
Good morning peeps, Stavros here.
Some years ago a small rural town in Spain twinned with a similar town in Greece.
The mayor of the Greek town visited the Spanish town. When he saw the palatial mansion belonging to the Spanish mayor, he wondered aloud how on earth he could afford such a house.
The Spaniard replied:‘You see that bridge over there? The EU gave us a grant to construct a two-lane bridge, but by building a single lane bridge with traffic lights at either end, I could build this place.’
The following year the Spaniard visited the Greek town. He was simply amazed at the Greek mayor's house: gold taps, marble floors, diamond doorknobs, it was marvellous.
When he asked how he’d raised the money to build this incredible house, the Greek mayor said:‘You see that bridge over there?’
The Spaniard replied:‘No.’
A Greek and Italian were arguing over who had the superior culture.
The Greek says, "We have the Parthenon."
Arching his eyebrows, the Italian replies, "We have the Coliseum."
The Greek retorts, "We Greeks gave birth to advanced mathematics"
The Italian, nodding agreement, says, "But we built the Roman Empire."
And so on and so on until the Greek comes up with what he thinks will end the discussion. With a flourish of finality he says, "We invented sex!"
The Italian replies, "That is true, but it was the Italians who introduced it to women.
Why I suddenly picked on the Greeks for this blog, no idea. And of course, I do sincerely apologise to anyone on here who happens to be a Greek national.
Financial Joke
There was an investor who had three girlfriends, but he didn't know which one to marry. So he decided to give each one $5000 and see how each of them spends it. The first one goes out and gets a total make over with the money. She gets new clothes, a new hairdo, manicure, pedicure, the works, and tells the investor, "I spent the money so I could look pretty for you because I love you so much." The second one went out and bought new golf clubs, a CD player, a television, and a stereo and gives them to the man. She says, "I bought these gifts for you with the money because I love you so much." The third one takes the $5000 and invests it in the stock market, doubles her investment, returns the $5000 to the man and reinvests the rest. She says, "I am investing the rest of the money for our future because I love you so much." The man thought long and hard about how each of the women spent the money, and then decided.
QUESTION: Who did the investor marry?
ANSWER: The one with the biggest breasts of course!
On a more serious note, back in February I signed up for the Great Weston Charity bike ride in aid of the Prostate Cancer UK Charity, but having my operation on the 28th May meant I couldn't make the original 15th July date. Thus 14 weeks after my op, I will be completing my charity bike ride this time next week - it's a case of now or never! Hopefully, I'll be completing it with the events organiser, as opposed to on my own.
ReplyDeleteThe route is from Bristol to Weston-super-Mare and covers 56 miles, it is a convoluted route as opposed to direct and manages to take in the Mendip hills. The route can be found here.
As I've mentioned, I am completing this in aid of the Prostate Cancer UK, and my fund raising page is at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/jgrant.
Cheers.
Good Morning Folks, and GOOD LUCK for next Sunday, James.
ReplyDeleteJust as well you're escaping after those opening jokes!
And I have good news and bad news for you:
First, the bad news:
The Greeks are very upset, and a hit squad is flying over right now:
Now the good news. Keith saw your post about the bike ride, and he's going to join you next Sunday:
(Please don't tell him it's NOT a naked bike ride this time....we need some fun pics from the event!!)
And now, completely off topic....a cracking joke from Pauline in London:
ReplyDeletePoor old Ron....the man must be a saint! LMAO
With regards to the now naked Great Weston Bike Ride, since the route is on open public roads, travelling through numerous villages before ending up in Weston-super-Mare, we could have a sweep stake to see how many times Keith gets arrested before reaching his destination.
ReplyDeleteAlso, does Keith go rambling in Scotland by any chance? (Under the pseudonym of Steve Gough.)
Well threequarters of Monday has gone, and Multiply won't let me open up, has anyone else tried to start a BLOG today ?
ReplyDeleteSeveral people have but I cannot see the posts.
ReplyDeleteJames, as you started this thread you only can see who has looked in.
ReplyDeleteI was meaning any new threads.