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Category Archives: Monday smiles
Monday smile – Good luck with your asparagus
Official gazettes are not usually light reading. đ However, in Belgium recently, the Moniteur Belge hit the headlines all over Europe thanks to a recipe for asparagus and cheese gratin finding its way into the text.
It seems that when updating an ArrĂȘtĂ© royal amending an earlier law on the price of medicines, somebody managed to accidentally paste in a recipe for Asperges au gratin. đ€Ł Continue reading
Monday smile – Principles, principles
Think this might be particularly relevant for certain meetings… đ
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Monday smile – Coat not required before judge in tropical heat
With almost British understatement, the courthouse of Galveston, Texas, has issued the following rules for attorneys.
No shorts, however.
Monday smile – Career development
A French Monday smile today – think it is one that crosses borders… đ Wish there was a female version alongside it though.
Monday smile – CA$ 32 trillion claim (and more)
Following an alleged hit-and-run and ensuing injuries, a man in British Colombia, Canada filed a claim for (and this is where it gets a touch surprising…):
- a private audience with Her Majesty the Queen
- the suspension of trade with China
- the dismantling of Transport Canada
- the postponement of an election
- the release of classified documents
- the âcleaning up of the swampâ (no further detailed)
- the reconstruction of the RCMP [the Mounties],
- an MRI of his entire body
- CA$32 trillion
- and 500,000 Tesla shares.
Monday smile – Dating lawyers
Monday smile – Bordering on uncertainty
The Brussels Times noted this week that “a farmer from the Walloon municipality of Erquelinnes has made international headlines after he accidentally moved the French border, making Belgium ever so slightly bigger in the process”.
“The accidental invasion â by around 7.5ft according to reports â came after the farmer decided to move the 150 kg stone marker, his French neighbour told local media.” The Belgian farmer, apparently irritated by the stone in his tractor’s path, had moved it inside French territory.
Instead of causing international uproar, the incident has been met with smiles on both sides of the border.
Monday smile – B(re)aking news
We are on a theme here, between Baguetiquette, climbing croissants, and copyrighted caterpillars… Today for your delectation… the story of an unfortunate miller in south-west France who earlier this year reported a surprising theft of 14 tonnes of… bags of flour. Yup, 14 tonnes. Continue reading
Monday smile – Copy cat-erpillar
Today’s smile continues our “batch” of cake- and bread-related mirth.
The Spectator mazagine reported:
In news that shook the world of childrenâs parties, office birthdays, and millennials, Colin the Caterpillar went to war. M&S has filed an intellectual property claim with the High Court against Aldi, in an effort to protect their chocolate-covered swiss roll celebration cake, and demanded that Aldi stop selling their copy cat-erpillar, Cuthbert.
The action has caused quite a stir – there is a hashtag #FreeCuthbert…
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