Carper Diem

Ovation

grumbler — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:17:36 +0000

“Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands. And the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry”. John Lennon

Ok, perhaps times have changed slightly, however even back in the 60’s I cannot think that mens jewelry rattled much. Mind you, I suppose if they wore a couple of peace signs???

Happy New Year

grumbler — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:01:20 +0000

New Year is a time for new beginings. We all screw up along the year. And as the year sets in, we tend to set in our problems. But I always find that taking the new year as an opportunity to right some wrongs, always makes me feel less of a grumbler. So for today… lets Carpe Diem rather than Carper Diem.

Happy New Year!!

Merry Christmas

grumbler — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:01:32 +0000

Despite politicians thinking that Christmas should be removed from schools and nativity plays banned…. I think Bah Humbug to them and Merry Christmas to the rest of us.

Considering we live in a Christian Country with our head of state being our head of church also, I think removing Christmas because we may offend people who have chosen to come and live in our Christian country is ridiculous. Our Culture is what makes us who we are… so let us go and celebrate in what we believe in.

Merry Christmas to each and everyone one…. Christians, Muslims and Jews alike!

Christmas

grumbler — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:16:54 +0000

In the spirit of Christmas, I thought I would share an Irish Proverb…

“A turkey never voted for an early Christmas”.

The Law

grumbler — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:37:51 +0000

Having a Party this Christmas? If you live in Ohio, remember to not get your fish drunk as it is illegal!

The Law

grumbler — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:30:56 +0000

If you are planning on shooting your wife and you live in Connersville, you should remember that it is illegal to shoot while she is having an orgasm.

Pride

grumbler — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:05:19 +0000

“The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion”. Democritus

I must still be young, for I still have not learnt to use discretion!! Mind you I am not sure I have either strength or beauty!!

The Law

grumbler — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:26:20 +0000

You would think that you could die anywhere that you unfortunately happened to be at that moment in time. This is not always legal. In fact, you would be breaking the law if you chose to drop dead in the Houses of Parliament in the UK!!

So if you are planning to drop dead, please remember not to go to the houses of parliament. Unless you want to spend the rest of your life in prison. Life? Oh! Ops!

Wedding Favors

grumbler — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:55:32 +0000

HSBC stepped on many people’s toes when they launched a set of adverts about cultures. They irritated the Mexicans when a European went to Latin America and found a lack of space, they irritated the Chinese with the European eating the Eel, and they irritated the Maltese with the wedding favors adverts where the guests take the presents! Needless to say some adverts were barely shown…. the number of complaints received was high. They stepped on peoples toes. Their idea was to try to reduce the cultural gap but with the fact that they were actually oblivious to the true cultural differences - they messed up big time.

They took cultural traditions and (possibly without intending too) made fun of cultural differences. Would that not also fall under racism?

Democracy

grumbler — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:59:45 +0000

“Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they’ve told you what you think it is you want to hear.” Alan Corenk

Democracy! I think Alan Corenk’s defination is pretty spot on!