karen is suffering with a bad back and a dearth of television and SO relief.

Post here with anything that might keep her amused :laugh:

Warning: Your Flip Flops Could Kill You Wearing trendy flip flops could kill you, according to new research.The fashionable footwear - ideal for the beach in hot weather - are putting the lives of road users at risk.Three in every four motorists have admitted they find it hard to drive in flip flops and road safety experts have warned that wearing the sandals in the car could be a lethal decision.

Researchers claim a flip flop, worn by millions, can easily get stuck under the pedals and cause a fatal accident, The Sun says.

Craig Martin, spokesman for Norwich Union who carried out the poll, told the newspaper: "Footwear such as flip flops are dangerous as the sole can get caught under a pedal.

"The absence of ankle support can lead to the foot slipping off the pedal altogether."

Leigh Purves, gossip columnist for the Daily Star, is among those to have had a close call while driving with designer flip flops.

She has told how, while travelling on the M1, her sandal got stuck under the brake pedal and she missed another car "by millimetres".

The Sun also says that German researchers revealed last year that 14 out of 25 pairs of flip flops they studied contained toxic chemicals known to lower sperm count in men and attack the liver, kidneys and reproductive organs.

Here you go Karen, try this. (http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/uselessfacts/) Let us know if you find anything interesting.

Enjoy! :bye:

Should keep her occupied for an hour or two.

Oooh fabulous!

I'm now going to burn all my flip-flips as they are quite obviously life-threatening, so straight away I've got something todo now! Then I shall spend peruse Patsy's link in the hope that it will keep me engrossed until Coronation Street comes on tonight.

My day now has a purpose! Thank you gals....

Here you go Karen....(now you really have to be bored to look at this one :w00t: )

Have a look at what I'll be doing over the next couple of weeks.
Tomorrow is the start of childrens week 2 and I shall be taking the kids to the chalking on the prom event :w00t:

Are you really bored?!?! (http://www.cromercarnival.co.uk/)

Did you know that the Americans call flip flops thongs! Oh how confused was I working over there! :blush:

Wierd Science facts for your perusal.....

According to Professor Walter Connor of the University of Michigan, men are six times more likely than women to be struck by lightning.

In a belt along the equator, there are 3,200 thunderstorms each night, some of which can be heard 18 miles away.


Acorns are poisonous to humans, and, if eaten, will cause kidney damage.

According to weather forecast experts, here is a rule of thumb for weather forecasting...Winds from the Northwest, west and Southwest usually indicate fair weather for a time, whereas winds from the Northeast, east and south predict unsettled weather.

There are more living organisms on the skin of each human than there are humans on the surface of the earth.

Around a million, billion neutrinos from the Sun will pass through your body while you read this sentence.....

.....and now they are already past the Moon.

Males produce one thousand sperm cells each second - 86 million each day.

Somewhere in the flicker of a badly tuned TV set is the background radiation from the Big Bang.

Loving this one from the completely useless site:

The 1997 Jack Nicholson film - "As Good As It Gets", is known in China as "Mr. Cat Poop".

but

what is a Malamute?

- Source of the name "Indiana Jones": it was the name of producer George Lucas' pet Malamute.

Don't panic...this is a Malamute:

http://www.up200.org/v2/images/malamute.jpg


Ahhh...I want one!

we americans USED to call flip flops thongs until the underwear became so popular. nowadays, flip flops and thongs are separated by the length of the legs. msgirl

Wow...when did that happen MissG...I was over there in 95 & 96 and I was terribly confused when a guy asked me if I liked his new thongs.....I didn't know where to look! :blush:

After he grasped the fact that I used the word thong in a different way it was his turn to blush.... :naughty:

Sorry KH...this is supposed to be your interesting thread thingy and here I am twittering on about thongs and flip flops....

let me correct myself, MOST of us americans of a certain age would not confuse the two. hell, I know the difference...does that count? ha ha msgirl :bag:

I'm glad to hear it MissG... :laugh:

It was the pnats, fanny and fag moment all over again when the man asked me if I liked his thongs...I tell ya! :blush:

yeah, i'm trying to check myself b/4 i reply so i am not embarrising myself in front of all of you english speaking people...hahahahaha :w00t:

we americans USED to call flip flops thongs until the underwear became so popular

Flip flops are called 'Jandles' here though sometimes 'thong' is used as well, and trousers are 'pants' and pants are 'undies' and tippex is 'Twink' :wacko:

You could always just blow the budget on internet shopping! I love ordering stuff and waiting for the packages to drop through the letterbox! God, I need to get out more too! :w00t:

Karen here is a little French poem for you entitled Nana:


Il etait, dans une assiette
Creuse, creuse, cruese
Une montagne de fromage
Haute, haute, haute,
Qu'une princesse italienne,
Belle, belle, belle,
Vetue d'une robe de metal
Qui gratte, Qui gratte, Qui gratte,
A depose un soir de bal ...
Hum! J'ai les Cros, Charles.

Karen here is a little French poem for you entitled Nana:




Il etait, dans une assiette

Creuse, creuse, cruese
Une montagne de fromage
Haute, haute, haute,
Qu'une princesse italienne,
Belle, belle, belle,
Vetue d'une robe de metal
Qui gratte, Qui gratte, Qui gratte,
A depose un soir de bal ...
Hum! J'ai les Cros, Charles.

that was beautiful Flip! It brought a tear to mon yeux!

that was beautiful Flip! It brought a tear to mon yeux!

merci beaucoup Dolorese ... btw do you know what it means??

merci beaucoup Dolorese ... btw do you know what it means??

something about cheese and a metal dress I think?! n'est pas?

something about cheese and a metal dress I think?! n'est pas?

Oui oui madame, bon, bon, v. bon!!:w00t:

I see I got it wrong again...I thought it was about a woman and her donkey called Jean! :sad:

Karen, have had a go at Sudoko puzzles! I done a few on holiday and I am hooked! I got so excited when I got my first one completed without any mistakes! Be warned, they are very addictive! :w00t:

I found a Yahoo site that has daily Suduko puzzles...bad news...very addivtive! I google serched Suduko and it all went down hill from there... :blush:

(hope this does'nt offend anyone) :bag: ( i thought it was pretty funny)

"There are 3 stages of married life, The 1st is household se-x, that's where you fu-ck in every part of the house, in every imaginable position.
The 2nd is Bedroom se-x, which is where you fu-ck in the bedroom with less and less frequency and less and less enthusiasm.
The 3rd stage is hallway se-x, that's where you pass each other in the hallway and say fu-ck you!"