28 Aug 2007

WEEKLY COMPILED NEWS

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Pookie wonders if she needs glasses for reading news !

I can lean back with a sigh of satisfaction and zip my coffee ! this week I found some royal news !


Our poor king had to interrupt his holidays and rush home in his castle. The fight between his flemish and french speaking children had increased dramatically ! They are sitting in a sandbox and throw buckets, and shovels at their heads. Ah these politicians ! They are the coffin nails of our king ! And of course still no government since more then two months !


The British royal family must have "ice water in their veins," says the father of Princess Diana's lover Al Fayed who will forever be convinced their deaths in a Paris car crash were not an accident. I only agree to the ice water especially in the Queens and Phillips veins. He must be freezing.


Camilla pulled out of Friday’s memorial service to Princess Diana — after becoming the victim of a PR disaster due to thousands of hate letters. Poor Camilla, finally it was more Charles fault, he married Diana but I agree she is much better home then with a fancy hat at the memorial service.


PRINCESS BEATRICE Fergie's oldest daughter was recently voted the third most eligible woman in the world by readers of men's magazine FHM. I agree she is a pretty girl and not so "round" as her mother was at that age.


Besides the fact that Mary of Danmark has carried herself her garbage bag and has put it in front of the kitchen door there were no other news. Next week there will certainly be a lot more.


But there are other news !


A senior Vatican cardinal will inaugurate a low-cost charter flight service which aims to transport Catholic pilgrims to holy sites. Low cost airlines are doing good business in Italy. Last year the number of passengers they transported increased by 20%. Pfff, another good thing to make money for the poor Vatican ! Probably the pope needs some more gold embrodered clothes and a new diamond ring to be kissed !


In Finland a squirrl loving chocolates is not allowed in the supermarket anymore ! The little squirl came everyday through the open door and took some chocolate eggs. Now the sanitary services ordered to keep the door shut and not to allow the squirl to take chocolate eggs any more. I am shocked ! That's not nice at all !


In Sweden a woman was ordered by court to make a non smoking zone in her garden. A neighbour had complained that he was incommodated by the cigarette smoke and even had to wear a mask. Now she has a limited smoking zone in her own garden. The friendly neighbor also ask for 213 € as compensation for health damages. But this has been refused. Maybe she should put an old stinking truck in her garden and let the motor run ? That's certainly more healthy !


A row has erupted in the South African port of Durban about the meaning of the Zulu word eThekwini, the name of the city's greater municipality area.The major of Durban wants the name changed, because "eTthekwini" means "bull balls" in zoulou. He said it didn't sound nice. I agree ! I just imagine to live in Bull Balls city !


MP Paul Muite urged the Kenyan Wildlife Service to help contain monkeys aggressive sexual behaviour towards women working on the fields."The monkeys grab their breasts, and gesture at us while pointing at their private parts. We are afraid that they will sexually harass us," said a woman. Poor women ! I experienced this too, but with men ! Maybe they are less dangerous.


10 comments:

  1. This is always a complete update! now I can go out to have coffee with my Spanish friends and tell them all I just read,lol.
    The Pope was also mentioned in the news (but I guess it was last week) because he was wearing very fashionable red shoes!
    I only missed the Spanish royals in your update, off to get some gossip of my own :)

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  2. I don't think Camilla should attend anyway when she was one of the source of Diana's depression. And major source of Diana's emotional spiralling. I'm not so into the British Royal Family but Princess Di is really a tragedy. She married a man she loved more than he loves her. That was pretty cruel of Prince Charles in many ways, but then again nothing is normal in a Royal Family I guess. I fear to imagine how Charles + Camilla offsprings would have looked like have they been together in the first place. Probably not as princely and regal as Princess Di's spawn!

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  3. Enjoyed your news Gattina. Do you know why Princess Mary puts her own garbage out? She's a down to earth Aussie, that's why. She probably did it before she married Frederick...so she still does it.

    So...monkeys making sexual overtures to women in the fields, eh? Just goes to show, the apple doesn't fall from the greater primate tree...lol!

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  4. I have a couple of Danish friends living in Denmark...they're all such wonderful people! Always so happy. Guess it's because of the royals taking out their own trash. [one way or another]

    Love the cartoon. Too funny. And I just finished reading about the 'faith' blog below. Perhaps I was an exception to your thoughts...I was the GOOD teenager [around my parents anyway....never rebelled against them...I knew they were right with me. And I think I turned out very stable...all thanks to them]

    Great posts dear Gattina. You've come a long way these past few weeks. I'm truly enjoying them.

    *tripping over the eye glasses* OOPS!

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  5. WOW! I am thoroughly updated on the world at large now! I am feeling sO sympathetic toward the squirrel... but I have a feeling we have NOT heard the end of him! They are smart little critters... he may find (or create) another entrance into the shop! *nods* Keep me posted!

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  6. That cartoon made me laugh out loud! ROFL! Thanks!

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  7. 2 Mois sans gouvernement!!!Ici ça serait un coup d'état! Et les belges dans tout ça! Ils y pensent tous ces politiques???
    Tiens, à l'école le type qui assure la maintenance a de la famille à Liège et on a discuté de Waterloo. Il m'a dit qu'il avait signé le livre d'Or au mémorial! en mentionant la ville d'Ollioules!Tu vois! Ollioules à Waterloo!
    C'est la folie à l'école! Heureusement que mes élèves ne rentrent que jeudi! ça me laissera du temps pour tout bien organiser!
    Aujourd'hui encore une grosse chaleur! Je vais passer à la pharmacie m'acheter un fluidifiant pour mes jambes! Je n'arrive même plus à rester assise devant l'ordi!

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  8. as always I am fascinated by your news. i must say i have become quite addicted to it :) now when i turn on the german news/tv i also wait for some exciting tidbits i came close to some news compared to your swedish woman, a hilarious thing happened here, the GEZ (those people who taxed residents here for having a tv or radio) fined a dog for not paying his tv tax :) hmm if this dog ever had money, he wouldn't buy himself a tv but rather sausages, don't you agree?

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  9. WOO-HOO! Compiled news for (way early) morning coffee - or is it a good-night Espresso? Doesn´t make sense, huh?

    I bet the not-so-niuce Swedish neighbour has had a nice smoky huuuuge BBQ in his garden after he won the process. ;)

    Well, it´s a pitty Princess Beatrice made it to the third place "only". She´s much more pretty than Carmen Electra or Kimberly Stewart, isn´t she? My personal choice would be Swedish Crown Princess Victoria...

    Hallo, meine Liebe!
    Es stimmt, Maren´s Mama ist verstorben - eines (mehr oder weniger) natürlichen Todes. Wenigstens ist es den Kindern erspart geblieben, die Maschinen abschalten zu lassen.

    Außerdem geht bei mir im Moment alles schief, was nur schief gehen kann - aber das wird schon wieder... von einer 20-jährigen Freundschaft die den Bach runter gegangen ist mal abgesehen. Mein posting neulich scheint wohl zu Mißverständnissen geführt zu haben, die nicht mehr aus der Welt zu schaffen sind.

    Ich hab ein wenig meine Wunden geleckt, versucht einige andere Dinge ins Reine zu bringen (geschäftlicher Dreck, Steuern und so´n Kram) und versuche nun, wieder zu den "anständigen" Bloggern zu gehören =)

    Vielen Dank für Deine Besuche und lieben Kommentare während meiner Abwesenheit - schön, dass Coffee2go nicht gänzlich verwaist ist *G*

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  10. Hi Gattina Ive caught up on all the royal news now fergies girls are beautiful but starting to add a little wieght, oh the poor squirrel loves chocs got locked out.

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