Holy cow, I couldn't believe my ears! Groundhog-day is really existing!!
Just this minute, the moderator of NDR Kultur (North-German Broadcast) mentioned the events in Pennsylvania, today, and appreciated it with a piece of music. Isn't that "international understanding"?
Indeed they will. Here in The New Forest there's a small village, a hamlet really, that has a unique name. A name that they have been cashing in on for as long as lover's have been sending each other a valentine's card. The name of the village is: "Lover." Starry eyed lovers from all over the world can have a valentines card, complete with message, sent to their loved one from the village of Lover. The envelope will be stamped with the British Post Office's stamp as well as the name of the sending Post Office, in this case, Lover.Local chambers of commerce in regional tourist destinations will grasp at nearly anything to bring in visitors during February.
Funny, all I ever got was a postcard from Hell. And, yes, I can honestly say I've been to Hell and back.Indeed they will. Here in The New Forest there's a small village, a hamlet really, that has a unique name. A name that they have been cashing in on for as long as lover's have been sending each other a valentine's card. The name of the village is: "Lover." Starry eyed lovers from all over the world can have a valentines card, complete with message, sent to their loved one from the village of Lover. The envelope will be stamped with the British Post Office's stamp as well as the name of the sending Post Office, in this case, Lover.
Santa Claus, Indiana does a booming postal trade around Christmas time each year.
Funny, all I ever got was a postcard from Hell. And, yes, I can honestly say I've been to Hell and back.
I went to Liverpool once, so I can sympathise.
At school, we had a Richard Head. Back in 1946 what chance did his parents have of knowing that someday we would import the vulgarity dick head?I once knew somebody whose name was "Hellenbach," and she'd heard all the jokes.
He wasn't the only one... There was an article in the local paper about the retirement of the mayor of a small town in our vicinity who was named "Richard Head". It was a complimentary article and the people they quoted seemed to like him. Still, a politician named "Richard Head" seemed a bit humorous to me...At school, we had a Richard Head. Back in 1946 what chance did his parents have of knowing that someday we would import the vulgarity dick head?
In my teens I remember a young lady whose surname was of French origin: de'Ath. But of course, in English it spells death, literally. One other name I remember, way back when I started work, a client by the name of Gotobed. My surname is a common or garden Taylor. But at least it's safe.
The amount of vulgar humour that schoolboys have over the name of Bates. How grateful I am that I didn't have to tolerate the endless ribbing by, as a schoolboy, being called: Master Bates.I know someone named "Norman Bates" who was born before the movie came out, but was just the right age to take a lot of kidding about it in later years. I never had the nerve to ask him how much trouble it caused him.
Power windows in a semi-polar climate are the single stupidest idea ever to emerge from humanity's epic history of stupidity. Especially in the drive-thru line at Dunkies.