Can we always believe what is in front of our eyes?  Here are some photos we need to look at in order to understand fully ....


And here are a few more:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/photos-you-really-need-to-look-at-to-understand?utm_term=.kboRjoMr4#.lt5jWRNn2

Winston Churchill loved paraprosdokians, figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected.

1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it.

2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it's still on my list.

3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.

5. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

6. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting
it in a fruit salad.

7. They begin the evening news with 'Good Evening,' then proceed to tell you why it isn't.

8. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

9. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out, I just wanted pay checks.

10. In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency, notify:' I put "DOCTOR."

11. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

12. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street...with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

13. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

14. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.

15. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

16. Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.

17. There's a fine line between cuddling and...holding someone down so they can't get away.

18. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.

19. You're never too old to learn something stupid.

20. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

21. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

a22. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

23. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

24. I'm supposed to respect my elders, but now it’s getting harder and harder for me to find one.

(with many thanks to Sylvia Chapman)

HOW TO USE A PHONE .......

(from Simon Owen's post)

RULES FOR TEACHERS - 1915 STYLE

What men don't like about women - from the 1940s:

http://www.vintag.es/2015/07/10-weird-vintage-sex-tips-that-will.html

I'm sure the list these days would be rather different!

Children having fun - things don't change much - from boredpanda*, that excellent site


http://www.boredpanda.com/children-old-photos-vintage/



* http://www.boredpanda.com/

I found this somewhere, not sure who wrote it but it's so true:

A while back, at the entrance of a gym, there was a picture of a very thin and beautiful woman. The caption was "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?"

The story goes, a woman (of clothing size unknown) answered the following way:

"Dear people, whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, seals, curious humans), they are sexually active and raise their children with great tenderness.
They entertain like crazy with dolphins and eat lots of prawns. They swim all day and travel to fantastic places like Patagonia, the Barents Sea or the coral reefs of Polynesia.
They sing incredibly well and sometimes even are on cds. They are impressive and dearly loved animals, which everyone defend and admires.

Mermaids do not exist.

But if they existed, they would line up to see a psychologist because of a problem of split personality: woman or fish?
They would have no sex life and could not bear children.
Yes, they would be lovely, but lonely and sad.
And, who wants a girl that smells like fish by his side?

Without a doubt, I'd rather be a whale.

At a time when the media tells us that only thin is beautiful, I prefer to eat ice cream with my kids, to have dinner with my husband, to eat and drink and have fun with my friends.

We women, we gain weight because we accumulate so much wisdom and knowledge that there isn't enough space in our heads, and it spreads all over our bodies.
We are not fat, we are greatly cultivated.

Every time I see my curves in the mirror, I tell myself: "How amazing am I ?! "

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The Real Poldark


For all them people from Cornwall here's the alternative version of the latest Poldark series.  

It's a version which may well not be completely understood by those who live east of Exeter but still worth a viewing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSwvUbLJ4HE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAUiiyKUugI

Truisms from Gloria Lane

GOOD APHORISMS NEVER GET TOO OLD...
Anon.
1. The nicest thing about the future is . . .  that it always starts tomorrow.
2. Money will buy a fine dog . . . but only kindness will make him wag his tail.
3. If you don't have a sense of humour . . . you probably don't have any sense at all.
4. Seat belts are not as confining . . . as wheelchairs.
5. A good time to keep your mouth shut is: when you're in deep water.
6. How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark . . . to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?
7. Business conventions are important . . . because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without.
8. Why is it that at class reunions . . . you feel younger than everyone else looks?
9. Scratch a cat . . . and you will have a permanent job.
10. No one has more driving ambition than the teenage boy . . .  who wants to buy a car.
11. There are no new sins . . . the old ones just get more publicity.
12. There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 a.m. . . like, it could be the right number.
13. No one ever says "It's only a game" . . .  when their team is winning.
14. I've reached the age where . . .  'happy hour' is a nap.
15. Be careful about reading the fine print there's no way you're going to like it.
16. The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.
17. Do you realize that, in about 40 years we'll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos? 
18. Money can't buy happiness . . .  but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Cadillac than in a Yugo.
19. After 60, if you don't wake up aching in every joint . . you're probably dead.
20. Always be yourself because the people that matter don't mind . . ..  and the ones that mind don't matter.
21. Life isn't tied with a bow . . .  but it's still a gift.