Sleep…

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Waiter… there’s a fly in my…

What happens when a fly falls into a coffee cup?
How different nationalities might deal with the problem.
The Italian – throws the cup and walks away in a fit of rage.
The Frenchman – takes out the fly, and drinks the coffee.
The Chinese – eats the fly and throws away the coffee.
The Russian – drinks the coffee [...]

One week ago…

in a land far, far away… my vacation ended.
Chicago And Beyond – My Vacation 2009 can be found on Picasa. From the original 805 photos over 400 ended up in this file. Have a look and give a comment.

Just Pull…

Chickens and Bunnies

More chicken, bunny and Timmy Tofu at savagechickens

Departmental Hoax

The Minister of the Dutch Department of Social Affairs & Employment, Piet-Hein Donner is laughing his socks off.
During the Council of Ministers last Friday he told his fellow ministers that the labour inspection was going to do a survey on working hours of ministers and state-secretaries [aka as #1 + #2 of each department]. All the [...]

Just something else…

Subtitle: Beware the paper trail
More Bent Objects at BentObjects

Fahrenheit vs Centigrade…

Only 9 shopping days to Xmas left…

Party Food

A little pre-planning is the secret to success. The key to successful party food is to make your creations look as stylish as possible but, at the same time, keeping the ingredients and techniques simple. Here are some ideas to get you started.
Where to start

Try to avoid anything too complicated and don’t try things you [...]

Have Your Own Personal X-Box

The day after the night before…

The party is over!
The Pumpkin Soup post of last year attracted 1762 visitors in October alone, the highlight was yesterday with 101 visitors. Hope you all enjoyed a cuppa.

Denglish…

I found a new book next to the cash-register at the bookstore, it’s not really new, it’s a sequal to an earlier version about Denglish. Maybe you’re wondering what Denglish is… it is a mixture of Dutch and English, spoken by Dutch ministers, state secretaries and top hotemetotes¹. Book 1 was sold out in a [...]

A new car…

Tata’s Automobile Industries latest model, the car for a bumpy ride…

I will say it only once…

Joep Bertrams for Het Parool

Paralympics…

Bizzy times for Paralympics athletes
I have a full agenda the coming months…
after all this I’m an observer at a polling station in Florida…
Cartoonist Lectrr for news site nu.nl

Listen very carefully…

the weather is nice outside…
there’s no rain…
just sunshine!

For a change in… Dutch!

For a change no translation, but the Duck and the Canary are ‘world famous’ in the Netherlands!

April Fool…

Close encounters…

I was barely sitting down on the toilet when I heard a voice from the other stall saying:
“Hi, how are you?”
I’m not the type to start a conversation in the restroom. I don’t know what got into me, but I answered, somewhat embarrassed,
“Doin’ just fine!”
And the other person says:
“So what are you up to?”
What kind [...]