WordplayHello again, the funerals of the two little boys, Eoghan (10) and Ruarai (5) will be buried in their home place, the vilalge of Ballinkillen, Co. Carlow, after one o’clock mass today, before being buried in the nearby ceetry. Their mother and family grieve sorely for the boys while the nation prays for them.Hello again, the funerals of the two little boys, Eoghan (10) and Ruarai (5) will be buried in their home place, the vilalge of Ballinkillen, Co. Carlow, after one o’clock mass today, before being buried in the nearby ceetry. Their mother and family grieve sorely for the boys while the nation prays for them.

Hello again, the funerals of the two little boys, Eoghan (10) and Ruarai (5) will be buried in their home place, the vilalge of Ballinkillen, Co. Carlow, after one o’clock mass today, before being buried in the nearby ceetry. Their mother and family grieve sorely for the boys while the nation prays for them.

    Mnedia reports also say that their father, Sanjeev Chada, was charged wih the murder of the boys last night.  Reports say he was unemployed and living with his wife on whom he was dependent; he will appear in court again today.

    Media reports speak of Italian politician, Mr. Berlusconi, as having been jopeful that his prison sentence would be for just one year. However the courts handed out a four-year suspended sentence to him on tax evasion charges in the so-called Mediaset trial. Aopparently, Mr. Berlusconi is heavily involved with Italian television. Even if there is some reports that the trial may collapse because of time limits outside the supreme court, opponents celebrated this ‘historic guilty verdict’.

    An Irishman is under Spanish police custody in the Canaries after a police find of 500KG of cocaine on a yacht in international waters between Cape Verde and the holiday island, according to media sources.

   The Irishman, who, according to locals, is called Kenneth and whose birthplace and age are unknown, is being held in Gran Canaria. Spanish police and customs officials intercepted a yacht, which media reports allege has been seized, other boats, along with ammunition, gold bars, and several cars and a telecommunications satellite system. 

    The Irishman was arrested along with an Australian woman in Tenerife, and two Spaniards on Gran Canaria.

   Reports state that police suspect the people under arrest as running a drugs ring, using Cape Verde off Angola for large consignments of cocaine, before repackaging it and selling it in smaller amounts on the Canary Islands.

INSPIRATION:  If you can dream it you can do it. – Walt Disney

CAN YOU SOLVE THESE CONUNDRUMS:

Farmer Joe was clearing out his big dusty farm shed. He dragged out a container, which was full of dirty water weighing in at 5 kg. Joe put something into it and it weighed less. What did he put in the container?

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment but never in a thousand years?

A man pushes his car to a hotel, pays the owner of the hotel, and pushes his car away. What was he doing?

Answers tomorrow.

Solution to most recent stuff stuff:

A sieve

With a rainbow!

WORDS TO THE WISE: I believe that the Jews have made a contribution to the human condition out of all proportion to their numbers: I believe them to be an immense people. Not only have they supplied the world with two leaders of the stature of Jesus Christ and Karl Marx, but they have even indulged in the luxury of following neither one nor the other.

–       Peter Ustinov 1921 - British Actor

ON THIS DAY:

1776 – Members of the Continental Congress began adding their names to the US Declaration of Independence.

1791 – Samuel Briggs Snr. and his sone Samuel Briggs Jnr. Received a joint-patent for their nail-making machine; becoming the first father-son pairing ro be granted a patent.

1824- In New York, Fifth Avenue was opened.

1887 – Rowell Hodge patented barbed wire.

1892 – Charles Wheeler aptented the first escalator.

1932 – Peter O’Toole was born.

SACRED SPACE: O God, you were pleased to endow your martyr St. Oliver Plunkett with a wonderful spirit of courage in defence of the Catholic faith: grant that by his prayers and his example we may follow his firmness in faith and enjoy his protection in danger. Amen.

SMILE A WHILE: Irish journalist, writer and wit, the late, great Maeve Binchy RIP, was on a flight from Dublin to New York and after the meal the queue for the loo stretched right up the aisle. Maeve went for a walk and went through the curtain into the first class cabin. No one stopped her so she ventured further smiling at everyone. Going through another curtained area she counted one, two, three, four toilets. An airhostess walked in and said ‘Second class passengers may not use first class toilets.’ ‘In that case,’ said Maeve ‘I will just have to use the first class carpet!’

I thank you for your patience as I tackle and come to terms with the physical ‘doing of the blog’. Hopefully I am getting there.

Talk soon.

Ciao

Valerie