http://thenewstalkers.com/feed/group_discuss Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:45:31 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/27129/we-fart-too-much-toronto-tenants-claim-theyre-being-evicted-for-flatulence http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/27129 Fri, 06 Nov 2026 18:59:34 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/26573/why-some-smart-men-are-starting-to-prefer-dumb-phones http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/26573 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:53:50 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/26515/changan-heritage-shapes-a-masters-artistic-journey http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/26515 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:37:39 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/26438/cat-steals-show-at-production-of-shakespeares-romeo-and-juliet-in-turkey http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/26438 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:41:59 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/26365/i-love-marmalade-but-i-cant-get-it http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/26365
For the longest time when I made my own Western breakfasts of eggs, toast, orange juice and coffee (and fried cherry tomatoes), I would have 2 pieces of buttered toast, one with marmalade and the other with different jams each time - strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, apricot, mixed jam, etc.  But then nobody carried marmalade any more.  Yes, I can get what is known here a "Orange Jam", but it's almost tasteless, not at all tart.  
And now that I'm super-prone to gout I can't eat it anyway, so I would need to get sugar-free marmalade, even more difficult to find.  Maybe I'll just have to import it from Canada.  I import my Tim Horton's coffee grounds for brewing so maybe that will work.
Why am I posting this.  The reason is that in the latest Rob Woods etymology emailed newsletter I just received there was this:
'MARMALADE' IS NOT ORANGE
A word that spread


Marmalade  is believed to have been smuggled into the English language in the holds of Portuguese trade ships. England’s elite developed a taste for the Iberian spread during the Tudor period.
However, the marmalade enjoyed in 15th century England and Portugal was not like the breakfast staple consumed today. For a start, it was much more solid, often sliced into gelatinous cubes. What’s more, it wasn’t made with oranges.
Marmalade  is from the Portuguese  marmelada , which means “quince stuff” (the  -ada  acts like the  -ade  in  lemonade ). The Portuguese for “quince” is  marmelo , and this distinctly non-citrus orchard fruit was the key ingredient.
However, the plot thickens like a cooling jam when you trace the word back further still.  Marmelo  comes from Latin  malomellum , which in turn derives from two Greek elements:  meli  meaning “honey” and  mēlon  meaning  " apple”. (Yes, etymologically speaking, melons are apples). So  marmalade  should arguably be sold as “honey apple spread”.
Once in England, however, marmalade did not remain an exclusively quince product for long. The new wider availability of citrus fruits and sugar led creative cooks to experiment.
Not all fruits were suited to the recipe. They needed to have sufficient pectin to produce a firm jelly, and the right mix of tartness and sweetness. Seville oranges proved to have the perfect combination.
Here’s a “ very good ” recipe for orange marmalade from the early 18th century.




A collection of above three hundred receipts…  (1714)


We can still make marmalade with a variety of fruits, but unless we specify which one, the assumption is that it’s been made with oranges. It has occasionally been claimed  marmalade  comes from the French  “Marie est malade”  (“Mary is sick”), a cry that rang out when an unwell Mary Queen of Scots demanded a fruity fix. Though marmalade was used as a remedy during Tudor times, this tale is clearly apocryphal. The pithy truth is marmalade   is made with one fruit (orange) and named after another (quince), which is named after a third (apple). ]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:16:29 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/26247/the-future-of-robotics-trends-and-innovations http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/26247 Sun, 24 May 2026 21:19:05 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25955/have-some-fun-with-a-new-grammar-quiz-4-u-2 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25955 Remember back when I did a quiz with the homonyms "there, their and they're"?  Well here is another one, wherein you will have to correct the errors in the following paragraph.  The homonym words are different this time, and there are three different sets of homonyms.  There are 20 errors, and with 5 points for each correction you can get 100%.
WHAT TO DO
Copy the following paragraph and paste it to a PN addressed to me, Buzz of the Orient, and then delete the error words and replace them with corrected ones, and then send it to me.  I will get back to you with your score and, if any words were wrong, a corrected and bolded word in its place.  Keep in mind that I am on the other side of the world from most of you so I might be asleep when you reply, but I will get back to you within a day.  In case of a glitch that prevents my getting your answer (which HAS happened) please post a comment below to say that you have submitted, which will also help to keep this quiz visible.
THE QUIZ PARAGRAPH
Are you spending you’re holidays sitting around bored with nothing too do? Don't waste yore precious fore days off - there are many, many things you can do two occupy yorself, even if the holidays are only fore days or longer. There are to many ways too fill you’re days, both inside and out, using yore intellect or you’re creative energies, or simply hanging out with yore friends or others.  Some people try too watch birds, using too items, binoculars and camera.  Or you could volunteer at a food bank, which should make yore heart feel good.  Sometimes people try two do to much so be careful you don’t tire yoreself out, fore heaven’s sake.
WHAT NOT TO DO
DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWER OR ANY HINT ABOUT AN ANSWER AS A COMMENT BELOW OR YOU WILL RUIN THE QUIZ FOR EVERYONE ELSE.  POST YOUR ANSWERS AS I SUGGESTED ABOVE IN A PN (PRIVATE NOTE) TO ME, BUZZ OF THE ORIENT.
So let's go, take a little break from the political horrors of the day and have a little fun  To give everyone a chance, this quiz will be open until Sunday April13 at about 10 pm New York time. ]]> Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:42:55 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25819/spring-equinox-day-and-night-aligned http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25819 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 22:36:10 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25657/boy-aged-just-five-finds-error-in-pilot-training-manual-and-gets-vip-tour-of-airline http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25657 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 21:07:40 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25604/underdog-story-surprise-canine-steals-show-in-olympic-cross-country-race http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25604 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:32:22 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25578/the-origins-of-valentines-day-a-surprisingly-dark-roman-tradition http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25578 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 06:43:36 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25507/alberta-girl-pursuing-sweet-dream-of-running-online-candy-store-gains-tiktok-following http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25507 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:44:36 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25341/ottawa-police-pull-over-unlicensed-13-year-old-driver-who-wanted-to-get-candy http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25341 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:53:12 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25156/one-eyed-redhead http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25156
A man was dining alone in a fancy restaurant and there was a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table. He had been checking her out since he sat down, but lacked the nerve to talk with her.
 
Suddenly she sneezed and her glass eye came flying out of its socket towards the man. He reflexively reached out, grabbed it out of the air and handed it back.
 
'Oh my, I am so sorry,' the woman said, as she popped her eye back in place. 'Let me buy your dinner to make it up to you.' 
They enjoyed a wonderful dinner together, and afterwards they went to the theatre followed by drinks.. They talked, they laughed, she shared her deepest dreams and he shared his. She listened to him with interest.
After paying for everything, she asked him if he would like to come to her place for a nightcap and stay for breakfast. They had a wonderful, wonderful time.
 
The next morning, she cooked a gourmet meal with all the trimmings. The bloke was amazed. Everything had been so incredible!
 
'You know,' he said, 'you are the perfect woman. Are you this nice to every man you meet?' 
 
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" You're just the first man who happened to catch my eye. " ]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:49:47 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25064/how-the-martin-d-18-and-d-28-changed-the-world-and-became-the-definitive-acoustic-guitars http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25064 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 22:27:36 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25017/a-growing-music-debate-band-vs-brand-heres-what-that-means http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/25017 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:34:46 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24927/50-years-later-why-the-wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald-haunts-us-still http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24927 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:35:18 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24911/yes-you-do-need-to-clean-your-water-bottle-heres-why-and-how http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24911 Sat, 08 Nov 2025 19:42:17 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24887/tom-brady-reveals-his-dog-is-a-clone-of-his-pet-that-died-in-2023 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24887 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 20:43:18 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24838/how-americans-feel-about-changing-the-clocks-according-to-a-new-ap-norc-poll http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24838 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 01:37:02 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24721/finding-their-own-voices http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24721 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 22:48:59 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24603/festive-china-mid-autumn-festival-chinadailycomcn http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24603 Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:19:10 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24560/mooncakes-from-secret-messages-to-modern-flavors http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24560 Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:55:20 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24456/its-no-joke-a-double-yolk http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24456
(photo from the internet)
I love eggs, eat them almost every day.  For years I've been making my own breakfasts, because I like a good solid western breakfast, not a Chinese one. It could be an omelette, sunny side up, scrambled, easy over, soft boiled, sometimes oatmeal with some pheasant eggs, although now and then my wife does make a great souffle or egg pancakes that contain chopped greens.  
A few days ago my wife visited her older brother on the family farm out in rural Chongqing, and came back with a big basketfull of eggs - goose eggs, duck eggs and chicken eggs.  This morning I was going to make scrambled eggs and cracked open two equal-sized duck eggs.  What I saw amazed me.  One was the usual single yolk while the other was two smaller yolks.  I have to say that never in my life have I seen a double yolk before.  So I looked it up, and apparently it isn't THAT unusual, it's a 1 in a 1000 thing.  


Double Yolk Eggs: Causes, Safety and Other Egg Laying Anomalies


Double Yolk Eggs

Double yolks are fairly uncommon.
Around  one in one thousand  eggs will be a double yolk.
What happens is that a yolk is released and then another is released within a couple of hours.
These two yolks get encased in one shell.
Needless to say, this is a large egg that can cause problems like  egg binding .
Fortunately, most hens seem to lay these monster eggs without mishaps.
The issue can be hereditary, but it is most common in production pullets just coming into lay, and occasionally older layers coming to the end of their cycle.
The younger pullets coming into lay suffer from hormone change and imbalance, which can cause the double yolk phenomenon.
Once they have settled into their routine laying pattern, double yolks should disappear and replace regular eggs.
If you were to buy your eggs from the supermarket here in the US, you would never see a double yolk egg – they are considered ‘imperfections’ by the industry.
In the UK, it  is possible to find  them in the supermarket.
If you were wondering it is possible to hatch out a double yolk egg, the answer is usually not, although it has happened.
If they do hatch, one chick usually succumbs since oxygen inside the shell is limited, and the stronger chick will survive.
There are rare instances of both chicks hatching, but no follow-up information on how they thrive.

LINK -> Double Yolk Eggs: Causes, Safety and Other Egg Laying Anomalies - The Happy Chicken Coop
As the article said, supermarkets usually don't sell them (except in England) and I'll assume Canadian ones and Chinese ones don't as well so since these my wife brought back are right from the farm, that's why it was what I got.  I didn't know when I looked at them and ate them that the aricle said about there very rarely twin ducks being born so what's REALLY weird, is that for the first time in my life I actually felt guilty for eating an egg(s) preventing twins from being born.   
]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:46:24 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24345/a-blond-joke http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/24345










Two sisters, one blonde and one brunette, inherit their

family's ranch. For a while, they manage to keep things

running smoothly, but after a few tough years, they find

themselves on the brink of financial trouble.



To save the ranch from being repossessed by the bank,

they decide to buy a bull and start breeding livestock.



As the brunette prepares to leave to find a bull,

she tells her sister, "If I buy the bull, I’ll send you a

message so you can hitch the trailer to the truck and

come help me bring it back."



The brunette travels to a ranch, inspects a strong,

healthy bull, and decides it’s the one.



The seller agrees to sell it for $599—no haggling allowed.

After paying, the brunette heads into town to send her

sister a telegram with the news.



At the telegraph office, she explains to the operator,

"I need to send a message to my sister. I bought a bull,

and I need her to hitch the trailer and drive out to help

me bring it home."



The operator nods and says, "Sure, but it’s 99 cents per word."



The brunette digs into her pockets and realizes she doesn’t

have much money left after buying the bull. She thinks for a

moment, then says, "Okay, send the word comfortable."



The operator raises an eyebrow. "Comfortable?

How is she supposed to know what that means or what you

want her to do?"



The brunette grins. "My sister’s blonde.

She’ll read it nice and slow—*com-for-da-bul*."







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I never knew it could attack your knee before, but did I EVER find out that it could.  I thought it only affected the feet or toes.  My knee swelled up, turned an angry pink and let me tell you, pain like I've never experienced before.  Because I didn't know what was happening I continued to do all the wrong things, ate the wrong foods, drank the wrong drinks and took the wrong medicine, all of which just made it worse.  I thought asperin would help, but afterwards I discovered it's an absolute no-no for gout.  So it just got MUCH worse and I thought it had to be temporary.  There was no escaping it, even sitting and lying down.

If you've never suffered the pain from gout, here's a little description of it from the web (and there are a lot of other articles the same there - check it out yourself).

"So, you want to know How painful is gout on a scale of 1 to 10?

The discomfort can be so agonizing that many patients feel compelled to seek emergency care, and it has been stated that when asked to rate their level of pain on a scale of 1-10, the majority of gout patients have ranked their discomfort at either nine or 10."

Another web site indicated that women have said that it's worse than childbirth.
Although I've not had good experiences with hospitals here, I had to go.  After examining my knee, the doctor said the words: "No more fish or Coca Cola", and it hit me.  I knew seafood caused gout, and I'd had a lot of it lately.  I needed at least 3 days of hospital treatment, but I could go home a little while after the treatment each day. 

Now, what to do.  I had a medication choice of an injection or intravenous infusion so  I chose the intravenous because I thought if it entered my body more slowly it could be more effective.  I was given the choice of a bed or a chair, and I thought I'd be more comfortable in a bed, and I was, although the pain didn't stop even lying down, but with some pain medication it did ease up somewhat. 

As well, because of my age, the intravenus drip was slowed to half speed because they were concerned about my ability to handle it so it wouldn't affect my kidneys, and it took around 4 hours.  Then the doctor examined me again and sent me home with pain pills, celecoxib tablets to be exact.  However I'm limited to no more than 2 a day.

The night wasn't too bad so I did get to sleep, but it was still bad in the morning  so back to the hospital in the morning for the next treatment - same as the first day but it didn't help too much so home again knowing day 3 was coming up.   

My elderly great-uncle used to work in my father's factory, and when I worked there during school vacations I remember him saying every single day "Another day, another dollar".   Well, in my case, "Another day, another hospital visit", and it still hurts pretty bad so back to the hospital in the morning.  This time the medication didn't seem to do much for the pain, then the doctor examined my knee and sent me home.  

Not a good nignt that night even with the pill so back to the hospital the next morning. The doctor examined my knee and said it has improved, the swelling is less and the colour less vivid so he gave me medication for the gout in pill form and sent me home that morning not needing to get treatment there.  

Today is the next day, and thankfully no more hospital.  It's getting a little better now.  I've seen on the web that it can take a week to clear up.

So my advice to all is:

1.  Prepare yourself NOW even if you've never experienced it.  Read up about it to know what it could be if it happens and make sure you don't do what I did, e.g. all the wrong things that make it worse.

2.  Don't wait a day or two as I did and go to the hospital immediatly to start the medication.  You'll be sorry if you put it off. 

I hope that by tomorrow I'll be able to actually walk a little more normally, not stiff-legged.  This was one of those experiences you would only want to wish upon your worst enemy,.
Good luck to everyone. 
Buzz ]]> Sat, 21 Jun 2025 09:25:07 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/23387/name-that-sport-quiz http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/23387 This quiz is similar to the others I have done for countries, cities and musical instruments.  Each clue is an image of something that is related to a specific sport or recreational activity.  Make a list of your answers, making sure that their numbers are the same as the clues, and if you don't know the answer, guess, because I do not deduct score for a wrong answer.  DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS OR ANY HINT IN A COMMENT BELOW, BUT SEND YOUR ANSWERS TO BUZZ OF THE ORIENT IN A PN (PRIVATE NOTE) AND i WILL GET BACK TO YOU WITH YOUR SCORE AND THE CORRECT ANSWERS.  Remember that I am on the other side of the world from most of you so I might be sleeping when I get them but I will reply to you within the next day. 
Sometime there is a glitch in the system and a PN post does not go through, so if you don't hear back from me within a whole day, send it again.  Same if I reply and you don't get it, tell me you didn't get my reply.
This quiz will be closed and the Winners' Circle announced on Monday evening June 2nd at about 10 p.m. New York City time. 
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You could have an advantage here if you're a musician.
Send your answers in a PN to me, Buzz of the Orient, and I will send you a PN with your score and any corrections.  Because I'm on the other side of the world of most of you, I may be asleep when you PN your answers to me, but I will get to them when I wake up.  If you do not get an answer within 24 hours there may have been a glitch in the NT system, so get back to me again. 
PLEASE do not put your answers in a comment here, nor should you post any kind of hint, since it will ruin this game for everyone else, so it will just be deleted.
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]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2025 23:33:21 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22960/meticulous-workmanship-knits-together-artistry-and-imperial-beauty http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22960 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 23:03:43 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22889/what-is-the-real-history-of-st-valentine-and-valentines-day http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22889 Thu, 13 Feb 2025 22:13:08 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22879/festive-china-lantern-festival http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22879 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:34:19 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22856/china-pushes-for-bamboo-to-replace-plastics http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22856 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 23:29:51 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22843/10-important-life-lessons-we-are-often-taught-too-late http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22843 Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:31:46 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22688/canadian-garth-hudson-last-surviving-member-of-the-band-dies-at-87 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22688 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:13:33 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22607/the-horror-befalling-los-angeles-in-pictures http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22607 These photos, copied from the linked article, could break your heart...and the end is not in sight.

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It's horrifying to see such destruction.  I read that it was expected that eventually this was going to happen.  That makes me even more concerned that eventually the Yellowstone super-volcano is going to blow (Think of the movie 2012 ).  The photo of the couple hugging, looking at what used to be probably a happy home made me quite sad, but the image that really hit me because in a way it told a story of everyday life in a home, one that was probably much like mine back in Canada, was the very gray photo of the washer and dryer, the sole remains of a family's life, sitting on a carpet of rubble. 
]]> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 20:59:49 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22555/how-tragic-at-christmas http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22555 Dear Santa,
When I was a child, my Father cheated on my mum. Later my parents divorced.
Soon after, my mother died in a car accident. 
My brother and I could only live in my grandma's old house. 
Grandma's sister was an alcoholic. The whole family lived on my grandma's savings. Grandma recently died.
My Uncle Andy is barely keeping himself out of jail from day to day.
My brother left home and won't talk to us anymore.
Dad, now 76, had to go out to work recently to support the family and eventually, he is going to want me to do the same thing.
Please think of me this Christmas.
Yours Sincerely, 
Prince William]]> Sun, 05 Jan 2025 05:31:30 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22549/social-media-addiction-recognize-the-signs http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22549 Sat, 04 Jan 2025 03:37:13 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22521/whats-the-story-behind-this-mysterious-photo-album-dropped-at-global-edmonton http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22521 Tue, 31 Dec 2024 16:46:23 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22513/remembering-the-celebrities-we-lost-in-2024 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22513 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 21:13:43 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22473/some-chuckles-for-the-holiday http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22473







]]> Tue, 24 Dec 2024 22:13:31 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22454/this-canadian-is-his-schools-first-medical-student-in-a-wheelchair-hes-thinking-big http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22454 Sat, 21 Dec 2024 19:53:03 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22412/chanukah-and-christmas-a-study-in-similarities http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22412 Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:03:54 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22393/friday-the-13th-origins-history-superstition http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22393 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:16:07 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22333/2024-darwin-awards http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22333 You've been waiting for them with baited breath, crazy…

Eighth Place
In Detroit, a 41-year-old man got stuck and drowned in two feet of water after squeezing head-first through an 18-inch-wide sewer grate to retrieve his car keys.
Seventh Place   
A 49-year-old San Francisco stockbroker, who "totally zoned when he ran", accidentally jogged off a 100-foot-high cliff on his daily run. 
Sixth Place   
While at the beach, Daniel Jones, 21, dug an 8-foot hole for protection from the wind and had been sitting in a beach chair at the bottom, when it collapsed, burying him beneath 5 feet of sand. People on the beach used their hands and shovels trying to get him out but could not reach him. It took rescue workers using heavy equipment almost an hour to free him. Jones was pronounced dead at a hospital.      
Fifth Place  
Santiago Alvarado, 24, was killed as he fell through the ceiling of a bicycle shop, he was burglarizing. Death was caused when the long flashlight he had placed in his mouth to keep his hands free rammed into the base of his skull as he hit the floor.
Fourth Place  
Sylvester Briddell, Jr., 26, was killed as he won a bet with friends who said he would not put a revolver loaded with four bullets into his mouth and pull the trigger.
Third Place   
After stepping around a marked police patrol car parked at the front door, a man walked into H&J Leather & Firearms intent on robbing the store The shop was full of customers and a uniformed officer was standing at the counter. Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a hold-up and fired a few wild shots from a target pistol. 
The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, and several customers also drew their guns and fired. The robber was pronounced dead at the scene by Paramedics. Crime scene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in the shop. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds. Ballistics identified rounds from 7 different weapons. No one else was hurt. 
HONORABLE MENTION   
Paul Stiller, 47, and his wife Bonnie were bored just driving around at 2 A.M. So, they lit a quarter stick of dynamite to toss out the window to see what would happen. Apparently, they failed to notice that the window was closed. 
RUNNER UP   
Kerry Bingham had been drinking with several friends when one of them said they knew a person who had bungee-jumped from a local bridge in the middle of traffic. The conversation grew more exciting, and at least 10 men trooped along the walkway of the bridge at 4:30 AM. Upon arrival at the midpoint of the bridge, they discovered that no one had brought a bungee rope. Bingham, who had continued drinking, volunteered and pointed out that a coil of lineman's cable lay nearby. They secured one end around Bingham's leg and then tied the other to the bridge. His fall lasted 40 feet before the cable tightened and tore his foot off at the ankle. He miraculously survived his fall into the icy water and was rescued by two nearby fishermen. Bingham's foot was never located. 
AND THE WINNER IS...   
Zookeeper Friedrich Reinfeldt (Paderborn, Germany) fed his constipated elephant 22 doses of animal laxative and more than a bushel of berries, figs and prunes before the plugged-up pachyderm finally got relief. Investigators say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the relieved beast unloaded.
 
The sheer force of the elephant's unexpected defecation knocked Mr. Reinfeldt to the ground where he struck his head on a rock as the elephant continued to evacuate 200 pounds of dung on top of him. It seems to be just one of those freak accidents that proves 'shit happens!’
IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPORTANT TO THANK THESE PEOPLE FOR REMOVING THEMSELVES FROM THE GENE POOL.
  ]]> Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:02:46 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22228/why-do-we-eat-turkey-on-thanksgiving-britannica http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22228 Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:49:10 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22133/can-you-pass-this-homophone-test http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22133
Homophones are words that sound the same, but have different spellings and meanings, such as 'hour' and 'our' or 'rain' and 'reign' .  This is the kind of test I used with my high school students whom I taught English.  For them, English was a second language.  Let's see if you can do better than they did.  Here is what you must do - you must correct every homophone error in the test paragraph following below this paragraph.  You must NOT post your answer to a comment below or it will blow this test for everyone else.  I suggest that you copy it and then paste it to a PN to me, Buzz of the Orient and BEFORE sending it, correct all the errors in the paragraph by deleting the incorrect words and replacing them with the correct words that should be in place of them.  I will reply with a return PN the score you achieved and the corrections if they are still required.  Take note that because I'm on the other side of the world I may be asleep when you send your answer, but I will reply when I wake. 
Weather or knot I watch the dog as it choose it’s bone over they’re, I can still eat my meet to.  In fact, their are just two many bones hear fore the dog so its much to messy wear he eats.   You can only bee rite on this test if your able too correct all the errors yew can sea. 
Good luck ]]> Mon, 11 Nov 2024 23:48:40 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22127/the-meaning-and-origin-of-for-whom-the-bell-tolls-it-tolls-for-thee http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/22127 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:24:27 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21981/where-would-you-go-to-fulfill-your-dream http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21981 Another attempt by Buzz of the Orient to provide a fun distraction, a respite from the political pressures at this chaotic time. 

This is an opportunity for you to dream up and to tell us all about where you would love to enjoy an all-expense paid one whole month luxury vacation if that opportunity were provided to you.  You could go alone or with your companion/spouse and even your children under the age of 18.  The first rule for this opportunity is that you must choose only ONE country, and It cannot be your home country, which means that even if you live in New York, you cannot choose America because you want to go to Hawaii. The second rule is that you must relate to the rest of us what it is you intend to do and see in the country you choose.  
To provide an example of what is expected, here is what I am submitting should I be given that opportunity.

My wife has never been outside of China and I love to spend time with her and it would double my enjoyment from the experience by sharing it with her and seeing hers.  I have been to about 17 countries in my life, and I have already been to European countries, England and Wales, Switzerland, Spain and Gilbralter, and it is a difficult decision for me to choose between France and Italy since both have wonderful attractions, so I have decided on France, and as for when I would want us to be there, it would be when the Cannes Film Festival is happening so we could attend it, cause after all, you all know how much I am into movies.  Of course, there is Paris, and there we would take in the Louvre, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower, the Musee D'Orsay, the Champs Elysee, the Left Bank and how could we resist eating some delicious meals at a few Michelin 5-star restaurants?  Then outside of Paris we absolutely must experience Versailles, wine-tasting tours of some famous French vineyard wineries.  Finally, to relax at the end of our vacation, a restful time at a Mediterranean beach town. 
Now, let's see where YOUR dreams would take you and yours.   ]]> Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:47:26 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21949/what-was-the-most-exciting-moment-in-sports-that-you-did-or-saw http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21949

The Miracle on Ice - Against the backdrop of the Cold War, the story of the gritty underdog U.S. hockey team and their unlikely defeat of the powerhouse Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympics will live on in the hearts of Americans forever.

I can tell you that Canadians (who ARE the world's greatest hockey fans) were as excited by that last game of the Olympics held at Lake Placid, New York, in 1980.
There are many very exciting moments in sports, and I'm sure that most of us have a favourite moment that we saw or was personally involved in.  I can tell you mine.  I was sitting in Toronto's Skydome watching the sixth game of the 1993 World Series.  The Jays had already won 3 and the Phillies 2.  The Blue Jays had already won the 1992 World Series in Atlanta, and this time it was the bottom of the ninth, with the Phillies 1 run up on them.  Paul Molitor, who had just joined the club, was on base, and Joe Carter was at bat.  When Joe hit a homer, winning the game and the World Series you could have heard the Skydome fans in Philadelphia.  That was the most exciting moment I ever had in sports. 

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Now, what was YOUR most exciting moment in sports - one you saw or were involved in?
]]> Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:57:49 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21912/subject-julie-andrews http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21912  Julie Andrews Turning 79 - this is hysterical!
To commemorate her birthday, actress/vocalist, Julie Andrews made a special appearance at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall for the benefit of the AARP. One of the musical numbers she performed was 'My Favorite Things' from the legendary movie 'Sound Of Music'. Here are the lyrics she used:
(Sing It!) - If you sing it, it's especially hysterical!!!
Botox and nose drops and needles for knitting,
Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings,
Bundles of magazines tied up in string,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Cadillacs and cataracts, hearing aids and glasses,
Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses,
Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings,
These are a few of my favorite things.
When the pipes leak, When the bones creak,
When the knees go bad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel so bad.
Hot tea and crumpets and corn pads for bunions,
No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions,
Bathrobes and heating pads and hot meals they bring,
These are a few of my favorite things.
Back pain, confused brains and no need for sinnin',
Thin bones and fractures and hair that is thinnin',
And we won't mention our short shrunken frames,
When we remember our favorite things.
When the joints ache, When the hips break,
When the eyes grow dim,
Then I remember the great life I've had,
And then I don't feel so bad.
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that lasted over four minutes and repeated encores. ]]> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 05:25:52 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21883/a-riddle-to-tell-your-friendly-gatherings http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21883 When we were living in Zhengzhou, where I had come to teach English (like Tim Walz did), our friends invited us to banquets where we would sit at a round table that sat as many as 10 to 20 people.  We were considered special guests and never allowed to pay or even contribute to the cost.  Every guest was expected to take a turn to do something to entertain the rest at the table – sing a song, or tell a story, or do a magic trick, or tell a riddle or whatever else would entertain the rest. 
I would either sing a song (like Autumn Leaves in both English and French) or tell a riddle.  My good friend who was always there and was bilingual would translate the riddle for the rest.  This riddle that I told almost always stumped everyone at the table.   Keep in mind that it was told, not written, so when you read the last question I want to know if you knew the answer WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BACK to read it again, something that when you tell it nobody would be able to do. 
The Riddle
"You are the pilot of an American Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 airplane flying from New York’s JFK Airport to the Lester B. Pearson International Airport at Toronto, Ontario.  Lester B. Pearson was a former Prime Minister of Canada who was instrumental in the creation of the UN peacekeeping force.  There are five staff aboard the plane:  pilot, co-pilot, one male flight attendant and three female flight attendants, one of whom is a dead-ringer for Marilyn Monroe, and there are 121 passengers in economy seating and 11 in first class.  The plane flies at 37,000 feet above ground at around 800 kilometers per hour and it takes less than an hour between taking off and landing.  It is too short a flight for a movie to be shown, but as it is lunchtime, a light lunch is served that is a choice between a mixed salad or a Burger King hamburger.  The passengers are also entitled to a drink and may choose from among water, milk, CocaCola or diet GingerAle, but would have to pay a little for wine or beer.  The flight is without incident, and it lands on time."  
(For my telling it to the audiences I did of course use Air China instead of American Airlines, and Chinese cities instead of North American ones, and changed other particulars to what they would have been familiar with.)
Now for the riddle question.  "The flight attendants are all under the age of 30, the co-pilot is 42 years old.  How old is the pilot?" 
See my first comment for the answer.
]]> Sun, 13 Oct 2024 23:42:51 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21857/youre-allowed-only-5-books-for-ever http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21857 But no computer, phone, reading tablets like kindle or any other method that would give you access to literature. 

Think of it.  The 5 books would be the only books you would ever be able to read for the rest of your life.  I know the 5 that I would choose (in no particular order of preference):

Pride and Prejudice , written by Jane Austen.  When I was in grade 11. our English teacher, Miss Dixon, required for us to read Pride and Prejudice and submit a book report to her.  I was enthralled by that novel, the slightly archaic language, the plot, the characterizations, and the view of the Regency Period in England.  No matter how many times I have read it, I still enjoy reading it again.
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Dune , by Frank Herbert.   My brother turned me on to sci-fi when I had not yet reached double digit age.  I read all of the sci-fi pulp magazines he bought and became familiar with the stories told by classic sci-fi authors.  But when I read Dune, the story fascinated me, and the language and names themselves, borrowed from many cultures, made it more unusual than most.  It was my favourite sci-fi novel.
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Candide, by Voltaire.  This satirical novel was for me to adventure with the optimistic Candide through many difficult complex and negative situations only to finish with a metaphorical ending, i.e. 'one must cultivate their garden' is most simply explained to live a simpler more peaceful life (which is exactly what I'm now doing). 
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The bible, both testaments.  I believe that there is much to learn and even to be entertained by reading both testaments although much may be fictional.
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A good unabridged dictionary.  I left in Canada a great Random House unabridged dictionary that was almost an encyclopedia, and I wish I had brought it with me but it was big and heavy.  Note that the title above says "books" not "novels" so both the bible and the dictionary qualify as valid choices. 
Which 5 books would you choose?... and why? ]]> Fri, 11 Oct 2024 07:05:13 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21841/what-are-your-3-most-favourite-classical-symphonic-pieces http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21841
On NT we have been asked to indicate what are our favourites:  movies, actors, popular songs, paintings, famous photos, well here is a new one.  Perhaps not everyone has an ear for REAL classical music, but the great composers and their compositions will last forever. 
When I was a young child, my mother loved to play Beethoven's piano music on our living room upright.  Her favourite, and if I heard it 1000 times I would not be exaggerating, was Moonlight Sonata.  However, classsical music was to my taste back then, and has stayed important to me even though I became in my 20s and 30s completely dedicated to folk music. 
Even before I reached my teens, I would read the stories in the science fiction pulp magazines that my brother had bought, and I would often listen to classical music as I read them.  The one most vividly remembered was listening to Sibelius' Symphony number 2 while reading Edward E. ("Doc") Smith's Skylark of Valeron.  That symphony has remained with me as one of my favourites.  
I have watched the performance of Offenbach's opera Tales of Hoffman, and the dreamy melody that has never left me is the Barcarolle.  In my mind's eye I can still see the gondola entering from the side of the back of the stage.
Finally, I still play over and over the magnificent Ode to Joy, the 4th movement of Beethoven's masterpiece Ninth Symphony.  The version I love to watch is the one from the movie Copying Beethoven.
Those are MY three, what are yours, and why did you choose them?  I would appreciate that if you post a youtube or other video I'm unable to open that you describe what it is.  (note my RED BOX RULE about that) ]]> Tue, 08 Oct 2024 23:57:09 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21769/an-old-jewish-gentleman http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21769






















AN OLD JEWISH GENTLEMAN







A female CNN journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Western Wall to pray, twice a day, every day, for a long, long time.

So she went to check it out. She went to the Western Wall and there he was, walking slowly up to the holy site.

She watched him pray and after about 45 minutes, when he turned to leave, using a cane and moving very slowly, she approached him for an interview.

"Pardon me, sir, I'm Rebecca Smith from CNN. What's your name?

"Morris Feinberg," he replied.

"Sir, how long have you been coming to the Western Wall and praying?"

"For about 60 years."

"60 years! That's amazing! What do you pray for?"

"I pray for peace between the Christians, Jews and the Muslims."

"I pray for all the wars and all the hatred to stop."

"I pray for all our children to grow up safely as responsible adults and to love their fellow man."

"I pray that politicians tell us the truth and put the interests of the people ahead of their own interests."
"How do you feel after doing this for 60 years?"

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Look at those socks.  Take particular note that they are plain on the heel and the rest of the bottom, and they are ribbed on the rest of the sox.  When I put my socks on in the morning the heel and bottom are on the heel and bottom of my feet.  When I go to bed in the evening, the sock on my right foot is the way I put it on, BUT the sock on the left foot is reversed, with the heel and plain bottom sitting on TOP of my foot.  This happens every day.  My feet are identical, I walk normally, it doesn't matter what shoes, slippers, moccasins I wear, the same thing happens every day.   Can anyone explain what happens, can this mystery be solved?
]]> Wed, 25 Sep 2024 09:33:22 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21698/if-you-could-hang-3-famous-paintings-on-your-wall-what-would-they-be http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21698 You are forbidden to sell them, so your choice will not be based on dollar value, but ones you would never tire of viewing.  
If images of your choices have not yet been posted by anyone, please do so, and if you can, please explain the reasons for your choices. 
My choices, ranked from top choice are as follows:
1.  The Fighting Temeraire by J. M. W. Turner.   I consider it to be more than just a painting because it also tells a story.  The Temeraire was a famous battleship that fought in wars, such as The Battle of Trafalger, but the day of sailing battleships had come to an end, as indicated by the steam driven tugboat pulling it to where it will be broken up.  The blazing sunset behind it echos that glorious end to its life.  However, as there is such a thing as poetic licence, so there is also artistic licence, and there are a few inconsistencies from reality that were taken by Turner in order for the painting to say what Turner wanted it to say.  You can read about that if you open this LINK -> The Fighting Temeraire: the true story behind William Turner’s most beloved painting – HERO (hero-magazine.com)

The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838, Joseph Mallord William Turner, The National Gallery, London ©
The BBC once ran a poll and the people of England chose this one to be their all-time favourite painting, just as it is also mine.  When I was in London more than half a century ago, I spent at least a half hour staring at the original painting in the National Gallery.
2.  Cafe Terrace at Night by Vincent Van Gogh.   For my 13th birthday my uncle gave me 3 books, a book about The Kon Tiki voyage, which is a book that tells one to follow their dreams, Scott of the Antarctic, which I guess indicates that those dreams and adventures don't always end up well, and a coffee-table big picture and story book of Vincent Van Gogh, so I was very familiar with the man and his work when I was at an early age.  His most famous work may be Starry Night, but I consider it a little too extreme in its depiction of the stars, so my choice is this one:
 
3.  Nighthawks by Edward Hopper    An American realist painter for a change.  At our lakeside home we had a big print of this painting hanging over one of our living room couches.  Painted in 1942, for me it invokes the feeling of movies of that era, film noir perhaps.  Humphrey Bogart could be sitting there.  It seems to invoke a kind of mix of feelings of nostalgia, loneliness and depression, but that doesn't make it any less attractive.

Now, what would YOU like to post? ]]> Sat, 21 Sep 2024 08:46:53 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21685/mms-announces-peanut-butter-jelly-flavor-heres-what-you-need-to-know http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21685 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:57:46 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21684/tupperware-has-just-filed-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-heres-what-it-means-for-the-kitchen-icon http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21684 Thu, 19 Sep 2024 23:32:17 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21578/doritos-dye-turns-mice-translucent-researchers-find-are-humans-next http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21578 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 22:11:20 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21236/never-try-to-con-old-ladies http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21236 A little old lady answered a knock on the door one day, only to be confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner.
"Good morning," said the young man. "If I could take a couple of minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners."
"Go away!" said the old lady. "I haven't got any money! I'M BROKE!!!" And she proceeded to close the door.
Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed it wide open. "Don't be too hasty!" he said. "Not until you have at least seen my demonstration." And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse manure onto her hallway carpet.
"If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of this horse manure from your carpet, Madam, I will personally eat the remainder."
The old lady stepped back and said, "Well I hope you've got a damned good appetite, because they cut off my electricity this morning." ]]> Mon, 05 Aug 2024 22:17:14 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21109/is-it-possible-to-live-without-a-car-why-some-americans-are-going-car-free http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21109 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:35:00 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21090/simple-misunderstanding http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/21090 A Backwoods boy, Stanley, died in a fire and his body was burned pretty badly. The morgue needed someone to identify the body, so they sent for his two best deer hunting friends, Cooter and Gomer. The three men had always hunted and fished together and were long time members of a hunting camp, and they also went to the Local Pub for drinks together.
Cooter arrived first, and when the mortician pulled back the sheet, Cooter said, "Yup, his face is burned up pretty bad. You better roll him over."
The mortician rolled him over and Cooter said, "Nope, ain't Stanley."
The mortician thought this was rather strange, So he brought Gomer in to confirm the identity of the body. Gomer looked at the body and said, "Yup, he's pretty well burnt up. Roll him over."
The mortician rolled him over and Gomer said, "No, it ain't Stanley "
The mortician asked, "How can you tell?"
Gomer said, "well, Stanley had two assholes."
"What! He had two assholes?" asked the mortician.
"Yup, we never seen 'em, but everybody used to say, "There's Stanley with them two assholes."
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A WESTERN STORY







The Lone Ranger and Tonto were camping in the wilderness. After they got their tent set up, both men fell sound asleep.



Some hours later, Tonto wakes the Lone Ranger and says,"'Kemo Sabe, look towards the sky, what do you see?"



The Lone Ranger replies, "I see millions of stars."



"What does that tell you?" asked Tonto.







The Lone Ranger ponders for a minute then says, "Astronomically-speaking, it tells me there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, it  tells me that Saturn is in Leo. Time-wise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three in the morning. Theologically,the Lord is all-powerful and we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you,Tonto?"







"You're dumber than a buffalo... It means someone stole our tent."





















































]]> Wed, 10 Jul 2024 04:40:22 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20945/a-coffee-tale-by-buzz http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20945 Although I live in the land of many wonderful different kinds of tea, I'm not a tea drinker.  I go back to the time when I could get a cup of coffee for a dime at a diner.  No way will I even step inside a Starbucks to pay a small fortune for a fancy cup of coffee with a fancy name, but I brew my own coffee with a Philips 4-cup coffee brewer.  I drink only one mug (which holds about 1 1/2 baker's size cup) of coffee every day with breakfast. 
For many years I used a brand called UCC coffee that comes in a tin of 400 grams of ground coffee.  It cost the US equivalent of $11.  That company roasts Green coffee beans, and although I never heard of that kind of beans or where it is grown, it was a fairly smooth blend.  I would pour my mug of water into the brewer and would put 2 heaping scoops of the ground coffee, which would be about 1/4 baker's size cup, into the permanent filter in the brewer and turn it on to get my mug of coffee, to which I would add one small packet of Equal sweetener and a little milk.  It was pretty good, but now no more cause it can no longer be found anywhere here, even on line.

I noted that something from my previous life has come here.  Tim Horton's has by now opened about 800 donut and coffee restaurants in China, but none near me yet.  What does Tim Horton's mean to me?  The very first Tim Horton's was opened in Hamilton, Ontario, the very city in which I was born and grew up before eventually moving to Toronto - in other words, Tim Horton's restaurants and I were born in the same city.  Tim Horton was one of the great Maple Leaf hockey players from back in the days when they were Stanley Cup winners, they were all Canadian heroes back then.  His donut/coffee restaurant concept caught fire (not REALLY fire) and stores opened all across Canada.  Tim Hortons became a landmark, and you couldn't call yourself a Canadian unless you spent a little of your time in a Tim Horton's for donuts and coffee.  There was one not far from my Toronto office and you could find me there from time to time.  Eventually it has spread around the world, and as of last March there are 639 Tim Horton's restaurants in the USA.  
It hit me.  Maybe Tim Horton's sells its ground coffee in cans like UCC did, and maybe I could get it on line.  That wish came true.  I could get a 1.36 kg can of Tim Horton's ground coffee that was roasted and canned in Canada and was available on line here.  

Tim Horton's roasts Arabica beans exclusively.  This can of 1.36 kg cost me the US equivalent of $25 and that worked out to an amazing bargain compared to the UCC coffee, and wait,  I'll tell you even more that cut the cost in half again.  
My first try of my Tim's coffee was done the same as I had for the UCC blend - 2 scoops of ground coffee for a mug of water, a small packet of Equal and a little milk.  WOW was that ever strong.  Next time I tried ONE scoop of the ground coffee with a sweetener and a little milk. PERFECT!!!  That just cut the lesser price of the coffee than the other brand IN HALF .  Do the math, not only am I getting a taste from home, but it's costing me much less than it did before.  That one can of Tim's coffee will last me for many months.  
Am I happy?  
]]> Sat, 06 Jul 2024 01:30:50 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20755/most-embarrassing-first-date http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20755 This is apparently true and very funny.
Jay Leno went into the audience to find the most embarrassing first date that a woman ever had. The winner described her worst first date experience. There was absolutely no question as to why her tale took the prize!
She said it was midwinter, snowing and quite cold... and the guy had taken her skiing in the mountains outside Salt Lake City, Utah. It was a day trip (no overnight).
They were strangers, after all, and had never met before. The outing was fun but relatively uneventful until they were headed home late that afternoon. They were driving back down the mountain when she gradually began to realize that she should not have had that extra latte !!
They were about an hour away from anywhere with a restroom and in the middle of nowhere! Her companion suggested she try to hold it, which she did for a while.
Unfortunately, because of the heavy snow and slow going, there came a point where she told him that he had better stop and let her go beside the road, or it would be the front seat of his car.
They stopped and she quickly crawled out beside the car, yanked her pants down and started. In the deep snow she didn't have good footing, so she let her butt rest against the rear fender to steady herself.
Her companion stood on the side of the car watching for traffic and indeed was a real gentleman and refrained from peeking. All she could think about was the relief she felt despite the rather embarrassing nature of the situation.
Upon finishing, however, she soon became aware of another sensation. As she bent to pull up her pants, the young lady discovered her buttocks were firmly glued against the car's fender.
Thoughts of tongues frozen to poles immediately came to mind as she attempted to disengage her flesh from the icy metal. It was quickly apparent that she had a brand new problem, due to the extreme cold.
Horrified by her plight and yet aware of the humor of the moment, she answered her date's concerns about' what is taking so long' with a reply that indeed, she was 'freezing her butt off' and in need of some assistance!
He came around the car as she tried to cover herself with her sweater and then, as she looked imploringly into his eyes, he burst out laughing. She too got the giggles and when they finally managed to compose themselves, they assessed her dilemma. Obviously, as hysterical as the situation was, they also were faced with a real problem.
Both agreed it would take something hot to free her chilly cheeks from the grip of the icy metal! Thinking about what had gotten her into the predicament in the first place, both quickly realized that there was only one way to get her free. So, as she looked the other way, her first-time date proceeded to unzip his pants and pee her butt off the fender.
As the audience screamed in laughter, she took the Tonight Show prize hands down. Or perhaps that should be 'pants down'. And you thought your first date was embarrassing.
Jay Leno's comment..... 'This gives a whole new meaning to being pissed off.'
Oh, and how did the first date turn out? He became her husband and was sitting next to her on the Leno show.
If you laughed at this pass it on. Remember, if you haven't got a smile on your face and laughter in your heart, then you are just a sour old fart or tart.]]> Sun, 02 Jun 2024 06:06:35 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20629/i-cannot-shop-at-costco-anymore http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20629


I CANNOT SHOP AT COSTCO ANY MORE  ))))



Yesterday I was at Costco buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my loyal pet, Necco, the Wonder Dog, which weighs 191 lbs. I was in the check-out line when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did she think I had an elephant? So, because I'm retired and have little to do, on impulse I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, I was starting the Purina Diet again. I added that I probably shouldn't, because I ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms. I told her that it was essentially a Perfect Diet and that the way that it works is, to load your jacket pockets with Purina Nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The food is nutritionally complete, so it works well, and I was going to try it again. (I have to mention here that practically everyone in line was now enthralled with my story.)  Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care, because the dog food poisoned me. I told her no, I stopped to Pee on a Fire Hydrant and a car hit me,
I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so hard.
Costco won't let me shop there anymore. Better watch what you ask retired people. They have all the time in the World to think of crazy things to say. 




]]> Fri, 10 May 2024 21:42:11 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20608/louisiana-boy-scores-shopping-spree-after-trying-to-give-away-his-last-dollar http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20608 Tue, 07 May 2024 22:26:02 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20464/john-lennon-and-paul-mccartneys-sons-sean-and-james-release-first-song-together http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20464 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:06:41 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20385/blonde-jokes-maybe-old-but-still-funny http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20385 Two blondes were going to Disneyland .  They were driving on the Interstate when they saw the sign that said Disneyland LEFT.  They started crying and turned around and went home.
FLORIDA OR MOON
Two blondes living in Oklahoma were sitting on a bench talking, and one blonde says to the other, 'Which do you think is farther away... Florida or the moon?'  The other blonde turns and says 'Helloooooooooo, can you see Florida ?????'
CAR TROUBLE
A blonde pushes her BMW into a gas station. She tells the mechanic it died.  After he works on it for a few minutes, it is idling smoothly. 
She says, 'What's the story?' 
He replies, 'Just crap in the carburetor'
She asks, 'How often do I have to do that?'
SPEEDING TICKET
A police officer stops a blonde for speeding and asks her very nicely if he could see her license. 
She replied in a huff, 'I wish you guys would get your act together.  Just yesterday you take away my license and then today you expect me to show it to you!'
RIVER WALK
There's this blonde out for a walk. She comes to a river and sees another blonde on the opposite bank 'Yoo-hoo!' she shouts, 'How can I get to the other side?'
The second blonde looks up the river then down the river and shouts back, 'You ARE on the other side.'
AT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE
A gorgeous young redhead goes into the doctor's office and said that her body hurt wherever she touched it.
'Impossible!' says the doctor.. 'Show me.' 
The redhead took her finger, pushed on her left shoulder and screamed, then she pushed her elbow and screamed even more. She pushed her knee and screamed; likewise she pushed her ankle and screamed. Everywhere she touched made her scream. 
The doctor said, 'You're not really a redhead, are you? 
'Well, no' she said, 'I'm actually a blonde.' 
'I thought so,' the doctor said, 'Your finger is broken.'
KNITTING
A highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway. Glancing at the car, he was astounded to see that the blonde behind the wheel was knitting!
Realizing that she was oblivious to his flashing lights and siren, the trooper cranked down his window, turned on his bullhorn and yelled, 'PULL OVER!' 
'NO!' the blonde yelled back, 'IT'S A SCARF!'
BLONDE ON THE SUN
A Russian, an American, and a Blonde were talking one day.
The Russian said, 'We were the first in space!' 
The American said, 'We were the first on the moon!' 
The Blonde said, 'So what? We're going to be the first on the sun!'  The Russian and the American looked at each other and shook their heads. 'You can't land on the sun, you idiot! You'll burn up!' said the Russian. 
To which the Blonde replied, 'We're not stupid, you know. We're going at night!'
IN A VACUUM
A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night... It was her turn. She rolled the dice and she landed on Science & Nature. Her question was, 'If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your name, can you hear it?' She thought for a time and then asked, 'Is it on or off?'
FINALLY, THE BLONDE JOKE TO END ALL BLONDE JOKES!
A girl was visiting her blonde friend, who had acquired two new dogs, and asked her what their names were. The blonde responded by saying that one was named Rolex and one was named Timex. Her friend said, 'Whoever heard of someone naming dogs like that?'  'HELLLOOOOOOO......,' answered the blonde. 'They're watch dogs'!]]> Sat, 06 Apr 2024 23:18:17 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20264/first-ever-transplant-of-pig-kidney-to-patient-a-success http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20264 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 05:30:27 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20256/psychedelic-library-book-returned-in-weld-county-almost-37-years-late http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20256 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 23:46:58 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20241/a-few-days-late-but-still-funny http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20241 They worked up along one street and then down the other. They then moved to the next street and did the same, working flat out all day without stopping.
One lad digging the holes. The other lad filling them in.
A passerby saw what they were doing and was amazed at the hard work, but couldn’t understand what they were at.
So, he shouted over to the lad digging the holes, ‘I don’t get it – why do you dig a hole, only for the other lad to fill it in?’
The lad wiped his brow and sighed deeply, ‘Well, I suppose it probably does looks a bit odd. You see, we’re normally a three-man team. But today the lad who plants the trees phoned in sick.'
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Two Irishmen were walking out of a funeral. One turns to the other and says, ‘It was a beautiful ceremony, wasn’t it?!’
‘It was’, replied the friend.
‘Listen – when I die, will you pour a decent bottle of whiskey over my grave, as a toast?’.
‘I will’, says the friend. ‘But would you mind if I run it through my kidneys first?'
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A man from Cork was in with his doctor. ‘Look, David. I’ve some bad news and some terrible news for you.’
‘God. What’s the bad news?!’, asked the patient.
‘Well’, replied the doctor, ‘You only have 3 days to live’.
‘You’re joking’ says the patient. ‘How the f**k can the news get any worse?!’.
‘Well’, says the doctor, ‘I’ve been trying to get hold of you for the past 2 days’.]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:05:19 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20223/ailing-alligator-kept-illegally-in-ny-homes-swimming-pool-is-seized-by-authorities http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20223 Sat, 16 Mar 2024 23:23:28 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20195/a-message-to-anti-vaxxers http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20195 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:47:36 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20127/las-vegas-bellagio-pauses-fountain-show-when-rare-bird-visits http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20127 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 20:27:44 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20112/a-very-old-geezer-marries-a-beautiful-young-woman http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20112
It was the stir of the town when an 80-year-old man married a 20-year-old girl.  After a year of marriage, she went into the hospital to give birth. 
The nurse came out to congratulate the fellow saying: "This is amazing. How do you do it at your age?" 
He answered, "You've got to keep that old motor running." 
The following year the young bride gave birth again. 
The same nurse said "You are truly amazing. How do you do it?" 
Again he said "You've got to keep the old motor running." 
The same thing happened the next year. 
The nurse then said: "Well, well, well, you certainly are quite a man!" 
He responded, "You've got to keep that old motor running."
The nurse then said "Well, you better change the oil. This one's black!" ]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:28:57 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20057/did-you-ever-make-someone-laugh-hysterically-whose-depression-had-caused-them-to-never-laugh-for-years-well-i-did http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/20057 So every Saturday I would go to ask Great-uncle Chaim for a quarter.  He was stationed behind the antique manual cash register - no electronics back in those days.  Eventually all I had to do was walk in, go to him at the cash register and hold out my palm, and without either of us saying anything he would take a quarter from the cash register and put it in my palm, whereupon I don't even remember if I ever even said thank you but I would run over to the movie theatre and watch the movie and of course the Captain Midnight serial.  Then one day, I took a friend with me, I can still remember his name, Cecil Kipfer.  We went to the store and as usual I held out my palm, and as usual without anything being said Great-uncle Chaim opened the cash register, took out a quarter and put it in my palm.  I looked at the quarter in my palm, looked at my great-uncle, looked again at my palm, and then said to my great-uncle, "But uncle, I brought a friend."  Well, Great-uncle Chaim nodded, and without saying anything, opened the cash register again and put another quarter in my palm, whereupon Cecil and I hightailed it over to the movie theatre.  

When I got home later, my father was waiting for me with a dangerous look on his face.  He told me that he should be giving me a really good spanking, but he can't, because cousin Dave had called him and told him about my asking for quarters on Saturdays from his father and had begged my father to not punish me because what happened next when I left the store was that his father, Chaim, who had hardly ever even smiled and never once laughed for years succumbed to that hysterical laughter that you can't stop.  He kept repeating the words "But uncle, I brought a friend." and every time he did he would burst into that hysterical unstoppable laughter again.  Dave told my father that both he and Jack were in tears of joy to see their father laughing.  They had to sit him down because he was laughing so hard they were afraid he was going to fall down.  Dave told my father that I caused a miracle to happen that nobody else could do.  What my father did was increase my allowance by a quarter a week so I would not go and beg anyone for that money again, and I never did.  From then on, Great-uncle Chaim was able to laugh again.
So I'm asking everyone who reads this, did YOU ever pull a person out of depression like that? ]]> Sat, 24 Feb 2024 22:29:38 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19952/first-golf-game http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19952  A Husband takes his wife to play her first game of golf. Of course, the wife promptly hacked her first shot right through the window of the biggest house adjacent to the course.
 The husband cringed, 'I warned you to be careful! Now we'll have to go up there, find the owner, apologize and see how much your lousy drive is going to cost us.'
So the couple walked up to the house and knocked on the door. A warm voice said, 'Come on in.'
When they opened the door they saw the damage that was done: glass was all over the place, and a broken antique bottle was lying on its side near the pieces of window glass.
 A man reclining on the couch asked, 'Are you the people that broke my window?'
 'Uh...yeah, sir. We're sure sorry about that,' the husband replied.
 'Oh, no apology is necessary. Actually I want to thank you. You see, I'm a genie, and I've been trapped in that bottle for a thousand years.
 Now that you've released me, I'm allowed to grant three wishes. I'll give you each one wish, but if you don't mind, I'll keep the last one for my self.'
 Wow, that's great!' the husband said. He pondered a moment and blurted out, 'I'd like a million dollars a year for the rest of my life.'
 'No problem,' said the genie “You’ve got it, it's the least I can do. And I'll guarantee you a long, healthy life!”.
 'And now you, young lady, what do you want?' the genie asked.  
'I'd like to own a gorgeous home in every country in the world complete with servants,' she said.
 'Consider it done,' the genie said. 'And your homes will always be safe from fire, burglary and natural disasters!'
'And now,' the couple asked in unison, 'what's your wish, genie?'
'Well, since I've been trapped in that bottle, and haven't been with a woman in more than a thousand years, my wish is to have sex with your wife.'
 The husband looked at his wife and said, 'Gee, honey, you know we both now have a fortune, and all those houses. What do you think?'
 She mulled it over for a few moments and said, 'You know, you're right. Considering our good fortune, I guess I wouldn't mind, but what about you, honey?'
 You know I love you sweetheart,' said the husband. I'd do the same for you!'
So the genie and the woman went upstairs where they spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying each other.
 The genie was insatiable.
 After about three hours of non-stop sex, the genie rolled over and looked directly into her eyes and asked, “How old are you and your husband?”
 'Why, we're both 35,' she responded breathlessly. 
'No Kidding,' he said.   'Thirty-five years old and you both still believe in genies?']]> Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:02:21 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19945/todays-laugh http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19945  A man was walking down the street when he was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless man who asked him for a couple of dollars for dinner.
The man took out his wallet, extracted ten dollars and asked, "If I give you this money, will you buy some beer with it instead of dinner?"
"No, I had to stop drinking years ago," the homeless man replied.
"Will you spend this on green fees at a golf course instead of food?" the man asked.
"Are you NUTS!" replied the homeless man. "I haven't played golf in 20 years!"
"Well," said the man, "I'm not going to give you money. Instead, I'm going to take you home for a shower and a terrific dinner cooked by my wife."
The homeless man was astounded. "Won't your wife be furious with you for doing that?"
The man replied, "That's okay. It's important for her to see what a man looks like after he has given up drinking and golf" ]]> Sat, 10 Feb 2024 22:21:11 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19884/the-tax-man http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19884 While the inspector was checking the books, he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too little left to be of any use?"
"Good question ," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to the bandage company and every once in a while, they send us a free roll."
"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual question had a practical answer.
But on he went, in his obnoxious way. "What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left over after setting a cast on a patient?"* *
"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to the manufacturer and every so often they will send us a free bag of plaster."
"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the remains from the circumcision surgeries?"*
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all the little foreskins and send them to the local Revenue Canada Office  and about once a year they send us a complete prick."]]> Sat, 03 Feb 2024 23:07:37 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19836/shunned-in-computer-age-cursive-makes-a-comeback-in-california http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19836 Sat, 27 Jan 2024 19:38:14 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19785/reese-witherspoon-responds-to-fans-concerned-shes-eating-snow-you-only-live-once http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19785 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 07:28:05 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19784/oldfolks-jokes http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19784 Barb was lying in bed one night. Larry was falling asleep but Barb was in a romantic mood and wanted to talk.  She said: "You used to hold my hand when we were courting."
Wearily he reached across, held her hand for a second and tried to get back to sleep.
A few moments later she said: "Then you used to kiss me... "
Mildly irritated, Larry reached across, gave her a peck on the cheek and settled down to sleep.
Thirty seconds later she said: "Then you used to bite my neck..." Angrily, Larry threw back the bed clothes and got out of bed 
"Where are you going?" Barb asked.
"To get my teeth!"
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DOWN AT THE RETIREMENT CENTER
80-year old Bessie bursts into the rec room at the retirement home. She holds her clenched fist in the air and announces, "Anyone who can guess what's in my hand can have sex with me tonight!!" An elderly gentleman in the rear shouts out, "An elephant?" Bessie thinks a minute and says, "Close enough."
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OLD FRIENDS
Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures. Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards. One day, they were playing cards when one looked at the other and said, "Now don't get mad at me... I know we've been friends for a long time but I just can't think of your name. I've thought and thought, but I can't remember it. Please tell me what your name is." Her friend glared at her. For at least three minutes she just stared and glared at her. Finally she said, "How soon do you need to know?"
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SENIOR DRIVING
As a senior citizen was driving down the motorway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, "Vernon, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on I-25. Please be careful!" "Hell," said Vernon, "It's not just one car. It's hundreds of them!"
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SUPERSEX
A little old lady who had lost her marbles was running up and down the halls in a nursing home. As she ran, she would flip up the hem of her nightgown and say "Supersex." She ran up to an elderly man in a wheelchair, flipping her gown at him, she said, "Supersex." He sat silently for a moment or two and finally answered, "I'll take the soup."

Please Friends, tell me this won't happen to us!!!]]> Mon, 22 Jan 2024 02:48:38 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19771/it-doesnt-always-pay-to-be-cheap http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19771



George and Harriet decided to celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary with a trip to Las Vegas . When they entered the hotel/casino and registered, a sweet young woman dressed in a very short skirt became very friendly. George brushed her off.
Harriet objected, "George, that young woman was nice, and you were so rude."
"Harriet, she's a prostitute."
"I don't believe you. That sweet young thing?"
"Let's go up to our room and I'll prove it."
In their room, George called down to the desk and asked for 'Bambi' to come to Room 217. "Now," he said, "you hide in the bathroom with the door open just enough to hear us, OK?"
Soon, there was a knock on the door. George opened it and Bambi walked in, swinging her hips provocatively.

George asked, "How much do you charge?"
"$125 basic rate, $100 tips for special services.."
Even George was taken aback. "$125? I was thinking more in the range of $25."
Bambi laughed derisively. "You must really be a hick if you think you can buy sex for that price."
"Well," said George, "I guess we can't do business. Goodbye."
After she left, Harriet came out of the bathroom. She said, "I just can't believe it!"
George said, "Let's forget it. We'll go have a drink, then eat dinner."
At the bar, as they sipped their cocktails, Bambi came up behind George, pointed slyly at Harriet, and said, "See what you get for $25?"







]]> Thu, 18 Jan 2024 22:14:53 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19693/what-is-the-healthiest-way-to-eat-eggs-the-truth-about-whites-yolks http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19693 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 21:51:06 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19641/opportunities-at-the-circus http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19641 Social workers there raise doubts about their suitability.
The couple produce photos of their 50 foot motor home, which is equipped with a beautiful nursery.
The social workers then are doubtful about the education that the child would get.
"We've arranged for a full-time tutor who will teach the child all the usual subjects along with French, Mandarin and computer skills."
Then there are doubts about raising a child in a circus environment.
"Our nanny is an expert in pediatric welfare and diet."
The social workers are finally satisfied.
They ask, "What age child are you hoping to adopt?"
"It doesn't really matter as long as he fits in the cannon"]]> Sun, 31 Dec 2023 20:33:27 -0500 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19263/woman-returns-from-vacation-finds-atlanta-home-demolished http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19263 Sun, 22 Oct 2023 08:37:19 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19165/misunderstanding http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19165 An Alabama pastor said to his congregation, "Someone in this congregation has spread a rumor that I belong to the Ku Klux Klan. This is a horrible lie and one which a Christian community cannot tolerate. I am embarrassed and do not intend to accept this. Now, I want the party who said this to stand and ask forgiveness from God and this Christian family."

No one moved.

The preacher continued, "Do you have the nerve to face me and admit this is a falsehood? Remember, you will be forgiven and in your heart you will feel glory. Now stand and confess your transgression."

Again, all was quiet.

Then, slowly, a drop-dead gorgeous blonde with a body that would stop a runaway train rose from the third pew. Her head was bowed and her voice quivered as she spoke, "Reverend there has been a terrible misunderstanding. I never said you were a member of the Ku Klux Klan. I simply told a couple of my friends that you were a wizard under the sheets."]]> Sun, 08 Oct 2023 23:44:45 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19144/giraffe-poop-seized-at-airport-from-traveler-returning-to-us-from-kenya http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19144 Fri, 06 Oct 2023 07:05:15 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19064/flamingos-in-wisconsin-tropical-birds-visit-lake-michigan-beach-in-a-first-for-the-northern-state http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19064 Sun, 24 Sep 2023 01:09:20 -0400 http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19011/i-met-the-worlds-tallest-teenager-and-his-basketball-career-is-just-taking-off http://thenewstalkers.com/buzz-of-the-orient/group_discuss/19011 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 22:28:42 -0400