Category: FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Shameless promotion

LOL I couldn’t resist this email that came through my inbox this morning as shameless self promotion for the up coming cookie exchange over atOuR KrAzY KiTcHeN.

T H E ITALIAN ELBOW

An Italian grandmother is giving directions to her grown grandson who is coming to visit with his wife.

“You comma to de front door of the apartmenta. I am inna apartmenta 301.

There issa bigga panel at the front door. With you elbow , pusha button 301. I will buzza you in. Come inside, the elevator is on the right. Get in, and with you elbow , pusha 3.

When you get out, I’mma on the left. With you elbow , hit my doorbell.”

“Grandma, that sounds easy, but, why am I hitting all these buttons with my elbow?

“What . . . .. .. You coming empty handed?”

Are you ready for the Christmas party at OuR KrAzY KiTcHeN? I know you’re not coming empty handed! Don’t forget to check it out and bring your favorite recipe link.

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Food for thought

I have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.
~Rebecca West, 1913

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Foodfor Thought

“With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, “Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?”

~Jay Leno

food for thought

This came in a recent email:

I dialed a number and got the following recording:
I am not available right now, but thank you for caring enough to call.
I am making some changes in my life.
Please leave a message after the beep.
If I do not return your call, you are one of the changes.

Tell me you aren’t smiling? Better yet, tell me you didn’t think for a split second about changing your voice mail recording.

Food for thought

I seem to be the “go to” source for many people when it comes to answering trivia questions. Hubby came home from the VFW tonight and said a few of the elderly Saturday night regulars wanted me to look up and find the difference for them between 35% alcohol and 70% volume. What I found surprised even me.

There is a complete definition you can find at Wikipedia, but this is the part I found the most interesting:

In the 18th century and until 1 January 1980, Britain defined alcohol content in terms of “proof spirit,” which was defined as the most dilute spirit that would sustain combustion of gunpowder. The term originated in the 18th century, when payments to British sailors included rations of rum. To ensure that the rum had not been watered down, it was “proofed” by dousing gunpowder in it, then testing to see if the gunpowder would ignite. If it did not burn, the rum contained too much water and was considered to be “under proof.” A proven sample of rum was defined to be 100 degrees proof; this was later found to occur at 57.15% alcohol by volume, which is very close to a 4:7 ratio of alcohol to total amount of liquid. Thus, the definition amounted to declaring that (4÷7) × 175 = 100 degrees proof spirit.

From this it followed that pure, 100% alcohol had (7÷7) × 175 = 175 degrees proof spirit, and that 50% ABV had (3.5÷7) × 175 = 87.5 degrees proof spirit. To convert percentage of alcohol by volume to degrees proof spirit, multiply the percentage by 1.75.

In the United Kingdom, the proof-to-ABV ratio is 7:4. In the United States, it is 2:1. By these standards it takes less drinks to get your buzz in the United Kingdom.

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Advice worth reading from an old farmer

Another email gem to make you smile.
  • *Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. *
  • *Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.*
  • *Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.*
  • *A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.*
  • *Words that soak into your ears are whispered…not yelled.*
  • *Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight.*
  • *Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.*
  • *Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.*
  • *It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.*
  • *You cannot unsay a cruel word.*
  • *Every path has a few puddles.*
  • *When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.*
  • *The best sermons are lived, not preached.
  • *Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.*
  • *Don ‘t judge folks by their relatives.*
  • *Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.*
  • *Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.*
  • *Don ‘t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t bothering you none.*
  • *Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance.*
  • *If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.*
  • *Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.*
  • *The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin’.*
  • *Always drink upstream from the herd.*
  • *Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.*
  • *Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.*
  • *If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around..*
  • *Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply.*
  • *Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.*
  • *Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.
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