Category: General

The sheer negligee

A husband walks into a department store to purchase a sheer negligee for his wife. He is shown several possibilities that range from $250 to $500 in price, the more sheer, the higher the price. Naturally, he opts for the most sheer item, pays the $500, and takes it home. He presents it to his wife and asks her to go upstairs, put it on, and model it for him.
Upstairs the wife thinks (she’s no dummy), I have an idea. It’s so sheer that it might as well be nothing. I won’t put it on, but I’ll do the modeling naked, return it tomorrow, and keep the $500 refund for myself. She appears naked on the balcony and strikes a pose. The husband says, Good Grief! You’d think, for $500, they’d at least iron it!
He never heard the shot. Funeral on Thursday at noon. Closed coffin.

Seoul

The flight to Korea was long, but generally pleasant. That Asiana is rated one of the best airlines in the world is understandable. The service is decent (though Cathay Pacific is better, I think) and the in-flight entertainment is acceptable. (Again, Cathay Pacific’s is much, much better) The seat was comfortable and there was more space than I have sadly grown used to. The flight was not completely full and only two out of the three seats in my row were filled. The other passenger, an intelligent and pleasant man on his way to New Delhi via Seoul, a certain Mr Singh, helped to pass the time with conversation ranging from Sikh history and philosophy to discussions on the finer points of Nehru and Jinnah’s policies during the end of the Raj. The food on the flight was also quite good. It tasted much like something that could be found at a decent restaurant. Continue reading “Seoul”

Smart arse!

Two businessmen in Sydney were sitting down for a break in their soon-to-be new shop…

As yet, the shop wasn’t ready, with only a few shelves set up.

One said to the other…

“I bet any minute now some pensioner is going to walk by, put his face to the window, and ask what we’re selling.”

No sooner were the words out of his mouth when a curious old woman walked to the window, had a peek, and in a soft voice asked… “What are you selling here?”
One of the men replied sarcastically… “We’re selling arse-holes.”

Without skipping a beat, the old timer said

“Must be doing well… Only two left.”

Pensioners: Don’t mess with them … they maybe old, but they are not stupid.!!!

I’m running, well, flying away.

Tomorrow I will run away. Well, actually, taken an aeroplane and fly away. I’m not quite energetic to sprint across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Seoul. My journeys in Asia promise to be quite busy. In Korea I will be met by an old acquaintance, a Koreanwho is eager to take me around with one or two of her friends. Other than perhaps feelings bit like Gulliver it has all the makings of an ideal situation. She knows the country, language, and how to prevent me from getting into trouble. One of her friends, who might be joining us, would like to help me with my graduate programme as he has already gone through it. My proposal to write about Korean history has been accepted and the only thing left to worry about is the final details.

Dongdaemun (actually, my hotel is in this area), Namdaemun, Insa-dong, Suwon, the palaces… The food, the Han river, the bridges… The lights of the city, the smells, the sounds. The quixotic excitement, the realisation that not even 50 miles away is North Korea, one of the most insane lands that side of San Francisco or a Livingstone supporter’s house.

After Korea comes what promises to be even busier… Continue reading “I’m running, well, flying away.”

New Word of the Day (Sure to Get CO’s approval)

Ineptocracy
New Word:

Could not find it in my old dictionary. Googled it and discovered it is a recently “coined” new word found on a T-shirt on eBay. Getting really close to the bone! Read this one over slowly and absorb the facts that totally are within this sentence!
Ineptocracy

(in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.