Brighter side of web - October 2006

Harry Enfield video - 1933 Arsenal v 1991 Liverpool.

A take off of 1930s commentators with Captain Charlie Charles leading the 1931 Arsenal against the 1991 Liverpool. Quality of video not great but one of Harry Enfield's better sketches.

Video of one legged cyclist. Dexter Benjamin.

Dexter lost a leg in a cycling accident when young. At one time he was homeless in New York, asking strangers for money. Now he works as a bike messenger in New York. Its hard enough cycling in New York without cycling on one leg.

Video is called " fast and reliable"

This is a digital animation about a young warrior, Ashitaka, who is forced to flee his home town because of a curse he gets from fighting an evil demon. The film deals with the conflicts between humans, animals and the ancient Gods and Spirits. The hero of the film, Ashitaka, seems at times to be the only voice for promoting harmony, peace and understanding between the conflicting forces.

Funny Video by Chris.Originally from Cutewithchris.com

There's something quite offbeat about this video. The cats are both cute "but this is America and one has to be cuter than the other, so lets have a vote." Maybe not to everyone's taste but I quite liked it.

More funny cat videos from You Tube. Quality of Yahoo videos seems to be much better than You Tube and Google Video.

If you come across any particularly good or funny link/ video let me know by adding a comment or sending email (on home page)

...This reminds me of a Zen story. There was a Zen Master who was very pure, very illumined. Near the place where he lived there happened to be a food store. The owner of the food store had a beautiful unmarried daughter. One day she was found with child. Her parents flew into a rage. They wanted to know the father, but she would not give them the name. After repeated scolding and harassment, she gave up and told them it was the Zen Master. The parents believed her. When the child was born they ran to the Zen Master, scolding him with foul tongue, and they left the infant with him. The Zen Master said, "Is that so." This was his only comment.

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Ashrita juggling upside down

In the company of Tigers Ashrita Furman , of Queens Jamaica set a new record for Juggling upside down in Conneticut's Beardsley Zoo. Ashrita successfully juggled three balls 248 times while hanging upside down in a pair of gravity boots. The previous Guinness record for that event had been 197 juggles. Inevitably Ashrita gets asked why he does these records. I think the main reason is that he really enjoys doing them. We all get joy out of doing better and transcending ourselves. Through his meditation and studying under Sri Chinmoy, Ashrita has shown how we can do many things which otherwise may seem "impossible" His versatility is particularly admirable.

Photo by Jowan Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries

At the top of Stennying hill climb to pick up Andy T who punctured

I have only done one open hill climb so far this year. I have been busy and my form not quite as good as last year. The first hill was at Stennying about 1 mile, steepest gradient 17%. Danny Axford did a very good time of 4.04, for some reason I was a slower than last year. I didn't cycle fast enough on the flat bit in middle. There were great views from the top. Andy Sherwood who came down from Oxfordshire with me, punctured but sill managed to finish 9th.

The afternoon hill was at Shoreham it is 2 miles long with a considerable bit of downhill in the middle the average gradient is only 1:33. I regretted not bringing my tri bars. David McGaw used a time trial bike and seems to have been a good choice. The overall was settled on points so I finished just ahead of Danny Axford. It is a shame now that I am not riding the Cat and Bec HC like last year as I would have had a good chance of winning the overall weekend prize.

The event was well organised as usual by Robin Johnson who also was able to contribute a very generous prize list. I won 2 USE aluminium seat posts (engraved, 1 tyre and inner tube from Matt Goodes cycle shop, and also 2 bottles of Champagne and 1 bottle of port. As I never drink alcohol, my father shall be getting a nice Christmas present.

Funny sketch. It makes you think how would Shakespeare have feared in modern media. You can imagine how modern TV bosses would have wanted to cut long speeches into soundbites. I've never seen this sketch of Blackadder before it must have been written for a live performance and not shown on TV.

Blackadder DVDs at Amazon.com

Blackadder DVDs at Amazon.co.uk

This video of Yorkshire Airlines is very funny to me.

Yorkshire Airlines

Exceprts:

"Pie and peas - ah luxury!"

"This is captain Boycott speaking. We'll take off when i feel like it, und weel fly at the height i wanna cos im captain rite."

"we'll soon take off from Leeds international, and in 20 minutes well land at leeds international, because if its not in yorkshire its not worth visiting."

P.S. it is a standing joke that many people from Yorkshire men used to keep ferrets.

Thanks to John-Paul for finding this video.

I zink you will enjoy this video

Plays on words are a great source of amusement. See also funny english signs

I am now inspired to look for a certain episode of Fawlty Towers

Manuel from Barcelona is an integral part of Fawlty Towers. Throughout the series his poor English and failure to understand Basil Fawlty, in particular, are a source of numerous jokes. Even just his trademark

"Que?"

is enough to create a laugh. I saw an interview with Andrew Sachs, the actor who plays Manuel. He said it was great fun to make Fawlty Towers although John Cleese used to really hit him hard, if you watch the episodes carefully, Basil doesn't hold back. In fact in one episode Andrew Sachs experienced serious concussion after being hit over the head with a frying pan. He also suffered burns whilst filming during "The Germans episode"

During the Germans episode there is also a memorable moment when he is practising his English and the old major thinks it is the stuffed animal that is speaking.

Andrew Sachs was actually born in Germany his family fled before the war because of their Jewish origin.

Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only..Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down."

It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.

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At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow

(It is true I tried to lick my elbow

Some may not be absolutely true

More Facts

Despite failing no drug tests, top pro cyclist Mario Flanderes has held up his hands and admitted he’s completely guilty of taking drugs and masking them repeatedly from drug tests.

“I just like to say I’ve been taking drugs for several years. I thought drug taking was OK because most of my team mates did it. But I read something on a cycling forum that said taking drugs was cheating and wrong so I’ve decided to mend my ways and ask the authorities to take away all my prize money. I will also be giving the names of all the other riders currently taking drugs.

The doctor of Mario Flanderes, Mr Guenetes has also spoken up saying its really him who is the one to blame....

Fatalities per Million Exposure Hours:

   Skydiving 128.71
   General Flying 15.58
   Ocean rowing 10.02
   Motorcycling 8.80
   Scuba Diving 1.98
   Living 1.53
   Swimming 1.07
   Snowmobiling .88
   Motoring .47
   Water skiing .28
   Bicycling .26
   Airline Flying .15
   Hunting .08

Data compiled by Failure Analysis Associates, Inc.

Taken into consideration is the benefits of fitness on health. I.E somebody who leads a sedentary life is much more likely to die early from heart disease and obesity related dieseases.

This of course assumes you are not a professional cyclists who has an extensive "medical" budget. Unfortunately there have been many untimely deaths of top pro cyclists.

GOod compilation of funny football moments. With music Monty Python's - "ALways look on the bright side of life"

even the pros make mistakes!