Joe's Cafe

7 of my Favourite Quotations

Joe — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:20:20 +0000

A “quotation” is usually a short text - perhaps one or two sentences - written or spoken by one (usually famous) person and often repeated or at least known by others. Here are 7 of my favourite quotations, arranged (loosely) from humorous to serious. Have a look at them and try to understand them. You may know some of them already in your own language. Do you agree with them? (more…)

How do you use the Internet?

Joe — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:58:33 +0000

How do you use the Internet? What do you do? How often? Why? Do you mainly use the Internet to play games, find friends, learn online, shop online…? What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of the Internet? Do you have any tips and suggestions you would like to give others?

Morality Test

Joe — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:43:59 +0000

This test only has one question, but it’s a very important one. By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand morally. The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation in which you will have (more…)

Why do people write 0:00AM? What does it mean?

Joe — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:42:39 +0000

Or sometimes they write 0:00PM. Or even 12:00AM. Or 12:00PM. I mean…what do they mean? Is it midnight or noon? I mean, AM means before noon, right? And PM means (more…)

Why are there more questions than answers?

Joe — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:36:00 +0000

Fair enough, you ask the same question to 5 different lawyers and you get 6 different answers. But everyone knows about lawyers. Most of the time there just aren’t enough answers to go round. I mean, how come there are more questions than answers in the world? Or, put another way (more…)

Why don’t they put the name of a film at the end?

Joe — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:21:05 +0000

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve turned on the tele in the middle of a film. It looks like a good movie so you sit down and start watching it. You don’t know its name but it really grabs you. I wonder who made this film? I must get it on DVD. I wonder what it’s called. And you watch it all the way to the end. Then you watch (more…)

What is a best boy?

Joe — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:16:01 +0000

What is a best boy? And key grip for that matter.
Did you ever notice those terms in the credits at the end of movies? Best Boy. What on earth is a best boy? (more…)

Why is it always the last place you look…

Joe — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:16:00 +0000

Why is it always the last place you look that you find the thing you’re looking for? Does that happen to you too? You know, you lose something–like your keys or your nail-clippers. You look for them everywhere. You look in the bath room. You look in your pockets. You look under your bed. You look in the living-room. You open all your (more…)

Principle or principal?

Joe — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:42:48 +0000

Here are two more words that sound exactly the same but have different meanings. (more…)

Discreet or discrete?

Joe — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:58:12 +0000

These two words sound exactly the same but have different meanings (more…)

Some seek knowledge

Joe — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:22:45 +0000

“Some seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge – and that is curiosity. Some seek knowledge that they may be known to have knowledge – and that is vanity. Some seek knowledge that they may give to others their knowledge – and that is charity.”

Bernard of Clairveaux
Saint Bernard of Clairveaux was a French abbot of the 12th century.

I shall not pass this way again

Joe — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:15:05 +0000

I expect to pass through this world but once;

any good thing therefore that I can do, or any

kindness that I can show to any fellow-creature,

let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it,

for I shall not pass this way again.

–

by Grellet

April Fool’s Day

Joe — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:05:50 +0000

April 1st is called April Fool’s Day in English, and it’s a day when people play jokes on other people. They can be small, personal jokes or tricks, or big “industrial-size” hoaxes by newspapers or television channels like the BBC. (more…)

Swiss Spaghetti Harvest Hoax

Joe — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:00:14 +0000

Below is probably the most classic April Fool’s Day hoax of all time. On April 1st, 1957 the BBC ran a short programme about a bumper spaghetti harvest in southern Switzerland, showing spaghetti growing on trees. Many people believed the programme and phoned in to ask how they could grow their own “spaghetti tree”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyUvNnmFtgI

(more…)

I wish I loved the Human Race

Joe — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:53:57 +0000

I wish I loved the Human Race;

I wish I loved its silly face; (more…)