27 December (S&L’s house) £40 profit – “I did it my way”

Game 1 (1st JJ, 2nd Lee, 8 players)

Lee was keen to point him that thanks to him Barry was not present.

Virgin Rouv lost an early pot with top pair to Charlie’s two pair.

I lost quite a few chips to Dave. The flop was 77K and I slow-played my 7 only for another K to come on the turn.

Rouv tripled up with KQ. I was also all-in and doubled up against Lewis’s 22 with my 99.

Charlie won chips from Sharon having flopped four of a kind (Kings) and making what looked like a large bluff on the river.

Lewis was saved by the rules as he called and announced an all-in at the same time only for Dave to show him the nut flush versus K high flush.

Lewis doubled up against Charlie.

Charlie (hit pair of Aces on flop) KO’d Rouven who was holding pocket Qs.

Lewis exited to Lee with AQ versus AK.

I got nice and lucky against Dave calling his all-in with AK after the flop came 10 2 3. Dave had a pair of twos and improved to two pairs when a Q hit but a J came from the heavens and despite not spotting it initially I doubled up with a straight. What a DB.

IJ doubled up versus Sharon leaving her literally with a chip and a chair. Sharon was out shortly after to trip 8s.

IJ KO’d Dave before I KO’d IJ with a nice turn making me top pair versus IJ’s pocket 7s.

Lee doubled up with a straight versus Charlie’s pocket 7s.

Lee doubled up again with wired 10s versus my wired 8s.

I KO’d Charlie with two pairs.

Heads-up it was tense but I hit a few cards and kept my lead. The final hand saw Lee go all-in with K8. I called with 10 10 and that was that.

Game 2 (1st Sharon, 2nd Rouv, 7 players)

Sharon ummed and aahed about playing a second game and she certainly made the right decision.

I won a big early pot against Sharon with top two pair versus two pair.

In a monster pot for Rouv (holding AA) the flop came KK7. A couple of bets were called by Lee and Dave. The turn was a Q and the river was an A. Both Lee and Dave had tripped up so called Rouv’s £5 raise on the river. Rouv gained a massive early lead with the full house on the river AAAKK.

IJ doubled up against Dave with a higher kicker. Dave also had a flush draw that didn’t come off.

Dave got a small measure of revenge doubling up against IJ with a higher two pair.

Sharon doubled up against me with QQ versus 99.

Dave (AQ) was unlucky to lose to Sharon (JJ) on the river. The cards came QKK4J. Dave was KO’d the next hand.

Rouv KO’d Lee with K6 versus A5.

I KO’d IJ with JQ versus 88.

I lost loads of chips to Sharon with K9 suited (flush draw on flop) versus AK suited.

Rouv KO’d Charlie with AK versus Q6.

I doubled up to take the chip lead against Rouv with top pair versus a flush draw that never came.

Three hands later I was out in 3rd place. First, Sharon doubled up with AQ suited versus A10 suited. Then Rouv won a big pot against me. Finally I was all-in with A8 Rouv called with 66. First card was an 8 only to be followed by 7 9 10 to give Rouv a very jammy straight.

Heads-up it was Sharon taking on newcomer Rouv and Vic will be pleased to know that Sharon won a long heads-up battle. The last game of 2006 ended at 2.15am.

Poker Rankings 2006 - the final table.....

Video of the week

http://www.zippyvideos.com/9914697036264026/magicfood/ (magic food)

Quotes of the week

Lewis: “Sue’s Grandma has died and they are going to the funeral”
Sharon: “So how is she?”
All: “Dead”

Lee (after Virgin Rouv won his first pot): “That’s Rouven’s hymen broken”

Murphy’s other laws

1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
2. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
3. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
4. A day without sunshine is like, well, night.
5. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
6. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
7. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
8. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
9. It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end-to-end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them.
10. If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.
11. The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those who got there first.
12. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.
13. Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries.
14. The shin bone is a device for finding furniture.
15. When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

Story of the week

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1244825,00.html?f=rss

Brainteaser

No-one solved last week’s brainteaser. The answer was a quill. Thanks to all that have responded to this feature which is now closed.

Awards

In this my final blog, it’s time to hand out some well-deserved end-of-season Poker Elite awards.

Best hosts: we’ve been lucky to have two wonderful poker hosts in Sharon/Lee and Jude/? Thanks for all the booze, chocolates, teas/coffees, jelly beans, cakes, pretzels etc etc.

Best IT support: Grateful thanks go to Charlie for setting up the blog online and for sorting out a host of IT issues during the year.

Best organiser: this award goes to Lee who has week-in week-out organised our game and arbitrated as appropriate when we had more than 10 players. Considering the number of games we’ve played it is impressive that there was only one massive cock-up when Vic turned up after we started.

Best hand: Vic, Dave and Barry share the spoils as they all hit straight flushes during the year. The race is still on for the first royal flush on the poker table. Too many people hit four of a kind to mention here.

Worst bad beat: the flop came 222 and Lee had limped in with AA. Lee then hit AAA22 on the turn but Dan had hit four 2s on the flop to decimate Lee. A memorable birthday present for Lucky Lee.

Most generous award: This award is presented to Dave for purchasing the wonderful poker table we play on each week.

Best sport: No doubt about it this goes to Vic who has been a regular target of the blog. Congrats on taking it all so graciously.

Best nickname: There’s a lot to choose from. James was the Swiss assassin, Barry was Rimmer, Bazra and Bazturd, Vic aka Pauline Fowler has too many names to mention and is therefore the deserved winner.

Best blog title: Again lots to choose from but the winner is “Burn Davy Burn” – recalling how burns victim Dave was scalded by Sharon

Best quote: First place goes to Sharon when after pouring tea down Dave’s neck) she said “Careful!”. Second place goes to Lewis. Lee: “We (Total) do more for the environment than a lot of companies” Lewis: “Yeh, Buncefield”. Third place is awarded to Lee. Scott to Barry (who had just placed a poker chip on his forehead: “You look like Rimmer” Lee: “You’ve been called that before”.

Best attendance: This award is presented to Dean for his unfailing commitment to the game.

Best guest: The winner of this award is Gil who got to third place without looking at his hole cards when a blind. Quite astonishing.

Best feature: The Life at Accenture theme seems to have gone down the best. Highlights of this section were:

1. Jude revealed that on average she sees Dean for 20 minutes each day. It’s a good job Accenture is so committed to work-life balance. http://careers3.accenture.com/Careers/Global/WorkingHere/WorkLifeBalance/
2. After 8 happy years, Dean has been made-up godfather-style. The ceremony involves an official welcome from the guy at the top of the pyramid and some tips on keeping your minions loyal to the scam.
3. The hard work sadly got to one of Dean’s colleagues who passed away this week from a heart-attack aged 34. The funeral will be held at midnight after next year’s planning session. Dean was too busy to attend his corporate hospitality day at Wimbledon. Dan fought back when asked to produce a re-plan at 9pm for the following morning. Now he’s got a whole day to produce it.

Best Danism: “having a warm beer is like sleeping with a beautiful girl, only to find that it’s your sister”

Best photo: “Vic on his way home”

Best ringtone: We’ve all got used to various ringtones during the year, but the highlight for me remains IJ’s gay ringtone. A deserved winner.

Best video: It has to be Vic playing heads-up poker. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3728266100951844857

Best poker injury: The poker incident log book records that this year there were two major incidents this year. First Barry chuckled so much he injured himself, then Dave was burnt in shocking scenes.
Best tell: Vic putting his bicycle clips on.

Best poker manoeuvre: Barry’s patented ‘attack and leave’ manoeuvre wins this hands-down.

Best off-the-table performance: Well done to Dave for several large online poker wins during 2006. Also well done on another recent online win coming 1st out of 237 to win $1,350 from a $15 stake.

Best namesake: Lots to choose from but you can’t really beat James Young as Sportacus.

Best conversation topics: Who can forget the Wimbledon ticket fiasco, the unwelcome spider, the debates about mashiach and Shabbat shmodesh, the house extensions and rent issues (I can easily forget these), au pair scores, Lost, The Apprentice (UK and US), HDTV (Charlie and Dean only – no-one else gives a s#it), Pesach in Israel prices (this one will start again soon), Michael Jackson, Sharon spending £300 on glue and the many dwarfs spotted and even photographed in the home of the little people - Borehamwood.

Mazel tovs

There’s been plenty to celebrate. New births, new jobs, promotions, offline poker wins and the odd sacking. You name it we’ve had it. PG we have at least 3 more poker offspring to welcome into the Elite’s extended poker family in the coming year. Be’sha’ah tovah ladies.

Signing off

It’s been a momentous year blogging and I’ve enjoyed it immensely. However, I’m moving onto new projects for 2007 (no, I don’t know what yet and no I can’t be persuaded to continue). Thanks for being so supportive and for reading it every week. Thanks to those that entered the brainteasers and commented on what they liked/didn’t like and thanks to everyone that contributed content. Overall it’s been a great year for me as it’s the first one I’ve made a profit (£250 for the year). Here’s to 2007 when I have a feeling that Vic’s going to come good and win a game*. It is no coincidence that Pauline Fowler has been killed off on Eastenders. See you all in 2007 in the poker suite.

* Note I don’t really believe this. I’m just trying to boost his confidence.

I did it my way.

19 December (S&L’s house) £20 loss – “Aussie grinder makes the cut”

Game 1 (1st Dan, 2nd Sharon, 10 players)

Scott got very lucky to split a pot with the Grinder in an early exchange that could have proved fatal. Mark flopped AAA 10 10 (flop AA10). Only a further 10 on the turn saved Scott.

Lee was out first with QQ falling to Dan who hit a pair with AK.

Jude doubled up against me with JJ versus my A 10 with a nut flush draw.

In a huge pot for Sharon, the flop came J 3 10 (2 spades) and Scott and Mark both re-raised Sharon’s bet. The turn brought another 3. Scott and Sharon were all-in and the cards were turned over. Mark had top two pair and Scott had an irrelevant flush draw because Sharon had cleaned up with a full house 333 J J.

I took some chips from Dan with trip 8s and then KO’s the grinder with AQ versus Q8.

I then lost loads of chips to Charlie who annoyingly hit a flush on the river that I never paid to see (after my £5 raise led Charlie to go all-in).

Barry was unlucky to be KO’d by Jude with AJ versus QJ.

In a key hand (had I played it) I would have hit a flush. Sadly I didn’t call and Charlie took chips from Sharon with AA versus top pair Qs.

I was then KO’d by Dan with K9 versus A10.

Dan moved through the gears and started hitting a few cards. He trapped Jude beautifully with the nut straight to KO Jude into 4th place.

Sharon quickly KO’d Jude with a higher kicker with KJ versus J9.

Heads-up Dan hit another full house before pocket cowboys saw off Sharon in the final hand.

Game 2 (1st Lee, 2nd Barry, 8 players)

Scott got the game going by smashing a glass everywhere and IJ turned up for what was to be a brief visit.

Barry got lucky to win a big pot versus Charlie with a flush on the river. That said Charlie was hopelessly optimistic as he called a string of £4 bets with sweet FA.

Mark had out a decent win with higher two pair versus Lee’s two pair and settled in for more serious grinding.

Scott KO’d Charlie with trip 4s and then KO’d IJ with two pairs (KK99) versus Ilan’s pair of 10s.

Basra won a nice pot against the grinder with 23 diamonds. Sweet.

I lost chips to Lee with top pair versus trip 10s and 4 hearts on the board.

My final hand saw A 10 lose to Barry’s AK.

Barry continues…

Mark KO'd Dan (top pair) with the nut flush.

Lee doubled up against Scott (top pair) with 4 cards on the board giving him a straight. Scott very unhappy. He was even more unhappy a few hands later, whilst still on tilt, when Lee's pocket 5's held up against Scott's J 10, sending Scott home, still swearing quite loudly.

Barry doubled up against Mark (top pair) with a flush, and a few hands later Barry knocked Mark out with a higher pair.

Barry & Lee heads up. Barry big chip leader, but a couple of big swing hands go to Lee and finally, Lee takes the game with a flush vs Barry's top pair. Lee tops the table for 2006 with an impressive top-of-the-table run since March 8th, and saves Barry's marriage - Barry no need to make a 4 hour round trip in the middle of his family holiday, to turn up for the last game of the year. Wishing you all a happy healthy year ahead.

Video of the week

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/333602/arab_running_the_treadmill/

Text twist game (highly addictive)

http://www.shockwave.com/sw/content/texttwist

Conversation topics

We welcomed back the Aussie Grinder and he had a victory of sorts – winning both ‘cuts’ in some style.

Lee proudly showed off his ebay ‘find’ – a boxing video in HD quality (Note that HD stands for huge drivel) for £4. I’ve got a couple of matchsticks for sale if you fancy bidding. The quality is excellent.

Most dismal law firm websites (very funny)

Need convincing? Simply turn your sound up, log on to the http://www.fletcherlewis.com/ website and click on the face of each lawyer. Selecting Matthew Brennan's face results in an electric keyboard version of C'est Chic's Chic (by C'est Chic). Jason Lewis embraces girl power with a burst from a Bontempi organ of the Bangles' classic hit Walk Like an Egyptian. And Jeffrey Fletcher advertises his services with a contortion of Michael Jackson's Billy Jean. Close your eyes and you could be in the foyer of a dodgy hotel in Magaluf in 1983. Some carefully selected typos and spelling mistakes complete the impression of a professional modern law firm.

Turner Parkinson meanwhile (http://www.tp.co.uk/) has chosen an entirely random fish theme for its site. The firm's latest news is illustrated, naturally enough, by a picture of some fish and chips, and a summary of the firm has a picture of a shark's fin. In addition to the obligatory mug-shot, each lawyer also has an end of pier caricature on their personal page.

Of course, neither holds a candle to the greatest law site ever. Buglear Bate (http://www.rollonfriday.com/) we continue to salute you. Particularly recommended is the Senior Partner's 1999 Address to the Woking Business Community.

Admire the office dog and find out how she will become the first ever border collie to qualify as a solicitor.
Understand in detail how Legal Aid works. Which Buglear-Bate don't actually offer. Curse the freemasons. Well of course. And learn how to get on with your solicitor.

There's so much good advice. For example, on corresponding with a solicitor: "Pace your correspondence. Try to allow at least 3 months before chasing. Law is an ancient profession and, even today, many solicitors still work to the natural rhythm of the seasons."

Website of the week (from Charlie)

Go Penguin Go. http://www.n.ethz.ch/student/mkos/pinguin.swf

Quotes of the week

Jude: “As I live on my own I need a big house”.

Scott on breaking an indestructible glass: “Can anyone see any glass?”
Mark: “Walk barefoot Scott”

Mazel tovs

Mazel tov to Lee on topping the league table for 2006. Commiserations to Vic and well done to everyone else in between.

Story of the week

Marmart: http://news.sky.com/skynews/picture_gallery/picture_gallery/0,,91059-1238608,00.html

Brainteaser

Congratulations to Barry on the first and only correct answer to last week’s brainteaser. The answer Barry came up with was:




















See below for this week’s brainteaser.

By nature I am simple and have no wisdom in any way,
but now every wise man will follow my tracks;
now I dwell on earth, erewhile I roamed on high through the heavens;I am white in appearance, though I leave black traces.

13 December (S&L’s house) £20 loss – “A year to forget for Vic”

Game 1 (1st Dave, 2nd Ilan, 10 players)

Vic’s last stand started poorly when he hit a full house (and thought he’d won) 10 10 10 J J only to slow-play and lose the pot to Jude’s J J J 9 9.

I won a big pot against Barry with trip 5s before KO’ing Vic in his penultimate game.

James doubled up against me with pocket 10s.

Dean arrived for the first time in months and was introduced to Jude.

Jude was feeling the pressure as she was gambling the kids’ Chanukah gelt but hit trip Js versus IJ.

Dave doubled up against me with a lucky J on the river and a flush draw.

I chose the wrong time to go all-in walking into not one but two big slicks (Sharon and IJ). They split me in two, the dirty b@stards.

Barry doubled up with AK against Jude.

Sharon won a nice pot against Dean with a FH on the flop. 44422.

IJ KO’d Barry with two pairs.

Dave got lucky to KO Jude with A5 versus AJ.

Lee got very lucky to double up with a straight versus James’s two pairs AA KK.

IJ KO’d Lee going in ahead, falling behind, and then catching the A.

James KO’d Sharon with AQ versus A4.

Dean exited with A5 as Dave got lucky with 85 to hit four spades.

James was out in third, slow-playing trip 7s on the flop and paying for it big time as Dave slow-played the flush he hit on the turn.

Heads-up IJ put up the white flag and handed his chips over to Dave without any fuss. The final hand saw Dave hit a straight with J high.

Game 2 (1st Barry, 2nd Lee, 7 players)

Barry gained an early lead with the nut flush versus IJ’s trip 4s and then won a big pot against me with a lucky straight on the river.

I was out first hitting top pair (QQ) on the flop and going all-in. Dean had an over pair (KK) and sent me packing.

Birthday Barry continues: First big hand after JJ left was Flop: 6 K J

Vic (KK) all in (£10 extra)
Dave calls (K5)

Next cards 8, 8 - Vic wins, Dave short stacked

Dean then fell asleep. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Dave went all in with QJ, Barry called small raise with 10 6 (both hearts). Nothing came out to help anyone until river, when a 10 came, sending Dave home.

Ilan then fell to asleep Dean who'd somehow found 2 pairs.

Vic went all in on his small blind with one chip less than the big blind, 4567 of diamonds on board - Barry had 23 - hit straight, thought he'd knocked out Vic until Lee pointed out Vic (8 diamonds, A) had a straight flush (see picture) !















Then 2 big hands in a row wiped out sleepy Dean -

Dean (KJ) Vs Barry (A8) - no one hit anything - Ace held up
And next hand: Dean (AJ) All in, Barry (AK) calls - no one hit anything again - AK held up - Dean sent packing

Down to 3 and could this be Vic's first win - it's his final game of the year (probably)………

Barry (35) hit straight on flop (246) - slow played. Next card - Q - Vic (Q8) all in, barry calls, Vic out.

Down to Lee & Barry heads up, Barry huge chip leader, Lee won a few small hands to gain some chips back, but then goes all in with A10, Barry calls with JQ - Jack comes on the turn, Barry wins - Lee gets the solitary point in the table that takes him to 100 points, Barry 2 points behind on 98.

Videos of the week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwYQBV66rbM&NR (Chanukkah song – part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lDbReF-aYo (Chanukkah song – part 2)
http://www.wastednetwork.com/media/lundi.wmv (Having a bad morning)
http://www.viralvideochart.com/myspace/wheres_my_money?id=1300371217 (Where’s my money?)

Conversation topics

The holiday room draw saw Sharon pick out the worst room for Gaby and Dan, Dalya and Scott got the middle room and a delighted Jude and ? picked up the largest room.

Bad beat

How about this for a bad beat. Ouch! http://www.thepokerpost.com/blogs/11/My-one-true-

Did you know that Vic’s online name is SONNYCHIBA05?

Website of the week

http://www.visit-ipswich.com/ It’s getting a bad press at the moment, but the website says it all. Look at the text below the picture on the right.

Quote of the week

“£350,000?????????????”

Mazel tovs

Congrats to the old man of poker, Barry on his 36th birthday today.

Congrats to me on coming out of a casino with more money than I went in with (Tues night).

Life at Accenture

Dan was badly missed as he was on a Value Driven Project Management course. Dean turned up for once (although he disappeared for much of the first game and then fell asleep in the second game) and proudly showed off the fancy pen he’d got from an Accenture course. Makes the hours all seem worthwhile.

Story of the week

Piddler on the roof: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006570530,00.html

Brainteaser

Congratulations to Rouven (first correct answer), Lewis, Dan and Barry (after 2 attempts) on the correct answer to last week’s brainteaser. The answer was 12, 33 and 9 litres respectively.

See below for this week’s brainteaser.

The Star of David has two superimposed equilateral triangles which produce six line segments and twelve segment intersections. Using this star as a template, arrange the numbers 1 through 12, placing them at the twelve intersections, such that the four numbers on each line segment produce a sum of 26. There is more than one solution.

A prayer for Vic

It’s been a long 12 months of under-achievement for Vic and his long-suffering wife. A whole year of coming home at 1 in the morning and being asked did you win? did you win? A whole year of talking about what could or should have been.

May your next year on the poker circuit be more fruitful and may your first win arrive some time in the 2007-9 period.

6 December (S&L’s house) £60 profit – “Elftastic night”

Game 1 (1st JJ, 2nd Sharon, 10 players)

Vic got off to a flier with a straight on the flop versus Dave’s two pair on the flop.

I then KO’d Dave with 10 10 versus Dave’s A 9 all-in.

Vic (KK) stretched further into the lead with trip Ks versus IJ.

James (77) flopped full house as the board came 722 to double up versus Scott.

Barry was KO’d jointly by me and Vic – we both had the straight.

Sharon (KK) doubled up versus Dan’s top pair.

I then won a monster pot to double up against Vic with AA versus KK and a crap flop. I moved further into the lead with a straight to KO Lee.

James (AA) KO’d Dan the hand after claiming he never gets Aces.

IJ doubled up with AQ versus James’s 44.

Vic then got a small measure of revenge to double up with KK (again) versus JJ’s JJ.

I won a big pot versus Sharon with higher two pair before KO’ing James.

I then KO’d Vic with Q10 versus AQ.

Heads-up I was a massive chip monster and KO’d Sharon (who paired 8s) with J 10 for a 10.30pm finish.

Game 2 (1st Lee, 2nd Dan, 9 players)

I doubled up against Barry after flopping top two pairs (AA QQ) and then hitting the FH on the river. Barry hit trip Qs on the river and called.

Scott was caught deep in the cookie jar by Dave.

Barry was KO’d by Dan’s KK versus A 10.
Scott doubled up with two pair versus Dan.

Dan then put on his turbo boost. First he KO’d James.

Lee hit a straight with 84 to win a big pot and KO Dave.

IJ hit four 6s but didn’t win much.

Lee (AA) won chips from me.

Dan won a big pot to move further into the lead. Hitting trips on the turn Dan slow-played, allowing Scott to hit the A on the river. Scott raised Dan’s £2.50 bet and Dan went all-in. Scott called and was out.

Dan KO’d Vic with two pairs.

Dan (AA) KO’d IJ (AK). That left me, Lee and Dan.

I was short-stacked and Lee push me all-in on my big blind. I called with K8 versus Lee’s K10 suited and lost.

Heads-up Dan started with most of the chips, but Lee hit a nice run of cards to turn the tide. The swing hand saw Lee hit a flush and go all-in. Dan folded but there was no way back. The final hand saw Dan’s Q2 lose to Lee’s KQ. Lee is now 6 points clear of Barry, unless Barry can find some ‘extra’ points to hand himself.

Videos of the week – a prize idiot, classic Catherine Tate sketch and some rising bollards

http://www.everything350z.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Number=37644 (click on the attachment)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID8tuuYylkQ&eurl

http://www.biertijd.com/mediaplayer/flvplayer.swf?file=http://media.biertijd.com/movies/200610/onderen.flv&autostart=true&fs=true

Conversation topics

Dean called at £1.50 a minute to see if he could borrow a ski jacket. It cost him about a £10 to realise no-one had one and we were just winding him up. By the way, there’s no snow in the Alps as it’s too mild. Dean then farted down the phone.

Quotes of the week

James to Sharon: “I never get Aces”. Next hand, pocket rockets. Sweet.

Vic sets everyone a challenge: “I’ve cycled 40,000 miles and only been knocked off once”.

Mazel tovs

Be’sha’ah tovah to Jude and ?.

Story of the week

Cheap wedding venue http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2006-12-04T092717Z_01_PEK234313_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-CHINA-WEDDINGS.XML&src=rss

Laugh if you are a bad person




















YMCA














Elf yourself

Here’s a neat festive site from Dave. http://www.elfyourself.com/

To see Dave turn into an Elf click below (best with sound).

http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=6f81f227078ae49671a82b9_20061206

Send your elf dance link to me to be featured in next week’s blog.

Tricky question

You are driving along in your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop, and you see three people waiting for the bus:

1. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.

2. An old friend who once saved your life.

3. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing that there could only be one passenger in your car?

Think before you continue reading...

This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job application.

You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first; Or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to pay him back.
However, you may never be able to find your perfect mate again.

The candidate who was hired simply answered: "I would give the car keys to my old friend and let him take the lady to the hospital. I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner of my dreams."

Sometimes, we gain more if we are able to give up our stubborn thought limitations. Never forget to "Think Outside of the Box."

Brainteaser

Congratulations to Barry and Rouven (guest blog reader)on the correct answer to last week’s brainteaser. The answer was Bones of the Leg (Fibula, Tibia, Patella, Femur).

See below for this week’s maths brainteaser.

A dairy farmer had 54 litres of milk in three churns. He wanted to make sure each churn contained 18 litres.

First he poured 1/4 of the first churn into the second churn. Then he poured 1/2 of the second churn into the third churn. Finally he poured 1/3 of the third churn into the first churn.

How many litres did each churn contain before he started pouring?