Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Juxtaposition
State of the Union Address and Ground Hog Day
This is a year when both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address occurred in the same week.
And as it has been pointed out, "It is an ironic juxtaposition of events: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication, while the other involves a groundhog.
This is a year when both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address occurred in the same week.
And as it has been pointed out, "It is an ironic juxtaposition of events: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication, while the other involves a groundhog.
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
CPR to Baby Tiger
German Mom Administers CPR to Baby Tiger
Johann, a four-month old tiger at a zoo in the German city of Halle nearly choked to death Thursday on a chunk of meat.A medical student visiting a Halle zoo on Thursday used CPR to rescue a baby tiger choking on a piece of meat. The cub survived -- making him just the latest carnivore cub in Germany to be saved by human hands.
First came Knut, then Snowflake fever
The German penchant for saving infant carnivores from certain doom spread to a new, striped species of megafauna on Thursday, when a 24-year-old woman visiting a zoo in the city of Halle leapt into a cage to resuscitate a baby tiger choking on a piece of meat.
Janine Bauer was watching the zoo's big cats with her son, Johann, when the four-month old tiger began to choke. "The little baby tiger was gnawing meat off a bone. All of a sudden he couldn't breathe and lost conciousness," said Bauer, according to the daily newspaper Bild.
A zookeeper rushed to the cub's side, but his hands were too big to pull the offending strip of steak out of the young tiger's throat. So Bauer, a medical student, left her one year-old son in his stroller and rushed into the enclosure.
She was able to pull the 10 centimeter chunk of meat out of the tiger's windpipe, but he did not regain consciousness on his own. So Bauer performed CPR on the cub, using heart massage to jump-start the young tiger's pulse and locking lips to chops to breathe air back into his lungs.
"It was like just like an infant," said Bauer. "It took four or five endless minutes, but then the tiger was growling again."
In gratitude, the zoo's director announced that the tiger would be named Johann -- just like Bauer's son.
Monday, February 04, 2008
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Test for Dementia - Take at your Own Risk!
The answers are at the end - don't cheat!
Q1. You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person.
What position are you in?
Q2: If you overtake the last person, then you are...?
Q3. Very tricky arithmetic! Note: This must be done in your head only.
Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it.
Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?
Q4. Mary ' s father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4.
Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?
Q5: A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done. Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses; how does HE indicate what he wants?
A1: If you answered that you are first, then you are absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second!
A2: If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST person?
A3. Did you get 5000? The correct answer is actually 4100.
A4: Did you Answer Nunu? NO! Of course it isn't. Her name is Mary. Read the question again!
A5: He just has to open his mouth and ask...
It ' s really very simple.
Q1. You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person.
What position are you in?
Q2: If you overtake the last person, then you are...?
Q3. Very tricky arithmetic! Note: This must be done in your head only.
Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it.
Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?
Q4. Mary ' s father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4.
Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?
Q5: A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done. Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses; how does HE indicate what he wants?
A1: If you answered that you are first, then you are absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second!
A2: If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST person?
A3. Did you get 5000? The correct answer is actually 4100.
A4: Did you Answer Nunu? NO! Of course it isn't. Her name is Mary. Read the question again!
A5: He just has to open his mouth and ask...
It ' s really very simple.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
A tourist walks into a curio shop in San Francisco. Looking around at the exotic things, he notices a very lifelike, life-sized bronze statue of a rat. It has no price tag, but is so striking he decides he must have it. He takes it to the owner and asks: “How much for the bronze rat?” “$12.00 for the rat, $100.00 for the story,” said the owner.
The tourist gave the man $12.00. “I’ll just take the rat. You can keep the story.” As he walked down the street carrying the bronze rat, he noticed that a few real rats had crawled out of the alleys and sewers and had begun to follow him down the street. This was disconcerting and he began to walk faster. But within a couple of blocks the herd of rats behind him had grown to hundreds, and they began squealing.
He began to trot toward the Bay, looking around to see that the rats now numbered MILLIONS, and were squealing and coming towards him faster and faster. Concerned, even scared, he ran to the edge of the Bay and threw the bronze rat as far out into the Bay as he could.
Amazingly the millions of rats all jumped into the Bay and were all drowned!
The man hurried back to the curio shop. “Ah ha,” said the owner. “You have come back for the story?”
“No,” said the man, “I came back to see if you had a bronze Republican.”
— Posted by Menelek
The tourist gave the man $12.00. “I’ll just take the rat. You can keep the story.” As he walked down the street carrying the bronze rat, he noticed that a few real rats had crawled out of the alleys and sewers and had begun to follow him down the street. This was disconcerting and he began to walk faster. But within a couple of blocks the herd of rats behind him had grown to hundreds, and they began squealing.
He began to trot toward the Bay, looking around to see that the rats now numbered MILLIONS, and were squealing and coming towards him faster and faster. Concerned, even scared, he ran to the edge of the Bay and threw the bronze rat as far out into the Bay as he could.
Amazingly the millions of rats all jumped into the Bay and were all drowned!
The man hurried back to the curio shop. “Ah ha,” said the owner. “You have come back for the story?”
“No,” said the man, “I came back to see if you had a bronze Republican.”
— Posted by Menelek
Flake the PB
The bear, which lives at Nuremberg City Zoo, will be known as "Flocke," which in German means "flake."
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Weekend in NYC
Time with friends and relatives, excursions to Achilles, Fishes Eddy, and Korean restaurants. Topped with a Hillary '08 Rally near FIT. Starbucks and 30 Rock surrounded by The Office bobbleheads. Too bad I was so excited in Mood, that I couldn't get my camera to work. New York! New York! Yes to bling! Hello Kitty. Hello Moo-bling the cow. The Bentley Hotel on the 20th floor over looking the East River. Cuban and Japanese restaurants. Move theaters and movies. Thumbs up for Juno. The critics can have There will be Blood. Charlie Wilson's war. Vintage stores. Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.
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