Little things that count

I am thankful for…

The teenager who is not doing dishes but watching TV,
because that means he is at home, not on the street.

The taxes that I pay,
because it means that I am employed.

The clothes that fit a little too snugly,
because it means I have enough to eat.

My shadow that watches me work,
because it means I am out in the sunshine.

A lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning,
and gutters that need fixing,
because it means I have a home.

The parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot,
because it means I am capable of walking and that I have been blessed with transportation.

My huge air-conditioning bill,
because it means I am cool even on the hottest day.

The lady behind me singing F key,
because it means that I can hear.

The pile of laundry and ironing,
because it means I have clothes to wear.

Weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day,
because it means I have been capable of working hard.

The alarm that goes off in the early morning hours,
because it means that I am alive.

and finally… for too much email,
because it means I have friends who are thinking of me.


Taken from my friend's blog.

EuroEnglish

The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of negotiations, her Majesty Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five-year phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for short).

In the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c". Sertainly, sivil servants will reseive this news with joy. Also, the hard "c" will be replased with "k". Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replased by "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20 per sent shorter.

In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters, which have always been a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent "e"s in the languag is disgraful, and they would go.

By the forth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" by "z" and "w" by "v". During ze fifz year ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.

After zis fifz year, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trobls or difikultis and evrivum vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru