Last year in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland the “Festival of World Culture” took place from August 21st to 24th. Street Artist Edgar Müller accepted the invitation where continued his series of large-sized 3D Street Art there. With the help of 5 assistants he transformed a huge slice of the East Pier into a dramatic ice age scene. This project was supported by the Goethe Institution Germany.
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Joke Of The Day
A golfer in Ireland hit a bad hook into the woods. Looking for the ball, he discovered a leprechaun flat on his back, a big bump on his head, and the golfer’s ball beside him. Horrifed, the golfer took his water bottle from his belt and poured it over the little guy, reviving him.
“Arrgh! What happened?” the leprechaun says. “Oh, I see. Waal, ye got me fair and square. Ye get three wishes. Whaddya want?”
“Thank God, you’re alright!,” the golfer answers in relief. “I don’t want anything. I’m glad you’re okay, and I apologize. I didn’t mean to hit you.”
And the golfer walks off.
“What a nice guy,” the leprechaun says to himself. “But it was fair and square that he got me, and I have to do something for him. I’ll give him three things I would want — a great golf game, all the money he ever needs, and a fantastic sex life.”
A year goes by (as it does in jokes like this) and the golfer is back, hits another bad ball into the woods and finds the leprechaun waiting for him.
“‘Twas me that made ye hit the ball here,” the little guy says. “I wanted to ask ye, how’s yer golf game?”
“That’s the first bad ball I’ve hit in a year! I’m a famous international golfer now,” the golfer answers. “By the way, it’s good to see you’re alright.”
“Oh, I’m fine now, thankee. I did that fer yer golf game. And tell me, how’s yer money?”
“Why, I win fortunes in golf. But if I need cash, I just reach in my pocket and pull out $100 bills all day long.”
“I did that fer ye. And how’s yer sex life?”
The golfer blushes, turns his head away in embarrassment, and says shyly, “Errr, alright, I suppose.”
“C’mon, c’mon now. I’m wanting to know if I did a good job. How many times a day?”
Blushing even more, the golfer whispers, “Once — sometimes twice a week.”
“What!,” says the leprechaun in shock. “That’s all? Once or twice a week?”
“Well,” says the golfer, “I figure that’s not too bad for a Catholic priest in a small parish.”
Asinine Global Warming News Of The Day: Ireland To Ban Incandescent Lightbulbs
Well now it looks like Thomas Edison’s most famous invention is to be sacrificed on the Global Warming altar if the rest of us are to survive.
Here are a couple of things that all these environmentalist wackos should keep in mind. Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) contain mercury – about 5 milligrams per bulb. Incandescent bulbs don’t. When compact fluorescent light bulbs break, either in the house or at a waste disposal site, their mercury content is released which could result in a CFL mercury nightmare. Also CFLs emit ultraviolet radiation the same way the sun does and there are people who cannot be in much ultraviolet light due to health conditions, i.e. Lupus.
Ireland to ban incandescent lightbulbs
Ireland is to ban the traditional lightbulb with householders forced to switch to new long-life low-energy bulbs.
Legislation is being introduced to ban the sale of the normal incandescent lightbulb from January, 2009 so as the normal lightbulb breaks, householders will have to replace them with the more environmentally friendly long-life bulb which uses far less energy.In a ‘Carbon Budget’, Environment Minister John Gormley, announced the ban and said “By getting rid of these bulbs we will save 700,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions every year,” he added. It has been estimated that consumers will save €185million in electricity costs every year as a result of the measure.
According to Greenpeace the U.K. has a plan which proposes a ‘voluntary agreement’ between major retailers which has no legal teeth and will only come into full effect in 2011.
“By banning all wasteful lightbulbs within months, Ireland has shown the rest of Europe that its serious about energy efficiency and fighting climate change,” said Greenpeace climate campaigner Louise Molloy.
Greenpeace says that over the past year, a number of EU countries have talked about similar bans, but Ireland is the first to act. Last month, French President Sarkozy declared his support for a 2010 national ban but concrete proposals have not been published yet. The Dutch Environment Minister Jacqueline Cramer, a former Philips employee, announced initial support for a phase-out of incandescent lightbulbs in 2011 but then reversed her opinion. Cramer now supports the manufacturers call for a prolonged phase out lasting until 2019.
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