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Amazing Landscapes

Li River



Links
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2233294/Planet-fantastic-Stunning-images-worlds-incredible-landscapes.html
http://thumbpress.com/25-epic-photographs-of-breathtaking-landscapes/
http://www.architectural-wonders.com/the-15-most-beautiful-corners-of-the-planet-earth/

Re: Does anyone speak French?

Tout le plaisir est pour moi!




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHJZ98XW1MM

Endangered Plants

First, I would like to share one of the weirdest plants,

the Welwitschia (W. mirabilis):




and

the Dwarf Lake Iris (Iris lacustris)

Re: Does anyone speak French?

Bonjour, Bozette!

Voici quelques adresses:

http://www.afusa.org/
http://www.tv5monde.com/
http://www.francophoniedesameriques.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajun
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadiens

Une de mes chansons préférées:

Yves Duteil - La langue de chez nous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M69JnxQOa74

Mistakes and Misunderstandings

When learning another language, it is easy to make a fool of oneself, whether stumbling over pronounciation, spelling, definition, and other difficulties.

When a translation is so bad that it is funny:
https://rpstranslations.wordpress.com/2013/08/12/when-a-translation-is-so-bad-that-it-is-funny/

When an extension becomes a diarrh(o)ea (German):
http://www.babbel.com/magazine/embarrassing-language-mistakes

When wrong spelling and pronounciation lead to embarrassing errors:
http://www.lexiophiles.com/english/top-5-mistakes-by-french-learners
http://bleedingespresso.com/2007/05/top-5-italian-words-you-really-dont-want-to-mispronounce.html

or
http://www.thelocal.it/galleries/culture/top-10-mistakes-italians-make-in-english

Weird Creatures

Hello to all!

Can you see me?

A Pretty Bad Day

Hello to everyone!

This one is an old one, but still hilarious:

Three men were standing in line to get into heaven one day. Apparently it had been a pretty busy day, though, so Peter had to tell the first one, "Heaven's getting pretty close to full today, and I've been asked to admit only people who have had particularly horrible deaths. So what's your story?"
So the first man replies: "Well, for a while I've suspected my wife has been cheating on me, so today I came home early to try to catch her red-handed. As I came into my 25th floor apartment, I could tell something was wrong, but all my searching around didn't reveal where this other guy could have been hiding. Finally, I went out to the balcony, and sure enough, there was this man hanging off the railing, 25 floors above ground! By now I was really mad, so I started beating on him and kicking him, but wouldn't you know it, he wouldn't fall off. So finally I went back into my apartment and got a hammer and starting hammering on his fingers. Of course, he couldn't stand that for long, so he let go and fell -- but even after 25 stories, he fell into the bushes, stunned but okay. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I ran into the kitchen, grabbed the fridge and threw it over the edge where it landed on him, killing him instantly. But all the stress and anger got to me, and I had a heart attack and died there on the balcony."
"That sounds like a pretty bad day to me," said Peter, and let the man in.
The second man comes up and Peter explains to him about heaven being full, and again asks for his story.
"It's been a very strange day. You see, I live on the 26th floor of my apartment building, and every morning I do my exercises out on my balcony. Well, this morning I must have slipped or something, because I fell over the edge. But I got lucky, and caught the railing of the balcony on the floor below me. I knew I couldn't hang on for very long, when suddenly this man burst out onto the balcony. I thought for sure I was saved, when he started beating on me and kicking me. I held on the best I could until he ran into the apartment and grabbed a hammer and started pounding on my hands. Finally I just let go, but again I got lucky and fell into the bushes below, stunned but all right. Just when I was thinking I was going to be okay, this refrigerator comes falling out of the sky and crushes me instantly, and now I'm here."
Once again, Peter had to concede that that sounded like a pretty horrible death.
The third man came to the front of the line, and again the whole process was repeated. Peter explained that heaven was full and asked for his story.
"Picture this," says the third man, "I'm hiding naked inside a refrigerator..."

Today's Joke: When Help Is Not What We Are Expecting

When help is not what we are expecting

An old man is sitting on his porch, when suddenly someone drives up in a jeep, yelling, "Quick! Get into my jeep! The dam just burst and this whole place is going to be flooded!"
The old man says, "Naw, you just go on ahead. The good Lord will take care of me!"
The guy in the jeep zooms off. The water starts pouring in, and the old man has to move up to the second floor of his house. Someone paddles by his window in a canoe and says, "Quick! Get into my canoe! The water is going to keep rising!"
The old man says, "Naw, you just go on ahead. The good Lord will take care of me!"
The guy in the canoe paddles off.
The water keeps rising, and finally the old man is sitting on the top of his chimney, with the water lapping at his ankles. A helicopter flies overhead and lowers a rope ladder down. Someone in the helicopter says, "Quick! Climb up! The water's still rising!"
The old man says, "Naw, you just go on ahead. The good Lord will take care of me!"
The helicopter flies off. The water keeps rising. The old man drowns.
The old man finds himself before the Lord in Heaven. The old man says, "How could you let me drown! I trusted you!"
The Lord says, "Hey, I tried. I sent a jeep, a canoe, and a helicopter for you!"


Correction: The Parrot Joke has been sent a second time, instead of this story; there are too many sites to deal with.

The Parrot

Good morning to all! A good laugh brightens the day, and looking occasionally into the floods of on-line jokes we can find real jewels:

The Parrot
A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary.
Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back. John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. John, in desperation, threw up his hands, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer. For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute.
Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said: "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."
John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?"

Re: Well; have any of the Sodahead "rejects" shown up yet??

To cattastrophy and Serenity:

We will need to be patient, many are juggling with various sites and floods of mails.