Whether the weather is good,
Or whether the weather is not;
Whether the weather is cold,
Or whether the weather is hot;
We'll weather the weather,
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not!
Whether the weather 15:27
A lovely little nursery rhyme:
Betty bought a bit of butter 15:29
There are several versions of this one. Let the rain pitter patter, it really doesn't matter which version you choose...
Betty bought a bit of butter,
But the butter Betty bought was a bit bitter.
So Betty bought a bit of better butter,
To make Betty's bitter butter better.
Soporific 14:15
It is possible to learn new words in children's books, too :) Soporific is a funny, little word word meaning 'something that makes you feel sleepy'... I found it in Beatrix Potter's The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. Very nice box set here.
Remember, remember the Fifth of November 14:21
Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I see no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
A day in the life of New York City, in miniature 13:20
It looks like it's a model, but it is the real thing, only seen trough tilt-shift lenses. Fascinating to watch – best viewed in full screen.
The Sandpit from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo.
Gardens 15:52
"Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful' and sitting in the shade."
– Rudyard Kipling
Race horses, seashells, butter, wood, and pickled peppers 09:33
One-Two was a race horse.
Two-One was one too.
One-Two won one race.
Two-One won one too.
She sells seashells, by the seashore.
The shells she sells, are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells, on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
Betty bought a bit of butter, but the bit of butter was too bitter, so Betty bought a better bit of butter.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, then where is the peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked?
Two-One was one too.
One-Two won one race.
Two-One won one too.
She sells seashells, by the seashore.
The shells she sells, are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells, on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
Betty bought a bit of butter, but the bit of butter was too bitter, so Betty bought a better bit of butter.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, then where is the peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked?
In short, abbreviations 17:18
"Excuse me, sir. Seeing as how the VP is such a VIP, shouldn't we keep the PC on the QT? Because if it leaks to the VC, you could end up an MIA, and then we'd all be put on KP."
– Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer in the film Good Morning, Vietnam
Light This Candle 12:48
"I'm cooler than you are. Why don't you fix your little problem and light this candle?"
– astronaut Alan Shepard to NASA technicians, at liftoff for America’s first manned spaceflight
Pun intended 18:10
On the TV show Scrubs:
- His tumour is now so big it should be called a three-mour.
- I was going to be a doctor, but I didn't have the patience.
- I was going to be a psychiatrist, but I was a Freud.