– great news –
there are now
officially
two words
that rhyme with purple.
hirple, meaning “to limp” or “walk awkwardly,”
and
curple, an old Scots word for the hindquarters of a horse.
now about orange……
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credits: google images, mental floss magazine
feeding the team while on the road and riding
(using parade candy found on the ground along the route).
” it would be easier if this didn’t start off in slow motion going up a hill and behind a lot of tractors and dogs and babies.”
– felix (australia/u.s.a.) – team porter
– grandson and famous parade rider
feeding the team while on the road and riding
(using lab-tested high protein super food).
“i hope to continue doing well in the final stages. it’s good to hear that people have noticed i’m in the race too, even if i prefer to let my legs do the talking.
-fabio aru (astana) – team sky
– some guy who is just a tour de france rider
“we know that in september,
we will wander through the warm winds of summer’s wreckage.
we will welcome summer’s ghost.”
-henry rollins
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“i like sleeping a lot.”
– sir ian mckellen
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image credit: purple clover
“round the world and home again, that’s the sailor’s way.”
-gene wilder (willy wonka)
r.i.p.
four of many aussie rescue babies
four of the six-pack of grandies
—
“love does not consist in gazing at each other,
but in looking outward together in the same direction.”
-antoine de saint-exupery
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image credit: the kangaroo sanctuary alice springs
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image credit: wordables
yes,
perhaps my cat grass
has gotten a little out of hand
and may be better suited
for a jungle cat rather than a house cat….
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“and i’d like to give my love to everybody,
and let them know that
the grass may look greener on the other side,
but believe me, it’s just as hard to cut.”
-little richard
“keep on going and the chances are
you will stumble on something,
perhaps when you are least expecting it.
i have never heard of anyone
stumbling on something sitting down.”
– charles kettering
sunday’s strong winds turned
the annual port huron, michigan float down
into an accidental international expedition.
the associated press reports around 1,500 people were sent across the st. clair river’s international border while riding inflatable rafts, tubes, boats, and other floatation devices.
canadian authorities helped bring them back to michigan from sarnia, ontario. police reportedly arranged for sarnia transit to take the stranded rafters back stateside.
Facebook post from the rafters:
“we want to express our gratitude to the canadian authorities for their assistance and understanding with the floaters who’ve unintentionally been forced to the canadian shoreline. you’ve shown us true kindness and what it means to be amazing neighbors!”
sarnia police tell the a.p. only minor injuries were reported in the incident, which started at port huron’s lighthouse beach and was slated to end at marysville’s chrysler beach before mother nature took control.
authorities report that “a strong current and lack of life jackets” heightened the hazards in the incident. the port huron float down is an annual event between michigan and canada, which takes participants 7.5 miles down the st. clair river. shipowners are speaking out against an annual, loosely organized event that sends thousands floating down the st. clair river.
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credits: associated press, mlive.com, sarnia police,
blackburnnews.com, benjamin raven
