These fit so well they should be in a dictionary

I got these in an e-mail and wanted to share, they're funny:




A review of words that needed more explanation!!!



ADULT:

A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.

BEAUTY PARLOR:
A place where women curl up and dye.

An addendem to this is a place of HOPE AND CHANGE... sometimes with the same results as we are getting with this administration!


CANNIBAL:
Someone who is fed up with people.

CHICKENS:
The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.

COMMITTEE:
A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.



DUST:
Mud with the juice squeezed out.

EGOTIST:
Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.

HANDKERCHIEF:
Cold Storage.

INFLATION:
Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.

MOSQUITO:
An insect that makes you like flies better.

RAISIN:
Grape with a sunburn.

SECRET:
Something you tell to one person at a time.

SKELETON:
A bunch of bones with the person scraped off.

TOOTHACHE:
The pain that drives you to extraction.

TOMORROW:
One of the greatest labor saving devices of today.

YAWN:
An honest opinion openly expressed.


and MY Personal Favorite!!

WRINKLES:
Something other people have,
similar to my character lines.

Sunday Sketches - Fall Scene

I did a fall scene for Sunday Sketches. It's acrylic on cardstock (12" x 12"). I was inspired by some photos in the newspaper.

Fish Cakes with Leek Buds

I chose to have this meal for lunch at a Chinese fast food eatery the other day. It was a 2-item plate and I chose 'fish cakes with leek buds', and 'three cup chicken' as my items. I liked the fish cakes with leek buds but would probably pass on the chicken, as I noticed it had the skin still on it. I took half of it home as it was quite a large serving for $5.99.  According to wikipedia the 'three cup' name is derived from the 3 cups of sauces required to make the dish (soy, rice wine, sesame oil).

Paint Party Friday - Tesla roadster

For this piece I was inspired by a colourful photo I saw in the newspaper in the 'Car' section. It's a Tesla sports car. I did it on a decorated memo sheet lying nearby with watercolour pencils (7"w x 4"h).  Hence the fall decorations!

Linking to Paint Party Friday.

A New Toy

I was at my sister's house the other day and took this photo of a new toy she bought for her cat, it looks neat, doesn't it?

Hortensia Coneflower

This is Hortensia Coneflower growing in my garden this year. My friend S gave me some shoots to plant and they have done so well, hardy things.  My husband even mowed them down accidentally when they had just been planted but they came right back.

And isn't this a lovely, inspirational quote?


“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

― Theodore Roosevelt

At the Cardiologist

Here is a good quote from Darwin:

I took my mom to the cardiologist for her 6 month checkup, it went well, the next appointment is in 6 months.  I  noticed he didn't order an echo or ecg for next time, I think it must be cutbacks in the government health system.

While my mom was getting her ecg (this takes a bit longer than an echocardiogram), I decided to jump onto the office scale.  I complained to this middle-aged gentleman sitting nearby  about my weight as I got off the scale.  He said 'subtract 3 pounds for your shoes and clothing'.  We laughed and I told him that made me feel a lot better.  (I'm actually not overweight, just weight-conscious).  He told me he was a Trinidadian immigrant and spoke of the crime there since the oil boom in that island within the past 15 or so years.  Then he went into his appointment.

A fit-looking man (I would guess he was in his forties) then came to sit beside me.  We started chatting and  it came up that  he had had  a heart attack a year ago while travelling in Japan on business. He was in a rural area jogging at 5.30 am in the morning. He stopped a lady in a car but they  couldn't communicate. An elderly couple walking by called emergency and he was able to get to a hospital.  He says the health care in Japan was excellent, it may be better than in Canada.   The Trinidadian man by this time had lost his wallet somehow and was scurrying around.  He eventually located it in the doctor's office.  The younger man went into his appointment.

Then a frail-looking senior lady came in with her husband. We chatted and she told me she had a heart attack 6 or 7 years ago and  now she has got Parkinsons disease. Then it was time for my mom's appointment.  We found out the doctor's kids are already 10 and 15 years old.  He needs a new photo on display!

The conversation was a welcome distraction in a busy day and I was happy to meet some nice people.