In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female.
Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death.
(Like THAT makes sense.)

In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals, but is prohibited from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror.
(Do they look different reversed?)

Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a
corpse. This also applies to undertakers. The organs of the deceased must be covered with a brick or piece of wood at all times.
(A brick??)

The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
(...so they'll never know they went blind?)

There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time...
Reason: Under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry.
(Let's just think for a minute; is there any job anywhere
else in the world that even comes close to this?)

In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.
(Now this is justice!)

Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England -
but only in tropical fish stores.
(But of course!)

In Cali, Colombia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens, her mother
must be in the room to witness the act.
(Makes one shudder at the thought.)

In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time.
(I presume this was a big enough problem that they had
to pass this law?)

In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending
machines with one exception: Prophylactics may be
dispensed from a vending machine only "in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises."
(Is this a great country or what? Not as great as Guam!)

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
(Who volunteers for this stuff?)

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
(Is that why Flipper was always smiling?)

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
(Hummm....I won't touch THAT one!)

The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30
times its own weight and always falls over on its right
side when intoxicated.
(From drinking little bottles of...? Wonder how much the the govt.
paid for this relevant bit of research??)

Butterflies taste with their feet.
(Ah, geez)

An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
(I know some people like that.)

Starfish don't have brains.
(I know some people like that, too)

Last night I made up some banana muffins for child care. I had some bananas left over from last week that I left at work on the weekend. Well these had to be used so muffins it was. About 140 of them to be more specific. Don't want to see another muffin for a couple of weeks.

Today Connor's class 2A and 1A are going on an excursion to Australia Zoo. He is so looking forward to it. He was up early as per the teachers instructions of get up early  and get ready because if you are not at school when the bus leaves, you miss out. The bus is going at 8.00am. So we definately have to be early.

Dave has had the school musical on last weekend. So he was busy doing his sound, lighting and backstage work. Didn't see much of him between Thursday and Sunday, and when he was here he was sleeping. But the musical was successful I hear so that is the important thing.

Alex hasn't been doing much, just reading a lot.

Brad is busy with work and his buying and selling fishing lures on ebay. He has almost got a full collection of a certain types so he is happy with that.

This week, I will be trying out come cooked food on the kids at work. Thursday they will be having Chicken Risotto. Hopefully they will like it. The babies have been having some homecooked meals the last couple of days. Last week when I made the chicken and gravy rolls up for the kids, I thought I would mush some up for the bubs. They loved it apparently and couldn't get it in quick enough. So between that and the vegies I cooked for them yesterday they are starting to get some home cooked into them.

Hope you all are having a great week, and that they days just get better.

Wednesday my eldest Dave jumped off the stage at school while rehearsing for the Musical. He came home hobbling. By Thursday he had a great technicolour bruise around the little toe. This morning the bruise had extended up the side of the foot. And he whinged and wined like a little baby about it. I figured it wasn't broken, as I could still move the toe and the surrounds. He of course thought different and being a male of the very advanced age of 16, knows everything!!

He rang me at work today to say that he was having trouble walking, and could he come home. I figured if it was that bad you can go to the doctor. So I made an appointment at the docs, rang the school to authorise him to leave, and rang him to tell him the appt time. Of course the big baby didn't want to go on his own...are you gonna meet me there Mum?

OK so I got all the morning teas and lunches done, decided they could have biscuits for afternoon tea, and left to meet him there. The doc looked at it, sent him for xrays, got back and had to wait for the doc to come back from lunch, to find out THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH HIS FOOT!!!!!!!!!!

So that topped off a really shitty day. I didn't get much sleep last night as I am coughing terribly at the moment and it means I can't lie down. So I slept in the arm chair in the lounge room. Then Connor decides he doesn't want to go to school - tough luck bub - Alex has problems with his bike, but will ride alongside Dave so if there is a problem he can fix it. Left for work and to drop Connor off on the way, to get a phone call to say that Alex's bike is not ridable so he will walk to school but Dave will let them know he will be late. Now it is approx 5 kilometres to school, and this generally takes him and hour to walk it. Not happy. So I go back to the house to find out he hasn't even left yet, pick him up and drop him at the bus stop after scrounging for bus fare.

So hopefully with the cough medicine I have bought, I can convince myself that it is working, and stop coughing for long enough to get to sleep for a couple of hours. I will try anyway.

Obituary

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.

He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm, life isn't always fair, and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they themselves failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Panadol, sun lotion or a Band-Aid to a student but could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant or wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband, churches became businesses, and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He is survived by three stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, Someone Else is to Blame, and I'm A Victim.

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.

If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.

I have finally finished sewing up all the tablecloths for work. Took bloody long enough.

Also some silly person turned the freezer off at work, and the ham and the chicken had started to defrost. So I brought them home and made Quiches for tomorrow to have for lunch. 5 big quiches should do all the kids I think.

I should get my new kitchen starting from next week hopefully. They were ordering all the stuff today so it should start happening. I will be glad when they get it all done, cause it means I won't have to bring stuff home to cook up. And I will be able to offer so much more variety. So not only now do I get a new stove, cooktop, rangehood, dishwasher, microwave, they have now included at least one if not 2 new fridges. The one in the kitchen at the moment is failing, so I can't really keep anything really perishable in there. It froze my boiled eggs last week, also fruit frozen, and yet some other things in the fridge are not lasting.

I have been busy sewing, and sewing and let me see what else - oh yeah sewing. I never realised that it would take this long. But Mum and I had to rework the design. Then she ended up taking all the straight ones and I got all the others. I now have 10 to go and Mum has finished. Thank Goodness for Mums!!

Nothing else much has been happening at all. I can't beleive Sunday is Mother's Day already. That is just so not fair. The year is flying past again.So to all the Mums and Mums to be:

                      Have a very Happy Mother's Day and enjoy yourselves.

We are going to a park in the local area that has BBQ's and a big playground and lots of room to run around for the kids. Think this is so much better than having to clean the house and have people come over, or go to someone elses place, where the dogs jump up on you etc. So we just get the stuff together and go. If we don't get a table, mum and I reckon we will take a couple of blankets and have a picnic.

Well I better go get ready for work and get the kids moving to get dressed for school. 2 of the kids (one of mine and the ring-in) are still asleep, cause they didn't go to bed til late. About to get a rude shock let me tell you. Have a great day.

I am sitting on my computer (obviously) instead of doing what I should be doing. Which is making tablecloths for the tables at day care. I said I would do it. How silly am I??

They want 3 tablecloths per day per table. That is 60 tablecloths.

Each classroom has a different colour scheme: Purple, pink, red, orange, blue. Each of those has 3 different shades of colour. One for each meal time (MT Lunch AT).

My wish is that they were all the same shape. No. That would be too easy. There are 24 rectangular tables and 12  shaped. The rectangular ones will be easy, but the others have a lot more work to them.

Oh well, better go and do some cutting out.

Later.