tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post850683774058811025..comments2024-03-28T20:33:10.911+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: SmilesYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-38908483012159471512013-01-25T23:43:19.700+00:002013-01-25T23:43:19.700+00:00Smile and the world will smile with you, apparentl...Smile and the world will smile with you, apparently.<br /><br />Hope you pass your medical - I also have to have one every year, but with amazing Mediterranean bureaucratic speed, i still haven't got the results back - two months later. I could be dead for all I know.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06613762050863476962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-59518676624864299842013-01-25T21:53:40.893+00:002013-01-25T21:53:40.893+00:00Many thanks for your kind word dear Hippo but I ha...Many thanks for your kind word dear Hippo but I have to confess the poem is not my work. I don't know who wrote it but I used to teach it to my students in the old days.Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-3732142737574085772013-01-25T09:54:15.824+00:002013-01-25T09:54:15.824+00:00I didn't think Helen's poem was trite and ...I didn't think Helen's poem was trite and trashy. I think suitably illustrated, with a few more poems of a similar vein (sharing, being nice, being polite etc.), it would make a fantastic children's book teaching English as well as providing the bonding experience of parents reading to children.<br /><br />I think Helen should go for it. I reckon on the blogosphere we could find a suitable artist and then maybe even someone who knows a publisher.<br /><br />I have printed her poem out and am teaching it to my kids.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-69041740486245264412013-01-25T09:26:57.740+00:002013-01-25T09:26:57.740+00:00The ordinary people sound great, with all of those...The ordinary people sound great, with all of those smiles. I liked the poem Helsie put on above for her comment - Dave.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06851174879441602754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-53201632321483076472013-01-25T09:14:11.126+00:002013-01-25T09:14:11.126+00:00HIPPO I wil see what Monday brings. Quite likely T...HIPPO I wil see what Monday brings. Quite likely Thai admin staff will be thumbng through the results of my medical while I learn nothing.<br />SHOOTING PARROTS If you eat too often in McDonalds you wil become an obese parrot! This will atract not just smiles but howls of laughter from your neighbours!<br />MARY Z Thanks. I have got a beautiful face haven't I?<br />KELLY The purpose of life is to be happy and smiles demonstrate that we're getting there. Perhaps your smile targets think you are mentaly deranged. But of course you are not...are you?<br />KATHERINE Don't you mean "in"?<br />RHYMES WITH INTIMATE INSPECTION Actually I had just shown that old lady your blog on my laptop. I nver expected her to react that way.<br />HELEN Some might say that poem is trite and trashy but I don't think so. The world needs more smiles.<br /><br />Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-22285457829816823752013-01-24T23:30:00.019+00:002013-01-24T23:30:00.019+00:00Smiling is infectious,
you catch it like the flu....Smiling is infectious, <br />you catch it like the flu. <br />When someone smiled at me today <br />I started smiling too.<br /><br />I passed around the corner, <br />and someone saw my grin.<br />When he smiled I realized,<br />I'd passed it on to him.<br /><br />I thought about that smile, <br />then I realized its worth. <br />A single smile just like mine, <br />could travel round the earth.<br /><br />So, if you feel a smile begin,<br />don't leave it undetected. <br />Let's start an epidemic quick,<br />and get the world infected! <br />CheersHelsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-63954201073024877582013-01-24T20:02:03.927+00:002013-01-24T20:02:03.927+00:00I have several theories about the smiling woman in...I have several theories about the smiling woman in the photograph. Please check all that apply, in your opinion.<br /><br />___A. She has just received an intimate inspection.<br />___B. She is about to receive an intimate inspection.<br />___C. She has just conducted an intimate inspection.<br />___D. She is about to conduct an initimate inspection.<br />___E. She is strongly attracted to visiting English schoolteachers whose intimate parts she would like to get to know better.<br />___F. She is completely bonkers.<br /><br />(Note. E and F are basically identical.)<br /><br />rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-9248418969739696482013-01-24T17:59:24.199+00:002013-01-24T17:59:24.199+00:00Well, all the best dear Pud.
I'm off to the ...Well, all the best dear Pud. <br />I'm off to the supermarket to smile at everyone. <br />An uplifting post.<br /><br /><br />I have a teaser script: (To be read in a deep voice with an American accent)<br /><br />"One Yorkshireman Meets His Unexpected Challenge in a Strange City - You'll Laugh at His Jungle Encounters, Sweat WIth Him when He Cycles Around the Park, Gasp as he is Given his Medical Test Results, But Above All... You Will Smile. Deepak Chopra is The Doctor, Ramona Marquez is the Student, and Yorkshire Pudding is The Teacher in 'The Best Smiling Frangipani School'. Coming Soon To A Cinema Near You."Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-91271876097591163362013-01-24T16:35:05.434+00:002013-01-24T16:35:05.434+00:00Just think how much easier it is to breeze through...Just think how much easier it is to breeze through our days if everyone simply smiled at everyone they saw. I think I could certainly get used to that. I smile at people that I don't know in public, most smile back, but a good share of them simply look away. I have no idea why they do that. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10966566655228721549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-87390280668051443642013-01-24T15:09:34.335+00:002013-01-24T15:09:34.335+00:00What a beautiful face! Thanks for sharing.What a beautiful face! Thanks for sharing.Mary Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14986934534719487604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-51497827743711776822013-01-24T13:42:01.224+00:002013-01-24T13:42:01.224+00:00I'm guessing that smiling is a cultural thing ...I'm guessing that smiling is a cultural thing that we seem to have forgotten in the UK, unless you're visit McDonalds of course where I'm assured the smiles are genuine.Shooting Parrotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07503757845024102476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-50656337971384325972013-01-24T12:12:37.296+00:002013-01-24T12:12:37.296+00:00You'll pass easily! Dammit man, you survive o...You'll pass easily! Dammit man, you survive on a diet of Real Yorkshire Pudding and Tetley's (tea and beer) and walk miles over harsh, unforgiving terrain lugging your bolt action digital camera and ammunition do you can shoot everything in sight. No damn grinning native would dare to fail you.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.com