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Monday 16th August, Marseilles, France.
What's Marseilles like, you ask? Well, I don't know and I don't care. My nephews and I have been busy throwing frisbee and playing detectives, and reading The Lion King. We've been watching Tarzan and Obelix videos. I've been boring my nieces with stories from my travels, and taking them to the shops to buy chocolates and potato crisps. I even took the girls shopping for jewellery and clothes. Man, do girls shop differently to guys! "I loooove these trousers, but, like, they don't go with any of my tops." "What a great excuse to buy some new tops!"
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When I arrived, there was a 'Welcome To France note on my bed, along with some gifts. Five year old Flynn had made out of Playdough a pair of interlocking hearts and a 'bonbon'. With help from Mummy, he had written me this note: "I made this for you. The heart is so you can remember that I love you. The lolly represents nothing."
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My nieces have grown a year older and smarter since I last saw them, and are now able to completely put it over their poor old uncle. They know what I'm going to say before I say it, and they often beat me to the punchline of my own jokes. "You're soooo predictable, Uncle Stephen!" It's scary when you're outsmarted by a couple of skinny little kids. During our first dinner together here, fourteen year old Estelle piped up with this comment: "Hey Uncle Stephen, how come each side of your head is all bald at the front and there's just a bit of hair in the middle? IS THAT NATURAL OR DID YOU DO IT LIKE THAT?" Yes, sweetheart I go to great effort and expense to achieve the look of a balding, middle aged man! Sheesh! Gimme a break. When they left Australia, all the boys in Yesica's class skipped a drama lesson and spent that time in the Domestic Science room, making chocolates for her as a farewell gift. Apparently, there are broken hearts all over that town since she left.
Estelle has shared with me some of the poetry she's written recently. I don't mind admitting that her writing brought a tear to my eye. Of course I'm biased, but I felt the poems were worth sharing with you. Click here to read some of Estelle's work.
People have emailed me a few interesting bits and pieces lately, but this is the first chance I've had to share them with you....
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This is an interesting look at the corporate world, through bovine eyes... DEMOCRAT
You have two cows.. REPUBLICAN
You have two cows. SOCIALIST
You have two cows. COMMUNIST
You have two cows. CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows. DEMOCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows. BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows. AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows. JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows. GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows but you don't know where they are. RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. TALIBAN CORPORATION
You have all the cows in Afghanistan, which are two. IRAQI CORPORATION
You have two cows. FLORIDA CORPORATION
You have a black cow and a brown cow. CALIFORNIAN
You have a cow and a bull.
Here's something that should stir up a bit of hate mail for me...
How many men does it take to open a beer? None. It should be opened when she brings it. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Why is a Laundromat a really bad place to pick up a woman? Because a woman who can't even afford a washing machine will probably never be able to support you. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Why do women have smaller feet than men? It's one of those "evolutionary things" that allows them to stand closer to the kitchen sink. ------------------------------------------------------------------- How do you know when a woman is about to say something smart? When she starts a sentence with "A man once told me.." ------------------------------------------------------------------- How do you fix a woman's watch? You don't. There is a clock on the oven. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If your dog is barking at the back door and your wife is yelling at the front door, who do you let in first? The dog, of course. He'll shut up once you let him in. ------------------------------------------------------------------- What's worse than a Male Chauvinist Pig? A woman who won't do what she's told. ------------------------------------------------------------------- I married a Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Scientists have discovered a food that diminishes a woman's sex drive by 90%. It's called a Wedding Cake. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Why do men die before their wives? They want to. ------------------------------------------------------------------- In the beginning, God created the earth and rested. Then God created Man and rested. Then God created Woman. Since then, neither God nor Man has rested. -------------------------------------------------------------------
Also, you might remember the story of the orphanage in India. Many months ago, I posted a plea for warm clothes and bedding on behalf of a reader who sponsors a child in an orphange in India. Some time later, I heard back via that reader that the orphanage had received a generous package of winter supplies from someone who said she heard about their plight on none other than The Savage Files. That gave me a warm fuzzy feeling inside, kind of like after I've had four or five shandies, so I decided to push my luck and see if anyone can help the kids this time. They really need a generator so they can provide light at night, and so children can study and learn to use a computer. They also really need warm WINTER (wool) clothes, blankets, shoes, socks, gloves, hats, etc, school supplies, and sponsors. Spare a few minutes to check out their newly established website at www.manjushreeorphanage.org and if you feel like helping in any way, the contact information is there. I have been forwarded a copy of a letter written by a guy who sponsors a child there;
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I'll leave you with a couple of wise sayings...
"People create the results they believe they deserve" "If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got."
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