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Happy St Patrick’s Day
I had an Irish father, through whom I am an Irish citizen, I trained as a teacher in Ireland, have an Irish driver’s licence and my ex husband is Irish. Plus my one cat is called Paddy and I went to...
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IKEA are you being ironic?
Many companies, IKEA included, have staff to check product names in other languages and cultures to make sure they are not offensive anywhere in a global market. I am thus more than a little sure that...
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Easter Bunny Heebie Jeebies
I had a good laugh at the photos above! Friends of mine sent a couple to me because they had seen me in the photo below. That Santa used to give all us kids the creeps and he held on to us with a...
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This conjures up certain thoughts and images…
…and I am not sure why. I posted it on my Facebook page and everyone jumped to the same conclusion I did. What is the reason for that do you think? Comics? Movies? Popular culture? A primal instinctual...
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A new title in English – Mx
Well, not so new actually as it was first used in 1977 but it has entered the Oxford English Dictionary (as have words like selfie and twerk….). So in addition to Mr, Mrs, Ms, Dr, Prof and Rev, there...
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I hate self service at banks and supermarkets
I am pretty tech-savvy. I used to work with computers (I was a PC software technician, a network manager and a Novell administrator for many years, in addition to moderating the biggest women’s...
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5 nuns walked into a bar…
Sisters Mary Catherine, Maria Theresa , Katherine Marie, Rose, Frances, & Mary Kathleen left the Convent on a trip to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City and were sight-seeing on a Tuesday in...
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I didn’t know many of these – did you?
I suppose many of them are cultural. In Sweden you place your knife and fork together at an angle when you are finished. In the US I was told to put my napkin on the plate when I had finished. But I...
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1D’s Harry Styles corrects a fans spelling while onstage!
At a One Direction concert in Philadelphia, a fan had written “Hi Harry, your so nice”on a poster. Styles spotted the error, asked security to bring the sign to him, grabbed a pen, corrected it by...
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The beautiful art of Elisabeth (Lisa) Johansson
A very talented friend of mine, Elisabeth (Lisa) Johansson, is having an exhibition of her work in Stockholm on Thursday but for those who are unable to attend, she has allowed me to feature some of...
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