No Pots of Gold - I looked!!!!!

I have never seen such complete and vivid rainbow in my life.

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Changed Horses - Literally!!!!

Karna why a little too feisty for Little Niamhy Noo
This is the new one and he is called Zac.

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You Couldn't Make It Up

Coming home the other evening I stumbled across the late night quiz show on the radio again.
Just a little bit of background for you for the first question.
The Aussies are seriously crying into their stubbies over the poor performance of the swimming contingent at the Olympics. Actually, the whole team are getting stick back here.
Anyway, the failure of the male swimmers to win the 4 x100 relay was a total devastation, not only to the swimmers but also the Australian nation as a whole, it was on the TV, in the newspapers, everywhere you turned that was the topic.
Well, if you remember from an earlier blog 'They Walk Among Us', the quiz must start with a current and topical question, which must be answered correctly before you can then go on to try and answer 4 further questions to win the $1,000 prize.
First question: 'Which recent swimming event at the Olympics resulted in catastrophic failure by the Australian team? The quiz master went on to say 'You would have needed to be unconscious for the last 24 hours if you do not know the answer to this question!'.
Caller 'The one which the four lads came fourth and didn't get a medal'
Quiz master 'Yeah, but I need the name of the event/race'
Caller ' Ahhh geez, you didn't make that clear'
Quiz master 'Ok, I'll help a little. I'll tell you that it was a relay but you must tell me the length the race'
Caller 'Ahhh look, I'm not real sure what you mean'
(I'm now crying with laughter)
Quiz master "OK, was it 50, 100 150 or 200 metres'
Caller 'Got ya Graham, it was 100mtrs...............I think'
Quiz master ' Correct. Now, next question. Listen carefully. The word 'illicit' has how many vowels?'
(I think to myself "Not a chance!!!!')
It goes v v quiet.
Quiz master 'Hello, are you still there?'
Caller 'Yup still here, just thinking' (more like Googling!!)
Quiz master 'You know what a vowel is, right?'
Caller 'Course'
Quiz master 'Thee word 'ILLICIT'.................. has.............how..................many.................vowels?'
Caller 'Mmmmm, I'm gonna have a crack at two'
(Told ya, no chance)
Quiz master ' Sorry no, that's not correct, next caller your up. Same question for you, the word 'ILLICIT' has how many vowels?
Caller 'Oh hi Graham, thanks for taking my call and having me on', is it four or five?'
Quiz master 'Its a pleasure and the question again for you. 'Thee word 'ILLICIT'.................. has.............how..................many.................vowels?' '
Caller 'Not quite sure, is it four or five?'
I had to pull over, I couldn't see with the tears in my eyes.
Safe to say the third caller got it right, and I assume by the end of the night they did get a winner. Probably would have needed until the early hours of the morning though at that rate.
Really, you just couldn't make it up.
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All Good

Ticking along here.
Niamh is really loving her horsey experience, Peter is getting stuck into his guitar, Wendie is gyming it most days and the weather is starting to warm up.


With the penant.

The kids had their sports days over the last couple of weeks, Niamh finished second in the 1500 mtrs and has been selected to represent St Helena's in the schools area athletics carnival.Peter entered all events, plenty of running plus long jump, discus and shot put, and which contributed lots of points for McCormack (his house).

Go go go.

School Achievement Award

Go Noo Noo

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Couldn't Resist It!!!

Had to get a photo in the daylight.
The others are of the amount of stuff that actually gets removed.

Pretty grey looking sky for winter eh?

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Well they Made Me Laugh!

Just some funny names of various companies that we have seen whilst driving around.

The Indians are coming!

Obviously doesn't mean the same over here!!

Related to the strawberry people.

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Would You?

Every 6 months the local Shires of Perth help residents have a clean up of their houses and gardens. Basically, area by area you are notified of when its your turn and it provides an opportunity to chuck out all your unwanted ietms and garden junk free gratis.
We all think its a great idea, as the amount you can dipose of is unlimited and I would think it prevents fly tipping.
What also happens is that you get 'cruisers', people who drive around the suburbs that are in the process of having this service, seeing if there is anything worth having! Honestly, and I'm not joking. Nothing illegal about it, but we saw a guy who was trying out a dining room table and six chairs!
We always have a good laugh about some of the stuff that is thrown out, as it looks like it should have been thrown out 20 years earlier.
The finest example is this sofa, I wouldn't of let Scruufy or Meg sit on it!! Would you?

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