Humor
Published: 01/04/2008
The complicated process of changing an ink cartridge is something that has baffled scientists for many years. Despite developments of so-called 'easy change' ink cartridges, removal and replacement still leave even the most dextrous of us dumbfounded.
It also leaves us covered in ink. Not...
Published: 29/03/2008
Big Oil, the meat industry, chemical fertilizer manufacturers and queasy people everywhere are shaking in their boots due to recent scientific and agricultural innovations brought about by worm farming.
The buzz is: worms may well save the planet. Consider: worms are one of the easiest...
Published: 28/03/2008
A hobby gives us a chance to do something the best we can; but because we're not being paid to do it, no one tells us we're not doing it well enough. My grandfather's hobby was collecting. He collected coins and stamps and guns and clocks. I didn't get the collector gene. The three, glass hearts...
Published: 28/03/2008
Once a year we feel taken by the IRS. Last year, however, the IRS issued a consumer alert to prevent us from feeling taken by surprise. The alert warned about an e-mail scam offering $80 for participating in a customer satisfaction survey. Among other things, the survey asked for social security...
Published: 28/03/2008
When I got married, I got a life partner. My husband got a housekeeper and a cook. He also got a laundress and a social secretary. After we had children he got a nanny to take care of them - a nanny who didn't get days off. This explains why men remarry sooner after divorce. Unfortunately, second...
Published: 27/03/2008
One of my grandmother's favorite sayings was don't borrow trouble. A rain cancellation, a bad medical report, an unwelcome guest - she didn't believe in worrying about something that might not happen. According to Grandmother, when you borrow trouble, it's hard to return.
As a child, I not...
Published: 26/03/2008
In today's world not everything is what it seems. The reason the bowl of cereal in the TV ad doesn't look soggy could be because the milk is actually wood glue. The bubbly champagne could look like a party in a glass because it's been sprinkled with aspirin powder and the festive frosting on the...
Published: 25/03/2008
My grandmother didn't understand why people described things as "to die for". She thought something really liked should be something "to live for" - like chocolate.
Chocolate is a socially acceptable addiction. It's a multi-sensory addiction that appeals to taste, smell and touch. Because it...
Published: 25/03/2008
If the tooth be told, George Washington's dentures weren't made of wood. They were made of bone. There have been vast improvements in dentures since then, but this has had a negative effect on the world's political situation. Now it's much easier for world leaders to bite off more than they can...
Published: 20/03/2008
Reports have come in today of a product recall on a meat processing machine, model number 43OhNo. This is due to a malfunction where the computerised meat processing machine develops a mind of its own and has been taking matters into its own grinder.
After installation at a new butchers shop...
