I read this article that said we all sleep too much. Snooze to me.
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One of our team of highly talented Elves recently composed this rib-tickling Motto.
Q. What do you call imitation Wildebeest?
A. Fake Gnus!
Heard tonight down the pub...
Big black bin bag
Here's an optical effect that I've always found interesting. Consider the picture below. You see a central cross set against a blurry background pattern of pastel colours.
Focus on the cross. Do not let your eyes wander, however tempting it is to do so. It may take up to 30 seconds but then you will probably see the background dissolve and only the central cross stay visible.
If you let your eyes move, the background springs back into view.
If you don’t notice any fading, focus a bit longer on the cross, and also try closing one eye, or unfocussing, while still fixating on the cross. Varying the distance from the screen, or enlarging the image, may also help.
This effect is Troxler fading (sometimes Cheshire cat illusion). It was described first in 1804 by this pioneer of ophthalmology.
In end you can’t hold on
The glass will fall
And shatter.
Q. What novel contains the lines “It is a fur, fur better thing that I do now”?
A. A tail of two kitties.
Q. What do cats have for breakfast?
A. Purridge!
I was wondering why my footwear kept ordering me about. Turns out they're bossy boots.
Q. What do cats have for dessert?
A. Mousse.
It's a good year for fungi. Here's a little gallery of photos my brother Simon took a few days ago.
id love to marry you
and be nagged
Q. Why did the chicken cross the library?
A. Book book book.
This is the opening of a book. What is unusual about this passage?
Today, by radio, and also on giant hoardings, a rabbi, an admiral notorious for his links to Masonry, a trio of cardinals, a trio, too, of insignificant politicians (bought and paid for by a rich and corrupt Anglo-Canadian banking corporation), inform us all of how our country now risks dying of starvation.
Q. Where did the Golden Fleece come from?
A. Gold baas!
I opened a shop selling pet snails. But business was very slow.
I started a company selling deckchairs. But it soon folded.
Under my floorboards I found a newspaper (the Mirror) from 1932, with a picture puzzle. Too late to enter for the prize, but you might like to have a go anyway!
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