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A portion of fish and chips contains 20% less fat than a 12 inch cheese and tomato pizza.

Here’s a healthy recipe of chips we can do at home from the celebrity chef Mark Hix:

* 4 large baking potatoes weighing about 200-250g each.

* 5-6 tbsp olive oil

* 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed

* 2 tbsp rosemary leaves

* 3 tbsp freshly grated parmesan

Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.

Halve the potatoes then cut each half into 6-7 chips. Place them in cold water, bring them to the boil and simmer for 3-4 minutes.

Heat oil in roasting tray in the oven, then add potatoes, garlic and rosemary. Season. Cook for 45 minutes. Turning a couple of times, until crisp and cooked through.

Scatter parmesan over and return to oven for 10-12 minutes.

Source: RD Asia

Can you guess?

 

 

Is it true that this is the New Cook County Correctional Center, Chicago , Illinois???

(guess if you ever break the law, I’d better do it in Illinois !
Homeless people should have it so good!)
Once again the taxpayer gets stung.

It also shows that in most cases the quality of life for prisoners has improved considerably from what you might expect.
And we always thought prison was for punishment.!!!!!

Just in case you ever get these two environments mixed up, this comparison chart should make things a little bit clearer:
@ PRISON

You spend most of your time in a 10X10 cell

@ WORK

You spend most of your time in a 6X6 cubicle
@ PRISON

You get three fully paid for meals a day

@ WORK

You get a break for one meal, and you have to pay for it
@ PRISON

For good behavior, you get time off

@ WORK

For good behavior, you get more work
@ PRISON

The guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you

@ WORK

You must carry a security card and open all the doors yourself
@ PRISON
You can watch TV and play games

@ WORK
You could get fired for watching
TV and playing games
@ PRISON

You get your own toilet

@ WORK

You have to share the toilet with
people who pee on the seat
@ PRISON

They allow your family and friends to visit

@ WORK

You aren’t even supposed
to speak to your family
@ PRISON

All expenses are paid by the taxpayers with no work required on your part

@ WORK

You must pay all your expenses to go
to work, and they deduct taxes from
your salary to pay for prisoners
@ PRISON

You spend most of your life inside bars wanting to get out

@ WORK

You spend most of your time wanting
to get out and go inside bars
@ PRISON

You must deal with sadistic wardens

@ WORK

They are called ‘managers’
THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE.

From a forwarded email

Brain Test

A simple test for you,
FIND THE MAN IN THE COFFEE BEANS:
This is bizarre — after you find the guy — it’s so obvious. Once you find him — you think, Why didn’t I see him immediately?

 

Doctors have concluded that if you find the man in the coffee beans in 3 seconds, the right half of your brain is better developed than most people.  If you find the man between 3 seconds and 1 minute, the right half of the brain is developed normally.  If you find the man between 1 minute and 3 minutes, then the right half of your brain is functioning slowly and you need to eat more protein.  If you have not found the man after 3 minutes, the advice is to look for more of this type of exercise to make that part of the brain stronger!!!  
 
 And yes, the man is really there!!!

Backside Smoother!

source: Cosmopolitan April 2009 issue

Did you know that freshly brewed coffee grounds can be used as a spa treatment scrub?

No amount of rubbing or scrubbing can really get rid of cellulite but coffee grounds can make your derriere at least appear firmer albeit temporarily.

The director of the Ritz-Carlton Spa in South Beach Liliana Dominguez-Grajales said that caffeine dehydrates fat cells, so skin looks smoother.

Mix a handful of grounds with a firming face mask (you need all the tightening action you can get) until it’s pastelike. Then rub it over your bottom in an upward circular motion, using a loofah or washcloth for extra grip.

Rinse it off after 10 minutes.

THIS REALLY MADE ME LAUGH

Justin Timberlake and Beyonce K.

 

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5 extraordinary uses for fabric softener

Source: RD Asia April 2009 issue

5. REMOVE HARD-WATER STAINS. Dab full-strength liquid fabric softener onto the stains and let it soak for ten minutes. Then wipe the softener and stain the glass with a damp cloth and rinse.

4. UNTANGLE AND CONDITION HAIR. (HR: They must be joking besides hair conditioners are cheap!) Liquid fabric softener diluted in water and applied after shampooing can untangle and condition hair. Experiment with the amount of conditioner to match it to the texture of your hair. A weaker solution for fine hair and a stronger solution for coarse hair.

3. KEEP PAINTBRUSHES PLIABLE. After using a brush, clean bristles thoroughly and rinse them in a can full of water with a drop of liquid fabric softener mixed in. Then wipe bristles dry and store.

2. REMOVE OLD WALLPAPER. Stir one capful of liquid softener into one litre of water and sponge the solution onto the wallpaper. Let it soak in for 20 minutes, then scrape the paper from the wall. If the wallpaper has a water-resistant coating, score it with a wire-bristle brush first.

1. END CLINGING DUST ON YOUR TV. To eliminate the static cling that attracts dust, simply dampen your dust cloth with fabric softener straight from the bottle and dust as usual.

How Embarrassing

Source: RD Asia April 2009 issue

 

(A new survey reveals our top 10 most awkward social situations):

10. CLUMSY CATASTROPHES. slipping over when attempting to get up after tripping; dropping food on your chest while eating.

09. CAUGHT OUT. Making an excuse for not going somewhere, then being caught in the lie; being overheard by the person you’re gossiping about.

08. DATING DISASTERS. Awkward silence on first dates; spilling food or drink on a partner.

07. EMBARRASSMENT BY PROXY. Your partner acting stupidly in public; the drunken behavior of friends.

06. NIGEL NO-FRIENDS. Having someone turn their back on you, or even worse, no-one talking to you at a party.

05. LOOKING FOOLISH. Making inappropriate joke.

04. ROMANTIC MISHAPS. Seeing one’s ex with a new partner; saying ‘I love you’ for the first time and not having the sentiment returned.

03. MISTAKEN BABY BUMP. Congratulating someone on a pregnancy when they’re not pregnant; offering a woman a seat, assuming she is pregnant when she isn’t.

02. LOST FOR WORDS. Having no response in conversation; forgetting someone’s name.

01. WARDROBE MALFUNCTIONS. Zips left undone. Tucking skirt into underwear.

Tongue Twister for the week

Tongue Twister:
 
A phrase that is deliberately designed to be difficult to say correctly, usually because of varying combinations of similar phonemes. The objective is to practice pronunciation.
 
Six sick slick slim sycamore saplings.

American Slang for the week

Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker’s dialect or language.
Slang may be used in a variety of ways, including insults, compliments, and simply as a way of expressing oneself.
 
 
 
 
ace
 
 
meaning: very good
 
 
Example:
 
He’s an ace reporter.

Idiom for the week

An idiom is a phrase whose meaning cannot be determined by the literal definition of the phrase itself, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is known only through common use. In linguistics, idioms are widely assumed to be figures of speech that contradict the principle of compositionality;
 
 
A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush:
 
 

meaning: Having something that is certain is much better than taking a risk for more, because chances are you might lose everything.
 
Example: Do not dream of buying more businesses everywhere in as a bird in your hand right now is worth two in the bush.

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