Jean wrote:
There's been a recent (over about the last 30-40 years) for the broadcasters
and newspapers to each carry one April fool story on 1st April and wait to
see if it was spotted. I understand that this year the BBC banned any such
broadcast, which is a shame because some were so
One of DH's friends sent him some photos of signs, etc in Canada.
Unfortunately I can't send them to Arachne, but the text in each one is the
funny part:
District of Vancouver Bylaw 5981-11(i) - Attention Dog Guardians: Pick up
after your dogs. Thank you. Attention Dogs: Gr, bark, woof.
Here here!! Glad someone else thinks the same as I do.
Good one Clay
- Original Message -
From: Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pene Piip [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Lace@arachne.com; lace-chat@arachne.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:37 AM
Subject: RE: [lace] Camilla's Hats and a quiet
Hello All,
Well I think I should get into this thing about raffles, I bought 3 books from
a lady and she sent me 5, one of them I don't think that I will ever use so I
thought to myselfanyway is is called The Technique of Branscombe Point
Lace by Lillie D. Trivett, it is a hardback book and I
The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet 8.5
inches. That's an exceedingly odd number.
Why was the gauge used? Because that's the way they built them in England,
and English expatriates built the US railroads.
Why did the English build them like that? Because
Dear Secret Pal,
I've just heard from my friend at home, that my parcel has arrived safely.
She told me what the contents were and they sound delightful, I'm so looking
forward to seeing all my goodies, instead of just hearing about them. Thank
you very much.
As you can see, we're still
What a great secret pal. I got my package today. To start with the lady
bug and the ladybug Welcome garden stake are so precious. The ladybug
buttons will have to go on something very special. The parasol sachet is in my
drawer and the shampoo, conditioner, and washrag are in my
Hi all!
I've gotten a few requests for the commerative prices again, so I am going to
post the US price sheet one more time. If you need it for another country,
let me know!
My WONDERFUL DH re-did the web page for this year, so if you want to see some
of the stuff, you can hit it at
