Sadly, it was time to leave Siem Reap and make our way to Phnom Penh. Our taxi driver on this journey was Mr Thearak, a very knowledgeable and interesting guide with immaculate English. We did manage to teach him one new English word – Outgoing – when describing how we were looking forward to meeting up with Jessie who is, undoubtedly, very outgoing!
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6 April 2025 – Amusements
A young bride-to-be went to see her local priest to check on the preparations for her wedding.
“How can I help?” he asked.
“Well, Father”, she began, “it’s to do with my wedding dress. I was wondering what colour it should be.”
“The answer to that depends on your virtues, my dear”, replied the priest.
“What do you mean?” the innocent girl asked.
“It’s simple,” said the priest. “If you are pure and have not sinned, then you wear white.”
“And if…?” asked the girl.
“Otherwise, you wear blue,” explained the priest.
“Oh, I see. Thank you very much.” she said, and turned to go.
“Wait a moment.”, said the priest. “What color will you be wearing?”
“White!” said the girl.
“Oh good,” smiled the priest.
“…with hundreds of little blue polka dots.
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30 March 2025
At Adam’s suggestion, we travelled by taxi from Bangkok to Siem Reap, a six-and-a-half-hour journey through gorgeous countryside. One can fly, of course, but when one considers getting to the airport early, going through security, going through customs and immigration at the other end, there’s probably not a lot in it. Certainly, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to visit one of the finest examples of a Lav with a View.
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A couple celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. When they were asked what their secret was to a long lasting marriage they said:
“We take the time to go out to a restaurant two times a week. A candlelight dinner, soft music and a slow walk home. She goes on Tuesdays, and I go on Fridays.”
Continue reading “30 March 2025 – Amusements”23 March 2025
And, we’re back. Sort of. At least we had the good fortune to arrive back in the UK on Wednesday – I cannot imagine what we would have felt like if we had been due to arrive back in the UK on Friday. The Friday flight we were on from Doha to Heathrow was diverted to France – we might still be there!
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A guy sits down at a bar. “Is everything okay?” the bartender asks.
“My wife and I got into a fight and she said she wasn’t going to talk to me for a month.”
The bartender says, “Well, maybe that’s a good thing… a little peace and quiet?”
“Yeah but today is the last day.”
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16 February 2025
Short and sweet this morning – we’re off on Tuesday morning for our excursion to SE Asia and there are still seventy-four thousand things to do before then! Just to maintain some semblance of order, however, you will be delighted to know that the weather has continued to be mainly dull and damp although Friday, I have to admit, was a pretty decent day with this occasional strange orange glow as the sun peeked through the cloud cover.
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Ken was fifty, and his wife Liz was forty-eight. They had a very old car. “I’m going to sell this car,” Ken said to Liz last month, but nobody wanted to buy it because it was old and did not run well.
Last Friday, Ken said to Liz, “I’ve got some work in Boxbury. Come with me and do your shopping there.” Liz was very happy, because her husband very seldom took her out, and she usually shopped in their small village.
Ken drove their old car to the River Dee. There was a ferry there, and cars and trucks crossed on it to the other side. It was the shortest way to Boxbury. The ferryman came to Ken and said, “A pound for the car and twenty-five pence for the passenger.”
Ken answered, “Take the car for a pound, but I’m not going to sell my wife for less than fifty pence.”
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We’ve had decentish weather this week – a cold snap at the end of the week but nice and sunny (when it’s sunny) and overcast, wet and grey when it’s not.
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Pretty sure we’ve had this before:
A drunk man sat down on a subway seat next to a priest. The man’s tie was stained, his face was plastered with red lipstick. He smelled awful, and a half empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn coat pocket.
He opened his newspaper and began reading. After a few minutes, the man turned to the priest and asked, “Say, Father, what causes arthritis?”
The priest replied, “My Son, it’s caused by loose living; being with cheap, wicked women; too much alcohol; contempt for your fellow man; sleeping around with prostitutes; and lack of bathing.”
The drunk muttered in response, “Well, I’ll be darned,” then returned to his paper.
The priest, thinking about what he had said, nudged the man and apologized. “I’m very sorry. I didn’t mean to come on so strong. How long have you had arthritis?”
The drunk answered, “Oh, I don’t have it, Father. I was just reading here that the Pope does.”
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