SOME FUNNY NEWS & MAXINE

With all the depressing News we hear lately at TV, I appreciate when from time to time there is something which makes me laugh. For example a 81 year old man who hated his 42 year old neighbour, drilled a hole in his floor and injected ammoniac in a syringe through the ceiling into the bedroom of the poor man. He woke up because it stank terribly in the room, could just escape and alerted the police who took some time to find out what had happened. I just imagined the old guy drilling a hole in his floor ! some people really have imagination.

A woman was sentenced to 1 year of prison with probation, because she had already got a warning. The problem was that the poor lady was so loud during love making that all neighbours had complained. I hope that now she puts a patch on her mouth if she doesn't want to spend a year in prison.

Our minister of retirement (we have ministers for everything in Belgium) showed up in parliament completely boozed and held a hilarious speech which of course next day was on YouTube ! Our President, and the Government were not amused !

In a town near Brussels a 56 year old woman was arrested while she painted Graffitis on the police building. She has done this for one year and nobody suspected her. But this time she was filmed by the video camera of the police. She had also decorated the city hall and other public buildings with her art. That gives me an idea where I could paint cats during nights whenever I can't sleep !

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In our living room is a big cabinet along almost the whole wall with a vitrine where I keep other things than cats.

There are some very precious things in there from Napoleon's times which I inherited, medals, old coins and other antiques. I think with this vitrine I will have quite some things to show and tell about.





so I take out this :



When our son was born I had to give a little box with blue, pink and white dragées (sugar almond sweets) to family, friends, collegues, neighbours etc. which is the use in Belgium when a child is born.

The boxes sold in specialized shops were very expensive and considering the amount of boxes I needed, it would have cost a fortune which we didn't have. So I had an idea, I asked my boss if I could choose a piece of fabric, to which of course he agreed, then I cut it in little squares with special zig zag scissors, bought some pounds of dragées, and made little bags like the above one. My friend who had a son one year later was pleased with this idea and did the same with a more "romantic" fabric.

These little bags are now 35 and 36 years old. I don't know if the sweets are still good, anyway I wouldn't try, it's just a nice souvenir.



These are Dragées boxes of today, they are far more creative and funny. When our son was born they were only in white, pink, or blue and no design of course besides a golden inscription.