Q: How long does it take for a telemarketer to hang up after you put down the phone?

A: A mere 2.28 minutes.

I just got rang up by a telemarketer. I said "Hello" and there was silence. The silence. The one that is followed by a telemarketer. Some people hate them. Okay, most if not all people, hate them but I don't. "Hello how are you to-?" I got all excited. 'Yes Yes Yes!" What to do? What to do? There must literally be thousands of tricks and things and conversations trading 'war stories' of a particularly clever battle. Actually I heard that over in the U.S the government put restrictive orders on them. And you know what? They told them over the phone during tea time! :D
Anyway, I randomly chose the 'put phone down and time how long it takes' one. Apparently they're not allowed to hang up. Needless to say, I was disappointed with this telemarketer and am considering my legal options.

1300309988: Is your child interested in fire?

On Friday Mr. Mac set homework for us: dress up as someone from the middle ages and do a 2 minute talk about it. The only clothes that sprang to mind as I was thinking about it was a silk bathrobe Dad has that I used to use all the times for these sort of things. Being a bit more of a perfectionist these days, I didn't really want to do that until it struck me! Be a noble who just got out of bed! So I did that and got a birthday candle to be my lamp. All sorts of things happened because of that but most importantly it meant that fire was in the back of mind. Anyway, a friend of mine that goes on my bus had found a mobile phone just before he got on the bus- a really good one. So he did the right thing and handed it in at the police station curious (and bored), I followed.

So, just in case that confuised you, here's a re-cap:

-Fire is on my mind
-I am stading in the police station

Hate notes they make you sound like you waffle on.

Anyway, I was standing in the Police Station and noticed a poster: Is your child interested in fire?
And it had a picture of a kid with a lighted match in his hand.
Naturally the first thing that came to my hyper-active mind was: Pyromaniac Anomous.
This really made me curious so I asked the policeman about it but he didn't seem to know a great deal. So I went home but my curiosity grew so I got changed, grabbed my mobile and headed back to the police station. I copied the number so now it is stored on my mobile. I can ring phones on my computer so I tried that but it hung up straight away so I got my mobile and rang it but I got the answering machine: Hello, this is the Juvenile Fire intervention... So I hung up and looked it up online (but first I wrote this). Hopefully I can catch someone so I can ask them.

To Be Continued...

Quotes of the Day

A couple of bible verses because it's Sunday:

"Suffer the little children to come unto me, for such is the kingdom of God.” Mt. 19:14 King James Version.

2 Corinthians 12:13-15 (New International Version)

13How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
14Now I am ready to visit you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you, because what I want is not your possessions but you. After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. 15So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me less?

I knew it. Look at the context. Find fault in my theory O parents.

John 11:39
"Martha... saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh" I heard somewhere that: 'he stinketh' used to be one of the most well known phrases in the bible.

An answer to a tag and Thought of the Day

My mum tagged me to answer the quiz so here goes...

One book that changed your life
Um... For a starter that a toughie. Wait, probably one of Mum's cook books. It really deserves credit for some of the food I've eaten.

One book that you’ve read more than once.
Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye. It's got good re-read value.

One book you’d want on a desert island.
Hard to choose really. I think it would come down between:
How to survive on a desert island with ease and luxury
or
How to make a helicoptor with nothing but leaves and wood on a desert island and how to fly it guanteed for dummies.

One book that made you laugh
Squeky Clean Comedy by Judy Brown. A joke book. I always amaze myself with my originallity.

One book that made you cry.
How to make your faviourite dishes out of vegetable, by Jack Ghut.

One book that you wish had been written
One of those self-guide books on reading. You know, like:
A dummies guide to reading.

One book that you wish had never been written
All the dictionaries. I would have perfect speling plus, imagine all the words I could come up with!

One book you’re currently reading
Anonmous tip, by Michael Farris

Thought Of The Day

Had a thought earlier today and I'm not sure if it breaches privacy rights but you know how some people spell their name backwards and see what they come up with? If you say the words backwards, someone I know full name is: More Jack Russell. I think he hates Jack Russells too. Ironic aint it?

A new movie

I went to the footy last Saturday. It was Brisbane vs. Essendon. Absolutely no comment.
Anyway, on a brighter note; AG films is up and running again. This time it is Computer Animated. We have to do a movie under 15 minutes! It is about a siege of the greatest castle in my history book. Here at AG films we always work to create reasonable movies that are easily made but helps the um, viewer.
I am using a program called Blender. It's great. It really is. Of course, it does take a while to learn and, as I will be the computer guy, I have to learn real quick. I did find a good tutorial but it is literally taking hours upon hours to finish. Anyway that's why I haven't done a blog for awhile.

Anyway I thought as well as quotes, I would start telling stories that were mostly true.

For the first one:

When I was 6 my dad was a pastor and I was talking to two other guys in my grade. We were doing that thing- you know; my dad's a fireman etc etc. Anyway one guy goes: "My Dad's a doctor. He get's so much money we can buy all the latest games straight away as they come out." "Yeah, well, my dad's a lawyer, he gets a new T.V every month because he says that there are always better ones coming out. We've got a Plasha- do you even know what that is?" The doctor's son looked impressed. But it was my turn and I knew I didn't have to take that lying down. "My dad's a preacher and every time he gets money it takes 4 men to carry it!" You should of seen they're faces.




Anyway I've been tagged for a question or something and I've already half completed it but I want to do more Blender so watch this blog.