Facts on Figures
- There are 3 billion women in the world who DO NOT look like supermodels
and only
8 who do.
- Marilyn Monroe wore a size 16 (UK size - see table below).
- If Barbie were a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours due
to her proportions.
- The average woman weighs 10st 4lbs (144 lbs) and wears between a
14 and a 16 (UK size).
- One out of every four women between the ages of 18 and 22 has an
eating disorder!
- Photos of models and celebrities in magazines are airbrushed - they
are not perfect!
- A study in 1995 found that three minutes spent looking at a fashion
magazine caused 70% of women to feel depressed, guilty and shameful.
- Models twenty years ago weighed 8% less than the average woman. Today
they weigh 23% less.
International size guide
| UK |
6 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
18 |
20 |
22 |
| USA |
4 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
18 |
20 |
| Germany |
32 |
34 |
36 |
38 |
40 |
42 |
44 |
46 |
48 |
| Spain/France |
34 |
36 |
38 |
40 |
42 |
44 |
46 |
48 |
50 |
| Italy |
38 |
40 |
42 |
44 |
46 |
48 |
50 |
52 |
54 |
| Russia |
40 |
42 |
44 |
46 |
48 |
50 |
52 |
54 |
56 |
| Japan |
3 |
5 |
7 |
9 |
11 |
13 |
15 |
17 |
19 |
lots more information on sizes
Never Argue with a Woman
One morning the husband returns after several hours of fishing and decides
to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides
to take the boat out. She motors out a short distance, anchors, and reads
her book.
Along comes a game warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman
and says, "Good morning, ma'am. What are you doing?"
"Reading a book," she replies, (thinking, "Isn't that
obvious?")
"You're in a Restricted Fishing Area," he informs her.
"I'm sorry, officer, but I'm not fishing. I'm reading."
"Yes, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could
start at any moment. I'll have to take you in and write you up."
"If you do that, I'll have to charge you with sexual assault,"
says the woman.
"But I haven't even touched you," says the game warden.
"That's true, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you
could start at any moment."
"Have a nice day ma'am," and he left.
MORAL OF THIS STORY:
Never argue with a woman who reads. It's likely she can also think.
DO YOU FORWARD JOKES TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY?
This may help explain why...
A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the
scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered
dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He
wondered where the road was leading them.
After a while, they came to
a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine
marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that
glowed in the sunlight. When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent
gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that
led to the gate looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the
gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side.
When he was close enough, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?'
'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered.
'Wow! Would you happen to have some water?' the traveller asked.
'Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some iced water brought
right up.'
The man gestured, and the gate began to open.
'Can my friend,' gesturing toward his dog, 'come in, too?' the traveller
asked.
'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.'
The traveller thought for a moment and then turned back toward the road
and continued the way he had been going with his dog.
After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came
to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never
been closed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a
man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.
'Excuse me!' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?'
'Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in.'
'How about my friend here?' the traveller gestured to the dog.
'There should be a bowl by the pump.'
They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned
hand pump with a bowl beside it. The traveller filled the water bowl
and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog. When they
were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing
by the tree.
'What do you call this place?' the traveller asked.
'This is Heaven,' he answered.
'Well, that's confusing,' the traveller said. 'The man down the road
said that was Heaven, too.'
'Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope.
That's hell.'
'Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?'
'No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave
their best friends behind.'
Soooo....
Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without
writing a word. Maybe this will explain:
- When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what
you do? You forward jokes.
- When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep contact, you
forward jokes.
- When you have something to say, but don't know what,
and don't know how, you forward jokes.
Also to let you know that you are still remembered, you are still
important, you are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what
you get?
So, next time you get a joke, don't think that you've been sent
just another forwarded joke, but that you've been thought of today and
your friend on the other end of your computer wanted to send you a smile.
You are all welcome @ my waterbowl anytime...
About money
With money you can buy a house, but not a home.
With money you can buy a clock, but not time.
With money you can buy a bed, but not sleep.
With money you can buy a book, but not knowledge.
With money you can buy food, but not an appetite.
With money you can buy a medical consultation, but not good health.
With money you can buy a position, but not respect.
With money you can buy blood, but not life.
With money you can buy insurance, but not safety.
With money you can buy sex, but not love.
Money can't buy you everything!
Chinese proverb
Why?
1. Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin?
2. Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?
3. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
4. Why don't you ever see the headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?
5. Why is 'abbreviated' such a long word?
6. Why is a boxing ring square?
7. Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?
8. Why is it that doctors call what they do 'practice'?
9. Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?
10. Why do they call it a pair of pants, but only 1 bra?
11. Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you
turn down the volume on the radio?
12. Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavour and dishwashing liquid
made with real lemons?
13. Why isn't 'phonetic' spelled the way it sounds?
14. If they squeeze olives to get olive oil, how do they get baby oil?
15. Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
16. Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?
17. Why isn't there mouse-flavoured cat food?
18. What do people in China call their good plates?
19. Why is it that when you transport something by car it is called shipment,
but when you transport something by ship it's called cargo?
20. What hair colour do they put on the driving licence of a bald man?
Take these with a pinch of salt!
- 40 per cent of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy
Meals
- Most lipstick contains fish scales
- By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can’t
sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless)
- The first product Motorola developed was a record player for automobiles
– at that time the most popular player on the market was the Victrola,
so they called themselves Motorola
- The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never
a recorded Wendy before that
- Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn’t
wear pants
- Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine (that was before it became
a “vegetable”)
The Cracked Pot
An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends
of a pole which she carried across her neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it while th other pot was perfect and
always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walk
from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daly, with the woman bringing home
only one and a half pots of water.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of it own imperfection, and miserable
that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.
After 2 years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to
the woman one day by the stream, "I am ashamed of myself because this
crack in my side casues water to leak out all the way back to your house."
The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your
side of the path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I
have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your
side of the path and, every day while we walk back, you water them. For
two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate
the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be
this beauty to grace my house."
Each of us has our own unique flaw...
But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together
so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person
for what they are and look for the good in them.
To all of my crackpot friends, have a great day and remember to smell
the flowers - on YOUR side of the path.
Laughter is the best medicine of all, so have a little chuckle and see
the world differently
- Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around
the sun every year.
- How long a minute is, depends on what side of the bathroom door
you're on.
- Birthdays are good for you; the more you have, the longer
you live.
- Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you'd left open.
- Ever notice that the people who are late are often much jollier
than the people who have to wait for them?
- You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the
world to one person.
How badly we treat our family sometimes...
I ran into a stranger as he passed
by,
"Oh excuse me please," was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you."
We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said goodbye.
But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.
When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.
He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realise how harshly I'd spoken.
While I lay awake in bed,
a still small voice from my Higher Self came to me and said,
"While dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.
"Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.
"Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.
"He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."
By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.
I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.
"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
He smiled, "I found them, out by the tree.
I picked them because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like them, especially the blue."
I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway."
I said, "Son, I love you too
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."
What the word FAMILY means?
FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER
(I) (L)OVE (Y)OU
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