"Will I ever be able to race my horse again" the owner asked the vet. The vet replied, "You certainly will, and you'll probably beat her too!"
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Let us not be so bold as to laugh and envy
Let us not snivel, nor drink of blood
Let us not conquer, not be conquered
For this is beneath any chivalrous romp
Let us dream of ideals and utopia
Let us plan for more generous days
Let our nights pass in deep, un stung memories
Of sweet tales that our kinsmen have lived and passed
Let us not sit and be silent
Let us not weep in remorse
Let us always stand tall and joyous
Waiting for night fall’s repose
The white snowy peaks of our mountains
Reflect the halo s of all of our souls
As we wait for God, here, to notice
That our home is the best in the world.
A Lady's Life
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Go Netherlands !!!
They can almost smell Soccer Victory in South Africa.!!!!
At first glance, you may think the painting simply illustrates the people of the Netherlands. That was what I thought. But as I looked into this painting, Netherlandish Proverbs (1559), painted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in Staatliche Museen, Berlin (now Gemaldegaerie, Berlin), I learned that every individual, object, and action all have a satirical significance. There is said to be over 100 proverbs illustrated in this painting, in which some are still used in the Netherlands and the Dutch.
Some of the proverbs illustrated in the paintings are….
To choose between the devil and the deep blue sea. =
What do you do when you are faced with two equally bad alternatives /choices?
Does one live to eat or eat to live?= socrates
Man is not about just enjoying food but about having a divine purpose and destiny with his creator
People hate what they do not understand.
So does this mean you will not hate once you understand?
I guess it is the same thing as saying don’t judge a man until you walk in his shoes. Then I guess it's ok lol
Isn't this fun???
In 1990
According to history, Ghengis Khan promoted participatory government, rule by law, equality under the law,
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house..This posed a real problem in the bed-room where bugs and other drop-pings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection.. That’s how canopy beds came into existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, Dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was
placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a thresh hold.
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving left-overs in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been
there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old..
Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat..
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.
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