Someone told me to try horse manure on my rhubarb. I have to say, I still prefer custard… New idea : invisible aircraft I can’t see that taking off… Some small aquatic mammals have escaped from the Zoo… Otter chaos… Studies have shown that cows will produce more milk when the farmer talks to them…Continue reading “Friday Jokes”
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Metaphor – The horse in the field
A metaphor about the past not equaling the future Are we ruled by self-limiting beliefs? What are they and do we even remember how we got them?
Philosophy Essay – Of Liberty and Law
Why do we have speed limits, and why do we have speed cameras? Can we choose which laws we follow, and if everybody breaks the law does that make it alright? An essay on the pandemic and covid rules.
Metaphor – The first day at school
A metaphor about self-fulfilling prohecy How we talk to ourselves, our inner child, effects our emotions and outcomes.
Here’s some jokes ….
I’m in so much debt, I can’t afford to pay my electric bill. These are the darkest days of my life. If the number 666 is considered evil… Is 25.8069758 the root of all evil? But I’ll tell you what I love doing more than anything: trying to pack myself in a small suitcase. IContinue reading “Here’s some jokes ….”
Some Jokes for Monday.
I’ve got this awful disease where I can’t stop telling airport jokes. The doctor says it’s terminal. I said to my boss, “Boss, can I have a week off around Christmas?” He said, “It’s May.” I said, “Sorry. May I have a week off around Christmas?” Just ordered a takeaway from the local Chinese. IContinue reading “Some Jokes for Monday.”
Friday’s Jokes.
My granddad asked me how to print on his computer. I told him it’s Ctrl-P. He said he hasn’t been able to do that for ages. So what if I don’t know what apocalypse means!? It’s not the end of the world! Atheists don’t solve exponential equations because they don’t believe in higher powers. IContinue reading “Friday’s Jokes.”
Jokes of the day.
Farmers are leaving Facebook in droves. Every time they put down a post. Somebody takes a fence. I couldn’t sleep last night so I read a dictionary By 03:00 I was past caring. My wife claims I’m the cheapest person she’s ever met. I’m not buying it. I once dated a girl who had aContinue reading “Jokes of the day.”
A paragraph on fear.
Fear is irrational and inappropriate. Let’s try to rationalise it. Firstly let’s recognise what fear is – a chemical reaction. The word fear stands for fantasies envisaged as real. And that’s just what they are. For in primitive times people lived by their fears and their biological instincts when faced with a threat was toContinue reading “A paragraph on fear.”
The placebo and nocebo effect.
The placebo effect is a somewhat well known phenomenon. Imagine you take a group of people with a headache, you give them a mint pill but you tell them that it was an aspirin with mint flavour. What would happen? A few people will start feeling better; some may even stop having their headache. ThatContinue reading “The placebo and nocebo effect.”
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