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08 June 2019

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Today in 1753, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia was founded. All forms of gambling are illegal in Qatar.  Air, car, sea are three kinds of motion sickness: Astronauts suffer from space sickness. Tim Hortons caters to Prince Edward Islanders from 22 locations.  Letters gone astray go to the Undeliverable Mail Office in Mississauga, ON or Sydney, NS. My neighbour wanted a job at Canada Post. He lost out--he didn't mail in the application. The constitution that defines the Kingdom of Tonga was adopted in 1875. New Brunswick boasts 58 covered bridges and two potato chip factories.  Today in 1942, Japanese submarines shelled the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle. My fair Lady-o, London Bridge has been falling down for the past 198 years. The Ambassador Bridge was severely damaged. Can’t get over it.  Frogs do not drink water, they absorb it through their skin. Meaning ‘my God is abundant’, the name Elizabeth comes from Hebrew. T...

04 June 2019

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Today is Independence Day in Tonga, a British Protectorate from 1900 to 1970. Acorns are toxic to dogs and horses. Since there are no contradictions, adherents of Shinto often practise Buddhism, as well. Vegans shun avocados--farmers truck bees from orchard to orchard-- as pollination slaves. The tofu crossed the road to prove he wasn’t chicken. Today in 1792, Captain George Vancouver claimed Puget Sound for Great Britain. ‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog,’ uses all 26 alphabet letters--a pangram.  Turks and the Irish are the world’s largest consumers of tea.  Queen Elizabeth II owns Stonehenge. Newbies to the tea culture encounter a steep learning curve. Aztecs raised Chihuahuas for their meat. Salt is electrically neutral.  3.7% of PE Islanders live on farms. Today in 1989, the Chinese Army quashed protesters in Tiananmen Square; 241 killed. When elephants want a light snack, they eat candles. Hands dow...