Some of Nothing

Ok, the real caption for Saturday's post was


Milking It

An activist sucks on "Freeda the Cow" as part of Animal Liberation Victoria's "Milk Sucks" campaign on Feb. 9 in Melbourne, Australia. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the effects dairy farming can have on animals and the environment.

I had much better ones, but dared not!





Thai woman who got on wrong buses 25 years ago reunited with family

BANGKOK, Thailand - A 76-year-old Malay Muslim woman from southern Thailand who got on the wrong bus 25 years ago and ended up living at the other end of the country has been reunited with her family, officials and domestic media said Tuesday.

Unable to speak, read or write Thai, Jaeyaena Beuraheng boarded a bus in Malaysia thinking it was bound for Narathiwat, one of three Muslim-majority provinces in Buddhist Thailand's far south.

Instead, she ended up 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) to the north in Bangkok. Her predicament grew worse when she boarded a bus she thought was heading south only to end up in Chiang Mai, another 700 kilometers to the north, the Nation newspaper reported.

She eked out a living as a beggar for five years before being arrested in 1987 and put into a center for homeless people in a nearby province, where she has remained ever since.

She was finally reunited with her eight children — who were told she had been run over by a train — after three students from Narathiwat came to work at the center and spoke to her.

"It was only when the students in Muslim clothes visited her and she started chatting to them that we realized she wasn't mute."

The woman had been known as "Mrs. Mon" because the center’s staff thought her mutterings sounded like Mon, a tribal language in neighboring Myanmar, she added.

Thailand's three southernmost provinces were annexed by Bangkok a century ago and remain culturally distinct from the rest of the country. Eighty percent of the population are Muslim and speak Malay as a first language.

You figure she could have walked back by now !!!!




Man's body found in front of TV year after death

Television was still on, authorities say; body partially mummified

HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y. - The partially mummified body of a man dead for more than a year has been found in a chair in front of his television, which was still on, authorities said.

Vincenzo Ricardo, 70, apparently died of natural causes, said Dr. Stuart Dawson, Suffolk County’s deputy chief medical examiner.

Police found Ricardo’s body this week when they investigated a report of burst pipes.

The home’s dry air had preserved his features, morgue assistant Jeff Bacchus said.

“You could see his face. He still had hair on his head,” Bacchus said.

Ricardo’s wife died years ago, and he lived alone, Dawson said.

“He hasn’t been heard from in over a year. That’s the part that baffles me,” he said. “Nobody sounded the alarm.”

Neighbors said they had thought Ricardo was in a hospital or nursing home.

“We never thought to check on him,” said neighbor Diane Devon.

15 of his favorite shows had been canceled during that time!!

He was close with his neighbors for sure!!!







Israeli beauty queen drops arms to save legs

Miss Israel gets OK not to carry rifle while in army to avoid ugly bruises

JERUSALEM - Miss Israel has been given permission not to carry her assault rifle during service in the Israeli army because she says it bruises her legs.

Reigning beauty queen Yael Nezri, a private who recently completed basic training, said the bruises were making it difficult for her to model in photo shoots.

The Jerusalem Post reported that Nezri, 18, had been granted an exemption by her commanders during her two-year army stint.

Now there's the problem with women in the military!! Nails, hair, legs - I can't fight. I might break a nail or muss my hair!! Don't get mad ladies!!



With that, I leave you with this:

A lady friend's husband passed away last night.

She was with him when he died so I asked her if he had any last requests before he died.

She said yes he did. His last request was "put down that damn gun..."




There we go for Tuesday. Someday there might be a Gem on here so check back!