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“Notes’N’News”
Volume one #4
Editor: Chris Tyler. Email: FirstscoutKim@aol.com
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Jan 25th Feb 2nd Feb 8th Feb 16th Feb 23rd Mar 2nd
Editorial… Dull and
overcast here today and quite cool, only about 74 with lows around 57/58
Brrrrrrr. Supposed to get brighter for the weekend though. We are told that Ottawa Butte , Montana
We
are thinking about you as you prepare for Winterlude, Winter Camps, Torchlight
Parade, and of course the B.P. Banquets.
Get out there and enjoy the company of good friends and have some fun to
wash away the winter blues. Chris and Etta.
Commissioner Jim…
Game of the month… You asked for
some ideas for different games well try this one…
You
will need two chairs; two blindfolds and eight clean empty tin cans.
Place a
chair at each end of the hall with a blindfold on each. Spread the cans around the play area between
the chairs.
Contestants
are blindfolded and upon the Go command they must find a can (only one can at a
time) either from the pile or the opposing chair and
place it beneath a leg of their chair.
They may even take their chair around with them (if this will not damage
the floor) It’s a hilarious game and everyone will want to have a go. Let me know how it goes… ok!
Useless Trivia…
Allowing
yourself to be bored is a criminal waste of life.
Education is the
key to Freedom.
An open mind is the best travelling companion.
Interviews… always seem to put the fear of…. Well, anyway, why not get respected business
owners to give your group/unit a talk on Interviews,
Techniques of: But make sure you get both sides – interviewing, and being
interviewed.
The Public Library can put you onto
some excellent resources. You will be
surprised how helpful this can be down the road… Give it a try… and as always, let me know how
you get on.
Useless Trivia…
“Probably one of the most important things I learned is
listening to other peoples experiences.” Marcos Lopez.
What is Childhood… 111
Just
as parents and teachers can help (or hinder) a child mastering the early
conquests physical challenges, they can also help school-aged children become
more emotionally sophisticated and confident
This month we look at the five
greatest challenges faced by kids in school; patience, self-reliance,
responsibility, bonding, and self-control.
Toddlers and preschoolers live
in the moment. When they want something,
anything – they want it NOW! All of that
changes when they reach kindergarten.
Sure they may still want things immediately, just as we do as adults,
but they find that they have to spend more and more time waiting for the “good
stuff.” This “delay of gratification” as
psychologists call it, is a critical skill that all must learn, from which will
come the first challenge Patience. Here
are some things you can do to help; First though a word about realistic
expectations. Remember that for a
ten-year-old, an hours wait might not seem too bad,
for a five-year-old it can be an eternity.
Start off with small delays in which your child is almost certain of
success and then work up. Also remember
that children under stress are much less patient than those who are relaxed.
Teach Distraction. Let’s say
that you are in stuck in traffic with your daughter. Instead of getting frustrated play a game or
sing a song. Those kids who are best at
delaying gratification tend to be creative in finding ways to take their minds
off their frustrations.
Cook together. This is a
great way for kids to learn patience.
They can be involved in every stage of the process. Waiting for muffins to cool before you take a
bite can take a good deal of self-control.
Give an allowance… And then
let your child control it. At first
she’ll probably spend it all at once.
Help her to understand the many desirable things that she could buy if
she saved a portion until the following week.
Work your way up together to saving for several months. This is not only one of the most powerful
tools for teaching patience, it will help your child
become financially more sophisticated as a teenager.
Few things are as rewarding –
and sometimes as difficult – to a school-age child as becoming more
self-reliant. Whether it is crossing the
street alone or completing a school project, kids crave appropriate challenges
that enhance their sense of independence.
The key in that sentence is “appropriate.” A child left alone for a few hours after
school before he is emotionally ready will simply become frightened rather than
confident. Age is not the only marker
here; his temperament and previous experience also play a large role in how he
approaches this type of emotional challenge.
Admit some of your mistakes.
Toddlers and preschoolers find it hard to take responsibility for their
actions. At that age they confuse doing
something bad with being someone bad. ‘The plate broke’ – rather than – ‘I
broke the plate.’ Since they believe
they aren’t bad people, they could not have been the one to break the plate
and, therefore, to take the blame.
School age children must come to terms with this distinction between
doing and being. One way they do this is
by watching their parents. Until they
become pre-teens, kids usually put their parents on a pedestal. Later they see them as they are.
Taking responsibility goes hand
in hand with the feeling that you can and should ‘own-up when you have
messed-up.’ If your children hear you
admit when you have made a mistake, and then see how you recover from that
error, including how you recover emotionally, they will better be able to take
responsibility for their own actions and inevitable mistakes.
Help your child to get organized for homework. It is important that you give the child support
she needs as her school assignments become more complex. Often the more important lessons learned from
elementary homework have to do with the child’s feelings or accomplishment and
responsibility. If you do her homework
for her, you will undermine those important feelings. Review such principles as how to set out an
essay. Let her show you her work and get
your approval. But if she can’t do the
work, talk to her teacher.
Friendships. Parents shouldn’t worry
about the number of friends a child has.
The difference between having no close friends and having one close
friend is tremendous. The difference
between one and many is very small. As
friendships change, they require children to develop more sophisticated social
and emotional skills. In particular they
need to become more empathetic so they can view situations from the friends’
point of view. Parents can however help
with this development by talking to their children about the ways friends can
help each other in bad times, as well as have fun together in good times.
Above all be careful what you reward. A child who is expelled from school and goes
skiing with dad because dad does not want to cancel his well earned trip, would
be rewarding the behavior that got the child suspended in the first place, and
might encourage him to repeat the bad behavior.
A trip to McDonalds after losing a match rewards the child for ‘trying’
and that’s o.k. Good effort should always
be rewarded. If your child knows that
you are proud of them for trying they might stick with it long enough to master
the situation. That is after-all the
most important skill they can learn.
Riddle … The answer to last
months riddle… The second doctor was the
patient’s Mother.
Now try this one…
What
book contains more stirring pages than any other book ever written? Answer next month.
And another… Which letter comes
next in this series.
W L C N I T? Answer next month.
Weather (Conclusion)…
We conclude the article on “The weather and how to cope with
it” with the full Beaufort Wind Scale (below)
If you would like more information
or program ideas on the weather, Clouds, Forecasting etc, please contact
Stephen Mayne, Group commissioner for 1st Beckwith Group.
Email
your requests to webmaster@lanarkweather.org
also check out his website at www.lanarkweather.org
Here is the Beaufort Wind Scale…
|
Beaufort Number |
Limits of Wind speed In Knots |
Descriptive Terms |
Sea Criterion (conditions) |
Land Conditions |
|
0 |
Less than One |
Calm |
Like a mirror |
Smoke rises vertically |
|
1 |
1 –3 |
Light Air |
Ripples but without foam crests |
Flags Flap slightly |
|
2 |
4 – 6 |
Light Breeze |
Small wavelets with unbroken crests |
Leaves Rustle, Wind felt on face |
|
3 |
7 – 10 |
Gentle Breeze |
Large wavelets with perhaps scattered white horses |
Leaves in motion, Flags flap |
|
4 |
11 – 16 |
Moderate Breeze |
Small waves, Frequent white horses |
Dust rises, branches sway |
|
5 |
17 – 21 |
Fresh Breeze |
Moderate waves, more pronounced: Many white horses, perhaps some
spray |
Small trees sway |
|
6 |
22 – 27 |
Strong Breeze |
Large Waves forming, extensive white foam crests, likelihood of
spray |
Telephone lines whistle, Umbrellas hard to hold |
|
7 |
28 – 33 |
Near Gale |
Sea heaps up with white foam blown in streaks along direction of
wind |
Trees sway, Hard to walk |
|
8 |
34 – 40 |
Gale |
Moderately high waves, Foam blown in definite streaks along
direction of wind, |
Twigs fall, Cars buffeted. |
|
9 |
41 – 47 |
Strong Gale |
High Waves, crests tumble
and roll |
Branches snap, Cars buffeted |
|
10 |
48 – 55 |
Storm |
Very High waves; heavy tumbling waves; Poor visibility. Small craft in danger |
Trees Fall, Risk of lightening, possible Personal injury |
|
11 |
56 – 63 |
Violent Storm |
Exceptionally high waves, sea completely covered with white foam
lying along direction of wind, Wave crests blown into froth, poor
visibility. Small craft in severe
danger |
Check Insurance Power outage possible Some property damage Risk of personal injury |
|
12 |
64+ |
Hurricane |
Air filled with foam and spray, poor visibility, risk of cargo
shifting and small craft in very severe danger |
Pray Severe property damage likely Severe risk of personal injury |
Natural Weather reports… Did you know that Dandelions forecast the weather with
absolute accuracy? In sunny weather the
flower is open but before it rains the flower closes up very tightly to protect
the precious pollen from getting wet.
When Fair weather is coming… geese, crows and swallows fly high, fishing
is poor, ants scurry about their work pinecones, marigolds and dandelions
open. When foul weather is coming… Birds fly low and line up in wires, Fish bite
and so do flies, ants travel in lines, pinecones and flowers close. Just before a summer thunderstorm strikes,
everything smells more strongly, even lakewater smells just before a
storm. If the birds are restless and
noisy you may still have a few minutes in which to take cover but when all goes
silent run for cover or you’ll get soaked.
Did you know that crickets tell you
what the temperature is…? Count the
number of cricket chirps you hear in fifteen seconds… Divide this number by two and add 6. Your answer is the degrees of temperature in
Celsius.
Smile-a-while… Two men were digging a ditch on a very hot day. One said to the other, “why
are we down here in this hole digging when our boss is up there sitting in the
shade under a tree?” “I don’t know”
responded the other, “I’ll go and ask him.”
So he climbed out of the hole and went to his boss saying “Why are we
down that hole digging, while you’re up here sitting
in the shade?” “Intelligence” said the
boss. “What do you
mean,’Inteligence’?” The boss said, “Well,
I’ll show you. I’ll put my hand on this
tree and I want you to hit it as hard as you can.” The ditch-digger taking an almighty swing,
tried to hit the bosses’ hand. The boss,
at the last moment removed his hand, and the ditch-digger hit the tree,
breaking three fingers in the process.
The boss said “There – that’s intelligence.” The ditch-digger went back to hole. His friend asked, “What did he say” “He said were down here because of
intelligence.” “What’s intelligence”
asked his friend. The ditch-digger put
his hand in front of his face and said “Take your shovel and hit my hand as
hard as you can.”
It Could Happen to You…
Boy
Scouts Rescued after
''You're
pretty cozy inside of them,'' said Randy Maurer, the father of one of the
scouts. ''You're completely oblivious to
what's going on outside.''
After the 39 scouts and scout leaders went to sleep Friday
night, wind gusting to 64 mph piled snow into a huge cornice hanging over the
slope where the scouts dug their caves.
The 500-foot cornice collapsed just before
The
avalanche was heard by a group of scout leaders who were sleeping in a nearby
trailer, and they used an emergency roadside telephone to call 911. ''That probably made quite a bit of noise,
I'm imagining,''
By
The
scouts were on an annual excursion from the nearby
Maybe there are lessons to be learned from this event. First, when building
Campfire
Skits
Now is the time to think about new
campfire skits for the upcoming camping season.
This month I am Introducing; King ID A Tyrants tyrant. Wizard. - An Assiduous student of evil. Blanch – Wizards wife – a domineering meddlesome nag. Rodney – A knight – a cunning coward.
And Gwen – A fair maiden
who has eyes for Rodney,
As the character
base for a series of skits suitable for a Campfire Theme. With
apologies to Johnny Hart & Brant Parker, Owners of these characters and
their copyright.
In Medieval times the king
and court were poorly educated people but the king
ruled. The king’s word was law and
woe-betide anyone whom failed to do his bidding or who spoke out against
him. Punishment was normally a long
spell in the castle dungeons, stretched on the rack, or as King ID might say
“Orf wiv ‘is ‘ed”.
The following is an example taken
from the authors’ book “The King is a Fink” published by Fawcett Press that
will help the reader visualize the humor.
Let the youth use their imagination both in portraying the story line
and in the interpretation… Maybe a copy
of the book in the troop library might spur some imaginative ideas… Enjoy!
Have a Patrol Photo Competition…
Useless Trivia… The two most difficult
moments of any project are the beginning and the end.
One is always free to Imagine…
IMAGINATION IS A WHOLE OTHER UNIVERSE WHERE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE !
Imagination is the key that winds up the spring of the possible
Most youth can get the use of a
camera these days, so why not have a photo competition. Winter lends itself to some surprisingly good
pictures both in the country and in town.
Wind sculptures in snow, shadows caused by snow on the architecture, and
sunlight reflecting off icicles, are but a few ideas to try out.
Let me know how you get on… even
send me some pictures and we’ll publish them here
The lighter side… Two snakes were sunbathing in a
clearing in the local jungle, One says to the other
“Are we supposed to be poisonous?” The
other snake replies “why?” … “ Because I’ve just
bit my lip.”
Camp Bank… I have just been glancing through my copy of “The
Scoutmasters First Year” 10th Edition 1948. It states… “One of the most dependable and satisfactory
methods of raising summer camp funds is the Camp Fund Bank.”
Each week the youth deposit either
a fixed amount or varied as decided by the Patrol Leaders Council, and recorded
on a deposit card kept by the youth concerned and in a register kept by the
Troop Scouter.
Now I can see several problems with
this idea. It means a) that you have to
actually plan at least one camp for the year.
b) You have to estimate pretty accurately the cost of the camp and
divide that sum by the number of week’s left until Departure day, giving you
the weekly-recommended amount to deposit.
C) Someone has to take the cash to the group treasurer for deposit in
the Group bank a/c. and get it back again just before departure.
On the plus side, your youth learn
to be thrifty, and it helps parents to find the camp fee gradually, rather than
in one lump sum.
It seems that every good idea has
its problems… But, It
just might work!
Whittle a whistle… Here’s a
program idea, gather together a pocket knife, green willow, poplar, basswood,
or other smooth bark branch about 10cm long and 1 cm Diameter and a small basin
of water.
Now, cut a line round one end of
the branch 2cm from one end then place the branch in the water for about half
an hour.
Gently pound the bark all round the
branch to loosen the long ring without breaking the bark. Grip with both hands and Slide the long ring
off the branch. Once it is off, slide it
back on again. Cut a diagonal chunk off
the long end of both bark and branch (about a cm should do) to make a
mouthpiece and set aside. Now turn the
branch so that the diagonal is toward the table and cut a notch in both bark
and branch about 2cm back from the end, slide the bark off the branch
again. Now cut off the branch at the
notch and then Cut a sliver off the top of the diagonal chunk and insert it
back into the mouthpiece end with the slivered part at top. Cut another piece 1 cm long off the remaining
branch to make a bung for the other end of the bark tube. Blow your
whistle… The following diagram may help…
Try making Rock Sculptures… Find small rocks that you can glue
together to make animal or people scenes.
Stick them onto driftwood and use bits of twig etc for detail. Paint your creation with bright colours
and when dry give a thin coat of white glue. Don’t forget the Hobby Show and wheels rally is not far
off.
Fig:1 Fig:2
Telephone
March 22nd – World Water
Day. April 10th – 16th
– National Wildlife Week. April 22nd.
– Earth Day. April 29th
– Arbor Day. May
1st – May 7th – National Forest Week. (May 7th –
Scoutrees.) May 14th
Intl; Migratory Bird day. May 29th – June 1st – Canadian Environmental
Week. June 8th
– World Oceans Day. June 12th
– Canadian Rivers Day. July 16th
– Parks Day. August 12th
International Youth Day. October
24th – United Nations Day. November 21st World Fisheries Day. February 2nd – World Wetlands
Day. February 15th – Flag
Day. February 21st World
heritage Day.
If you think this is a good idea…
we’d like to hear from you… we would then set up the date subject to Scouter
Ken’s busy schedule… Thank You.
Discovering Nature…
Most Children are interested in
growing things. Cubs will probably already
have grown fun things like carrot tops, peanut, mustard and cress, etc. at
school or even play-school. At cub age
they are ready for something more ambitious, so why not plan your own
horticultural show.
Maybe there is a small area
around your meeting place for a garden, if not, your sure to find a senior
citizen who would trade some garden space for help with their own garden (a
service project !)
You could have classes for flowers,
potted plants, vegetables, miniature gardens and so on.
Here are a few ideas to do make the
experience different.
What about a bottle garden? You will need a large-mouth
bottle, some soil and a few stones or pretty gravel and a place to keep it
where it will get sun for a short time each day. (The bottle will act as a miniature
greenhouse and will cook the plants if it gets too much sun) You can even add bark and plastic toy people
to liven up the scene, or if you grow ferns then put in toy lions and tigers to
make a jungle scene.
Indoor gardens. With some imagination, a pretty indoor garden
can be made from a shallow plastic container about 25mm deep filled with washed
gravel. Slice the tops off some
vegetables e.g. Carrots, Turnips, Beetroots, pineapples. Push the fleshy part into the gravel until it
is covered. Fill container with enough
water to keep the gravel moist. After a
few days the plants will start to grow, but they will not put down roots.
Watch your name grow.
Later when your marrow start to grow
get the cubs to gently carve their name into the skin, taking care not to cut
too deeply into the flesh, as the marrow continues to grow their name will also
grow.
Square Tomatoes. If you can get hold of some clear square
plastic containers, about 4 – 6cm should do.
Fix them around a partially grown tomato and support it with wire to
prevent it from breaking the stem. The
tomato will continue to grow into the corners of the box… Hey presto…
Square Tomatoes… Might catch on
! More
Next month.
The Bones of an idea…
Have a Pirate theme meeting or
camp…
Whilst approaching a desert island
in search of buried treasure, your ship has been wrecked on a coral reef.
In preparation for this program the
cubs in their sixes are renamed Purple Privateers, Crimson Cutthroats, Blue
Buccaneers, Black Brigands etc and represent the different “Watches” If
possible get cubs to dress for the part.
I.E. striped tee shirt, vest, wellie boots, etc. Leaders are the Cap’n, first mate, Bosun,
Cook and Q.M.
Get the cubs to make a flag for
each six from stiff card bearing their Watch name.
They could also make bandanas from
crepe paper in the colour of their Watch.
Also eye patches with black card
and wool.
Play some games…
Pirates and Navy, Man the
lifeboats, On the ship – In the sea, marooned on an island (Diminishing
circles) Treasure chest Kims game, Make up a Widegame to “Rescue the Cap’n”, or
“The bounty hunters”, etc.
Make plaster casts of local animal
footprints, Make a collage of the local wildlife using twigs, leaves and flower
petal’s, etc.
Light a fire and cook a meal. Make a pirate raft, go canoeing or fishing,
have a pirate sports event.
Have a scavenger hunt, Blindfold
trail, compass trail, tracking signs trail, nature hike, etc.
Rescue: signaling communications, make smoke signals,
send a message in a bottle, try Indian sign language or deaf and dumb
alphabet. Have a campfire, tell a yarn
based on Robinson Crusoe, make up your own pirate campfire song or yell.
A Widegame.
Close encounters of the absurd kind…
You (the Leaders) have been
shipwrecked on a desert Island. You were
fortunate to save some barrels of drinking water from the wrecked ship. The nearby islands are swarming with groups
of pirates (The Sixes) whose drinking water has gone bad. They come to your island carrying animal
bladders (Balloons) in search of water, which you are prepared to sell for
Spanish gold in the form of yellow clue cards.
You cannot speak each other’s languages but the natives are musical and
can read music, therefore all communications must be in musical code (Below)
Each group of natives is given a
name (Rednecks etc) also one- (1) life of red wool, a balloon and a clue card
for each member. They must each write
their group name in musical code on the clue card in the spaces at bottom
left. In order to get their supply of
water each native has to get through the gauntlet of other natives and present
his clue card. The coded message below
may have to be changed to suit local position of your shipwrecked crew. (This message reads – “The native camp is on
the hill in the woods listen for the whistle.”)
Clue Card.
Finally…. Borrow a long rope from the Scoutleader;
carefully tie each cub to this rope with about five feet of free rope between
each cub. Now play a few games like man
the lifeboats, North-South-East-West.
Six-a-side soccer etc. or try an obstacle course.
A Challenge to Patrol Leaders… And Assistant Patrol
Leaders aged 13 + yrs. First, select a
minimum of three other PL’s or APL’s (from Any Troop in Valley Highlands Area)
to make a team of FOUR. Write all of
your Names, Telephone #s and Group Names, with a team name, in an email and
send it to me, (Alyssa Comstock, DAC Youth, - smartkid_31@hotmail.com) not
later than 30th March 2005.
We will enroll you in the program and send you full details of
the challenge. Here’s an outline.
The Challenge… 1) as a
team take part in an expedition in unfamiliar adventurous country over three
days (two nights) in July or August 2005.
2) As a team carry out a
pre-arranged project during the three days of the expedition. 3)
Each team to, (some weeks after the expedition,) produce a logbook and deliver
a short presentation to the Deputy Area Commissioners…
Your team will need to become
proficient in the following. ! First
aid; !
Safety Precautions; ! Treatment for exposure; ! Route planning; ! Navigation; ! Camping and Cooking; !The personal skills needed for your group project.
Useless Trivia…
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is
calm. Pubilius
Syrus
It doesn’t have to
be dark to reach for the stars...
You can do anything, the
only limits are set by your own imagination.
The man who does
not read good books, has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
What is Childhood 1v… I think
Kendra Grant, (16) a Patrol Leader from Brandon, Manitoba. Sums up this series when she writes…
“Every
child has fantasies of being a grown-up, of owning a house, driving a car. But the funny thing is, when you finally do
grow up, you get to pay this strange, horrible thing called a mortgage, and you
get to drive 45 minutes in traffic.
That’s
why I want to be a little kid again, and stay that way for the rest of my
life. If I could, I’d stay 5 years
old. Being 5 means colouring, eating
cake off the filthy floor and getting immunized from cooties. You don’t know what war is or that you’ll
eventually die. You don’t know the truth
about Santa, the Easter bunny, or the tooth fairy, or dentists. You only know that you must look both ways
before crossing the street and that 1+1 = 2.
You don’t care about the quadratic formula or mitochondria or college,
or taxes.
Why
everyone I know wants to be grown-up so fast is beyond me. You’re only a child for 18 years, so enjoy
it, once it’s over, no matter how much you wish for it, you can’t ever go back.
So,
all you adults out there, whilst we need you to be there for us, support us,
and help us get over our mistakes. Let
us be kids while we still can.
The Months Ahead….
Need some ideas for themes for
the coming months… Take a fresh look at
some of these ideas.
Memories: Look back at the last 97 years of cubscouting
and plan an evening or two with photos and or talks by now- elderly persons who
have some good memories to share of cubscouting in the past.
The Saints: St.David. Hold an eisteddford. St
Andrew. A highland games
weekend. St. Patrick. An Irish music
night.
St George. Games night revolving around the slaying of
the dragon, and the knights of olde England.
And of course many other Saints and other notable figures…
Our Community: Activities,
which will help cubs, learn about their community, and, that will make our
communities better places to live.
Out and About: An
evening in the local woods, Tracking, Plaster casts, Bar-b-Que. etc. Find out about different breeds of cows and
sheep, and some of the wildlife to be found locally… how they live… what they
eat etc.
The Countryside: Life in
the hedgerows, Animals and insects, Pond and river life.
Let’s explore:
Expedition planning, Town/village scavenger hunt. The 24-hour clock (including bus timetables
etc.) Visit a train station/museum and
see how a railway operates. Maps: what
can you see on a map? Can you find it on
the ground?
Latitude and longitude. Grid references. Compass trails and compass games.
And last but far from least Sports and Leisure: Try a new sport,
The Athletes badge, and Inter-Pack soccer challenge. Try a Frisbee contest. What about Shuffle and Horseshoes?
Welcome to Florida…
A group of Canadians were sitting round the pool here a
couple of days ago, talking about their ailments…
“My arms have become so weak I can
hardly lift my coffee cup,” said one elderly gent. “Yes I know,” said another “My cataracts are
so bad I can’t even see my coffee.” “I
couldn’t even mark an X at election time, my hands are so crippled” volunteered
a third. “What… speak up, I can hardly
hear you,” said a fourth.
“I can hardly turn my head, my
arthritis is so bad,” said a fifth, to which several nodded weakly in
agreement. “My blood pressure pills make
me so dizzy I can hardly walk,” added another.
“I forget where I am and where I am going,” said one gent. “I guess that’s the price we pay for getting
old,” winced an old man as he slowly shook his head. The others nodded in agreement. “Well count your blessings,” said one woman
cheerfully, “Thank
God We Can All Drive.”
Marcus Aurelius said… Waste no more
time arguing what a good man should be…
…. BE ONE.
And finally…
A man walked into the income tax collector’s
office, at the Department of Customs and Revenue, in Ottawa. Sat down, and smiled at everyone.
“May I help you?” asked the chief
clerk “No,” said the man “ I just wanted
to meet the people I’ve been working for all these years”.
An epitaph on a
grave in Chalfont-st-giles, in England reads…
“When some people
retire, nobody knows the difference.”
Then
there was the undertaker who signed all his letters “Eventually Yours”