Honest I heard it from his own lips.

I was listening to NPR radio this morning and they were playing part of a conference where the present President of Pakistan said in description regarding the current unrest.. "..We are caught between a rock and a hard surface..."

I wonder if anyone will make comment on this slip of the lips.

dirty dishes and King Henry VIII

Friday, chores await. Must wash dishes...erk. Made pancakes this morning, cup of Constant Comment tea and gulped down medications. I am re-reading for the umpteenth time "Blaze Wyndham" by Bertrice Small. Blaze Morgan is the oldest of 8 sisters and one youngest brother. A neighbor (12 miles away) Earl of Wyndham is a widower and has heard of the Morgan family's amazing fertility and health. He comes for a visit with an offer of marriage as he must have an heir. (1500 something England y'know). Marriage is agreed upon, Blaze is a little upset that she will meet her groom on the day of the wedding but a family with EIGHT daughters cannot be too choosy. Blaze and Edmund wed and he agrees to court her before consumation so that they my become better acquainted. Things go smoothly, the consumate and eventually a daughter is born (Nyssa Catherine Wyndham). Two years of bliss pass. Blaze becomes pregnant again and they are happy. Nephew Anthony visits (who has a secret tendre for Blaze) and he and Edmund go hunting. Edmund is killed in a freak accident. Blaze has hysterics and loses her baby and blames it all on Anthony. A few months later her young sister Bliss, talks Blaze into return to court with them. She reluctantly goes with them. King Henry the VIII notices her and makes her his "Quiet Mistress" She does not want to do so but no one in 16th century England refused the King anything because it would be treason....

Well those dishes are waiting.....

'splain this

111 111 111 x 1 111 111 111= 1,234,567,899,876,543.21

Besides being a rather large number....what it is exactly?

last "half"

I still like flags, lets give this one a try....

Chairman of the Council of Regency,
Acting Minister of Interior

This man acts in the interest of the above Kingdom's flag. Name that flag!

Pop quiz

Time to modify the Guessing Game a bit.

It is the only metal, except for mercury, caesium, and rubidium, which can be liquid near room temperatures; this makes possible its use in high-temperature thermometers. It has one of the longest liquid ranges of any metal and has a low vapour pressure even at high temperatures. What is the symbol?