the nothing ,anything ,everything thread

[opmania]

This is a thread with no particular

Topic so no one can be off topic 🙂

So if anyone out there has something 

To say about anything you like now

Is your chance

Keep it clean 

And be nice 

See how long that lasts

Can we keep politics and religion out 

Of the conversation 

[opmania]

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@opmania wrote:

I love it when a man a total

Stranger, kisses the back of 

Your hand in greeting,

Like you've just met

Lawrence Olivier lol

And a wink when your

Out and about from a stranger

Is a really nice gesture 

Just as long as its not a sleazy wink

If you know what I mean

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meant to say

Maurice Chevalier

Not 

Lawrence Olivier 🙂

[ecar3483]

[opmania]

My daughter and I were

Driving around looking

For garage sales when we 

Saw a dead possum on the 

Road with a Sulphur crest

Cockatoo picking at it.

We stopped and watched thinking

This was odd.

We then realized what the

Cockatoo was actually trying

To do was roll the possum

Off the road with his beak

With great difficulty as the possum

Was quite large.he managed to move 

The possum to the gutter

Possibly a couple of feet.

It was a sad thing to watch.

There was a large gumtree

Overhead and I felt they

May have lived  there together

and become friends.

How many possums and 

Friends this cocky would outlive

When a possum or any other 

Creature has such a short life and

Cockatoos can live way

Over 100 years

I should have felt sorry for the

Possum but instead felt so sad 

And sorry for the cockatoo

He was very clearly affected  by this

[ecar3483]

That's a sad but beautiful story, Oppy.

Just as a coincidence, here's a story from the ABC news website, posted today, about how birds are smarter than we give them credit for.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-22/australian-birds-smarter-than-we-think/6874294

[ecar3483]

When that little girl was found in the suitcase, and again when that little boy drowned off the beach in Turkey, I sat down and told them both a bedtime story about the cockatoos and their silly antics.

I know they're dead, it's not going to matter to them, but it mattered to me.

They're children, they've endured a wrenching experience. Some little kind of "normal", can't hurt, even if it's just a whimsical, silly animal story.

Yeah, I know, I'm a nutcase. Talking to the dead. I'll tell you what, next time you're putting some flowers on Aunty Mavis' grave, and catching her up on the family gossip, mention me... Ha ha ha ha.

[opmania]

Not a nutcase

Quite the contrary

A sweet and gentle soul

[lloydslights]

I know a little baby that could have listened in.  I think I felt an angel wing flutter.  Thanks

DEB

[opmania]

A big hug for ecar and Deb♥

[ecar3483]

A Viennese gentleman who holds classes in ettiquette offers this advice;

There's a lot more to kissing a lady's hand than most people think.

The most important thing to remember is that you should not attempt to kiss it until she has offered her hand. The lady always instigates the greeting.

Once she has offered you her hand, you should remove your hat, if you are wearing one, and hold it lightly at the front of your leg.

Then you step towards the lady and take her outstretched hand and turn the palm downwards gently by the fingertips.

Keeping your legs straight, bend at the waist until your lips are a centimetre above her hand. Never touch her hand with your lips and avoid eye contact or speaking while bowing for the kiss.

Look into her eyes afterwards and if they are sparkling, you have done it right and she will know you are a gentleman.

[opmania]

Wow

There's a lot more to

It than I ever imagined. Lol

Didn't realize a poor

Fellow had to go to

Classes to learn such things

Wouldn't it be embarrassing

If you got an f in chivalry.

Women have shot themselves

In the foot with all this feminist bs