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Why Noah’s ark could never happen Getting the wood was another problem. again! There's a ban on cutting local trees in If ever there was a story that emphasized the problems of modern bureaucracy, this is it! In the year 2011, the Lord came to a modern day Noah and said: ‘Once again the earth has become wicked and overpopulated, and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save 2 of every living thing along with a few good humans.’ He gave Noah the blueprints, saying: ‘You have 6 months to build the Ark before I will start the unending rain for 40 days and 40 nights. ’Six months later, the Lord looked down and saw Noah weeping in his yard - but, no Ark. ‘Noah!’ He roared, ‘I'm about to start the rain! Where is the Ark?’ ‘Forgive me, Lord,’ begged Noah, ‘things have changed. I needed a building permit. I've been arguing with the inspector about the need for a sprinkler system. My neighbors claim that I've violated the neighborhood environment laws by building the Ark in my yard, and exceeding the height limitations. We had to go to the planning authorities for a decision. Then, the Department of Transport demanded a bond be posted for the future costs of moving power lines and other overhead obstructions to clear the passage for the Ark's move to the sea. I told them that the sea would be coming to us but they would hear nothing of it.
order to save the spotted owl. I tried to convince the environmentalists that I needed the wood to save the owls - but no go! When I started gathering the animals, an animal rights group sued me. They insisted that I was confining wild animal against their will. They also argued that the anticipated accommodation was too restrictive and that it is cruel and inhumane to put so many animals in a confined space. Then the Environmental Agency ruled that I couldn't build the Ark until they'd conducted an impact study on your proposed flood. I'm still trying to resolve a complaint with the Human Rights Commission on how many minorities I'm supposed to hire for my building crew and immigration is checking the status of most of the people who want to work. The Trades Unions say I can't use my sons. They insist I have to hire only Union workers with Ark-building experience. To make matters worse, they seized all my assets, claiming I'm trying to leave the country illegally with endangered species. So, forgive me, Lord, but it would take at least 10 years for me to finish this Ark.’ Suddenly, the skies cleared, the sun began to shine, and a double rainbow stretched across the sky. Noah looked up in wonder and asked, 'You mean you're not going to destroy the world after all?' "No," said the Lord. "Your government beat me to it."
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For anyone who finds it hard to contemplate the actual existence of miracles I’ve just had the privilege of experiencing something that can’t really be described in any other way. I’ve just spent a couple of weeks in Malta and while there I visited the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady in the little town of Mosta. Usually called the Rotunda of original architecture and Mosta, the church has the third largest colours exactly, leaving unsupported dome in the world. a permanent reminder of how close those 300 people came to death. And it was to that dome that the miracle The original bomb was safely destroyed has to be attributed. On April 9, 1942, shortly afterwards by a combined group during an afternoon air-raid, a 200 kg of British and Maltese army personnel German Luftwaffe bomb pierced the dome but a replica was produced and is now on and fell among a congregation of more show in the Sacristy. than 300 people awaiting early evening mass. Not only did the bomb not explode, Built in the 19th century on the site of a but in an area that mainly consists of row previous church, the Rotunda of Mosta upon row of seating the bomb landed in was designed by the Maltese architect just about the only place that could do Giorgio Grognet de Vassé. It has an absolutely no harm to anyone. It hit the internal diameter of 37.2 metres (122 ft) aisle of the Sanctuary and then skidded and its walls are over 9 metres thick. The up to the altar where it came to rest. rotunda dome is the third-largest church The point of entry can still be clearly dome in Europe and the ninth largest seen when looking upwards from the in the world. A wonderful experience congregation area underneath the Dome and truly real evidence that miracles do because despite the roof being quickly happen! repaired it was impossible to re-create the
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That’s Gratitude for You!
There was a man who worked for the Post Office whose job was to process all the mail that had illegible or unknown addresses. One day, a letter came addressed in a shaky handwriting to God with no actual address. He thought he should open it to see what it was about. The letter read: Dear God, I am an 83 year old widow, living on a very small pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had £100 in it, which was all the money I had until my next pension payment. Next Sunday is Christmas, and I had invited two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with, have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. Can you please help me? Sincerely, Edna The postal worker was touched. He showed the letter to all the other workers. Each one dug into his or her wallet and came up with a few pounds. By the time he made the rounds, he had collected £96, which they put into an envelope and sent to the woman. For the rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of Edna and the dinner she would be able to share with her friends. Christmas came and went and a few days later, another letter came from the same old lady to God. All the workers gathered around while the letter was opened. It read: Dear God, How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your gift of love, I was able to fix a glorious dinner for my friends. We had a very nice day and I told my friends of your wonderful gift. By the way, there was £4 missing. I think it might have been those ba****ds at the post office. Sincerely, Edna
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The Book of Proverbs – 2011 version.
If you’ve ever taken note of the Book of Proverbs in the Bible it makes some extremely worthwhile observations on life and how it should be lived. Since then, however, things in the world have changed rather dramatically and it therefore seemed pertinent to devise a few modern proverbs that would be more relevant to modern society. It also throws up a few questions. Here they are…. 1• It’s all very well being told to eat 10• How is it one careless match can more natural foods but how sensible is start a forest fire, but it takes a whole that when it was recently announced that box to start a camp fire? most people die of natural causes. 11• We wonder who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll 2• There are only two kinds of squeeze these dangly things and drink pedestrians: the quick and the dead. whatever comes out'? 3• There are many sexually transmitted diseases. Is life one of them? 4• ‘Healthy’ is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. 5• The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth. 6• Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
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Q. In a democratic society, how important are elections A. Very important. Sex can only happen when a male gets an election
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GCSE questions and answers. Is this the future of our country? The following questions were set in last year's GCSE examination and these are genuine answers from 16 year olds. Could this be the future generation of doctors, lawyers and politicians! Q. Name the four seasons A. Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar Q. Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink A. Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists
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Rabbit – The new chicken? It may sound strange, but one of my most vivid memories as a child at home was having rabbit in our meals at least once a week. No doubt my own children will remember the same thing about chicken. Perhaps the effects of Myxomatosis - a disease that was introduced in an attempt to control the rabbit population – created a reluctance to no longer eat the meat but it is a shame because in a recent holiday in Malta I found that almost every restaurant featured rabbit as one of its main attractions. This is one of the dishes I was delighted to try and it really is delicious! Ingredients: 1 rabbit, cut into neat joints : 1 bay leaf and a few sprigs of thyme and rosemary : 1 strip orange zest, Half a bottle of full-bodied red wine : 100g rindless smoked streaky bacon : 2 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 large onion : 1 garlic clove : 1 large carrot : 2 sticks celery : 3 large, flat mushrooms : Generous pinch of chilli, 2 tbsp seasoned flour : 450ml chicken stock (cube is fine) Preparation time: 30 min. Cook: 90 min. Feeds 4. Place the rabbit in a dish with the bay leaves, thyme, rosemary and orange zest. Add the wine and leave, turning once, to marinate. Meanwhile, chop the bacon. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a large, heavy-bottomed, lidded pan, stir in the bacon and cook briskly, stirring occasionally, until the fat runs and crisps. Meanwhile, peel and finely chop the onion and garlic. Stir them into the crisp bacon and cook, stirring a couple of times, while you scrape then finely chop the carrot, celery and mushroom. Add the carrot and celery to the pot, stir well, season with half a teaspoon of salt, cover and leave to cook for 10 minutes. Stir again and add the mushroom and chilli. Adjust the heat so the vegetables sweat down and soften without burning. Allow about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Lift the herbs and zest from the marinade and add to the pan, then lift the meat onto a double fold of kitchen paper and pour the wine into the vegetables. Simmer briskly while you pat dry the joints and dust with flour then quickly brown in hot oil. Add the stock to the pot, stir as it returns to the boil then submerge the rabbit. Return to simmer and agitate the sauce to loosen the flour from the meat to thicken the sauce. Simmer for 5 minutes, reduce heat to very low, cover and leave to simmer very gently, stirring once or twice, for 45 minutes. Remove the lid and leave to simmer gently until the meat is very tender, and the sauce thickens and darkens; the longer it's left, the darker and richer it becomes. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper, discard the herbs and serve. For information about the Local Answer visit www.local-answer.co.uk
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The football fixtures – A rude interruption of summer sport. So here we are enjoying a summer of cricket, tennis and the most magnificent golf for ages (probably because it’s been devoid of American success) and suddenly the football fixtures are published for 2011/12 and you can’t concentrate on anything else. Or is that just me? I shouldn’t really be surprised at the reaction because it happens every year and from now until the kick off on August 6th (home to Portsmouth) I’ll be remembering ‘Boro’s excellent results of the last twelve matches of last season and working out whether we can maintain that form throughout the first twelve of next. It does, however, look a tough proposition because the first two games against Pompey at home and Leeds away have a Premiership ring to them and nothing can be taken for granted. Barnsley away should be an easier game but results in the corresponding fixture of late have gone against us and you worry about that kind of precedent. Then come newly relegated Birmingham but you work out that by then half their decent players will probably have gone to Aston Villa and the other half are the players who got them relegated last year so we should have no worries at all. And so it goes on. You look through every fixture, analyze it like a TV pundit and inevitably find that come the day you must have let your heart rule your head because ‘Boro have been their usual consistent selves by being the most inconsistent side in the entire football league. Perhaps the most difficult aspect of assessing our chances comes in the runs of games we have to play. You always think there is a time when you have a few easy fixtures in a row and you can accumulate a number of points to get you closer to the top or further from the bottom whichever the case may be. But this isn’t an easy league and there are very few games you can look at that can be considered bankers. The relegated trio of West Ham, Blackpool and Birmingham will all start as potential successes with the bookies and even the promoted Southampton could be dark horses – let’s not forget Norwich last term! It does, however, auger well for an exciting time but between now and then I’ve decided to be really hard on myself and concentrate on the test series against India now we’ve beaten Sri Lanka. I really should get out more! For information about the Local Answer visit www.local-answer.co.uk
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