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Why are fire engines red?

Rattled this off for many years …. Fire trucks have 8 wheels and 4 people, and 4+8=12, 12 inches is a foot, and one foot is a ruler, and Queen Elizabeth was a ruler, and Queen Elizabeth was also a ship, and the ship sailed the seas, and fish live in the seas, and the fish have fins, and the Russians fought the Finns, and Fire truck are always rushin’ around, and that’s why fire trucks are…

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Why are fire engines red

Rattled this off for many years ....

Fire trucks have 8 wheels and 4 people, and 4+8=12, 12 inches is a foot, and one foot is a ruler, and Queen Elizabeth was a ruler, and Queen Elizabeth was also a ship, and the ship sailed the seas, and fish live in the seas, and the fish have fins, and the Russians fought the Finns, and Fire truck are always rushin' around, and that’s why fire trucks are red.

Hunted a while to find this....

Why are firetrucks red > So, I used to be a bit confused about this, but I was just using circular logic. And logic comes from logic boards, and the Chairman of the Board was Ol' Blue Eyes, which are a recessive trait, and traitors walk the plank, aka a board, and bored kids ask, "Are we there yet?", but we're not there yet, because kids are goats, and goats eat oats, and little lambs cat ivy, and like the four seasons in the Circle of Life. And if there's one way your logic, or a fire truck, shouldn't go, it's in circles. But now I've finally got it straight: it's "cause they used the red paint on them. This is what happens when you ask Siri why fire trucks are red too many times - This is what happens when you ask Siri why fire trucks are red too many times

From https://br.ifunny.co/meme/why-are-firetrucks-red-so-i-used-to-be-a-gJSpQj0H8

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All it takes is faith and trust

All it takes is faith and trust oh and something I forgot dust!

Added this to my treasure chest:

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/faith-trust-pixiedust  Thank you Deann! Posting text here in case it disappears!

When I first watched the movie as a little kid, I thought that those were just the ingredients you need to fly. Now, I have learned that those are the ingredients for life. I know it sounds crazy that I think pixie dust is a necessity for life, but I’ll explain what I mean.

1. Faith

Life is going to throw everything it’s got at you. It’s going to have its ups and down and there is nothing you can do but have faith that it will all work out. You need to have faith in God that He has a plan and that you are on the right path. He knows what He is doing and where He is leading. You just have to follow that path and have faith that it will all work out.

You also will need to have faith in yourself. Life isn’t easy, but you need to believe that you are strong enough to make it through whatever happens and whatever curveballs are thrown at you. Trust me, there will be plenty, whether you are 18 or 30 or 55. If you have faith in yourself, then you can accomplish anything you set out to do and overcome any obstacle that is placed in your path.

2. Trust

This is harder than faith, but it’s necessary. You have to trust that God knows what He doing. In our lives, we cannot understand what happens or why. But He knows and you need to trust in Him. That’s the way it works. You can sit and scream for answers, and sometimes you might get them, and other times you won’t. The times you don’t are the times that you need to trust in God more than ever.

And as before, you need to trust yourself. You know what is best for you. Even if you don’t think you know, deep down you do. It doesn’t matter what other people are saying about your decision. They are not in your situation, so they don’t know.

And lastly, you need to trust that people will support you, no matter what. If they don’t, they aren’t needed in your life. Your friends and you family are the ones that support you and trust that you are able to make your own decisions.

3. Pixie Dust

Now I am going to explain what I mean by needed pixie dust. I obviously know that pixie dust isn’t real. However, I’m looking into what the symbolism is for it. Pixie dust, in my opinion, is the symbol of childhood wonder and imagination. You need that wonder in life. You need to ask questions like, “Why is the sky blue?” and then find the answers. Don’t just let people tell you what is right and wrong, but wonder about it yourself and find your own answers. You can’t expect anyone to be able to give you all the answers to life. You need that childhood wonder to lead you to find your own answers to any questions you might have in your life.

The wonder that pixie dust symbolizes is essential because it makes it impossible for the world to ever lose its little spark of magic.

All it takes is faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust.

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An update and revisit to “hey huh”

Sometimes I will cross post and sometime not.. https://stuzasmeanderings.blogspot.com/2011/01/surrealist-alphabet-clapham-and-dwyer.html 

Something that my gran would rattle off if you said "hey" or "huh" instead of "I beg you pardon" .. just love it!

A   SURREALIST ALPHABET

 performed by  Clapham and Dwyer A for 'orses   (Hay for Horses)  B for Mutton (Beef or mutton)  C for th' 'ighlanders (Seaforth Highlanders)  D for ential (Differential)  E for Adam (Eve for Adam)  F for vessence (Effervesence)  G for police (Chief of police)  H for respect (Have respect)  I for novello (Ivor Novello)  J for orange (Jaffa orange)  K for ancis (Kay Francis)  L for leather (Hell for leather)  M for sis (Emphasis)  N for lope (Envelope)  O for the garden wall (Over the garden wall)  P for relief (Pee for relief)  Q for music (Cue for music)  R for mo ('Arf a mo)  S for you (it's for you)  T for 2 (Tea for two)  U for films  V for la France (Viva la France)  W for a fiver (Double you for a fiver)  X for breakfast (Eggs for breakfast)  Y for God's sake (Why, for God's sake)  Z for breezes (Zephyr breezes) And a few   alternatives... C for miles   (See   for Miles)  E for ning Standard (Evening   Standard)  E for brick ('Eave   a brick)  O for the wings of a dove  Q for a bus (Queue   for a bus)  R for Askey (Arthur   Askey)  S for me to know and you to find out (That's   for me to know etc.)  T for biting (Teeth   for biting)  V for L'Espana (Viva   L' Espana)  Y for mistress (Wife   or Mistress)

via monologues.co.uk

Alphabets - the Cockney Alphabet, the NATO Alphabet and the new Home Office-Approved Alphabet for the new millenium.  This has been around for some time and thinking of new entries or updating old entries can be quite entertaining. S used to be "S for Williams" (Esther Williams) except that you have to be over 60 to remember who she was. It could have been updated to "S for Rantzen " except that you have to be about 35 to remember her reliably. It is mostly Cockney (A for Horses, L for Leather) except for the Z in this alphabet. This replaced "Z for a light breeze" or, in a similar vein, "Z for Zodiac". A for Horses B for Mutton C for Miles D for Kate E for Brick F for Lump G for Police H for Consent I for Novello J for Nice Time K for Restaurant L for Leather M for Cream N for Lope O for the Wings of a Dove (O for the Rainbow) P for Relief Q for the Loos R for Mo S for you, you can take it in the other room T for Gums U for Me V for Espana W for a Quid, guvnor? X for Breakfast Y for Mistress Zee for Moiles (Somerset version

The new Police Phonetic Alphabet. For many years, the old police phonetic alphabet has been seen as not being relevant to modern policing methods and needs.

Here is the old Alphabet together with the Home Office-proposed changes: A        Alpha                ASBO B        Bravo                Bent C        Charlie              Charlie   D        Delta                Dealer         E        Echo                 Ecstasy               F        Foxtrot              Fit up   G        Golf                 Golf       H        Hotel                Hooker         I         India                 Illegal         J        Juliet                 Joint         K       Kilo                    Kilo       L       Lima                 Large       M       Mike                 Monkey       N       November         Nonce   O       Oscar               Opium         P        Papa                 Ponce       Q        Quebec            Queens Evidence R        Romeo              Rascal S        Sierra               Scally T        Tango               Truncheon         U        Uniform             Uniform   V        Victor                Villain W       Whisky             Whisky         X        X-Ray                X-Rated Y        Yankee             Yobbo Z        Zulu                  Zipper   

From: http://www.bluebullfrog.net/alphabets.htm :  

Clapham and Dwyer version

In the 1930s, the comedy double act Clapham and Dwyer recorded the following version: A for 'orses (hay for horses) B for mutton (beef or mutton) C for 'th highlanders ( Seaforth Highlanders ) D for 'ential   (deferential) E for Adam  ( Eve or Adam ) F for 'vescence (effervescence) G for police (chief of police) H for respect (age for respect) I for Novello  ( Ivor Novello ) J for oranges (Jaffa oranges) K for 'ancis  (Kay Francis), or K for undressing L for leather (Hell for leather) M for 'sis (emphasis) N for 'adig (in for a dig, or infra dig.) O for the garden wall  (over the garden wall) P for a penny (pee for a penny) Q for a song (cue for a song), or Q for billiards  (cue for billiards) R for mo'  (half a mo') S for you (it's for you) T for two (tea for two) U for films (UFA films) V for La France (vive la France) W for a bob (trouble you for a bob?) X for breakfast (eggs for breakfast) Y for Gawd's sake (why, for God's sake?) Z for breezes (zephyr breezes, see West wind)

There are many alternative 'definitions' offered for each letter, some of which include:    !A for effort (school report comment to encourage a student who is never going to excel but tries hard)    A for gardner (Ava Gardner)    Bs for honey (bees for honey)    B for stew (beef or stew)    !B for you go (before you go)    B for eaters (Beefeaters)    C for fish (sea for fish)    !C for miles (see for miles)    C for ships (sea for ships)    !C for yourself (see for yourself)    !D for dumb (deaf or dumb)    D for 'cate (defecate)    !D for 'mation (deformation)    !D for 'ential (differential, as part of a vehicle)    E for brick (heave a brick)    E for castle (Hever Castle)    E for 'ning Standard (Evening Standard)    !E for 'or (either or)    E for Le Gallienne (Eva Le Gallienne)    E for Gabor (Eva Gabor)    E for Peron (Eva Peron)    F for after (forever after)    F for body (everybody)    !F for lump (elephant)    F for but don't get her pregnant (f*** her but don't get her pregnant)    F for I'll kill you (f*** her, I'll kill you)    F for one (everyone)    G for crying out loud (gee, for crying out loud)    !H for go (have a go)    H for beauty (age before beauty)    H for consent (age for consent)    H for a film (age for a film)    H for scratch (itch for scratch)    H for it (hate ye for it)    !I for lootin (high-falutin')    !I for an eye (eye for an eye)    I for the Engine (Ivor the Engine)    !I for the ladies (eye for the ladies)    I for or (either / or)    I for knack for nickin' off (I've a knack for nicking off)    J for cakes (Jaffa Cakes – similar sentiment to Jaffa Oranges)    J for good time (did ya have a good time)    !K for 'teria (cafeteria)    K for toway (gave it away)    K for restaurant (cafe or restaurant, mispronouncing the word café)    !K for Sutherland (Kiefer Sutherland)    K for a cuppa (care for a cuppa)    !L for 'bet (alphabet)    L for 'Romeo (Alfa Romeo)    M for sema (emphysema)    N for a profit (in for a profit)    !N for 'lope (envelope)    N for 'lade (enfilade)    N for 'lid (invalid)    !N for mation (information)    N for a penny (in for a penny, mind the conflict with P above)    N for eggs (hen for eggs)    N for En (end for end)    N for Hoxha (Enver Hoxha)    N for Pasha (Enver Pasha)    !O for crying out loud (oh, for crying out loud)    O for Gawd's sake (oh, for God's sake)    O for the wings of a dove (oh, for the wings of a dove)    !O for the rainbow (over the rainbow)    O for my dead body (over my dead body)    O for a life of endless bliss    !O for draft (overdraft)    P for relief (pee for relief)    !P for 'ming seals (performing seals)    P for nanny (pee for nanny)    P for pleasure (pee for pleasure)    P for a whistle (pea for a whistle)    Q for chips (queue for chips)    Q for a theatre (queue for a theatre)    Q for tickets (queue for tickets)    Q for hours (queue for hours)    Q for almost everything (queue for almost everything)    Q for a pee (queue for a pee)    !Q for a bus (queue for a bus)    Q for snooker (cue for snooker)    Q for the loo (queue for the loo)    R for Askey (Arthur Askey)    R for dozen (half a dozen)    R for Lowe (Arthur Lowe)    R for Mullard (Arthur Mullard)    R for pint (half a pint)    S for Costello (The Story of Esther Costello)    S for instance (as for instance)    S for Rantzen (Esther Rantzen)    S for Williams (Esther Williams)    S for zando (sforzando in music)    T for hurtin (teeth are hurting)    !T for chewin (teeth for chewing)    U for 'mism (euphemism)    U for me (you for me)    W for quits (double you for quits?)    W for a match? (trouble you for a match?)    W for a tenner (trouble you for a tenner?)    !Y for girlfriend (wife, or girlfriend?)    Y for Heaven's sake (why, for Heaven's sake)    !Y for crying out loud (why, for crying out loud)    Y for biscuit (wafer biscuit)    !Y for a husband (wife for a husband)    !Y for mistress (wife or mistress)    Y for runts ('Y' fronts, underwear)    Z for his hat (his head for his hat)    Z for a joke (said for a joke)    Z for Zodiac (Zephyr Zodiac Ford Zephyr)

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney_Alphabet

My dad had a "special alphabet". He was a Liverpudlian/Londoner. The alphabet started:

A for horses (hay for horses)

B for mutton (beef or mutton)

C for (the) islanders (Seaforth Islanders)

D for dumb (deaf or dumb)

E for you or me (either, pronounced eth(f)er)

F for vescent (effervescent)

I can only remember one more and that was

L for leather (hell for leather)

Can any one remember more?

Ann McGregor, Goulburn

From https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/why-do-politicians-always-run-up-entrance-stairs-20050108-gdkg73.html:

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It's FINALLY happened! How to be a Great Game Master will be on #Patreon from Today! #RPG #GM #DnD http://thndr.me/QxYmgj

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What Google does not know

I had heard this before ... but google did not know it. If the aviation industry had grown as fast as the computer industry, we would be able to fly to New York in less than a minute for less than a dollar!

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Google does not know 2

No statement is ever entirely true not even this one.

Did you mean: no statement is never entirely true not even this one

Hmm ..google intelligence? // Change in meaning?

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Quick wins… Bang for the buck… Low hanging fruit… Whatever you call it, many business people have been conditioned to use a somewhat short-sighted approach for making change in their organizations. It’s a natural human characteristic – we want the bottom-line benefits, but we also want to get them with minimal effort and risk. The problem with this [&]

Low hanging fruit is the place to go, for the fast results, for business … not always.

I was hunting a quotation that I have seen, but can’t find that would be given to a person you wish to advise not to settle for second or third best.

The quotation is similar to:

You are not a low hanging fruit person! You are top of the tree.

Don’t settle for the low hanging fruit.

aha … A year on found this:

Imagine this. You are like the fruit at the top of a tree. The farmers say they are always the sweetest and most delicious. The lower hanging fruits may get picked first, but always before they are ripe by other impatient people who are too lazy to make an effort to go to the top.

You want to find a partner who is willing to climb the tree and bypass the easy catch. He or she is someone who is brave enough to grow just like you and patient as they climb to reach the top to find you.  This is sweet, lasting love and the harvest is evergreen.

from: http://creativelove.com/why-finding-love-shouldnt-be-a-race/

Thanks Debi and Robert!

Sage

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Thanks to Reggie on Facebook for reminding me about this!

Sorry to the international readers here, this probably won’t make that much sense, but I had to share it…

Valentine, oh Valentine, I smaak you stukkend, say you’ll be mine.

You’re my morning, my sunshine, my moon and my stars, You’re my airfreshener from O.K. Bazaars;

You’re my...

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Check out this website I found at forum.joomla.org

Identify Yourself!

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:47 pm

To succesfully operate a web design business, you must either hire many people or wear many hats. Since you probably...

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A sad day .....

Written with tears streaming down ...

Flash passed on yesterday ...Time for some reposts from my Archive

The Rainbow Bridge Poem - Petloss.com

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.  There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.  There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.  The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together….

Author unknown…

via petloss.com

Comfort for Grieving Animal Lovers

May I Go? 

May I go now?

Do you think the time is right?

May I say good-bye to pain-filled days

and endless lonely nights?

I’ve lived my life and done my best,

an example tried to be.

So can I take that step beyond

and set my spirit free?

I didn’t want to go at first,

I fought with all my might.

But something seems to draw me now

to a warm and loving light.

I want to go.

I really do.

It’s difficult to stay.

But I will try as best I can

to live just one more day,

To give you time to care for me

and share your love and fears.

I know you’re sad and so afraid,

because I see your tears.

I’ll not be far,

I promise that, and hope you’ll always know

that my spirit will be close to you,

wherever you may go.

Thank you so for loving me.

You know I love you too.

That’s why it’s hard to say good-bye

and end this life with you.

So hold me now, just one more time

and let me hear you say,

because you care so much for me,

you’ll let me go today. 

— Susan A. Jackson

via griefhealing.com

Thinking of  Flash,Boris, Veruschka, Shadow, Crash, Storm(i), Rinny, George(s),Laska and more…

See January 2013 in the archive:

http://stuza1.tumblr.com/archive

Furwell FlashyBoy see you on the otherside!

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During the National Geographic TV aviation series shown (in .za) last night on Trump’s Boeing 757 the artisan laying the flooring:

You can have it right or you can have it now,

but you can;t have it right now!.

Wise words!

It took 2 hrs longer.

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Grandfather fun with the grandchildren .... D

Do this with your grandchildren and try and keep a straight face

... I like to eat 8 apples and bananas.

Ooh luke too oot oot ooples and boonoonoos ... etc 

(:-)  much laughter .... can remember this from many years ago

I am glad I found this!

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Quick wins… Bang for the buck… Low hanging fruit… Whatever you call it, many business people have been conditioned to use a somewhat short-sighted approach for making change in their organizations. It’s a natural human characteristic – we want the bottom-line benefits, but we also want to get them with minimal effort and risk. The problem with this [&]

Low hanging fruit is the place to go, for the fast results, for business ... not always.

I was hunting a quotation that I have seen, but can't find that would be given to a person you wish to advise not to settle for second or third best.

The quotation is similar to:

You are not a low hanging fruit person! You are top of the tree.

Don't settle for the low hanging fruit.

aha ... A year on found this:

Imagine this. You are like the fruit at the top of a tree. The farmers say they are always the sweetest and most delicious. The lower hanging fruits may get picked first, but always before they are ripe by other impatient people who are too lazy to make an effort to go to the top.

You want to find a partner who is willing to climb the tree and bypass the easy catch. He or she is someone who is brave enough to grow just like you and patient as they climb to reach the top to find you.  This is sweet, lasting love and the harvest is evergreen.

from: http://creativelove.com/why-finding-love-shouldnt-be-a-race/

Thanks Debi and Robert!

Sage

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You may have heard this nonsense poem and wondered what it meant. Or maybe you recall it from your childhood but have forgotten its meaning. Here’s the poem:

Grandfather stuff to teach your grandchildren!

Scintillate, scintillate, globule vivific,

Fain would I fathom thy nature specific,

Loftily poised in the ether capacious,

Strongly resembling a gem carbonaceous!

In case it’s not obvious, here’s the translation:

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are,

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky!

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Raed

Here's another robo trick of Doctor Dementia to test your skills ...

Can you meet this challenge?

I've seen this with the letters out of order, but this is the first time I've seen it with numbers. Good example of a Brain Study: If you can read this OUT LOUD you have a strongmind. And better than that: Alzheimer's is a long long, way down the road before it ever gets anywhere near you.

7H15 M3554G3

53RV35 7O PR0V3

H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N

D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5!

1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5!

1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG

17 WA5 H4RD BU7

N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3

Y0UR M1ND 1S

R34D1NG 17

4U70M471C4LLY

W17H 0U7 3V3N

7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17,

B3 PROUD! 0NLY

C3R741N P30PL3 C4N

R3AD 7H15.

PL3453 F0RW4RD 1F

U C4N R34D 7H15.

 Only greatminds can read this. This is weird, but interesting!

If you can raed this, you have a sgtrane mnid, too.

Can you raed this? Olny 55 people out of 100 can.

I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a pboerlm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! 

Thanks Brian..

http://www.pleacher.com/forwards/forwards/words.html

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The Peter Principle Proven

In case you've ever wondered why ignorance rises to the executive level, here is a simple explanation that is also a mathematical proof:

Knowledge is Power.

Time is Money.

And, as every actuary (with some physics training) knows:

Work ---------- = Power Time

So, if

Knowledge = Power

and

Time = Money

then through simple substitutions,

Work ---------- = Knowledge Money

Solving for Money, we get:

Work -------------- = Money Knowledge

Thus, If Work is held constant as a positive number (no matter how small!) Money approaches infinity as Knowledge approaches zero.

What this means is:

All else being equal, the less you know, the more you make

from:

http://www.softpanorama.info/Bulletin/Humor/peter_principle_proven.shtml