I’m still in Buenavista, where I’ve been for the past month. Tomorrow we go to spend the night nearer to the airport as we fly back to Guadalajara on the 29th. I went alone to swim today because Xill was feeling ill. While there, I met one of the daughters of this lively family and before I knew it I was caught up in their activities. I sent them these photos on Whatsapp. Hope they received them.
It’s Boxing Day, and the questions this week are a mixed bag of whimsy and anything else!
1. Why is there a fairy on top of the Christmas Tree? Angels are on strike.
2. Why is the 26th December known as Boxing Day in some countries? Disappointment over gifts leads to aggression.
3. What would be the gifts from the Three Wise Men today? Tesla stock, a gold cellphone and tickets to a Taylor Swift concert.
4. What is Hogmanay? It is one pig farmer. Yes.
5. How much is a monkey? It is just one.
6. Do crows crow? Yes. and cows caw.
7. Why do milking stools have three legs? The cowherd broke off the third to use in herding the cows in.
8. What is meant by perfect pitch? Three strikes.
9. Where will you find a palm tree? In your hand.
10. What is rolling stock? Cattle in a cattle car on a train or a stash of marijuana.
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Welcome to “The Numbers Game #104”. Today’s number is 226 (posted by Forgottenman for Judy). To play along, go to your photos file folder and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you have changed the identifiers of all your photos into words, pick a word or words to use instead, and show us a variety of photos that contain that word in the title. This prompt will repeat each Monday with a new number. If you want to play along, please put a link to your blog in comments below. Here are my contributions to the album.
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Hello again, folks. Forgottenman still here feeding Judy’s blog a bit while she toils away in Quintana Roo. Here’s a poem she did 8 years ago on this date. I’m happy to share it again. Happy reading & happy solstice!
Hello again, folks. Forgottenman still here feeding Judy’s blog a bit while she toils away in Quintana Roo. Here’s a poem she did 10 years ago on this date. I’m happy to share it again. Happy reading!
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The SOCS prompt is: batter/better/bitter/butter and although I know it
breaks the rules, I can’t resist reciting an old childhood tongue-twister:
Betty Botter bought a bit of bitter butter.
“But,” she said, “this butter’s bitter.
I can’t put it in my batter,
for if I put it in my batter,
it will make my batter bitter,
but if I buy some better butter,
it will make my batter better!”
So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter
and made her batter better.
Illustration by Kisoulou on Unsplash
Here are my responses to Pensitivity’s Fibbing Friday.
1. Why was January chosen to be the first month of the year? All the other names for months were taken.
2. Why does the Chinese New Year not start until February? It takes longer for the New Year to get to that side of the world.
3. What’s the point of eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day? Hunger.
4. Why do we make New Year’s resolutions? So we have the pleasure of breaking them.
5. What will Santa Claus be doing now that Christmas is over? He’ll be eating black-eyed peas.
6. According to tradition, in the Twelve Days of Christmas, the 1st day is Christmas, itself. So what is the 12th day known as? The last day of Christmas.
7. Why are so many of the gifts listed in the song, The 12 Days of Christmas, birds? There was a special on them at the pet store.
8. What earthly event marks when an angel gets its wings? Popeyes sells its BBQ Wings at a discount price.
9. What happens on the Winter Solstice? The Winter Solstice.
10. How did the tradition of the Yule log originate? A really good salesman/con artist didn’t have a gift for the Xmas party host so just grabbed up a log as he passed through the woods and convinced them that this was a sacred tradition. Word spread.
Hello again, folks. Forgottenman still here feeding Judy’s blog a bit while she toils away in Quintana Roo. Here’s a poem she did 10 years ago on this date. I’m happy to share it again. Happy reading!
Hello again, folks. Forgottenman still here feeding Judy’s blog a bit while she toils away in Quintana Roo. Here’s a poem she did 5 years ago on this date. I’m happy to share it again. Happy reading!
(Edit: Oops, I meant to schedule this for after midnight, so let’s say it’s from 5 years ago mas o menos.)
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