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		<title>Who Was First?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A computer scientist, a surgeon, and a civil engineer were gathered at the pub. The surgeon boasts, “Surgery is the oldest technology in the world! It’s in the Bible. God removed Adam’s rib while he slept. This is clear evidence that surgery pre-dates all other technological endeavours!” Without so much as a heartbeat, the civil [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brandyballoon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8889080&amp;post=52&amp;subd=brandyballoon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;">A computer scientist, a surgeon, and a civil engineer were gathered at the pub.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;">The surgeon boasts, “Surgery is the oldest technology in the world! It’s in the Bible. God removed Adam’s rib while he slept. This is clear evidence that surgery pre-dates all other technological endeavours!”<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;">Without so much as a heartbeat, the civil engineer says, “Well, before that, God formed the Earth, the stars, and everything from nothing but chaos. He created rivers, mountains and oceans. This is clear evidence that civil engineering pre-dates all other technological endeavours.”<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;">Not to be outdone, the computer scientist points out, “Yes, but where do you think the Chaos came from?”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;">Found at </span>http://stupot1947.wordpress.com/ with whom it seems I share a taste in both jokes and WordPress themes ;)</p>
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		<title>Little Girl on a Plane</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the aeroplane when the stranger turned to her and said, &#8216;Let&#8217;s talk. I&#8217;ve heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.&#8217; The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brandyballoon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8889080&amp;post=49&amp;subd=brandyballoon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the aeroplane when the stranger turned to her and said, &#8216;Let&#8217;s talk. I&#8217;ve heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.&#8217;</p>
<p>The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, &#8216;What would you like to talk about?&#8217;</p>
<p>&#8216;Oh, I don&#8217;t know,&#8217; said the stranger. &#8216;How about nuclear power?&#8217; and he smiles.</p>
<p>&#8216;OK, &#8216; she said. &#8216;That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff &#8211; grass &#8211; . Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?&#8217;</p>
<p>The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl&#8217;s intelligence, thinks about it and says, &#8216;Hmm, I have no idea&#8230;&#8217;</p>
<p>To which the little girl replies, &#8216;Do you really feel qualified to discuss nuclear power when you don&#8217;t know shit?</p>
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		<title>Wine , oh!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is it with winemakers. I just had some otherwise OK Merlot from Chile. This should be better than OK. Chilean wine has the capacity to be both good value and good. But 14.5% alcohol in a bottle of red wine is damn near fortified. The wine is wholly unbalanced and downright disappointing. Is this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brandyballoon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8889080&amp;post=29&amp;subd=brandyballoon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What is it with winemakers. I just had some otherwise OK Merlot from Chile. This should be better than OK. Chilean wine has the capacity to be both good value and good. But 14.5% alcohol in a bottle of red wine is damn near fortified. The wine is wholly unbalanced and downright disappointing. Is this race for alcoholic percentage some kind misguided performance indicator race. The label of alcohol in the wine is for customs purposes originally I suspect, it it certainly not a measure of how fine the wine is!</p>
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		<title>US Speling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My WordPress spell-checker doesn&#8217;t recognise the word blog. What, is going on. Better yet it doesn&#8217;t know the word &#8216;WordPress&#8217;. I love WordPress, but this is odd to say the least. Having said that Microsoft does not recognise Macbeth. This is not so much odd as criminal; it is uncivilised; a mark of artistic and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brandyballoon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8889080&amp;post=17&amp;subd=brandyballoon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>My WordPress spell-checker doesn&#8217;t recognise the word blog. What, is going on. Better yet it doesn&#8217;t know the word &#8216;WordPress&#8217;. I love WordPress, but this is odd to say the least.</p>
<p>Having said that Microsoft does not recognise <em>Macbeth.</em> This is not so much odd as criminal; it is uncivilised; a  mark of artistic and cultural turpitude. Macbeth was known and renowned whilst what was to become the US of A was barely known about in the English speaking world.</div>
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		<title>Cognac &amp; Other C&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it accidental that all the best drinks start with a C: Cognac (in a proper balloon of course); Coffee &#8211; Blue Mountain when I can afford it Claret &#8211; expensive for sure, over priced even: still the best Champagne &#8211; ditto Coca Cola &#8211; nah! Although Fentiman&#8216;s Curiousity Cola is something else. Note the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brandyballoon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8889080&amp;post=1&amp;subd=brandyballoon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Is it accidental that all the best drinks start with a C:</h3>
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<li>Cognac (in a proper balloon of course);</li>
<li>Coffee &#8211; Blue Mountain when I can afford it</li>
<li>Claret &#8211; expensive for sure, over priced even: still the best</li>
<li>Champagne &#8211; ditto</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Coca Cola</span> &#8211; nah! Although <a title="US Site but it's better than ours." href="http://www.drinkfentimans.com/" target="_blank">Fentiman</a>&#8216;s Curiousity Cola is something else. Note the C&#8217;s again though.</li>
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<p>Has to be something in this.</p>
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