Archive for December, 2008
Freaky Cloverfield squid discovered
I’ve always been fascinated by the giant squid. Click here to read the account of when my father’s friend witnessed a giant squid attacking a whale. Imagine my excitement when I discovered the following? On November 11, 2007, an unknown species of giant squid (6 meters long) was filmed off a drilling site in the [...]
Mike the headless chicken
As Mr. Taloola was relieved of his head yesterday, he didn’t realise it for a couple of minutes. Perhaps he wanted to kiss his girlfirends (Daisy and Cornflower) goodbye before he went to the big chicken coop in the sky. We need our inner-ears to keep balance, maybe that’s why Taloola couldn’t walk straight… I [...]
The day Taloola crowed
I thought Taloola was a just a really big hen, until recently, when my son mentioned that he saw her ‘riding on the other hen’s backs’. And so, we realised that she was actually a ‘he’… and Taloola became Mr. Taloola. Surprisingly, Taloola never crowed until today (perhaps his name confused him somewhat). He sealed [...]
The Greatest Gift
A television interviewer was walking streets of Tokyo at Christmas time. Christmas shopping is a very big commercial success in Japan. The interviewer stopped one young woman on the sidewalk, and asked, “What is the meaning of Christmas?”Laughing, she responded, “I don’t know. Is that the day that Jesus died?” Sadly, there was some truth [...]
Killer Trench Rats
War is hell. As a kid, I thought war was cool (as most boys do). Films like ‘Saving Private Ryan’ gave me a much needed education. We need to be reminded occasionally about what the former generations endured for our freedom. The following is a little disturbing, so please don’t read on if you’re squeamish. [...]
Monster rat discovered in Indo jungle
Rats. Ok. This may be old news to some, but I thought it was blogworthy anyway. A year ago, a previously unknown species of rat was discovered in the jungles of Indonesia. The rat was huge, at least five times the size of a common rat, and showed absolutely no fear of humans. If the [...]
That’s why we pray…
We visited the in-laws today. They have just moved into a new house. My 4 year old daughter went into the bathroom to find a facecloth. I was in the hallway at the time when there was an almighty BANG, followed by extremely loud WAILING coming from the bathroom. I dropped my icecream (as you [...]
Surfing with jaws
It was the summer of 99… oooo yeah (in my best Bryan Adams voice). Me and my good buddy Les were surfing at Elliots’ beach, Far North, New Zealand. It was a brilliant summer’s day, the waves were small but clean, and I was out the back by myself waiting for the next set (Les [...]
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