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I Write Personalised Children's Stories

newleprechaun — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:44:55 GMT

I started writing stories for my grandsons and acquaintances children with them as the heroes/heroines. The stories have been well received. If you have a child/grandchild, under 8, who would appreciate a story send me a PM, there is no charge.

Greenbelt 08

Russell — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:15:11 GMT

Is it me, or is it because its lashing down at the moment, but does anyone else think Greenbelt sounds a bit dull, this year?

A Fantastic Dentist!

newleprechaun — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:44:04 GMT

Dentists get a lot of stick these days and probably rightly so in many cases, however we have a wonderful dentist and I am going to sing his praises.

The dentist I had as a child was a sadist and I have always been phobic of dentists, until I met Adrian. He is a young man in his 30s who has a real gift for putting his patients at ease. He has a good sense of humour and has one giggling as soon as you get into the dreaded chair! Although his practice is private, I have a PPP, he does take some NHS patients. Our Down's Syndrome son (23) has all his treatment free. As he has difficulty cleaning his teeth properly he has them professionally cleaned every three months by Adrian, which is above and beyond the call of duty. When my husband became disabled Adrian accepted him as an NHS patient. Our vicar daughter like many clergy she isn't exactly rolling in dosh, and Adrian kindly said he would take her on as an NHS patient!

Visiting the dentist now is almost a pleasure even if one has to have an extraction!:hehe:

Arrggh!! Technology.....

Fairtrade Frank — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:57:41 GMT

I discovered I was entitled to a "free" upgrade for my phone (which is working fine so I don't quite understand the need to replace it).

It comes with a camera, music player and goodness knows what else. I'm only just about coping with text messages.

I've given up.. it's now on ebay as a 100% christian aid charity listing.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250256740990
(I presume Christian Aid listings are permitted round here!)

Why does everything have to keep getting updated every few months? I'm rather proud of our only telly being a nice 14" cathode-ray-tube effort - and hopefully long may it last!!!

We know the answer. What is the question?

Rambler — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:38:15 GMT

[i]I've started this topic to be on the same lines as the one on the previous Surefish forum. We start with an answer and members have to provide the question - and another answer.

To start:[/i]

A: Because polar bears live at the North Pole and penguins at the South Pole.

Q: Why don't the polar bears eat all the penguins?

A: They've already tasted them.

Jokes

Rambler — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:15:17 GMT

The cardinal was finding it difficult to impress his guest, so he took him into his private study to show him his three most treasured paintings.

The one on the left was of the cardinal himself. "Do you think that is a good likeness?" the cardinal asked his guest.

"It is an excellent likeness," the guest replied. "The painter has even managed to capture the way you lift your eyebrows."

"And what do you think about that as a portrait?" asked the cardinal, pointing to a painting of the Pope that hung on the right.

"I've never met his Holiness," replied the guest, "but it certainly looks like all the photographs I have seen of him."

"What about the one in the middle?" asked the cardinal.

For a few moments the guest contemplated the middle picture, which was of Jesus Christ Himself, and glanced back at the other two.

"Well," he said finally, "I've always known that Christ was hung between two thieves, but I never knew who they were before."

Today I learnt ...

Mini — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:05:38 GMT

There's a lovely old saying , "We learn something new everyday."

So lets share, what new thing did you learn today?

Today, I discovered I cannot do a mental maths test and negotiate a roundabout. Don't worry I gave up on the mental maths before I caused any mayhem!

Any one else want to share....

Mini

Anagrams

Editor Andy — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:29:59 GMT

DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM

PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN PRAYER

ASTRONOMER: When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER

DESPERATION: When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT

THE EYES: When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE

GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE

THE MORSE CODE: When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS

SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME

ANIMOSITY: When you rearrange the letters: IS NO AMITY

ELECTION RESULTS: When you rearrange the letters: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT

SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S

A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters: IM A DOT IN PLACE

ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE

MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER

Andy

Imagine this!

Forsythia@fish.co.uk — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:02:10 GMT

One person writes a practical problem and the next think of a practical machine to solve it.

A for Answer

P for problem

Here goes!

A Machine for put spagatti hoops on ones fork.

P Stopping the bus even though one isn't always ready to stretch one's hand out.

New Surefish Party.

JayBee2 — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:13:13 GMT

My house is a large red wooden collonial style property with double entrance doors front and rear. There is a central staircase leading up directley from inside the front doors. It's all openplan and to the left is the kitchen/dining area and also a setee, and to the right is a lounge with a large L-shaped setee, a lovely marbel firerplace, a large dance floor and a juke box. Going upstairs to the landing we turn left into the bathroom, which has a shower cabinet large enough for two, and a large communial bath tub suitable for communial bathing. To the right is the large openplan bedroom with 3 large double beds one kingsized, a desk, another marbel fireplace and ample scatter rugs on the floor. The whole house is openplan with no internal doors. Located on the beach of an unknown tropical island, my house is surrounded by beautiful gardens with trees, plants, fountains and goldfish ponds. All are welcome to the party, but it must be remembered that everything, including Pringles, has to be flown in from the mainland to the nearby small airport.