The experimental proof of the elusive Higgs Boson was announced last week with some claiming that this discovery was to physics, the equivalent of what evolution was to biology. In a nutshell, a Higgs boson is a subatomic particle and is responsible for turning other sub atomic particles into mass, therefore enabling the creation of the stars and planets just after the big bang. This has lead it to be called ‘God’s particle’, as without it, there universe could not have formed
More Paper, Scissor, Rock cartoons on the back burner (and it’s from one of our subscribers too!).
Ever thought of using Paper, Scissor Rock as decider? Well that’s exactly what Takashi Hashiyama (a CEO of a Japanese TV manufacturer) did. He wanted to sell off his firm’s painting (you know, just your oldies but goodies, like Cezanne, Van Gogh and Picasso). Christie’s and Sotheby’s Auction houses were contacted and asked to make a proposal. It was too close to make a call, so Takashi decided it would ultimately be settled via a paper, scissor rock contest “it probably looks strange to others, but I believe this is the best way to decide between two things which are equally good”. Both auction houses decided their ‘one’ choice over the weekend.
Christie’s approached one of the company’s 11 year old daughter seeking advice. She suggested “scissors” because “Everybody expects you to choose ‘rock’.” Sotheby’s applied no strategy as it was seen as a game of chance and went with “paper”. Chrisite’s won the rights to sell a $20 million dollar collection.
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Check out this piñata – claimed to be the largest in the world. Now,where’s my stick….
July Cartoon Competition is officially opened!….And now for the cartoon for the day…..
Liz married 8 times (one she remarried, making it 7 husbands), but in the celebrity stakes, Zsa Zsa Gabor beat her by one, marrying 9. If you exclude celebrities, then a grandmother from Indiana, Linda Wolfe, must take the ultimate ‘prize’, having been married 23 times.
Made it! Just!
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And just so you know that I’ve exaggerated the truth just slightly, here is an article that went to the effort of trying to come up with a ‘real’ number of 34 times on average per day.
Last week I experienced an almost similar scenario. If my feet could have walked out on me they would have.
First I subjected them to a new pair of boots, to only create two blisters which grew and popped on both heels within 20 minutes of commencing my walk to work. Next, a friend at work offered a pair of other shoes to get me home in. They ended up being so tight across the toes that my toes cramped up. Somehow I managed to hobble to my car. The joy continues the following day with only one pair of shoes in my wardrobe that didn’t kill my heels. Unfortunately they were summer styled (winter at present) with exposed toes, so I couldn’t hide my white legs behind stockings (Well I could, but then the stocking and sandal look is somewhere even I am not willing to go to). Again, I trekked to work, only to have the sling back fall lose, resulting in a pair of clogs, which wouldn’t have been that bad, if it was not for the fact they were high heels, so they clip clapped all day long.
Today I’m wearing sensible unfashionable sneakers.
