Saturday, December 13, 2008

Rudolph The Tuneless Reindeer

Sorry that it's taken me so long to upload these, but it's never too late to enjoy beautiful beautiful music...


Last Christmas

Jingle Bells, But Who Smells?





Friday, December 05, 2008

Whatever

The brilliant "My United States of Whatever" by Liam Lynch - a song that Teppei's punk band should have covered:

Lost in the Desert

There’s this man,
and he’s travelling across the desert,
and
he suddenly finds he hasn’t got any water left.
So he’s starting to get worried,
and he’s very thirsty,
but luckily,
a man comes towards him on a camel.
So
he says to the man,
“I’m thirsty.
Have you got any water?”
and the other man says,
“No I haven’t,
but I’ve got a wonderful selection of ties.
Would you like to buy one?”
So the other man says,
“No, of course not!”
and the man rides away on his camel.
After about another hour or two,
he’s desperately thirsty
and he sees a beautiful 5-star hotel.
So he slowly goes up the steps, crying
“Water! Water!
And the hotel manager says,
“I’m sorry, sir,
you can’t come in here without a tie.”

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

How To Recycle A Goat

Give a widowed mother a goat.
The goat produces milk.
Her children don’t go hungry.
The goat produces manure.
The widow sells more crops.
The goat produces more goats.
The widow keeps a goat.
The widow gives a goat back.

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Agreeing and Disagreeing

Some expressions from today's class...

Agreement:

- I couldn't agree more.
- You took the words right out of my mouth.
- My thoughts entirely.
- I know exactly what you mean.
Diplomatic disagreement:
- I see where you're coming from, but...
- I know what you mean, but...

Monday, December 01, 2008

Advent

Today, the 1st of December, is the first day of advent, which you can find out more about here. To me, it's only about advent calendars - a way of eating a different piece of chocolate per day for twenty four consecutive days. Why not?

I searched for online advent calendars and found a cute one for kids here and one with stupid games each day here. Enjoy.

Questions

The questions you answered in class today:

WHEN did you last feel frightened?
HOW MUCH money do you have on you now?HOW MANY hours did you sleep for last night?
HOW did you come to school today?
HOW did you feel on your first day at this university?
WHAT was the name of your first pet?
WHO is your hero?
WHY did you choose to wear those shoes today?