bought vases etc, and got bored of that and gave up on it. I thought id start singing lessons was having fun and got bored of that. I had thought of doing mosaics but now that I have realised that my little moments of enthusiasm for taking up a hobby is so fickle that I know mosaics is quite a dirty and time consuming hobby and have decided not to even start.
I don’t do new year resolutions but im starting to consider that next year i will make 1. To not be such a fickle hobbyist…
I guess I could take up Hikaru Dorodango – the art of making shiny balls out of mud. Or Extreme Ironing, ironing while skydiving.. but then i hate ironing.. there is the gross art of vomit photography… but then again some sick weirdo will probably think its porn… I could take up Yodelling… but id have to find a lowly goat herd… I could take up memorising songs backwards… but then i could bring satan to my house and i don’t want that…
We are all aware or at least vaguely that certain ethnicities or countries love to cook and eat certain foods that seem to be identified with them however stereotypical it may be. We all appreciate that.
But people it is one thing to try to cook a stir fry ala Chinese style for something new at home and its another to make it for a chinese person (who cooks it authentically) when you are not chinese and you have to use jar or pre-pack sauces.
Why why why do some people insist on “making you feel at home” when they invite you to dinner?
A few years ago we were invited by a couple to dinner. There are not many latinos in Australia – I can hear the Americans envy that right there on that note- and so i think they were rather fascinated that we were a latino family. They were very sweet welcoming people. I appreciated their efforts and I am sure that the meal was prepared with the utmost of good intentions… but serving us 3 bean salad, white bean soup, pre-packaged pseudo tortillas from El Paso brand and salsa was NOT the right choice. Why? I will tell you why:
You were a white couple and not to offend you but you had no idea how to prepare good beans.
The 3 bean salad was clearly out of a tin, drizzled with oil and lightly salted… latinos rarely if EVER prepare a bean salad like this – unless they don’t know how to cook
Please don’t say “we have prepared you this lovely bean buffet because we know how much you love them” it was actually a little insulting…
You beaned me out! Omg do you have any idea how much my parents love beans (kidney beans) and growing up it was shoved at me to the point that for many years I disliked them so much – and yes that’s when you decided to invite us for dinner….
Not only did you give me 3 bean salad but you also made bean soup… really!?? really!??? bean soup aswelL!??? Omg if i wanted to be beaned out I would move back to El Salvador!
The tortillas – it was out of a pack..um… NO… NO never do this again!
Do you have any idea how gassy you made me…
Ok people if you want to make ethnic people feel at home and comfortable don’t try to please them but serving them foods that they know how to cook even better….
I don’t try to cook curry for Indian people..I am clearly aware that Indian people eat curry, they invented the bloody cuisine, why would i want them to think I have no idea what I am doing in the kitchen by serving up food that I clearly got out of an A1 curry pack!??
It is a sweet thing to do to want to make new people feel at home in a new country. Dont get me wrong I love ya for it and hug ya for it..but please don’t do it again. It will only make the ethnic person feel uncomfortable because they have to obligingly eat bad food that they could have made better at home…
Randy was afraid that this video would never get to Janice… Randy… I felt how painful your video was… so I am going to share your video with the world because Janice needs to know….
so your dick was dry and cracked due to exposure to the wind?I guess the GFC (global finacial crisis) got to Batman tooWow! Lets count the ways this guys has slapped every Corvette owner in the face. (1) Put a Corvette rear on his truck (2) the Corvette rear is painted 3 different colors (3) He put a spoiler on the Corvette rear….Waldo is so much easier to find when he’s out of the closet. california
Respect and Class thanks for showin us that youre an ass...
Before I went over my extended overseas trip I was getting a great Brazilian from this girl who had opened up her beauty salon in Subiaco. She was fab!
I came back from overseas and found that she had moved and I thought I had lost her number. So I looked up where to find a good place to get my Brazilian done again. I found a few reviews that referred to Jana Beauty in Subiaco that raved about her. “Jana is so cool and she is great with Brazilians, she’s an expert and is painless..” blahblah blah and BLAH.
I decided to try this Jana Beauty in Subiaco having read a few reviews saying how great she was. I can certainly tell you IT WAS A BLOODY FRIGGIN LIE!
This was by far the WORST ever EVER Brazilian I have ever had. The woman was hopeless it took her an hour, she left it slight patchy in places, she burnt my skin which has left some scarring (thank goodness it healed up and cleared up) and charged $90.00! I am NEVER going to refer anyone to Jana Beauty in Subiaco EVER. The woman doesn’t know how to do a proper Brazilian. I was almost in tears by the end of it.
I spent another few months not wanting to put myself through that torture from that crap place called Jana Beauty until one day I was cleaning out my spare room and found my old phone and luckily I found the number of the other beauty therapist I used to use. She had a bad breakup with her partner and had to shut down the business for a while but she has started it back up form her own home. This time it was different. It took approximately 15 minutes and the results were just wonderful! Im so glad my old therapist is back. She is a little crazy but at least she definitely knows how to do a great Brazilian.
DO NOT GO TO JANA BEAUTY FOR BRAZILIANS at least don’t let Jana herself do it! And they have the nerve to charge you 10% more for her to do it. The old coot sucks!
Im taking a page out of bearman cartoon’s book and posting the following cartoon:
Australia is known as the land of the aussies…the shrimp on the barbe..crocodile Dundee and such. How did this land come to be? Boat people of course. Geez we are a forgetful bunch crying out about these new boat people coming on to our shores… how dare they huh? well…what goes around comes around…
We have great debates on whether Darwin’s theory of evolution is correct or not. Today I have been proven that he is WRONG. I mean seriously I often see and encounter people that seriously should be taken out of our human gene pool and the next two are certainly ones that shouldn’t reproduce at all. Matthew McNellya nd Joey Miller from the US decided to have a few drinks and one thing led to another and you know how it gets… u end up drunk and breaking and entering into someones house disguised as batman… thinking you are brilliant cause you painted your face with black PERMANENT MARKER…IDIOTS… police later found them with their face still painted with permanent black marker. They thought permanent marker meant that it never ran out of ink….
Celebration usually means partying, being happy about something. Using the world in a sentence? “We here to celebrate the birthday of little baby Tommy”. To celebrate something good or great or a joyous occasion or to celebrate an anniversary… I am not too sure if using the word celebrate is a good or bad thing in the invitation below that I received from a client:
Pinjarra Katijin Inc.
Invites you to celebrate a Very important event
The 175thAnniversary of the
Massacre of Pinjarra on
Wednesday 28th October 2009
Southwest Highway, opposite the Pinjarra Cemetery
Is it just me or is it weird to use the word “celebrate” and “massacre” in the same context? Why would anyone celebrate a massacre!?
And that’s why I have another issue with “celebrating” ANZAC day! but don’t get me started.
Child discipline these days is full of beaurocracy and weakness. I don’t agree with hitting children necessarily but I don’t agree that a smack on the bottom or a smack on the hand is abuse.
There are so many stories nowadays where parents who are trying to discipline their children are unjustly being taken to court and prosecuted for trying to correct a child’s bad behaviour. There are cases where parents have overstepped the mark and have gone overboard in physical punishment but more and more parents are being left with no power over their children.
Child protection agencies have gone after two mothers who disciplined their children with a smack with a wooden spoon. One mother cautioned the other taken is facing charges because the spoon left a red mark on her son’s arm. Meanwhile these very same child protection agencies IGNORED the plight of 21 children living (several suffering illnesses) in Adelaide, despite having reports of abuse. They took the sweet time to even act upon these concerns, another case where a little girl was found starving to death, another case where children had been living in a cage for 2 years, child protection agencies FAILED to act in a timely manner.
But a parent who was trying to discipline their child who was bullying his younger siblings and misbehaving in a public place over his parents not buying him an Xbox simply because he wanted it was charged. Now this child is laughing his head off throwing this charge in his parents face and the parents are no longer able to discipline in any form. They cannot do timeout, they cannot take away toys or preclude him from activities as a form of punishment. This child believes he is free, that he can do whatever he wants because the law is on his side. This is the wrong lesson that this child is learning. This child will grow up without learning; about consequences for his actions, to treat others respectfully, treat elders respectfully, that money doesn’t grow on trees, that throwing tantrums wont get you everything you want. One day this child will no longer have the protection of the child protection agencies and the government and when they feel that they can blatantly flaunt laws of any kind they will probably grow up and break into homes steal, commit assault on another person and think that its fine because THEY are untouchable. When that day comes the general public opinion will be “oh those parents did a very bad job with him” and the government will say “parents need to take more responsibility for their children” however THEY TOOK THIS AWAY FROM PARENTS. How can a parent be a parent if they are not allowed to??
Are we protecting children or creating generations of undisciplined, ill-equipped human beings who will not be able to cope with the real world out there?
One article that made me laugh was the report that the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) changed the lyrics, moral of the story and other meanings for nursery rhymes. This is truly a sign of the times.
In order to protect the children from being upset the nursery rhyme of Humpty Dumpty was changed.
Original:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldnt put humpty together again
Now I am not old, im in my mid twenties and clearly remember learning this rhyme when I was little. I do not recall having night terrors or nightmares because Humpty Dumpty couldn’t be put together again. I don’t recall any of my friends then and friends now who don’t recall being upset by this.
But apparently the BBC programming heads decided that it was too traumatic for children and changed it to
BBC Version:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Put humpty together again and made him happy again
GIVE ME A BREAK!
What bunch of tossers!
Oh little miss muffet no longer runs away from the spider she becomes friends with her too.
This sugar coating of every aspect of a child’s life and growing up in a society where they are told that they do nothing wrong, never get properly disciplined (cause if they do they can charge their parents with assault), they are wrapped up in cotton wool so that nothing can hurt them. WAKE UP PEOPLE these children will NEVER survive in the real world.
The world is not made up of eternal happy endings and a world of perpetual happiness. Children need to learn that yes there may be times of unhappiness, that there may be times of great tribulation personally etc but that with the right attitude and hard work any problems can be overcome and success can flourish.
Governments you are bringing more generational problems on to yourselves by taking parents rights away. When will you be supportive of parents and other caregivers right’s? The pendulum has swung too far. Children do need protection I agree but they cannot be in charge. Will you protect teachers and parents from children who assault school teachers and their own parents for not getting their way? Where is this society heading?
Last night I went to dinner with Mr Susi Spice and his friends at The Prophet in East Victoria Park. The Prophet is a Lebanese restaurant and today 19 October 2009 they are closed due to the Gold Plate Awards.
I am kicking myself that I had not gone to eat at this place earlier. I had heard from various people that it was really good. There are even claims that it is the best Lebanese restaurant in this city.
I am no expert in Lebanese cooking but let me tell you. We got this complimentary entre of flat Lebanese bread, tahini/garlic and lemon spread and pickled okra – who knew seasame seeds and okra could taste so good!
We ordered the satay chicken, chicken and rice and the vegetarian tasting plate.
The food was cooked perfectly, not too greasy not too dry. The place was relatively clean and quiet. The waiters were friendly and helpful. The kitchen staff went out of their way to give us time to place our order as they were not militant on the closing time of the kitchen which we really really appreciated. The food came out promptly.
It was a really nice experience and definitely will be going back there again to try all the rest of the yummy dishes. I will especially get the vegetarian tasting plate for sure!
A must try for those who are looking to experience what real Lebanese food is all about.
For my birthday some friends of mine and I decided to go be hunters and dined Hippo Creek African Grill in Hillarys boat harbour, Hillarys.
Oh ……………my……………god…………………. I am still drooling from how delicious the food was. I was so happy and excited to go to dinner and actually come out wishing I could eat more even though I felt like a lion who just ate an entire wildebeest and ready for a cat-nap.
In my group of diners we enjoyed:
African Safari - Game meat tasting plate for 2
Skewers of Buffalo, Crocodile, Camel and Ostrich w monkey gland and peri-peri sauce
Review: crocodile was a tantilising ready to be discovered new texture by anyone who has never tried croc. The best way to describe it is like a cross between a tender chicken breast and firm white fish cooked in the most mouth watering alluring way. The camel was a surprising treat did not at all expect it to be so tender and moist. It almost melted in your mouth and the flavours added to the meat was devine. Do NOT be scared by the name “monkey gland” it is not real monkey at this restaurant it is just a type of tart-ish sauce. Highly HIGHLY recommended that you try this at Hippo Creek it is a MUST try!
Lions Kill (Steak and Ribs); a 350g flame-grilled Certified Australian Angus
Sirloin steak w pork spare ribs and your choice of sauce
Review: I could eat it right now…. *drool*
Surf and Turf; a 250g flame-grilled Certified Australian Angus Sirloin steak
served with prawn cutlets topped with a creamy garlic sauce
Review: Sirloin cooked to perfection moist, tender absolutely delicious and it seemed to have hardly any condiments on it to hide its delicious flavour.
Mt. Barker free range chicken thigh marinated in garlic and herb and char-grilled on a skewer hanging over a bowl of fries with either peri-peri or garlic butter
Chicken 350g
w small side salad
Review: for the chicken lover..this dish is the real finger-licking chicken dish we had.
East African Chicken Breast; oven roasted Mt. Barker chicken breast with
east African spices served with a creamy mash and brocolini
Review: It tasted good but it was just chicken nothing hugely spectacular.
Camel Fillet char grilled and served on a potato rosti w baby carrots and
brocolini finished w a shiraz butter glaze
Review: i am DEFINATELY getting this one next time.
You may have read my other restaurant reviews and you will have noticed that I can be pretty scathing when it comes to food especially. I have vowed to be honest and blunt. I could not find a fault with my dining experience at Hippo Creek guys.
We had fun looking at all the funky African decor. A couple friend of mine were even taking inspirations from the restaurant as to how they could design their dream home (which they will owner-build). The staff were friendly, attentive, the service was a little slow but when dealing with red meat it is expected especially because it was worth the wait. We definitely felt like we were a lion pride bursting with hunger when the food arrived and it was as if we could not get enough – I was surprised we all stuff to such good table manners.
The bathrooms were relatively clean. The restaurant itself is clean and tidy. There is plenty of space between tables as I really hate it when people are squished in and your chair is so close to the other tables that you feel your chair is siamesed to the chair of the patron sitting behind you.
I cannot recommend this experience enough. It is great to celebrate birthdays, reunions, special occasions. I cannot wait to go back!!!
You can visit Hippocreek on the following link and feel free to drool over their menu selection.
You all may have heard by now about the skit played on a reunion special on an Australian iconic show called Hey Hey It’s Saturday…forget that the show aired on a Wednesday night..i know it’s a bit silly but hey focus here people!
There was a skit on a segment called “Red Faces” where 6 doctors performed a parody of the Jacksons. Many are calling the skit racist, a lot of Australians are defending it as “just a bit of humour”. World media are including this as another example of Australia being a racist country.
I am of ethnic background myself, in all my life I have never really encountered outright racist in Australia personally, however, I have definitely seen it occurring to others and sometimes have jumped in to defend (depending on the level of danger of the situation at the time).
I believe that most Australians are not outwardly and overtly racist but many are covertly and closet racists. Majority of young Australians do not focus on your ethnic background or skin colour its not really relevant and therefore the historical reasons of “black face” as Americans seen it has no connotation in Australia.
I will be honest here, at the cost of being attacked by other Australians – I will NOT generalise my entire country. The following exerts are taken from online newspapers and are the opinions of many anonymous readers on this issue of the skit from Hey Hey It’s Saturday and world suggestions that Australians are racist. You be the judge:
Perth now: news.com.au readers write:
“This is political correctness gone mad. I guarantee you there wil be many comments labelling aussies as racists now, you wait and see, this will let em all out of the woodwork like bugs. I give up. Maybe we should all just go and hide and not do anything or say anything in case we upset someone or give them the excuse to start their usual rantings. What a society, what a world.” – Greyish Tinge
“most white people found it funny or had no comment about it because they (as in white people ) have never experienced generational racisim , i just thought it was bad taste , just because one country is liberal about things doesnt mean it’s point of view is shared by everyone else .!!!” – surtepp of Perth
“Geeez, lighten up! It was just a bit of fun, this whole racism, politically correctness crap gets taken too far” – Kate of Perth
“I didn’t see it, but please are we for real, dressing up for a skit….whats the big deal? Even Jackson went from a black to a white face, guess what we all have red blood….this politically corectness stuff is going way too far….Would Harry have been offended if they dressed up as Indians?….” – truth of Perth
“Our society now slowly dies of its heritage & humour due to the political correct and bending over we do for all cultures, who still wish to come to our lucky country, yet wish to dictate their ways and beliefs onto our own society. Sorry Australians – we are a dying breed with no heritage or identity to remember, and dont dare speak – as we may offend those who wish to live amongst us – we must now change our ways in our own house..????” – Phil of WA
“How is this racist? How was it demeaning to an African-American? This is Political Correctness going to extremes. So it is racist to parody someone who is of a different skin tone?” – Jono of WA
Adelaide now: news.com.au readers write:
“Honestly, if they were making a skit about a white singing group/band, would it be racist? No, so get over it. Just because it’s a send up, doesn’t make it racist.” – Melissa of Unley
“Oh please, it’s plain as day this wasn’t intended to be racist; the skit was performed on Hey Hey It’s Saturday, which last time I checked was a comedy show! Just because Harry Connick Junior doesn’t liek it, does that mean everyone who saw it is supposed to be outraged? He’s one man, one American man, who can’t sing! WHy do we care so much about what he thinks? The skit was doen here in Australia, not AMERICA!” – black and white of Adelaide
“The thing I find amusing is Harry is a white guy, I wouldn’t be so surprised for him to be offended if he was black. I know Harry is from New Orleans and has more of a connection with the black community but still its a bit odd. Being offended for a black person is ok but to carry on as if it offended you personally is silly…” – Chris of Adelaide
“The sad thing is how insensitive many people in this country are to other peoples feelings and cultures and we don’t even realise it” – s of las vegas
“Not surprisingly, I am getting a kick out of reading the feedback from solid and honest Australians on this board. Quite obviously, we (as a nation) are sick of stupid America. The real issue here is that we accept making a terrible error following the American Way (Amway) and regain our own SUPERIOR strength as an open great supportive nation of people not brainwashed by the U.S. Cult style of citizenship. When do you ever hear an Aussie overseas exclaiming to “Speak Up as an Australian!” to make a personal point? At least we aussies can behave independently of nation. I mean, what a tool box he is. And that is so the American mentality. He was a guest here, and we let him give it to us. Daryl should have cut him down and defended the iconic show, regardless if you like the show or not. It’s an aussie show, we are trying, and it’s better than the loads of reality garbage from the USA. Think about it Aussie’s. Let’s dump following the US like little lambs before we turn into hypocrite garbage like them.” – Debbie of Swanborough of Adelaide
“Connick is entitled to his opinion. He expressed it politely and articulately- which is more than can be said for some of the correspondents to these pages.” – Margaret of Croydon
Courier Mail: news.com.au readers wrote:
“Does anyone remember the movie “white Chicks” starring the wayans brothers? (black men BTW) They dressed up as white blonde ditzy women and that was funny. Hey hey’s skit wasn’t in my opinion racist and I think this is another example of pc gone mad. We should be more worried about their awful singing and dancing. There is more important things in the world to worry about.” – Rach of Gold Coast
“It’s not the dressing up and the face painting…it’s the unspoken implication that black people are stupid. This is every bit as offensive as the Alf Garnet “comedy of the 1970’s.” – mark of Brisbane
“Hello??!! Does anyone recall the recent US “comedy” movie Tropic Thunder? The one with Ben Stiller and I seem to recall Tom Cruise actually got a Golden Globe nomination for his role? Well Robert Downey Junior who is white played an Aussie method actor playing an African American in that movie and his entire face/body was darkened/blacked out. What’s the diff people???” – KL of Brisbane
“I love how all the white posters here find this dreadful skit not racist because they were not offended. It wasn’t aimed at your race was it so you not being offended is hardly suprising is it? This face blackening exercise was traditionally used to parody black people as eye rollers, dumb with oversized and grotesque features. It frequently involved blackened faced women too in bloomers which implied they were of easy virtue. It is racist through and through.” – Brett Allen of Brisbane
“There is political upheaval in our Country. There is war and starvation around the world. There are natural disasters killing innocent people around the world. Our health system is killing people and our children remain badly educated. All we can concentrate on is an inane skit promoted by a has been and his team on a show of no entertainment value apologising to an American no talent about a no issue. Smell the roses people.” Listener of Seven Hills
“I am originally from the US and have lived here for upwards of 16 years. Because I have not lost my accent, despite moving here when I was under 10 years of age, my fellow Australian citizens still refuse to to acknowledge me as Australian. All these ‘like it or leave it’ comments are so exclusionary. Harry Connick Jr had a duty to say what he said. He IS American. An American who knows the political significance of blackface, and the negative image it used to play on to grab a laugh or to degrade or to differentiate. That’s where it came from. All these people saying ‘THIS IS AUSSIE HUMOUR’. Actually, this type of humour did not originate in Australia and is now generally accepted to be offensive elsewhere. If you’re going to be so Xenophobic about other countries, including Americans, at least avail yourself of the knowledge about the topic on which you speak. Otherwise, you sound ignorant. It’s humiliating. The wigs were humiliating. If he hadn’t spoken up about it, he would be seen to be as ignorant as supporters of this skit. He did the right thing. Stop bagging Americans all the time, get a new, more intelligent hobby please.” – CC of Sydney
Herald Sun heraldsun.com.au readers wrote:
“How is painting your face black racist!?!…the world’s media needs to get its head right,…screaming patronising journos looking for trouble where it doesnt exist.” – nohope of Melbourne
“What dod you expect in a country where we aren’t allowed to teach about the genocide of Aboriginals in our founding years, or the cover ups? We are ignorant to racism really. On the other hand we’re not America, so we don’t think of it like that, its just make up to an Australian. The producers though, with an American born judge should have known better…” – Brett of Sydney
“Let me get this right. The rest of the world who is in a complete mess is trying to tell Australia what’s actually funny or not? Our society on a whole operates peacefully whilst theirs is crazy but they know best? Please I fall under about 4 minority groups and I saw this as hilarious. They can mind their own business. Stones in glass houses…” – Paul
Ive never thought David Letterman was funny, however, this week I find him hilarious. I can imagine him saying “Ok you got me.. i sleep with my staff… what? no not the stick kind..the human kind”.
I posted this as a comment on Bearman Cartoons as a response to his top 10 reasons to sleep with David Letterman. So here are my top 10 reasons to sleep with David Letterman:
10. Your hair wont get caught between his teeth.
9. Paul Shaffer will play a little jingle while you two crazy kids are at it
8. Obama will campaign under “Can America forgive David for this?… YES WE CAN!”
7. The cast of The Brady Bunch will be so proud. Especially Mrs Brady.
6. You will get your 15 minutes of fame as the new Bachelorette
5. Kanye West will interrupt your national tv apology claiming that he was the best one David slept with all year.
4. Beyonce will release a single called “If you liked it then you shoulda put a lid on it
3. It will make the staff at the Oprah show jealous
2. Your sugardaddies.com profile will skyrocket through the roof in popularity with all the old ugly rich men thinking they have a chance.
and the number 1 reason to sleep with David Letterman is…
Thank you! Thanks! Im sorry! Pardon me! Oopps excuse me!… thats me lil miss politeness. Sometimes i think im a little too polite. I have grown a backbone from the days where I wouldn’t even complain if the fries I got were moldy..i would probably just eat around the mold to save myself the embarrassment of claiming my own rights.
But the fault still remains. I was brought up with good manners: “susi spice Ju mus say sanku always. Peepol do ju a favour and ju mus say sanku. Ju are a good girl.” So from whence I was a baby I learned thank you, excuse me and please in 2 languages and was always corrected when I forgot to say it.
I have noticed that I often say thank you to people even when I am the one that has done them a favour. Today for example I was leaving my office to go buy something to eat for lunch – the fact that it was a packet of bbq rib flavoured chips is irrelevant people let’s focus on the event alright? – Deeann walks out of the elevator with her hands full with her sandwich, drink and handbag struggling to reach for her security pass to enter our office. During those precious seconds, where the elevator door was open and I could just jump in there right then and there and not wait for another 5 – 10 mins because our building elevators are operated by little green turtles who are part of a union and probably on a union sanctioned coffee break… i think… should I help her open the door or should I just jump into the elevator… I was truly torn…. help her or help myself… I breathed a defeatists sigh and ran to help her open the door then leaped like the flash to press the elevator button… the doors had closed… I thought I hadn’t made it..just as i turn around thinking here we go…settle in for a long wait.. the very same doors magically open!!!! Karma had rewarded my good manners for once! Yay!! And as I climbed into the elevator Deeann says “ahh you made it” and I reply with “thank you!!” and the doors close…. why the hell did I say thank you!???? She didn’t help me get my elevator! In fact she played a crucial role in the possibility of me NOT getting the elevator…
I do this quite often.. someone bumps into me in the shops while I am stationary minding my own business as close to the stand as possible and I apologise to them. Its a sick habit! Sick i tells ya!
I have bouts of assertiveness – there will be times where I will NOT apologise for anything I do… unfortunately often they have been times when i truly was at fault and should have apologised but the good thing is that i am growing in my assertiveness. I know I can be assertive and overcome this horrid affliction with which I suffer… I just need to ensure that I learn to control it and apply it in the right circumstances.
