Friday, December 16, 2005

Jack Handy's Deep Thoughts

When I was on schoolies, I asked quite a few people if they'd ever heard of these. No one had, which I personally think is a crime. So here are a few of Jack Handy's deep thoughts - he was a guy who used to have a slot in Letterman's late show, and each show he'd spout one of these short jokes. So here, in a completely unoriginal post for your humour, is Jack Handy's deep thoughts.

It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said. "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.

A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. "Hear that?" you say. "That's dynamite, baby."

If I lived back in the wild west days, instead of carrying a six-gun in my holster, I'd carry a soldering iron. That way, if some smart-aleck cowboy said something like "Hey, look. He's carrying a soldering iron!" and started laughing, and everybody else started laughing, I could just say, "That's right, it's a soldering iron. The soldering iron of justice." Then everybody would get real quiet and ashamed, because they had made fun of the soldering iron of justice, and I could probably hit them up for a free drink.

Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaught on the moon and you fear that your partner has been turned into Dracula. The next time he goes out for the moon pieces, wham!, you just slam the door behind him and blast off. He might call you on the radio and say he's not Dracula, but you just say, "Think again, bat man."

Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.

To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.

To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kind of scary. I've wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad.

Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to the persons house and ring the doorbell. When the person comes to the door, I'm gone, but you know what I've left on the porch? A jack-o-lantern with a knife stuck in the side of it's head with a note that says "You." After that I usually feel a lot better, and no harm done.

Instead of trying to build newer and bigger weapons of destruction, we should be thinking about getting more use out of the ones we already have.

Sometimes I think I'd be better off dead. No, wait, not me, you.

Even though I was their captive, the Indians allowed me quite a bit of freedom. I could walk freely, make my own meals, and even hurl large rocks at their heads. It was only later that I discovered that they were not Indians at all but only dirty-clothes hampers.

I think a good product would be "Baby Duck Hat". It's a fake baby duck, which you strap on top of your head. Then you go swimming underwater until you find a mommy duck and her babies, and you join them. Then, all of a sudden, you stand up out of the water and roar like Godzilla. Man, those ducks really take off! Also, Baby Duck Hat is good for parties.



There are plenty more, but for that you'll have to go online and search for them. Have fun!

-Fin-

These are a few of my favourite puns

About a postmaster general:
"He was a man who was known to push the envelope..."

If a wolf can take down a deer from either flank, does that make him bambidextrous?

A man walks into a hardware store and asks if they have a tool for breaking up some hard ground. The shop assistant points to a row of suitable tools along the wall and replies: "Certainly sir, take your pick."

He had won every award and received every possible accolade: he was simply the best scarecrow ever. He truly was out standing in his field.

People who live beyond their means should act their wage.

I just saw a movie about some guy who had amazing revelations while eating his cereal. It was called Breakfast Epiphanies.

Resistance may be futile, but capacitance has potential.

I know a farmer who has 200 head of cattle. He thought there were only 196 until he rounded them up.

[Add your own in the comments!!]

-Fin-

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Disconnectedness

Feeling disconnected from a person is the sum total of how many questions you want to ask them, but can't.

Hmm... it's been what, a day? I'm in Cairns now. When I went to sleep after the first day I was here, I just had the weirdest feeling. I guess when you've spent a year in a place, you start to call it home. Suddeny when you come back to another place you also come home, you get a bit confused.

Luke's law of home:

The concept of 'home' in a person's mind cannot be embodied by two separate places at the same time. If this happens, confusion may result.

I've been trying to muster the motivation to do some work on the computer training course that I'm preparing for, but I've only managed to do a couple of pages in the last few days. Some interesting discussions have been had about the format of the course, so I guess I could call that constructive.

Meanwhile I forgot to bring up the piano composition I wrote specifically for my brother! I had it all ready to go and then forgot it at the last minute. Gotta love that. If anyone out there has a copy, would they be able to send it up here to me? Lol.

Hope everyone's enjoying their holidays, except pat. Pat, I hope you're enjoying summer semester (blergh).

-Fin-

Monday, December 12, 2005

Cairns pt 2

Australia's premier regional city, Cairns is the international gateway into Tropical North Queensland, and carries with pride the mantle of safest tropical city in the world.

Residents of the area are also proud to be custodians of two of the world’s greatest natural treasures - the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics Rainforests. Both of these wonderful attractions are World Heritage listed, and there are very few places on Earth where two such treasures rest side by side.

Cairns International Airport is the nation’s sixth busiest in terms of international and domestic passenger movements, and the city also is rated the third most popular tourist destination in the country after Sydney and Brisbane. More than three million international and domestic passenger movements were recorded during 2003/04.

The city is a vital, cosmopolitan centre and its residents enjoy an enviable tropical lifestyle.
The peak tourism body for the region is Tourism Tropical North Queensland, which receives annual funding from Cairns City Council each financial year for promotion, marketing and convention marketing.

Some photos:

Aerial View of Cairns

Aerial view of the Esplanade Lagoon

Closeup of the Lagoon

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