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When Ignorance Screams Intelligence Moves On

 The donkey told the tiger, “The grass is blue.”

The tiger replied, “No, the grass is green .”

The discussion became heated, and the two decided to submit the issue to arbitration, so they approached the lion.

As they approached the lion on his throne, the donkey started screaming: ′′Your Highness, isn’t it true that the grass is blue?”

The lion replied: “If you believe it is true, the grass is blue.”

The donkey rushed forward and continued: ′′The tiger disagrees with me, contradicts me and annoys me. Please punish him.”

The king then declared: ′′The tiger will be punished with 3 days of silence.”

The donkey jumped with joy and went on his way, content and repeating ′′The grass is blue, the grass is blue…”

The tiger asked the lion, “Your Majesty, why have you punished me, after all, the grass is green?”

The lion replied, ′′You’ve known and seen the grass is green.”

The tiger asked, ′′So why do you punish me?”

The lion replied, “That has nothing to do with the question of whether the grass is blue or green. The punishment is because it is degrading for a brave, intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with an ass, and on top of that, you came and bothered me with that question just to validate something you already knew was true!”

Moral Of The Story: The biggest waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who doesn’t care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions.

Never waste time on discussions that make no sense. There are people who, for all the evidence presented to them, do not have the ability to understand.

Others who are blinded by ego, hatred and resentment, and the only thing that they want is to be right even if they aren’t.

When IGNORANCE SCREAMS, intelligence moves on.

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PECAN, ALMOND AND COCONUT RUSKS

 

(Makes about 80 rusks)

6 x 250 ml (780 g)    cake flour

60 ml                          baking powder

5 ml                            salt

350 ml (280 g)          soft brown sugar

250 ml                        desiccated coconut

125 ml                        sunflower seeds

3 x 250 ml (500g)     Woolworths carb clever coconut and vanilla granola

100 g                          chopped pecan nuts

100 g                          whole almonds

500 ml (500 g)          melted butter

500 ml                        buttermilk

METHOD:

• Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
• Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, coconut, sunflower seeds, pecan nuts, almonds and muesli together in a large bowl.
• Mix the melted butter and buttermilk together and add to the dry ingredients.
• Mix well to make a firm dough.
• Press the dough into a well-greased large baking sheet (or two oven pans).
• Bake for about 25 minutes and then remove from the oven and cool for a few minutes – it cuts better if lukewarm
• Cut into slices and spread them in a single layer on two large baking sheets, with enough space between them for air to circulate and to dry the rusks.
• Dry out in the oven at 80 °C for about 4 hours, turning the rusks every hour.
• The rusks will last quite long if stored in an airtight container

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In a world full of fear, be courageous.

 

Create your own style. Create your own fashion and renew your wardrobe for this summer.

 

Romantic Birthday Surprise

 During lunch at work, I ate 3 plates of beans (which I know I shouldn’t).

 When I got home, my husband seemed excited to see me and exclaimed delightedly, “Darling I have a surprise for dinner tonight.”

 He then blindfolded me and led me to my chair at the dinner table. I took a seat and just as he was about to remove my blindfold, the telephone rang.

 He made me promise not to touch the blindfold until he returned and went to answer the call.

 The beans I had consumed were still affecting me and the pressure was becoming unbearable, so while my husband was out of the room I seized the opportunity, shifted my weight to one leg and let one go.

 It was not only loud, but it smelled like a fertilizer truck running over a skunk in front of a garbage dump!

 I took my napkin from my lap and fanned the air around me vigorously.

 Then, shifting to the other leg, I ripped off three more.

 The stink was worse than cooked cabbage. Keeping my ears carefully tuned to the conversation in the other room, I went on releasing atomic bombs like this for another few minutes.

 The pleasure was indescribable!

 Eventually the telephone farewells signaled the end of my freedom, so I quickly fanned the air a few more times with my napkin, placed it on my lap and folded my hands back on it feeling very relieved and pleased with myself.

 My face must have been the picture of innocence when my husband returned, apologizing for taking so long.

 He asked me if I had peaked through the blindfold, and I assured him I had not.

 At this point, he removed the blindfold, and twelve dinner guests seated around the table, with their hands to their noses, chorused, “Happy Birthday!”