My brother was kind enough to e-mail me this, and I couldn't resist sharing it with everyone.
The Banana Test
There is a very, very tall coconut tree and there are 4 animals. King Kong, an Ape, an Orangutan and a Monkey pass by.
They decide to compete to see who is the fastest to get a banana off the tree.
Who do you guess will win?
Your answer will reflect your personality.
Think carefully . . . Try and answer within 30 seconds
Got your answer?
Now scroll down to see the analysis.
If your answer is:
Orangutan = you're dull & normal
Ape = you're a moron
Monkey = worse, you're an idiot
King Kong = you're hopelessly stupid
Why?????
A Coconut tree doesn't have bananas !
Obviously you're not thinking straight. Can I suggest a visit to "Chez Snikle" to relieve your stress?
April 17, 2008
April 12, 2008
Saturday in the sun!
Real "work"
We borrowed Parker's wood splitter for the big ones, and went to town over at Frank & Mary Jane's wood lot! Three truck loads later it was done before you could say ouch! Another great seventeen degree spring day on the rock...
April 11, 2008
Steak for fence posts, what a deal!
FYI, it is Mary Jane's 75th Birthday today.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Barter certainly works and things always seem to happen faster when they smell BBQ!O my, that really is a full size dinner plate supporting the man beef. The infamous Pantyman reminded me to pick up some "barter" while I was passing through the city to bring back to the rock.
Today, Judith received seventy, nine foot fence posts from the country feed store on the main island two ferries away delivered by one hungry trucker named peanut, in return peanut had the chance to sink his teeth into a two (2) pound steak from Jolly Meats & Fine Foods when he arrived with the load. Sweet, sweet barter. Eat your heart out folks, that is Pantycut Man Beef and there is more where that came from!
Judith still needs the fence built!
Dinner to follow
Dinner to follow
April 8, 2008
It just doesn't get any better!
We're home!
After a short flight to the soccer pitch and two days of organizational behavior meetings with Geoff, followed by a few days in the big city immersing ourselves in neuroscience learning about Schema Therapy, Social Learning and Emotional Organizations (Why you wonder? Because Judith says, it will make me more effective at "work", or maybe it was just out of intellectual curiosity) followed by food shopping for everything gourmet we cannot get locally including a cake (thanks to Jules) from an "Authentic Italian Bakery" (as shown on the box) we're back on the rock!
A couple things happened along the way.... We stayed at BDL's, that is short for "Boris.Dean.Liz.com" We actually stayed at BDL's east side cultural "city home" which is off the drive and close to everything tasty! The one thing about staying at BDL's is the conversation (which is always interesting to say the least, Dean is an insider at city hall, and Liz, I believe Liz has her hand in more things than Judith, including beautification of the city and making sure people know what a good cup of espresso really tastes like!)
BDL also have the same taste in wine as Judith and off course anything and everything edible, and I mean "everything" is made from scratch at there place.
Judith tells me there is never any need to leave BDL's house other than for more wine!
All very much appreciated and we highly recommend imposing on them when you are in the city!
I know you're all wondering about these people after I mentioned the "city home" Well once and awhile you meet some people that just have everything, and I mean everything, and that is alright in this case because in our opinion they deserve it, and more.
So the story goes like this, BDL also have an estate (and I mean "estate"), on the west side near the university, which they stay at to do social research and round out their sons education. When they feel the need to get in touch with the upper middle/ upper class they head over to their westside estate. "Dean says it helps him with his work at the city to really understand the people, their needs, and get him inside to figure out why they strive for a homogenized life where the gardens are manicured, the children play inside, and the streets are patrolled by private security". He tries to really look at it from there prospective and understand there need for fear and entitlement. He feels that the city has a role to play in eliminating the pain and suffering he sees being chauffeured to school every morning. Dean is a real forward thinker, and by doing simple things like introducing street hockey and tag to the west side children he is making a big impact. I am sure he will win an award someday for his work.
It is nice to see them really getting in touch with how the other people live and how thoughtful they are exposing their son to the west side lifestyle as painful as it can be to see sometimes. Being good parents I am sure they spend lots of energy explaining the hardships and stress around leased luxury vehicles, unhealthy relationships, broken homes, and workaholism! And compared to the fresh food, interesting people, and social/economic/racial diversity in the inner city community of the east side I am sure he is getting the education every parent wants for there children seeing the other side of the tracks so they can make informed choices for themselves as they entry adulthood.
After a short flight to the soccer pitch and two days of organizational behavior meetings with Geoff, followed by a few days in the big city immersing ourselves in neuroscience learning about Schema Therapy, Social Learning and Emotional Organizations (Why you wonder? Because Judith says, it will make me more effective at "work", or maybe it was just out of intellectual curiosity) followed by food shopping for everything gourmet we cannot get locally including a cake (thanks to Jules) from an "Authentic Italian Bakery" (as shown on the box) we're back on the rock!
A couple things happened along the way.... We stayed at BDL's, that is short for "Boris.Dean.Liz.com" We actually stayed at BDL's east side cultural "city home" which is off the drive and close to everything tasty! The one thing about staying at BDL's is the conversation (which is always interesting to say the least, Dean is an insider at city hall, and Liz, I believe Liz has her hand in more things than Judith, including beautification of the city and making sure people know what a good cup of espresso really tastes like!)
BDL also have the same taste in wine as Judith and off course anything and everything edible, and I mean "everything" is made from scratch at there place.
Judith tells me there is never any need to leave BDL's house other than for more wine!
All very much appreciated and we highly recommend imposing on them when you are in the city!
I know you're all wondering about these people after I mentioned the "city home" Well once and awhile you meet some people that just have everything, and I mean everything, and that is alright in this case because in our opinion they deserve it, and more.
So the story goes like this, BDL also have an estate (and I mean "estate"), on the west side near the university, which they stay at to do social research and round out their sons education. When they feel the need to get in touch with the upper middle/ upper class they head over to their westside estate. "Dean says it helps him with his work at the city to really understand the people, their needs, and get him inside to figure out why they strive for a homogenized life where the gardens are manicured, the children play inside, and the streets are patrolled by private security". He tries to really look at it from there prospective and understand there need for fear and entitlement. He feels that the city has a role to play in eliminating the pain and suffering he sees being chauffeured to school every morning. Dean is a real forward thinker, and by doing simple things like introducing street hockey and tag to the west side children he is making a big impact. I am sure he will win an award someday for his work.
It is nice to see them really getting in touch with how the other people live and how thoughtful they are exposing their son to the west side lifestyle as painful as it can be to see sometimes. Being good parents I am sure they spend lots of energy explaining the hardships and stress around leased luxury vehicles, unhealthy relationships, broken homes, and workaholism! And compared to the fresh food, interesting people, and social/economic/racial diversity in the inner city community of the east side I am sure he is getting the education every parent wants for there children seeing the other side of the tracks so they can make informed choices for themselves as they entry adulthood.
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