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Do You Know Me

Q. What’s your most challenging life experience?

A. Caring for my husband when he was ill with cancer.

Q. If you could re-do something in your life, what would it be?

A. Nobody can change the past, not even God, so there is no point wasting time on it.

Q. Have you done any travelling? If so, where did it take you?

A. I’m not finished travelling yet so come back in ten years for my answer.

Q. What life lesson have you learned that is most important to you?

A. To live in the moment.

Q. What’s your favourite pass-time?

A. Meeting new people and learning their back story.

Q. What “odd” thing about you don’t most people know?

A. I have a scar above my left eye.

Q. Share a moment of fame

A. A Radio Luxembourg DJ spent Christmas with us when I was in Germany. He loved my Christmas pudding so much; it was the first thing he mentioned when he was next on air.

Q. What has been your best blogging experience?

A. Being a joint winner of the Best Personal Blog at the Irish Blog Awards 2008. (Award in the post)

Q. What advice would you give to someone about starting a Blog?

A. Go for it! Pick a handle you are comfortable with and not your own name. Visit other blogs and leave comments. Never be offensive. Look after the people who visit your blog.

Q. What is your favourite saying?

A. Today it is: A smile is the sugar in our medicine of life

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Things

A Little Meme

  • Three things I could be with a little effort.
  • Three things I could potentially be, but it would be a lot of work or out of character.
  • Three things that I can never be.

Things I could be with a little effort

Quiet

A friend

Myself

Things I could potentially be, but it would be a lot of work or out of character

An artist

A truck driver

A blonde bombshell

Things that I can never be

A Singer

A jockey

A virgin

Can you do better than that? I’m sure you can.

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Today I was stuck for words

Being stuck for words today I decided it might try out this meme. At this stage you all know the rules because it has been going around for some time!

The answers have to start with the first letter of your name:

1. What is your name? Marie, but I prefer Grannymar

2. 4 letter word: Muck

3. Vehicle: Mercedes Benz

4. City: Milan

5. Boy Name: Michael

6. Girl Name: Muriel

7. Alcoholic drink: Martini

8. Occupation: Magistrate

9. Something you wear: Muffler

10. Celebrity: Helen Mirren

11. Food: Mango

12. Something found in a bathroom: Moisturiser

13. Reason for Being Late: Memory loss (handy at my age)!

14. Cartoon Character: Minnie Mouse

15. Something You Shout: Mammy!

16. Animal: Moose

17. Body part: Mouth

18. Music style: Motet

19. Word to describe you: Motherly

20. Ideal gift: A happy Memory

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Grey Cells MOT Test

It’s that time of year for an annual Grey Cells MOT Test.

Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles. As we grow older, it’s important to keep mentally alert. If you don’t use it, you lose it! Below is a very private way to gauge your loss or non-loss of intelligence. Now take your time, you have all weekend to think it over.

Take the test presented here to determine if you’re losing it or not. The spaces below are so you don’t see the answers until you’ve made your answer.

OK, relax, clear your mind and begin.

1. What do you put in a toaster?

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Answer: “bread.” If you said “toast,” give up now and do something else. Try not to hurt yourself. If you said, bread, go to Question 2.

2. Say “silk” five times. Now spell “silk.” What do cows drink??

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Answer: Cows drink water. If you said “milk,” don’t attempt the next question. Your brain is over-stressed and may even overheat. Content yourself with reading a more appropriate literature such as PC Magazine.

However, if you said “water”, proceed to question 3.

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3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made from blue bricks and a pink house is made from pink bricks and a black house is made from black bricks, what is a green house made from?

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Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said “green bricks,” why are you still reading these???

If you said “glass,” go on to Question 4.

4. Its twenty years ago, and a plane is flying at 20,000 feet over Germany (If you will recall, Germany at the time was politically divided into West Germany and East Germany) Anyway, during the flight, two engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is also failing, decides on a crash landing procedure. Unfortunately the engine fails before he can do so and the plane fatally crashes smack in the middle of “no man’s land” between East Germany and West Germany. Where would you bury the survivors? East Germany, West Germany, or no man’s land”?

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Answer: You don’t bury survivors.

If you said ANYTHING else, you’re a dunce and you must stop. If you said, “You don’t bury survivors”, proceed to the next question.

5. Without using a calculator - You are driving a bus from London to Milford Haven in Wales. In London, 17 people get on the bus. In Reading six people get off the bus and nine people get on. In Swindon, two people get off and four get on. In Cardiff, 11 people get off and 16 people get on. In Swansea, three people get off and five people get on In Carmathen, six people get off and three get on. You then arrive at Milford Haven.

What was the name of the bus driver?

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Answer: Oh, for crying out loud! Don’t you remember your own name?

It was YOU!!

PS: 95% of people fail most of the questions!!

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True or False

  1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
  2. Alfred Hitchcock didn’t have a belly button.
  3. If colouring weren’t added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
  4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it’s from being indoors a lot more.
  5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!
  6. Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
  7. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until they are 2-6 years old.
  8. The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in queues.
  9. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
  10. The average housefly lives for one month.
  11. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
  12. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
  13. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of day.
  14. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
  15. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
  16. The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.
  17. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in “An Officer and a “Gentleman” and “Tootsie.
  18. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.
  19. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburettor.
  20. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery.

They are all TRUE … Now go back and think about #14!!!

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Have you ever?

The daughter wants to to know:

‘Have you ever?’
My answers in blue
01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain - a little one, Knocknarea in Sligo when I was a little girl
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you’ and meant it - I try to say it everyday
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern/Southern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg – if you count my feet, then yes!
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s nappy
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Got drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment –many times what women hasn’t?
27. Had a food fight – do Marshmallows count?
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger - not telling who!
30. Had a snowball fight – but hated it because I feel the cold so much
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster - in Legoland
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking – along a street when I realised I was in love!
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment – yes for the most part of life but being in love, engaged, married and becoming a mother are highlights
39. Visited all 7 states and territories in Australia
40. Taken care of someone who was drunk
41. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
42. Watched wild whales
43. Stolen a sign – will an ashtray do?
44. Backpacked in Europe – yes I live in Europe!
45. Taken a road-trip
46. Gone rock climbing
47. What happened to 47? –seem to have lost this one
48. Midnight walk on the beach
49. Gone sky diving
50. Taken a train through Europe
51. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love - well I thought it was love.
52. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table, and had a meal with them
53. Milked a cow
54. Alphabetized your CDs
55. Sung karaoke - Motherhood can be cruel
56. Lounged around in bed all day
57. Gone scuba diving
58. Kissed in the rain - Mmmmm!… memories.
59. Gone to a drive-in theatre
60. Started a business
61. Taken a martial arts class
62. Been in a movie
63. Crashed a party
64. Gone without food for 5 days
65. Gotten a tattoo
66. Got flowers for no reason – yes, but preferred chocolate
67. Performed on stage - In a school production
68. Been to Las Vegas
69. Recorded music
70. Eaten shark
71. Buried one or/both of your parents - both
72. Been on a cruise ship
73. Spoken more than one language fluently
74. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over – Wiesbaden, Germany
75. Walked the Sydney Harbour Bridge
76. Had plastic surgery
77. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
78. Wrote articles for a large publication – does a newspaper count?
79. Piloted an airplane
80. Petted a stingray
81. Broken someone’s heart – if I did he never told me.
82. Broken a bone - my right wrist
83. Eaten sushi
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Parasailed
86. Skipped all your school reunions
87. Shaved your head
88. Caused a car accident - a minor one, but whoops….
89. Pretended to be “sick” - part of school days
90. Surfed in the ocean
91. Saved someone’s life
92. Fainted – while doing duty on a flag day.
93. Been in the room while someone is giving birth – yes me!
94. Hitchhiked – from Dublin to Salthill in Galway, way back in another life when it was safe to do so and I was not alone.
95. Adopted a child
96. Been caught daydreaming - favourite pastime in my schooldays, had to make the day go by somehow.
97. Been to Ayers Rock
98. Called off a wedding engagement
99. Donated your blood
100. Become a follower of Jesus Christ- growing up in Ireland you started that way and then perhaps became something else!

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