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  1. EnglishLady

    Strange but True News

    Have You Seen This Missing Unicorn? Monday November 29, 2010 Maybe it's the last great unicorn hunt. New Yorkers have been looking for this beast, a female unicorn with a friendly disposition, since thousands of posters for it sprung up around the city. There's a phone number to call...
  2. EnglishLady

    Another High School, Another Student with a gun - Time for tighter gun control?

    All hostages released from Wisconsin high school A student armed with two handguns held 23 other students and a teacher hostage for several hours at a school in Wisconsin before shooting himself. Police were called to Marinette High School at around 1500 (2100 GMT), after the 15-year-old...
  3. EnglishLady

    Don't call me Shirley ...... Leslie Nielsen

    Leslie Nielsen, comic actor and Airplane! star, dies November 28 Veteran comic actor Leslie Nielsen, star of Airplane! and The Naked Gun, has died at the age of 84. He died in hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was being treated for pneumonia, his agent John S Kelly said...
  4. EnglishLady

    Federal judge blocks Oklahoma Sharia law ban

    BBC News Federal judge blocks Oklahoma Sharia law ban A US federal judge has stopped Oklahoma putting into effect a constitutional amendment to bar courts from considering Islamic law in judgements. Judge Vicky Miles-Lagrange granted an injunction against the certification of the...
  5. EnglishLady

    Are you suffering from Quarter Life Crisis?

    Quarter life crisis is the new midlife crisis? There you go, that would explain everything :D:p
  6. EnglishLady

    Are you a Gamer?

    Anyone out there enjoy video games? Personally I am an avid xbox fan - had an xbox since the day the first one's came out :D Got the xbox360 here on the road with us :p Finished Black op's - what a useless Call of Duty that was, always the same when Treyarch make it. Roll on next year...
  7. EnglishLady

    Your Favourite Christmas Movie

    What is your fav Christmas movie that is a must watch every year? :D My personal fav is Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase - absolutely hilarious :D
  8. EnglishLady

    So what are you doing right now?

    For those of us who are not at home today, what are you doing right now? (besides reading E.O. LOL) We are planning to move to the Petro at Youngstown Oh shortly to partake in their Thanksgiving buffet :D Until then I am playing Assassins Creed 2 Brotherhood on the xbox :D Absolutely the...
  9. EnglishLady

    The Royal Wedding

    As you may, or not, know the wedding of Prince William to Miss Kate Middleton is all set for April 29 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London. What is amazing me is the number of Americans who are as gooey about all this pomp & ceremony as we Brits are :D We are gaining a Princess, but what...
  10. EnglishLady

    Only a Woman would understand this ....

    I received this over the email and just had to share this with the Ladies of E.O. :p When you have to visit a public toilet, you usually find a line of women, so you smile politely and take your place. Once it's your turn, you check for feet under the cubicle doors. Every cubicle is...
  11. EnglishLady

    Funny or Not pic's & Photo's

    Uh Oh the cutbacks have started :eek:
  12. EnglishLady

    Fun but Useless Facts - - add some more ....

    Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating. Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia. Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered...
  13. EnglishLady

    Book em Danno Star dies

    Hawaii Five-O star James MacArthur dies James MacArthur, best known for playing Detective Dan Williams in the original Hawaii Five-O TV show, has died of natural causes at the age of 72.
  14. EnglishLady

    Girl can be sued !!

    From the BBC News 29 October 2010 Last updated at 22:16 ET New York child sued for woman's death after bike crash The judge ruled the four-year-old girl was old enough to be held negligent under law A New York child can be sued for crashing a bicycle into an elderly pedestrian and...
  15. EnglishLady

    Have a laugh - Share a Joke

    Preparing for an Emergency Landing An airliner was having engine trouble, and the pilot instructed the cabin crew to have the passengers take their seats and get prepared for an emergency landing. A few minutes later, the pilot asked the flight attendants if everyone was buckled in and...
  16. EnglishLady

    What Did You See?

    What is the funniest, or weirdest, or even most dangerous thing you have seen on the Interstate?
  17. EnglishLady

    Chocloate Rules

    Chocolate Rules 1 If you’ve got melted chocolate all over your hands, you’re eating it too slowly. 2 Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices & strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want. 3 The problem: How to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in...
  18. EnglishLady

    Some funnies

    Tech Question A woman called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer. The tech asked her if she was “running it under Windows.” The woman responded, “No, my desk is next to the door. But that is a good point. The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is under a window, and his...
  19. EnglishLady

    So how did YOU become an Expeditor?

    If you had asked me two years ago if I could travel over the road in a tin can, with no overnight stays in hotels, I would have laughed my socks off :D (I say travel OTR because hubby does all the driving LOL, & has been OTR for many, many years) But I cannot imagine doing anything else...
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