Elderly people have witnessed so much more than we have. For one, they are wise, smart, and very fun to be around. Well, at least most times.
We are sure the following joke will put a smile on your face. It involves a 90-year-old grandpa and his grandson who paid him a visit he’ll remember for the rest of his life. Continue…
A man went to visit his 90-year-old grandfather in a very secluded rural area of the state he lived in.
After spending the night, his grandfather prepared breakfast for him consisting of eggs and bacon.
He noticed a film-like substance on his plate and he questioned his grandfather,“Are these plates clean?”
His grandfather replied, “Those plates are as clean as cold water can get them, so go on and finish your meal.”
That afternoon, while eating the hamburgers his grandfather made for lunch, he noticed tiny specks around the edge of his plate and a substance that looked like dried egg yokes, so he asks again,“Are you sure these plates are clean?”
Without looking up from his hamburger, the grandfather says, “I told you before; those dishes are as clean as cold water can get them. Now don’t ask me about it anymore!”
Later that afternoon, he was on his way out to get dinner in a nearby town. As he was leaving, his grandfather’s dog started to growl and wouldn’t let him pass so he said, “Grandfather, your dog won’t let me out.”
Without diverting his attention from the football game he was watching on TV his grandfather shouted, “Cold Water, Go lay down!”
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Through her singing and incredible vocals, as well as her dancing, acting, and authorship, Marie Osmond became a superstar years ago.
The only girl among the eight brothers, Marie joined the group Osmond Brothers when she was just four. She, however, wasn’t a regular during the group’s television performances through the 1960s. At the age of 12, Marie started her solo career and had her first recording session which she later described as terrifying. “It was a full orchestra and rhythm section. I was the only Osmond girl, what if I failed?” she told Daily Mail in 2015. “So I threw up! Then I went in and sang.”
At the age of just 14, Marie released the single Paper Roses which reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. From that moment on, her career flourished and she has remained part of the industry for over six decades.
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In 1975, she and brother Donny teamed up for the TV show Donny & Marie where the two sang and co-hosted. The show which hosted famous names like Chuck Berry, Paul Anka, Sonny & Cher and Olivia Newton-John always ended with the siblings signing May Tomorrow Be a Perfect Day.
From 2008 up until 2019, the singing duo performed at the Flamingo Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Marie, just like her mom, had many children. She was married three times, twice to the same husband, basketball player Steve Lyle Craig. The two had one child, son Stephen Jr.
With second husband Brian Blosil, Marie had two biological and five adopted children, making her a mom of eight.
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She and Brian lost son Michael to suicide in 2010. Her fans were surprised to see her getting back on stage just weeks after the tragic incident.
Marie recalled the moment she learned of her son’s passing. She had just finished a performance at the Flamingo Las Vegas when she got a call from her security guard back home. He told her that some people from the Coroner’s office were there to see her.
“I knew it was Mike,” Marie told Oprah later in an interview.
Marie reunited onstage with her brother during one of Danny’s Las Vegas shows in November last year.
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The duo performed their hit song I’m A Little Bit Country, I’m A Little Bit Rock’ N’ Roll together. With the caption “Together Again” Donny posted a photo of him and his sister.
He said: “Words cannot express how great it was to see my sweet sister at my show on Saturday night at Harrah’s Las Vegas.
“During the Request Segment of my show, someone yelled out, ‘Sing I’m A Little Bit Country, I’m A Little Bit Rock & Roll.’ I went out to the booth where Marie was sitting, and we sang our theme song once again together. The crowd went wild. I wish everyone could have seen it. I’ll remember that moment for the rest of my life. Thank you, Sis. I love you.”
Marie released her latest album, Unexpected, in 2021.
“This is my sixth decade of working and to be a female that’s been able to work every year consistently has just been mind-boggling to me and very much appreciated by my fans,” she told the Toledo Blade. “This album I did strictly to push myself. Some people play multiple instruments, I do multiple singing styles.
“As a child, I was the weird Osmond because I enjoyed all different kinds of music,” she continued. “Yes, I’m country; that’s what I chose to be, but it was very easy for me to sing pop because my brothers did. But I loved country, and I loved the realism and the lyrics, and I loved that women could have lives and children and families and still have a career.”
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Along being a successful musician, Marie has also created the product line MD Complete, designed to provide skin care results at dermatologist-level.
She claims she uses her line and that’s the reason behind her youthful looks.
“I’ve been in entertainment for years, under bright lights and wearing heavy makeup so my skin needs a little extra help,” she explained.
“[The line] matches laser treatments—this product is like laser in a bottle,” Marie added. “The side-by-side images of what it can do are amazing.”
Marie has also admitted of undergoing an in-office treatment and a single plastic surgery when she went under the knife to reduce the size of her breasts. “I had very large breasts,” Marie revealed in 2013. “I had a breast reduction. I was my mother’s daughter. I was, like, twenty-something. When I did Sound of Music, all they did was talk about the hills were alive! That’s all they saw were my boobs. I was like an E cup.”
However, besides the singer’s claims that she had never done any procedures on her face, her fans believe just the opposite.
In December of last year, Marie posted a photo of herself and she resembled a completely different person.
“As women, our bodies change as we age, and it’s not as easy to lose weight anymore,” Marie Osmond captioned her post. “What worked before may not work anymore. That’s why I teamed up with the experts @nutrisystem to help develop a plan specifically for Women ages 55+.”
Her fans were far from happy with her new looks, with one of them writing that she’s “one step away from looking like Michael Jackson.”
“Never thought Marie Osmond Would be so [vain] to mess up her once beautiful face!” another person wrote, as reported by Yahoo.
“OK, you’re a beautiful woman! Stop putting all those fillers into your lips,” a third added.
“That don’t even look like you! You must [have] had [too] many facelifts,” someone claimed.
“You look like Kim Kardashian now,” was another comment.
Marie hasn’t responded to the accusations but we honestly believe that as long as she feels good in her skin, she can do whatever she pleases.
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There is no such a thing as perfect parenting. What works with one child, doesn’t feel right with another, it all depends on the child’s character and how his or her parents want that child to be raised.
The truth is that, oftentimes, parents are judged because of their parenting style which is dubbed by others as wrong.
A mother named Alexis Solis, a former behavioral analysis therapist, received backlash by social media users after she released a video of herself and her daughter going shopping. The reason why is that her child was on a leash.
In no time, Alexis, who is from Los Banos, California, triggered a heated argument online as her video reached over 12 million views.
This mother of two claims she utilizes her online presence to spread awareness of child endangerment.
“I’m tired of the world being this way but I’m never tired of protecting my girls,” she captioned the clip on which she could be seen attaching a leash on her daughter’s hand.
“I’m okay looking like a crazy mom. As long as my babies are safe and thanks to everyone I freaking love this thing.”
As expected, she was attacked by many social media users who questioned her parenting.
“I hope they leash her when she’s 50,” one person wrote.
“I hate those,” another added.
However, in a follow up video, Alexis clarified that the leash is ideal for kids who have a tendency to run away.
“I used to work with children on the spectrum. I don’t share this about myself very often, but I was an ABA therapist,” she said.
“Something that’s common with children who have autism is they do tend to elope. If you’re not familiar with what elopement is, that’s when a child tends to wander off or run away from the parent or the environment.
“Now, this can be very traumatic for both the child and the parent. I know that if I had this device when I was working with families, this would have made life so much safer.”
What are your thoughts on this?
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Lindsey Stallworth is a young lady from Alabama who loves picking up fossils on her farm in Monroe County. In fact, this is something she has done since as long as she remembers.
The thing is that she has never been fully aware of the importance of those fossils until one day she found a bigger one and decided to share the news about her discovery with her math and science teacher Dr. Andrew Gentry.
Dr. Gentry is a paleontologist. When he took a look at Lindsey’s latest found, he was intrigued and wanted to learn more about the fossils she has gathered throughout the years and the place where she found them.
“I immediately recognized one of the fossil shark teeth Lindsey showed me, and I wanted to know more about where she found it,” Dr. Gentry said, according to Fox 8 News.
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Lindsey was happy to welcome her teacher on her family’s farm. The two started exploring the place, and it wasn’t long before they stumbled upon and incredible discovery, a large bone from a 34 million-year-old whale skeleton.
This discovery led to a huge project of uncovering the rest of the bones, and after around two months, the pair was able to acquire the animal’s skull.
“If the complete skeleton is there, it could take several years before we have the entire animal back in the lab,” Dr. Gentry explained.
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In order to be able to keep discovering the fossils, Lindsey obtained a research fellowship.
She could have never imagined that her hobby would turn into something this serious. “We would go out and pick up shark teeth and fossil shells, but we never knew anyone that could tell us anything about them,” she recalled. “We just thought they were cool.”
Her teacher believes that this fellowship would be of great use for Lindsay’s future.
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“The Research Fellows Program allows Lindsey to gain real-world experience in scientific research and even present that research at professional conferences,” he said. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a high school student to stand out when applying to college and maybe even discover a new career path.”
Isn’t this awesome?
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I guess that at some point in your life most of you feared the thought of a snake coming out of your toilet. And although this sounds like something not possible, that’s exactly what happened to a woman from Thailand named Suwi Paramas.
This housewife from the city of Samut Prakan has just used the toilet and went on to wash her hands when she noticed a snake’s head lurking from the toilet bowl.
She froze at first and then she started screaming from the top of her lungs. Her husband and her brother-in-law, who happened to be home at the time, rushed towards her, unaware of what could have happened.
When they saw the snake, they immediately left the home and contacted emergency services.
”I was so scared. I couldn’t even watch why they were catching the snake. It could have killed me,” Suwi said, according to News Flare.
The wildlife crew arrived to the family’s house as quick as possible and determined that the snake in question was a python. They tried to take it out using special instruments, but they soon realized that it would take a lot of time and a lot of effort to release the snake because it was stuck.
As pythons are pretty large snakes, it was hard for this one to be pulled out.
Their next step was breaking the porcelain basin, but that didn’t help either as the python was stuck in the u-bend, a curved piece of the plumbing.
In order to assure the safety of both the snake and the plumbing system, the team took apart the pipework and tried rescuing the snake from the other side.
Luckily, nothing went wrong this time and the snake was taken out safely.
Upon measuring it, it was determined that the snake was 12-foot long.
Following its rescue, the reptile was released into its natural habitat.
This isn’t the first time that people report snakes to be coming out of their toilet.
Back in 2021, somewhere in Southeast Asia, a man got bitten in the butt by a snake while using the toilet. In another similar incident which took place in 2016, a Thai man got bitten by the penis by a 10-foot long python and was sent to the hospital.
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Not all heroes wear capes, some of them come in the form of quick-thinking 14-year-olds.
While a teenage girl from Southern California named Savannah Jones was taking care of her 4-year-old niece Zoyee, someone started knocking on the front door. Savannah knew they weren’t expecting anyone over so she became suspicious.
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But it was when the knocking became louder and louder that this girl realized she and the little one could be in trouble, and sadly, she was right.
Getting extremely worried for the safety of her niece, as well as of her own, she quickly grabbed the toddler and they both entered the bathroom and locked the door. Once in, Savannah could hear the man entering the house.
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“I was very scared,” Savannah later told the reporter in the video below. “Not so much for myself, but just Zoyee.”
From the text the teen sent to her mom it could be seen that it was indeed Zoyee’s safety that was most important to Savannah during those terrifying moments of fear and uncertainty.
When she received her daughter’s text messages, Savannah’s mom, Maria Muratalla, was stuck in traffic. She described the moment as gut-wrenching and all she wanted at that moment was to be with the girls.
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But Maria wasn’t completely powerless. She called a neighbor who immediately called 911.
Until police arrived, Savannah and Zoyee stayed locked inside the bathroom. They could hear the man roaming around the house, and Savannah did all in her power to calm Zoyee and make her stay quiet.
Thanks to Savannah’s quick reaction, the man left the house without ever finding them.
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Michael Doherty, a 50-year-old resident of Suffolk, made a decision to remove his daughter from the primary school she attended because of what he claims to be highly inappropriate lessons on sexual educations not suit for children her age.
He requested to see the teaching materials his daughter and her classmates were taught at Thurston Primary School and was left in shock from the lessons included and the way they were presented to the students.
In fact, these teaching materials have been part of the program for a couple of years now but parents weren’t able to see them. The reason for this, according to the school, was the coronavirus pandemic which prevented the facility from sharing specifics about the lessons with parents.
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The lessons, which are mandatory in schools around UK, indicate that the nine-year-old students are being taught about orgasms and even anal sex.
Following his demand for clarification and upon asking to withdraw his daughter Sofia from the school, he was told that he couldn’t do such a thing “because it is important that all children receive this content. Covering topics such as friendships and how to stay safe.”
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The headteacher’s letter to Mr. Doherty asserted that the school followed a national curriculum for PSHE relationships, but this only added to his concerns because in reality, no such national curriculum exists for this purpose. What’s most, he learned that a controversial BBC video shown to the students during lesson time, as well as other teaching resources, have been provided to the school by an external charity called the PSHE Association.
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This revelation only added to the importance of having parents involved in the decision making processes regarding the materials distributed in class.
I feel as a parent they were quite hostile to me. You’re treated like some sort of prude. But I think you need to speak up,” Mr. Doherty said.
The video in question depicted a boy experiencing a wet dream, getting an erection, and ejaculating, something this concerned father found highly inappropriate for four graders. Although the video was later taken off of the website, Sofia’s teacher denied that the video had any sexual nature—claiming that his daughter’s year group was not being taught sex education.
Mr. Doherty, however, argued that the school needed to ask for parental consent before exposing the students to that type of videos.
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“It’s really, really weird what’s going on in schools. Why is my daughter being shown a video of wet dreams? The teacher’s reason was so that when she’s an adult she doesn’t go ”eurgh” when she hears about wet dreams. It’s all very bizarre. It’s over-sexualization of children,” he said.
“Children are coming out of schools illiterate and they are doing this stuff. As a parent, it just feels wrong. The video is really strange and disgusting. It’s a really creepy and vile video. I don’t want my child to see a vile, disgusting video that [is] being pushed into primary schools. I have been vindicated because the BBC took the video off their site,” he continued.
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When he asked from the school to withdraw his daughter they rejected his request initially, but he was later able to take her out of the school. At the time being, Sofia is spending her time with her family in Poland before she attends another school. Her parents even consider homeschooling as an option.
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Below is the school’s sex education plan.
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Since September 2020, Relationships Education has become compulsory in primary schools, and RSE is now mandatory in secondary schools. Sadly, this led to confusion among teachers who sought guidance on the subject, but the void ended being filled up with materials from charities that have unconventional views on biological gaps.
Mr. Doherty described the teaching of PSHE and RSE as a “sausage factory.”
“School should be a safe place for education. Sadly we cannot trust the judgment of some school leaders. As for other parents, most are sadly ignorant of what is being shown to children in the school setting. Maybe if they were aware [of] the potential damage to their children, they would take the same steps as I did,” he said.
A spokesperson from the Department for Education stated, “The safety and well-being of children and young people is our top priority.”
“Following reports of inappropriate materials being used to teach relationships and sex education, the government has already brought forward an urgent review of the curriculum and is looking at introducing age ratings to make sure teaching materials are appropriate. The Education Secretary has also written to schools to reiterate that parents have a right to view teaching materials and copyright law does not prevent a parent from viewing external resources on school premises.” they added.
The spokesperson for Thurston Church of England Primary Academy said that the PSHE curriculum taught at the school adheres to the statutory guidance provided by the Department for Education’s policy on Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE), and Health Education.
“The curriculum follows the PSHE Association program of study – which is government-funded and quality assured by the educational body to ensure it meets statutory requirements. The BBC Bitesize video was included in the resources but has since been withdrawn by the BBC. The school will be reviewing its materials.”
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Peppermint has various benefits. Whether we use it to have a fresh breath, or to ease our headaches, it’s something every household has. The minty taste is really refreshing and I guess we all love the feeling of coolness it gives us.
But as it turns out, not everyone enjoys the nice smell, and that’s some good news. Mice and other pests hate the smell of peppermint.
They are neither fond of its sharpness and sweetness, and that means we can use it as an all natural, no-kill way to get rid of those unwanted visitors that decided to make our home theirs too.
This is a really nice way of expelling rodents out of your place if you are against animal cruelty and don’t want to kill them using traps. Plus, your home will smell really nice.
Bulk Herb Stores’s Shoshanna’s Kitchen presents some ways of using peppermint for the purpose of having your home free of mice.
One of them, and I guess the less demanding one, is to plant some peppermint plants and place them around the place. You may as well use the fresh leaves for cooking.
Another useful method is to drop some dried peppermint in socks, tie them off and put them at places where you think the mice and the pests may be gathering, such as holes and gaps.
The third method is to make a peppermint spray. It’s easy and it may also help you keep the air inside fresh. All you need is to boil water and put dry peppermint inside. Once you get rich concentration, strain the grounds out and let the mixture cool. After that, simply put it in a spray bottle, and you are done. If you want extra concentrated spray, use peppermint oil instead of leaves for the preparation of the spray.
How To Get Rid Of Mice.com suggests another interesting method. Saturating cotton balls in peppermint oil and placing them where you believe the mice may likely be.
The peppermint is not only useful, but it’s also very cheap, and won’t cost you an arm and a leg, like hiring professional will.
To create a natural and easy-to-make peppermint solution, follow these steps:
Ingredients:
10 drops of peppermint essential oil
16 oz. of water
Instructions:
Mix 10 drops of peppermint essential oil with 16 oz. of water.
Transfer the mixture to a spray bottle.
Spray the mixture on countertops, furniture, blinds, and any other areas where insects are present.
If you decide to use peppermint oil and want that to be a safety process, you need to follow precautions.
Dilute the oil: Before using it, it is advisable to always dilute peppermint oil with water or a carrier oil before. The recommended ratio is to mix 10-15 drops of peppermint oil with 1 cup of water or carrier oil. This helps reduce the risk of adverse effects on pets, if you have them in your home.
Use sparingly: Don’t spray peppermint oil on the places where your pets usually sleep or spend their time. Instead, spray it at the corners of the doors and windows.
Store safely: Make sure you keep the peppermint oil and any mixtures containing it out of reach of pets. Ensure that the containers are tightly sealed to prevent accidental ingestion or exposure.
Observe your pets: Monitor your pets closely when using peppermint oil as bug repellent. In case you notice any unusual symptoms or behaviors, immediately discontinue use and consult your veterinarian.
If you want to learn more of the benefits of peppermint, take a look at the below video by Bulk Herb Store.
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