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Upcoming Events
Next Meetings
Brian Hoare - Variety Bash |
Monday 13th May |
Dr Clayton King - Medical Director Brain Injury Rehab. |
Monday 20th May |
Upcoming Events
St Gabriel’s School Castle Hill – Another Project for Us.
Following on from our successful funding and installation of a Sporting Equipment Shed and Shade Sails installed by Tom Westcott for St Gabriel’s in 2018, we asked if our club could support a new project this year.
The Board believes that St Gabriel’s is our best local community Service Opportunity and fits well with the criteria we developed for the “Next Big Thing” project.
At the board meeting on 13th March, the Board decided to go ahead. With this commitment in place, work will take place during the second school term and we will be looking for volunteers to assist.
Details from St Gabriel’s are below.
Sustainability is a focus for the school this year and one of the projects we want to get off the ground and particularly involve the new year 7 seven students is a school community vegetable garden. Part of the new year 7 curriculum in Food Technology is a focus on Life Skills (home cooking). We think having a vegetable garden in this area will be a very good way to teach the life skills cooking program from a wholistic approach.
We’ve had some meetings with our Deputy Head and the year 7 teacher and drawn up a concept of what we would like to do and how we would like to organise it. The area we are looking at is next to the new modular classrooms (see Vege Bed Area pic attached). Attached is a scale plan and a breakdown of elements and costings for the project.
We’d like to make the area self-contained, so that everything we need is right there and can also be packed away. So we’d start with a small storage shed for tools, we can harvest water from the classroom roofs into a tank, we could compost. Teachers could also use an outdoor blackboard to plan lessons in the area. We’d have a range of bed heights for our students to access as well as colourful beds and a welcoming sign for the area that maybe our art department can help out with.
In terms of a project cost, we estimate that it would be in the range of 4-5K to purchase everything but there would also a few man-power days in erecting the timber shed, setting up and filling the beds, setting up the water tank and reworking the gutter, so it is definitely a project that you can get your hands dirty on.
David Turnbull and I will lead the project for our club.
Tony Coote
Rotary Car Run |
Sunday 19th May |
Salvos Red Shield Appeal |
18/19th and 25/26 May 2019 |
(1) VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED for helping Red Shield Appeal by Rotary Club of Pennant Hills.
Actual doornock is on Sunday 26th May starting 9 am to 12pm from Barry Smith Holden at Pennant Hills. Volunteers are required as drivers for kids. Working With Children (WWC) is required.
(2) Salvos have also organised STATIC COLLECTION points, which does not require WWC, as follows:
1. Thornleigh Market Place
2. Pennant Hills Market Place
3. Bunnings Thornleigh
Shifts are 9am-12pm and 12pm-3pm whichever is convenient. Dates are 18th/19th May and 25th/26th May .
Please advise your availability directly to Theo Glockemann (Rotary Club of Pennant Hills): [email protected]
Jaswant Thakorlal
Community Services Director
Actual doornock is on Sunday 26th May starting 9 am to 12pm from Barry Smith Holden at Pennant Hills. Volunteers are required as drivers for kids. Working With Children (WWC) is required.
(2) Salvos have also organised STATIC COLLECTION points, which does not require WWC, as follows:
1. Thornleigh Market Place
2. Pennant Hills Market Place
3. Bunnings Thornleigh
Shifts are 9am-12pm and 12pm-3pm whichever is convenient. Dates are 18th/19th May and 25th/26th May .
Please advise your availability directly to Theo Glockemann (Rotary Club of Pennant Hills): [email protected]
Jaswant Thakorlal
Community Services Director
Completed Events
Duty Roster
If you are unable to be at the meeting please contact the person doing your role the following week/s, arrange a swap and advise Keith, so he can amend his records.
Also, to avoid being rostered on, please notify Keith of any upcoming known absences (eg holidays) from meetings in the next twelve months.
Also, to avoid being rostered on, please notify Keith of any upcoming known absences (eg holidays) from meetings in the next twelve months.
Wanted - New MembersIf you know of someone who would benefit from Rotary, or, from whom Rotary would benefit if they were a member, then contact Tony C.
Click here for a PDF copy of the form to the right, and send or give it to Tony C. |
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Significant Club Fundraising Events during the year
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The Book Sale March 2019
As the result of a lot of hard work the MarchBook Sale was a great success, especially from the organisers Andrew Little, Max Henderson, Neville Hansen and Rosemary Clarke. Funds raised exceeded $19,000. Well done.
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2018 Trivia Night
The Club held a very successful trivia night on Saturday 25 August 2018 at the Cherrybrook Community Centre, raising near $6,250 towards the charities we support. |
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The Garage Sale 2018
We have just had our best and most successful Garage Sale on the weekend of 13 & 14 October raising a record gross - north of $35k.
Excellent Project Management and a large number of dedicated volunteers, some putting in hours of effort, in the weeks before the weekend contributed to this result. |
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Barbecues
The club runs fund raising barbecues throughout the year, mainly at Bunnings (both Dural and Thornleigh) Here are Barry, Tony, Nick and David hard at work. at Thornleigh.. |
Meetings |
Monday 6:30pm for 7:00pm - Springfield House - 245 New Line Road, Dural 2158 |
Apologies |
If you are unable to attend or are bringing a guest (even if they are your partner) you must notify Julie.
Email [email protected] before 1pm on the Friday before the meeting. Please no communication via phone (either verbal or SMS) |
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If you are expected and do not show you will be required to pay for the meal.
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President's Report 6th May
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President Colin thanked Rotarian Jim for standing in for Sergeant Rosemary tonight. We ha 28 attending tonight 25 members and 3 guests. A welcome was extended to Bev Jackson, our guest speaker who was introduced by Rotarian Bob, and Adrian Sonego and Clive Mathews who are here to see if they would like to join Rotary and our club in particular. Adrian is making his second visit and Clive Mathews was invited by Rotarian Carol. Please make them welcome.
Rotarian Ross had a tough time in hospital last week having his kidney removed but is doing well now. Rotarian Howard had his nose repaired and is off on holiday. Rotarian Stan is still waiting for his heart operation. Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal is on May 18th/19th and 25th/26th. Rotarian Theo Glockemann from Pennant Hills Rotary is co-ordinating Rotary participation. Jaswant explained he is looking for drivers for Sunday the 26th (Barry Smith Motors). In addition, this year there will be static collection points at Thornleigh Marketplace, Pennant Hills Marketplace, Bunnings Thornleigh for two full weekends –18/19th and 25/26th. It involves sitting in a chair for three hours (9 am– 12 pm and 12pm -3pm), acknowledging donations and writing the occasional receipt. Please let Jaswant know by the end of the week if you are available. |
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If you read last week’s bulletin you will be aware that 24- 30 April was World Immunisation week. It was particularly significant for our End Polio campaign as explained in our Zone 8 Public Image Newsletter. If you read the newsletter did you will know that on April 27 our End Polio program received an unfortunate set back as vaccinations in Pakistan were suspended indefinitely due to fake news that children died as a result of polio vaccinations. This led to anti-vaccination hysteria and families refusing to have children vaccinated, burning of a government health centre, murder of four polio workers in the last two weeks and killing of two policemen who were protecting the polio teams.
In addition the Teliban have shut down all immunisations in the areas of Afghanistan that they control.
If all that is not bad enough the number of polio cases has gone from 9 to 12 including three in Afghanistan and there are another 2 in Pakistan yet to be confirmed.
A reminder that this year’s and next year’s Boards are meeting together this Wednesday at 7.30 pm at Peter Stanton’s place.
Until we meet again next week to hear from Brian Hoare about Variety Bash, have fun and make a difference.
President Colin.
In addition the Teliban have shut down all immunisations in the areas of Afghanistan that they control.
If all that is not bad enough the number of polio cases has gone from 9 to 12 including three in Afghanistan and there are another 2 in Pakistan yet to be confirmed.
A reminder that this year’s and next year’s Boards are meeting together this Wednesday at 7.30 pm at Peter Stanton’s place.
Until we meet again next week to hear from Brian Hoare about Variety Bash, have fun and make a difference.
President Colin.
Night Report 6th May
Sergeant Jim rang the “two minute” bell and was surprised to have Rotarians assemble for the meeting. With aplomb he invited Cawas to present the Toast.
President Colin welcomed all in attendance and gave special mention to:
Directors et al Reports
Jaswant reported that the Red Shield Appeal is to be held on 25th & 26th May. The traditional doorknock will occur on the 26th and drivers are reminded that WWC certification is required. The Doorknock will operate from Barry Smith Holden as per normal. To offset the reduction in numbers for the doorknock, RC Pennant Hills has agreed to static stands on the Saturday and Sunday at Thornleigh market, Thornleigh Bunnings and Pennant Hills market.
Please contact Jaswant if you wish to participate.
David reported that Ross is recovering at home after having a kidney removed.
David also reported that initial planning has commenced for the St Gabriel’s Project and he is looking for willing participants.
Colin McG reported seeing Howard today and that the skin graft on the nose looking good. Some by-play arose about where the graft was sourced. Stan has waited five months for his heart valve replacement. He sees his cardiologist this Wednesday.
Carol (on behalf of Max) promoted the Car Run on 19th May and SYMT production on 19th July. The latter already has tickets for sale, those that wish to attend need to contact Max, so reasonable seats can be obtained.
Colin B supported the Car Run by describing the event that he and Alan devised.
Guest Speaker – Bev Jackson of The Smith Family
Bob introduced Bev as having worked with The Smith Family for 17 years. He also indicated that Bev is a member of Oakhill/Dural Probus.
Bev gave a most interesting talk about The Smith Family. She covered the start in 1922 by two “Mr Smith” donors. She provided vignettes covering Carlingford Home for Boys, Mt Arcadia Hospital (1933), reacting to Vietnam refugees, Cyclone Tracy, George Forbes set up VIEW Clubs in 1960 to provide a support network for women.
More recently The Smith Family has focused on education, and again, Bev regaled us with stories covering primary, secondary and tertiary education.
The Smith Family has a nominal 8,000 volunteers in Australia and is looking for more members and/or donors.
Adrian won the raffle and Angelo - Heads & Tails.
President Colin reminded the current, and next year’s Board Members of a Combined Board Meeting at Peter’s on Wednesday night.
Keith
President Colin welcomed all in attendance and gave special mention to:
- Bev Jackson from Smith Family
- Adrian Sonego – his second visit, and
- Clive Matthews – a guest of Carol
Directors et al Reports
Jaswant reported that the Red Shield Appeal is to be held on 25th & 26th May. The traditional doorknock will occur on the 26th and drivers are reminded that WWC certification is required. The Doorknock will operate from Barry Smith Holden as per normal. To offset the reduction in numbers for the doorknock, RC Pennant Hills has agreed to static stands on the Saturday and Sunday at Thornleigh market, Thornleigh Bunnings and Pennant Hills market.
Please contact Jaswant if you wish to participate.
David reported that Ross is recovering at home after having a kidney removed.
David also reported that initial planning has commenced for the St Gabriel’s Project and he is looking for willing participants.
Colin McG reported seeing Howard today and that the skin graft on the nose looking good. Some by-play arose about where the graft was sourced. Stan has waited five months for his heart valve replacement. He sees his cardiologist this Wednesday.
Carol (on behalf of Max) promoted the Car Run on 19th May and SYMT production on 19th July. The latter already has tickets for sale, those that wish to attend need to contact Max, so reasonable seats can be obtained.
Colin B supported the Car Run by describing the event that he and Alan devised.
Guest Speaker – Bev Jackson of The Smith Family
Bob introduced Bev as having worked with The Smith Family for 17 years. He also indicated that Bev is a member of Oakhill/Dural Probus.
Bev gave a most interesting talk about The Smith Family. She covered the start in 1922 by two “Mr Smith” donors. She provided vignettes covering Carlingford Home for Boys, Mt Arcadia Hospital (1933), reacting to Vietnam refugees, Cyclone Tracy, George Forbes set up VIEW Clubs in 1960 to provide a support network for women.
More recently The Smith Family has focused on education, and again, Bev regaled us with stories covering primary, secondary and tertiary education.
The Smith Family has a nominal 8,000 volunteers in Australia and is looking for more members and/or donors.
Adrian won the raffle and Angelo - Heads & Tails.
President Colin reminded the current, and next year’s Board Members of a Combined Board Meeting at Peter’s on Wednesday night.
Keith
Night Photos
Editor Note: Click on a photo to see a larger version.
This Week's Humour
Old Jokes
Couple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things. During a check-up, the doctor tells them that they're physically okay, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember ..
Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair 'Want anything while I'm in the kitchen?' he asks.
'Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?'
'Sure.'
'Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?' she asks.
'No, I can remember it.'
'Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write it down, so as not to forget it?'
He says, 'I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries.'
'I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, write it down?' she asks.
Irritated, he says, 'I don't need to write it down, I can remember it! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream - I got it, for goodness sake!'
Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, the old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs. She stares at the plate for a moment.
'Where's my toast?'
An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen.
The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, 'Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great I would recommend it very highly.'
The other man said, 'What is the name of the restaurant?'
The first man thought and thought and finally said, 'What’s the name of that flower you give to someone you love? You know, the one that's red and has thorns.'
'Do you mean a rose?'
'Yes, that's the one,' replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, 'Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?'
Hospital regulations require a wheel chair for patients being discharged. However, while working as a student nurse, I found one elderly gentleman already dressed and sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet, who insisted he didn't need my help to leave the hospital.
After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly let me wheel him to the elevator.
On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him.
'I don't know,' he said. 'She's still upstairs in the bathroom changing out of her hospital gown.'
A senior citizen said to his eighty-year old buddy:
'So I hear you're getting married?'
'Yep!'
'Do I know her?'
'Nope!'
'This woman, is she good looking?'
'Not really.'
'Is she a good cook?'
'Nah, she can't cook too well.'
'Does she have lots of money?'
'Nope! Poor as a church mouse.'
'Well, then, is she good in bed?'
'I don't know.'
’Why in the world do you want to marry her then?’
'Because she can still drive!'
A man was telling his neighbour, 'I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but it's state of the art. It's perfect.'
'Really,' answered the neighbour. 'What kind is it?'
'Twelve thirty.'
Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical.
A few days later, the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with a gorgeous young woman on his arm.
A couple of days later, the doctor spoke to Morris and said, 'You're really doing great, aren't you?'
Morris replied, 'Just doing what you said, Doc: 'Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.''
The doctor said, 'I didn't say that.. I said, 'You've got a heart murmur; be careful.'
One more........
A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlour and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool... After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split.
The waitress asked kindly, 'Crushed nuts?'
'No,' he replied, 'Arthritis.'
Jim
Couple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things. During a check-up, the doctor tells them that they're physically okay, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember ..
Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair 'Want anything while I'm in the kitchen?' he asks.
'Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?'
'Sure.'
'Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?' she asks.
'No, I can remember it.'
'Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write it down, so as not to forget it?'
He says, 'I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries.'
'I'd also like whipped cream. I'm certain you'll forget that, write it down?' she asks.
Irritated, he says, 'I don't need to write it down, I can remember it! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream - I got it, for goodness sake!'
Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, the old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs. She stares at the plate for a moment.
'Where's my toast?'
An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house, and after eating, the wives left the table and went into the kitchen.
The two gentlemen were talking, and one said, 'Last night we went out to a new restaurant and it was really great I would recommend it very highly.'
The other man said, 'What is the name of the restaurant?'
The first man thought and thought and finally said, 'What’s the name of that flower you give to someone you love? You know, the one that's red and has thorns.'
'Do you mean a rose?'
'Yes, that's the one,' replied the man. He then turned towards the kitchen and yelled, 'Rose, what's the name of that restaurant we went to last night?'
Hospital regulations require a wheel chair for patients being discharged. However, while working as a student nurse, I found one elderly gentleman already dressed and sitting on the bed with a suitcase at his feet, who insisted he didn't need my help to leave the hospital.
After a chat about rules being rules, he reluctantly let me wheel him to the elevator.
On the way down I asked him if his wife was meeting him.
'I don't know,' he said. 'She's still upstairs in the bathroom changing out of her hospital gown.'
A senior citizen said to his eighty-year old buddy:
'So I hear you're getting married?'
'Yep!'
'Do I know her?'
'Nope!'
'This woman, is she good looking?'
'Not really.'
'Is she a good cook?'
'Nah, she can't cook too well.'
'Does she have lots of money?'
'Nope! Poor as a church mouse.'
'Well, then, is she good in bed?'
'I don't know.'
’Why in the world do you want to marry her then?’
'Because she can still drive!'
A man was telling his neighbour, 'I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but it's state of the art. It's perfect.'
'Really,' answered the neighbour. 'What kind is it?'
'Twelve thirty.'
Morris, an 82 year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical.
A few days later, the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with a gorgeous young woman on his arm.
A couple of days later, the doctor spoke to Morris and said, 'You're really doing great, aren't you?'
Morris replied, 'Just doing what you said, Doc: 'Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.''
The doctor said, 'I didn't say that.. I said, 'You've got a heart murmur; be careful.'
One more........
A little old man shuffled slowly into an ice cream parlour and pulled himself slowly, painfully, up onto a stool... After catching his breath, he ordered a banana split.
The waitress asked kindly, 'Crushed nuts?'
'No,' he replied, 'Arthritis.'
Jim
A doctor, a dentist and a lawyer were in a boat together when a wave came along and washed them all overboard.
Unable to get back into the boat, they decided two of them would hold on to the boat and the third would swim to shore for help.
They noticed that there were hundreds of sharks between them and land.
Without a word the lawyer took off. As he swam, the sharks move aside.
The dentist yelled, “It’s a miracle!”
“No”, said the doctor, “That’s professional courtesy.”
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A salty cruising boat pulled in to dock, and a stunningly beautiful woman stepped off with a parrot on her shoulder. “Where did you get that?” asked one of the dock rats. “Met her online,” replied the parrot.
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A man fell overboard from his little sailboat, and was thrashing around in the water when another boat pulled up.
"Jump in, we'll save you," the people in the boat screamed.
"No," cried the drowning man, "God will save me."
The scene was repeated twice more and then a helicopter hovered over the man.
"We came to rescue you," yelled the pilot.
"No, God will save me," was the response again.
The man drowned, and as he crossed the Pearly Gates, he ran straight towards Jesus.
"I placed my faith in You, and You let me drown!”
""Hey!" said Jesus. "I sent three boats and a helicopter."
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An old sea captain was sitting on a bench near the wharf when a young man walked up and sat down. The young man had spiked hair and each spike was a different colour: green, red, orange, blue and yellow.
After a while, the young man noticed that the captain was staring at him.
“What's the matter, old timer? Never done anything wild in your life?
The old captain replied, "Got drunk once and married a parrot. I was just wondering if you were my son.”
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Every yacht club event ended the same way, with the doctor, the lawyer and the engineer in a heated argument. This Friday, they were arguing over who had the smarter dog, and having had enough of the on-going feud, the Commodore stepped in.
“Next Friday, you'll all three bring your dogs here, and we'll put them to the test.”
Friday came, and a space on the floor was cleared for the competition. Starting the test was the doctor's dog. A bag of bones was dumped in front of the dog, the whistle blew, the doctor gave his command, and the dog went to work.
Within a few minutes, the doctor's dog had reassembled the entire skeleton. The crowd cheered!
Next came the engineer's dog. The bag of bones was dumped, the whistle blew, and within a few minutes the dog had assembled the bones into a scale replica of the Westgate Bridge.
The crowd was stunned. Surely this was the smartest dog in the world!
The turn of the lawyer's dog finally came. When the whistle was blown, the dog jumped up, ate all the bones, screwed the other two dogs, crapped all over the place, and then sent everyone a bill.
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Gordon died. So Susan went to the local paper to put a notice in the obituaries. The gentleman at the counter, after offering his condolences, asked Susan what she would like to say about Gordon.
Just put 'Gordon died’, Susan replied.
The gentleman, somewhat perplexed, said: That's it? Just 'Gordon died’? Surely, there must be something more you'd like to say about Gordon. If it's money you're concerned about, the first five words are free.
So Susan pondered for a few minutes and finally said: Okay then, put ‘Gordon died. Sailboat for sale’.
Ross
A doctor, a dentist and a lawyer were in a boat together when a wave came along and washed them all overboard.
Unable to get back into the boat, they decided two of them would hold on to the boat and the third would swim to shore for help.
They noticed that there were hundreds of sharks between them and land.
Without a word the lawyer took off. As he swam, the sharks move aside.
The dentist yelled, “It’s a miracle!”
“No”, said the doctor, “That’s professional courtesy.”
•••
A salty cruising boat pulled in to dock, and a stunningly beautiful woman stepped off with a parrot on her shoulder. “Where did you get that?” asked one of the dock rats. “Met her online,” replied the parrot.
•••
A man fell overboard from his little sailboat, and was thrashing around in the water when another boat pulled up.
"Jump in, we'll save you," the people in the boat screamed.
"No," cried the drowning man, "God will save me."
The scene was repeated twice more and then a helicopter hovered over the man.
"We came to rescue you," yelled the pilot.
"No, God will save me," was the response again.
The man drowned, and as he crossed the Pearly Gates, he ran straight towards Jesus.
"I placed my faith in You, and You let me drown!”
""Hey!" said Jesus. "I sent three boats and a helicopter."
•••
An old sea captain was sitting on a bench near the wharf when a young man walked up and sat down. The young man had spiked hair and each spike was a different colour: green, red, orange, blue and yellow.
After a while, the young man noticed that the captain was staring at him.
“What's the matter, old timer? Never done anything wild in your life?
The old captain replied, "Got drunk once and married a parrot. I was just wondering if you were my son.”
•••
Every yacht club event ended the same way, with the doctor, the lawyer and the engineer in a heated argument. This Friday, they were arguing over who had the smarter dog, and having had enough of the on-going feud, the Commodore stepped in.
“Next Friday, you'll all three bring your dogs here, and we'll put them to the test.”
Friday came, and a space on the floor was cleared for the competition. Starting the test was the doctor's dog. A bag of bones was dumped in front of the dog, the whistle blew, the doctor gave his command, and the dog went to work.
Within a few minutes, the doctor's dog had reassembled the entire skeleton. The crowd cheered!
Next came the engineer's dog. The bag of bones was dumped, the whistle blew, and within a few minutes the dog had assembled the bones into a scale replica of the Westgate Bridge.
The crowd was stunned. Surely this was the smartest dog in the world!
The turn of the lawyer's dog finally came. When the whistle was blown, the dog jumped up, ate all the bones, screwed the other two dogs, crapped all over the place, and then sent everyone a bill.
•••
Gordon died. So Susan went to the local paper to put a notice in the obituaries. The gentleman at the counter, after offering his condolences, asked Susan what she would like to say about Gordon.
Just put 'Gordon died’, Susan replied.
The gentleman, somewhat perplexed, said: That's it? Just 'Gordon died’? Surely, there must be something more you'd like to say about Gordon. If it's money you're concerned about, the first five words are free.
So Susan pondered for a few minutes and finally said: Okay then, put ‘Gordon died. Sailboat for sale’.
Ross
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