Salt Cellar bucolic Humdinger he's speaking double Dutch stiff upper lip his goose is cooked big dipper to harangue somebody stay shtum (that I got right away.. lol) I must see a man about a dog sweetheart deal teetotaller putpocket You can't teache somebody to suck eggs to prevaricate  

My sister has a little son and everybody knows that little kids love toys. But my sister is quite peculiar about toys because she hates, really really does not like toys with electronics or made in China. There aren't really that many alternatives - but there are the old Fisher Price toys, especially the Little People series playsets from between the 60ies and 90ies.. I am sure many had those when they were young or had them for their own children. Fisher Price had the parking garage, the riverb...

I don't really know if you had heard about this incident in detail, but I found it so bizarre that I wanted to share it. I can only imagine what would have happend to that man had he flown to the US.. who would have believe someone with explosives in their duffel bag that it wasn't theirs? Don't travel to Slovakia via air travel, you might end up being used as a courier without your knowledge, and by the police no less. from CNN Slovakia explosives gaffe 'highlights security faili...

For the first time since World War 2 Germany has reintroduced a medal for bravery for actions beyhond the call of duty ( I am not really firm about what ajectives adequatly describe such an act). 4 german soldiers that served in Afghanistan are awarded the "Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr für Tapferkeit" for risking their lives helping wounded teammates after a suicide attack on their convoi that killed 2 soldiers and 5 afghani children. Awarding medals for bravery seems something normal ...

I found this article today. It is totally incomprehensible for me how people can be so stupid, but it is a sad truth. If it was up to me I'd repatriate the lot of them to WhiteRussia, they can live their dream of a communist/socialist dictatorship of the soviet variety there. Article here Spiegel Online International (in english) Majority of Eastern Germans Feel Life Better under Communism Glorification of the German Democratic Republic is on the rise two decades after the Berli...