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“Colonel-in-Chief Sir Nils Olav is a King Penguin living in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. He is the mascot and Colonel-in-Chief of the Norwegian King’s Guard… On August 18, 2005, he was promoted to Colonel-in-Chief and on 15 August 2008 he was awarded a knighthood. He is the first penguin to receive such an honour in the Norwegian army.”

I’d like to see the Singapore Armed Forces try this, although both you and I know that it will be a cold day in hell before this happens. Or until I become the Prime Minister, at least.

“The two men shook hands, reached into their pockets, and exchanged keys.

‘This one’s for Kate’s lobby,’ Josh explained. ‘And this one’s for her door. You have to kind of push it in and then turn.’

The man nodded.

‘Lisa likes it from behind, he offered.

Josh nodded awkwardly.”

OH MY BEJESUS! I LOVE this story.

Justin Ker strikes again after a year-long absence.

“The take-away message: if you’re clicking, you’re clicking, and these games are worthless. If contact has to be highly regimented work, then it’s probably not going to be an easy relationship, either.”

Fond memories: I used to read The House of Cheah all the time when I was a kid!

Happy Operation Spectrum Day, everyone!

“It would be closer to the truth to say that…Mr. Lee wasn’t in full control of events. It was Singapore, the city-state he helped turn into one of the most affluent societies in the world, that had left Mr. Lee behind, not the other way around.”

On the other hand, it’s quite sad that we have to (yet again) leave the voicing of a known truth to someone who has no vested interest in Singapore.

“…I love Harry Potter and all but adding a time travel element to your universe about halfway through the book is kind of dumb. I’ve been questioning the logic behind this since…well…you first introduced Hermione’s time-turner necklace.”

Click on the link: the graphic explains it all.

“Now I know of at least one use. A policeman wants your driving licence for some dubious offence? He’s welcome to it. At £5.50 each, international permits are about half the price of an average Mexican bribe.”

“3. Remembering songs that I ‘HAD TO DOWNLOAD LATER’ while I wasn’t at the computer; leading to a series of ‘scratch papers’ that said things like, ‘Gurl in bumblebee suit, find out what that song is called’.”

That’s “No Rain” by Blind Melon! Love that song.

“I’m no expert on terrorism, but I do have a few ideas about Osama’s lack of productivity. Let’s start with the fact that every time Osama had a few minutes of quiet time – and he wasn’t stuck to the floor – he was spanking the martyr like it was his job.”

“But her voice is unlike any other baleen whale. It is unique—while the rest of her kind communicate between 12 and 25hz, she sings at 52hz. You see, that’s precisely the problem. No other whales can hear her. Every one of her desperate calls to communicate remains unanswered. Each cry ignored. And, with every lonely song, she becomes sadder and more frustrated, her notes going deeper in despair as the years go by.”

This fella (supposedly) met four women in a week, by chance or through an introduction. I don’t know if it’s all true, but I like the way he crafted the post.

Somehow, it’s not happening with me yet. But I guess we can always hope.

“To me, going online to meet women felt like a final abdication of dignity, but my friend Ben dismissed this squeamishness. ‘You and I are old enough that we think of internet dating as a last resort, for losers. The young people have no such stigma about it, and they are online,’ he told me. ‘And they, my friend, are having sex.'”