Unanswered questions

You know those questions usually kids come up with? The ones you can't really answer?
Like : Why are both of Spongebob's parents round like sea sponges while he is square like a kitchen sponge?

Here are some questions that I don't know the answer to. Some I asked myself, some come from friends. Feel free to answer if you know the answer.

- Can you cry underwater?

- Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?

- If the police breaks your door down do they have to pay for it?

- If someone owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the center of the earth?

- Why is the show called "unsolved mysteries"? if they were solved they wouldn't be mysteries?

- In libraries, do they put the bible in the fiction or non-fiction section?

- You know the signs on restaurant doors? No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service? what if someone goes in with no Pants? Would the restaurant still have to serve them?

- How come people tell you to stay a kid for as long as you can. Yet the moment you do anything childish or immature they tell you to grow up?

- Why doesn't the hair on your arms grow as fast as the hair on your head?

- How does Edward scissorhands wipe his butt?

- Is eating a mermaid considered cannibalism?

- If a Jewish person goes to court and is asked to put their right hand on the Bible, do they use a Torah instead?

- If you only have one eye...are you blinking or winking?

- How come the Bible is the most stolen book, and one of the ten comandments is "thou shall not steal"?

- Why do you have to pay a toll on "freeways"?

Finding a job in Belgium

This morning my girlfriend Debbie had an appointment with an adviser from the job agency. Debbie doesn't speak the lingo well enough yet to find a job easily so they invited her for a meeting. I went along with her in case she didn't understand certain things. She does understand most of Flemish, but you never know.

After an hour of blah blah, the lady thought it would be best for Debbie to go to a "pre course". What the hell is a pre course? I guess it's another Belgian invention. A "pre course" is a course where they try to find out what real course is suitable for you. Oh but that's good isn't it?
Well, it could be if it didn't last for 10 months!!! 10 months to find out if you're suitable for a course? OMFG. excuse my French.

She did say some other things things but I was like -oh shut up woman-. Sigh.

I think it's best we look for a job without the help of the so called "professionals".

You know you're getting old when...

First something else....I have been awarded again!! That's the second time in 2 weeks time wow. I got the award of the lovely fellow lady blogger Diane who has a blog called Much of a muchness. Her blog Started as "random thoughts and musings" on life but grew to making handmade books with the occasional excursion 'off piste' into the world of calligraphy and photography.

Thanks Diane

Old Age :

SIGNS OF WEAR

"OLD" IS WHEN... Your sweetie says, "Let's go upstairs and make love" and you answer, "Pick
one, I can't do both!"

"OLD" IS WHEN... Your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes and you're barefoot.

"OLD" IS WHEN... A sexy babe catches your fancy and your pacemaker opens the
garage door.

"OLD" IS WHEN... Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.

"OLD" IS WHEN... You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you
don't have to go along.

"OLD" IS WHEN... You are cautioned to slow down by the doctor instead of by
the police.

"OLD" IS WHEN... "Getting a little action" means I don't need to take any
fiber today.

"OLD" IS WHEN... "Getting lucky" means you find your car in the parking
lot.

"OLD" IS WHEN... An "all-nighter" means not getting up to pee.

This isn't about me by the way.

Blog to stop abuse

Today is "blog against abuse day" for bloggers. Bloggers all over the world will blog about child abuse or other forms of abuse. If you didn't know yet, look here. Being a dad of 3 kids myself I would like to do something about child abuse.

It shouldn't hurt to be a kid....

- Child abuse is physical -- shaking, hitting, beating, burning, or biting a child.
- Child abuse is emotional -- constantly blaming or putting down a child; excessive yelling, shaming.

- Child abuse is sexual -- incest, any forced sexual activity, exposure to sexual stimulation not appropriate for the child's age.

- Child abuse is neglect -- a pattern of failure to provide for the child's physical needs, such as food, clothing, shelter, and medical care; a pattern of failure to provide for the child's emotional needs, such as affection, attention, and supervision.

What can you do if you know a child is abused?

If you suspect that a child has been abused:

- In cases of an immediate emergency, always call 911 (or police) for Law Enforcement intervention.

- Where the situation is not an emergency needing the police, reports should be made to the Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline. You can find all of that on the internet.

There is another way to help too. Childfocus is a Belgian founded organisation, but they operate all over the world. You can donate if you want.

Child Focus, the European Center for Missing and Sexually Exploited
Children, is a Belgian foundation, recognised as being of public utility.
For 7 years, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at both national and international level, the center actively supports investigations in disappearance, abduction or
sexual exploitation of children and, secondly, tries to prevent and fight
against these phenomena. Remember our emergency number 110: if you want to
report a disappearance, an abduction or sexual exploitation.

Anorexia

The famous photographer Oliviera Toscani is running a campaign on anorexia. He wants to make people aware of the problem by displaying pictures in the streets of the french model Isabelle Caro, who suffers from anorexia for 15 years now. Her current weight is 30 kilograms (+/-66 pounds) and that is 5 kilograms more than a year ago.

The problem of anorexia keeps growing. A lot of people are against campaigns like this but they sure have effect. Sometimes shocking people is the only way to make them aware of stuff.

The fashion world already announced that they will ask for a health certificate first before employing a new model. So it's having effect already.

Oliviera Toscani made the news before with controversial ads for Benetton. He may be controversial but he has a talent for getting a message across. Even if it's shocking to a lot of people, I'm pro.