Monday 23 March 2009

Thought For Today

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

Sir Winston Churchill

Brainteaser

Another round of 'link the names', much easier than the last one. All you have to do is study the names of the eight well known celebrities, listed below. As before, the link is not between the personalities themselves, it is their names that contain the link. Can you spot what it is?

01 Henry Hall
02 Elizabeth Hurley
03 Edward Woodward
04 John Motson
05 Charles Bronson
06 Victoria Wood
07 George Best
08 Alfred Hitchcock

If you think you know the answer, e-mail me at garlant@btinternet.com Good luck!

More Funny Signs!

In a department store in Vancouver, Canada: Bargain Basement Upstairs.

In a restaurant in Norfolk, Virginia, USA: Customers who find our waitresses rude ought to see the manager.

In a pub in West Sussex which is non-smoking: If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action.

In an Ottowa, Canada, clothing store: Wonderful bargains for men with 18 and 19 necks.
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At an Optician's in Fareham, UK: If you don't see what you're looking for,you have come to the right place.

Looking Back - Cold War Goes Into Space

On this day in 1983 US President, Ronald Reagan, unveiled plans to combat nuclear war in space. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) proposed a defensive shield using laser or particle beam technology to intercept and destroy incoming missiles as they travel through the stars. In a televised address from the White House the US leader said "We seek neither military superiority nor political advantage. Our only purpose - one all people share - is to search for ways to avert the danger of nuclear war." The Democrats in the US - and even some Republicans - claimed Reagan's initiative was an expensive and unfeasible diversion from his administration's domestic failures. Reagan's SDI became known as "Star Wars" - after the George Lucas film. SDI signalled a new round in the Arms Race and a worsening of the relationship between the US and the USSR. President Andropov of the USSR was highly critical of the plan, saying it violated the 1972 ABM Treaty and there was little difference between building up weapons for purportedly defensive or offensive purposes. SDI was abandoned in 1993 and the department was renamed the Ballistic Missile Defence organisation.

Who Am I? - Sunday's Answer

The answer to yesterday's
Who Am I
was
Fern Britton